HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 30 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release: Attorney General Clare E. Connors today released a joint letter to Congress, signed by a coalition of 22 State Attorneys General and led by New York Attorney General Letitia James, strongly urging the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to pass legislation to aid states in addressing the public health threat of toxic "forever" chemicals. In the letter sent to Congressional leadership, t more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 2 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release: Attorney General Clare E. Connors today joined a group of 21 State Attorneys General to challenge the Trump administration's proposed changes to asylum standards. If implemented, these changes would allow the Executive branch to arbitrarily deny asylum claims to immigrants seeking haven from domestic or gang violence. In a friend-of-the-court brief filed in Grace v. Barr before the United Sta more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 29 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * - Current director Linda Chu Takayama to take chief of staff position in Ige Administration August 1 * * * Gov. David Ige has appointed Rona Suzuki as interim director of the state Department of Taxation (DOTAX). Suzuki has served as a senior executive assistant at DOTAX, managing the $60 million Tax System Modernization (TSM) program which aims to replace most of the department's technologies to  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 30 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Gov. David Ige today announced the appointment of three new members of the Hawai'i Paroling Authority board. Clayton Hee, Cheryl Inouye and Max Otani have been appointed to the Hawai'i Paroling Authority, effective immediately. The interim appointments are subject to state Senate confirmation. Their terms will expire June 30, 2023. Clayton Hee was elected to the State House of Representatives in 1982 whi more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 30 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Gov. David Ige today signed new rules for the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process. The new rules will take effect on Aug. 9, 2019. The Office of Environmental Quality Control (OEQC) and State Environmental Council (Council) submitted its final rules to the governor at the beginning of April 2019, after completing a nearly two-year effort to modernize the existing rules. The governor set the sign more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 29 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: The State of Hawai'i Judicial Selection Commission has submitted six lists of judicial nominees to Gov. David Ige. The lists include nominees for five vacancies on the First Circuit Court and one vacancy on the Intermediate Court of Appeals. Gov. Ige has 30 days to make his selections. The nominees are as follows: Intermediate Court of Appeals, State of Hawai'i: (This judicial office will become vacant more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 30 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * - Governor Ige rescinds emergency proclamation * * * Gov. David Ige today announced that the state has granted an extension of a key permit to the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). The governor has rescinded the emergency proclamation that was issued on July 17, 2019 at this time, because there are no immediate plans to move heavy construction equipment. This morning, at the request of TMT, the Unive more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 1 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The University of Hawai'i Board of Regents (BOR) is expected to consider a motion tomorrow to "Appoint a Permitted Interaction Group to Investigate Issues and Make Recommendations Related to Maunakea Governance." The item is on the BOR's August 2 agenda. The meeting will be held at 9 a.m. in the UH Manoa Information Technology Building, first floor conference room 105A/B. Other items under consideration, fol more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 22 -- The University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy issued the following news release: An astronomer from the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy (IfA) and an international team published a new study that reveals more of the vast cosmic structure surrounding our Milky Way galaxy. The universe is a tapestry of galaxy congregations and vast voids. In a new study being reported in The Astrophysical Journal, Brent Tully's team applies the same tools from an e more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, July 31 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: An energetic little girl named Pomai wants nothing more than for her grandfather, Papa, to play with her. But Papa is losing his memory and unable to make poi with Pomai and take her to the beach like he used to. That is the theme of Pomai and Her Papa: Growing Up with Memory Loss and Holding On to What Matters Most, a free booklet written by researchers at the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work at the U more PR

WILMINGTON, North Carolina, July 30 -- The University of North Carolina Wilmington campus issued the following news release: Michelle Barbieri '02, '05M was one of eight National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists who received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers on July 25. She is currently a veterinary medical officer at NOAA's Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, recognized specifically for advancing the field of marine mamm more PR