OGDEN, Utah, April 3 -- Boeing, an aerospace company and a manufacturer of commercial jetliners and defense, space and security systems, issued the following news release: The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing [NYSE: BA] a contract worth up to $559 million over five years to operate, maintain and perform testing at the Little Mountain Test Facility at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The state-of-the-art site is designed to test functionality of the nation's current and future intercontinental ballis  more

IRVINE, California, April 4 (TNSres) -- CoreLogic, a property, mortgage and consumer information provider, issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: * * * * U.S. single-family home prices rose by 5.5% year over year in February and are expected to taper to 3.1% growth by February 2025. * Four of the top five states with the highest annual home price growth are in the Northeast: New Jersey, Rhode Island, Maine and Connecticut * The five states where home prices remain furthest from  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 4 -- Brown University issued the following news: Every year during spring break, students from Brown University's Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences ditch classrooms and textbooks and head to the American Southwest for what's become a tradition blending education, adventure and community building. The weeklong camping trips enable students to witness up close the environmental and geological processes they've been learning about all year.   more

DALLAS, Texas, April 6 -- Hunton Andrews Kurth, a law firm, issued the following news: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP special counsel and former D.C. Circuit judge Thomas B. Griffith recently moderated a conversation at the National Governors Association's (NGA) winter conference between Supreme Court Associate Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Amy Coney Barrett, who shared their views on the importance of navigating disagreements with "reasoned arguments, civility and respect." Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, w  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 6 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis advised Renters Legal Liability LLC, a Utah-based managing general agency (MGA) insurance company specializing in renters' legal liability products for multifamily real estate owners and managers across the U.S., on the sale of all of its assets to DOXA Insurance Holdings, a specialty underwriting and distribution company (recently acquired by Goldman Sachs Asset Management), which   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 5 -- Mercer University issued the following news: By Jennifer Fairfield-Williams Mercer University's debate team was ranked third in the nation at the 2024 National Parliamentary Debate Association National Tournament held March 13-17, at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. The ranking was based on the combined performance of everyone who competed. Breanna Acevedo, sophomore political science major with a minor in communication, made it to the semifinals in novic  more

OGDEN, Utah, April 4 -- Weber State University issued the following news: For 45 years, Weber State University has been lighting an electric W on Mount Ogden during homecoming week. Now, the university plans to build a permanent solar-powered version. Situated on a slope above the Ogden campus, the new "Flaming W" -- a reference to the stylized W within the university shield -- will be constructed with solar panels. The W will light up with purple and white bulbs to celebrate special WSU occas  more

MERCED, California, April 6 (TNSres) -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: By Patty Guerra, UC Merced Federal and state government officials journeyed to the western corner of Merced County on Thursday to announce a new project to place solar panels on the water in the Delta-Mendota Canal. The project is part of a $19 million investment through President Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act announced by the Department of the Interior to install panels over irrigatio  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 3 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry issued the following news: Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that six new states have joined Pennsylvania in its federal lawsuit against Mariner Finance regarding widespread violations of multiple consumer protection laws that cost consumers hundreds of millions of dollars. Illinois, Indiana, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Wisconsin filed a Motion to Intervene in the lawsuit, which the court gra  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 4 -- NetDocuments, a provider of cloud-based content services and productivity platform, issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: NetDocuments, the world's #1 trusted cloud platform where legal professionals do their best work, today announced record demand for and adoption of its PatternBuilder MAX AI and automation capabilities, making its generative AI solution the most successful product launch by a factor of 10. From initial launch in October to early  more

OGDEN, Utah, April 5 -- Weber State University issued the following news: For their contributions in teaching, business, philanthropy and healthcare, Weber State University will recognize two alums and one community leader at its 162nd commencement ceremony April 26 at the Dee Events Center in Ogden. Honorary degree recipients are nominated and chosen based on their contributions to society, their interest and support for higher education, and for rendering outstanding service to the Weber St  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 5 (TNSres) -- The University of Utah Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute issued the following news release: Utah's unpaid family caregivers are a heterogeneous group and provide care for friends and family members in various ways. Although many Utah caregivers balance the demands of work, family, and caregiving in ways they feel are acceptable, certain subsets of caregivers defined by age, gender, income, employment status, hours of caregiving, and living situation need   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 6 -- The University of Utah Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute issued the following news release: Utah's consumer sentiment decreased by 2.9% in March (from 80.3 in January to 78.0), according to the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute's Survey of Utah Consumer Sentiment. A similar survey by the University of Michigan found that sentiment increased by 3.1% among Americans as a whole during the same time (from 76.9 to 79.4). Both figures are within the margin of error of the  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 4 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on April 3, 2024: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the pending Clean Air Act (CAA) regulatory proposal Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: Large Municipal Waste Combustors Voluntary Remand Response and 5-Year Review. The State of Indiana led the letter, urging the   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 3 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes filed a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari at the Supreme Court of the United States in Utah v. Valdez. The case involves whether and how Fifth Amendment protections apply to a defendant who refuses to provide his cellphone passcode in response to a valid search warrant. Police arrested Respondent Alfonso Valdez for kidnapping, robbery, and assault. They obtained a vali  more

PULLMAN, Washington, April 2 (TNSres) -- Washington State University issued the following news release: A broader past could mean a brighter future for Canada lynx in the U.S., according to recent research. The study, published in the journal Biological Conservation, indicates that lynx might do well in the future in parts of Utah, central Idaho and the Yellowstone National Park region, even considering climate change and the lack of lynx in those areas now. Using a model validated by histori  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 3 -- Western Governors University-Utah issued the following news release: Western Governors University (WGU) will celebrate National Teacher Appreciation Week May 6-10 by offering three scholarship programs for current and future education professionals who wish to pursue bachelor's or master's degree programs in the Teachers College at WGU's School of Education, the largest nonprofit, accredited school of education in the country. "At Western Governors University,   more

OGDEN, Utah, April 3 (TNSres) -- Weber State University issued the following news: A long-time sociology professor at Weber State University is being recognized for inspiring her students through focused efforts on community engaged learning, undergraduate research and sustainability projects. Carla Trentelman will receive the 2024 John A. Lindquist Award presented by the Center for Community Engaged Learning during CCELebration, an annual banquet that celebrates the life-changing work of camp  more