| Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Utah Newsletter for Sunday August 13, 2023 ( 6 items ) |
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CAIR Welcomes Sentencing of Perpetrator of Racist Assault Targeting Latino Family in Utah
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release:
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the sentencing of the perpetrator of a racist assault targeting a Latino father and son in Utah in 2018.
A man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for brutally beating a Latino father and son outside their tire shop in 2018. During the attack, the man reported
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Court Dismisses Utah Suits, Upholds Presidential Authority to Establish National Monuments
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 12 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2023:
A federal judge today dismissed two lawsuits filed by the state of Utah that attempted to undo President Biden's restoration of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments and attacked the Antiquities Act as unlawful.
In today's ruling, U.S. District Judge David Nuffer emphasized that the Antiquities Act gives the president broad authority to designate nation
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Earthjustice: Court Dismisses Utah Suits, Upholds Presidential Authority to Establish National Monuments
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 12 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2023:
A Utah federal judge today dismissed two lawsuits, led by the state of Utah, that attempted to undo President Biden's restoration of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments and attacked the Antiquities Act as unlawful. In the ruling, District Judge David Nuffer emphasized that the Antiquities Act gives the president broad authority to designate national monuments and that the co
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First Hispanic Woman Elected to Lead the More Than 1 Million-Member Disabled American Veterans
ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey, Aug. 9 -- Disabled American Veterans issued the following news:
Posted on Aug 8, 2023
Utah native Nancy Espinosa was unanimously elected national commander of the more than 1 million-member DAV (Disabled American Veterans) today in Atlantic City, New Jersey, at the organization's 101st national convention. The service-connected disabled Army veteran is the first Hispanic woman to hold DAV's highest post.
"I do not take this responsibility lightly and promise to give
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Joint Statement From Abortion Rights Advocates Urge Utah Supreme Court to Keep Abortion Ban Blocked
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 9 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Utah issued the following joint statement on Aug. 8, 2023:
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Today, the Utah Supreme Court heard oral arguments in abortion providers' case challenging the state's trigger ban. Passed in 2020, the law took effect after Roe v. Wade was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court last year. Following a legal challenge brought by Planned Parenthood Association of Utah, the trigger ban has remained unenforced due to a court order.
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Planned Parenthood: Abortion Rights Advocates Urge Utah Supreme Court to Keep Abortion Ban Blocked
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 9 -- The Planned Parenthood Federation of America issued the following joint statement on Aug. 8, 2023:
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Today, the Utah Supreme Court heard oral arguments in abortion providers' case challenging the state's trigger ban. Passed in 2020, the law took effect after Roe v. Wade was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court last year. Following a legal challenge brought by Planned Parenthood Association of Utah, the trigger ban has remained unenforced due to a court order
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