HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 13 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 12: Governor Ned Lamont announced that Department of Correction Commissioner Rollin Cook plans to depart his position with the State of Connecticut effective July 1, 2020. Prior to joining the Lamont administration in January 2019, Commissioner Cook most recently served as executive director of the Department of Corrections in his home state of Utah and relocated to Connecticut for the po more PR

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 11 -- Gov. Gary R. Herbert, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Utah has emerged as the number one state in the nation for small businesses receiving Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans from the Small Business Administration (SBA). When measured as a percentage of eligible payroll, 94% of eligible payroll in the state has been covered, putting Utah ahead of all other states. In other words, the Paycheck Protection Program loans have covered a higher percent more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, June 13 -- The New Mexico Department of Economic Development issued the following news release: A company at the leading edge of quantum computing is relocating some operations to New Mexico, and plans to hire over 100 employees, Economic Development Department Cabinet Secretary Alicia J. Keyes announced. After considering locations in Utah, Idaho, Oregon, and California, SavantX Inc. has chosen Santa Fe, N.M. for its corporate research headquarters. The operations, sales more PR

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 13 -- Gov. Gary R. Herbert, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Though wearing a facemask has not been made a requirement for everyone in Utah, using one serves as a simple action taken to protect the health of others around you. Here in the state, Governor Herbert and many other leaders have asked the public to wear face coverings over their mouth and nose when out in public and adequate physical distancing cannot be followed. While many have heeded this call, more PR

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 11 -- Westminster College issued the following news: During day hikes in the Wasatch Mountains, Westminster professor Xiumei Pu often looks for other Asian faces on the trail. But her search is almost always in vain, even though the Asian population in the Salt Lake valley is over 53,000 according to 2019 census estimates. Pu, an assistant professor of environmental studies, knows many of Utah's Asian-refugee and immigrant communities moved from mountain environment more PR