HELENA, Montana, Sept. 2 -- Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following news release on Sept. 1, 2022: A federal judge today granted Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen's request to intervene in the case Dakota Resource Council v. U.S. Department of Interior which threatens oil and gas lease sales on federal land. Oklahoma, Utah, and Wyoming are also intervening states. Attorney General Knudsen can now protect Montana's sovereign and economic interests in continuing quarte  more

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 1 (TNSper) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Utah State University Engineering Professor and Associate Dean Rose Hu has been elected to the board of directors for the American Society for Engineering Education's Engineering Research Council, known as ASEE ERC. Hu will serve a three-year term on the board, overseeing the council's mission of providing a national forum for its members in education, industry and government. The council has about 253 instituti  more

LOGAN, Utah, Aug. 30 (TNSper) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Utah State University alumni Devin Wiser has been named vice president for government and external relations at USU. He will assume the position on Sept. 21, 2022. As vice president, Wiser will report directly to USU President Noelle E. Cockett and comprise part of the executive leadership team. "Devin has a stellar reputation for his exceptional knowledge of the political landscape at both the state and federal  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 1 (TNSper) -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news: Gov. Spencer J. Cox nominated Alex Goble to serve as a judge in the Sixth District Juvenile Court. This is a new judicial position created during the 2022 General Legislative Session. The governor's nominations are subject to confirmation by the Utah Senate. "I'm pleased to appoint Alex Goble to this position of trust in our community," Gov. Cox said. "His intelligence and experience will serve  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 1 (TNSper) -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news on Aug. 31, 2022: Gov. Spencer Cox named Aimee Winder Newton as a senior advisor and director of the new Office of Families. She takes on this new role effective Sept. 1, 2022. The Office of Families aims to support Utah families through proactive rather than reactive strategies and policies. This includes promoting what already makes Utah the best place for children and parents to thrive as well a  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 2 (TNSper) -- The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development issued the following news: The Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity (Go Utah) recently expanded its Center for Rural Development (CRD) team's service model. This new model assigns each rural outreach manager to service specific counties and communities. Like the Associations of Governments business model, the CRD model will foster enhanced interactions with business and community leaders while addr  more

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 1 (TNSres) -- Utah State University issued the following news on Aug. 31, 2022: Greg Madden will share his research on impulsive decision-making at the next Blue Plate Research, titled "Impulsivity, Poor Decisions, and What To Do About It." During the event, Madden will explore how we all hate to wait and how extreme forms of this lead to habitually impulsive decision-making. The presentation will be 11:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 9, at Gallivan Hall in Salt Lake City. All attend  more

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 2 (TNSjou) -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * USU geneticist Zach Gompert is lead author of a NSF-funded study published in PNAS * * * The greatest diversity of life is not counted in the number of species, says Utah State University evolutionary geneticist Zachariah Gompert, but in the diversity of interactions among them. "It's often unclear if the outcome of an interaction, such as whether a microbe can infect a host, is the same for all members   more