Entries for 'News Release'

The Grants in Aid Advisory Commission has released its recommendations for grant proposals to the Honolulu City Council....

Hawaii State Department of Education (DOE) this morning received notification from the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) that its Race to the Top (RTTT) grant is no longer considered “high-risk”....

As much as an additional 12 cents/kilowatt hour could be added to each HECO bill on O`ahu, just for the undersea cable, according to an Integrated Resource Planning Final Report filed recently with the PUC....

...community forum on Monday, July 29, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. in the Queen’s Conference Center Auditorium....

Visitors who came to Hawai‘i in June 2013 spent a total of $1.3 billion, an increase of 7 percent from June 2012....

Tracking the success of the plan will be coordinated with the state Office of Information Management and Technology....

Caldwell announced today the selection of veteran transportation planner Harrison Rue as the Administrator of the City’s Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Program....

The feedstock for the biofuel is anticipated to be woody biomass-based....

As Native Hawaiians and residents of Hawai‘i, we take serious offense at your public attack upon a local fisherman for catching ahi....

"...make the investment ... now...."

States with more homeowners and businesses “going solar” share these policies....

On our international routes we are seeing the strengthening of the dollar undermine some of the excellent results we have had in the last couple of years but this portion of our business remains the core focus of our expansion plans....

As billionaire Larry Ellison makes gestures....

Board of Regents has identified Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer David Lassner as Interim President of the university and will vote on the appointment at a special board meeting July 30....

With a vote of 7-0, the Hawaiian Homes Commission voted to amend its long-standing revocable permit (RP) program....

"...the budget includes new spending on program enhancements that could eventually result in fiscal pressure...."

July 8-18, 61 total locations throughout the country were tested, with data collected on how many people paid for the beverages....

More than 100 island conservatives from across Oahu came together to hear Humphries....

Hawaii, which had been among the top ten states in previous studies, fell from 8th in 2008, to 11th in 2009, and now to 13th in 2012....

The AAFES building was recently transferred to OHA, and DOH intends to transfer 325 employees from the Environmental Health Administration – 260 from AAFES....

Process begins to select new administrator....

...the first private space telescope to operate from the lunar surface, available to researchers, educators and the general public through the internet....

This company holds a BBB rating of “F” due in part to failing to answer 45 of 87 complaints against the business....

HLE for males at age 65 years varied from a low of 10.1 years in Mississippi to a high of 15.0 years in Hawaii....

...we’ve set a course to provide even more low-cost clean energy to our customers....

capital improvement grants to Maui and Hawaii Counties as well as two local nonprofit organizations....

There were no other modifications to the existing $44.7-million contract except for its duration....

The first phase ... includes route restoration to Aiea Heights, Halawa Heights and Waikele Elementary School attendance areas....

Eleven state House and Senate Democrats face complaints before the Democratic Party of Hawaii for proposing a constitutional amendment on traditional marriage last session....

DLNR will hold a public information meeting from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday, July 18....

an exclusive luncheon fundraiser for the Hawaii Republican Assembly's campaign to 'conservatize' Hawaii....

...the impending total depletion of its trust fund....

Schatz brought on many of the national consultants who helped Hirono win her seat last November....

Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys say clerks need to enforce law, not bound by district court injunction....

...some jurisdictions did not accurately define compact migrants, account for federal funding that supplemented local expenditures, or include revenue received from compact migrants....

...for causing or permitting visible fugitive dust to become airborne....

Some of the gifts are valued at up to $1,000....

DOH has acquired an adequate supply of purified protein derivative solution used for tuberculosis skin testing and will resume providing the test....

to hire 21 additional workers, who will assist 21,516 people with enrollment into affordable health insurance coverage....

The Governor this year signed a total of 269 bills into law, and Lt. Gov. Shan S. Tsutsui this afternoon will sign seven as Acting Governor. Twelve other measures will become law without signature....

DLNR is seeking new projects for its Hawai‘i Forest Legacy Program....

it is difficult to argue against empirical evidence....

Tsutsui will sign the following bills passed by the 2013 Hawaii State Legislature....

Dr. Christopher B. Happy has been selected as Honolulu’s Chief Medical Examiner....

On April 12, 2013, OHA Trustees were surprised to learn that the loan we got from Bank of Hawaii was not a secured loan and that it had to be backed by Trust dollars....