SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 6 (TNSLrpt) -- Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Hawaii 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Western Region - March 5, 2026 * * * In 2025, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 5.7 percent in Hawaii, compared to the 8.0-percent rate for the nation, the more PR

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Case Votes To Assert Congress' Exclusive Constitutional Authority To Authorize War U.S. Representative Ed Case (HI-01), a member of the House Appropriations Committee's Subcommittees on Defense and Homeland Security, issued the following statement on his vote in favor of H.Con.Res. 38, which would direct the President to halt the current Iran war unless and until authorized by Congress. "I voted today to  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 6 -- The Hawaii State Department of Education issued the following news on March 5, 2026: * * * Hawaii public schools advancing farm-to-school efforts with new small farm partnerships To advance farm-to-school initiatives, the Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) is rolling out a new process that encourages small farm micropurchases of locally grown produce for school meals across the state. Students at Kahaluu Elementary School enjoyed locally grown microgree more PR

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono Questions Top Military Officials on Readiness, Impacts of Iran War, Women in Combat U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Ranking member of the Senate Armed Services (SASC) Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, questioned the vice chiefs of all five military services and the Director of Capabilities and Management from the U.S Government Accountability Office (GAO) in a Readiness  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono Votes Against Trump's Illegal War with Iran * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement after voting to advance Senator Tim Kaine's (D-VA) War Powers Resolution, which would block President Trump from using further military force against Iran. "Just days after Trump dragged our cou more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, March 6 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on March 5, 2026: * * * Attorney General Brown Defends Access to Birth Control and Other Contraceptive Care Coalition Supports Challenge to Trump Administration Regulations that Allow Employers to Restrict Access to Birth Control * Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of a challenge to the first Trump  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- George Washington University posted the following news: * * * Media Tip Sheet: Deep Sea Mining: Critical Minerals and Ocean Ecosystems * WASHINGTON (March 5, 2026) - After years of negotiations, international regulators may soon finalize rules governing deep sea mining. This mining would happen in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone between Hawaii and Mexico. The ocean floor in this region of the Pacific Ocean is blanketed with valuable minerals and metals including cobalt, ni more PR

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The National Association of Home Builders posted the following news release on March 5, 2026: * * * Affordability Posts Mild Gains in Second Half of 2025 but Crisis Continues Though new and existing homes remain largely unaffordable, the needle moved slightly in the right direction in the second half of 2025, according to the latest data from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Cost of Housing Index (CHI). The CHI results from the fourth quarter more PR

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Larry Wright Jr., executive director of the National Congress of American Indians, from a Feb. 24, 2026, joint hearing with the Senate Veterans' Committee entitled "Legislative Presentation of Disabled American Veterans and Multi VSOs: Military Officers Association of America, Blue Star Families, Vietnam Veterans of America, National Congress of American Indians, Service Women's Action Network, Gold  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis issued the following news release: * * * Outdoor Recreation Economic Statistics, U.S. and States, 2024 * Today, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released new statistics measuring the outdoor recreation economy for the nation, all 50 states, and the District of Columbia. The new U.S. data show the value added of the outdoor recreation economy accounted for 2.4 percent ($696.7 billion) of current-dollar gros more PR

WASHINGTON, March 5 [Category: Financial Services] -- America's Credit Unions posted the following news: * * * Thousands of credit union stories told on Capitol Hill * The unified credit union voice was front and center at nearly every Congressional office during Congressional visits conducted as part of the Governmental Affairs Conference (GAC). Leagues and credit unions visited Capitol Hill throughout the week, but primarily on Wednesday following the conclusion of the GAC general session. more PR

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Grijalva, Schakowsky, Moylan, 30+ Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Update, Expand Lifeline Benefits for Seniors, Americans with Disabilities Nearly 8 million Americans rely on Supplemental Security Income benefits to meet their basic needs -but parts of program haven't been updated in over five decades  * U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representatives Adelita G more PR

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Kim, Garcia, Raskin Renew Fight to Keep Military-Grade Weapons Off American Streets, Out of Civilian Hands * New York Times investigation revealed that ammunition from a government-owned manufacturing plant was increasingly being trafficked to Mexican cartels, including Jalisco Cartel Text of Bill (PDF) | One Pager (PDF) Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass. more PR

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Van Hollen, 25+ Colleagues Press Trump Administration for Accountability, Investigation into Deaths of American Citizens in West Bank * "It is unclear to us how many more Americans must die in the West Bank in order for this administration, and other administrations, to take serious, credible steps to secure accountability and ensure an end to the ongoing killings of Americans with more PR

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Joins Democratic Leader Schumer to Unveil New Bill to Break Up the Meatpacking Industry, Drive Down Food Costs for Families * Legislation comes as grocery prices skyrocket and Trump mocks affordability as a "hoax" WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety, joined Senate Minority Lead more PR