AUBURN, Alabama, Dec. 16 -- Auburn University issued the following campus notice: Over the past several weeks, the Auburn Center for Evaluation, or ACE, has signed contracts totaling more than $420,000. This continued growth underscores the center's mission of providing evaluation services to local, state-wide and international clients. ACE is based in the Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Technology in the College of Education at Auburn University. The total includes a ma more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Dec. 16 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release on Dec. 15: Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors joined a bipartisan group of 51 Attorneys General in a letter urging Congress to pass legislation aimed at protecting the safety of federal judges and their families. Addressed to leaders of both the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, the letter supports passage of the Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act or similar legislat more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Dec. 17 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release on Dec. 16: Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors today joined a multistate coalition of 15 attorneys general from around the nation calling on the Trump Administration to comply with the Presidential Records Act and the Federal Records Act. In a letter to White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, the coalition requests that Cipollone ensure all staff in the Executive Office of the President -- w more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Dec. 18 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release on Dec. 17: Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors today joined a bipartisan coalition of 36 attorneys general in suing Google LLC for anticompetitive conduct in violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Act. The states allege that Google illegally maintains its monopoly power over general search engines and related advertising markets through a series of anticompetitive exclusionary contracts more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Dec. 18 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release on Dec. 17: Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors today announced she joined a coalition of 19 Attorneys General urging the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to compel the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to properly regulate untraceable partially-assembled "ghost guns." In an amicus brief filed in Syracuse v. ATF, the coalition asserts that more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Dec. 18 -- The Hawaii Department of Education issued the following news release: Kanoelani Elementary School Principal Stacie Kunihisa has been selected as the 2020-21 LifeChanger of the Year Spotlight Award winner. Sponsored by the National Life Group Foundation, the award recognizes and rewards the very best K-12 educators and school district employees across the country exemplifying excellence, positive influence and leadership. The 2020-21 Spotlight Award specifically hon more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Dec. 18 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Gov. David Ige signed a 17th COVID-19 emergency proclamationreducing the state's mandatory self-quarantine period for travelers entering the state and traveling between counties from 14 to 10 days. The new policy takes effect tomorrow, Thursday, Dec. 17 at 12:01 a.m. The change is based on updated recommendations issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the State of Hawaii's Depa more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Dec. 15 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) recent announcement that funding for free student meals at public schools will continue through June 30, 2021, comes at a time when parents and students continue to adjust to an unusual school year. First lady Dawn Amano-Ige is one of 18 first ladies and first gentlemen who sent a letter to the USDA and Congressional leadership, urging the continuation of fully  more PR

OAKLAND, California, Dec. 15 (TNSPer) -- Kaiser Permanente issued the following news release on Dec. 14: The state's largest integrated health care system today announced a new leadership team to continue the Kaiser Permanente mission of providing high-quality care and services to members, patients, and the Hawaii community. Greg Christian, president, Hawaii Market, Kaiser Permanente Health Plan and Hospitals, and John Yang, MD, president and medical director, Hawaii Permanente Medical Group,  more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Dec. 18 -- The Maryland National Guard issued the following news: Operation challenges brought on by COVID-19 didn't stop Hawaii Air National Guard Airmen from continuing their tradition of giving this 2020 holiday season. As part of their efforts to help provide community members in-need with a 'little something nice' during the holiday months, Airmen from the 154th Logistics Readiness Squadron participated in an Angel Tree donation program. The project, sponsored by the  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Dec. 18 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii Cancer Center issued the following news: According to a study conducted by University of Hawaii Cancer Center researcher, Michele Carbone, MD, PhD, and collaborators, individuals born with inherited mutations of the 'BLM gene' are more susceptible to developing mesothelioma, especially upon exposure to asbestos. The study was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . Individuals who inherit two mutated copi more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Dec. 18 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: New research has found that individuals born with inherited mutations of the 'BLM gene' are more susceptible to developing mesothelioma, especially upon exposure to asbestos. The study was conducted by University of Hawaii Cancer Center researcher Michele Carbone and collaborators, and was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Individuals who inherit two mutated copies  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Dec. 19 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Approximately 8,000-12,000 of the North Pacific humpback whale stock visits the shallow waters of the Hawaiian Islands seasonally to breed. During this time, mature males produce an elaborate acoustic display known as "song," which becomes the dominant source of ambient underwater sound between December and April. Following reports of unusually low whale numbers that began in 2015-16, researchers a more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Dec. 17 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in the first half of 2020, the lack of human activity around the world resulted in a 9% drop in the greenhouse gas emissions at the root of climate change. Almost overnight, the Himalayas became visible from a distance for the first time in years. Rivers flowed free of toxic pollutants and the air sparkled with blue skies in major cities such as New Delhi and Los Angeles. more PR