Entries for 'News Release'

...a Co-Trustee position places OHA at all levels of decision making in the governance of Papahānaumokuākea....

The U.S. Department of the Interior is giving until Monday, August 29, 2016, to provide input regarding Act 173....

...Garrity will serve as acting DTS director until the HART board names an interim or permanent executive director and CEO, thus allowing Mr. Formby to resume his normal duties....

Just as in 2015, only 15% of the Hawaii 2016 graduating class met all four ACT College Readiness Benchmarks....

Do you have acting skills? Can you pretend to be a Tech Entrepreneur?  UH has some money to give you....

SB2077 could result in the ERS plan being disqualified by the Internal Revenue Service....

...the public has more opportunities to provide feedback at upcoming community meetings on Oahu, Kauai and Molokai....

Diesel helps keep electricity expensive effectively subsidizing solar and wind scammers who contribute to the national Democrats....

The problem of crony capitalism in America is one of the main reasons national politics has gone haywire....

...frozen bay scallops produced on November 23-24, 2015 in the Philippines....

Obesity among Hawaii high schoolers declines, bucking national trend....

Ige today signed a sixth supplemental proclamation on homelessness, which will remain in effect until Oct. 19....

The search for the next UH Mānoa chancellor began after Lassner fired Apple to satisfy Carbone--who then quit ....

Hawaii’s construction industry made the second largest contribution to state GDP at 5.9 percent with an increase of 0.5 percent from 2014, the largest year-over-year improvement of any state....

"Colonel Ostrov is exactly the kind of woman that we must elect to the U.S. Congress," retired Rear Adm. James J. Carey, NDPAC chair, said....

The state’s Data Book is the most comprehensive statistical book about Hawaii in a single compilation....

...not a single member of the Commission appointed by the mayor, other than Ms. Sheehan, has any legal or law enforcement background....

Genki Sushi Restaurants on Oahu and Kauai will remain closed until the Department of Health can ensure their safe operation. All frozen scallop products from distributors Koha Oriental Foods and True World Foods are being restricted and will be destroyed....

The brief asks the Supreme Court to correct a critical error that could impact future eminent domain cases....

By keeping traffic jammed, DOT maximizes the demand for Rail....

...Hawaii’s open primary system burdens the Democratic Party’s associational rights....

"...Hawaii deserves an alternative to the entrenched status quo...."

They don't care that many people cannot afford the high cost of living and live in their cars and on the streets.  But, we do....

...for professionals who work with veterans suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury, and substance use disorders....

"...we have been searching house to house the areas where the cases live and visited on Maui. We are looking for additional human cases and looking for mosquitoes and breeding sites....”

...nearly 30% of union members would quit if they could....

The Maui Region hospitals will be transferred from Hawai‘i Health System Corporation management to Kaiser not earlier than November 6, 2016....

Flashback 2014:  Did Attack on Carbone's $300K 'Assistant' Precipitate Removal of UHM Chancellor?

Current Deputy Director Pankaj Bhanot will serve as the next DHS director beginning September 1. Mr. Bhanot’s appointment is subject to Senate approval....

...proposed regulations are overly restrictive and harken back to No Child Left Behind's one-size-fits-all approach....

...but don't worry, UH Administrators are doing everything they can to change this....

There is currently no one on the waiting list, which will reopen on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016....

... contributions would be included in the employees’ income and taxed as normal wages when contributed. Further, the employees would be subject to federal income taxes on the portion of their benefits funded by the employer at the time that the benefits vest ....

...Ige announced the appointment of Samuel M. Gon III to the Board of Land and Natural Resources....

Kirk Caldwell's latest ads show just how desperate he is....

...and identifies three upcoming audits....

...expected to be in the millions of dollars....

EPA today announced separate agreements with the County of Hawai‘i, the County of Maui and the State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources to close illegal large-capacity cesspools....

...VA Drops Millions on Delayed Solar Power Projects....

There are now 36 million yoga practitioners in the United States alone, with another 80 million Americans preparing to practice for the first time in the next 12 months. Practitioners are spending $16 billion per year on clothing, products and classes.....

Election Day Officials are recruited to assist voters, provide operational support, and ensure the integrity of the voting process....

The proposed monument expansion could prohibit commercial tuna fishing by U.S. vessels in two-thirds of U.S. offshore waters around Hawaii....

...the inability of the mayor to address this infrastructure failure is clear negligence....

...the mayor fails to attend the debate tonight in Sand Island sponsored by the Kaimuki Business Association, Kalihi Business Association and Kahala Business Association....

...a challenge to the state's Marriage Equality Act by plaintiff Kaui Amsterdam....

Chris Fidelibus Wants to Bring Voters’ Voices to State Capitol....

...This increase is the first in the industry since the 2011- 12 crop year....

Federal and state safety net programs lift an estimated 220,000 Hawaii residents above the poverty line each year....