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...the initiative is helping to reduce burden on teachers, increase student engagement and responsibility, and improve parents’ support of public schools....

The guidelines allow families to determine whether they are eligible to apply for free and reduced-price meal benefits for their children....

...there was no compelling reason not to extend the session and hold public hearings on this important amended bill....

Grace is the Republican candidate for the Waikiki-Ala Moana seat currently held by Democrat Tom Brower, who gained international notoriety last year for using a sledgehammer to smash shopping carts used by the homeless....

My plan reduces the affordable housing shortfall by 91% within seven years without raising taxes....

The Hawaii Symphony Orchestra and Musicians Association of Hawaii are pleased to announce a two-year agreement that will run through June 30, 2016....

...a Request for Qualifications seeking a master developer for the future mixed-income redevelopment of Mayor Wright Homes....

The workshop is set for Tuesday, July 22, at the Aliamanu Elementary School Cafeteria, 3265 Salt Lake Boulevard, from 5:30-7:30 p.m....

The median donation to the Djou campaign was $100 and 88% of the donations came from Hawaii....

WalletHub -- 2014's Most & Least Energy-Expensive States.

Some of the other forums and debates that Governor Abercrombie declined participation in include, Kokua Council, KITV’s televised debate and Think Tech’s Kaka’ako candidate forum....

Pacific Energy Solutions LLC, Boca Raton, Florida, is being awarded $334,135,534 for firm-fixed-price task order....

...including four seats for immediate appointments....

...the Future Majority Project outlined its “14 in ‘14 Races to Watch” for November....

This matter is currently under review by the State Attorney General’s office, the HTA, as well as the HTA’s contractor....

...Vernon Char, Ulalia Woodside and Christopher Yuen....

Abercrombie today announced the reappointment of David O’Neal as well as the appointment of Melinda Wood to the State Ethics Commission....

...the next step is "Toss-up!"....

Approximately 60 percent of the 7.1 million people receiving public mental health services nationwide want to work....

...rural roads and bridges in Hawaii have significant deficiencies and a high rate of traffic fatalities....

Out-of-state donations were less than 1% of total contributions. Total donations included more than 1,205 individual donations averaging $299.50....

26,010 individuals enrolled in Medicaid between Summer 2013 and April 2014....

Hawaii Appleseed has released a report, “Hawai‘i’s Affordable Housing Crisis: The High Cost of Our Affordable Housing Shortfall,”....

...After reviewing 245 measures passed by the 2014 Hawaii State Legislature, Abercrombie today notified legislators of his decision to veto seven bills and to allow six bills to become law without his signature....

The city is preparing a request for proposal to form a public-private-partnership that will replace all 51,700 city streetlights with LEDs....

With increased numbers of unmarried couples, single parents, broken marriages, and couples who choose to delay or forgo childbirth....

$88 million in energy financing statewide....

The deadline to register to vote in this year's Primary Election is this Thursday, July 10th....

...nepotism and preferential treatment that could have been mitigated if the Department had implemented the Commission’s instructions from a prior investigation of the same situation....

SORT does not have a rental agreement. A demand to vacate the premises has been delivered. No one is authorized to occupy the property and therefore any racing activity thereon is also unauthorized.....

Bill Would Require Congressional Approval for Marine Monument Declarations....

...In 2013, the state spent $199,000 a year for each bed at the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility (HYCF), yet 75 percent of youth released from HYCF were re-adjudicated or convicted as an adult within three years....

individuals looking to serve the public should apply for state board or commission openings that will occur as Senate Bill 2682 takes effect on July 8....

The First Circuit Court of Hawaii will have to decide whether employers in the state have a legal obligation to preserve an employee’s original position indefinitely ....

In another first, Gov. Neil Abercrombie today at Hilo Yacht Club enacted measures....

The filings launch FIRE’s new Stand Up For Speech Litigation Project, a national effort to eliminate unconstitutional speech codes through targeted First Amendment lawsuits....

...For all OPR combined, the prescribing rate in Alabama was 2.7 times the rate in Hawaii....

This year, the state says project enrollment is about 10,500. Last year, enrollment was about 16,600....

...Abercrombie today sent a letter to Senate President Donna Mercado Kim and House Speaker Joe Souki stating that he will let the measure become law without his signature....

Abercrombie today signed House Bill 2590 (Act 166), a measure that will allow voter registration at absentee polling places beginning in 2016 and late voter registration, including on Election Day, beginning in 2018....

dozens rallied Saturday at the capitol to promote voter registration in churches and to defend religious freedom....

A published analysis by a senior political reporter for the Honolulu Star-Advertiser rates Andria Tupola as the GOP’s best young prospect....

...the agreement would cost $32 million over two years, a cost that needs to be approved by the Legislature.....

Brower has lost the confidence of the groups and individuals who once supported him....

Under the most severe scenario, Schofield would lose about 16,000 employees, leaving 2,441 on base....

Two separate polls recently released show Duke Aiona as the clear choice for Hawai‘i voters....

...This is just an example of the "same old, same old," where the Governor and his appointees get to wield power with a distinct lack of public scrutiny....

Year-over-year growth in the residential sector (60%) outpaced the overall U.S. market (41%) for the first time....

IDEA mandates that the Department must take specific actions, which can include requiring the state to prepare a corrective action plan, enter into a compliance agreement or, ultimately, withholding a portion of the state’s funding....

...he must either veto or sign by July 8, 2014, or allow them to become law without his signature....