WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Case Leads Bipartisan Effort To Address Nation's Deteriorating Federal Finances * (Washington, DC) - U.S. Representative Ed Case (D-HI-01) today announced that his 47-Member U.S. House Problem Solvers Caucus (PSC; https://problemsolverscaucus.house.gov/ ) has released its Fiscal Stability Framework to reverse the rapid deterioration of the nation's fiscal condition. "Our federal budget continues on an in  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 8, 2026: * * * Chairman Cruz Announces Kids Screen Time Hearing U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a full committee hearing titled "Plugged Out: Examining the Impact of Technology on America's Youth" on Thursday, January 15th at 10:00 am EST. With twee  more

BIRMINGHAM, Michigan, Jan. 8 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Clark Hill, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Clark Hill Expands Nevada Presence, Opening Reno Office With Three Litigators, Public Strategy Additions * Leif Reid, Kristen Martini, Nicole Scott Join as Litigation Members, Alfredo Alonso Joins Clark Hill Public Strategies as Firm Opens 30 th Office International law firm Clark Hill PLC announced today that three litigators -Leif Reid, Kristen Martini and Nicole Scott have j  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jan. 9 -- The Hawaii Department of the Attorney General issued the following news release: * * * THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AGREE PARALLEL STATE INVESTIGATION REGARDING $35,000 WOULD INTERFERE WITH FEDERAL INVESTIGATION The Department of the Attorney General is deferring any investigative action at this time to avoid interference with a publicly documented federal investigation that resulted in the convictions of former Senator Jamie Ka  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Tokuda Votes to Protect Health Coverage for Hawai`i Residents * Washington, D.C. Today, U.S. Representative Jill Tokuda (HI-02) voted in favor of legislation to extend the Affordable Care Act's enhanced premium tax credits for three years, preventing massive premium hikes that has made health care unaffordable for millions of Americans, including residents and families across Hawai`i. The measure   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz: $14 Million Heading To Hawai'i Island To Repair, Upgrade Fire Station, Help Strengthen Emergency Response At Pohakuloa, Surrounding Areas * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) today announced that the Department of Defense has awarded $14 million to repair a fire station at Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA) on Hawai'i Island. While the station primarily serves PTA, existing mutual a  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz: Trump Is Knowingly Dragging Us Into Another Conflict * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today spoke on the Senate floor against President Trump's illegal incursion into Venezuela. "The parallels to Iraq are alarmingly obvious," sa  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Democrats Launch Investigation into Trump Administration's Dealings with Big Oil Surrounding U.S. Military Action in Venezuela * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee joined Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of th  more

MANOA, Hawaii, Jan. 9 -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: * * * Soaring over Antarctica: UH balloon mission seeks to decode universe's mysteries Link to launch video (Credit: NASA/Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility): https://go.hawaii.edu/pPD. *Note: at approx. 2:47, some solar panels were deployed from a stowed configuration to the flight configuration. They have to be stowed in front of the lower antennas during launch, and then they are lowered to   more

IRVINE, California, Jan. 9 (TNSjou) -- The University of California Irvine campus issued the following news release: * * * UC Irvine astronomers spot largest known stream of super-heated gas in the universe Discovery was made using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and other resources * UC Irvine astronomers found an unexpectedly large stream of super-heated gas at nearby galaxy. * The team used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and other observatories. * Project funding was provided by NA  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 8 -- The University of San Francisco issued the following news release: * * * USF Team Wins Two NASA Grants to Explore the Origins of the Universe A USF professor and research team are using two NASA grants and the Hubble Space Telescope to test the mathematical model of the Big Bang theory and use AI to explore 30 years' worth of Hubble images and data. "It's very unusual for a research group to have two proposals granted in a single cycle," said Xiaosheng Hu  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden and Merkley Introduce Bills to Ban Taxpayer Payouts for January 6 Insurrectionists * Roughly 400 January 6 rioters pardoned or granted clemency by Trump are seeking up to $10 million in taxpayer dollars Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley (both D-Ore.) said today they have introduced a pair of bills that would prevent January 6 rioters from receiving taxpayer-funded payout  more