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Utah maintains AAA bond rating

Governor, treasurer announce $16 million in savings

Senators Aim to End Patent Abuses that Cost U.S. Economy Billions of Dollars Every Year

            WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Patrick Leahy, along with senior committee members John Cornyn and Chuck Schumer today introduced legislation that would make necessary and commonsense reforms to restore integrity to the U.S. patent system.  Judiciary Committee members Mike Lee, Orrin Hatch and Amy Klobuchar are also original cosponsors of the bill.

Bishop Sage Grouse Amendment Survives Crucial Vote

Senators Lee, Hatch, and Vitter Introduce Native Species Protection Act

WASHINGTON - Today, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Senator David Vitter (R-LA) introduced the Native Species Protection Act (S 1142). The bill seeks to clarify that noncommercial species found entirely within the borders of a single State are not in interstate commerce or subject to regulation under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 or any other provision of law enacted as an exercise of the power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce.
 

Sen. Hatch Statement on Bipartisan Patent Reform Legislation

Washington, D.C.— Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, chairman of the Senate Republican High-Tech Task Force, and member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement following the introduction of bipartisan patent reform legislation.

Caving to Conservative Pressure, GOP Leadership Agrees to Hold Vote to Protect Religious Freedom in D.C.

News: Republicans in Congress are using a rare measure called a "resolution of disapproval." With the support of both chambers of Congress and the president, they can overrule a law passed by the Washington, D.C., City Council.

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Should GoFundMe and Christian Bakers Be Treated the Same?

News: At the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday, The Daily Signal posed the question to demonstrators on both sides of the same-sex marriage debate.

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HealthInsight Selected by CMS to Improve Immunization Rates and Reduce Disparities

The HealthInsight Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) has been selected by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to begin work on reducing disparities and improving immunization rates and assessment of immunization status for Medicare beneficiaries.

Hatch, Judiciary Committee Members to Introduce Bipartisan Patent Reform

Washington, D.C.— Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, a member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and chairman of the Republican High-Tech Task Force, will join other judiciary committee members in a press conference to introduce bipartisan legislation to make necessary and commonsense reforms to restore the integrity of the U.S. patent system. 

Bipartisan Coalition Led By Senators Lee and Leahy Introduce Legislation

To Ban Bulk Collection Under Section 215

USA FREEDOM Act of 2015 Would Bring Historic Reforms

To Surveillance Authorities