Thursday - August 20, 2026

Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Utah

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AG Campbell Announces $36.5 Million Multistate Settlement with CVS for Allegedly Over-Dispensing Insulin Pens
BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 9 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Announces $36.5 Million Multistate Settlement with CVS for Allegedly Over-Dispensing Insulin Pens * BOSTON -Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell, in collaboration with the U.S Department of Justice and a bipartisan coalition of 35 other state attorneys general, today announced a $36.5 million multistate settlement with CVS Pharmacy, Inc. (CVS)  more
AG Labrador Files Closing Brief in Federal Lawsuit Defending Idaho's Pro-Life Law
BOISE, Idaho, July 8 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: * * * AG Labrador Files Closing Brief in Federal Lawsuit Defending Idaho's Pro-Life Law * BOISE, ID - Attorney General Raul Labrador's office filed its closing briefs in Seyb v. Members of the Idaho Board of Medicine, capping a trial in which a St. Luke's physician asked a federal court to strike down Idaho's Defense of Life Act. The full closing brief is available to the press here. Four yea  more
Attorney General Alan Wilson pushes federal government to further crackdown on illegal robocalls
COLUMBIA, South Carolina, July 9 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson pushes federal government to further crackdown on illegal robocalls * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson and 48 other attorneys general today called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to strengthen rules that would make it harder for scammers to make robocalls from legitimate telephone numbers by cutting off scammers' access to  more
Attorney General James Secures $45 Million from Block for Enabling Fraud and Misleading Cash App Users
ALBANY, New York, July 8 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: ** * Attorney General James Secures $45 Million from Block for Enabling Fraud and Misleading Cash App Users New York Attorney General Letitia James and a bipartisan coalition of 45 other attorneys general today secured $45 million from Block, Inc. (Block), the company behind the popular peer-to-peer payments app Cash App, for misleading its users and failing to protect them from scams and fr  more
Attorney General James Urges Federal Government to Strengthen Rules to Stop Illegal Robocalls
ALBANY, New York, July 8 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Urges Federal Government to Strengthen Rules to Stop Illegal Robocalls * July 8, 2026 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today joined a bipartisan coalition of 48 other attorneys general in calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt new measures to combat illegal robocalls alling on the Federal Communications Commission (FC  more
Attorney General Jeff Jackson Leads Bipartisan Coalition Pushing Federal Government to Further Crackdown on Illegal Robocalls
RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 8 -- North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Jeff Jackson Leads Bipartisan Coalition Pushing Federal Government to Further Crackdown on Illegal Robocalls * RALEIGH-When a robocall scammer wants to call you, he doesn't need to do it from a fake number. The first thing he does is buy a long list of real phone numbers, then he cycles through them so fast that spam filters can't keep up. By the time one   more
Attorney General Tong Pushes Federal Government to Further Crackdown on Illegal Robocalls
HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 9 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Pushes Federal Government to Further Crackdown on Illegal Robocalls * Press Releases (Hartford, CT) -Attorney General William Tong and 48 other attorneys general today called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to strengthen rules that would cut off scammers' access to legitimate telephone numbers. Without that access, scammers can't use real   more
EnergySolutions Proposes Changes to NRC Protections for Byproduct Material Use
WASHINGTON, July 9 -- EnergySolutions, Salt Lake City, Utah, a leading nuclear decommissioning and waste management company, has submitted a public comment letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on the agency's proposed rule aiming to modernize regulations governing byproduct material use. The recommendations support the NRC's efforts to implement Executive Order 14300 to update nuclear regulatory frameworks with risk-informed and isotope-specific approaches replacing outdated, conservative  more
Hirshhorn Museum Partners With Art Bridges Foundation to Announce 51 Museums in Landmark National Loans Program, Including Chazen Museum of Art in Wisconsin
WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The Smithsonian Institution issued the following news release: * * * Hirshhorn Museum Partners with Art Bridges Foundation to Announce 51 Museums in Landmark National Loans Program "50 for 50" Will Place American Art from the Hirshhorn Collection in Every U.S. State and Puerto Rico Selected by Each Institution for Multiyear Loans - The Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and the Art Bridges Foundation have chosen the 51 institutions that will participa  more
London School of Hygiene Researcher Discusses British Mosquito Colony and Rising Disease Risks in Latest Q&A
LONDON, England, July 9 -- The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine issued the following Q&A involving assistant professor Mojca Kristan: * * * Mosquito research at LSHTM: Getting ahead of disease threats to the UK Find out about research into how climate change is increasing the threat of UK mosquitoes spreading disease, and a pioneering study of the 'princess mosquito' - Mosquitoes are the vectors for a number of potentially deadly diseases including malaria and viruses such as   more
Polaris and Minnesota 4-H Expand Youth ATV Safety Education Through a Fun Interactive Adventure
MEDINA, Minnesota, July 10 -- Polaris Industries, a manufacturer of snowmobiles, all terrain vehicles, midsize and heavyweight motorcycles, issued the following news release: * * * Polaris and Minnesota 4-H Expand Youth ATV Safety Education Through a Fun Interactive Adventure Digital Trailblazers Experience Introduces Foundational ATV Safety Learning and Strengthens Long-standing Partnership - Polaris in partnership with Minnesota 4-H, is expanding its youth ATV safety education with the la  more
USDA Accepts 7,300 Acres in Utah Through 2026 Conservation Reserve Program Enrollment to Benefit Natural Resources, Ag Operations
WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency issued the following news release: * * * USDA Accepts 7,300 Acres in Utah Through 2026 Conservation Reserve Program Enrollment to Benefit Natural Resources, Ag Operations * Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah, July 9, 2026) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is accepting more than 7,300 acres in Utah into the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) for 2026. Through CRP, USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) offers agricult  more