Entries for 'News Release'

Forcing this heated issue through an abbreviated session will only stifle public input which should be the most important part of the legislative process....

Recruitment Announcement From UH Regents Candidate Advisory Council....

A half-century to the minute after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his historic “I Have a Dream” speech....

...would parents be considered bigoted if they raised their daughters to be attracted to boys and their sons to be attracted to girls? Or must parents now be completely neutral....

Members of Congress should be urged to co-sponsor the Health Care Conscience Rights Act (H.R. 940, S. 1204)....

After serving as the Hawaii Captive Insurance Administrator and Deputy Insurance Commissioner for 3 ½ years, George Sumner has resigned his position, effective August 29....

...adult obesity in Hawaii has increased nearly three times from that it was a little over 20 years ago. In the past year alone, obesity has risen more than seven percent....

The 5,345 Hawaii students, most of whom took the ACT as juniors in 2012 and graduated this past spring, represent about 40 percent of the Class of 2013....

...the orchestration of the hearing and the invitations sent by the chair to selected mainland-based organizations were designed to provide the committee exclusively with the opinions of only those experts on one side....

Washington, D.C., New Jersey, Hawaii, Massachusetts and California lead the nation with the healthiest prospective borrowers, all with scores above 90....

In 2013, there have been eight incidents, including four within the last month. Four of this year’s incidents occurred on Maui....

Open enrollment for Hawai‘i residents is October of this year....

BOEM’s Pacific Region is responsible for managing the development of ... renewable energy resources (wind, wave, ocean current) on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) offshore California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii....

Recipe for Success: If the test numbers are bad, change the test....

...due mainly to the lower inflation rate, the strong growth in the construction industry, and continued growth in tourism....

Hanalei businesswoman Patricia Sheehan and Hilo labor leader Wallace Ishibashi, Jr. were appointed by Governor Neil Abercrombie last week to represent Kauaʻi and East Hawaiʻi Island respectively....

Wednesday August 21, 2013 9AM....

52 percent answered, “Yes,” to amending the Constitution, 43 percent said, “No, ” and 5 percent did not know or refused to answer....

A hearing on the plan’s disclosure statement has been scheduled for Sept. 16, 2013....

...The U.S. Army published the record of decision to construct and operate a modern Infantry Platoon Battle Course and associated infrastructure to support current and future Army training requirements at Pōhakuloa Training Area....

Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations to fill the following anticipated judicial vacancy:  Associate Justice, Supreme Court

The state’s Data Book is the most comprehensive statistical book about Hawaii....

...final judgment in favor of the State of Hawaii and against nine Online Travel Companies selling Hawaii hotel rooms over the Internet....

"...swift action on the center was necessary since the senate will store papers for no longer than six months from the time the office is closed...."

A new bipartisan, inter-branch working group will analyze the state’s juvenile justice system and develop data-driven policy recommendations for the 2014 Legislature....

results of the Hawaiʻi Police Department’s 2013 Community Satisfaction Survey and the police chief’s responses....

...a refrigerated food warehouse in Honolulu occupied by Unicold Corp. and nine tenants....

Closing date for applications is August 30, 2013....

During this last legislative session, Monsanto and associates sought to pass SB727....

Other services include financial assistance with asset-building strategies, such as Individual Development Accounts, which are special savings accounts....

the prevalence of preschool obesity ranged from 9.2% to 17.9%....

...submit applications to the Department of Customer Services by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 30....

...results of a feasibility study on the proposed adolescent residential drug treatment and healing facility are now available online....

...could lead to revocation of as much as 20% of permits....

MARAD could not provide documentation showing who developed the various port project estimates or explain why they doubled over time....

... Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi sentenced Eric Ford, age 45, to 20 months in prison today ....

Awakuni has served as chief counsel for the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) since 2011....

DCCA issued a Preliminary Order to Cease and Desist and Notice of Right to Hearing against a Hawaii businessman, David T. Low, and his company, Hawaii Capital Management, LLC...

Friday, August 16, 2013 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. HST...

Over the next few months state agencies will be transitioning from the current eProcurement system, HePS, to the new Hawaii State eProcurement application, HIePRO....

$12.9 million for capital improvement projects....

...Representative Bob McDermott, he has determined that the holdup of VA loans for homes with catchment systems is the direct result of arbitrary actions by the State Department of Health...

Hawai‘i Health Connector today announced that it is partnering with 34 community organizations throughout the state....