Entries for 'News Release'

Because HELCO's renewable energy generation output is in excess of the statutory forty percent, HELCO must demonstrate that the project provides cost reduction benefits to ratepayers....

Hawaii State Teachers Association urges the Legislature to support and fund the following....

...the Governor has until Feb. 9, 2014, to name a permanent director....

States increasingly are turning to dual enrollment as a strategy for improving college readiness and access, according to a 50-state database....

... Hawaii now has a total of 469 NBCTs ....

Hawai'i Health Connector is extending its enrollment deadline from December 23 to tomorrow, December 24, in line with a federal announcement earlier today....

...we reviewed the system of quality control of the Hawaii Office of the Auditor in effect for a three-year compliance period from 2011 to 2013....

...$3.46 million in capital improvement project (CIP) funds for the Hawaii Film Studio, including a new production and multipurpose building....

...capital improvement projects (CIPs) that further invest in Hawaii’s airports....

The Clinton Global Initiative recognized WEfficiency as a change-making commitment. And of course: Money shower!....

the nation's ability to prevent and control infectious disease outbreaks is hampered by outdated systems and limited resources....

Applications should be postmarked no later than Friday, Feb. 7, 2014....

...Caldwell held a signing ceremony Sunday at Kuhio Beach to enact two bills banning smoking at city parks and at TheBus stops....

...atheists have falsely accused five Hawaii churches of defrauding the government in a lawsuit filed in state court....

Hitt's other organization is the "Food Ingredient and Health Research Institute", dedicated to peddling bogus claims that autism, Alzheimer's, and ADHD are caused by so-called 'food additives.'

News Release from University of Hawaiʻi Dec 18, 2013 (With explanatory notes added to enhance accuracy.)....

...to design, manage and install energy efficiency measures that will upgrade facilities, reduce energy usage by about 49 percent and with additional operational improvements save a total of $518 million at 12 state-operated airports....

U.S. government that it is taking steps to improve the collection of health data for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders....

In the mid-1970s, she and her husband, Arthur, joined former Lt. Gov. Thomas P. Gill to form the firm of Gill Park and Park....

Certificates of Affiliation were presented to HSTA at the biennial Hawaii State AFL-CIO Convention on November 14....

Road rage, careless driving, swerving cars: these may all be things you encounter....

The Abercrombie Administration on Monday submitted its Executive Supplemental Budget for Fiscal Biennium 2013-2015 and updated Program and Financial Plan for 2013-2019 to the state Legislature....

Western Liberty Network trains leaders and helps small government activists learn how to successfully engage in electoral politics at the local level....

... final  regulations requiring the United States Navy to implement protective measures during training and testing activities off the coasts of California and Hawaii and on the high seas ....

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Our state’s lower-income families are faced with almost insurmountable structural challenges to escaping poverty....

... Hawaii Appleseed released a report entitled Reimagining Housing in Hawaii, detailing successful affordable housing models like microunits, ohana housing, modular housing, among others....

A review of Pono Choices confirmed the curriculum is ... aligned with ... state law ....

...Abercrombie today announced the release of more than $3.03 million for various capital improvement grants to Hawaii-based nonprofit organizations whose missions benefit ....

...the policy recommendations are projected to accelerate current trends, reducing the HYCF average daily population by 60 percent by 2019....

The interactive website allows users to click among multiple data streams comparing the state's Complex Areas, schools and student groups....

18th annual “Small Business Policy Index 2013: Ranking the States on Policy Measures and Costs Impacting Small Business and Entrepreneurship.”....

• DATE: Wednesday, December 18, 2013
• TIME: 1:30 p.m.
• PLACE: Auditorium, State Capitol

• DATE: Tuesday, December 17, 2013
• TIME: 10 a.m.
• PLACE: Conference Room 229, State Capitol

...a web-based application that allows citizens to access a wide range of campaign financial data on any elected official....

The authority’s incohesive, self-described “marketing plan” and poor reporting on measures of effectiveness impede transparency....

Thursday, January 30, 2014 at 6:00 PM....

In Hawaii, 48.2 percent of adults aged 25 years and older with at least a high school education report their health is very good or excellent compared to only 28.0 percent with less than a high school education....

...as a seven‐year‐old student at St. Anthony's grade school in 1975 when homosexual then‐Father Joseph Ferrario began to groom and sexually molest him....

...a health insurance premium sheet that will give consumers a better idea of what a new 2014 Affordable Care Act (ACA) plan will cost compared to their existing 2013 health plan....

On November 14, 2013, President Obama announced that States could decide whether to allow small group and individual health insurance policies existing on Oct. 1, 2013 to be renewed for a policy year starting between January 1, 2014 and October 1, 2014....

Recent confidential negotiations between Molokai Ranch, California wind developer Princeton Energy, Maui County and Maui Electric Company, however, have cast doubt....

Matsuda resigned his post as Affordable Care Act (ACA) implementation manager in the Governor’s office on Friday, Dec. 6....

A summary of changes coming up as a result of the Affordable Care Act in 2014....

The Healthcare Association of Hawaii (HAH) praised a select group of local, long term care member providers for their achievement....

Hale Kula’s “Hour of Code” event will include the presentation of a $10,000 check by Code.org and a brief session on computer programming with Hale Kula students....

Fifteen years after the 1998 state tobacco settlement, Hawaii ranks 5th in the nation in funding programs to prevent kids from smoking....

HD5 Democrats are required to submit names of three HD5 Democrats to the Governor.  Abercrombie will pick one of the three....

Paul Koester, 58, the Air Force's oldest current active-duty member, raised the Stars and Stripes above the Mighty Mo. Koester was one of 27 Armed Forces members to reenlist in today's ceremony....

Forty middle and high school VEX robotics teams from across the state will compete Dec. 20-21 in the first-ever Hawaii VEX State Championship....