WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- AmeriCorps issued the following news release: * * * When governors prioritize national service, and partner with AmeriCorps and state service commissions, the benefits are transformative. * * * Today, More Perfect released a report, State Innovations in National Service, in collaboration with Service Year Alliance and America's Service Commissions. The report, which was released at Utah Governor Spencer Cox's Why We Serve Symposium, highlights the case for national serv  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Winners announced during the 2024 Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) announced the winners of the U.S. DOT Intersection Safety Challenge Stage 1Aat the TRB Annual Meeting. The Challenge aims to transform roadway intersection safety by incentivizing new and emerging technologies that identify and address unsafe cond  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 9 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Recently, Attorney General Reyes joined a bipartisan coalition of 18 attorneys general in urging Congress to pass the NCAA Accountability Act of 2023. If signed into law, this legislation would ensure that the NCAA provides transparent due process in its investigations and create fairness for student-athletes, coaches, and institutions. Additionally, it would establish a meaningful enforcement mechani  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 9 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on Jan. 8, 2024: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined an amicus brief, led by the States of Indiana and Alabama, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Roe v. Critchfield. The case involves a challenge to Idaho's S.B. 1100, which augmented privacy and safety standards in public schools. Earlier this year, the Idaho State Legislature passed S.B. 1100. The law requires public schools to   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah issued the following news release on Jan. 8, 2024: Today, a federal magistrate judge ordered the last of 23 individual defendants in a large scale drug trafficking and money laundering case detained. The total of defendants now in custody is 22 out of 23 individuals who were charged in a superseding indictment with 33 federal crimes, including laundering millions of dollars via wire transfers from Utah to M  more