Entries for 'News Release'

"The Senate Majority will draw upon the recommendations of the Senate Special Committee on Accountability for the improvement of the operational and financial management of the University of Hawai’i"

"Our intent is to work with the DOE to create a successful Educator Effectiveness System that could lend itself to being a model, nationwide.”

We attended today's White House meeting...prepared to have a meaningful conversation about school safety, mental health issues, the marketing of violence to our kids and the collapse of federal prosecutions of violent criminals....

Comments on the state’s Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS are due by Feb. 7, 2013....

The information is key because it is used by developers to set affordable homes sales prices and rents....

Eventually, the goal is a statewide early childhood education program for more 4-year-olds....

"The headline could have been Schatz Launches Re-election Campaign, Puts Campaign Manager on Congressional Payroll.”

We are also cognizant of related 2011 - 13 contract disputes being undertaken by other Hawaii public employee unions, including several ongoing arbitrations....

As part of the campaign, DCCA has launched www.HFIC.Hawaii.gov....

He is a member of the Hawaii Bankers Association, Financial Services Roundtable, Hawaii Business Roundtable and the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii’s Military Affairs Council

"Hawaii is making progress on strengthening its education policies" -- StudentsFirst

Overall prevalence of self-reported falling asleep while driving during the previous 30 days was 4.2%. State-level prevalence ranged from 2.5% in Oregon to 6.1% in Texas (Hawaii was 2nd at 5.7%).

Previously appointed to the House in January 2009 to complete the unexpired term of the late Bob Nakasone.... 

Nearly 51,000 high-school students in 81 cities around the world joined the 2013 Kickoff via live NASA-TV broadcast and webcast....

Hawaii. Student enrollment increased 2.7 percent while administrators and other non-teaching staff increased 68.9 percent from FY 1992 to FY 2009....

...an audit of HART’s contracts and spending for public relations and public involvement services to determine what service(s) each employee, contractor and subcontractor provides....

January 3 - 15, 2013....

The deal is being characterized as one aimed at “stopping taxes from going up on middle class families,” but in fact the expiration of the 2% social security payroll tax holiday means that employees will see 6.2% instead of 4.2% withheld.... 

...the situation would be much worse for the refineries as we add another 25-30 kb/d demand cut by introducing LNG into our energy system....

"With the support of a majority of the House of Representatives, Speaker-elect Joe Souki has established leading committees ...."

“I see no compelling reason to significantly revise the current policy at this point in time.” -- Response to Audit from Council Chair Ernie Martin 

Applicants include Nicanor E. Casumpang, Jr., Loretta Giannotti, Robert George Hill III, Natalie A. Kama, Gilbert Samuel Coloma Keith-Agaran, Clifford R. Libed, and Mary D. Wagner.

...update on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and healthcare transformation in Hawaii....

HIC is to conduct a study on designating safe facilities located at camping areas .... 

The purpose of this briefing is to provide the legislature with an overview of the current projects, the priorities of the divisions; a report on whether the Department of Transportation is using renewable energy and its efficiency; and a departmental 5 year plan....

 "...revenue enhancements such as making permanent certain tax provisions that are due to sunset in 2015 and beyond.”

Hawai‘i secures conditional approval from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to operate a state-based health insurance exchange....

...step forward and demonstrate that we were listening and paying attention to his lessons on leadership and humanity (because you know he is watching us).... 

...this project will provide land acquisition for the last remaining, undeveloped parcel of land contiguous with existing harbor lands....

HEWA: we do NOT endorse this unexpected news that OHA is giving us, Makaweli Poi, away to a random group we never heard of before....

OHA is partnering with The Queen’s Medical Center, Waianae Coast Comprehensive Center, the Hawaii Department of Health, the Department of Native Hawaiian Health and Hawaii Medical Service Association....

Wavecom Solutions provides voice, data and converged services to small and medium-sized business and carrier customers through a six-island subsea and terrestrial fiber network.
 

Monday, January 7 at their introductory luncheon at the Pacific Aviation Museum on Ford Island from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m....

The interim appointment fills a new seat in compliance with Act 139 of the 2012 Legislature, which increased Hawaii Paroling Authority members from three to five.

No public testimony will be accepted....

NOTICE OF INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING SCHEDULE January 3-18, 2013

Jesse Broder Van Dyke – Director of Communications....

"The proliferation and use of unpermitted kayak rentals being conducted at Napoopoo have resulted in concerns .... " 

Hawai`i residents join nearly 6,500 others nationwide in saying no to the wind PTC ....

The managers who made this year’s list of America’s Worst Bosses were named in workplace lawsuits filed by their employees ....

Judge Ochiai, 57, will fill a vacancy left by Judge Richard Pollack, who became Associate Justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court....

The U.S. Department of Education releases first-year progress reports for the 12 winners of the Race to the Top grant....

The report’s recommendations come after a series of meetings between state government officials, private sector leaders and non-profit representatives....

Senate Vice President Donna Mercado Kim (Sen. District 14) has been selected as the President of the Senate ....

Plans are underway to establish an additional Office of the Lt. Governor on Maui....

The nine-member Native Hawaiian Justice Task Force today presented its findings and recommendations to the Hawaiʻi Legislature....

Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald today appointed Kevin A. Souza to the District Family Court of the First Circuit (Oahu). 

Matson will continue to provide service to Reef's historical core trade lanes from Auckland, New Zealand and Fiji to the island nations of Nauru, the Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Samoa, Cook Islands, Niue, Tonga, Wallis and Futuna, Vanuatu, Tarawa and Majuro ....

...it will administer college and career readiness assessments to all middle and high school students statewide in grades 8, 9, 10 and 11 beginning next spring....

"For me, personally, I believe global climate change is real, and it is the most urgent challenge of our generation," Schatz said.