SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 11 (TNSLrpt) -- Consumer Price Index, Honolulu Area March 2026 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Western Region - April 10, 2026 * * * Area prices were up 1.2 percent over the past two months, up 3.7 percent from a year ago * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Urban Hawaii advanced 1.2 percent for the two months ending in March 2026, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Regional   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 11 (TNSLrpt) -- Consumer Price Index, West Region March 2026 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Western Region - April 10, 2026 * * * Area prices were up 0.9 percent over the past month, up 3.1 percent from a year ago * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the West region advanced 0.9 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. The all items less food and energy index incr  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 11 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release on April 10, 2026: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL LOPEZ PROVIDES BIWEEKLY UPDATE ON PUBLIC CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION The Department of the Attorney General today issued its regular biweekly update regarding the ongoing criminal investigation into the previously federally disclosed transfer of approximately $35,000 in funds. The Department's Special Investigation and Prosecution Division (SIPD) has ad  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Warren, Escobar, Underwood Lead 32 Lawmakers in Pressing Homeland Security Watchdog to Investigate Detainee Locator System Failures * "Without a functional locator system, DHS is effectively creating 'disappearances' on U.S. soil, and we urge the DHS Office of Inspector General to investigate this matter" Santa Fe, N.M. - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mas  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The National Ground Water Association has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency concerning the agency's Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on amendments to the Clean Water Act Hazardous Substance Facility Response Plans. The EPA's ANPRM seeks feedback on potential revisions aimed at addressing implementation challenges and clarifying regulatory requirements from the 2024 final rule related to planning for worst-case disc  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R46961) on April 8, 2026, entitled "Social Security Coverage of State and Local Government Employees" by social policy analyst Zhe Li. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Social Security is the single largest federal program in terms of the number of beneficiaries as well as budget. It pays cash benefits to over 70 million beneficiaries each month, and total benefit payments are more than $136   more

VILLANOVA, Pennsylvania, April 10 -- Villanova University issued the following news release: * * * Villanova University's Faith Yost '27 CLAS Named 2026 Goldwater Scholar * VILLANOVA, Pa. (April 10, 2026)- Faith Yost '27 CLAS, a Biology major in Villanova University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has been named a 2026 Goldwater Scholar by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. Yost was selected from a competitive, nationwide pool of students for this  more