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Entries for 'News Release'
Friday, March 29, 2024 |
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Applicants Sought to Fill Vacancies on the Disciplinary Board of the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court
By News Release @ 1:18 AM :: 63 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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... Applicants Also Sought for Attorneys and Judges Assistance Program Board ....
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Friday, March 29, 2024 |
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Recktenwald Appoints Michelle N. Comeau Oahu District Judge
By News Release @ 12:05 AM :: 1334 Views :: Honolulu County, Judiciary
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... The appointment is subject to Senate confirmation ....
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Thursday, March 28, 2024 |
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Senate WAM Approves Budget
By News Release @ 11:42 PM :: 74 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... Additionally, due to the August 2023 Maui Wildfires, Ways and Means unanimously approved other emergency appropriation bills, House Bill 679 Senate Draft 2 and House Bill 2610 Senate Draft 2 ....
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Thursday, March 28, 2024 |
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Criminal Escapes Kauai Jail, Dead After Run Over by Car
By News Release @ 5:47 PM :: 869 Views :: Kauai County, Law Enforcement
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... The driver of the vehicle failed to stop to render aid and was last seen making a U-turn toward Kapa‘a ....
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Thursday, March 28, 2024 |
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Tourism Arrivals and Spending Down
By News Release @ 3:46 PM :: 164 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... February 2024 average daily census of 236,008 is a decline from 2023 ....
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Wednesday, March 27, 2024 |
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Tuesday, March 26, 2024 |
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Exodus to Mainland: State Loses $185M Tax Revenue
By News Release @ 6:39 PM :: 339 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... outmigration since 2020 has resulted in the loss of $185 million in general excise taxes and state income taxes, or approximately $61.8 million per year ....
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Tuesday, March 26, 2024 |
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Puna Man Charged with Heinous Abuse of a 2-Year-Old Girl
By News Release @ 5:30 AM :: 317 Views :: Hawaii County , Family
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... admitted to the emergency room with various burn marks, physical signs of dehydration and malnutrition, bruising at various stages of healing, and a fractured rib and femur bone ....
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Monday, March 25, 2024 |
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HELCO Predicts tight supply of electricity on Hawaii Island Thru April
By News Release @ 7:41 PM :: 359 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy
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... especially when wind, solar and hydroelectric output is lower than forecast ....
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Monday, March 25, 2024 |
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Leaked WPATH Files Expose Medical Malpractice at Global Transgender Healthcare Authority
By News Release @ 6:24 AM :: 439 Views :: Ethics, Health Care
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... The files, which were leaked from within the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), were published by the US-based think tank Environmental Progress ....
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Sunday, March 24, 2024 |
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201 Candidates Pull Papers Statewide
By News Release @ 3:59 PM :: 8818 Views :: Office of Elections
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... Candidate filing begins on February 1, 2024, and goes through June 4, 2024 ....
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Saturday, March 23, 2024 |
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Hawaii has the Most Long-Tenured Homeowners in the US
By News Release @ 3:46 PM :: 670 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics
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... 36% of Hawaii’s homeowner population has lived in its current residence for at least 24 years ....
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Saturday, March 23, 2024 |
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Fraud: Another Sovereignty Scammer Pleads Guilty
By News Release @ 3:10 PM :: 1150 Views :: Higher Education, OHA, Taxes
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... the sixth person charged in connection with the investigation into a group tied to Dexter Kiama and David Keanu Sai ....
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Friday, March 22, 2024 |
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HECO's Secret Wildfire Plan: Congress Demands Answers
By News Release @ 5:28 PM :: 778 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Ethics, Congressional Delegation
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... the Hawaii Public Utility Commission revealed it had not seen the document prior to the fires and only learned of its existence when HECO referenced it in HECO’s September 19, 2023, response ....
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Friday, March 22, 2024 |
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States Adding the Most Mortgage Debt -- Hawaii Ranks 3rd
By News Release @ 3:32 AM :: 644 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... The average mortgage balance in Hawaii was $366,362 in Q4 2023 ....
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Thursday, March 21, 2024 |
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Disgraced Mililani Athletic Director Fined $274,500 by Ethics Commission
By News Release @ 6:48 PM :: 930 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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... This is the highest administrative fee ever issued by the Commission ....
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Thursday, March 21, 2024 |
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Class of 2024 high school graduation ceremonies scheduled
By News Release @ 3:40 AM :: 804 Views :: Education K-12
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... High school graduation ceremonies have been scheduled for the Class of 2024 with date, time and location information listed below ....
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Tuesday, March 19, 2024 |
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Big Island Press Club celebrates retired judge, dishonors Hawai‘i emergency administrator
By News Release @ 4:05 PM :: 1165 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, First Amendment
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... law allowing the governor and county mayors to suspend electronic media transmission during a state of emergency ....
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Monday, March 18, 2024 |
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AG Points Finger at Maui County: 53 Subpoenas Delay Lahaina Fire Report
By News Release @ 10:03 PM :: 1115 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Ethics
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... The more Maui County is responsible, the less Hawaiian Electric owes. And Maui County has sovereign immunity against lawsuits ....
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Saturday, March 16, 2024 |
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HHFDC Selects Insiders to Develop Kapolei Parcel
By News Release @ 5:10 PM :: 987 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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... to award developers Ikenakea Development LLC and The Michaels Organization a long-term lease for the 19.4-acre property at Farrington Highway and Fort Barrette Road ....
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Saturday, March 16, 2024 |
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Green Releases 'The Hawai‘i We Deserve' policy report
By News Release @ 4:35 PM :: 986 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living
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... a comprehensive outline of the Green Administration’s plans to confront key issues facing the state of Hawai‘i ....
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Saturday, March 16, 2024 |
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Hana Joins 'Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Area'
By News Release @ 4:10 PM :: 891 Views :: Maui County, Environment
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... Kīpahulu joins Hā‘ena on Kaua‘i and Miloli‘i on Hawai‘i Island, as the third designated CBSFA in the state ....
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Friday, March 15, 2024 |
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SB3381 Lahaina Landgrab Bill: Akaku Hosts Community Forum
By News Release @ 2:04 AM :: 1423 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use
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... at Akakū Maui Community Media on Saturday, March 16th from 9:30am - 1pm ....
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Friday, March 15, 2024 |
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State, FEMA Agree on Plan to Push Lahaina Survivors out of Hotels
By News Release @ 1:05 AM :: 1403 Views :: Maui County
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... survivors in NCS seeking support through the state of Hawaiʻi’s Housing solution will be given two opportunities to accept an housing option ....
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Friday, March 15, 2024 |
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Hawaii Homeland Security Announces Plan for 'Targeted Violence Prevention'
By News Release @ 12:59 AM :: 1029 Views :: Education K-12, Law Enforcement
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"...a realistic and achievable path to reducing targeted violence in our schools and throughout our community....”
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Thursday, March 14, 2024 |
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House Passes State Budget
By News Release @ 4:30 AM :: 1035 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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"... will come at an extraordinary cost ...."
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Wednesday, March 13, 2024 |
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Three Gun Bills on the Move
By News Release @ 6:59 PM :: 1418 Views :: Second Amendment
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... two hearings for three bills coming up on Friday that will accept testimony ....
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Wednesday, March 13, 2024 |
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Hawaii bill that would increase automobile insurance draws ire
By News Release @ 4:11 AM :: 1472 Views :: Small Business, Cost of Living
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... The Senate passed the bill 23-2, with Republican Sens. Brenton Awa and Kurt Fevella casting the lone "no" votes ....
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Tuesday, March 12, 2024 |
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FWS Designates 119,326 acres as critical habitat on Big Island
By News Release @ 4:58 PM :: 1163 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Land Use
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... 119,326 acres of federal, state, private, and public lands are being designated as critical habitat for 12 species, meaning these areas have been identified as essential for the conservation of one or more of the species ....
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Tuesday, March 12, 2024 |
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Breaking Cycles Symposium updates community on plans to let lots and lots of criminals back out onto the streets
By News Release @ 4:44 PM :: 1085 Views :: Justice Reinvestment
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... Approximately 70 people attended the “Breaking Cycles Symposium Update: Re-envisioning a Health, Housing, and Corrections Continuum” at the state Capitol auditorium ....
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Tuesday, March 12, 2024 |
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DEADLINE EXTENDED: Judicial Vacancy – Chief Judge, Intermediate Court of Appeals
By News Release @ 3:03 AM :: 2099 Views :: Judiciary
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... Chief Judge, Intermediate Court of Appeals, State of Hawaiʻi ....
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Sunday, March 10, 2024 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By News Release @ 3:21 AM :: 1229 Views :: Family, Health Care, Religion, Drugs
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... Final House Vote on Minor Access to Gender Affirmation Care ....
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Saturday, March 9, 2024 |
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DHS: Green Appoints Political Hack to Oversee Department Overflowing with Dead Babies
By News Release @ 4:05 PM :: 1802 Views :: Ethics, Family, Hawaii State Government
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... As a state Representative from 2004 to 2023, Yamane chaired various committees including Health, Human Services, and Homelessness ....
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Friday, March 8, 2024 |
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Soft on Crime: After 41-year Crime Spree, Child Molesting Meth Dealer Gets Something Besides Probation
By News Release @ 3:07 PM :: 1796 Views :: Hawaii County , Judiciary, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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... (he got probation after being) found with methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia, and an unconscious minor who had no pants and displayed physical indications of sexual assault. At that time, Kinoshita was out on bail for two state felony cases ....
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Friday, March 8, 2024 |
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Fake Minutes and Fire Secrecy: OIP Posts Three New Opinions
By News Release @ 3:06 AM :: 1457 Views :: Honolulu County, Education K-12, Ethics
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"... the executive session minutes did not convey a true reflection of the matters discussed at the meeting ..."
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Friday, March 8, 2024 |
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OIP: Sunshine and UIPA Bills on the Move
By News Release @ 2:57 AM :: 1221 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... we are halfway through the 2024 legislative session, the State Office of Information Practices (OIP) is providing this update of Sunshine Law and UIPA bills that have survived and crossed over ....
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Friday, March 8, 2024 |
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Audit: 100% FEMA Fail on Kauai Disaster Procurement
By News Release @ 2:14 AM :: 1471 Views :: Kauai County, Ethics
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... projects seeking FEMA reimbursement could be subject to an Office of the Inspector General’s (“OIG”) audit ....
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Friday, March 8, 2024 |
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TAT Audit: Maui County fails to Collect Millions from Vacation Rentals
By News Release @ 1:50 AM :: 1321 Views :: Maui County, Taxes
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... the County recognized over $56.9 million of MCTAT revenue on its financial statements. However, as of June 30, 2022, only $40 million (1) was actually deposited ....
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Wednesday, March 6, 2024 |
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Feds Collect $6.6M in Hawaii Forfeitures
By News Release @ 6:14 PM :: 1220 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement
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... $6,360,465.69 was collected in criminal actions and $278,322.42 was collected in civil actions ....
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Wednesday, March 6, 2024 |
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HB2802: Write Gay Marriage into State Constitution
By News Release @ 1:44 AM :: 1181 Views :: Family
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... HB2802 HD1 proposes a constitutional amendment to repeal the Legislature's authority to limit marriage to opposite-sex couples ....
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Monday, March 4, 2024 |
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No Money for Mauna Kea? Science Foundation Funds only one Giant Telescope
By News Release @ 5:39 PM :: 1391 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... NSF discuss with the Board during the May 2024 meeting its plan to select which of the two candidate telescopes the Agency plans to continue to support ....
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Monday, March 4, 2024 |
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Change in Law Makes 8% of 'Renewables' Disappear
By News Release @ 2:22 PM :: 1212 Views :: Energy
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... Figures don't lie, but liars figure ....
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Monday, March 4, 2024 |
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Rate Hikes Coming: Hawaiian Electric Tinkers with Solar Subsidies
By News Release @ 1:57 PM :: 1298 Views :: Energy
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... The new programs, originally scheduled to launch March 1, will now be available to customers starting April 1 ....
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Monday, March 4, 2024 |
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Rate Hike News: Comments Sought on next round of renewable energy procurements
By News Release @ 1:31 PM :: 1109 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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... clean energy procurements aimed at stabilizing rates and advancing energy equity ....
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Monday, March 4, 2024 |
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State Hospital pretends to make changes in wake of slaying of staffer
By News Release @ 12:59 PM :: 1139 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement
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... DOH conducted a full safety and security review of the State Operated Specialized Residential Program (SOSRP) and Hawai‘i State Hospital (HSH) facilities ....
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Saturday, March 2, 2024 |
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Lawsuit Against Honolulu City and County for Infringing on Concealed Carry Rights
By News Release @ 9:11 PM :: 1337 Views :: Second Amendment
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... Honolulu's procedures for issuing CCW permits unduly delay and obstruct law-abiding citizens' ability to obtain them ....
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Saturday, March 2, 2024 |
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Blangiardi submits FY2025 budget proposals to Honolulu City Council
By News Release @ 1:21 AM :: 1206 Views :: Honolulu County
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... proposed $3.63 billion Operating and $919 million Capital Improvement Program (CIP) budgets for the 2025 fiscal year ....
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