Entries for 'News Release'

... 3.6 percent decrease in total arrivals to 736,831 visitors ....

... Darrel Goo, 52, of Keaau, Hawaii, and Cy Tamura, 45, of Hilo, Hawaii, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint yesterday ....

... while Chair Dawn Chang is out on medical leave. Effective immediately, Deputy Director Ryan Kanaka‘ole will serve as acting chair and director of DLNR ....

... Parents enrolled in Medicaid/Med-QUEST may receive a $50 incentive card per child, once per calendar year, after a completed well-child visit ....

...The Safe Roads Challenge is a free gamified safe driving app available on iOS and Android that was created to reward users for driving responsibly....

... a list of laws taking effect on January 1, 2026 ....

... Applications due by January 23, 2026 ....

... plan to be out of the area no later than 6 p.m. ....

...The Waena BESS will enable the planned retirement of four generating units at the company's Kahului Power Plant ....

... The AG isn't telling you this, but the plaintiffs immediately filed an appeal to the 9th Circuit.  They also filed a motion for a stay pending appeal ....

... a CWS child abuse administrator, a Laborers Union lobbyist, and former Sen. Clarence K. Nishihara ....

... water resource management, ethics, agriculture and community development ....

... WANTED: Gregory Glaser, 57--last seen on the Big Island ....

... a proposed total general fund appropriation of $10.58 billion in general funds for FY27, an increase from $10.48 billion proposed for FY26 ....

...The Hawaiʻi Office of Consumer Protection was assisted in this action by L. Richard Fried, Jr. and Patrick McTernan of Cronin, Fried, Sekiya, Kekina & Fairbanks and Emmy Levens, Molly Bowen, and Diane Kee of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC....

... and Lihue comes in 7th ....

"Rescheduling marijuana corrects the Federal government’s long delay in recognizing the medical use of marijuana and will vastly improve research on safety and efficacy."

... According to the Overstay Report, Tonga had a B-1/B-2 visa overstay rate of 6.45 percent and an F, M, and J visa overstay rate of 14.44 percent ....

... This marks the first time the Department has issued a permanent ban ....

... 150 pounds of methamphetamine, several kilograms of fentanyl and carfentanil, eight firearms, ammunition, and over $150,000 in cash ....

... Batangan will assume office as of Jan. 1, 2026 ....

... sounding the alarm for years about escalating threats against school employees ....

... This marks the third step in a series of scheduled increases, culminating in a final rate of $18.00 per hour on January 1, 2028 ....

... “Due to Senator Aquino’s retirement, the Senate has realigned chairs and committee assignments" ....

...The final vote to approve Bill 9 was 5-3 with Gabe Johnson, Shane Sinenci, Keani-Rawlins-Fernandez, Nohelani Uʻu-Hodgins and Tamara Paltin voting yes. Yuki Lei Sugimura, Tom Cook and Chair Alice Lee voted no....

... life expectancy in Hawaiʻi declined by 1.4 years, from 82.1 in 2019 to 80.7 in 2021 ....

... some properties were re-classified within high-risk zones — known as Special Flood Hazard Areas — for the first time ....

... Over 4,300 firms required to transmit financial data as part of ongoing effort to expose fraud, waste, and abuse ....

... "Dawson received a $3.4 million 8(a) sole-source award from the Office of Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Hawaii on June 30, 2023, just days after the federal government raided the Dawson conglomerate offices" ....

... Jobs Increased by 9,500 Year Over Year ....

... Every year, DBEDT and the Council of Revenues invent these numbers for the purpose of manipulating the legislative session.  In March or April, there will be a 'dramatic' shift in the numbers designed to pressure legislators into hiking taxes.  They do this EVERY year ...

... seeking to force the state to hand over its unredacted voter roll ....

... Under Hawaii’s False Claim Act, HART is entitled to triple damages as well as civil penalties for violations of the Act ....

... The County of Hawaiʻi will be distributing $11.8 million in Affordable Housing Production (AHP) Program funds to six projects across Hawaiʻi Island ....

... Executive Director and Legal Counsel Lauren Akitake leads new office ....

... If Red Hill is on the Super Fund list, federal law explicitly bars state environmental law claims at such facilities ....

... The dashboard displays police-level crime statistics produced through Hawaiʻi’s participation in the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program ....

... a joint venture formed by MW Group and funds affiliated with Blackstone Real Estate and DivcoWest will acquire all outstanding A&B common shares for $21.20 per share in an all-cash transaction  ....

... one circuit judge, one district judge ....

"...delays and obstacles with the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP), the Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention (TVTP) Grant Program, the Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) and the Emergency Management Peformance Grant (EMPG) Program...."

... CHOICES: the first lesbian justice, Andy Winer's law partner, and three other dudes ....

..."recent rains have helped" ....

... Gov. Josh Green signed S2687 into law in July 2024. It prohibits the distribution of “materially deceptive media” that portrays politicians in a way that risks harming “the reputation or electoral prospects of a candidate” or simply risks “changing … voting behavior.” ....

... The current use of deed restrictions traps residents, preventing them from downsizing or upsizing as their needs change without facing a financial penalty ....

... pre-trial rulings have barred a civil jury from hearing about the violent "crime spree" that terrorized our community for three days ....

... The claims are similar to ones raised by more than a dozen other states ....

... a 50,000+-square-foot medical facility adjacent to the new hospital that Queen’s has already announced it is building ....

... and now Democrats get to appoint a State Rep to HD36 ....

... In June, the Department of Justice found that the 8(a) program was used to facilitate a $550 million bribery scheme over several decades ....

... 96 permits completed in Lahaina (88 residential, eight nonresidential) and four completed in Kula (all residential) ....