HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 7 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on July 6, 2022: Gov. David Ige today outlined line-item vetoes for House Bill 1600, the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2022. As required by law, the governor submitted his line-item vetoes to the Hawaii State Legislature and intends to sign HB1600 tomorrow. The measure appropriates funds for Fiscal Biennium 2021-2023, to fund operations and capital improvement projects of Executive Branch agencies and  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 9 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on July 8, 2022: Gov. David Ige today signed HB2171 establishing a new Department of Law Enforcement (DLE). The last time a new department was formed in the state was over 30 years ago, in 1989, with the creation of the Department of Public Safety. The new DLE includes the Department of Public Safety's Law Enforcement Division (State Sheriff Division and Narcotics Enforcement Division) and Internal Affairs  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 6 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on July 5, 2022: Gov. David Ige signed into law a package of bills that advance the governor's priorities to fight climate change and transition to a clean energy economy as soon as possible. The bills signed into law are: HB1800 (Act 238) Relating to Climate Mitigation HB1801 (Act 239) Relating to Energy Efficiency HB2089 (Act 240) Relating to Renewable Portfolio Standards SB2570 (Act 241) Relating to  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 8 -- The Hawaii Department of Health issued the following news release: The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) has received 357 doses of the JYNNEOS vaccine, which is used to prevent monkeypox. DOH received its allocation from the Strategic National Stockpile and will continue to receive allocations as supply becomes available. The federal government expects more than 1.6 million doses to be made available nationwide this year. "Getting vaccinated reduces the chance of ge more PR

MIAMI, Florida, July 7 -- Holland and Knight, a law firm, issued the following news release: Holland & Knight advised Valta Energy, a Dana Point, California-based developer, owner and operator of distributed generation (DG) projects, in connection with a strategic investment by Longroad Energy. Longroad's initial equity investment will provide growth capital to Valta's development pipeline, thereby positioning the company for more rapid expansion. Valta develops and operates assets nationwide, more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 7 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The reasons behind vaccine hesitancy among Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders (NHPIs) in Hawaii at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic are explained in a new University of Hawaii at Manoa study. Researchers said the findings could provide a foundation for communication strategies for other health policies beyond the pandemic. Until last fall, NHPIs remained significantly under-vaccinated c more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Oral health is integral to overall health, and public impact research has shown far too many people in Hawaii are not able to access necessary oral health care. A report from the Hawaii State Department of Health released in 2022 found that Hawaii's low-income preschool students have the highest prevalence of dental decay in the nation.The consequences of poor oral health affect the entire body, and more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 8 (TNSpol) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Gov. David Ige signed two bills to help combat the state's increasing physician shortage and support the University of Hawaii at Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine's (JABSOM) mission to retain more of its graduates to practice medicine in Hawaii. Ige signed Senate Bill 2657 and Senate Bill 2597 into law on July 7 at JABSOM. The Hawaii Physician Workforce Assessment Project Report indicates that more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 9 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: A study on underwater noise pollution from seabed mining operations found that noise from one mine alone could travel approximately 500 kilometers (roughly 311 miles) in gentle weather conditions, which could affect the understudied species that live in the deep sea--the largest habitat on Earth. There could also be cumulative impacts where multiple mines operate. Scientists from the University of  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 4 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Humpback whales may one day avoid Hawaiian waters due to climate change and rising greenhouse gasses, according the findings of a new paper published in Frontiers in Marine Science by a team of researchers including three University of Hawaii at Manoa graduate students--Hannah von Hammerstein and Renee Setter from the Department of Geography and Environment in the College of Social Sciences, and Mar more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 8 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Ancient DNA (aDNA) reveals five streams of migration into Micronesia and matrilocality (patterns of marriage in which the groom resides with the bride's parents) in early Pacific seafarers. Those new insights, revealed in a June 30 article in Science, were gleaned from research involving four co-authors with University of Hawaii at Manoa ties: Anthropology Professor Emeritus Michael Pietrusewsky; hi more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 7 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: A University of Hawaii at Manoa researcher is a part of a team that developed a synthetic way to transform nitrogen into a bioavailable form that could allow for the production of ammonia fertilizer at a much lower cost and ultimately lead to greater food production across the globe. Though nitrogen is inexhaustible in the atmosphere, scientists say creating enough bioavailable forms of nitrogen rem more PR