PHOENIX, Arizona, Jan. 1 -- Gov. Doug Ducey, R-Arizona, issued the following news release: As 2021 comes to a close, two more states - South Dakota and Wyoming - followed Arizona's lead in adopting universal licensing recognition. Under the leadership of Governor Doug Ducey, Arizona was the first state in the nation to pass bipartisan legislation (https://azgovernor.gov/governor/news/2019/04/open-opportunity) that helps more Arizonans who are new to the state get to work without having to jump  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jan. 7 -- Hawaii Attorney General Holly T. Shikada issued the following news release: Attorney General Holly T. Shikada joined a bipartisan coalition of 16 attorneys general in making recommendations to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to improve competition in the meat processing industry, which will help Hawaii 's farmers, ranchers, and consumers. In a letter to Secretary Vilsack -- which was led by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and Wyoming At  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Jan. 5 -- The Wyoming Judicial Branch issued the following news: On behalf of the Judicial Nominating Commission, Wyoming Supreme Court Chief Justice Kate M. Fox, who serves as Chairman, announced today that the Commission has completed its consideration of all who have expressed interest in the position of District Court Judge in the Sixth Judicial District. Pursuant to Article 5, Sec. 4 of the Wyoming Constitution, the Judicial Nominating Commission submitted three nomine  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

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Jan. 6 (TNSRes) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The launch of a long-awaited biosafety laboratory at the University of Wyoming this month will enable scientists to investigate deadly biological agents, including the bacteria that cause brucellosis. Former Gov. Dave Freudenthal and former UW President Tom Buchanan were among those turning the first shovelfuls of dirt in June 2009 next to the Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory near the Snowy Ran  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Jan. 6 (TNSRes) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Led by the University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources (SER) and in collaboration with Basin Electric Power Cooperative, a team of researchers and partners on the Wyoming CarbonSAFE Project recently began drilling a second deep test well for site characterization. Spudding of the test well near Basin Electric's Dry Fork Station near Gillette began Dec. 23 and, despite the frigid temperatures   more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 6 (TNSJou) -- Yale University issued the following news on Jan. 5, 2022: Their legs may get more attention, but a new study says a crab's eyes have much to offer, too -- at least scientifically. Writing in the journal iScience, paleontologists from Yale and Harvard have discovered new, unusually large optical features from a 95-million-year-old crab fossil, Callichimaera perplexa -- a species first described in 2019 in a study led by former Yale paleontologist Javi  more