Entries for 'News Release'

...Renewable? 100% Does not Really Mean 100%....

$4.8 million of unrestricted funds to 216 Hawai‘i-based nonprofit organizations that can be used at their discretion....

Minority Caucus Committee and Leadership Assignments....

...But-but-but What about the separation of church and state?....

...$50 million in federal funds to provide housing for 3,700 families....

Attorney General Doug Chin said, “The jury verdict exonerates Warden Wagatsuma...."

Members can also run for the cooperative’s board by submitting a petition with the names of at least 35 members by the close of business on Tuesday, January 3, 2017....

...Ige Budget Leaves Tax Hikes to Legislature--includes no funding for raises....

...data set ranges from “percentage of sheltered homeless persons” to “number of volunteering hours per capita” to “percentage of income donated to charity”....

"This decision advances a commitment President-elect Trump made last spring to not forget the territories once elected.”

Updated December 14, 2016 ....

This means the electorate cannot be blamed for the government....

...no mention of the massive rate hikes....

Company cites spending $900M in grid upgrades for reliability, renewable energy....

...Papahanuamokueakea MNM may account for a potential loss of about 2.5 million pounds per year of tuna and other pelagic species and affect more than 100 jobs....

“Disasters are a fact of life,” said San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee....

Hawaii had the second largest military spending as a percent of its GDP at 9.8 percent....

...Years of Positive Health Gains in the United States Threatened by Rise in Cardiovascular and Drug Deaths....

EPA is seeking civil penalties of over $4.8 million....

Conversion therapy....

Tomorrow, the city will send approximately 300,000 notices....

Hawaii Head Start enrolled 3,167 children during the 2014-2015 program year----about 10 percent of the state’s low-income children under age 5....

Over 9% of Hawaii’s population were surveyed....

...The State is the senior partner in the tobacco industry....

...appointing ACO A as Inmate’s attorney for the purpose of making a one-time withdrawal of $10,000 from Inmate’s bank account with the intent that the money be divided and distributed between the three ACOs....

...and HHSC CFO helps wife get a job...and a DOA engineer gets fined $1000....

Laurel Johnston to serve as deputy director of the Department of Budget and Finance--Ryker Wada to be the deputy director of the Department of Human Resources Development....

The best and worst states for drivers: See how each state measures up....

Charter-wide averages in achievement and growth in English Language Arts, math and science continue to be slightly below the statewide average. However, in college readiness measures charter schools outperform the state....

Caldwell will be meeting with a Whos-Who of ultra-liberal West-Coast Mayors who get homelessness wrong every time....

The scope of the HawaiiPay project includes the modernization of the payroll process followed by time and attendance....

...an 84 percent increase from 2010 to 2016....

The legislation is supported by the Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) and the U.S. Peace Council....

The top four teams are from Maryknoll, Pearl City, Roosevelt and Waiakea high schools....

...convene a hearing into Mayor Kirk Caldwell and Managing Director Roy Amemiya withholding information from the public....

The average price per kilowatt hour for KIUC members is down 18 percent in 2016 when compared to 2008....

...just long enough to con legislators into hiking taxes....

2015 Gallup Healthways State Well-Being Rankings for Older Americans...

Secret Service Lodging Cost Over $1 Million Alone....

"...it is no surprise that Mr. Menor still believes himself to be above the law...."

...Dan Inouye died nearly 4 years ago....

...due to a change in requirements, those residents who have qualified for exemptions in the past must now file a state resident income tax form or risk being disqualified....

...examines, records, and indexes more than 344,000 land and property documents and maps each year....

...due to the recent passage of Charter Amendment Number 4 in the 2016 Elections, the voters of the City authorized the consolidation of the operations and maintenance functions and responsibilities for all modes of public transit....

Hawaii’s total Index Crime rate in 2015 was 0.3% below the rate reported in 2014, and 24.7% below the rate reported a decade earlier (2006)....

Submit a resume with appropriate references by December 16, 2016....

...since 1992 the state has collected 2240 sexual assault kits. As of June 30, 2016, 1951 of these have not been tested and 289 of them have been tested....

...deadline for applications is December 31, 2016....

The Parade will begin at 6:00pm following an opening ceremony at 4:30pm....