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tah Gov. Gary Herbert industrially diverse economy in the country. speaks like a leader Performance numbers like who is on a mission. these don’t happen by accident. Direct, succinct and They occur because state specific, he wastes little time in leaders adopt a plan and stick to getting to the heart of the matter. it. For Gov. Herbert, that means Ask him to describe his following a rigorous approach philosophy toward business that adheres to a few basic investment in Utah, and he principles: keep taxes low; keep gets straight to the point. It’s a government effi cient; manage practice that has served him and state finances in a fiscally his state well. conservative U.S. News & manner; and World Report by R O N S T A R N E R encourage and recently incentivize ranked Utah private business investment in as the No. 3 Best State Overall every corner of the state. for 2018, based on a variety By doing these things, of metrics. Those measures Utah has elevated its business included the second-best climate to one of the very best economy in America; the No. in America. Herbert says it’s 3-ranked state in education; first his No. 1 goal to keep it that way, in fiscal stability; and eighth in and to keep elevating it. In the infrastructure. following conversation with this The U.S. Bureau of Labor magazine, he explains why. Statistics reports that Utah boasts the sixth-most
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