WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Twenty attorneys general and Hawaii Office of Consumer Protection submitted a public comment letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) opposing the agency's proposed rule on the legal standard applicable to supervisory designation proceedings. The letter emphasizes concerns that the proposed changes could severely limit the Bureau's authority to oversee nonbank financial institutions, placing millions of consumers at greater risk of financial harm. The le  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * Army chief, top enlisted leader visit with Soldiers, ROK allies * CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea -- Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Randy A. George and Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael Weimer, visited South Korea Sept. 22 to engage with Soldiers, U.S. and Republic of Korea military leaders, and underscore the Army's main priorities of warfighting, delivering ready combat power, co  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Cantwell Leads Commerce Committee Democrats in Demanding FCC Chairman Carr Testify * 09.19.25 "As the Committee with jurisdiction over the FCC, it is our constitutional duty to conduct oversight over this matter and demand Chairman Carr answer for this unprecedented attack on the First Amendment." WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committ  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following fact sheet on Sept. 26, 2025: * * * Medicare Open Enrollment in Hawaii, 2026 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) offers seniors, people with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), and people with disabilities several insurance options, including Medicare Fee-for-Service, Medicare Advantage, and Medicare prescription drug plans. The costs an  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The Navy Installations Command issued the following news: * * * CNRH Wounded Warrior Program to Host First Adaptive Sports Demonstrations * Service members, DoD employees and their families have a unique opportunity, Sept. 23-26, to experience the same adaptive sports of Wounded Warriors who train and compete on their journey to the DoD Warrior Games. Navy Wounded Warrior is hosting its first-ever adaptive sports expo for Navy Region Hawaii along with a resource fai  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 27 -- Hawaiian Electric issued the following news release: * * * Customer-sited rooftop solar and energy storage on Hawaiian Electric grids reaches historic milestone In fiction or the real world, 1 gigawatt is a heck of a lot of power * Hawaiian Electric has reached a historic clean energy milestone with the amount of customer-sited rooftop solar and battery storage connected to its grids surpassing 1 gigawatt of generating capacity -- the equivalent of about 100 mi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Protects Kauai Water with Closures of Eight Illegal Large-Capacity Cesspools in Lihue * EPA settlements will also close additional smaller cesspools in Kauai Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced settlements with Grove Farm Company, Inc. and The Gas Company, LLC (doing business as Hawaii Gas) to close a total of eight illegal large-capacity cesspools and other cess  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: * * * From Battlefield to Partnership: Honoring Papua New Guinea's 50th Anniversary * JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - On September 16, 2025, Papua New Guinea celebrated the 50th anniversary of its independence, a milestone honoring half a century of self-determination, resilience, and cultural pride. For the United States, this golden anniversary is not only   more

MANOA, Hawaii, Sept. 26 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: * * * Global 'Noah's Ark' to safeguard coral reefs, led by UH scientists In a landmark effort to combat the devastating effects of climate change, a new global alliance with key leadership from the University of Hawaii at Manoa has been established to create a "Noah's Ark" for coral reefs. The initiative, detailed in a publication in BioScience, focuses on building a worldwide network   more

MANOA, Hawaii, Sept. 22 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: * * * Gut bacteria linked to how our genes switch on and off, UH research finds The trillions of microbes that live in the human gut may play a bigger role in health than previously thought, according to a new research by the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The article, published in September 2025 in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, explores how gut bacteria interact wit  more

MANOA, Hawaii, Sept. 27 -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: * * * Hawai'i faces mild recession as tourism falls, inflation rises in new UHERO forecast Hawaii's economic prospects remain poor, U.S. trade policy is impacting key international visitor markets, and tariffs and uncertainty weigh on the U.S. economy, according to the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization's (UHERO) third quarter forecast for 2025. In Hawaii, visitor numbers are   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The Hawaii State Department of Health (Hawai'i DOH) submitted a public comment letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) urging the agency to reconsider its proposed partial approval and partial disapproval of Colorado's Regional Haze State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the second planning period. This decision is believed to have broader implications that could adversely affect Hawaii's own Regional Haze SIP. The Hawaii DOH expressed concerns that the EPA's de  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 24 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Hawaii Job Openings and Labor Turnover -- July 2025 * Hawaii had 26,000 job openings in July 2025, compared to 25,000 openings in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the job openings rate in Hawaii was 3.8 percent in July and 3.7 pe  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Colleagues Urge Trump's EPA to Reverse Rollback of Vehicle Emissions Standards, Stop Attacks on Clean Air * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) and 9 colleagues in sending a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin, urging the agency to reverse course on the elimination of federal standards for greenhouse g  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Collins, Smith, Bacon Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Close Loophole that Impacts Adoptee Families * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) and U.S. Representatives Adam Smith (D-WA) and Don Bacon (R-NE) introduced the Protect Adoptees and American Families Act, legislation that would grant U.S. citizenship to international adoptees who   more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * Indo-Pacific Land Forces Forge Unity at 14th IPACC in Malaysia * KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia-- Senior land forces leaders including several chiefs of armies were in attendance for the opening of the 14th Indo-Pacific Armies Chiefs Conference (IPACC), the 49th Indo-Pacific Army Management Seminar (IPAMS), and the 11th Senior Enlisted Forum (SELF) Co-hosted by the Malaysian and U  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Jury Convicts Man of Attempted Assassination of President Donald J. Trump and Assault of a Federal Law Enforcement Officer * A federal jury today convicted Ryan Wesley Routh, 59, of Hawaii, for attempting to assassinate President Donald J. Trump when he was a major presidential candidate in a planned sniper attack at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. "Today's guilty verd  more

MIAMI, Florida, Sept. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida posted the following news release on Sept. 23, 2025: * * * Jury Convicts Man of Attempted Assassination of President Donald J. Trump and Assault of a Federal Law Enforcement Officer A federal jury today convicted Ryan Wesley Routh, 59, of Hawaii, for attempting to assassinate President Donald J. Trump when he was a major presidential candidate in a planned sniper attack at Trump International Golf  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The Navy Installations Command issued the following news: * * * Like father, like daughter aboard USS Shiloh * JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - A special bond forms between a daughter and her father when they hold the same Navy job on the same ship. For Lt. Caitlin Dailey, that is exactly what happened when she took on the role of USS Shiloh's (CG 67) navigation officer at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH). Caitlin's father, retired U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr.   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Department of War issued the following news: * * * Like Father, Like Daughter Aboard USS Shiloh * A special bond forms between a daughter and her father when they hold the same Navy job on the same ship. For Navy Lt. Caitlin Dailey, that is exactly what happened when she took on the role of USS Shiloh's navigation officer at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Her father, retired Navy Lt. Cmdr. Donald Dailey, served in the same role as the ship's naviga  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The Navy Installations Command issued the following news: * * * Navy Region Hawaii N-Focus: Spotlight on Control, Communications and Protection (N61) * Control, Communications and Protection (C3P) Ashore (N61) is a function under the Information Technology (IT/N6) department at Commander, Navy Region Hawaii (CNRH), responsible for providing IT support for public safety, Anti-Terrorism and Force Protection (ATFP), and emergency management. N61 is one of more than 30   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued the following program update: * * * Notice of Availability - Hawaii Bird Damage Management * Notice of Availability - Hawai`i: Wildlife Services, a program within the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS-WS), has issued a Decision and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the final Environmental Assessment (EA) entitled "Bird Damage  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: * * * Pacific Air Forces Command Chief discusses the importance of building the military community * NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Command Chief Master Sgt. Katie McCool, Pacific Air Forces command chief, participated in the 'Defining Community: Building Connections That Matter' panel at the Air and Space Force Association's Warfare Symposium on Sept. 23, 2025. During the visit McCool emphasized the impact of   more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: * * * Pacific Air Forces commander emphasizes importance of C2 to operate at scale in the Pacific * NATIONAL HARBOR, Md -- The commander of Pacific Air Forces highlighted the importance of command and control during a panel discussion at Air and Space Forces Association's annual Air, Space and Cyber Conference, Sept. 24, 2025.  Addressing a broad in-person and virtual audience during the "Exercising at Sc  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Sept. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * Pacific Angel 25-3, Bangladesh Air Force, BAF, PACAF, INDOPACOM * CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh - U.S. Air Force, Bangladesh Air Force and Sri Lanka Air Force launched Pacific Angel 25-3 at BAF Zahurul Haque, Chittagong, beginning a four-day field training exercise designed to strengthen disaster response, humanitarian assistance and regional partnerships Sept. 15, 2025. Pacific   more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * Pacific Partnership Medical Personnel Participate in Medical Training with Palau Locals * KOROR, Palau - Medical personnel from the Belau National Hospital partnered with the U.S. Army's Oceania Engagement Team, and Pacific Partnership 2025 to participate in a simulated trauma training and air evacuation exercise in Koror, Palau, Sept. 23. The training focused on strengthe  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * Palau Red Cross Strengthens Community Resilience Through Disaster Preparedness * KOROR, Palau - The Palau Red Cross Society continues to strengthen disaster preparedness and response across the nation's 16 states, building more resilient communities through local training and capacity building in Koror, Palau, Sept. 23, 2025. By equipping volunteers in every state with the  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Tokuda Leads Hawai`i Congressional Delegation in Posthumous Promotions of Seven Nisei WWII Soldiers * Washington, D.C. - The Secretary of the Army posthumously promoted seven second-generation Territorial of Hawaii Japanese Americans, aka Nisei soldiers, and former University of Hawai`i Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) cadets to the rank of second lieutenant. The promotions follow a Ju  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Adam Smith, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Representatives Smith and Bacon and Senators Hirono and Collins Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Close Loophole that Impacts Adoptee Families * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representatives Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and Don Bacon (R-Neb.) and Senators Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced the Protect Adoptees and American Families Act, which would grant U.S. citizenship to  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Bacon and Smith and Sens. Hirono and Collins Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Close Loophole that Impacts Adoptee Families * # WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representatives Don Bacon (R-Neb.) and Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and Senators Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced the Protect Adoptees and American Families Act, which would grant U.S. citizenship to internatio  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, vice chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * SCHATZ, MERKLEY QUESTION SECRETARY KENNEDY OVER DELAYS IN NATIVE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY Senators: Delays Will Have Life-Or-Death Consequences For Patients * U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), Vice Chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Department  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * Solomon Islands Launches Third National Emergency Response Team (NERT) Induction Training to Boost National Disaster Capacity * The National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) officially launched the induction training for the third bunch of National Emergency Response Team (NERT Batch 3) participants today, Monday, September 22, 2025, at the Heritage Park Hotel. Representi  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Sept. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * U.S. Navy, Timor-Leste Defense Forces Commence 14th CARAT * DILI, Timor-Leste -- The U.S. Navy (USN) and Timor-Leste Defense Forces (F-FDTL), also known as Falintil- Forcas de Defesa de Timor-Leste (F-FDTL), marked the start of the 14th Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Timor-Leste 2025, with an opening ceremony in Dili, Sept. 22. "We are looking forward to  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * U.S., ROK navies conduct CONSOL during Freedom Edge 25 * AT SEA -- Military Sealift Command's commercial charter oiler motor tanker Allied Pacific conducted a consolidated cargo replenishment (CONSOL) at sea with Republic of Korea's Cheonji-class fast combat support ship ROKS Daecheong (AOE-58), Sept. 18, in support of Freedom Edge 25. Freedom Edge highlights trilateral de  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Sept. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * USACE FED delivers mission support in Operation Ulchi Freedom Shield 25 (UFS25) * USAG HUMPHREYS, South Korea -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Far East District strengthened readiness in Operation Ulchi Freedom Shield 25 (UFS25) from August 18-28, 2025, at Camp Humphreys and Camp Carroll in South Korea. This bi-annual, defense-focused exercise brought together U.S. and  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * USFJ hosts HR symposium, focus on upgrade * YOKOTA AB, Japan -- The United States Forces Japan J1 Directorate hosted a theater human resource symposium bringing together U.S. military personnel management leaders from Japan and Hawaii to address key challenges and support USFJ's ongoing transformation at Yokota Air Base, Sept. 16, 2025. The "One" staff, in military parlanc  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Sept. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * USS Frank Cable departs Puerto Princesa, Philippines * PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (Sept. 20, 2025) -- Forward-deployed Emory S. Land-class submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) departed Puerto Princesa, Philippines following a scheduled port visit, Sep. 20, 2025. The visit reinforced the longstanding U.S.-Philippine alliance that has been a key component in maintainin  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Sept. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * USS John L. Canley (ESB 6) arrives in Koror, Palau, Sept. 22, during Pacific Partnership 2025 * KOROR, Palau -- The Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS John L. Canley (ESB 6) arrived in Koror, Palau Sept. 22, 2025. More Details 250922-N-YV347-1151 KOROR, Palau (Sept. 22, 2025) The Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS John L. Canley (ESB 6), arriv  more