HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jan. 13 -- Hawaii Attorney General Holly T. Shikada issued the following news release: Hawaii Attorney General Holly T. Shikada urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to put in place measures that will help stem the tide of foreign-based illegal robocalls that attempt to scam Americans. Today's comment letter to the FCC was led by North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, and Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge. " more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jan. 12 -- Hawaii Attorney General Holly T. Shikada issued the following news release: Attorney General Holly T. Shikada and the Hawaii Sexual Assault Response and Training (HSART) Program Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) today announced the release of a "Media Guide for Reporting on Sexual Violence." The purpose of the Media Guide is to encourage media professionals to utilize a trauma-informed approach when reporting about sexual violence. Trauma informed is the ability to unde more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jan. 15 (TNSAwa) -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2022: A total of 14 venues and events were recognized today for undertaking energy efficiency and sustainable business practices that will help their bottom line while advancing Hawaii's clean energy and sustainability goals. Gov. David Ige and first lady Dawn Amano-Ige praised the awardees for their commitment to conserving energy and water, reducing waste, and protecting Hawaii's en more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jan. 8 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Public Utilities Commission chairman James (Jay) Griffin has informed Gov. David Ige that he will be stepping down from the PUC at the end of his term, which expires on June 30, 2022. Griffin has served on the PUC since June 5, 2017. Gov. Ige designated Griffin as PUC chairman in January 2019. "I would like to thank Governor Ige for this opportunity to serve at the PUC. Our Commission has led groundbreaki more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jan. 14 (TNSEco) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: WHAT: The University of Hawaii at Manoa broke ground Thursday, January 13 on the Residences for Innovative Student Entrepreneurs (RISE), an innovation and entrepreneurship center/student housing facility on the site of the former Atherton YMCA across University Avenue from UH's flagship campus. Scheduled to be completed in 2023, the $70 million live-learn-work facility will have 7,263 square feet o more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jan. 12 (TNSOps) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release on Jan. 11, 2022: The University of Hawaii at Hilo was recently selected by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) to host a Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Campus Center. Established in partnership with AAC&U and hosted by 47 other colleges and universities across the country, including UH Manoa, TRHT Campus Centers pursue the shared goal of preparing the next g more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jan. 15 (TNSOps) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The University of Hawaii Board of Regents (BOR) will consider adopting the draft Master Plan for UH-managed lands on Maunakea at the BOR January 20, 2022 meeting. The draft Master Plan for the University of Hawaii Maunakea Lands: E O I Na Leo (Listen to the Voices) requires board approval to take effect and would replace the Master Plan the BOR adopted in 2000. The draft can be found in the materi more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jan. 14 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Brigitte Ululani Russo, who is earning her PhD in the UH Manoa College of Education Department of Curriculum Studies (EDCS), is one of six esteemed scholars who were selected to participate in the first cohort of We The Peoples Before Education Fellows. A program within the First Peoples Fund, We The Peoples Before is a four-day event held at The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, featuring immersi more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jan. 15 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2022: Mass biodiversity extinction events caused by extreme natural phenomena have marked the history of life on Earth five times. Today, many experts warn that a Sixth Mass Extinction crisis is underway, this time entirely caused by human activities. A comprehensive assessment of evidence of this ongoing extinction event was published in Biological Reviews by biologists from the Univer more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jan. 11 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The first on-the-ground detection of water on the Moon's surface was reported by an international team of researchers, including Shuai Li, a planetary geologist at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Understanding the concentrations and distributions of water on the Moon is critical to understanding its formation and evolution, and to providing water resources for future human exploration. Li along more PR