PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Jan. 6 (TNSPer) -- Ballard Spahr, a law firm, issued the following news release on Jan. 5, 2021: Ballard Spahr Real Estate Partner Steven P. Mehr has joined the advisory committee for Site Ready Utah, an initiative of the Economic Development Corporation of Utah. The Site Ready Utah program is designed to identify and certify industrial real estate sites across the state. Intended to attract large-scale industrial projects, the sites and associated projects will hav  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 5 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news on Jan. 3, 2022: Gov. Spencer J. Cox announced that Neil Abercrombie will join his senior staff as senior advisor of legislative affairs and policy. Following Lt. Gov. Henderson's lead, he'll be managing day-to-day interactions with the Legislature and working to advance the administration's priorities. "Neil has earned a sterling reputation for his solid policy sense and relationships built on com  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 7 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued a video message on Jan. 6, 2022, pleading with Utahns to get vaccinated and boosted: * * * "Recent COVID-19 case counts and deaths are a sobering reminder of just how contagious this Omicron variant is. Like every other state, we expect record case numbers for the next few weeks. The good news is we have the tools to beat this, but they only work if we use them. If, for whatever reason, you have been putting off getting vaccin  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Jan. 5 -- Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson issued the following news release: Over the weekend, Judge Terry A. Doughty of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana issued a preliminary injunction stopping the Biden Administration from enforcing its vaccine and mask mandate on the Head Start programs in the following states: Louisiana, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missour  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 6 (TNSRes) -- The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development issued the following news on Jan. 5, 2022: In an article published this morning by The Salt Lake Tribune, "DOMO got $23 million in incentives from GOEO, whose chair sits on the DOMO board," author Bryan Schott waited until well into the article to state that there was no indication that Chair Carine Clark had any undue influence on the process of awarding tax credits. The Utah Governor's Office of Econo  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 4 -- The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development issued the following news: The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity (Go Utah) was made aware of comments made by a Domo senior executive at a Silicon Slopes Summit event on Oct. 13, 2021, related to an Economic Development Tax Increment Finance (EDTIF) incentive. The EDTIF post-performance tax credit was awarded to Domo on Jan. 14, 2021, based on specific contractual performance conditions, which have n  more

LOGAN, Utah, Jan. 7 (TNSOps) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Marcus Jensen Beginning in the fall 2021 semester, Utah State University expanded its 1010 Connections course to students at USU Eastern and USU Blanding, offering the course itself and new activities as well as yearlong faculty mentors. The Connections courses are taught by local USU professors, and students also have the opportunity to interact with students and faculty on the Logan campus. "It took several   more

LOGAN, Utah, Jan. 7 (TNSOps) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Kat Webb After a monthslong collaboration with Indigenous communities, Utah State University has finalized its first land acknowledgment statements, recognizing that USU's facilities across the state reside on the lands of Indigenous peoples. In March of 2021, Utah State University President Noelle E. Cockett announced the formation of a working group to draft the university's land acknowledgment statements. N  more

LOGAN, Utah, Jan. 7 -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Allyson Myers Three faculty members from the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services were recently recognized as professors: Dr. Lisa Boyce and Dr. Beth Fauth of the Human Development and Family Studies department and Dr. Michael Levin of the Psychology department. Each of these new professors presented their research at a private reception in the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art as part of the inau  more