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Entries for 'News Release'
Friday, August 26, 2022 |
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Is Hawaii is being run for tourism at the expense of locals?
By News Release @ 11:33 PM :: 2078 Views :: Tourism
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... 67 percent agreed that their island is “being run for tourists at the expense of local people” ....
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Wednesday, August 24, 2022 |
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Hawaii County Police Update Permitting Process for License to Carry Firearms
By News Release @ 11:54 PM :: 2019 Views :: Hawaii County , Second Amendment
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... revised permitting process for license to carry concealed and unconcealed firearms as a result of the July 23, 2022, Supreme Court of the United States decision ....
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Wednesday, August 24, 2022 |
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Ige Seeks Comment on First Circuit Court Nomination
By News Release @ 9:59 PM :: 1644 Views :: Judiciary
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... Gov. David Ige has received the names of five nominees to fill a circuit judge vacancy in the First Circuit Court ....
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Wednesday, August 24, 2022 |
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Chief Justice Seeks Public Comment on Oahu Judicial Nominees
By News Release @ 9:58 PM :: 1460 Views :: Judiciary
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... nominees for one vacancy in the District Family Court of the First Circuit, and one vacancy in the District Court of the First Circuit (island of Oahu) ....
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Tuesday, August 23, 2022 |
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Hawaii Taxes are 2nd Largest Household Expense
By News Release @ 2:19 PM :: 2373 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Exceeded only by Housing--but on the Big Island, Taxes are the largest household expense item ....
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Tuesday, August 23, 2022 |
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Honolulu City Lights display application deadline is September 9th
By News Release @ 1:52 PM :: 1771 Views :: Honolulu County, First Amendment, Religion
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... Permits will be issued for five display sites through a lottery ....
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Tuesday, August 23, 2022 |
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COVID: Hawaii Lifespan Drop Lowest in USA
By News Release @ 1:14 PM :: 1618 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... From 2019 to 2020, life expectancy declined for all 50 states and D.C., from 0.2 years for Hawaii to 3.0 years for New York ....
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Sunday, August 21, 2022 |
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Union Members May Opt-out of Political Contributions
By News Release @ 2:08 AM :: 1979 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education, Labor
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... If you do not wish to contribute to the “candidate endorsement” fund for fiscal year 2022-2023, then you must sign, date, and return an UHPA Allocation Objection Form by September 16, 2022....
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Sunday, August 21, 2022 |
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More Cleavage: HSTA Cheers Gay-Friendly Dress Code
By News Release @ 1:31 AM :: 2201 Views :: Education K-12
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... “doing the happy dance” ....
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Saturday, August 20, 2022 |
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Hawaii Construction Employment Down 6.6%
By News Release @ 9:02 PM :: 1595 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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... Hawaii had the second-largest percentage shortfall -6.6 percent, -2,500 jobs ....
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Friday, August 19, 2022 |
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Hawaii Unemployment Rate 4.1% for July, 2022
By News Release @ 12:28 PM :: 1500 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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... the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for July was 4.1 percent, compared to the revised rate of 4.2 percent in June ....
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Thursday, August 18, 2022 |
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DoH Survey: Just as Many Concerned about COVID as in 2020
By News Release @ 10:51 AM :: 1682 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... Sixty-nine percent of Kauaʻi households remain very or somewhat concerned about their household members getting sick with COVID-19. This is unchanged from the level of concern reported in the 2020 CASPER survey....
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Wednesday, August 17, 2022 |
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Tuesday, August 16, 2022 |
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DBEDT Releases 2021 Hawaii Data Book
By News Release @ 12:29 PM :: 1291 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... The book is in electronic form and is available on the DBEDT website ....
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Tuesday, August 16, 2022 |
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Audit: Maui County Zoning ‘Heavily Politicized’
By News Release @ 2:50 AM :: 1761 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Development
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... ZAED lost the majority of its supervisory personnel in 2021, and only one has been filled as of January 2022 ....
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Sunday, August 14, 2022 |
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Honolulu announces free week of fares for TheBus
By News Release @ 4:00 AM :: 1883 Views :: Honolulu County, Education K-12, Rail
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... starting August 22 to August 26, 2022. The free fare week is timed with the back-to-school jam ....
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Saturday, August 13, 2022 |
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Friday, August 12, 2022 |
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Two from Hawaii Appointed to Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names
By News Release @ 2:26 PM :: 1772 Views :: First Amendment, Hawaii History
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... to identify geographic names and federal land unit names that are considered derogatory and solicit proposals on replacement names ....
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Friday, August 12, 2022 |
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Sue and Settle: Lawsuit Seeks Protected Habitat for 49 Endangered Hawaiian Species
By News Release @ 2:15 PM :: 1449 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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... The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today ....
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Friday, August 12, 2022 |
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Ige Approves Emergency Rules to Hire Out-of-State Nurses
By News Release @ 3:28 AM :: 1747 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19
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... the rules amend Hawaiʻi Administrative Rules Chapter 16-89, to allow for nurses to practice temporarily ....
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Friday, August 12, 2022 |
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EPA: Kaneohe Marine Base to Upgrade Stormwater Runoff Controls
By News Release @ 1:50 AM :: 1386 Views :: Environment, Military
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... EPA announced a Federal Facility Compliance Agreement with the U.S. Marine Corps to make improvements related to stormwater discharges at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii ....
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Thursday, August 11, 2022 |
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Navy, UH, DoH Agree to Use EPA-Certified Water Testing Protocols
By News Release @ 4:38 PM :: 1516 Views :: Environment, Military
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... to ensure water testing is based on EPA-certified methods ....
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Thursday, August 11, 2022 |
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Act 183: C-PACE in Hawaii
By News Release @ 6:56 AM :: 1679 Views :: Energy, Small Business
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... The legislation authorizes the Hawai‘i Green Infrastructure Authority to administer C-PACE for the soon-to-be available financing program ....
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Thursday, August 11, 2022 |
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State Having Hard Time Giving Away Internet Discounts
By News Release @ 6:47 AM :: 1679 Views :: Education K-12, COVID-19
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... more than 29,000 households across Hawai‘i are enrolled in the ACP, providing more than $7 million in benefits locally. It is estimated that more than 100,000 Hawai‘i households could qualify ....
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Wednesday, August 10, 2022 |
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Wednesday, August 10, 2022 |
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Opioid Settlement: How will Hawaii Waste $78M?
By News Release @ 7:02 AM :: 1508 Views :: Drugs
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... The funding is part of nationwide settlements totaling $26 billion to resolve lawsuits against the three largest drug distributors and one of the largest drug manufacturers ....
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Wednesday, August 10, 2022 |
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Hawaii Gun Permits Down 10.8%
By News Release @ 5:44 AM :: 1396 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Second Amendment
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... A total of 23,299 personal/private firearm permit applications were processed statewide during 2021, marking a 10.8% decrease ....
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Tuesday, August 9, 2022 |
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Mental Health Pandemic for Youth
By News Release @ 4:52 AM :: 2164 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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... overall child well-being--Hawaii Ranks 22nd ....
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Tuesday, August 9, 2022 |
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EPA fine leads to Hawaii DLNR acting on illegal cesspools
By News Release @ 4:22 AM :: 1304 Views :: Environment
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... Largest land manager in Hawaii will evaluate its 1.3 million acres of property ....
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Saturday, August 6, 2022 |
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Maui Mineral-based sunscreen ordinance goes into effect October 1
By News Release @ 4:55 AM :: 1547 Views :: Maui County, Environment
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... mindless hysteria is part of our tourism marketing scheme ....
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Saturday, August 6, 2022 |
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Maui Disposable Bodyboard Ban takes effect
By News Release @ 4:46 AM :: 1803 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Tourism
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... Ordinance prohibits sale, rental or distribution of polystyrene bodyboards ....
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Friday, August 5, 2022 |
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Another Public Defender Becomes a Judge
By News Release @ 8:40 PM :: 1926 Views :: Maui County, Judiciary
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... She served as a law clerk for Judge Michael Town ....
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Thursday, August 4, 2022 |
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Deconstruction of Maunakea telescope set to begin
By News Release @ 11:07 PM :: 2145 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... The deconstruction phase of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Submillimeter Observatory (CSO) on University of Hawaiʻi-managed lands on the summit of Maunakea is on track to begin before summer ends and be completed by the end of the year ....
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Wednesday, August 3, 2022 |
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Psychics and Recreational Drugs: SEC Charges Hawaii SemiSub with Fraud
By News Release @ 11:35 PM :: 2163 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement, Tourism
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... defendants misappropriated a significant portion of the funds to pay for psychics and recreational drugs ....
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Wednesday, August 3, 2022 |
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UH to Require COVID Masks for Fall Semester
By News Release @ 10:56 PM :: 1751 Views :: Higher Education, COVID-19
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... Masking continues to be required indoors in classrooms ....
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Wednesday, August 3, 2022 |
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UH dashboard provides public, officials with Red Hill water crisis data
By News Release @ 7:56 AM :: 2009 Views :: Environment, Higher Education, Military
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... The method can be used to flag samples with trace concentrations of dissolved contaminants, as low as 10 parts per billion diesel fuel ....
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Tuesday, August 2, 2022 |
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DHHL Opens Comment Period for Draft General Plan
By News Release @ 4:08 PM :: 1308 Views :: DHHL
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... DHHL’s General Plan, updated every 20 years, establishes statewide policies that guide land management and programs over the next two decades ....
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Monday, August 1, 2022 |
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Hawaii Gas Acquired By Argo Infrastructure Partners
By News Release @ 4:31 PM :: 1711 Views :: Energy
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... transaction completed July 21, 2022 ....
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Friday, July 29, 2022 |
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27 Candidates Fail to File Financial Disclosures
By News Release @ 11:53 PM :: 2648 Views :: Ethics, Office of Elections, Politicians
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... information about a candidate’s sources of income; business ownership interests; officer or director positions in businesses; debts; real property interests; clients represented before state agencies; and creditor interests in an insolvent business ....
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Friday, July 29, 2022 |
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Industrial toilet paper supply issues resulting in park bathroom modifications
By News Release @ 5:31 PM :: 1278 Views :: Honolulu County
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... If possible, we ask park users to please bring in their own toilet paper for use in park bathrooms until DPR can secure a steadier supply of the industrial rolls ....
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Friday, July 29, 2022 |
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Kiddie Porn: Federal Court Hands Down 10 Year Sentence
By News Release @ 2:25 PM :: 1998 Views :: Police, Drugs
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... he also supplied her with drugs and alcohol ....
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Friday, July 29, 2022 |
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Tourist Count 89% of Pre-Pandemic, Spending hits 112.3%
By News Release @ 12:22 AM :: 1699 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism, COVID-19
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... 842,927 visitors came to the Hawaiian Islands in June, 2022 ....
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Thursday, July 28, 2022 |
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Confucius Institutes Rebrand to Circumvent U.S. Policy, Report Finds
By News Release @ 8:08 PM :: 3611 Views :: Ethics, World News, First Amendment, Higher Education
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... The University of Hawaii Manoa invited at least two CI staff to remain on campus ....
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Thursday, July 28, 2022 |
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Hawaii 2nd Highest HOA Fees in USA
By News Release @ 5:38 AM :: 2311 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... On average, HOA monthly fees in Hawaii are about $762 a month ....
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Wednesday, July 27, 2022 |
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DoH Disapproves Red Hill Defueling Plan
By News Release @ 12:24 AM :: 1675 Views :: Environment, Military
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...This determination is consistent with the DOD’s own assessment that “it will not receive DOH approval of this defueling plan until it is able to provide this supplemental information.”....
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Monday, July 25, 2022 |
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Applicants Sought for Hawaii Elections Commission
By News Release @ 9:57 PM :: 1382 Views :: Office of Elections
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... need to appoint two members to the Commission -- Big Island and Kauai ....
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