Entries for 'News Release'

...topics include procurement training for BWS staff, prevention of disclosure of confidential information and the management of multiple change orders increasing the work and value of the contract....

Abercrombie today announced the nominations of Jeffrey S. Portnoy, Dr. Lee Putnam, Michelle Asprer Tagorda and Stanford B.C. Yuen to the University of Hawaii Board of Regents....

...human flourishing requires more than material prosperity. Spiritual development and ethical leadership are indispensable....

The Naval War College Library in Newport, R.I. will publicly unveil online the 4,000-page "Gray Book" collection of Fleet Adm. Chester Nimitz communications that started in the wake of the Pearl Harbor attack and ran right up until the closing days of the war....

The first report of its scope in nearly 14 years, it examines the past performance of Hawaii’s construction industry and forecasts future growth....

Friday, February 21, the Hawaii House Finance Committee is scheduled to hear House Bill 1902 with amendment HD1....

...After discussions with VA, DOH has determined that water catchment systems may be made safe for domestic use....

...from 34.5% to 39.5% for its Hawaii service, and from 36.5% to 41.5% for its Guam/CNMI and Micronesia services, effective March 23....

In Hawaii, the top 1 percent captured 70.9 percent of all income growth between 1979 and 2007....

This notification is to inform the public of a growing trend of dietary supplements or conventional foods with hidden drugs and chemicals....

Record 18% of electricity used by Hawaiian Electric customers was from renewable sources....

The Board spent nearly one year working with stakeholders to craft policy revisions....

Oppose SB 2521 as it's a Food labeling bill that Supports Food In-Equality....

Judge Wilson, 60, ... was a chairperson of the Hawaii Board of Land and Natural Resources and Commission, commissioner for the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission and executive director for the state Division of Consumer Advocacy.....

For the third year in a row....

Discussion of pending bills relating to the State Ethics Code, Haw. Rev. Stat. chapter 84, and the Lobbyists Law, Haw. Rev. Stat. chapter 97....

The poll, conducted by The Mellman Group, has Schatz leading by four percentage points....

All Recent Polls Consistently Show Unfavorability for Current Administration Remains High....

Flashback: Senate Ways and Means Chairman David Ige rained rhetorical bombs on the Department of Education for what he called a "Cadillac" system to evaluate teacher performance....

Interested persons should submit an application, a resume and three letters of recommendation (attesting to the applicant’s character and integrity) postmarked by Friday, February 28, 2014....

Caldwell's Garbage Tax Would Hit Nonprofits, Small Business Hard....

The Candidate Advisory Council (CAC) for the Board of Regents of the University of  Hawai’i has presented a list of candidates to Governor Neil Abercrombie to fill three City & County of Honolulu seats and one Student seat....

The landmark decision came in the NRA-supported case of Peruta v. San Diego County....

...flags of the United States and State of Hawaii shall be flown at half-staff at all state offices and agencies, as well as the Hawaii National Guard, from sunrise to sunset on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, the day of his memorial service....

Dr. Rosen’s appointment is subject to state Senate confirmation....

Same sex marriage opens a Pandora Box of activist pressure on our schools....

It turns out they never needed the battery system in the first place.... 

In Kihei, located on Maui's southwest shore, travelers will have to spend $416 per night ....

• DATE: Thursday, February 13, 2014
• TIME: 1:15 p.m.
• PLACE: Conference Room 225

...Xtreme Power earned the 15th spot on Inc. Magazine's 500/5000 list of the fast growing private companies in the U.S. in 2012--now they're BK....

...the economic life of onshore wind turbines is between 10 and 15 years, not the 20 to 25 years projected by the wind industry itself, and used for government projections....

FLASHBACK Oct 18, 2013: “We urge you to allow Bill 2491 to become law.  We will be there to defend it.”....

After the first year of implementation, the state reduced its corrections population 4 percent, averted $2.5 million in costs, and allocated $3.4 million into its reinvestment strategies....

These bills offer 50 million dollars in bonds for the Ikehu Molokai project proposed by Molokai Ranch and Princeton Energy....

February 12, the House Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts is scheduled to hear House Bill 2148 at 8:30 a.m., in House conference room 312....

...examining allegations of administrative abuses and an ongoing failure to provide a safe work environment at the Hawaii State Hospital....

...Abercrombie today announced the appointment and promotion (resignation) of Sanjeev “Sonny” Bhagowalia as Chief Advisor for Technology and Cyber-Security (CIO), effective Feb. 18, 2014....

"I will be out of the office starting 02/07/2014 and will not return until 04/30/2014....."

Iwasa said her top priorities for both her district and Honolulu County as a whole are budget, transparency and accountability, and land use and infrastructure....

Balli, 42, of Kapolei, was killed in an insurgent attack in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, on Jan. 20....

...replacements, renovations and upgrades to our aging infrastructure at several state hospital facilities....

The fundraising event was organized for the benefit of the Hawaii Republican Assembly's political superpac HIRA Action....

Initiatives include studies for a space exploration R&D park, international flight training center and a laser optical communications ground station in Hawaii....

UHPA has taken a two-pronged approach to preserve faculty rights. In December 2013, the union filed a prohibited practice charge....