HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 15 -- Gov. Josh Green, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: Governor Josh Green, M.D., has enacted 263 of the 274 bills passed during the 2023 legislative session. As of July 12, Governor Green hosted 18 bill signing ceremonies covering topics from good governance, affordable housing, destination management at state parks, to protections for victims of domestic violence, traffic safety, and cost of living. Governor Green also signed more than 10 more PR

OMAHA, Nebraska, July 11 (TNSper) -- Creighton University issued the following news: Creighton President the Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson, SJ, PhD, recently announced the names of five new members of the Creighton University Board of Trustees. The individuals, who were elected at the May Board of Trustees meeting, are Clark Lauritzen, president and chair of First National Bank of Omaha; Melvin Palalay, BS'86, MD'91, a hematologist and oncologist at the Hawaii Cancer Center; Karrin Taylor Robson, more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 13 -- The Hawaii Department of Health issued the following news release: The Hawaiʻi State Department of Health (DOH) conditionally approved Joint Task Force-Red Hill's (JTF-RH) operational plan to defuel four fuel-containing surge tanks located at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. While this process is part of the defueling of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, the surge tanks are separate from the main Red Hill tanks. Approximately 480,000 gallons of fuel are expe more PR

KIHEI, Hawaii, July 14 -- The Hawaii Department of Education issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: The new Kulanihako'i High School campus in South Maui has received a key approval that clears the way for the campus to open to students and staff for the upcoming 2023-24 school year that begins Aug. 1 for teachers and Aug. 7 for students. At a news conference at the school today Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen, Jr., announced that the county has granted a temporary certificate o more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, July 13 (TNSrpt) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: More than three years since COVID-19 was introduced to the world, most Hawaii residents consider their health to be good or excellent. But there are significant differences across socio-economic and demographic categories, including ethnicity, according to the results of a Rapid Health Survey released on July 12 by the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization (UHERO). The UHER more PR

SAN MARCOS, Texas, July 12 (TNSjou) -- Texas State University issued the following news release: STEM courses--including physics--tend to be purely objective and fact-based. This approach can fall short when it comes to preparing students for the complex ethical questions they often face during their professional careers. Alice Olmstead, an assistant professor in the Department of Physics at Texas State University, led a team of Texas State physics faculty to develop ethics lessons about nucle more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, July 13 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: A faculty member from the University of Hawaii at Hilo has a recent study on flora of the Canary Island of Tenerife featured in the July 12, 2023 issue of Nature. Dr. Jonathan Price, professor of geography, is part of an international research team and co-author of "Assembly of functional diversity in an oceanic island flora," which examines and compares Tenerife's plant-life to that of  more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, July 13 (TNSper) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: University of Hawai'i Cancer Center researcher, Erin Bantum, has been re-elected to serve another three-year term on the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Symptom Management and Quality of Life Steering Committee (SxQOLSC). Her initial appointment was in October 2020. The committee addresses the design, prioritization and evaluation of concepts for phase 2 and phase 3 clinical trials to  more PR