HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 22 (TNSMon) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release on April 21, 2021: The Clarence T. C. Ching Foundation is building on its history of providing transformational support to University of Hawaii at Manoa athletics with a new $1.5 million gift. This donation will help fund the fast-tracked upgrade of The Clarence T. C. Ching Complex, ensuring that the UH Warrior Football Team has the home game venue it needs for the 2021 season and beyond. UH Manoa more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 21 -- The Hawaii Department of Education issued the following news release: The Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) on Monday celebrated 40 teachers statewide who have earned or renewed their National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification -- a recognition for meeting the highest standards for teaching. This year's newly certified National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) class ranks 19th-largest in the nation. Hawaii's growing network of NBCTs more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 21 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following statement: * * * Attorney General Clare E. Connors released the following statement regarding the guilty verdicts in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin: Today, our criminal justice system returned its verdict in the murder trial of George Floyd. While a guilty verdict cannot bring back the victim, Mr. Floyd, the circumstances of his death were judged and condemned by the jury. more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 12 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release: Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors today joined a multistate coalition of 19 attorneys general, led by California, Delaware, Maryland, and Minnesota, in an amicus brief pushing back on Tyson Foods' efforts to circumvent state court review of its handling of a COVID-19 outbreak at one of its pork-processing facilities in Waterloo, Iowa. The outbreak at the facility reportedly infected  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 23 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release: Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors joined a bipartisan coalition of 25 attorneys general led by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul in urging Congress to use the Congressional Review Act to rescind the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's (OCC) True Lender Rule. The rule would sanction high-cost lending schemes that are devised to evade state usury laws. Such laws, or caps, p more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 21 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release on April 19, 2021: Attorney General Clare E. Connors today called on OfferUp, an online mobile marketplace, to act immediately to prevent fraudulent or blank COVID-19 vaccine cards from being sold on its platform. A bipartisan coalition of 42 attorneys general, led by North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III, and Illinois Attorney General more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 21 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Gov. David Ige announced the state released more than $278 million for Capital Improvement Projects (CIPs) in the month of March, to fund critical public infrastructure projects across the State of Hawaii. "We're doing at the local level what President Biden has proposed for the nation- strengthening infrastructure, improving public facilities, and delivering good-paying jobs for our state," said Gov. Ig more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 15 -- Hawaii State Auditor issued the following report entitled "Department of Human Services, Hawaii Public Housing Authority - June 30, 2020 Single Audit Report": * * * Here are excerpts: Independent Auditor's Report To: The Auditor, State of Hawaii Board of Directors, Hawaii Public Housing Authority Report on the Financial Statements We have audited the accompanying financial statements of the governmental activities, the business-type activities, each major fun more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 17 (TNSEco) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The project to retrofit the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex is proceeding as the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus is preparing to host Rainbow Warrior football games and up to 10,000 fans in time for the 2021 home season opener on September 4. UH is working under a tight deadline after being notified in December 2020 that Aloha Stadium, the Rainbow Warriors' home field since 1975, woul more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 22 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Quasars are extraordinarily distant celestial objects that throw off a massive amount of light, and astrophysicists use them to probe cosmological theories. In some cases, astrophysicists have used them to estimate the rate at which the universe expands, called the Hubble constant. Now, a team of researchers from the University of Michigan and the University of Hawaii's Institute of Astrono more PR