Entries for 'News Release'

Yesterday, Hawaii Democrats held their state convention and speaker after speaker made solemn promises to continue the status quo of one-party rule....

...Abercrombie today announced the release of more than $46 million for various capital improvement projects....

The program is intended to serve 420 children who qualify based on income....

Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony at 10 a.m., Monday, at the Post Cemetery....

Our Convention was a great kick-off to what is sure to be a successful campaign season for Republicans, and was followed by Duke Aiona's Monday morning announcement of his candidacy for Governor....

The Hawaii State Legislature has adjourned for the year. Once again, no restrictive firearms bills passed....

...16.0 percent of seniors with a college education are physically inactive compared to 50.2 percent of seniors with less than a high school education....

Finding the best candidates far outweighs the Regents excuses for why they are only left with two candidates....

Felix Gee Wan Tom, age 40, of Honolulu, was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge Susan Oki Mollway....

...the constant, negative sniping at the HRP is counter productive and helps no one....

“Bad news is piling up for Governor Abercrombie’s Hawaii Health Connector."

...while older residents age 65+ comprise 13.7 percent of our population, they accounted for nearly 42 percent of pedestrian fatalities across Hawaii....

...The domestic build requirement for tanker ships, in particular, has been identified as contributing to higher costs in moving domestic crude oil along the coasts....

...our state has veered off course over the past four years with entrenched politicians who cater to special interests....

... OHA sends out an old-news press release while the Trustees hash it out with Crabbe .... 

Turtle Bay vividly demonstrates the difference in problem solving between gubernatorial candidate Senator David Ige and Governor Neil Abercrombie....

...journalists in the group — including Ian Lind, Denby Fawcett, Ikaika Hussey and Daryl Huff — had to agree not to report about what was said or who said what during the entire process....

I propose that OHA abandon its role in nation building. That means cancelling the proposed ‘Aha and reducing the scope of activities of our Washington D.C. office....

The University of Hawai'i at Hilo is implementing an interim policy on speech and assembly while the university explores permanent changes to the policy....

...twelve-stop statewide kick off tour beginning next week....

Documents also Reveal Unusual Pressure from Key Democrat Senator to Target Conservatives....

...In its second quarter 2014 statistics and economic report, the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) projects stable economic growth in 2014 and beyond....

...Since 2008, Employee had reviewed and approved at least 100 building permit applications that had been routed through the Department by [Business]....

"Colleen Hanabusa has voted in support of the recommendations of the Simpson-Bowles commission, which proposed cuts to Social Security benefits...."

The CMRE mission focuses on tracking, sorting and recovering Army equipment from across Afghanistan....

Hawaii GEMS program will focus on making solar power accessible to renters and homeowners with low credit scores....

“Party leaders and I have wasted no time in refocusing our membership on our organization’s main goal – electing Republicans to office." -- Pat Saiki

Online applications will be accepted from 12:00 a.m. on May 15, 2014, through 11:59 p.m. on May 21, 2014....

...data on state-funded prekindergarten during the 2012-2013 school year....

Moloka'i Ranch is launching initiatives to achieve sustainability, starting with the re-establishment of ranching operations....

Expenditure growth has repeatedly outpaced revenue gains, resulting in recurring operating deficits and drawdowns in fund balance....

We believe that the four fundamental questions posed in the letter requires a response and should be looked at critically before proceeding with any further “nation building” processes....

The federal lawsuit alleging unconstitutional interference with plaintiff Neldon Mamuad’s prominent “MAUIWatch” Facebook feed settled on 5/8/14....

Saturday, May 17 from 8:00am to 3:00pm, Koolau Ballroom ....

...the name of Okimoto's interim replacement, Ford Fuchigami, pops up on page 14 of the sex-harassment lawsuit ....

"...have the members of the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission, Trustees and staff of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs incurred criminal liability under international law?” -- OHA

Kim is the first mother from Hawaii to be named the Young Mother of the Year....

This draft study report is available for public review for 60 days, with comments due to us by July 15, 2014....

The report indicates improvements by public school students at every step of the college-readiness pipeline....

Comments on the Draft PEIS should be submitted by July 17, 2014....

The 2014 Congressional Pig Book Summary gives a snapshot of each appropriations bill and details the juiciest projects culled from the complete Pig Book....

Over the last several years, the Ethics Commission has faced an increase in complaints of unethical conduct by these individuals....

...same-sex couples in a “second-tier marriage” that demeaned and humiliated such couples and their (sic) children....

When Valmoja objected to the continued harassment and retaliation by other HDOT-Airports employees, including managers, her employment was terminated....

Tuesday, May 13, 2014, in the Hibiscus Ballroom of the Ala Moana Hotel, from 8 am to 2 pm....

Janice Pechauer passed away last week after a courageous battle with cancer....

...real property tax rates were reduced by 3.1 percent across the board from fiscal year 2014 rates....

“As a practice that has long endured, legislative prayer has become part of our heritage and tradition...That a prayer is given in the name of Jesus, Allah, or Jehovah, or that it makes passing references to religious doctrines, does not remove it from that tradition.” -- US Supreme Court