HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 29 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release on Sept. 28: Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors today joined a group of 17 state Attorneys General to defend a Texas county clerk's decision to send mail-in voting applications to registered voters ahead of the November election. The State of Texas is suing to block the county clerk from mailing the applications, claiming that he does not have the authority to make such a decision and  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 30 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release on Sept. 29: Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors today joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general led by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul in opposing a proposed Small Business Administration (SBA) rule governing the appeals process for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. The proposed rule would govern all SBA determinations considering PPP loans - including borrowers' eligibil more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 1 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Sept. 30: Gov. David Ige announced today that 98% of the $863 million of the federal Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) received by the state in April has been set aside to assist with COVID-19 response and recovery efforts. Gov. Ige added that all remaining CRF funds have been designated and will be used to support the three priority areas of the Hawaii Pandemic Action Plan, which aims to protect public heal more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 3 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Oct. 2 Gov. David Ige announced today that he has appointed Edmund ("Fred") Hyun to serve as the temporary acting director overseeing the state Department of Public Safety, effective October 1 through November 30. The appointment of an interim director is still to be determined. PSD Director Nolan Espinda announced his retirement in early September, effective at the close of business Sept. 30. "At the be more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 30 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Gov. David Ige has received a list of four nominees from the Judicial Selection Commission, for associate justice on the Supreme Court, State of Hawai'i. The seat has been vacant since Associate Justice Richard W. Pollack retired in June 2020. The four nominees are: Todd W. Eddins has served as a judge with the First Circuit Court since 2017. He has previously worked in private practice, specializing in more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 1 -- Hawaiian Electric issued the following news release: Hawaiian Electric recently presented a donation of two 2012 Nissan Leaf electric vehicles (EV) to the University of Hawaii Maui College's (UHMC) Native Hawaiian Career and Technical Educational Program to provide mechanics hands-on experience in maintaining and repairing EVs. The Public Utilities Commission approved Hawaiian Electric's proposed donation to the UHMC Native Hawaiian Career and Technical Educational  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 3 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Research conducted by a University of Hawaii student currently pursuing a dual MD and PhD degree is highlighted in a national journal. As a graduate research assistant at the University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Jiaming Xue earned his PhD in cell and molecular biology (CMB) in August. He is currently a second-year student at UH Manoa's John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM). Xue's research, publi more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 29 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: An innovative new instrument built by a team at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy (IfA), Caltech and W.M. Keck Observatory provides adaptive optics (AO) correction using objects invisible to the naked eye. The AO system deployed at Keck Observatory includes an innovative infrared pyramid wavefront sensor that can detect exoplanets and young dwarf stars where planet formation commonl more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 29 (TNSGra) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: A $2.9 million grant to assist Hawaii Island underserved secondary students was awarded to the University of Hawaii. Hugh Dunn, program director of the Pacific Literacy Consortium (PLC) in UH Manoa College of Education's Curriculum Research & Development Group (CRDG), received a Native Hawaiian Education Program (NHEP) grant to support Project Aha Lamaku Oia'i'o (ALO). Project ALO is a culturall more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 3 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Chronological age, a topic that often comes up during presidential elections, should not be a factor in the 2020 election. A study, involving a University of Hawaii at Manoa researcher, in the Journal on Active Aging, concluded that both presidential candidates--former Vice President Joe Biden, 77, and President Donald Trump, 74--are likely to maintain their health beyond the end of the next preside more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 1 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Holistic cultural practices that foster a connection to aina (land) are important in improving the health of Kanaka Maoli (Indigenous Peoples of Hawai'i), according to a new study from public health researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The findings were published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. For Kanaka Maoli, practices such as growing their  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 30 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Two groups of tiny, delicate marine organisms, sea butterflies and sea angels, were found to be surprisingly resilient--having survived dramatic global climate change and Earth's most recent mass extinction event 66 million years ago. That's according to research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences co-authored by Erica Goetze, an oceanographer in the University of Hawai'i  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 30 (TNSRes) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Windward Community College joins Leeward CC in leading the way to energy sustainability across the University of Hawaii System. On September 1, Windward CC became the second UH Community College campus to significantly reduce its carbon footprint by generating 70% of its energy through on-site photovoltaic (PV) systems. Through the combination of solar shade canopies, distributed energy storage an more PR