HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jan. 7 -- Hawaii Attorney General Holly T. Shikada issued the following news release: Attorney General Holly T. Shikada joined a bipartisan coalition of 16 attorneys general in making recommendations to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to improve competition in the meat processing industry, which will help Hawaii 's farmers, ranchers, and consumers. In a letter to Secretary Vilsack -- which was led by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and Wyoming At more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jan. 8 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Gov. David Ige has signed an emergency proclamation for the Jan. 4 landslide in Waimea, Kauai that blocked Menehune Road and isolated at least 24 families who live in the area. The landslide cut off critical communications infrastructure and damaged the historic Swinging Bridge. "The blocked roadway, hazardous conditions, and the lack of communications infrastructure threaten the safety and welfare of a si more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jan. 7 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Gov. David Ige has nominated Kailua resident Aimee Kelii Barnes to replace Dr. Samuel Gon III on the Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR). Barnes' nomination is subject to Hawaii Senate approval, though she begins serving immediately. Barnes is currently the principal of Hua Nani Partners, a small, woman-owned consulting practice that provides policy and strategy advice to nonprofit and philanthropic more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jan. 7 (TNSRes) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Best management practices (BMPs) for solar installations to protect Hawaii's native and endangered birds, have been released by the University of Hawaii Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit. The new technical report synthesizes current literature on the threats posed by industrial-scale solar installations to birds, identifies the species most at risk from solar infrastructure, lists the locations of cu more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jan. 7 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Coastal plants and animals have found a new way to survive in the open ocean--by colonizing plastic pollution. A commentary published in Nature Communications reported coastal species growing on trash hundreds of miles out to sea in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, more commonly known as the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch." The authors, including two oceanographers from the University of Hawaii at more PR