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Entries for 'News Release'
Saturday, November 8, 2014 |
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Ige Administration Accepting Job Applications
By News Release @ 1:44 PM :: 4462 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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Those interested in joining the Ige-Tsutsui administration may click on the link provided below to begin the online application process....
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Saturday, November 8, 2014 |
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Aegis Combat System Goes Two For Two In Latest Flight Tests off Kauai
By News Release @ 3:03 AM :: 4288 Views :: Military
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USS John Paul Jones completed the first Baseline 9 live firing using its integrated air and missile defense capability on Nov. 6....
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Saturday, November 8, 2014 |
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Veterans Day Parade Hilo, Sat. Nov 8
By News Release @ 2:59 AM :: 6307 Views :: Hawaii County , Military
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...assembling at 8:00 am. Parade starts at 9:00 am....
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Friday, November 7, 2014 |
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Waipahu Rail Development -- Zoning Meeting
By News Release @ 10:54 PM :: 5739 Views :: Development, Rail
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The meeting is set for 6:30-8:30 p.m., Nov. 13, in the Waipahu Intermediate School Cafeteria....
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Friday, November 7, 2014 |
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David Ige’s Action Plan: “Engineering Hawaii’s Future”
By News Release @ 6:07 PM :: 6303 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Politicians
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"Hawaiʻi needs leadership that moves us forward collectively instead of favoring special interests."
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Friday, November 7, 2014 |
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DHS Temporary Rules Maintain COFA Benefits
By News Release @ 2:44 AM :: 3949 Views :: Health Care
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...McManaman announced that Governor Abercrombie approved and signed temporary emergency rules that maintain the status quo....
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Thursday, November 6, 2014 |
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Moody's: Warnings of a utility "death spiral" premature
By News Release @ 11:51 PM :: 4404 Views :: Energy
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"Distributed generation poses a threat under traditional ratemaking...."
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Thursday, November 6, 2014 |
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Hawaii Premature Birth Report Card -- 'C'
By News Release @ 4:08 PM :: 5423 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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In Hawaii 12.5% of births are premature....
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Wednesday, November 5, 2014 |
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Hell Bent--One Man's Crusade to Crush the Hawaiian Mob
By News Release @ 11:07 PM :: 8181 Views :: Hawaii History, Law Enforcement
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1980—the year Charles Marsland was elected Honolulu's top prosecutor....
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Wednesday, November 5, 2014 |
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Kim Announces Senate Leadership Team and Committee Chairs
By News Release @ 10:19 PM :: 5145 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...The only incumbent Democrat to get nothing is Brickwood Galuteria.....
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Wednesday, November 5, 2014 |
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Farmers Heading to Court to Overturn 'Flawed' Maui Anti-GMO Ordinance
By News Release @ 10:02 PM :: 5915 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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...this referendum is invalid and contrary to long established state and federal laws that support both the safety and lawful testing and planting of GMO plants....
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Wednesday, November 5, 2014 |
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Hospital Financial Crisis Brings House Health Committee to Maui
By News Release @ 5:48 PM :: 3733 Views :: Health Care
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Public hearing 5:30 p.m. Monday Nov 10, 2014 Maui Waena School, 795 Onehee St., Kahului....
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Wednesday, November 5, 2014 |
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NRA President to Speak in Hawaii
By News Release @ 10:19 AM :: 4165 Views :: Second Amendment
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Please join conservatives, 2nd Amendment supporters and gun enthusiasts this Saturday November 8....
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Tuesday, November 4, 2014 |
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President Declares Disaster for Hawaii Lava Flow
By News Release @ 2:10 PM :: 4668 Views :: Hawaii County
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...federal disaster aid has been made available to the state of Hawaii....
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Tuesday, November 4, 2014 |
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US Attorney Appoints Election Officer to Investigate Voter Fraud in Hawaii
By News Release @ 1:54 PM :: 4187 Views :: Office of Elections
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In addition, the FBI will have special agents available in each field office and resident agency....
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Tuesday, November 4, 2014 |
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Hawaiian Electric announces plans for approval of pending solar applications
By News Release @ 4:12 AM :: 4521 Views :: Energy
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...approved for interconnection after meeting the following conditions....
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Tuesday, November 4, 2014 |
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Supreme Court Upholds State's Right to Cut COFA Benefits
By News Release @ 1:16 AM :: 5548 Views :: National News, Health Care
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...a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court validates the state’s authority to determine the level of health care coverage provided to noncitizens who are ineligible for federal Medicaid....
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Tuesday, November 4, 2014 |
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Project AWARE: DoE Awarded $12.7M for Federal Anti-Bullying Program
By News Release @ 12:34 AM :: 5260 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care
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Staff from three complex areas will receive training and assistance....
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Monday, November 3, 2014 |
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Find Your Polling Place and Print Out a Sample Ballot
By News Release @ 6:19 PM :: 4301 Views :: Office of Elections
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Find your polling place and print out a sample ballot from the Hawaii Office of Elections....
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Sunday, November 2, 2014 |
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OHA Trustee Rowena Akana: Hawaiian Nation Not for Asians or Haole
By News Release @ 2:55 AM :: 8968 Views :: Hawaii History, OHA, Politicians
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She disputes Keli'i Akina's call for racial inclusiveness....
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Saturday, November 1, 2014 |
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No New Taxes? Ige Refuses to Answer Questions About Broken Promise
By News Release @ 2:30 PM :: 5415 Views :: Politicians, Taxes
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Ige comes under increasing scrutiny for supporting tax hikes while misleading attacks on Duke Aiona fall apart....
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Saturday, November 1, 2014 |
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Lawsuit Seeks Removal of Schatz from Office
By News Release @ 1:38 AM :: 9918 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Judiciary, Office of Elections, Politicians
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...the election being conducted by Defendant Nago and the State of Hawaii Office of Elections is unconstitutional under the Seventeenth Amendment....
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Friday, October 31, 2014 |
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Hawaii Residents Have Coverage For Lava Flow Damage
By News Release @ 5:31 PM :: 4664 Views :: Hawaii County
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...covered under a homeowners, renters or business insurance policy, according to the Insurance Information Institute....
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Friday, October 31, 2014 |
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David Ige Decries The Healthcare Disaster He Helped Create
By News Release @ 4:06 PM :: 4207 Views :: Health Care
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The Hawaii Health Connector Is The Most Expensive Obamacare Exchange In The Country....
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Friday, October 31, 2014 |
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Photo: Ige's Broken No New Taxes Pledge
By News Release @ 4:04 PM :: 6529 Views :: Politicians, Taxes
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Why did David Ige sign Grover Norquist's pledge not to raise taxes only to break it later? He's not the only one....
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Friday, October 31, 2014 |
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DoE Enrollment Drops Under New Kindergarten Plan
By News Release @ 3:52 AM :: 4997 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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But combined enrollment for grades 1-12 continues to grow, with 823 more students in 2014-15....
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Friday, October 31, 2014 |
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Caldwell to host affordable housing town hall meeting
By News Release @ 1:07 AM :: 6988 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness, Cost of Living
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The meeting will be held at the Waipahu District Park in Waipahu on Thursday, November 6, 2014 at 7 p.m.....
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Thursday, October 30, 2014 |
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No New Taxes? Ige Broke Promise
By News Release @ 5:49 PM :: 6280 Views :: Politicians, Taxes
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David Ige Once Promised Hawaii Taxpayers He Wouldn't Raise Their Taxes, Then Promptly Broke It....
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Thursday, October 30, 2014 |
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ALEC: Hawaii Educational Progress Ranks 6th in USA
By News Release @ 4:39 PM :: 5960 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...gains/losses on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) fourth and eighth-grade reading and mathematics exams from 2003 to 2013....
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Thursday, October 30, 2014 |
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1st Annual Hawaii School Empowerment Conference
By News Release @ 3:42 PM :: 4847 Views :: Education K-12
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November 28 and November 29, 2014 at Moanalua High School....
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Thursday, October 30, 2014 |
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Abercrombie Appoints Five to Boards and Commissions
By News Release @ 4:32 AM :: 5699 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... Denise Antolini, Denise Albano, Lloyd Haraguchi, Margarita Hopkins and Yukio Kitagawa ....
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014 |
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HECO to Build 50MW Peaker Plant to Balance Erratic Alternative Energy
By News Release @ 8:59 PM :: 5357 Views :: Energy
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“Solar energy comes and goes. You need something fast to fill the gaps.”
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014 |
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Waikiki Homeless Outreach Begins Nov 3
By News Release @ 8:53 PM :: 5614 Views :: Homelessness, Tourism
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...140 individuals are targeted to move into IHS shelters or homes and an additional 120 transient individuals will be returned to their homes outside Hawaii....
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014 |
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Schatz Proposes 66% Tax Rate for Self-Employed
By News Release @ 8:47 PM :: 6375 Views :: Politicians, Taxes
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...a tax that has been described as the largest tax increase in U.S. history....
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Tuesday, October 28, 2014 |
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Ige Was For Pension Taxes Before He Was Against Them
By News Release @ 7:02 PM :: 4449 Views :: Taxes
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...yes I did look at the pension tax as an option. I did look at raising the GET tax....
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Tuesday, October 28, 2014 |
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Hawaii Ranks 30th on Business Taxes
By News Release @ 6:19 PM :: 5129 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...the State Business Tax Climate Index, released this morning by the nonpartisan Tax Foundation....
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Tuesday, October 28, 2014 |
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Lava Flow: Schools Closing but Polling Stations Expected to Open
By News Release @ 3:54 PM :: 6079 Views :: Education K-12, Office of Elections
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Keonepoko and Pahoa High School will remain as election polling sites for the General Election on Tuesday, November 4....
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Monday, October 27, 2014 |
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Ige 'Education Tax' Would Hit All UH Graduates' Income
By News Release @ 5:26 PM :: 5447 Views :: Higher Education, Taxes
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...The tax shall be levied and assessed against the gross income of each graduate for the first ten years of employment....
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Monday, October 27, 2014 |
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Hawaii Is the 3rd Least Politically Engaged State
By News Release @ 12:17 PM :: 4041 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... but 13th in Total Political Contributions per Adult Population ....
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Monday, October 27, 2014 |
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Pahoa: Lava Flow Speeds Up, Possible Evacuations Overnight
By News Release @ 4:46 AM :: 4494 Views :: Hawaii County
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The flow has advanced approximately 170 yards since 9:00 this morning and presently located approximately 600 yards from the Pahoa Village Road....
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Monday, October 27, 2014 |
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Open Letter to Gubernatorial Candidates from Kaka'ako Coalition
By News Release @ 3:14 AM :: 6132 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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...to seek resignations from the present department head members on HCDA’s board....
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Sunday, October 26, 2014 |
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Goliath is Desperate
By News Release @ 2:57 PM :: 8331 Views :: Economy, Politicians, Cost of Living
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... it’s one of the reasons that Hawaii has the highest cost of living in the nation ....
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Saturday, October 25, 2014 |
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Hawaii Medical Association Endorses Djou
By News Release @ 11:27 PM :: 5199 Views :: Health Care, Politicians
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"Hawaii's medical doctors understand the need to reform healthcare in America the right way and I am honored to earn their support," commented Djou....
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Saturday, October 25, 2014 |
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Hawaii Federation of Independent Businesses Endorses Aiona for Governor
By News Release @ 4:02 PM :: 4182 Views :: Small Business
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...America’s largest small-business association today endorsed Duke Aiona for governor, citing his superior record on Main Street, Hawaii issues....
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Saturday, October 25, 2014 |
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Ige on Defense as Campaign Enters Final 10 Days
By News Release @ 3:52 PM :: 4515 Views :: Politicians
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With just 10 days left, the race is a dead heat and Senator Ige is on defense....
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Saturday, October 25, 2014 |
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$40.8M Missing: Rail GE Tax Revenues Short Again
By News Release @ 2:50 AM :: 5504 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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10% shortfall--just happens to equal the State's override for collecting the tax....
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Saturday, October 25, 2014 |
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Bonds: Fitch Rates Hawaii's Next $1.1B 'AA'
By News Release @ 1:11 AM :: 3638 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'AA' rating to the following State of Hawaii general obligation (GO) bonds....
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Saturday, October 25, 2014 |
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UH Law School again tops nation as 'Best Environment for Minority Students'
By News Release @ 12:09 AM :: 4824 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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...the Law School on the UH Mānoa campus was named fourth in the country for “Most Diverse Faculty,” and seventh in the nation as the law school “Most Chosen by Older Students.”....
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Friday, October 24, 2014 |
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Governor Requests Disaster Declaration of Pahoa Lava Flow
By News Release @ 11:28 PM :: 3656 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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Emergency protective measures undertaken by Hawaii County include the repair, restoration, and re-establishment of alternate routes in and out of affected communities....
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Friday, October 24, 2014 |
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Djou $416K Cash on Hand With 20 Days to Go
By News Release @ 10:18 PM :: 4222 Views :: Politicians
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...Barbara Marumoto, Campaign Manager, issued the following statement on Team Djou's congressional campaign's Pre-General FEC report....
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