JUNEAU, Alaska, Sept. 5 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release: The State of Alaska joined an amicus petition before the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a case that threatens the energy industry of States by how NEPA was applied. "The case is as much about federalism and State sovereignty as it is about environmental law," the brief states. NEPA, the National Environmental Policy Act, is a law that requires federal agencies to assess the environmental effect  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- NPR [National Public Radio] issued the following news release: NPR welcomes the election of several board members, including four Member Directors, two Public Directors and one Non-Board Distribution/Interconnection Committee member. Debbie Hiott, KUT News, Austin, Texas, Maria O'Mara (incumbent), KUER, Salt Lake City, Utah, Tina Pamintuan (incumbent), St. Louis Public Radio, Shawn Turner (incumbent), WKAR Public Media, East Lansing, Michigan were elected as Member Direc  more

OGDEN, Utah, Sept. 7 -- Weber State University issued the following news: Identical twins Kenzee and Kylee Blackburn have a lot in common -- similar appearances, personalities, hobbies and, now, careers. "We're just so alike in every way," Kenzee said. "There's not a lot that's different about us." This summer, both graduated with an Associate of Applied Science in Radiography from Weber State University. They're now working as X-ray technicians at Lone Peak Hospital in Draper, Utah, providin  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 5 (TNSres) -- The University of Utah Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute issued the following news release: Utah currently suffers from a housing crisis. While this crisis directly affects people's ability to secure affordable quality housing, the indirect impacts could be more long-term and potentially long-lasting. A new policy brief from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute summarizes research detailing how housing affordability has both direct and indirect impacts on   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 5 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined 16 attorneys general in an amicus brief at the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in World Vision v. McMahon. The brief, which was led by the State of Montana, involves a question of the church autonomy doctrine governing interactions between religious and secular entities. In 2020, McMahon applied for a job at World Vision, a "Christian Minist  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 7 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined 26 attorneys general in an amicus brief in Garland v. VanDerStok at the Supreme Court of the United States. The brief, which was led by the States of West Virginia and Montana, supports the Second Amendment rights of Americans in the face of increasing oppression from a federal agency. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) published a fi  more

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

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 5 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: The Utah Attorney General's Office represented the Utah Division of Consumer Protection in a landmark case against Real Estate Workshop (REW) and its principals Troy Stevens, Cory Wadsworth, and MJ Augie Bove. The REW Defendants deceptively enticed thousands of customers to attend free seminars with promises of generating high passive income through real estate investing techniques. Rather than provi  more

ST. GEORGE, Utah, Sept. 4 -- Utah Tech University issued the following news: Utah Tech University is offering Utahns free access to over 7,000 online technology workforce development courses through the university's Learn and Work program. The online courses and resources are offered through Pluralsight, which provides specialized education in tech fields, teaching practical technology and soft skills for real-world scenarios. As part of Learn and Work, Utah Tech is also reimbursing the cost o  more

ST. GEORGE, Utah, Sept. 7 -- Utah Tech University issued the following news: Marking the 10-year anniversary of when 43 Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers College students disappeared southwest of Mexico City, Utah Tech University is commemorating the victims' lives with "Remember the 43 Students" art installations and campus engagement events. As part of the Sept. 26, 2014, incident, local police, state police, Mexican military personnel and members of the Guerreros Unidos drug cartel ambushed five bu  more

OGDEN, Utah, Sept. 6 -- Weber State University issued the following news: The international community at Weber State University is growing. WSU boasted its largest enrollment of international students ever this fall at 372 new students, bringing the total number of that population to 832. A combination of targeted recruitment efforts, partnerships with agents, enhanced name recognition, and Weber State's affordable tuition led to the surge of international enrollment, said Mary Machira, exe  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 6 -- Western Governors University-Utah issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: Western Governors University (WGU) announced today the acquisition of Craft Education Inc. and the acceleration of its endeavor to develop, launch and scale work-based learning pathways, a vital next phase in its mission to change lives for the better by transforming education to better serve untapped talent and meet employer needs. Craft Education is the leading education tec  more