In our opinion: Utah is poised as a model for state policymaking

Given how Utah regularly ranks high in surveys of the best-run states, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the Council of State Governments chose Gov. Gary Herbert as its president for 2018.The organization seeks to bind branches of state governments together in compacts and other arrangements that help them share the best practices in areas from educational excellence to prison reform. The governor’s appointment is significant in that the current political dynamic in Washington ser