Utah's first new Uranium Mine in three decades, the Daneros Mine, is being challenged by Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance SUWA and Uranium Watch. The BLM approved the permits allegedly without adequate environmental review and now the company's intention to begin mining in September of this year is apparently ...
Both the Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret News are reporting that state officials in UT and NV will soon come to an agreement on the controversial pipeline from the Snake Valley to Las Vegas in the near future. Some had thought that the UT Governor to be Gary Herbert ...
About a month ago it was announced that there is a new committee to review the DOT (Dictionary of Occupational Titles). The Social Security Administration uses the DOT as its main treatise for purposes of determination of required skillset and job descriptions across the U.S. economy for Disability determination. The ...
In this case, Krueger v. Astrue, coming from the N.D. of Oklahoma, a woman now in her late 50's was denied benefits despite suffering from irritable bowel syndrome, moderate/severe depression/anxiety, scattered pain, and headaches. The Administrative Law Judge held that this claimant was capable of performing her past work as ...
Overallocation and climate change could dry up Colorado River Reservoirs by 2057 according to a new University of Colorado study. The Colorado River provides water for approximately 27 million people. If there were only a 10% reduction ...
We understand that the Utah negotiating team is close to finalizing an agreement with the State of Nevada which would allow the Southern Nevada Water Authority to pump thousands of acre feet of water annually from Utah ’s Snake ...
Senator Franken's first proposed legislation as Senator is to provide dogs for disabled veterans. Franken stated that "Service dogs … can be of immense benefit to vets suffering from physical and emotional wounds," as he wrote in the ...
Filing a Freedom of Information Request is fairly straightforward if you can specifically identify what you want from the governmental entity that your filing it with. Sometimes it can be more difficult to get a timely response if your request is broadly worded such as a request for "any and all ...
The First thing you need to show is a medical diagnosis of the disability, which necessitates medical records to prove. You typically need medical or sometimes lay evidence of a link between the in-service occurrence or aggravation of disease or injury. Your status needs to be release from ...
Many who seek medical records from the VA are well aware that thus far they have been unable to retrieve records in electronic format necessitating the copying of vast amounts of paper. Initially the transfer of electronic records will be between the VA and the DOD and has a deadline ...
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