HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 7 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release: In the case of Jason Wolford v. Anne E. Lopez, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion upholding crucial Hawaii laws intended to protect the public from gun violence. In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court made a significant change to Second Amendment law in the Bruen case, which affected state laws restricting the public carry of firearms. Following the decision, Governor Josh Green, M more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 5 -- Hawaiian Electric issued the following news release: * * * Program is result of multi-year regulatory effort guided by broad stakeholder input * * * Hawaiian Electric is in the process of notifying customers nearing the end of their seven-year enrollment period in certain company legacy rooftop solar export programs that they will soon be transitioned to the new Smart Renewable Energy program. Smart Renewable Energy is the next phase in Hawaiian Electric's push  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 7 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The University of Hawaii is well represented among the culinary professionals selected for a new collaboration between the Culinary Institute of the Pacific (CIP) at Kapi'olani Community College and the Culinary Institute of America (CIA). The CIP and the CIA announced the 32 participants for the inaugural workforce professional development program in early September. This groundbreaking workforce and prof more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, Sept. 4 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: The University of Hawaii (UH) has reached a milestone in the U.S. Department of Defense funded project that aims to create a living breakwater system to protect coastlines from erosion and create ecosystems where resilient corals and other ocean life can grow and thrive. The project, spearheaded by the Applied Research Laboratory at UH (ARL at UH) in partnership with UH Manoa's School of more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, Sept. 6 -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: It is estimated that scientists have discovered only 1% of the yeast species thought to exist on Earth. A professor in the University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), hopes to change this--by shedding light on what is known as a "dark area" of the fungal tree of life using a $1 million award over the next four years, funded by the National Science Founda more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, Sept. 4 -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: A gift from the Leonard Hoshijo Memorial Foundation will create the first endowed chair in labor law at the University of Hawaii at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law. The contribution is the largest donation ever received by the law school and stands as the most significant gift for an endowed chair in UH history. The donor has requested that the amount not be disclosed. The Leonard Hoshi more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, Sept. 4 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: To expand its efforts in understanding and addressing the long-term health and social impacts of the devastating Maui wildfires, the Maui Wildfire Exposure Study (MauiWES) has just received an additional $2.3 million in funding from the State of Hawaii. This funding boost will allow the study to increase its participant base to 2,000 individuals, with a focus on including children and fi more PR