HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 4 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release on Sept. 3: Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors today joined a multistate coalition in filing an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) improper registration process for new uses of sulfoxaflor. Sulfoxaflor is a pesticide that, due to its toxicity, poses risks to pollinators - like bees - that are essential to our nation's agriculture more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 2 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release on Sept. 1: Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors today joined a large coalition of attorneys general, cities, counties, and the bipartisan U.S. Conference of Mayors in taking legal action against the Trump Administration's impairment of the 2020 Decennial Census. Earlier this month, the U.S. Census Bureau announced that it was reducing -- by an entire month, from October 31 to September 3 more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 2 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release: Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors announced that she has joined 38 Attorneys General across the nation as an Ambassador for The Jason Foundation, Inc, which works to address the public health issue of youth and young adult suicide. The announcement coincides with the beginning of September as Suicide Prevention Month. In Hawaii, suicide ranks as the 2nd leading cause of death for you more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 31 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Aug. 29: Gov. David Ige announced today that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved the state's application to participate in the unemployment insurance plus up program called the Lost Wages Assistance Program. "We pursued the additional funds because we know the added $300 per week will help many in our community who are struggling. "I have directed the department to implement th more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 1 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Aug. 31: Gov. David Ige announced today that Dr. Bruce Anderson and Director Nolan Espinda will be retiring in September. "Both directors have served admirably under extremely challenging conditions, especially since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. I thank them for their many years of service to the people of Hawaii and wish them well as they retire and are able to spend time with their families,"  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 4 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following joint news release on Sept. 3: Gov. David Ige and Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) Acting Director Anne Eustaquio announced today that Hawaii was approved for an additional week of the Lost Wages Assistance (LWA) Program. This adds one additional week of a $300 plus-up for various types of unemployment benefits on top of the three weeks initially approved by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 1 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Gov. David Ige has notified legislative leaders and key lawmakers of his Intent to Veto the following 6 measures. The Hawaii State Constitution requires the governor to notify the Legislature of the bills he intends to veto not later than the 35th day after adjournment, which is August 31st. On September 15, any measure that the governor has not signed or not vetoed will become law without his signature.  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 1 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: An international collaborative study led by University of Hawaii Cancer Center researcher Lang Wu has identified potential DNA methylation biomarkers related to prostate cancer risk. Published in Nature Communications, the study seeks to improve understanding the various causes of prostate cancer. DNA methylation is a mechanism that is known to regulate gene expression to identify biomarkers for prostate c more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 3 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Who do you care about That's the question college students at Manoa Now hope their peers will think seriously about as their generation grapples with the challenges of living in a COVID-19 world. Manoa Now, a chartered student organization at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, has launched A Surfboard Apart social media campaign in partnership with UH Manoa's College of Social Sciences (CSS) and the Hawaii more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 3 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: To the surprise of many planetary scientists, the oxidized iron mineral hematite has been discovered at high latitudes on the Moon. That's according to a study published in Science Advances led by Shuai Li, an assistant researcher at the Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology (HIGP) in the University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST). Iron is highly reactiv more PR