WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary on March 18, 2026, by Dennis Hull: * * * Utah Enacts 6th Income Tax Cut In 6 Years - And Shaves 6 Cents Off Gas Tax Utah lawmakers concluded the 2026 legislative session by delivering another reduction to the state income tax, bringing the flat rate from 4.5% to 4.45% and putting a hundred million dollars back into the pockets of families and small businesses. This year marks the sixth such cut in as many years,  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 20 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the receipt of three environmental impact statements filed between March 9, 2026, and March 16, 2026. The following projects have been filed for review: * EIS No. 20260027, Final, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Utah, Gould Wash Flood Protection Project, Review Period Ends: 05/04/2026, Contact: Ammon Boswell 435-459-1621. * EIS No. 20260028, Final Supplement, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, South Carolin more PR

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 20 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news release on March 18, 2026: * * * Gov. Cox signs 72 bills in the 2026 General Legislative Session Today, Gov. Cox signed 72 bills in the 2026 General Legislative Session. Information on these bills can be found below: 1. H.B. 15 Medicaid Amendments 2. H.B. 38 Local Government Amendments 3. H.B. 119 Automotive Repair Business Amendments 4. H.B. 174 Sex Characteristic Change Treatment Amendments 5. H.B. more PR

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 19 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * Gov. Cox signs 74 bills in the 2026 General Legislative Session Today, Gov. Cox signed 74 bills in the 2026 General Legislative Session. Information on these bills can be found below: 1. H.B. 36 Gold Medal Schools Pilot Program 2. H.B. 44 School Security Personnel Standards 3. H.B. 84 Dangerous Weapon Amendments 4. H.B. 129 Education Board Amendments 5. H.B. 142 School Fee Waiver Amend more PR

LOGAN, Utah, March 19 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Photo Students Present Dementia Research Project at Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research * LOGAN, Utah - Three Utah State University photography students are using visual storytelling to explore the human side of Alzheimer's disease and dementia. Third-year students Hazel Harris-Staples and Tye Statham and fourth-year student Kjrstine Landaverde recently presented their ongoing documentary project at the U more PR

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water and Wildlife released the following written testimony by Property and Environment Research Center CEO Brian Yablonski from a March 18, 2026, hearing entitled "Challenges and Opportunities with Implementing the Endangered Species Act": * * * Main Points: * More than 50 years after the Endangered Species Act was enacted, it is clear that preventing extinction and recovering species require different more PR

LOGAN, Utah, March 19 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Researchers in Speech and Hearing Sciences Awarded Two Multi-Year Federal Grants * Two Utah State University professors have independently been awarded multi-year grants for research investigating developmental language disorder. Professors Ron Gillam and Sandi Gillam in the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services have spent more than two decades advancing research and intervention for childre more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, March 20 (TNSjou) -- The UCLA Health issued the following news release: * * * Scientists "turbocharge" immune cells to attack prostate cancer Advance could lead to safer, more effective T cell therapies for prostate cancer and other solid tumors * UCLA and Stanford Medicine researchers, in collaboration with scientists from the University of Utah and Columbia University, have engineered a new class of supercharged T cells that are stronger, longer-lasting, and more  more PR

RENO, Nevada, March 20 -- The University of Nevada issued the following news: * * * University partnering to bring agriculture technology startups and event to Nevada University of Nevada, Reno will host major 'AgriTech' event May 13-14 at its Extension office in Las Vegas Claudene Wharton As the world is faced with the challenge of feeding more people with less resources and more difficult climatic conditions, the agriculture industry is increasingly looking to innovation and technology to more PR

LOGAN, Utah, March 19 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * USU UWLP Publishes New Statewide Data on Home, Health, Community and Allyship * The Utah State University Utah Women & Leadership Project released the final white paper sharing results of a study conducted in the fall: Home, Health, Community and Allyship 2025. The study supports " A Bolder Way Forward," a statewide UWLP initiative focused on ensuring that more Utah girls, women and their families thrive. "This more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Padilla, Schumer, Colleagues Join Voting Rights Advocates Fighting Back Against Republicans' Anti-Voter SAVE America Act * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and several of their Senate colleagues joined leading voting rights advocates and i more PR