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State Tipoffs Involving Utah Newsletter for Sunday March 26, 2023 ( 7 items )  

AG Reyes Demands Federal Reserve, FDIC, OCC, and Treasury Halt Environmental Activism That Contributed to SVB Failure
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 22 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, FDIC Director Martin Gruenberg, and Acting Comptroller of Currency Michael Hsu, that connects the dots between the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and the Environmental Social Governance (ESG) policies mandated by President Biden. AG Reyes and 15 other state attorneys ge  more

Gov. Cox Issues Executive Order Outlining How to Display Historic State Flag, New State Flag
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 22 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news release on March 21, 2023: Utah Gov. Spencer Cox issued an executive order today continuing the significance of Utah's historic state flag as Utahns gain a new state flag. The executive order reaffirms the historic state flag will continue to be displayed. During the 2023 General Legislative Session, lawmakers approved Senate Bill 31 which establishes a new state flag in Utah. The original Utah state flag  more

NASA Announces Future Launch for USU-Led Space Weather Mission
LOGAN, Utah, March 17 (TNSres) -- Utah State University posted the following news: NASA has announced that the launch of the Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory and College of Science-led Atmospheric Waves Experiment, or AWE, is scheduled for December 2023. The NASA-funded instrument will launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to the International Space Station. AWE Principal Investigator Michael Taylor from USU's College of Science leads a team of scientists that will prov  more

NetChoice Disappointed to See Unconstitutional Utah Bills Endangering Online Privacy Signed Into Law
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 24 -- NetChoice issued the following news: Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed two bills from Utah's legislature into law. While passed with good intentions from lawmakers, SB 152 and HB 311 are unconstitutional and will force businesses to collect more -- not less -- of people's sensitive personal data, including teens. "Protecting teens online is a worthy goal, but these Utah bills are both counterproductive to this end and unconstitutional. Utah will soon require on  more

Research From USU's Center for Colorado River Studies Cited in U.S. President's Report on Economy
LOGAN, Utah, March 23 (TNSrpt) -- Utah State University issued the following news: When President Joe Biden considers the economic trajectory of the country, he weighs factors like the global pandemic, international trade agreements and national rates of inflation. This year, the country's highest economic report also took into account expertise from Utah State University's Jack Schmidt and a team of researchers from Center for Colorado River Studies. Work from the USU group was cited in the re  more

Utah Findings Show Shifting Demographics of Children Identified With Autism
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 25 (TNSrpt) -- The University of Utah Health issued the following news release: One in 40 Utah children aged 8 years have been identified with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to a newly published analysis led by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in collaboration with scientists across the country including at Huntsman Mental Health Institute. For years, previous reports consistently found that White children had the highest rates of autis  more

Utah State University Collaborating With Slovenia to Measure Atmospheric Oxidized Mercury
VERNAL, Utah, March 24 (TNSpar) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Utah State University Uintah Basin researchers have been working together with researchers in Slovenia to better assess atmospheric oxidized mercury measurements. The researchers collaborated to compare data as well as methods, with each trying to learn from the other. USU researcher Seth Lyman, research associate professor in the College of Science at USU Uintah Basin and director of the Bingham Research Cente  more