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SALT LAKE CITY — The Salt Lake Chamber met Tuesday to launch the newly formed Wasatch Innovation Network, which includes Utah technology companies, state universities, venture capital, local governments and chambers working together to collaborate on innovation efforts in Utah. The network has been in the works since late last year and aims to bring together the best minds across Utah's leading sectors, working to bring strength and insight to Utah's innovation tech industry. Because innovation can be a word without a clear definition, Paul Ahlstrom, CEO and co-founder of TechBuzz News, def...

Wasatch Innovation Network launched to promote Utah Innovation and Business Salt Lake City — Public and private sector organizations across Utah gathered Tuesday to announce a statewide multi-industry initiative to promote research, development, and commercialization with the goal of developing Utah as a global innovation economy. The new organization called the Wasatch Innovation Network (WIN) is a 501(c)6 nonprofit that will promote Utah as an international leader in innovation, technology transfer, manufacturing, and marketing, as well as offer support services to busine...

Cox, Henderson sign executive order for 'returnship' to help out-of-work Utahns Cox, Henderson sign executive order for 'returnship' to help out-of-work Utahns and last updated 2021-04-01 19:12:26-04 SALT LAKE CITY — In their weekly COVID-19 press conference on Thursday, Governor Spencer Cox and Lieutenant Governor Diedre Henderson announced a new executive order that seeks to help Utahns get the skills and training needed to re-enter the workforce. Executive Order 2021-8, called 'Expanding Return to Work and Returnship Opportunities in Utah,' gives $15 million in new grant funding to th...

ROY — State officials on Thursday announced they have launched a new initiative aimed at expanding workforce opportunities for Utahns who have struggled to re-enter the workforce following the economic constraints of the COVID-19 pandemic. Gov. Spencer Cox signed an executive order that directs state agencies to review ways that could make it easier for "returnship" for people and remove any barriers that would make it difficult for people to return to the workforce. Utah is the first state to implement a program like what is being offered, according to Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson. She explai...

ROY — Utah leaders on Thursday continued to look forward to the end of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond as a record number of new vaccinations were reported and the spread of the disease continued trending downward. Utah's number of COVID-19 cases increased by 487 on Thursday, with three more deaths, according to the Utah Department of Health. Another 46,011 vaccinations were reported, which is the highest number ever administered in a single day, according to state officials. Gov. Spencer Cox also announced that for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, zero Utah counties are...