SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 6 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news and a letter: This week, Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes co-signed a letter to U.S. Senate Leaders Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell, encouraging them to support and pass the HALT Fentanyl Act (HR 467 / SB 1141). The letter was led by Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares and Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody. As the letter highlights, the fentanyl issues across the United States of America   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 10 (TNSper) -- The University of Utah Health issued the following news release: Angela Fagerlin, PhD, is the new Associate Vice President for Faculty at University of Utah Health. Fagerlin has served as Chair of the University of Utah Intermountain Health Department of Population Health Sciences at the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine since 2014. In her work as inaugural chair of that department, Fagerlin has recruited a remarkable faculty, who have drawn signif  more

LOGAN, Utah, June 7 (TNSjou) -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Dennis Newell publishes findings about fault system's mantle-to-crust connections in Geological Society of America journal 'Geology.' * * * The 1,200-mile-long Denali Fault stretches in an upward arc from southwestern Alaska and the Bering Sea eastward to western Canada's Yukon Territory and British Columbia. The long-lived and active strike-slip fault system, which slices through Denali National Park and   more

LOGAN, Utah, June 10 (TNSres) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Utah State University Blanding scholar Antonio Richards spends a lot of time thinking about coding, data analysis and how to distill big numbers into usable, helpful information. "I'd like to pursue a degree in business and study marketing analysis to better understand economics and other subjects," says Richards, who is currently working toward an associate degree in Information Technology Support and Web Develo  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, June 6 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry issued the following news release: Attorney General Michelle Henry filed a Stipulated Motion for Entry of Consent Order ("Stipulated Motion") to settle allegations that Aptive Environmental, LLC- a Utah-based pest control company- violated terms of a prior settlement with the Office of Attorney General. The Stipulated Motion was approved by and a Consent Order was entered on May 26, 2023 in the Allegheny County Co  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 9 (TNSjou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: A newly discovered plant-eating dinosaur may have been a species' "last gasp" during a period when Earth's warming climate forced massive changes to global dinosaur populations. The specimen, named Iani smithi after Janus, the two-faced Roman god of change, was an early ornithopod, a group of dinosaurs that ultimately gave rise to the more commonly known duckbill dinosaurs such as Par  more

MANOA, Hawaii, June 5 (TNSeco) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: The state-of-the-art innovation and entrepreneurship center/student housing facility scheduled for an August opening on the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus is expected to be a catalyst for student-led entrepreneurial activity. The $70 million Residences for Innovative Student Entrepreneurs (RISE) is modeled after the Lassonde Studios, a University of Utah student innovation and housin  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 3 (TNSjou) -- The University of Utah Health issued the following news release: People with higher risks of cardiovascular disease are significantly more likely to develop carpal tunnel syndrome, tennis elbow, golfer's elbow, and rotator cuff tendinitis, according to a new study involving researchers at the University of Utah and the Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health. The findings of the study, published June 2 in the Journal of Occupatio  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 6 (TNSjou) -- The University of Utah Health issued the following news release: The pandemic and its aftermath have raised anxiety to new levels. But the roots of anxiety-related conditions, including obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorder (OCSD), are still unclear. In a new study, University of Utah Health scientists discovered insights into the importance of a minor cell type in the brain--microglia--in controlling anxiety-related behaviors in laboratory mice. Tradit  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 8 (TNSjou) -- The University of Utah Health issued the following news release: In the United States, immigrants are particularly vulnerable to food insecurity, defined as the lack of access to adequate food for an active, healthy life. A new study led by researchers at University of Utah Health reveals that millions of immigrant households have limited or uncertain access to adequate food. Individuals who are not U.S. citizens are more susceptible to food insecurity   more

LOGAN, Utah, June 8 (TNSeco) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Utah State University's Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art will break ground on the new Wanlass Center for Art Education and Research later this month. The community is invited to attend the groundbreaking ceremony at 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 20. Remarks will be made by President Noelle E. Cockett, Logan Mayor Holly Daines, museum donor George Wanlass, and museum Executive Director Katie Lee-Koven. Following the cerem  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 8 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on June 7, 2023: Today, Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a coalition of 19 states challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's decision to allow California to ban trucks illegally. That ban forces truckers to buy electric trucks and regulates trucking out of existence by mandating net-zero emissions standards. The Biden Administration gave California the authority to force most buses, v  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 10 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on June 9, 2023: Today, Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined Mornings with Maria on Fox Business to talk about his successful efforts to protect Americans against the radical ESG movement. General Reyes was asked about his recent letter to members of the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA), requesting documents and information relating to legal concerns brought about by commitments to collude with ot  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 8 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on June 7, 2023: Last week, Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador and 22 other attorneys general in filing an amicus brief before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Boland v Bonta. The case challenges California's unconstitutional Unsafe Handgun Act, a 2001 law regulating handgun sales after a specific date. The filing in the Ninth Circuit   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 8 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news release: On Tuesday, June 6, 2023, Rep. Chris Stewart of Utah's Second Congressional District informed Gov. Spencer J. Cox that he will resign from the U.S. House of Representatives effective Sept. l5, 2023. "It has been one of the great honors of my life to serve the good people of Utah in Congress," Rep. Stewart shared in his letter. "My family and I have been very blessed by this experience. I thank you f  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 9 -- The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity issued the following news on June 8, 2023: Today, the Utah Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity awarded Central States Manufacturing, Inc. a post-performance tax reduction for its expansion in Tooele City. The corporate incentive is part of the state's Rural Economic Development Tax Increment Financing (REDTIF) program. As part of the agreement, Central States Manufacturing projects to add over 90 new, high  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 9 -- The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity issued the following news on June 8, 2023: Today, the Utah Film Commission announced the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity Board approval of three new productions for state film incentives, generating an estimated economic impact of $45 million and 1700 new jobs. This month's approved productions include 'Destined at Christmas 2,' a sequel to the holiday film that premiered in 2022 on Great American Fami  more

LOGAN, Utah, June 7 (TNSjou) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Mule deer are astonishingly adaptable animals. They dine on both desert sagebrush and garden spinach, endure sub-zero winters and sweltering summers and make their homes in suburban bluegrass and high-elevation wildlands. But one thing they can't seem to master in a human-dominated environment is how to cross a busy road. Crossing high-speed roads is a necessary risk for mule deer in Utah, whose range and seasonal  more

LOGAN, Utah, June 8 (TNSfund) -- Utah State University issued the following news on June 7, 2023: The Utah State Legislature granted ASPIRE at Utah State University $2.1 million in ongoing funding to serve as Utah's lead research center for strategic planning for electrified transportation. Advancing Sustainability through Powered Infrastructure for Roadway Electrification (ASPIRE), a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center, conducts research to pave the way for real-world depl  more

LOGAN, Utah, June 10 (TNSjou) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Human mobility shifted dramatically during the first months of the global COVID-19 pandemic -- schools shuttered, offices were locked, city parks became out of bounds and people stayed home. These big changes in human behavior changed something else too: the way wild mammals moved on land, according to new research supported by Julie Young and Tal Avgar from the Quinney College of Natural Resources and published   more

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, June 6 (TNSres) -- West Virginia University issued the following news: The West Virginia University robotics team, based at the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, is the best in the world. Team Mountaineers topped dozens of other teams from 10 countries in a competition to design and build the next generation of Mars rovers during the 2023 University Rover Challenge held May 31-June 3 at the Mars Desert Research Station in Hanksville, U  more