News Tipoffs - Utah Editors
Aires Tide, a new concept for fast-tracked flight tests, to debut on National Mall
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release:
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Aires Tide, a new concept for fast-tracked flight tests, to debut on National Mall
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -This summer, Washington, DC, will get to see firsthand how advanced technologies are accelerating national security engineering.
A new concept flight test vehicle called Aires Tide will be on display at the National Mall starting June 25. The 11-foot-tal
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Americans for Tax Reform: Karianne Lisonbee Makes "No New Taxes" Promise to Utah Voters
WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary on June 22, 2026, by Theresa Grover:
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Karianne Lisonbee Makes "No New Taxes" Promise to Utah Voters
Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) applauds Karianne Lisonbee for signing the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, a written commitment to the voters of Utah to oppose and vote against tax hikes.
Candidates often make campaign promises not to raise taxes, only to abandon taxpayers once elected. The Taxpayer Protection Pled
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Announcing the Awardees of the 2026 Core Presidential Citations
CHICAGO, Illinois, June 24 [Category: Libraries] -- The American Library Association posted the following news release:
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Announcing the Awardees of the 2026 Core Presidential Citations
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CHICAGO -Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures is pleased to announce the 2026 awardees of Core Presidential Citations. The Core Presidential Citations recognize distinguished achievements by Core members who make significant contributions to the association and to the profession. Awarded by the cur
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Attorney General Bonta Joins Federal Partners in National Health Care Fraud Takedown 2026
SACRAMENTO, California, June 23 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Bonta Joins Federal Partners in National Health Care Fraud Takedown 2026
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OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the California Department of Justice's (California DOJ) participation in the 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, a coordinated law enforcement operation that resulted in criminal charges against 455 defendants nationwide with o
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Attorney General Bonta Welcomes Shopify Ban on All E-Cigarette Sales, Following Call for Action
SACRAMENTO, California, June 23 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Bonta Welcomes Shopify Ban on All E-Cigarette Sales, Following Call for Action
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OAKLAND -Co-leading a bipartisan coalition of 25 attorneys general, California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the City of New York today welcomed Shopify's decision to ban the sale of all vaping products, including e-cigarettes, through its e-commerce platform. The decision is a dire
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Attorney General Tong Welcomes Shopify Ban on All E-Cigarette Sales Following Call for Action
HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 24 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Tong Welcomes Shopify Ban on All E-Cigarette Sales Following Call for Action
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(Hartford, CT) -As part of a bipartisan coalition of 25 attorneys general and the City of New York, Attorney General William Tong today welcomed Shopify's decision to ban the sale of all vaping products, such as e-cigarettes, through its e-commerce platform. The dec
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Building Blocks: UNLV Outreach Program Inspires Interest in Semiconductor Manufacturing
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, June 24 -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus posted the following news:
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Building Blocks: UNLV Outreach Program Inspires Interest in Semiconductor Manufacturing
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The blue, glowing arcs generated by the Tesla coil flashed against the deep black sky. At 500,000 volts, the device, developed from microwave parts, created a lightning-like show in Matthew Chavarria's backyard.
"My parents don't really understand everything I do but they encourage me," the rising
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Center for American Progress: Cities and States Across the Political Spectrum Are Increasingly Backing Pro-Worker Policies
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The Center for American Progress issued the following news release on June 24, 2026:
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Cities and States Across the Political Spectrum Are Increasingly Backing Pro-Worker Policies
A new Center for American Progress analysis finds that Republican-led and bipartisan jurisdictions across the country are increasingly adopting pro-worker construction policies that strengthen workforce training, improve job quality, and help deliver better results on public infrastructure
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Chairman Aguilar: While House Republicans ignore Americans' kitchen table concerns, Democrats are facing them head-on.
WASHINGTON, June 24 -- House Democratic Caucus issued the following news release:
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Chairman Aguilar: While House Republicans ignore Americans' kitchen table concerns, Democrats are facing them head-on.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar, Vice Chair Ted Lieu and DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene held a press conference on House Republicans' track record of broken promises and refusal to put working Americans first. You can watch the full press conference here an
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Chairman Capito Asks FWS Nominee About Permitting Reform and National Parks
WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release:
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Chairman Capito Asks FWS Nominee About Permitting Reform and National Parks
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, held a hearing to consider the nomination of Kevin Lilly to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
During the hearing, Cha
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Earthjustice: Tenth Circuit Kicks Utah National Monuments Suit Back to District Court
SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 24 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on June 23, 2026:
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Tenth Circuit Kicks Utah National Monuments Suit Back to District Court
Court holds that Utah district court applied the wrong legal standard
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Denver, CO -- The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals today reversed a district court decision that found courts are barred by sovereign immunity from reviewing presidential proclamations under the Antiquities Act. The decision is in keeping with
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Environmental Defense Fund: Utah Modernizes Antiquated Oil And Gas Bonding Rules - Saving Taxpayers Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Future Plugging Liability
NEW YORK, June 25 -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release on June 24, 2026:
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Utah Modernizes Antiquated Oil And Gas Bonding Rules - Saving Taxpayers Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Future Plugging Liability
Salt Lake City, UT - Today, after more than five years of work, Utah's Board of Oil, Gas and Mining finalized updates to its antiquated oil and gas bonding regulations. This process started after a 2019 performance audit found that "bond amounts and bond
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EPA Announces $3.5 Million in Grants to Assess and Cleanup Communities in Utah
WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release:
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EPA Announces $3.5 Million in Grants to Assess and Cleanup Communities in Utah
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SALT LAKE CITY - Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $3.5 million in Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment and Cleanup grants to accelerate the cleanup of polluted sites in Utah. With these funds, EPA is investing directly in American communities to cleanup and redevelop blighted properties,
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EPA Approves Conditional Hazardous Waste Storage Variance for Utah Facility
WASHINGTON, June 24 (TNSFR) -- The Environmental Protection Agency has approved, with conditions, no-migration variances that will allow Clean Harbors' Grassy Mountain hazardous waste facility in Tooele County, Utah, to temporarily store treated hazardous wastes in designated disposal units while awaiting verification that the wastes meet federal treatment standards.
The final approval, published in the Federal Register, becomes effective July 23, 2026. The action applies only to Clean Harbors'
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Federal Register: BLM Issues Proposed Rule on Royalty for Oil and Gas Lost From Onshore Federal and Indian Leases
WASHINGTON, June 24 (TNSFR) -- In response to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, enacted on July 4, 2025, and Executive Order (E.O.) 14154, entitled, "Unleashing American Energy," dated January 20, 2025, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing to modify its existing regulations pertaining to royalties due on oil and natural gas lost on Federal and Indian leases. These modifications would reduce unnecessary compliance burdens for operators and streamline the BLM's royalty determinations on
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Gov. Cox appoints Ryan Stack to the Fourth District Court
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 24 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news release:
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Gov. Cox appoints Ryan Stack to the Fourth District Court
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SALT LAKE CITY (June 24, 2026) -Gov. Spencer J. Cox has appointed Ryan Stack to the Fourth District Court. Stack fills a district court judge position created by the Legislature during the 2026 Legislative Session.
"Ryan has built a distinguished career serving Utahns both in and out of the courtroom," Gov. Cox said. "His experie
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HAWAII A.G. LOPEZ WELCOMES SHOPIFY BAN ON ALL E-CIGARETTE SALES, FOLLOWING CALL FOR ACTION
HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 25 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release on June 24, 2026:
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ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNE LOPEZ WELCOMES SHOPIFY BAN ON ALL E-CIGARETTE SALES, FOLLOWING CALL FOR ACTION
As part of a bipartisan coalition of 25 attorneys general and the City of
New York, Attorney General Lopez today welcomed Shopify's decision to ban the sale of
all vaping products, including e-cigarettes, through its e-commerce platform. The
decision is a direct respo
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Jayapal, Menendez Introduce Bill to Eliminate Xenophobic Barriers to Healthcare, Nutrition Assistance, and Other Support Programs for Lawful Immigrants
WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, issued the following news:
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Jayapal, Menendez Introduce Bill to Eliminate Xenophobic Barriers to Healthcare, Nutrition Assistance, and Other Support Programs for Lawful Immigrants
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Rob Menendez (NJ-08) led 99 lawmakers today in introducing the Lifting Immigrant Families Through Benefits Access Restoration (LIFT the BAR) Act, which would remove unnecessary barrie
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LLNL Helps Advance AI-Driven Design and Simulation for NNSA Aires Tide Collaboration
LIVERMORE, California, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news:
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LLNL helps advance AI-driven design and simulation for NNSA Aires Tide collaboration
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is contributing AI-enabled payload optimization and advanced modeling and simulation expertise to Aires Tide, a collaborative National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) demonstration exploring new ways to design flight test v
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National Center for LGBTQ Rights Legal Director Minter Testifies Before Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee
WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following written testimony by Shannon Price Minter, legal director of the National Center for LGBTQ Rights, Dallas, Texas, from a June 3, 2026, hearing entitled "Protecting Our Children: Exposing the Dangers of Irreversible Gender Transition Procedures on Minors":
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Chair and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today.
My name is Shannon Minter. I have se
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NMSU contributes to study showing moose have deep roots in Southern Rockies
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, June 24 (TNSjou) -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release:
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NMSU contributes to study showing moose have deep roots in Southern Rockies
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A New Mexico State University researcher was part of an interdisciplinary team of archaeologists, paleontologists, paleoecologists, archivists and tribal cultural heritage leaders who collaborated on a new study suggesting moose inhabited Colorado's southern Rocky Mountains centuries before state wildlif
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Padilla, Peters, Schumer Lead Senate Democrats in Demanding USPS Abandon Plan to Carry Out Trump's Illegal Executive Order Restricting Vote by Mail
WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release:
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Padilla, Peters, Schumer Lead Senate Democrats in Demanding USPS Abandon Plan to Carry Out Trump's Illegal Executive Order Restricting Vote by Mail
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Under draft rule USPS would not deliver mail ballots in states that resist Trump Administration's unlawful demands for voter lists
WASHINGTON, D.C. -U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules and Administration Commi
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Schiff Joins Padilla, Peters, Schumer in Demanding USPS Abandon Proposed Rule to Carry Out President Trump's Illegal Executive Order Restricting Vote by Mail
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release:
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Schiff Joins Padilla, Peters, Schumer in Demanding USPS Abandon Proposed Rule to Carry Out President Trump's Illegal Executive Order Restricting Vote by Mail
U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) joined Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) in demanding the United States Postal Service (USPS) abandon its proposed rule to implement
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Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman Capito Asks FWS Nominee About Permitting Reform and National Parks
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on June 24, 2026:
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Chairman Capito Asks FWS Nominee About Permitting Reform and National Parks
Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, held a hearing to consider the nomination of Kevin Lilly to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife of th
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Trump Buys Back Four More Offshore Wind Leases
WASHINGTON, June 24 [Category: Energy] -- The Institute for Energy Research posted the following commentary:
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Trump Buys Back Four More Offshore Wind Leases
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Key Takeaways
1 The Trump administration is completing its third deal on offshore wind leases sold during the Biden administration, when lucrative subsidies were available to developers.
2 The administration will return $765 million to energy developer Invenergy, somewhat less than the cost of its four wind leases, to terminate
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USC-San Diego: Investigational Drug Could Control Cholesterol
LA JOLLA, California, June 25 (TNSjou) -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news:
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Investigational Drug Could Control Cholesterol
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* High-cholesterol diets trigger processes in the liver that make it harer to clear harmful LDL cholesterol from blood
* UC San Diego researchers identified the key molecular switch driving this process and showed that blocking it dramatically lowered LDL cholesterol in mice
* A drug that targets this molecul
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USU Eastern Students Explore Sustainability, Ecology Through Iceland Study Abroad Experience
LOGAN, Utah, June 24 -- Utah State University issued the following news:
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USU Eastern Students Explore Sustainability, Ecology Through Iceland Study Abroad Experience
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PRICE, Utah -Seventeen Utah State University students, including four from USU Eastern, traveled to Iceland for a study abroad program that immersed them in wildlife ecology, renewable energy, agriculture and sustainability through hands-on learning.
Led in part by Sunshine Brosi, the Iceland Study Abroad program let s
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Western Caucus Members Applaud Funding to Restore Local Government Revenues
WASHINGTON, June 24 (Rep.) -- The Congressional Western Caucus issued the following news release:
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Western Caucus Members Applaud Funding to Restore Local Government Revenues
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, the Department of the Interior announced that it would be disbursing $733 million in Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program funding for 2026 to 1,900 State and local governments across the nation. The Congressional Western Caucus strongly supports this program, and several Members
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Wildlife Society: Free-ranging Dogs Attack and Kill Threatened Desert Tortoises
BETHESDA, Maryland, June 24 -- The Wildlife Society, a wildlife conservation organization, posted the following news:
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Free-ranging dogs attack and kill threatened desert tortoises
It was somewhere around Daggett, just east of Barstow on the edge of the desert, when the dogs began to take hold.
Kristin Berry, a principal investigator and research wildlife biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, had been studying the threats imperiled Agassiz's desert tortoises face when a tracking de
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