Entries for 'News Release'

The bill also discontinues the requirements for the minimum number of student instructional hours effective at the end of the 2014-2015 school year....

SB 2982 proposes a constitutional amendment to exclude certain retirement benefits from income taxation....

Please contact members of the House Committee on Water and Land and respectfully urge them to support House Bill 1907....

Annual Economic Cost Due to Motor Vehicle Crashes in Hawaii: $655 Million....

...NOAA has quietly elevated its tsunami warning center in Alaska by relegating its Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii to secondary status....

There are thousands of ICAC leads in the state of Hawaii trafficking in sadistic images and videos of children being raped and tortured....

...how we can move the aerospace industry forward in Hawaii....

Beginning in fiscal year 2015, the distribution of tobacco settlement funds for tobacco prevention and control will return to 6.5 percent after being redirected into the general fund to offset budget deficits for the past several years....

...the first in the nation to have a statewide, pedestrian-only focus....

The Kuakini project is part of Metrus' $75 million commitment to the White House's Better Buildings Challenge....

Areas Where the Transformation Effort Fell Short in 2013....

In 2011 Colleen worked with Senator Akaka and the rest of the delegation to author and introduce the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act....

...a “glaring problem” with Mr. Asquith’s motion was that it did not include the PUC....

We must address the unfunded liabilities of public employees before we can truly begin talking about a surplus in the budget....

...approved fees were charged for services before the services existed....

The Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) Nominating Committee has confirmed 11 candidates for its Board of Directors election on March 8, 2014....

HECO enjoys full revenue decoupling, fuel and purchased power pass-through recovery, rates based on forward test years...and recovery of increases in certain operating expenses and capital investments between rate cases through riders....

I believe we may be able to reduce taxes in key areas....

... why should an ever-expanding list of business risks be transferred from the utility to its customers? ....

...five bills aimed at recognizing the impact of hunting on Hawaii’s outdoor heritage and focusing on ways to help strengthen and improve hunting activities....

Sound financial management required making tough decisions and hard choices. All with NO furloughs** (this is a lie, Abercrombie continued Furloughs, renamed as DLWOP Days)....

... each year OHA submits a package of proposed bills to the Hawaii State Legislature, and the agency’s Board of Trustees also votes to take positions on a wide variety of legislation ....

This is the first combined House-Senate Majority package since 2008....

HSLDA advocates in state legislatures, at the invitation of state homeschool organizations....

Recipients are automatically renewed for another year if they don't respond to the annual query....

AARP Hawaii will ask lawmakers to support a bill requiring hospitals to formally acknowledge a patient’s family caregiver at the time of admission ....

You can use Hospital Compare to find hospitals and compare the quality of their care....

...Charge against John Doe, a maintenance supervisor employed by the Department of Education....

...although some funds have been repealed or are no longer active, their appropriation accounts have not been closed and balances remain....

Learn more about the DOE's budget, including budget breakdown and cycle, supplemental requests, per-pupil funding and more....

A total of 2,709 individuals have enrolled in a health plan and 350 businesses have applied for a health plan through the Hawai‘i Health Connector as of Jan. 11....

This morning, the House voted to approve HR2, which details changes to committee assignments as follows....

“I want my students to be effective public policy makers,” Lingle said....

...a proposed bill containing four components that will significantly improve the economic vitality of low and moderate income households....

The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii will kick off National School Choice Week in the state with nationally renowned speaker Michael S. Medved on January 21....

AFP's federal legislative scorecard highlights the most important economic votes held every congress in both the Senate and the House....

“Hawaii’s gaps in hospital and treatment facility capacity lead to overcrowding, long wait times and an inability to respond to disasters,” said Dr. Ishida....

We're losing the bed bug race: Last year we were 33rd....

... more than $744 million directly for Hawaii projects ....

My fellow members and guests, aloha and welcome to the 2014 Regular Session of the Hawaii State Legislature....

These include citizen participation in democracy and government, a high cost of living, educational opportunities, and the health of our people....

Approximately 300,000 beneficiaries are currently receiving services through the QUEST Integration program. ‘Ohana is one of five health plans selected to receive an award....

OTEC is allegedly building a sea-water air conditioning system for downtown Honolulu.

Hawaii's elected officials obviously serve the old boy network at the expense of the rest of us....

The Population Institute today released its second annual report card ....

...a lawless, violent, drug-addled, and adrenaline-soaked mecca....