HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 4 (TNSPer) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The Candidate Advisory Council (CAC) for the University of Hawaii Board of Regents has presented a list of candidates to Gov. David Ige to fill one Hawaii County seat for a five-year appointment, beginning July 1, 2021, subject to confirmation by the Hawaii State Senate. The finalists for this seat are: 1. Wayne S. Higaki 2. Peter S. Hoffmann 3. Eric S. Takamura Finalist biographies are availa more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 3 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release: Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the right of foreign nationals living in the United States under a Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation to become permanent residents when they meet statutory requirements. TPS allows foreign nationals from countries that are experiencing hu more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 3 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release: Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general in filing a friend-of-the-court brief urging the Supreme Court to preserve schools' ability to address cyberbullying and other forms of off-campus bullying that substantially affects students' education. The coalition, led by District of Columbia Attorney General Karl A. Racine and Massachusetts Attorney Gene more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 6 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Gov. David Ige has approved Kauai Mayor Derek Kawakami's request to rejoin the Safe Travels pre-travel testing program for Trans-Pacific travel, effective April 5, 2021. Existing rules for travel to Kauai remain in place until that date. "This emergency rule will simplify travel to Hawaii by including Kauai in the existing Safe Travels program. The increased restrictions over the winter months helped Mayo more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 3 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Gov. David Ige signed HB 1278 HD1 Relating to Employment Security into law as Act 1 today, setting the employer contribution tax rate at a lower level with Schedule D for 2021 and 2022. The governor signed the measure in response to the unprecedented increase in Hawaii's unemployment rate due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Without intervention, Schedule H (the highest tax rate) would have been in effect for 20 more PR

WAIANAE, Hawaii, March 3 -- Kaiser Permanente issued the following news release: Kaiser Permanente of Hawaii has awarded nearly $100,000 in community benefit grants to Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, a federally qualified health center serving communities in West Oahu. Funding will go toward 2 WCCHC programs that aim to improve access to health care services for children and teens living in West Oahu. Inspiring hope through Sources of Strength, a program that aims to prevent youth  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 2 (TNSPer) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release on March 1, 2021: A University of Hawaii at Manoa professor of the School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene (SONDH) has been selected to join the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) Board of Directors. Professor Kristine Qureshi, PhD, RN, FAAN, associate dean for research and global health, was selected to the board from a group of more than 80 applications. Her three-year term will begi more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 4 (TNSRes) -- The University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy issued the following news release: Unraveling an explosive mystery 570 million light-years away from Earth is an accomplishment belonging to the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy graduate student Anna Payne. Her discovery of a blackhole at the center of an alluring active galaxy has earned her American Astronomical Society's (AAS) Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award. Payne's detection  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 2 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The unprecedented cost of the 2018 Kilauea eruption in Hawaii reflects the intersection of distinct physical and social phenomena: infrequent, highly destructive eruptions and atypically high population growth, according to a new study published in Nature Communications and led by University of Hawaii at Manoa researchers. It has long been recognized that areas in Puna, Hawaii, are at high risk fr more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 3 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Marine protected areas (MPAs) around O'ahu do not adequately protect populations of herbivorous reef fishes that eat algae on coral reefs. That is the primary conclusion of a study published in Coral Reefs by researchers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST). There are more than 20 species of herbivorous fishes and 10 species of herbivorous more PR