OLYMPIA, Washington, Aug. 28 -- Gov. Jay Inslee, D-Washington, issued the following news release: Gov. Jay Inslee and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer -- along with a coalition of governors from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin -- sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue voicing opposition to the USDA's proposal to essentially e more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 30 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release: Attorney General Clare E. Connors today joined a bipartisan coalition of 32 attorneys general from around the country in defending the states' vital ability to enforce state and federal consumer protection laws against student loan servicers. In an amicus brief (Pa-v.-Navient-States-Amicus-Brief) filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the attorneys general argue t more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 30 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release: The Department of the Attorney General (AG), Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL), and Department of Transportation (DOT) issues this joint statement regarding Mauna Kea Access Road. Mauna Kea Access Road is under the control and jurisdiction of DOT. Pursuant to HRS Sec. 26-19 and HRS Ch. 264, DOT has control and jurisdiction over all state highways and Mauna Kea Access Road is designat more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 29 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Gov. David Ige today announced one appointment to the Intermediate Court of Appeals and five appointments to the First Circuit Court (Island of O'ahu) as follows: Intermediate Court of Appeals Clyde J. Wadsworth - 61, Solicitor General, Department of the Attorney General, State of Hawaii, is appointed to the Intermediate Court of Appeals, State of Hawai'i, to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of As more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 27 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Gov. David Ige has reappointed Michael G. Buck to serve as a member of the Commission on Water Resource Management (CWRM). Buck's appointment is effective immediately, and, if approved by the Senate, will end on June 30, 2023. Buck has served on the commission since 2014. Buck has held a wide variety of leadership roles during the past 40 years, with more than 25 years of experience with the Department of more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- Steptoe and Johnson, a law firm, issued the following news release: Law360 covered Steptoe's win for an AIG unit in an article titled "AIG Won't Have to Foot $12M Waste Management Lawsuit Bill." On August 27, a Texas federal court judge held that AIG doesn't have to foot the bill for $12 million in legal expenses Waste Management Inc. racked up defending criminal charges over environmental contamination from a Hawaii landfill. Granting summary judgment to AIG Specialty  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 29 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The Department of Student Health and Wellness Programs within the Division of Student Affairs at the University of Hawai'i at Hilo received a three-year grant award of $261,000 to support UH Hilo's Counseling Services in its efforts to build suicide prevention resources and strategies. The grant program is authorized under the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act, which is named in honor of former Senator Gordon  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 27 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Today the Mamoru and Aiko Takitani Foundation (Takitani Foundation) donated an additional $2.5 million to the University of Hawai'i's Culinary Institute of the Pacific (CIP) at Diamond Head to support culinary education in the institute's new and growing facility. This builds on their 2017 gift of $1.1 million, bringing their total support for construction and programs of the CIP to $3.6 million. In recogni more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 23 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded an $8 million, six-year grant to the University of Hawaii Cancer Center to increase cancer clinical trials to Hawaii's minority, rural and underserved patient populations. "Providing cancer clinical trials and cancer patient care for both adults and children gives Hawaii residents the opportunity for the most effective treatments without having to leave the i more PR