Entries for 'News Release'

"...on December 31, 2025, a statewide total of 3,764 private persons possessed a valid license to carry (LTC) a concealed handgun...."

“...These defendants traded on the reputation of the Shriners Children’s healthcare system to perpetrate their multi-million-dollar fraud...”

...County acquiring MLP’s West Maui water system, along with select Upcountry water infrastructure and other MLP assets....

... Factory-built housing will now be permitted as permanent housing if ....

"After Hawaii submitted its SIP revision, Hawaiian Electric Company noted that these unconsented closures could have negative impacts to grid reliability on the islands of Maui and Hawaii"

... Under Hawaiʻi law, permit applications are required to be issued or denied before the 40th day ....

... the nomination deadline is June 29, 2026 ....

...Truth in Accounting’s Financial Transparency Score 2026 evaluates how effectively each state government discloses its true financial condition through audited financial reports....

"SNAP sales rose by more than $23,000—from $314,416 in 2024 to $339,810 in 2025—while transactions increased by 1,689"

... outlining the Green administration’s long-term strategy to tackle significant issues facing the state ....

"...the MFCU identified a number of challenges that have impacted its ability to initiate criminal charges and obtain convictions...."

... CLUE: Lawsuit next ....

"...116 person decrease in shelter utilization on Maui...."

... “The JCA’s Hilo facility will be repurposed for another HING program called STARBASE Academy” ....

... Kaiawe fraudulently obtained at least approximately $126,026 in CRUA assistance benefits ....

... visitor spending and real estate investment to defense contracting, prefabricated housing, education and captive insurance ....

... remember the 'Hawai‘i Green Infrastructure Authority'?  After years of funneling money to 'green' insiders, it has been raided and reassigned ....

...The Homelessness and Housing Fund (HHF) was established in 2022 and is currently allocated no less than $9 million of Residential Tier Two property tax revenues annually....

...Deputy Managing Director Krishna Jayaram will assume the role of Managing Director Designate upon Formby’s departure....

... The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations ....

... SB3125 touted--but House Dems didn’t mention HB1875, sex change surgery for children.  Its on the Governor’s desk now ....

“This is not a permanent solution"

...$46 million in federal funding....

... Investigators seized at least twenty pounds of methamphetamine during the investigation ....

... establishing some of the nation’s first consumer protections and transparency requirements for conversational artificial intelligence services, particularly for minors and individuals seeking mental health or crisis support ....

...$22.2 billion in delinquent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and COVID Economic Injury Disaster (EIDL) loans that were previously flagged for suspected fraud during the Biden Administration but never sent to Treasury for collection nor referred to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for investigation....

... Waialua Robotics competes in British Columbia, Idaho, Utah, Hawaii ....

... at age 75, Bishop Silva was required to resign under canon law ....

...There were 888,349 total visitors in March 2026, down 1.7 percent compared to March 2025 (903,891 visitors)....

...Conference Committee Approves Measure Releasing $55 Million to OHA....

...“unauthorized payments totaling approximately $647,061.09 ... via 22 checks from Makaha Surfside and/or Lalawai Hale and/or lolani Regent and/or Palehua Gardens and/or 1040 Kinau”....

“Since January 2018, we have verified approximately $3.0 billion in invoices and withheld approximately $23.5 million”

... If convicted the men face mandatory minimum sentences of 15 years to life in prison ....

... Miske Mob Were All Union Drivers on Set of Hawaii 5-0 ....

The bill will now be up for final reading in both chambers before heading to the Governor's desk for his signature.

... “raised in the boiler room of local politics” ....

... The State of Hawaii has the third-worst retention of 20-30 year olds across all states ....

... SB3125:  “Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-28-26 2:45PM; Conference Room 309.” ....

... Judge Annalisa Bernard Lee, Maui and Judge Michael Soong, Kauai ....

"There are no controls designed to mitigate fraud risk when Procurement Laws are suspended by emergency proclamations...."

...Only in Hawaii: $20M / 47 single-wide mobile homes = $425,532 per unit with no land cost....

... Patronage capital is created when KIUC’s annual revenues exceed expenses ....

... Three men have been sentenced for their roles in a conspiracy to pay bribes to a public official at the Hawaii County Office of Housing and Community Development ....

" ...effective immediately, following Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke’s decision to take a leave of absence.... "

... O'ahu population trends, housing construction activities, land use approvals, and other trends ....

... while Hawaiʻi has one of the highest levels of distributed energy resource adoption in the nation, many of these resources are not optimized to support grid reliability or reduce reliance on fossil fuels ....

... to engage with congressional leaders and senior Department of Defense (DoD) officials on military-leased lands in Hawaiʻi and proposed federal funding cuts to key Native Hawaiian programs ....

... DCR employee Julianne Kaniaupio with nine criminal charges for using her position to steal a credit card containing $8,960.11 from the out-processing paperwork of a Hālawa Correctional Facility inmate set for release ....

... along with $1,409,964.35 in restitution to the Small Business Administration ....

“...I intend to continue doing the job I was elected to do...."