Entries for 'News Release'

... The total economic impact of $221 million, which also accounts for indirect and induced impacts, is nearly as much as farming statewide ....

... Please join our webinar this Sunday 6pm where we'll go over upcoming bills in the legislature and how you can help ....

... New incentives approved to spur development of affordable rentals ....

... Hawaii has the highest union membership rate at 22.4 percent ....

... the tourist headcount is down 20.9% ....

... No telescopes = No rent money ....

... The Kokua Fund Bill Credit Program will automatically provide a one-time credit of $90 to past-due balances for about 22,000 residential and business customers by Jan. 31 ....

... The 20th annual American Lung Association "State of Tobacco Control" report evaluates states ....

... will remain in effect through March 25, 2022 ....

... The newly-filed lawsuit describes an incident in January 2020 in which N.B.–who is now twelve-years old–was handcuffed and arrested by HPD officers, and her mother was falsely detained by DOE officials, at Honowai Elementary School ....

... OIP has recently received dozens of complaints from the public alleging deficient meeting notices for various Sunshine Law boards that were filed on the State Calendar ....

"... at this time, there is no evidence that Board of Water Supply drinking water has been impacted ...." -- Hawaii Department of Health

... HONOLULU remained a Sinkhole City because it needed more than $3.9 billion, or $31,700 from each taxpayer, to pay its bills ....

... The revised rules require proof of a booster shot to confirm patrons are “up to date” with their COVID-19 vaccinations if they want to dine indoors at a restaurant or bar, or exercise inside of a gym ....

... the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for December was 5.7 percent compared to 6.0 percent in November. Statewide, 610,350 were employed and 37,050 unemployed ....

... Governor David Y. Ige to the Thirty-First State Legislature meeting in joint session, January 24, 2022 .... 

... This revision results in the current percentage of the population that has received a booster dose increasing from 31.4% last Friday to 33.1% today ....

... Free needles.  Lots of free needles ....

... the amount of money that individuals and families require to meet their basic needs without government and/or other subsidies ....

... The word now is that leaders are reconsidering ....

... The Honolulu Rate Commission will be taking public testimony on proposed fare policy changes affecting TheBus and TheHandi-Van at its January 24th and February 8th meetings ....

... The plan’s strategies include broadening Native Hawaiian and community participation in planning and programming ....

... As School Disruptions Continue, Families Call Attention to Educational Flexibility, Opportunity During Twelfth Annual Public Awareness Week ....

... Nearly 4,700 rooftop solar systems installed in 2021; 92,500 now online ....

... Ige today said the State of Hawaiʻi allocated all the $1.6 billion received last May ....

... As part of the settlement, Hawai‘i will receive a total of $367,867 in restitution payments for 1,380 federal loan borrowers. Additionally, 196 Hawai‘i borrowers will receive a total of more than $4.3 million in private loan debt cancellation .... 

... DIT is Unable to Meet Certain Service and Support Expectations .... 

... Tonga, which was devastated this weekend by volcanic ash and tsunami waves, with unknown loss of life, major damages, and an outage of the undersea cable communications ....

... A total of 14 venues and events were recognized ....

... Board of Regents (BOR) will consider adopting the draft Master Plan for UH-managed lands on Maunakea at the BOR January 20, 2022 meeting  ....

... Graham resigned, so aside from normal reimbursements and compensation earned, no additional monies will be owed to the coach ....

"...what he is bringing to the table is absolutely valid.…"

... According to the study, Maui County ranked as the top place in Hawaii for small business owners ....

... Broadband telecommunication customers on Hawaiian Home Lands will soon have more options under the lifting of a former exclusivity clause that allowed only one provider ....

... A Hawaii company that provides security officers to the state’s National Guard, the Hawaii State Arts Museum, Foster Botanical Gardens and other public and private facilities ....

"...For these accused felons to have taken money budgeted to hire more police officers and use it to pay off a failed former police chief is sickening...."

... a survey to learn more about the experience of people who have been affected by the petroleum contamination ....

... The HSTA hears that others were being told by the DOH that adults can return after five days “to sustain the workforce” ....

... Democratic Party of Hawai’i State Central Committee (SCC) passed a Resolution expressing disappointment with Blue Dog Democrat Congressman Ed Case over his position, action, and inaction with regards to the national Build Back Better agenda ....

... HSTA’s Government Relations Committee spotlights priorities for the 2022 Legislature ....

... 270 affordable rental units for native Hawaiian beneficiaries of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act ....

“If we don’t provide the right type of visitor accommodations in the right places, we could see an influx of vacation rentals in our residential neighborhoods."

... Griffin will serve until June 30, 2022.  Gov. Ige will nominate Griffin’s replacement in the coming months ....

... This year needs to be the year you step up and put in the work to protect your rights ....

... This hearing will conduct oversight into the Navy’s maintenance of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, the Navy’s investigation into and response to the November 2021 release of fuel from Red Hill facility ....

"Today, we remember these Americans who have been held in prison, without trials, and reportedly being mistreated, at a Washington DC detention facility."

... Coastal plants and animals have found a new way to survive in the open ocean—by colonizing plastic pollution ....

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... The study showed a statistically significant correlation between how severe state governmental actions were in shutting down their economies and negative impacts on employment more than a year after the COVID-19 pandemic began ....

... caps large indoor gatherings of more than 1,000 people at 50% capacity ....