Entries for 'News Release'

Hawaii, Idaho and Kentucky each imprisoned 5 percent fewer sentenced prisoners at yearend 2013 than at yearend 2012....

...Abercrombie And Senator David Ige Have Passed Over $833 Million Of Tax Increases Since 2011....

Today, The Barack Obama Foundation issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) to the University of Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago, Columbia University, and University of Hawai’i,...

The middle class is most overtaxed in Arkansas, New York and Hawaii....

...Chris Lethem, candidate for state senate representing Kaka’ako and neighboring areas, today called on HCDA to stop two brothers from strong‐arming Kaka’ako businesses....

...Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm, Downtown Laniakea YWCA....

...Obama today signed a Disaster Declaration for Public Assistance. In the meantime, since a Disaster Declaration for Individual Assistance was rejected last month, the state and Hawaii County continue to gather sufficient additional information to justify a successful appeal....

The Governor has 30 days from his receipt of the list today to make his appointment....

...Creating camping areas for homeless individuals ... is unworkable, is not advisable, and should not be pursued...

Hawaii workers find they have to work harder while earning inadequate wages in order to keep up with the soaring cost of living....

With less than two months left in Hawai‘i’s hotly-contested elections, Duke Aiona plans more transparency in the public arena thanks to back-to-back forums and debates....

...OSHA and HIOSH have shared regulatory responsibility for Hawaii per an Operational Status Agreement that went into effect in September 2012....

...Students can begin receiving an Autism Scholarship as early as age 3....

...Galuteria pushed legislation helping large developers at the community’s expense while doing little to advance affordable housing....

...we have conducted more than 150 successful airstrikes in Iraq....

“A single person can earn as much as $54,850 and qualify for housing assistance on Oahu. For a family of four, the cut-off is $78,300...."

Djou's opponent failed to attend today's candidate forum and also missed a candidate forum last night in Mapunapuna....

...recent events in the Middle East make it painfully clear that our war with Muslim extremists is far from over....

Case to be heard by Judge Mollway on Friday, 9/19/14, 9 a.m....

...use your EBT card at marijuana dispensaries in states such as Colorado that have legalized pot....

BWS claims that the billing charge is justified to defray administrative costs associated with billing and cost recovery for installing the new billing system....

...Hawaii ranks as the worst place to make a living in 2014....

...The Environmental Protection Agency released an assessment today 'documenting' the hazard that plastic pollution poses to wildlife on Tern Island....

...Mayor Caldwell, Councilmembers, Hawaii Bicycling League representatives, and city workers applied green paint to a “conflict zone” near the Alapa‘i Transit Center....

...A new report over the weekend on the growing doctor shortage is just the latest sign that the Abercrombie-Ige policy agenda is not working....

...The Dispensary System Task Force will submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including proposed legislation to the 2015 Legislature....

...PUC rules give the utility authority to shut off the system and lock it to prevent interconnection....

All names on OHA’s Hawaiian Registry Program are allowed by law to be added to the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission’s Official Roll of participants for the nation-building process....

The Hawaii Council On Revenues Now Forecasts The State Will Have $100 Million Less In Tax Revenues Because Of A Slowing Economy....

...B+ grade in e.Republic’s Center for Digital Government’s (CDG) biennial Digital States Survey. The grade is an improvement from a B- in 2012....

...to help Hawaiian Electric meet more stringent federal Environmental Protection Agency air emission requirements known as Mercury and Air Toxics Standards....

The updated Pono Choices curriculum is one of seven sexual health education programs available to DOE middle schools. Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, all parents must sign an opt-in form permitting their children to participate....

...for the advancing lava flow in the Wao Kele O Puna area after the flow extended to less than a mile from the edge of the Ka‘ohe Homesteads subdivision....

...in 1991, no state was above 20 percent....

... holding the Research Institute for Hawaii USA (RIH), and its CEO Christopher Damon Haig, liable for religious and sexual harassment ....

The housing requirement is a promise Hughes made in order to gain approval for its massive, 22-tower Kaka’ako luxury high-rise condominium development....

The median adjusted salaries in the 60 metro areas range from $32,312 in Honolulu, Hawaii to $73,078 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin....

...creates openness and rate transparency, and promotes increased competition by requiring Hawaii’s health insurers to allow its small group ACA rates to be published....

...who supports multimillion dollar bailouts for various failing state programs, such as Hawaii's Obamacare exchange, the system of failing state hospitals, and the state's employee retirement system....

Since 2003, efforts have been made to facilitate the conversion of exempt positions to civil service in the Executive Branch of state government....

...UH lacks critical rules but progress has been made on other prior recommendations....

...OHA cronies claim 2000 support fake Indian tribe....

...After jumping down from the roof, Skelton walked around the back of the Annex and followed the fence line along Kamehameha Highway....

...the MVLP Division did not support the initiatives for improving customer service; did not consider the long lines and long waits as valid concerns....

...I support President Obama's desire to defeat ISIS, but America needs to see more decisive leadership....

...The rejection of the disaster declaration shows the people of Hawaii that Schatz has no influence where it matters most....

The rally is to be held at 1pm at the lawn in front of Hawai’i Hall....

“...it has been determined that the damage from this event was not of such severity and magnitude...."