Entries for 'News Release'

... VOTE: Tuesday, March 12, 2024 -- 6pm to 8pm ....

... $30 million in educational loan debt repayment to health professionals licensed or otherwise certified to practice in and provide care to patients in Hawai‘i ....

... coverage will continue through at least the end of this year without interruption except for those who voluntarily ask Med-QUEST to end their coverage, those who have moved out of state or those who are deceased ....

... falsifying DOE mileage and parking forms and using DOE purchase orders and a “P-Card” to steal more than $7,000 from the DOE ....

... Vakameilalo allegedly changed the bank account she previously had designated to receive the PUA unemployment benefit payments from the claimant’s bank account to her own ....

"...Threats have been made against me, loved ones who don’t even work for the government, and even children...."

... to formulate recommendations for the upcoming session, which begins January 17, 2024 ....

... nearly two decades as a public defender—Judge Shanlyn A.S. Park ....

... Hawaii signs a multi-year agreement to use mdf commerce's advanced procurement technology suite to digitize and streamline its end-to-end procurement process ....

... landowners knew how dangerous it was to have that huge volume of dry grass next to subdivisions, and could have saved hundreds of lives at cost of less than $1,000 per acre to cut the brush ....

... If you have comprehensive coverage (also known as “other than collision”) on your automobile insurance policy, submit a claim ....

... Maui Attorney Lance D. Collins has formally requested that Hawai'i Insurance Commissioner Gordon Ito call upon property insurance companies to pay out 100% of coverage limits ....

... “Our goal is to build equity and acquire more properties"  ....

... deploying with the Red Cross from Big Island to Maui to serve displaced residents ....

... 932,713 visitors arrived in the Hawaiian Islands in July 2023, an increase of 1.5 percent from July 2022 ....

... increase pay for educational assistants and vice principals in Hawai‘i public schools ....

... the Hawaiʻi Green Infrastructure Authority (HGIA) has been appropriated $50 million for Solar PV+Battery financing in the 2023-2024 fiscal year ....

... "to assess the policies and performance of state and county agencies" -- not MECO ....

" ... A lot of new roots shooting off .... "

"... Has the Hawai’i State Energy Office been involved? ...."

... is housing an emergency or not? ....

...Although psychedelic plants (drugs) have been used in indigenous cultures (given to hot chicks in nightclubs) for thousands of years, modern science (politics) is now catching up....

... before and after photos ....

... LGTBQ+ students have been filing legal challenges to the religious exemption ....

“... I was appointed to this position, I didn’t run for it initially so I’m not wedded to staying in the Legislature ....”

... Micah W. J. Smith has served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Hawaii since 2018 ....

... Bissen has said that after the EPA removes hazardous materials, he will allow residents to go back to their properties to collect personal items ....

... "The proclamation usurps all government power into the hands of one unelected former lobbyist" said Petitioner Tom Coffman ....

... a selection committee comprised of the Maui PD Chief Faaumu, Maui FD Chief Murray, Elton Ushio, Admin of the Kauaʻi Emergency Management Agency and Vern Miyagi, Admin of the Hawaiʻi State Emergency Management Agency ....

"At about 3 p.m., a time when all of Hawaiian Electric's power lines in West Maui had been de-energized for more than six hours, a second fire (the "Afternoon Fire") began in the same area."

... Governor Josh Green, M.D., has announced several appointees to state boards and commissions ....

... Oliveira directly oversaw Hawaii County’s mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery efforts for diverse emergency and disaster events, including tropical storms and the 2014 Pahoa lava flow ....

... more than a dozen hotels and timeshare properties are currently housing more than 4,400 shelter survivors and hotel employee survivors, while some 900 people are booked in Airbnb units ....

... KMCWC will purchase a year’s supply of mifepristone (1,000 doses), and DOH will reimburse KMCWC for any unused doses ....

... HEI suspending dividends, drawing down $370M credit line and further separating HEI and ASB boards  ....

... UPDATE Aug 25, 2023: "About 100 names tentatively removed from missing list" ....

"... Innovative Transaction to Rehabilitate Properties and Preserve Long-Term Affordability ...."

... to offer the homes and lots for purchase by the tenants of record (the original plantation workers) and current Varona Village residents ....

... The Hawai‘i State Data Book is the most comprehensive statistical book about Hawai‘i ....

... HHFDC housing referral program ends first week with 900-plus dwelling options for displaced Maui residents; Governor Green urges more property owners to participate ....

... The special session addressed only the four pending judicial appointments ....

... The ‘reassignment’ of Manuel was purposefully defective in order to allow for it to be reversed by litigation such as this ....

... the homeless are sacred cows ....

...Cases scheduled in courtrooms 7A, 7B, 10A, 10C, and 10D at Honolulu District Court will be rescheduled. Small claims cases in courtroom 10B-PM will also be rescheduled....   

... DOD has 691 personnel in Maui who are engaged in planning, synchronizing and coordinating support to FEMA and the state of Hawaii. ...

... The arrest of Kaili stems from an incident reported early Tuesday morning at a residence in Naalehu, where two masked men reportedly entered the 20-year-old victim’s residence and assaulted him ....

... asking all immediate family members—parents, siblings, and children—of those who are still missing to provide DNA samples ....

... Biden Has Voiced Support for Similar 'Sue Big Oil' Cases ....

... Almost 700 DOD personnel and 140 Coast Guardsmen are part of the coordinated response to the Maui wildfires ....

... “It’s a good ol’ boy network. This time it cost lives.” ….