PASADENA, California, July 3 [TNSscienceresearch] -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * - New data from the Keck Observatory show gas directly spiraling into growing galaxies * * * Galaxies grow by accumulating gas from their surroundings and converting it to stars, but the details of this process have remained murky. New observations, made using the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) at the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii, now provide the clearest, most dire more PR

HAWAII, Florida, July 2 -- Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts issued the following news release: * * * - Calendar of Meaningful Activities, Many of Them Complimentary, Will Delight Guests of Resort's 7th Annual Couples Season, September 1 - November 23, 2019 * * * Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea has created more compelling reasons for a couples getaway during its popular Couples Season this fall. Set for September 1 through November 23, 2019, a lineup of thoughtfully tailored programming wil more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 3 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release: On the heels of Pride Month and the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots that began the modern gay rights movement, a coalition of 22 attorneys general are today filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that federal antidiscrimination laws protect LGBTQ+ employees. The coalition, led by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and New York Attorney General Letitia James, wil more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 1 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release: Attorney General Clare E. Connors today joined a coalition led by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey in filing a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) failure to initiate rulemaking to help regulate asbestos. The attorneys general had previously petitioned the EPA to create a new rule requiring data collect more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 2 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release: Attorney General Clare E. Connors as part of a multi state group of 16 attorneys general, urged the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to rescind its proposal that would prevent transgender and gender nonconforming individuals from having equal access to safe homeless shelters. In a letter sent to Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson, the attor more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 3 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Gov. Ige signed a bill that will dedicate millions of dollars to the state's effort to create more housing that people can afford. ACT 189 (HB1312) will add $100 million to the Rental Housing Revolving Fund over the next two years. An additional $67 million will be added to the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund via Act 40 for infrastructure and land acquisitions. "These funds will help the state keep the momen more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 28 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Gov. David Ige has appointed Neal Miyahira as director of the Department of Budget and Finance. Miyahira is currently the administrator of the Budget, Program Planning and Management Division at Budget and Finance. He has also served as director of finance and deputy director of finance during his 20 years at the department. Previously, Miyahira worked at the Department of Taxation as deputy director of  more PR

KAPOLEI, Hawaii, July 5 -- Kaiser Permanente issued the following news release: * * * - The $60 million, 40,000-square-foot facility will make health services more accessible for 70,000 Kaiser Permanente members in West Oahu. * * * Kaiser Permanente today celebrated the groundbreaking of the West Oahu Medical Office at Kapolei, a planned $60 million, 40,000-square-foot facility at the corner of Kamokila Boulevard and Kapolei Parkway in Kapolei. Scheduled for completion in early 2021, the new more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, July 2 [TNSscienceresearch] -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: A team of international asteroid and comet experts now agree that 'Oumuamua, the first recorded interstellar visitor, has natural origins, despite previous speculation by some other astronomers that the object could be an alien spacecraft sent from a distant civilization to examine our star system. A review of all the available evidence by an international team of 14 experts, including Rob more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, July 2 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Women who go through early menopause may have worse health later in life, including slowed walking and weakened grip strength, compared to women who experience menopause at the average age or older. This means it's important for women to have sufficient physical reserves as they enter and complete this phase of life. Those are the findings of two international research studies involving fa more PR

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, July 2 [TNSscienceresearch] -- The University of Maryland issued the following news: On October 19, 2017, astronomers discovered the first known interstellar object to visit our solar system. Early reports of the odd characteristics of "'Oumuamua" led to speculation that the object might be an alien spacecraft. Now a new analysis by an international team of astronomers co-led by, University of Maryland Associate Research Scientist Matthew Knight, strongly indicates that  more PR

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, July 3 [TNSscienceresearch] -- The University of Minnesota issued the following news release: In the past several decades, a mutation has spread among male Pacific field crickets (Teleogryllus oceanicus) in Hawaii that leads to wing structures that are unable to produce the crickets' signature chirping. While the mutation has kept crickets safe from a parasitic fly that uses cricket song to find its hosts, it also means the crickets are unable to sing to attract females. more PR

IRVING, Texas, July 5 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release: Viewers across the United States have expressed their outrage at AT&T/DIRECTV following their removal of scores of local Nexstar Broadcasting television stations which began on the Fourth of July. For example, as a result of AT&T/DIRECTV's actions, AT&T/DIRECTV subscribers in Bakersfield, California were unable to receive local Nexstar televised news updates, in both English and S more PR