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Providing perspective and contextual insights on all monetary aspects of the Education industry within the state of Utah, from public to private instruction, as well as training and development.

Lake Mountain School District’s $19.75 Million Eagle Mountain Land Deal is Likely the First Step Toward a $500 Million-ish K-16 Campus in Western Utah County

Lake Mountain School District’s $19.75 Million Eagle Mountain Land Deal is Likely the First Step Toward a $500 Million-ish K-16 Campus in Western Utah County

The planned 100-acre campus would bring together a new high school, Mountainland Technical College, and Utah Valley University, turning western Utah County’s population boom into a major education, workforce, real estate, and public-infrastructure play. EAGLE MOUNTAIN, Utah — 27 May 2026 — The nascent Lake Mountain School District has

Utah’s Deal Market Rebounded to a Record 435 Transactions in 2025, Even as the Disclosed Total Deal Value Dropped to $17.2 Billion on a YoY Basis

Utah’s Deal Market Rebounded to a Record 435 Transactions in 2025, Even as the Disclosed Total Deal Value Dropped to $17.2 Billion on a YoY Basis

The biggest money signal from the MWCN's annual Deal Flow Report (2025) is not a new dollar-value record, because that is not accurate. Rather, it is that Utah’s deal engine kept running in 2025 across a record number of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), public

With the 2026 Legislative Session Opening Today, What is the State of Utah's Economy?

With the 2026 Legislative Session Opening Today, What is the State of Utah's Economy?

With a $30.8 recommended Fiscal 2027 budget from Utah Governor Spencer Cox staring them in the face, Utah's part-time legislators open the 2026 Legislative Session today with projections that they will introduce nearly 1,200 bills over the next six weeks, a close to 33% increase

A Promised $500 Million Infusion Thrusts Ute Athletics to the Forefront of Collegiate Sports and Prevents its Slide into Second Tier Irrelevance

A Promised $500 Million Infusion Thrusts Ute Athletics to the Forefront of Collegiate Sports and Prevents its Slide into Second Tier Irrelevance

With the overwhelming heft and influence of universities in the SEC and B1G Conferences, the risk to all other conferences and their teams signals a real potential of being left behind as collegiate sports continues to morph into something new. However, with the foresight to create a for-profit LLC

Bridging the AI Chasm Between Hype and Promise

Bridging the AI Chasm Between Hype and Promise

It seems that each day media and social media headlines are trumpeting the transformative power of artificial intelligence (AI). And clearly for good reason as generative AI models are crafting content on a daily basis and more and more agentic systems are automating complex workflows on a daily basis. In

The Top 13 Utah-focused Monetary, Financial and/or Business "News Nuggets" for March 2025 that You Might have Missed

The Top 13 Utah-focused Monetary, Financial and/or Business "News Nuggets" for March 2025 that You Might have Missed

In this report you'll find info about 11 Utah-based firms and nine separate executives that we feel made the cut as being among the most "newsworthy" last month, which (when combined together) form our writeup about Utah's Top 13 Monetary, Financial and/or

BREAKING NEWS: Utah's Davis School District Plans to Sell $100 Million in Bonds Today

BREAKING NEWS: Utah's Davis School District Plans to Sell $100 Million in Bonds Today

The Davis County, Utah-based Davis School District today plans to close a sale of $100 million in tax-exempt, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2025, bonds authorized by the District's Board of Education. According to its official Public Notice about this fundraising, the monies raised by the Davis