Entries for 'News Release'

• DATE: Monday, December 09, 2013
• TIME: 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
• PLACE: Conference Room 229, State Capitol

Despite receiving a “D”, Hawaii’s financial disclosure law ranks as sixth best out of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.... 

...violating federal law by failing to pay foster parents enough to adequately care for the foster children in their homes....

Ruth has been with the Department of Public Safety since June 1995....

The contracts are among major reform efforts underway since December 2012 to meet recommendations by the State Office of the Auditor....

Grant Y.M. Chun to the Board of Education (BOE); Doreen Napua Gomes to the Hawaiian Homes Commission; Aaron D. Mahi to the Land Use Commission (LUC); and Brian T. Tamamoto to the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA), Kakaako District....

Law imposing a one-year moratorium on HCDA approval of new projects that renews automatically....

High HIV prevalence, lack of awareness of HIV-positive status, unprotected anal sex, and increased viral load among HIV-positive MSM not on antiretroviral treatment contribute substantially to new infections among this population....

The DOT vendors that appear to have paid for John Doe’s golf are Mitsunaga & Associates, Inc., TM Designers, Inc., Bowers + Kubota Consulting, Inc., and R. M. Towill Corporation....

An administrative fine of ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FORTY DOLLARS ($1,940.00) for the violations ....

The Department is conducting this study under contract with The Urban Institute and its subcontractors, NORC, Econometrica and SSI....

The Hawaii State Department of Education (DOE) will be placing Pono Choices implementation on hold as it conducts another review of the pilot curriculum....

Hawaiian Electric is helping customers whose rooftop photovoltaic (PV) installations were underway in September when the utility revised its interconnection procedures....

DLNR is a bully taking away rights, threatening cultural livelihood and even trying to censor what can be shown on television. To this I say, long live “American Jungle”....

“It may take a little time for West Hawaii residents to get used to the sight of the flare burning 24 hours a day, seven days a week, especially at night, but the continuous flare means the system is doing what it’s designed to do.”

• DATE: Monday, December 02, 2013
• TIME: 2:00 pm
• PLACE: Conference Room 329 State Capitol

...Meanwhile HMSA Announces ANOTHER 4.4% Rate Hike Thanks to Obamacare....

The $46.1 million five-year contract awarded to CH2M Hill, Inc. covers oversight support for design review, scheduling and cost estimating, environmental and planning and interface management....

Applicants must attend one of the following information sessions....

Hawaii ranks best in the nation according to The Commonwealth Fund....

By not agreeing to dismantle a single centrifuge, Iran has not rolled back its nuclear infrastructure.  Iran retains the ability to produce enough weapons-grade uranium for a nuclear weapon in as little as 2 months....

He assumes one of the board’s Honolulu seats, an interim position until confirmed by the state Senate....

A UH systemwide task force to work on improving services for student veterans has been formed and held its organizational meeting on Friday, November 22....

Loan delinquency, financial security top issues of concern....

HHC approved a pilot program that has the potential to prevent lease cancellations for severely delinquent Hawaiian homesteaders on East Hawaii....

• DATE: Friday, December 20, 2013
• TIME: 9:00 a.m.
• PLACE: Conference Room 309 State Capitol

Hawai‘i Health Connector today announced the appointment of Tom Matsuda, current Affordable Care Act implementation manager with the Governor’s office, as interim executive director....

The Christmas Candle is scheduled to be shown at the Honolulu - Regal Dole Cannery Stadium 18....

For the first time since October of 2009, the City & County of Honolulu has a Chief Medical Examiner on the job....

Hawaii Among the Lowest-Performing States with Only 1 Record Submitted Over the Past Two Decades....

... 1,465 homeless unwilling to accept shelter in Honolulu ....

...rally in protest of the $250 million loss of state funds in 5 years which has resulted in tuition increases.... 

...a federal construction contract to build Phase 2 of the USARPAC Command and Control Facility at Fort Shafter....

Resolution 13-280 calling on Congress to enact federal legislation to implement President Obama’s “Now is the Time” plan....

Abercrombie today announced the release of $83.9 million for capital improvement projects at University of Hawaii campuses....

From 2007 to 2013, Allen was a senior manager for ASI Government, Inc. in Arlington, Va.....

...four states - California, Idaho, Vermont, and Hawai'i - collectively ship 10,500  prisoners to for-profit prisons outside their home states.  West Virginia is developing a plan to do the same....

85 percent  believe efforts should be made to make renewable energy such as solar power more affordable for consumers....

While watching what was happening in other counties, Maui County decided to approach Monsanto - which has farms on both Maui and Molokai - to require disclosure of the company’s restricted-use pesticides and all information about related practices....

North Shore residents and transportation officials have been discussing proposals to improve Laniakea traffic for years....

In his half-century on the bench, he presided over some of the most sensational of Hawai‘i’s organized crime trials, and he upheld the 1967 Hawai‘i Land Reform Act that shifted property ownership in Hawai‘i from large trusts to ordinary citizens....

Counties are listening to the most ill informed people and the farmers are being attacked ....

Once again, Abercrombie tells Hawaii refineries to 'drop dead'....

U.S. military aircraft have also moved more than 2,000 relief workers into Tacloban and have airlifted nearly 8,300 survivors....

Hawaii's personal income growth had the lowest correlation and sensitivity to changes in national income levels....