State and National

Nonviolent American Revolution 2.0

by Tom H. Hastings

Now comes the 4thof July, when we celebrate how the American colonists used nonviolent tactics to win independence from Great Britain.

Wait—what? Where did your history lessons come from? you ask. What about the British War of Reclamation? The war of what?

Utah State University student chosen for exclusive summit in D.C., urges Sen. Lee and Sen. Hatch to support new bipartisan bill to bring private-sector funds into global poverty fight

by Laura Finley

Victim Status and the Political Right

Governor to visit site of Dollar Ridge Fire, host media scrum

What:

Utah Governor Gary R. Herbert will be traveling to Duchesne, Utah to visit the site of the Dollar Ridge Fire. Governor Herbert will visit the Incident Command Center before hosting a brief media scrum at the Duchesne High School Shelter Site.

When:

Tuesday, July 2, 2018 beginning at aprox. 9:30a.m. MDT

Notional timetable of events:

Governor Gary R. Herbert’s Schedule

July 2, 2018 - July 6, 2018

**The Governor’s schedule is subject to frequent change**

Monday, July 2

No Public Events

Tuesday, July 3

No Public Events

Wednesday, July 4

9:00 a.m.   Freedom Festival Parade

Location:   Provo

Thursday, July 5

No Public Events

Friday, July 6

Hemp, Inc.'s Strategic Hemp Growing Partner Veteran Village Kins Community Expands Footprint as U.S. Senate Passes Hemp Legalization

Utah Lt. Gov. Reduces Document Authentication Fees for Adopting Parents

SALT LAKE CITY (July 2, 2018) – Utah Lt. Governor Spencer J. Cox is pleased to announce a reduction in fees for authenticating adoption paperwork used for overseas adoptions. The fees have been reduced from $15.00 per document to $10.00 per document. The change aims to ease some of the financial burden for Utah parents working to complete the often costly and complicated steps to adopt a child from abroad.

Five Allstate agency owners earn $5,000 grant for Ogden School Foundation

The Allstate Foundation grant to support nonprofit’s work to empower students and teachers to be life-long learners

ACREAGE – JUNE 2018 

UTAH HIGHLIGHTS 

Utah principal crop planted acreage, which includes acres planted to all major crops and those expected to be cut for all hay, is down less than 1 percent from 2017 to 933,000 acres, according to the June 1 Agricultural Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. 

As you know, today California passed a broad digital privacy law considered "one of the most significant regulations overseeing the data-collection practices of technology companies in the United States."