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Entries for 'News Release'
Friday, November 28, 2014 |
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Dawn Ige Addresses Education Conference
By News Release @ 3:10 AM :: 7029 Views :: Education K-12
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Friday, Nov. 28 and Saturday, Nov. 29, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Moanalua High School....
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Thursday, November 27, 2014 |
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October Visitors Up 3%, Expenditures up 3.3%
By News Release @ 4:16 AM :: 4063 Views :: Tourism
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Arrivals by air from U.S. West were up 9.1%, US East up 7.7% ....
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014 |
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Judge Kurren Strikes Down Hawaii County Anti-GMO Ordinance
By News Release @ 4:03 PM :: 4236 Views
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Judge Kurren found that the County’s Ordinance “is preempted by Hawaii state law” ....
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014 |
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Jealousy? Envy? -- Carbone Statement Fact Checked by I Mua Manoa
By News Release @ 3:11 PM :: 8408 Views :: Health Care, Higher Education
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...In addition, there were some people who did not like the changes we needed to implement in order to create a culture of productivity, accountability and meritocracy....
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014 |
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Colette Machado Resigns as OHA Chair
By News Release @ 3:11 AM :: 5038 Views :: OHA
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"I look forward to the process to select a new chair."
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 |
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HCDA Issues RFP for Kakaako Micro Units
By News Release @ 9:09 PM :: 5651 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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...generally are around 300 square feet and occupied by no more than two persons....
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 |
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Kauai Dairy Farm Receives Approval
By News Release @ 8:48 PM :: 7769 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Land Use
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...The original proposal of 2,000 cows on site was modified in July 2014 to 650-699 cows....
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 |
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Feds Pay SolarCity to Analyze HECO Distributed Generation
By News Release @ 8:37 PM :: 5090 Views :: Energy
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...to address operational issues associated with high degrees of distributed solar penetration on electrical grids....
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 |
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Matson Hikes Rates 5.4%
By News Release @ 4:11 PM :: 5362 Views :: Jones Act
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"In the past decade, Matson has invested nearly $1 billion in four new containerships...."
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 |
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Hawaii, Alaska Only States to add No Ultra-Rich for 2013
By News Release @ 4:06 AM :: 6266 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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In Hawaii 215 people have assets in excess of $30M....
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Monday, November 24, 2014 |
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Hawaii Is the State with the 8th Most Frugal Consumers
By News Release @ 1:43 PM :: 5058 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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But Hawaii is #1 for “highest percentage of the population spending more than they make”....
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Monday, November 24, 2014 |
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Report: Hawaii Scores ‘D’ on Sex Trafficking Laws
By News Release @ 12:27 AM :: 5124 Views :: Law Enforcement
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...every state receives a Report Card that grades the state on 41 key legislative components that must be addressed in a state’s laws....
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Saturday, November 22, 2014 |
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Caldwell Makes the Disabled Pay Starting Jan 1
By News Release @ 3:27 PM :: 4371 Views :: Honolulu County
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... effective January 1, 2015, persons with disability parking permits will be charged the standard parking rate at city parking lots ....
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Saturday, November 22, 2014 |
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Leaving Trail of Destruction, Carbone Suddenly Quits UH Cancer Center
By News Release @ 2:04 AM :: 5801 Views :: Health Care, Higher Education
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In a hastily called faculty and staff meeting at the Cancer Center at about 2:30 p.m. Friday....
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Saturday, November 22, 2014 |
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Omidyar 'Assumes Ownership' of Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning
By News Release @ 1:29 AM :: 4279 Views :: Energy
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The team estimates the new system will reduce electricity usage by more than all of the utility scale photovoltaic systems currently operating in Hawaii....
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Saturday, November 22, 2014 |
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UH Report: 14,282 Homeless in Hawaii
By News Release @ 1:15 AM :: 5168 Views :: Homelessness
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5,454 individuals (38%) were continuing clients from FY 2013....
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Friday, November 21, 2014 |
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UH: Pono Choices Secretly Part of "Human Subject Research"
By News Release @ 8:15 PM :: 8621 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Health Care, Higher Education
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"...the Pono Choices survey instruments ... are part of an ongoing research project...."
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Thursday, November 20, 2014 |
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UH Protest: Grad Students Win Jobs Back, Push for Budget Transparency
By News Release @ 4:21 PM :: 4497 Views :: Higher Education
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...fight for an allocation model that allows tuition money to follow the students....
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Thursday, November 20, 2014 |
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Inequality: Hawaii the only Blue State Among America's Most Equal
By News Release @ 4:24 AM :: 4430 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...Families are changing, with fewer married couples and more single-parent families and cohabiting unions....
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Thursday, November 20, 2014 |
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HONOLULU Ranks 12th for Successful Aging
By News Release @ 4:23 AM :: 4316 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...life amid the palm trees can cost, especially at quality nursing facilities and hospitals. Special needs transport is adequate, but work commutes are time-consuming....
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Thursday, November 20, 2014 |
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Report: Hawaii DoE 'Ahead of the Curve' on Data Governance
By News Release @ 12:01 AM :: 5333 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...the number of states sharing teacher performance information with educator preparation programs has more than tripled....
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014 |
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U.S. Air Force Colonel joins DOE leadership team
By News Release @ 4:35 PM :: 4135 Views :: Education K-12
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From 2011 to 2013, Carlson was the deputy joint base commander at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam....
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014 |
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Laborers Union: Schatz, Hirono, Hanabusa, Gabbard are Cowards Pandering to Eco Nut Billionaires
By News Release @ 2:07 PM :: 5198 Views :: Energy, Congressional Delegation
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Democratic leaders in Washington should put job creation ahead of the ravings of environmental wing-nuts and their deep pocketed billionaire funders....
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014 |
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UH Manoa Budget Protest Continues Overnight
By News Release @ 4:37 PM :: 4065 Views :: Higher Education
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The students have decided that the concessions granted by the interim Chancellor are not enough....
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014 |
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Ige Names Fuchigami to Head DoT, Extends Application Deadline
By News Release @ 2:28 PM :: 4885 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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Fuchigami had been tapped by Mayor Kirk Caldwell last month to lead the city’s Department of Enterprise Services....
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014 |
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Bicyclist Fatalities Rise As More Urban Workers Pedal to Work
By News Release @ 1:27 PM :: 3102 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...adults 20 and older represented 84 percent of bicyclist fatalities in 2012, compared to only 21 percent in 1975....
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014 |
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Lawyers Investigate Sale of Horizon Lines, Class Action Suit Possible
By News Release @ 1:14 AM :: 4211 Views :: Jones Act
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...this proposed transaction undervalues the Company to the detriment of Horizon’s shareholders....
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014 |
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Hawaii's Largest Wind Farm Developer Sold for $2.4B
By News Release @ 12:00 AM :: 4132 Views :: Energy
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SunEdison to become world's largest renewable energy development company....
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Monday, November 17, 2014 |
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National Report Shows Hawaii 6th Lowest Child Homelessness
By News Release @ 2:23 PM :: 5084 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness
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The homeless are everywhere but a national report shows Hawaii is 6th lowest for child homelessness....
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Monday, November 17, 2014 |
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Abercrombie's HCDA to Vote on Last Minute Development Deals
By News Release @ 2:58 AM :: 6233 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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HCDA will be having at least 3 meetings on Tuesday, November 25th….just 6 days before the Ige Administration is installed....
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Saturday, November 15, 2014 |
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Meetings to Discuss Changes to the State’s Land Use System
By News Release @ 5:41 AM :: 4628 Views :: Land Use
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State Office of Planning Hosting a Series of Stakeholder Meetings to Discuss 'Improvements' to the State’s Land Use System....
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Saturday, November 15, 2014 |
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Saturday, November 15, 2014 |
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Manoa Graduate Students Spur Campus-Wide Protest
By News Release @ 2:17 AM :: 5794 Views :: Higher Education, Labor
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Graduate students have planned a sit-in at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Campus Center to protest sudden and drastic budget cuts....
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Friday, November 14, 2014 |
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City to host free TOD symposium Saturday, November 22
By News Release @ 10:10 PM :: 5420 Views :: Development, Rail
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Saturday, Nov. 22, at the Neal Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall....
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Friday, November 14, 2014 |
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Army completes EIS for possible Hawaii force reductions
By News Release @ 6:35 PM :: 4861 Views :: Military
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Hawaii's community listening session will be held Jan. 27, 2015, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Hale Koa Hotel in Waikiki....
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Thursday, November 13, 2014 |
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Hawaii Ranks Third in Nationwide Access to Justice Study
By News Release @ 8:03 PM :: 5310 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Judiciary
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...four categories: attorney access for low-income litigants; support for self-represented litigants; support for litigants with limited language proficiency; and support for people with disabilities....
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Thursday, November 13, 2014 |
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Maui Farm Bureau, Seed Growers File Suit to Overturn Maui GMO Ban
By News Release @ 6:33 PM :: 4237 Views :: GMOs
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The suit seeks to delay any enforcement of the measure and ultimately to have it declared unenforceable....
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Thursday, November 13, 2014 |
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Hawaii a Low-Debt State for Students
By News Release @ 4:54 AM :: 4888 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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New report shows student loan debt still rising for bachelor’s degree recipients; includes state-by-state and college-by-college debt levels....
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Thursday, November 13, 2014 |
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Wednesday, November 12, 2014 |
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Oahu residents invited to view new Extreme Tsunami Evacuation Zone maps
By News Release @ 8:37 PM :: 3383 Views :: Honolulu County
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...free public information outreach workshops for a preview of new Extreme Tsunami Evacuation Zones....
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Wednesday, November 12, 2014 |
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331 Hawaii Medal of Honor Recipients Remembered from Deck of Battleship Missouri
By News Release @ 1:33 PM :: 4461 Views :: Military
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331 Hawaii Medal of Honor recipients who gave their lives defending our freedom in the Middle East from 2006 to this year....
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Wednesday, November 12, 2014 |
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Study: Hawaii Best at Combating Lung Cancer
By News Release @ 1:27 PM :: 4795 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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WalletHub ranked the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia based on 11 key metrics....
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Tuesday, November 11, 2014 |
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Election Results: NFIB expects increased focus on small-business issues
By News Release @ 11:50 PM :: 5181 Views :: Politicians, Small Business
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...leadership changes are expected to affect the legislative agendas of the state Department of Labor and the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism....
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Tuesday, November 11, 2014 |
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Veterans to Receive In-State Tuition at UH
By News Release @ 10:07 PM :: 5674 Views :: Higher Education, Military
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Both resident and non-resident student veterans fought for in-state tuition for all vets....
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Tuesday, November 11, 2014 |
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Horizon Sells Hawaii Operations to Pasha Lines, Alaska to Matson
By News Release @ 7:14 PM :: 5244 Views :: Jones Act
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Matson to acquire all outstanding shares of Horizon Lines immediately after Pasha acquires Horizon's Hawaii trade lane business....
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Tuesday, November 11, 2014 |
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Employment Opportunities with the Hawaii State Senate
By News Release @ 4:10 AM :: 4138 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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The Hawaii State Senate is accepting applications for the 2015 legislative session....
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Tuesday, November 11, 2014 |
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Honolulu Grants in Aid Deadline December 12
By News Release @ 2:41 AM :: 4646 Views :: Honolulu County
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...qualified nonprofit organizations seeking grants available through the city’s Grants in Aid (GIA) program have from today through December 12, 2014 to submit proposals....
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Tuesday, November 11, 2014 |
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Big Island Launches Veterans Treatment Court
By News Release @ 2:41 AM :: 5802 Views :: Judiciary, Military
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On November 10, the Third Circuit (Hawaii county) launched its Veterans Treatment Court with an opening ceremony held in the courtroom of Chief Judge Ronald Ibarra....
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Sunday, November 9, 2014 |
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NRA President Speaks in Hawaii
By News Release @ 10:43 AM :: 4426 Views :: Second Amendment
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The room was filled with 125 conservative campaigners....
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Saturday, November 8, 2014 |
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Legacy Land Commission Seeks New Members
By News Release @ 8:12 PM :: 5443 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Land Use
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There are currently three vacancies....
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