Entries for 'News Release'

Department employees were initially told to expect to be furloughed for up to 22 days, but that was reduced to 14 days....

Each enforcement action costs the city about 15 thousand dollars.  Bill 7 will cut that expense in half ....

The Democratic Party of Hawaii will file a lawsuit in U.S. District Court to seek an injunction against the state of Hawaii over its primary election laws....

...an unfair bidding advantage for those contractors who do not provide health coverage to their workers....

Meanwhile ... Hawaii Health Insurance Rates to Rise 12% to 21% Next Year....

As of June 30, 2011, there were 9,922 homestead leases statewide and 26,170 applicants waiting for homestead leases. In FY2011, the department issued 177 new homestead leases....

...State of Hawaii flags at all state offices and agencies as well as the Hawaii National Guard are to be flown at half-staff....

Mayor Kirk Caldwell today announced that City contractors have repaved 77 lane-miles of deteriorated roads since he took office....

Among the many bills passed on Tuesday, the House voted to....

“The Jones Act chokes off Savannah’s ability to take advantage of the cheapest gasoline in the world, which is produced domestically right here in our own Gulf Coast.”

The conference committee is scheduled to meet Friday, April 12 in conference room 309 at 2:30 p.m....

Next year, the proposed missile defense budget has actually been cut to $9.16 billion....

...When the Super Strypi missile takes flight from the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kaua‘i, it will be carrying a satellite designed by University of Hawai‘i faculty and students....

This award will fund the customer service call center, consumer assistance program and general maintenance and operations of the Connector through December 2014....

Nelson H. Koyanagi Jr. to be Director of the Department of Budget and Fiscal Services (BFS), and Gary Kurokawa to be Deputy Director.....

“After listening to these local immigration experts, I was struck by their stories of how central families are to an immigrant’s success.”

The Council is the highest level extra-governmental group ever convened to address the energy security challenge facing America....

When I was building my cabinet, I knew that I did not want a team who would be satisfied with just keeping the lights on....