Entries for 'News Release'

The closure only applies to the rifle range.  The complex will remain open during normal hours and the pistol, silhouette, archery, action, skeet, and trap ranges remain open....

Abercrombie today announced that the State of Hawaii ended fiscal year 2013 with a positive fund balance of $844 million....

HART had issued an “Art-In Transit Call for Artists,” seeking proposals from artists for art at future rail stations....

For each letter to Santa that is deposited in the Santa Mail letterbox located at Macy’s stores, Macy’s will donate $1 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation....

...ten species that – thanks to the Endangered Species Act’s protections – are either steadily improving or have been recovered and removed from the list of imperiled species....

Please mark your calendars and join your fellow patriots and conservatives for our next two "2nd Cup of Coffee" discussions....

...the episode focuses on the attempted murder of a Pearl Harbor veteran that lead Five-0 to use decades old evidence to investigate....

• DATE: Monday, December 9, 2013
• TIME: 2:00 pm
• PLACE: Conference Room 329, State Capitol 

Opening night shimmers with “Santa’s Underwater Adventure” for the 29th annual event....

Just wait til the police start using this law to seize GMO marijuana plants and imposing $$$ fines on growers....

...recommended legislation related to Hawai`i’s insurance exchange for the 2014 legislative session....

These meetings are designed to demystify the State lawmaking process, and will demonstrate ways that you can speak out at the legislature....

...informational briefing is to provide the legislature with an update on the ERS’ financial status and actuarial valuation report prepared by Gabriel Roeder Smith and Company....

• 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....