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News Tipoffs - Utah Editors Newsletter for Wednesday September 04, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Ark. A.G. Griffin Leads 20-State Coalition in Amicus Supporting Tennessee Suit Against Unlawful Biden-Harris Title IX Rule
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Sept. 4 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement Sept. 3, 2024: * * * Griffin: 'The Biden-Harris Title IX rule breaks the law Congress has written and violates the Constitution' * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement announcing that he and 19 other state attorneys general have filed an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in support of a Tennessee-led coalition's lawsuit  more

Mont. U.S. Attorney: California Drug Dealer Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Meth, Fentanyl Trafficking in Butte, Helena Communities
BILLINGS, Montana, Sept. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2024: A California man convicted by a federal jury of trafficking pounds of methamphetamine and thousands of fentanyl pills in the Butte and Helena communities as part of a large conspiracy was sentenced today to 30 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. After a four-day trial in April, a jury f  more

New Facility Boosts Hill Software Group's Ability to Meet Warfighter's Needs
HILL AFB, Utah, Sept. 3 -- The U.S. Air Force Hill Air Force Base (75th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: By Donovan Potter, 75th Air Base Wing Public Affairs The 309th Software Engineering Group's newest edition to Hill AFB's software campus, Building 1514 facility one, was dedicated during a ceremony Aug. 28, expanding the group's capability to meet the software demands of the warfighter. The new facility primarily provides a space for members of the 521st Software Engineering Squad  more

Utah A.G. Reyes: Standing With Israel - A Letter to Brown University
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 4 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined 23 attorneys general in writing to Brown University Trustees to remind them that divesting from companies doing business in Israel would trigger anti-boycott laws in at least 37 states. The letter, led by the State of Arkansas, seeks to dissuade Brown from yielding to intense pressure from antisemitic extremists, including Students for Justice in Palestine. This  more

Utah U.S. Attorney: Previously Removed Foreign National and Felon Indicted on Drug & Gun Crimes
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah issued the following news release: A foreign national living in Utah, who is also a felon, was ordered by the court to remain in custody after a federal grand jury in Salt Lake City indicted him for multiple federal crimes. According to court documents, Armando Reyes-Ascension, 43, of Salt Lake City, a foreign national, who was previously deported from the United States in July 2003 and March 2020, illeg  more