HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 22 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: A $2 million gift from the Gilbert and Aileen Chuck Foundation will provide full scholarships for nursing students in the University of Hawai'i Maui College starting this fall. The gift creates the Kam Scholars Program for the UH Maui College Nursing Program for the next 10 years. The merit-based scholarship program will provide first- andsecond-year nursing students with enough funds to cover the costs of  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 24 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release: Attorney General Anne Lopez, the Hawaii Department of the Attorney General's Missing Child Center - Hawaii (MCCH) and Hawaii Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force are pleased to announce the winner of the 2024 Hawaii Missing Children's Day Poster Contest for National Missing Children's Day (May 25): Kiana Kon, a fifth grader of Nanakuli Hawaii. The U.S. Department of Justice's webs more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 24 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: Attorney General Anne Lopez today joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general and four cities in filing a motion to intervene in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to help defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) final rule for federal greenhouse gas emission standards concerning heavy-duty vehicles. These vehicles include freight trucks, delivery trucks more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 25 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release: Attorney General Anne Lopez joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general defending a proposed rule issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) of 2022. The PWFA is landmark federal legislation that requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations for pregnant and postpartum employees. The EEOC rule would require employe more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 24 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: Attorney General Anne Lopez announced today that Anita Valdez was criminally charged for allegedly committing labor trafficking. Valdez, 53, was charged with three counts of Labor Trafficking in the First Degree. According to the Indictment, Valdez allegedly obtained the complainant for labor or services by fraud and deception and withheld the complainant's government-issued ide more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 23 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez announced today the entry of an order awarding the state $916,012,000 in total against pharmaceutical companies Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and three U.S.-based subsidiaries of French pharmaceutical company Sanofi for violating the state of Hawaii's laws against unfair and deceptive practices for failing to disclose the efficacy and safety prof more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 25 -- Gov. Josh Green, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: Governor Josh Green, M.D., announced today that Maj. Gen. Kenneth S. Hara, the Adjutant General (TAG) for the state of Hawaii, Commander of the Hawaii National Guard, and Director of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency will resign as TAG on October 1, 2024 and retire from the military on November 1, 2024 after 40 years of military service. Governor Green has selected Brig. Gen. Stephen  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 23 (TNSres) -- The Hawaii Department of Health issued the following news release: An independent investigation by the Hawaii Department of Health (DOH), confirmed that no petroleum or jet fuel compounds were detected in 15 drinking water samples collected at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) and Aliamanu Military Reservation (AMR)--12 from homes at JBPHH and AMR and three from source water shafts. While the Navy's Waiawa Shaft is the current sole source for the JBPHH  more PR

LIHUE, Hawaii, May 24 (TNSres) -- The Hawaii Department of Health issued the following news release: The Kauai District Health Office (KDHO) will conduct a Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) survey to assess the emergency preparedness level of Kauai households. "The responses will build upon prior CASPER surveys to assess household emergency preparedness and evacuation plans, as well as help us to understand household awareness and concerns regarding climate cha more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: In partnership with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Hawaii Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke and Hawaii Department of Agriculture Chairperson Sharon Hurd led 30 agricultural leaders, including state legislators, Hawaii Farm Bureau, Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Hawaii Crop Improvement Association, Hawaii Floriculture and Nursery Association, and Synergistic Hawaii Agricultural Council, farme more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 24 -- Hawaiian Electric issued the following news release: Helicopter inspections by Hawaiian Electric revealed critical transmission line corridors that run along the base of the Koolau mountains have been choked by extensive overgrowth of albizia trees, leading to recent power outages that affected Hawaii Kai and portions of East Honolulu. East Honolulu relies on power lines that bring electricity to the area from Windward Oahu. The lines run along the base of the Koola more PR

HONOKOWAI, Hawaii, May 23 -- The Hawaii Department of Education issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: The Hawai'i State Department of Education held two meetings on Tuesday for community members and school staff to provide feedback on three West Maui sites being eyed as locations to rebuild a permanent campus for the fire-damaged King Kamehameha III Elementary School. The three sites presented are: * The school's original location on Front Street, which was damaged beyond repair  more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, May 21 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: The first comprehensive housing factbook since the Maui wildfires has underscored the bleak state of housing affordability across the state. The University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization's (UHERO) second edition of the annual report hopes to contribute to better-informed policy solutions to the ongoing housing crisis. * See the housing factbook (https://uhero.hawaii.edu/the-hawa more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, May 23 -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: Japan's economic struggles post-pandemic, unexpected inflation, and interest rate hikes abroad have contributed to the weakest yen in nearly 35 years, approaching 160 yen to the dollar. While visitors to Japan, especially from Hawaii, see it as an opportunity for a travel experience at a more affordable rate, experts say it imposes costs on Japan's people and has mixed implications for Japan's busi more PR