Entries for 'News Release'

... Stormwater: $100M Tax Hike After 36 Years of Lawyering and Foot-dragging ....

"... The STIP is a four-year programming implementation document that identifies State and County transportation projects to be funded in part with federal funds ...."

... In his letter to the governor, Schatz cites Hawai‘i’s progress on vaccinations and its low case counts, as well as the importance of safely lifting restrictions and returning to a more normal life ....

"... to 36 small businesses across Hawaii for PPE manufacturing ...."

"... to increase rooftop solar and similar customer energy resources to the scale needed to reach the state’s clean energy benchmarks ...."

... Hawaiian Electric is asking the PUC to approve the KES project but without the operational and financial conditions it imposed in its April 29, 2021, decision and order (No. 37754) ....

... Today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that 12 to 15-year-olds receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine ....

... American Samoa is the only territory that selects part of its legislature through customary means and the only territory that prohibits the alienation of most of its lands ....

... The NOVO was issued due to the licensee’s ongoing failure to submit annual independent financial audits ....

... Blangiardi: “I had nothing to do with that contract” ....

... Mr. Merrill most recently served as a financial crimes section chief in the Criminal Investigative Division at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. ....

.... Saiki selected Representative Mark M. Nakashima, Chair of the Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee (District 1 – Hamakua, North Hilo, South Hilo) to serve as Chair of the working group ....

... UH’s budget got gutted—by our Senate ....

... explore statistics on inpatient stays and drug prescriptions, and review homelessness numbers and mental health emergency calls ....

"... require any new PSP agreement with United Airlines or any applicant require the airline to refrain from outsourcing jobs ...."

... and no in-person summer school on the Big Island, Molokai or Lanai ....

... The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations to fill the following anticipated judicial vacancy ....

... Participating schools included Konawaena High School on Hawaii island, Lahainaluna High School on Maui, and Waipahu High School on Oahu .... 

"... In theory, Bill 10 would require more affordable housing to be built, but in reality, history has shown that such additional restrictions have the opposite effect ....”

... The state’s Safe Travels platform went online today, allowing travelers to upload their travel information and vaccination data ....

... By getting the vaccine and encouraging your loved ones to do the same, we will be able to return to a comfortable level of normalcy and safety ....

... Property owners can receive $9,000 or $15,000 per qualified unit based on the number of units rented to households below the area median income (AMI) ....

... In a special Stadium Authority Board Meeting this morning (Thursday, May 6), the Board confirmed and voted for an early demolition of the existing stadium location ....

... The more cautious tier was activated after the island’s average case count remained elevated for the past two weeks ....

... while the county and the state work together on incorporating vaccination counts on O‘ahu into modified metrics for the Tier system ....

... according to the 2021 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) USA University Rankings, released on May 5 ....

... This number is 22 points higher than the 48-year historical average ....

... appointment of Senator Dru Kanuha (District 3 – Kona and Kaʻū) as the new Senate Majority Leader ....

... Past due customers can avoid collection activity by setting up payment plan ....

... UH spring 2021 commencement ceremonies range from virtual to in-person ....

... fulfills a Congressional mandate to biometrically record the entry and exit of non-U.S. citizens ....

... Public feedback is sought for HIDOE’s proposed accountability waiver and its assurances ....

... Alternative ceremony formats will continue for a second year and limit guest access to comply with COVID-19 health and safety guidelines ....

... As part of last Friday’s operation, special agents visited 10 hotels ....

... it will reopen the first working Monday of each month as long as funds are available ....

... The Governor has until June 21, 2021, to provide the Legislature with notification of his intent to veto ....

... At this point, all the information reported in the Daily News Digest (DND) can be viewed on a daily basis via the web links regularly included, and the JIC has produced this final DND today. ...

"...fraudulent applications may be referred to law enforcement....”

...The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations....

"...We still do not have all of the facts of the incident yet...."

... Kahului, Hawaii, is the most expensive U.S. destination in which to rent a car this spring ....

... The payments aim for “workforce stabilization to retain teachers” and will be made to full- and half-time teachers. (Translation: Incumbent stabilization to retain HSTA endorsement for 2022.) ....

"...any portable device that is designed to discharge electric energy, charge, voltage, or current into the body...."

... HB526 and SB1329 ....

... Caltech hopes to have its plans approved by early 2022, which would enable the physical deconstruction and restoration to begin by summer 2022 ....

... House Bill 862 authorizes counties to impose a new hotel room tax of up to 3% ....

... Oahu residents now have an additional 19 months to get the REAL ID-compliant driver’s licenses and state identification cards before they will need it to board domestic flights and enter some federal buildings ....

... John Kerry announced the United States’ support for the Local2030 Islands Network during a virtual event in support of the Leaders Summit on Climate Change hosted by President Biden this week ....

... In accordance with State law, Democratic Party officers from the fifteen precincts in Senate District 7 will convene to identify three names that will be transmitted to Governor Ige for consideration. The Governor has sixty days to fill the vacancy ....

... The population of Hawaii has increased by 7% to 1,455,271 over the last 10 years, with no change to its two U.S. House of Representatives seats ....