BOULDER, Colorado, Dec. 17 -- Boulder County issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2024: * * * Opioid Settlement Dollars Provide Funding for Grants * * * Boulder County is awarding $3.95 million in grant funds to community, city, and County programs addressing opioid and other substance use in the community. Twenty-one organizations were selected through a competitive funding opportunity and will receive funds for 2025 and 2026. Information about the programs awarded through this gra more PR

BOULDER, Colorado, Dec. 17 -- The city of Boulder issued the following news on Dec. 16, 2024: The City of Boulder legally requires that landlords return interest on the security deposits they hold for their tenants. The interest rate for 2025 tenant security deposits is set at 2.92%, effective Monday, Jan. 1, 2025. This is the mathematical average of the one-year certificate of deposit from the top three financial institutions in Boulder, based on market share data as of Dec. 16, 2024. This c more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Dec. 17 -- The Colorado Public Utilities Commission issued the following weekly meeting agenda: * * * Consent Items TRANSPORTATION 1. PROCEEDING NO. 24A-0503R Colorado Department of Transportation Jefferson Center Metro District IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF JEFFERSON CENTER METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1 AND THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR AUTHORITY TO IMPROVE AND WIDEN ONE EXISTING HIGHWAY-RAIL CROSSING OF STATE HIGHWAY 72 (DOT #254357S) OVER THE ROCKY  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: The U.S. National Science Foundation has launched six pilot projects to bridge scientific gaps between current quantum technological capabilities and those needed to fully harness quantum properties of energy and matter for practical uses. The six projects join five others that the agency announced in August. Collectively, they are supported by the NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NSF NQVL more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The House Budget Committee released the following testimony by ex-Comptroller General David M. Walker from a Dec. 3, 2024, hearing entitled "Sounding the Alarm: Pathways and Possible Solutions to the U.S. Fiscal Crisis": * * * Chairman Arrington, Ranking Member Boyle, and Members of the House Budget Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. The topic of this hearing is timely and of critical importance to the future of our country, families, and future g more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittees on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet issued the following information for a hearing entitled "IP and Strategic Competition with China: Part IV - Patents, Standards, and Lawfare" at 10 a.m.on Dec. 18, 2024, at 2141 Rayburn House Office Building: The hearing will examine the role of standard essential patents (SEPs) in the strategic competition between the United States and the People's Republic of China (PRC), including recen more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 1:24-mc-00122-DDD; D. Colo. filed Dec. 12, 2024) involving Cast Your Nets Ministries, CYNM Consulting LLC, Phillip Trujillo and Jeremy Hammonds: * * * SEC Seeks Court Order Requiring Colorado-Based Company to Comply with Subpoenas * * * The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it filed a subpoena enforcement action against Cast Your Nets Ministries; subsidiary CYNM Consulti more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: President Joe Biden today established the Frances Perkins National Monument in Newcastle, Maine as the 433rd addition to the National Park System at a signing ceremony at the Department of Labor with Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su and leaders of the labor and women's rights communities. The new national monument reflects efforts under the President's Executive more PR