Entries for 'News Release'

...“15-seconds of terror,” is how a trespassing Honolulu hiker describes his near miss with a rock-fall incident at the closed Sacred Falls State Park on King Kamehameha Day....

...Gov. David Ige signed the following bills on June 7, 2019. Legislative leadership has been notified....

...Suicide deaths rose to the second-highest rate in the country at 15.2 per 100,000 in 2017, the latest data available, from 8.2 per 100,000 in 2005, while alcohol deaths climbed to 5.8 from 3.5 and drug poisonings increased to 13.8 from 9.4....

... meanwhile the State and City keep building Rail in the alleged inundation zone .... 

... Weekly Update from GovTrack.us ....

...proposed rules as they may infringe upon the constitutional rights of individuals seeking to access Mauna Kea....

...Documents filed yesterday in federal court by the ACLU of Hawai‘i reveal that DOE has simply been waiting for two female high school athletes to graduate, hoping the mere fact of their graduation will prevent the girls from being able to proceed with their gender discrimination lawsuit....

...Study concludes that ratepayers are being gouged to the greatest possible degree and no other system could gouge us more effectively without us noticing....

...Scientists use a powerful microbial detection device to show that suggestions of sewage in Kauai’s watershed were mostly false positives....

...373 people who were considered homeless at the time of their deaths have died on O‘ahu from 2014 through 2018....

...91 percent of Honolulu’s Housing First clients came into the program as chronically homeless, and over 60 percent came directly from living on the streets....

...based on several criteria, including crime rates, air quality, housing affordability, entertainment offerings, cultural diversity, and economic vitality....

...Hawaii 39.7% of free-lunch eligible students participate in free breakfast program – 2nd lowest in USA....

...OHA Board of Trustees approves $6 million for community grants....

... identified as having a “persistent record of poor care” ....

...In Hawaii, opioid deaths, hospitalizations, and treatment services have risen significantly over the last several years....

...work with Dr. Troy Hutchings to make the Model Code of Ethics for Educators 'appropriate for Hawaii'....

...average daily visitor spending was down -9.2%, total visitor arrivals rose 6.6 percent to 856,250 visitors in April....

...Request for Proposals: Pohnpei State Hemodialysis Project....

...“When my legislation became law, it should have solved this issue and allowed FAS citizens to obtain REAL ID compliant identification.  However, recent guidance put into place by the Department of Homeland Security has imposed additional burdens on these citizens."  -- Rep. Don Young (R-AK)

...this would apply to Veterans living in Alaska, Hawaii, New Hampshire and the U.S. territories of Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands....

...an updated list of Neighborhood Board vacancies as of May 29, 2019....

...The Official requested...all 33 Neighborhood Board chairs...place the ballot issue  ...on their board’s monthly agenda between September 15 and October 15, 2018, so that a certain political action committee “and others” could publicly discuss this topic prior to the election....

...the Commission reviewed the totality of the circumstances and also confirmed the conduct as de minimis, dismissed the complaint, and did not impose a civil fine on Official....

...The comment period will close June 5....

...22 community events that will receive a total of $100,000 from OHA’s ʻAhahui Grants Program....

... enviros allege there is a 36% decline in Cauiflower Coral populations ....

...State Makes No Conclusion On Whether DPS Deputy Director Violated Ethics Code....

...Votes and Bills Introduced for week ending May 26, 2019....

...Medicaid care homes are allowed no more than two patients, however, if in the discretion of the health department such a Medicaid care home is allowed a third patient, such a patient MUST be a Medicaid patient....

...“It’s not surprising to see a decrease in visitor spending during 2018 since most of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park was closed for 134 days due to unsafe and unpredictable volcanic activity”....

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

... Hawaii earned a top of-the-class A+ for spending as much as the settlement allowed on electric vehicle charging infrastructure (Elon Musk) and electrified mass transit buses (Al Gore) ....

...Oahu population is down 12,612 from its 2016 peak....

"...On behalf of EIH, we are prepared to litigate this matter to the full extent necessary...."

...Applicants Sought for Disciplinary Board of the Hawaii Supreme Court....

...Ige is recruiting qualified and dedicated individuals who are interested in working for state government....

...DBEDT expects that Hawaii’s economy will continue the slower growth for the next few years between 1.2 and 1.4 percent....

...a Final Rule issued by the Trump Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services, which seeks to expand the ability of businesses and individuals to refuse to provide necessary health care on the basis of businesses’ or employees’ “religious beliefs or moral convictions....”

...Today, many citizens of the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia serve in the United States military....

...Today, state and local public employees can choose whether they want to join a union....

...Unit 9 has completed their arbitration hearing. We anticipate a decision will be rendered early this summer....

...Patients at “C” hospitals on average face an 88% greater risk of avoidable death....

...Aila’s appointment is subject to Senate confirmation....

...the proposed schedule also includes decreases in resident and non-resident graduate school tuition rates that will increase the university’s competitiveness in attracting graduate students....

...This will be the first time all three Freely Associated States (FAS) leaders are hosted together at the White House by a United States president....

...incentivize providers to reduce hospital utilization and total cost of care by potentially significantly rewarding them through performance-based payment adjustments based on their performance....

...Low prevalence of obesity....

...the idea of suing America’s energy industry for climate change-related conduct and harms has been rejected many times, including by the highest court in the land....

...It remains unclear exactly how the DOE’s nearly $1.9 billion operating budget is being spent due to the complex, non-transparent nature of its budget. This is not to mention the roughly $1 billion in other expenses that make up the almost $3 billion DOE budget....