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News Tipoffs - Utah Editors Newsletter for Thursday April 11, 2024 ( 5 items )  

BLS - Western Region Issues Report Entitled 'Consumer Price Index, West Region - March 2024'
SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 10, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, West Region - March 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.9 percent over the past month, up 3.6 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.9 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau of   more

Iowa A.G. Bird Leads 13-State Lawsuit to Pull the Plug on Biden Electric Vehicle Handout and Defend Ethanol
DES MOINES, Iowa, April 11 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led a 13-state coalition in a lawsuit to pull the plug on Biden's electric vehicle handout and defend ethanol. In Biden's most recent attack in the war on gas vehicles, he is creating a rule that overstates the efficiency of electric cars by more than six-times. Biden's illegal boost to electric vehicles hurts car owners, car manufactu  more

N.Y. U.S. Attorney Announces Arrest and Extradition of David Campbell, Principal Drug and Weapons Supplier for MS-13 in Honduras
NEW YORK, April 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Merrick B. Garland, the Attorney General of the United States; John J. Durham, the Director of Joint Task Force Vulcan ("JTFV"); Anne Milgram, the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA"); Katrina W. Berger, the Executive Associate Director of Homelan  more

Utah Gov.'s Office Releases Statement on First Lady Abby Cox
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 11 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following statement on April 10, 2024: * * * This morning, First Lady Abby Cox underwent surgery at the University of Utah Hospital. Jon Pierpont, chief of staff to Gov. Spencer Cox, released the following statement about the procedure: "After weeks of debilitating pain, First Lady Abby Cox underwent surgery on her spine to remove degenerative discs in her neck. The first family is grateful to the surgeons, doctors an  more

Utah Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity: Utah Broadband Center Launches Utah Broadband Availability Challenge Process
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 11 -- The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity issued the following news: The Utah Broadband Center (UBC), part of the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity, is launching the Utah Broadband Availability Challenge Process to finalize identifying broadband serviceable locations in Utah without access to reliable high-speed internet infrastructure. These locations will be eligible for some of the approximately $317 million of federal funding allocated to U  more