Monthly Archives: May 2015

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) issued the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s new Waters of the United States rule.

The Road Home ($300,000) and The Community Foundation of Utah ($200,000) are receiving the grants to help prevent homelessness in Salt Lake City. The grant recipients were selected in close collaboration with Mayor Ralph Becker and the city’s division of Housing and Neighborhood Development to help address key local initiatives in the Salt Lake City community including homelessness prevention programs.

"Today, the Obama administration finalized their Waters of the USA Rule, the most significant power grab ever by the EPA. The rule would expand EPA regulatory authority to streams, ditches and maybe even puddles. The House has already passed legislation stopping this rule. I call on my friends in the Senate to act and stop this executive overreach. I will continue to fight to make sure this rule is not enacted."

Gov. Gary R. Herbert released details of a new report showing Utah's energy sector represents $20.9 billion in economic activity for the state, or approximately 15 percent of the state's total economy.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a nearly $2.2 million grant to the Ogden City Corporation in Ogden, Utah.