MANOA, Hawaii, Sept. 18 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The University of Hawai'i Manoa (UHM) has received a $5.3 million grant to continue research at the laboratory that became world-famous for producing mice and eventually other animals that glow green under ultraviolet light. This grant will allow the Institute for Biogenesis Research (IBR) to produce transgenic mice for other researchers seeking medical cures at UH. The mouse and its pups glowed green becaus more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 16 -- Hawaiian Electric issued the following news release: Hawaiian Electric Company has approved the first community solar project in the state. Called Mililani Tech Solar I, the 270-kilowatt facility will be comprised of 864 solar panels located in the Mililani Tech Park area. "This first-ever community solar project in Hawaii is a welcome beginning, but only the beginning of an initiative that will provide many customers who do not have private rooftop solar - includ more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 18 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release: Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors joined a coalition of 19 Attorneys General across the nation in filing an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, challenging a Kentucky state law that would ban physicians from providing second-trimester abortion services using the most common and safest procedure available for women after 15 weeks of pregnancy. "T more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 18 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release: Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general, in urging the Trump Administration to immediately comply with the court-ordered injunction in California v.Azar. The injunction secured by a Californialed coalition earlier this year, in addition to an injunction secured by Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, halted the Trump Administration's attemp more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 18 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release: Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors today joined a coalition of attorneys general, led by Pennsylvania and California, in opposing a new Trump Administration rule undermining civil rights protections that prevent federal contractors from discriminating against employees. Under the proposed rule, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) would expand existing exemptions to allow any federal  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 20 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release: Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors today joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general, the cities of Los Angeles and New York, and the California Air Resources Board, in filing a lawsuit against the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The lawsuit, led by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, challenges the Trump Administration's regulation designed to preempt more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 16 -- Hawaiian Electric issued the following news release: Hawaiian Electric crews will complete utility work in connection with a recent pole replacement along Farrington Highway in Nanakuli between 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18, affecting Makaha-bound traffic. The work will require closure of the far right Makaha-bound lane between Nanakuli and Haleakala avenues, across from Ka Waihona o ka Naauao charter school. Motorists should exercise caution when a more PR

RESTON, Virginia, Sept. 19 -- Leidos Holdings, a national security, health and engineering solutions company, issued the following news release: Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), a FORTUNE(R) 500 science and technology leader, announced that its unmanned ship, Sea Hunter, was recently featured in a major demonstration using an advanced sensor. The new milestone comes less than a year after the ship transited from San Diego to Hawaii with no personnel on board. Including the return trip, this was about 5,000 more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Sept. 18 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro issued the following news release: Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced a lawsuit to block the anticompetitive megamerger of telecommunications giants T-Mobile and Sprint. Attorney General Shapiro is the 18th attorney general to challenge the merger, adding to the forward progress of New York, California, Texas, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississi more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 18 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following statement by President David Lassner regarding a news release by Mauna Kea protectors: "The University of Hawaii's core mission is education and the broadening of minds. Bigotry is antithetical to that mission, and is condemned by the University. The statements of individuals cited do not represent the positions or views of the University of Hawaii or its leadership. "UH has clear policy that prohibits "any work relate more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, Sept. 19 [TNSbiologyresearch] -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The largest study ever conducted of its kind has identified where and how to save coral reef communities in the Indo-Pacific, according to an international group of scientists that included University of Hawai'i at Manoa researchers Erik Franklin, Camilo Mora and Ku'ulei Rodgers and others from conservation NGOs, government agencies and universities. The study outlines three viable strate more PR