Entries for 'News Release'

...Philly Shipyard is in advanced talks with a leading Jones Act operator to establish a new shipping service in the Hawaii containership trade with up to four new, state-of-the-art, cost-effective and environment-friendly vessels....

...DEA Form 452 doesn’t exist....

...DoE Priorities Reflect Teachers Union, HGEA Goals....

The law is set to go into effect on Dec. 31, 2018....

Housing First Increment III will provide permanent supportive housing to 100 households experiencing chronic homelessness at a cost of $2.2 million....

...More sweetheart contracts to buy overpriced electricity from campaign contributors....

...Transforming the Health of Native Hawaiian Men, a 45-page report on the well-being of Hawaiian kāne....

...progress report on efforts at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa to improve student recruitment and retention....

...Meals will be served at select locations Monday through Friday, except June 12 and July 4. Most schools will serve breakfast and lunch....

...Tax Foundation of Hawaii v. State of Hawaii on Thursday, July 6, 2017, at 11:15 AM at the Supreme Court Courtroom....

...Hawaii Legislators pledge to Keep Shoveling Money to Silicon Valley Billionaires like Elon Musk....

...Does anybody really believe that 90% of the public has even heard of the aquarium fisheries issue--much less have an opinion on it?

Plaintiff Mililani Trask, a former OHA trustee, does not have the legal standing to sue Apo, First Circuit Court Judge Dean Ochiai ruled....

...for 4 years from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2021....

...boom over, Honolulu down 300 jobs....

...take a moment to remember all our fighting men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice so that the rest of us might live free....

“passage of Bill 20 may result in a challenge to the legitimacy of the Sit-Lie laws, which are clearly intended to maintain pedestrian access over sidewalks in business and commercial areas and which have been extremely effective in the areas in which they have been enforced.”

...Complete un-certified results from the 2017 Honolulu Neighborhood Board elections....

...During law enforcement efforts over the past two years more than 200 people have been arrested....

...more opportunities for local high school students to use Maunakea Observatories for their innovative research projects....

...17% of US newlyweds were married to someone of a different race or ethnicity in 2015 -- in Honolulu is was 42%....

...Hawaii continues to support only a few hundred children in public preschool....

...Four Largest Visitor Markets Reported Growth in Spending and Arrivals....

...The NFIB Small Business Legal Center, speaking on behalf of Hawaii’s small-business community, commends the Hawaii Supreme Court decision in County of Kauai v. Hanalei River Holdings, Ltd....

"We should all be proud of these kids, who’ve been at it since 2011," explained regional newspaper publisher Lee Weber....

The plan will be presented at the Waipahu Neighborhood Board meeting on Thursday, May 25, at 7 p.m. in the Filipino Community Center....

Where you live can have a big impact on your wallet....

Last month, the NSA announced it is ending its collection of Americans’ Internet communications that merely mention identifying terms for foreign targets....

RM #17-06 is both the authorization to retain an auditor to perform the independent audit of OHA, and is the final approval for funding of the audit itself....

...Online Voting ends at 11:59PM Friday May 19....

...Christina Kishimoto, Ph.D., signed a three-year contract and will start on August 1, 2017....

...then the HSTA's Governor's minions fired her....

Thursday at 6 p.m. at Windward Community College in Kāneʻohe....

...5pm Friday at Kauai Veterans Center, Lihue....

...HB451 will be submitted to the Department of Interior (DOI) for review. In addition, HB451 requires the consent of the United States Congress....

...Cancer Society: Stage 4 Kidney Cancer Survival Rate is 8%....

...we ask that the Commission pose the following ten questions to all candidates for the position....

“If there’s any silver lining to what law breakers are posting on social media, is that it’s caused significant public outrage."

“During the time that Ember served as managing director, she oversaw the city’s capital budget and program – billions of dollars of construction projects...."

“There is a limit to how much energy you can extract from a moving fluid, the Betz limit, and wind turbines are already close to it ….

...Hawaii's elected officials have been pursuing the same economic policies which led Puerto Rico, Detroit and Greece to become economic basket cases....

“When the Supreme Court rejected Texas’ abortion safety standards, abortion advocates celebrated, but they ignored the fine print....”

Voters may use their unique passcodes to cast ballots online via their computers or mobile devices through 11:59 p.m. on Friday, May 19....

Hawai‘i County saw the largest decrease at 32 percent, Maui County saw a 22 percent decline and Kaua‘i County a seven percent drop compared to 2016. O‘ahu saw a half percent increase in homeless ....

...OHA Gets An F Grade For Not Telling You How It Spends Your Money....

Kalbert Young, UH vice president for budget and finance and chief financial officer, shares his analysis of the 2017 legislative session....