DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 26 -- Southwest Airlines issued the following news release: Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) today extended the carrier's bookable flight schedule through mid-April 2020, bringing new service to beach destinations across the Southwest(R) map from Hawaii, to Mexico, to Turks & Caicos. This new service is included in the carrier's full flight schedule now available for booking through April 13, 2020, at Southwest.com. More to the Mayan Riviera: Fly Southwest to Cozumel! O more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 27 [TNSastrophysicsresearch] -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: For the first time, astronomers have witnessed the immediate aftermath of a star being violently ripped apart by a supermassive black hole. The observations were published Thursday in The Astrophysical Journal. Benjamin Shappee at the University of Hawai'i Institute for Astronomy (IfA) is part of the team of astronomers led by Carnegie Observatories' Thomas Holoien. Both are foun more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 26 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general, led by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, in urging Congress to support a bill that would expand the anti-discrimination protections in the Immigration and Naturalization Act to prohibit discrimination on the basis of religion in immigration decisions. The National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Non more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 25 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release: Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors and a coalition of 20 other Attorneys General sent a letter today to Congressional leaders urging their support of legislation that extends existing background check requirements on firearm sales to also include ammunition sales. The Attorneys General argue these background checks would decrease gun violence by stopping individuals who are prohibited more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 25 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release: Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors today joined a coalition of coalition of 24 Attorneys General opposing the Trump administration's proposed changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The proposed changes would take basic food assistance away from more than three million people, disqualify hundreds of thousands of children from free school meals, and punish work more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 24 -- 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 California, in opposing the Trump Administration's new rule that vastly expands the use of expedited removal. Under the new rule, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is authorized to deport certain individuals living anywhere in the United States without the due process protections afforded i more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 24 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release: Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors today joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general, led by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, in urging Congress to support a bill that would expand the anti-discrimination protections in the Immigration and Naturalization Act to prohibit discrimination on the basis of religion in immigration decisions. The National Origin-Based Antidiscriminat more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 24 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Gov. David Ige has appointed Anne E. Perreira-Eustaquio as the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations' deputy director, effective Oct. 1, 2019. Eustaquio is the current unemployment insurance program administrator, managing the safety net of the federal-state program. She has spent her career working in various capacities in the unemployment division, working her way up from auditor to administrato more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 26 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Gov. David Ige has tapped Scott Glenn to serve as the chief executive officer of the Hawai'i State Energy Office. Glenn has served as director of the Office of Environmental Quality Control (OEQC) since 2015, where he led the modernization of the state environmental review process by developing new administrative rules and updating best practices. In addition, Scott was the co-chair of the Sustainable Ha more PR

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Sept. 25 -- Oregon State University issued the following news: The 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami launched a flood of debris across the Pacific Ocean. At the Corvallis Science Pub on October 14, Jessica Miller, professor in fisheries and wildlife at Oregon State University, will discuss what she and other scientists learned about the nearly 300 invasive species that hitchhiked their way on the debris to Hawaii and the Northwest. Miller and her colleagues publis more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, Sept. 24 [TNSastrophysicsresearch] -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Around the globe, communities are concerned with rain and storms. An area known as the "Maritime Continent," which includes major islands such as Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Papua New Guinea, along with a galaxy of smaller islands, experiences significant rainfall including periodic monsoonal rain, and flash flooding. In a new study led by atmospheric scientist Giuseppe Torri at the Univ more PR

SEATTLE, Washington, Sept. 27 [TNSsociologyresearch] -- The University of Washington issued the following news release: The share of Washingtonians living below the federal poverty threshold declined from 11.0 to 10.3 percent between 2017 and 2018, according to new Census data released Thursday. Washington was one of 14 states in which poverty rates fell between 2017 and 2018. Washington's poverty rate is lower than the poverty rate in most states. Eight states - Hawaii, New Hampshire, New Jer more PR

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 27 [TNSsociologyresearch] -- Utah State University issued the following news: Health disparities have existed throughout history. There are inevitably some groups -- native people, for instance, or those who scratch for every dollar - who simply don't get adequate care. Historians analyze events and their consequences, said Seth Archer, an assistant professor of history whose research examines the diseases foreigners introduced to isolated Hawaii from 1778 to 1855. On the ot more PR