HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 15 -- Hawaii Attorney General Holly T. Shikada issued the following news release: Hawaii Attorney General Holly T. Shikada joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general led by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to prohibit mortgage servicers from charging convenience fees. According to the coalition, convenience fees charged by mortgage servicers are one of the more exploitative "pay to pay" fees consumers face. In more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 13 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Gov. David Ige announced the release of $276,557,732 for Capital Improvement Projects (CIPs) that will be administered by various state departments. These funds were released in February and March of 2022. "These investments in communities around the state provide the best and most direct way to drive our economy and create jobs for our people, and they help to improve the daily experience of our resid more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 15 -- The Hawaii Department of Health issued the following news release: The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) has opened the Hawaii State Hospital New Patient Facility. Approximately 30 patients moved to the New Patient Facility today. Patients and staff will continue to move to the new facility in a phased approach throughout April and May. "This is a day that we've been looking forward to for more than 20 years," said Ronald "Run" Heidelberg, Hawaii State Hospital ad more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 16 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii Cancer Center issued the following news: A University of Hawaii researcher has identified a rare bacterium that is active against certain cancers. The bacterium, Lentzea flaviverrucosa, that produces petrichorin A, was discovered by Shugeng Cao, associate member of the Cancer Biology Program at the UH Cancer Center, and co-investigators Chunshun Li and Xiaohua Wu, in collaboration with Joshua Blodgett of Washington University in St more PR