WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * 29 Members of Congress Issue Statement Opposing USDA Secretary Rollins' Illegal Restriction of Farm Recovery and Support Block Grant * Today, 29 Members of Congress in New England and Hawaii released a bicameral statement in response to United States Department of Agriculture (UDSA) Secretary Brooke Rollins illegally restricting relief funding to small and mid-sized family farms in New England more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * 29 Members of Congress Issue Statement Opposing USDA Secretary Rollins' Illegal Restriction of Farm Recovery and Support Block Grant * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02) and 28 other Members of Congress in New England and Hawaii released a bicameral statement in response to United States Department of Agriculture (UDSA) Secretary Brooke Rollins illegally restricting relief funding  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * 29 Members of Congress Issue Statement Opposing USDA Secretary Rollins' Illegal Restriction of Farm Recovery and Support Block Grant * Washington, D.C. - Today, 29 Members of Congress, including the entire Connecticut Congressional delegation, released a bicameral statement in response to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins illegally restricting relief fundin more PR

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Maryland, June 4 -- The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command issued the following news: * * * Army Lab Partners with the University of Hawaii to Enhance Bioprinting and Advanced Manufacturing By Parker Martin The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) and the University of Hawaii (UH) System have teamed together on two initiatives to leverage biomaterials and advanced manufacturing to enhance warfighter  more PR

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, June 5 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom, an organization advancing every person's right to live and speak the truth, issued the following news release on June 4, 2025: * * * Babylon Bee challenges Hawaii law criminalizing political memes, satire ADF attorneys represent popular satire site, state resident in legal challenge to censorship law * HONOLULU - Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing The Babylon Bee and a Hawaii resident filed a federal lawsuit Wedne more PR

IRVINE, California, June 4 -- Cotality (formerly CoreLogic) issued the following news release: * * * Cotality: External pressures suppress home price growth across the US * Year-over-year price growth slowed to 2.0% in April 2025, with single-family detached homes still growing at 2.46% annual rate while single-family attached homes posted a 0.08% decline -- the first annual decline since 2012. * Markets with continued largest home price gains this spring remain in Northeast and Midwest, par more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released the following testimony by Hawaii Gov. Josh Green from a May 21, 2025, hearing entitled "The Corruption of Science and Federal Health Agencies: How Health Officials Downplayed and Hid Myocarditis and Other Adverse Events Associated With the COVID-19 Vaccines": * * * Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member Blumenthal, and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportuni more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Hayes Joins Bipartisan Effort Opposing Illegal Restriction of Farm Recovery Block Grant by USDA * WASHINGTON, DC - Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05), Ranking Member of the Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee, joined 28 Members of Congress in New England and Hawaii to release a bicameral statement in response to United States Department of Agriculture (UDSA) Secretary Brooke Rollins il more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * House Agriculture Subcommittee Holds First Hearing with Rep. Tokuda as Ranking Member & Hawaii Cattlemen's Council as Witness * Washington, DC - Today, the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology held its first hearing of the 119th Congress with U.S. Representative Jill Tokuda (HI-02) servingas Ranking Member. Nicole Galase, Managing Director of the Hawaii Cattlemen' more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Supporting Farmers, Strengthening Conservation, Sustaining Working Lands" at 10 a.m. on June 5, 2025, at 1300 Longworth House Office Building: WITNESS LIST * Mr. Russell Boening, President, Texas Farm Bureau. * Mr. Christopher McLeland, Managing Director of Agriculture Programs, Ducks Unlimited. * Dr. Dan Sebert, Senior Advisor and  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 3 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: * * * Leeward CC's Food Innovation Hub to Host Hawaii High Pressure Processing Summit Event to showcase Hiperbaric cold processing technology for safer, quality, clean-label foods Leeward Community College's Wahiawa Value-Added Product Development Center (WVAPDC) is pushing Hawaii into the future of food preservation with the launch of the state's first High Pressure Processing (HPP) Summit. Taking place  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 5 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * Marines, ANZACs Share Special Bond By Chuck Little, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific There is a long-standing, strong relationship that exists between the Australian and New Zealand militaries and the U.S. Marine Corps. This bond extends far back in our respective histories when we fought side-by-side helping to defend Australia and New Zealand in World War II, and extends to t more PR

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Medal of Honor Monday: Army Tech. Sgt. Yeiki Kobashigawa * When Army Tech. Sgt. Yeiki Kobashigawa encountered enemy machine gun nests in Italy during World War II, he didn't shy away. Instead, he pushed the attack with a fearlessness that helped the Allies take the country back from the Nazis. Nearly half a century later, he received a belated Medal of Honor for his actions. Kobashigawa was born Sept. 28, more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Connecticut Delegation, Colleagues Statement Opposing USDA Secretary Rollins' Illegal Restriction of Farm Recovery and Support Block Grant * WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and U.S. Representatives John Larson (D-Conn.-01), Joe Courtney (D-Conn.-02), Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.-03),  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 3 -- Outrigger Hospitality Group issued the following news release on June 2, 2025: * * * OUTRIGGER Blooms Bright with "Flowerworks" for Fourth of July Celebrations OUTRIGGER Resorts & Hotels is redefining the Fourth of July with an unforgettable twist on tradition. This summer, guests at OUTRIGGER's premier oceanfront resorts in Kona, Kaanapali, and Kauai are invited to experience "Flowerworks" - a breathtaking aerial celebration that swaps sparks for petals in a stunn more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Huffman, Reps. Moylan, Case Reintroduce Bipartisan Magnuson-Stevens Update to Safeguard America's Fisheries * Washington, D.C. - To kick off World Ocean Month, House Natural Resources Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Rep. James Moylan (R-Guam), and Rep. Ed Case (D-Hawaii) have reintroduced the Sustaining America's Fisheries for the Future Act. This bipartisan legislation wo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Huffman, Reps. Moylan, Case Reintroduce Bipartisan Magnuson-Stevens Update to Safeguard America's Fisheries Washington, D.C. - To kick off World Ocean Month, House Natural Resources Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Rep. James Moylan (R-Guam), and Rep. Ed Case (D-Hawaii) have reintroduced the Sustaining America's Fisher more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, ranking member of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Research and Biotechnology, issued the following opening statement on June 5, 2025, at a hearing titled "Supporting Farmers, Strengthening Conservation, Sustaining Working Lands": * * * [As prepared for delivery] Good morning, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for convening today's hearing. As Ranking Member, I'm proud to join you and our colleagues in reaffirming a shared commit more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz Statement On Trump Request To Rescind Foreign Assistance Funding * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, released the following statement on President Donald Trump's request to Congress to rescind nearly $10 billion in previously-enacted funding. "The Trump administration is seeking to codi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz, Senators Call On Trump Administration To Protect ENERGY STAR Program That Lowers Energy Costs * HONOLULU -- U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) joined a group of his colleagues in urging the Trump Administration to immediately reverse course on its plan to illegally and unilaterally terminate the ENERGY STAR program. In their letter, the Senators highlight the cost-saving benefits of the pro more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz: Trump Tax Plan Would Raise Costs, Cut Health Care For Millions To Benefit Ultra-Wealthy * WASHINGTON -- In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) warned that the Republican tax bill would raise costs for working families and cut critical programs like Medicaid and food assistance in order to pay for tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans. "No one asked for this. more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: * * * SMART scholars make first visit to PHNSY & IMF * PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility extended an Aloha to five scholars from the Department of Defense's Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship-for-Service Program May 19, 2025, marking the first year PHNSY & IMF is participating in the workforce development program. The sch more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 4 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: * * * Strategic Integration and Deterrence Take Center Stage in Bamboo Eagle By Deb Henley, 505th Command and Control Wing As the pace and scale of joint operations continue to intensify in the Indo-Pacific region, the U.S. Air Force and its partners are drawing strategic insights from Bamboo Eagle 25-1, a large-scale exercise designed to refine the command-and-control capabilities needed for the future fight more PR

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, June 3 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news: * * * Strategic integration, deterrence take center stage in Bamboo Eagle * JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii; KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, New Mexico; and HURLBURT FIELD, Florida - As the pace and scale of joint operations continue to intensify in the Indo-Pacific region, the U.S. Air Force and its partners are drawing strategic insights from Bamboo Eagle 25-1,  more PR

LA JOLLA, California, June 6 (TNSrep) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * Annual Carbon Dioxide Peak Passes Another Milestone Monthly Keeling Curve average exceeded 430 parts per million in May By Robert Monroe For the first time, the seasonal peak of carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere exceeded 430 parts per million (ppm) at NOAA's Mauna Loa Observatory on Hawaii, scientists from NOAA and Scripps Institution of Oceanography (https: more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, June 5 -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: * * * UH astronomers discover biggest explosion since the Big Bang A team at the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy (IfA) has uncovered a dazzling new kind of cosmic explosion, more energetic than anything seen before. The team named these rare events "extreme nuclear transients" (ENTs), which occur when massive stars--at least three times the mass of our Sun--are shredded by supermas more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, June 4 -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: * * * Federal funding cuts threaten safety, resilience of coastal communities in Hawaii A recent round of federal funding cuts included the termination of a $3 million grant from the Office of Naval Research to the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The grant, awarded to Chip Fletcher, interim dean of the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), supported the Coastal Research Collabo more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, June 7 -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: * * * Urgent action needed to protect corals fleeing warming seas Coral reefs are creeping away from the tropics in response to warming oceans, but the pace is too slow to beat the heat and escape impacts of climate change, according to a breakthrough study published June 6 in Science Advances. The study, authored by researchers at University of Hawaii at Manoa's Hawaii Institute of Marine Biolog more PR

LOGAN, Utah, June 7 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * USU Business Services Highlighted at National Conference By Emma Lee LOGAN, Utah -- Keri Shoemaker, financial officer for the Caine College of the Arts, recently returned from presenting at the Western Association of College and University Business Officers annual conference. Since 1937, WACUBO has provided business officers in the Western region with opportunities for professional development, problem-solving in  more PR