WASHINGTON, June 3 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * BREAKING: CAIR Welcomes FBI, Police Actions After Pro-Genocide Vandal Targets Utah Mosque with Israeli Flag * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed investigations by the FBI and local police into a reported incident of pro-genocide vandalism targeting a mosque in Utah.   more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * CURTIS VISITS FERVO ENERGY'S CAPE STATION GEOTHERMAL PROJECT IN BEAVER, UTAH Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Curtis (R-UT) last week toured Fervo Energy's Cape Station geothermal project, a next-generation clean energy initiative located in Beaver County, Utah. He was joined by company leaders, project engineers, and Bill Gates, founder of Breakthrough Energy, for a firsthand look at one of the most   more

WASHINGTON, June 3 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters posted the following news release: * * * DFA Teamsters Vote to Authorize Strikes * Press Contact: Matt McQuaid Phone: (771) 241-0015 Email: mmcquaid@teamster.org NATIONWIDE) - More than 1,000 Teamsters have voted to authorize strikes at Dairy Farmers of America (DFA). The workers -- members of Teamsters Locals 63, 120, 166, 186, 222, 455, 492, 495, 630, 683, and 952 -- are employed at dairy processing and di  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- NASA issued the following news on June 3, 2025: * * * Future Engineers Shine at NASA's 2025 Lunabotics Robotics Competition By Elyna Niles-Carnes And the winner is... the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. The Utah Student Robotics Club won the grand prize Artemis Award on May 22 for NASA's 2025 Lunabotics Challenge held at The Astronauts Memorial Foundation's Center for Space Education at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. "Win was our motto for t  more

DENVER, Colorado, June 5 -- Holland and Hart, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Holland & Hart's Patent Team Recognized in 2025 IAM Patent 1000 Holland & Hart is proud to announce the firm's IP practice has been recognized as a patent law leader in the 2025 edition of Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) Patent 1000: The World's Leading Patent Professionals. The firm was nationally recommended for patent prosecution and received rankings in Colorado and Utah for delivering top-qual  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands issued the following information for a legislative hearing at 10:15 a.m. on June 10, 2025, at 1324 Longworth House Office Building: Agenda: * H.R. 1045 (Rep. Kennedy of UT), "Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act of 2025" * H.R. 1655 (Rep. Bentz), "Wildfire Communications Resiliency Act" * H.R. 3187 (Rep. Hill), To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey a parcel of property of the Forest Service to Perry C  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release on June 2, 2025: * * * ICYMI: DNC Chair Ken Martin Lays Groundwork to Win Back Red States With Crucial State Party Investments In Arkansas, Utah, and Florida, DNC Chair Ken Martin is outlining and implementing his vision to build a strong Democratic Party operation that can mobilize voters and begin the necessary work to flip these states blue. As part of Chair Martin's mission to "organize everywhere, w  more

MERRIFIELD, Virginia, June 4 [Category: Environment] -- The National Wildlife Federation posted the following news release: * * * Isobel Lingenfelter, Skyler Nix Honored with National Young Leader Awards * RESTON, Va. -- The National Wildlife Federation awarded Isobel Lingenfelter of the Utah Wildlife Federation and Skyler Nix of the Texas Conservation Alliance with its annual Young Leader Awards. The award is given to young conservation leaders who have demonstrated outstanding early-career  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * Lee Bill Cuts Drug Prices and Red Tape * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the bipartisan Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act today to cut drug prices for consumers and increase competition in the pharmaceutical market by categorizing generic-brand "biosimilar" drugs as interchangeable with their name-brand counterparts. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Ben Ray Lujan (  more

NEW YORK, May 31 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to New York Post: * * * Don't Believe Paris Hilton's Bull About the 'Troubled Teen' Industry By Christina Buttons Paris Hilton was back in the spotlight -- not for a new reality show, but as the face of a movement to abolish youth residential treatment. Her claims of abuse at a Utah facility in the 1990s helped launch the viral #BreakingCodeSilence campaign, which has since inspired a dozen state laws,   more

LOGAN, Utah, June 5 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * NASA Testing USU's 3D-Printed Hybrid Rocket Motor for Safer Moon Landings By Madeline Buskirk Experts at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, are conducting critical tests on a hybrid rocket system developed at Utah State University's Propulsion Research Laboratory. Stephen Whitmore, a professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, worked alongside graduate students Ryan T  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * Owens Secures Historic Investment for Taylorsville Waterline Replacement Project * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman Burgess Owens (UT-04) announced that the Taylorsville-Bennion Improvement District will receive $1.6 million in federal funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the Meadowbrook Waterline Replacement Project. The funding was secured through the FY 2024 Consolidated Ap  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * Owens to Participate in Workforce Hearing with Secretary Chavez-DeRemer * WASHINGTON -- On Thursday, June 5, House Education and the Workforce Committee Vice Chair Burgess Owens (R-UT) will participate in a full committee hearing to examine the policies and priorities of the Department of Labor, featuring testimony from U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer. "I look forward to welcom  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * Owens to Welcome Secretary McMahon to House Education Committee * WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday, June 4, House Education and the Workforce Committee Vice Chair Burgess Owens (R-UT) will participate in a full committee hearing to examine the policies and priorities of the Department of Education, featuring testimony from Secretary of Education Linda McMahon. "Secretary McMahon is a fierce advocate for ou  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Celeste Maloy, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * President Trump Signs Maloy CRA Restoring Access in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area * President Donald Trump signed into law a Congressional Review Act resolution introduced by Representative Celeste Maloy (UT-02), Senator John Curtis (R-UT), and Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) that overturns a National Park Service rule and restores the use of off-road vehicles (ORVs) and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) on 2  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Mike Kennedy, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Kennedy Introduces Legislation to Protect Patients from Potentially Deadly Prescribing Errors Washington, D.C. -- Representative Mike Kennedy (UT-03) introduced the Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025. This legislation aims to provide doctors with crucial health information when prescribing to patients who are taking medications to treat substance abuse disorder (e.g. Methadone). Currentl  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Celeste Maloy, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Maloy Reintroduces Bipartisan Search and Rescue Bill * Today, Rep. Celeste Maloy (UT-02) reintroduced the Public Land Search and Rescue Act in the 119 th Congress. This legislation would establish a grant program to assist states with the costs of search and rescue activities on federal land under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Congr  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued the following information for a nominations hearing at 10:30 a.m. on June 5, 2025, in the U.S. Capitol: Nominees * Mr. Joel Rayburn, of Oklahoma, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs), vice Barbara A. Leaf, resigned * Mr. Chris Pratt, of Utah, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Political-Military Affairs), vice Jessica Lewis, resigned * The Honorable Michael DeSombre, of Illinois, to be an Assistan  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service issued the following recall alert: * * * Springville Meat & Cold Storage Co., Inc., Recalls Beef Jerky/ Beef Snack Stick Products and Voluntarily Inspected Elk, Venison and Buffalo Jerky Products Due to Misbranding and Undeclared Allergens * WASHINGTON, June 3, 2025 - Springville Meat & Cold Storage Co., Inc., Springville, Utah establishment, is recalling approximately 15,388 pounds of heat-treated   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 3 (TNSjou) -- The University of Utah Health issued the following news release: * * * Fruit Flies on Cocaine Could Reveal Better Therapies for Addiction For the first time, researchers have created genetically modified fruit flies that can become addicted to cocaine. The flies will self-administer cocaine if given the option. The new model could prove immensely valuable for the development of new therapies to prevent and treat cocaine use disorder, a growing and dead  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 6 (TNSjou) -- The University of Utah Health issued the following news release: * * * Lower BMI Doesn't Improve Mental Health After Weight-Loss Surgery. Here's What Does. Key points: * Weight-loss surgery reduces weight stigma for most patients. * Lower weight stigma, but not lower BMI, is linked to better mental health. * Continuing to experience weight stigma raises the risk of mental health concerns and disordered eating. IMPACT: Reducing societal weight stigm  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 4 -- The University of Utah Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute issued the following news release: * * * Students at Utah postsecondary institutions received 350,000 federal student aid awards totaling $1.6 billion in the 2022-23 school year States and the federal government share a vital economic relationship. This data summary, the twelfth in a series on state and federal economic linkages from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, presents the Utah-federal government   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 6 (TNSrpt) -- The University of Utah Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute issued the following news release: * * * Utah Consumer Sentiment Increases Slightly in May Utah's consumer sentiment rose 1.4% in May, according to the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute's Survey of Utah Consumer Sentiment. This modest monthly change (from 80.0 in April to 81.1 in May) falls well within the survey's margin of error. A similar survey conducted by the University of Michigan found no cha  more

LOGAN, Utah, June 7 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * USU Brigham City Region Launches 'Help Aggies Thrive' Scholarship Campaign to Empower Local Students Utah State University Brigham City Region is launching a new direct-ask scholarship initiative, the Help Students Thrive campaign, aimed at raising scholarship funds for local students. All contributions to the campaign will go directly toward scholarships for students in the local community, helping them achieve th  more

LOGAN, Utah, June 7 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * USU Business Services Highlighted at National Conference By Emma Lee LOGAN, Utah -- Keri Shoemaker, financial officer for the Caine College of the Arts, recently returned from presenting at the Western Association of College and University Business Officers annual conference. Since 1937, WACUBO has provided business officers in the Western region with opportunities for professional development, problem-solving in   more

LOGAN, Utah, June 6 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * USU Doctoral Student Wins National Award for Study on International Student Tax Challenges By Sydney Dahle LOGAN, Utah -- Utah State University doctoral student Dorcas Anabire has been named a recipient of the 2025 Graduate Research Award from the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing for her dissertation-in-progress, "Filing Income Taxes in the United States: Challenges for International Graduate Students."  more

LOGAN, Utah, June 6 (TNSjou) -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * USU Researchers Develop Device to Study Early Stages of Age-Related Vision Loss By Madeline Buskirk Researchers at Utah State University are working to gain a deeper understanding of age-related macular degeneration, one of the leading causes of vision loss in older adults. Elizabeth Vargis, an associate professor in the Biological Engineering Department, and graduate researcher Chase Paterson have engine  more

LOGAN, Utah, June 4 (TNSjou) -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * USU Researchers Find Relationship Building, Local Cultural Knowledge Key for Indigenous Learners MOAB, Utah -- A new study published by researchers at Utah State University sheds light on the critical role of relationship building and the use of local cultural knowledge in creating a climate change module best suited for Indigenous learners. The research, titled Building Relationships for Meaningful Co-Cre  more

LOGAN, Utah, June 3 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * USU Undergrads Experience Life Sciences Research in Immersive Summer Mentorship Program In biology faculty member Robert Schaeffer's Lab, scholars Sage Yazzie and Noah Todachiny, with doctoral student mentor Valerie Martin, explore varied nectars' effects on bumble bee health and behavior. Yazzie and Todachiny, along with fellow Native American Mentorship Program participants, present their research 9 a.m. June 10 i  more

LOGAN, Utah, June 5 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * USU, CAPSA Host Conference to Educate Community on Domestic and Sexual Violence Domestic and sexual violence prevention remains the focal point as Utah State University and CAPSA once again collaborated to host more than 300 attendees at the fourth annual Northern Utah Conference to End Violence on June 4 at the Riverwoods Conference Center in Logan. With the theme "A Call for Collaborative Leadership," this year's  more

LOGAN, Utah, June 5 (TNSrpt) -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * UWLP Publishes White Paper on Strengthening Girls & Women Across Utah By Kolene Anderson The Utah Women & Leadership Project at Utah State University has released a new white paper titled What Utahns Can Do to Strengthen Girls & Women: Findings from Community Conversations Across Utah. The report integrates insights from 28 county-level "think tank" discussions (Uintah Basin hosted two counties) held stat  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, June 6 -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * UW Researchers: Sharp-Tailed Grouse in South-Central Wyoming Potentially a Distinct Subspecies For decades, a population of grouse in south-central Wyoming and northwest Colorado has been identified as Columbian sharp-tailed grouse, the same subspecies that can be found in far western Wyoming near Jackson along with Idaho, northern Utah and parts of the Pacific Northwest. But new research led by University  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release: * * * Zion National Park debuts temporary museum exhibit on End Triassic Extinction * News Release Date: June 5, 2025 Contact: zion_newsdesk@nps.gov, 435-772-0162 SPRINGDALE, Utah - The Zion Human History Museum has a new exhibit, one as old as the dinosaurs! Come take a trip through the late Triassic period, the End Triassic Extinction, and the beginnings of the Jurassic p  more