PHOENIX, Arizona, Sept. 21 -- The Arizona Auditor General issued the following audit report (No. 23-108) on Sept. 20, 2023, entitled "Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Sunset Review." Here are excerpts: * * * To: Members of the Arizona Legislature The Honorable Katie Hobbs, Governor Mr. Tom Torres, Director, Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management Transmitted herewith is the Auditor General's report, A Performance Audit and Sunset Review of the Arizona Departm  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 21 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 20, 2023, entitled "County Employment and Wages in Utah - First Quarter 2023": * * * Employment rose in all five of the largest counties in Utah from March 2022 to March 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (Large counties are those with annual average employment levels of 75,000 or more in   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: When a natural catastrophe strikes, how effectively are communities able to marshal access to resources and services? Across the nation, 19 teams of civic leaders and university scholars are working together to improve community effectiveness in responding to these challenges, supported by $19 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation in partnership with the U.S. Department of Homeland Se  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 21 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2023: Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that the State of Georgia has entered into a settlement with Tempoe, LLC resolving a multistate investigation into the company's advertising and leasing through retailers across the nation, particularly retailers of durable goods, such as furniture and appliances. Tempoe also purported to lease services such as car repairs. This multi  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 22 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news release: On Sept. 20, 2023, Gov. Spencer Cox and First Lady Abby Cox honored Utah artists at the Governor's Mansion Artist Awards event. Continuing a great Utah tradition of honoring and supporting artists, the Coxes presented awards to two artists who have brought beauty that can be both seen and felt. Ben Steele: Originally from Washington state, Mr. Steele moved to Washington County as a teenager.   more

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Sept. 21 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news release: Idaho National Laboratory's Frontiers Initiative will take center stage when climate scientists and policymakers from around the world convene at the 2023 Arctic Circle Assembly in October in Iceland. University partners and defense experts with INL-led Emerging Energy Markets Analysis (EMA) initiative will participate in panel discussions. They'll highlight the  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah, Trina A. Higgins, issued the following news release: In commemoration of the 29th anniversary of the original enactment of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), the Justice Department announced nearly $193 million in formula and discretionary grant awards to support crucial services and justice responses for survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including $1,982,667 for the Ut  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2023: The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced today that the Alpine School District in Utah has entered into a resolution agreement to ensure the district's compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 when responding to notice of sexual harassment of its students by other students and employees. OCR determined t  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 22 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined the States of Arkansas and Alabama on an amicus brief in support of Arizona's Save Women's Sports Act, which has been challenged in federal court. The case Doe v. Horne is currently pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In 2022, the Arizona Legislature passed a law prohibiting biological males from playing on women's sports teams in public  more

HILL AFB, Utah, Sept. 22 -- The U.S. Air Force Hill Air Force Base (75th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: By Micah Garbarino, 388th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Members of the 388th Fighter Wing's Utah Test and Training Range are playing a key role in recovering NASA's first-ever asteroid sample return on Sept. 24. Launched in 2016, the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer, or OSIRIS-REx, travelled more than 200 million miles from e  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 21 -- West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2023: State Treasurer Riley Moore today condemned a new effort by the Biden Administration and U.S. Treasury to encourage the banking and financial services industries to implement an accelerated transition of investment and financing activity away from the coal, oil and natural gas industries. The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday released new "Principles for Net-Z  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following news release: With less than two weeks before the end of the fiscal year, extreme House Republicans are playing partisan games with peoples' lives and marching our country toward a government shutdown that would have damaging impacts all across the country. Instead of working in a bipartisan manner to keep the government open and address emergency needs for the American people, House Republicans introduced a continuing resol  more

SPRINGDALE, Utah, Sept. 22 -- The National Park Service Zion National Park issued the following news release: Five new battery-electric buses entered service this week at Zion National Park. These are the first of an entirely new fleet of electric buses Zion will acquire using a $33 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. "The Zion Canyon Shuttle System has a bright future," Jeff Bradybaugh, Superintendent of Zion National Park said. "We are building on past successes that we  more