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Utah's Top 19 Monetary, Financial and/or Business News Nuggets from the First Half of July 2024 that You Might have Missed

Utah's Top 19 Monetary, Financial and/or Business News Nuggets from the First Half of July 2024 that You Might have Missed

{AUTHOR'S NOTE: Clearly, not every news announcement deserves to be the top story of the day. Nevertheless, many news items are significant and should be acknowledged as such. So in this writeup, you'll find info about 27 Utah-based organizations and 14 separate executives that we feel

BREAKING NEWS: Salt Lake County and the "Wasatch Back" Will Receive a Combined Total of Over $34.3 Million In Federal Grant Monies to Replace Older Diesel Buses with Electric Buses

BREAKING NEWS: Salt Lake County and the "Wasatch Back" Will Receive a Combined Total of Over $34.3 Million In Federal Grant Monies to Replace Older Diesel Buses with Electric Buses

The U.S. Department of Transportation is granting a total of over $34.3 million to replace older diesel buses with new electric buses in both Salt Lake County and portions of Summit County, Utah (known locally as the "Wasatch Back.") Specifically, the Federal Transit Administration of the

LEGAL BRIEFS: Sentencing in Two Utah Cases Produce Penalties of $2 Million Each: One for the Death of a Salt Lake County Jail Inmate and the Other for a Multiyear Mail Fraud Scheme

LEGAL BRIEFS: Sentencing in Two Utah Cases Produce Penalties of $2 Million Each: One for the Death of a Salt Lake County Jail Inmate and the Other for a Multiyear Mail Fraud Scheme

Salt Lake City, Utah-based Wellcon must pay $2.0 million because one of its medical employees withheld prescription medication from a Salt Lake County Jail inmate. This violation "breached the medical standard of care and caused injury, pain, suffering ..." and the death of the inmate, Jeremy Aus. Separately,

ICYMI: L3Harris Technologies has Landed a Five-Year $999 Million Contract and Half of the Work will be Completed in Utah

ICYMI: L3Harris Technologies has Landed a Five-Year $999 Million Contract and Half of the Work will be Completed in Utah

Sometimes, an announcement doesn't hit our regular sources of information in a timely fashion. This is one of those times.

A Huge Thanks to Garrett Clark and Silicon Slopes for Having Me on the Silicon Slopes Show

A Huge Thanks to Garrett Clark and Silicon Slopes for Having Me on the Silicon Slopes Show

"I started Utah Money Watch as the first proof point to say, 'Is there a way that I can help anybody who's in Utah, or is interested in Utah, (to) learn what's really going on from a monetary-financial standpoint and not just a regurgitation of press releases?'"

Four Major Sports Business Moves in Utah over the First Two Days of July 2024

Four Major Sports Business Moves in Utah over the First Two Days of July 2024

In case you missed it, the state of Utah saw four significant sports business announcements made in the first two days of July: Two from the University of Utah, one from Utah State University, and last but not least, the announcement with the biggest potential financial impact, news involving Smith

Utah's Top 15 Monetary, Financial and Business News Nuggets from the First Half of June 2024 that You Might have Missed

Utah's Top 15 Monetary, Financial and Business News Nuggets from the First Half of June 2024 that You Might have Missed

In this writeup, you'll find info about 18 Utah-based firms and nine separate Utah-based executives.