Entries for 'News Release'

The OSD was established to immediately address the lack of overall planning and management of the city’s real estate portfolio, which has existed since the Department of Housing was eliminated in 1996....

“With this new contract, Hawaiian Electric will be purchasing approximately half our production volume...."

...the group will be composed of not fewer than nine knowledgeable individuals from Kauai....

NextEra Energy, Inc. and Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. today announced a definitive agreement under which the companies have agreed to combine....

In Hawaii and Utah total borrowing by students at public institutions spiked by more than 100 percent since the start of the Great Recession....

These meetings are designed to demystify the State lawmaking process, and will demonstrate ways that you can speak out at the legislature without ever having to leave your home island....

In a victory for free speech, the University of Hawaii (UH) agreed today to settle a First Amendment lawsuit filed by two students at UH’s Hilo....

Beginning today, O‘ahu residents can file to run for a seat on their Neighborhood Board....

May God Bless all of you. May God continue to bless our great state, and may God continue to bless the United States of America....

...Managing their own demand in response to utility requests is another way for customers to save on their electric bills while supporting more clean energy....

...Agencies failed to remit funds resulting in a potential loss of $147,213 in public arts revenues, and in one instance, the special fund received $100,000, when it should have received just $100....

...HMSA, UHA, and HMAA now provide coverage for hearing aids, and Kaiser plans to begin covering hearing aids in January 2015.....

DHRD’s jurisdiction consisted of 21,783 positions, of which 15,069 were civil service and 6,714 exempt....

State government needs to be agile and efficient, innovative in developing solutions, adaptable to a rapidly changing environment, and above all, accountable to our “customers,” the people of Hawaiʻi....

...the city officer is currently the subject of an investigation being conducted by the subordinate....

...looking at new ways to empower schools....

...taking our pioneering experience in pre-paid health care to the next level and not letting bureaucracy get in the way....

Ember Shinn will stay with Caldwell Administration through March to assist with budget proposal, strategic development office....

...James Pflueger has been released from jail by State Prison Head Ted Sakai after serving 1.5 months of an already meager 7 month sentence he was given for 7 felony counts of manslaughter....

Friday, Nov. 28 and Saturday, Nov. 29, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Moanalua High School....

Arrivals by air from U.S. West were up 9.1%, US East up 7.7% ....

Judge Kurren found that the County’s Ordinance “is preempted by Hawaii state law” ....

...In addition, there were some people who did not like the changes we needed to implement in order to create a culture of productivity, accountability and meritocracy....

"I look forward to the process to select a new chair."

...generally are around 300 square feet and occupied by no more than two persons....

...The original proposal of 2,000 cows on site was modified in July 2014 to 650-699 cows....

...to address operational issues associated with high degrees of distributed solar penetration on electrical grids....

"In the past decade, Matson has invested nearly $1 billion in four new containerships...."

In Hawaii 215 people have assets in excess of $30M....

But Hawaii is #1 for “highest percentage of the population spending more than they make”....

...every state receives a Report Card that grades the state on 41 key legislative components that must be addressed in a state’s laws....

... effective January 1, 2015, persons with disability parking permits will be charged the standard parking rate at city parking lots ....

In a hastily called faculty and staff meeting at the Cancer Center at about 2:30 p.m. Friday....

The team estimates the new system will reduce electricity usage by more than all of the utility scale photovoltaic systems currently operating in Hawaii....

5,454 individuals (38%) were continuing clients from FY 2013....

"...the Pono Choices survey instruments ... are part of an ongoing research project...."

...fight for an allocation model that allows tuition money to follow the students....

...Families are changing, with fewer married couples and more single-parent families and cohabiting unions....

...life amid the palm trees can cost, especially at quality nursing facilities and hospitals. Special needs transport is adequate, but work commutes are time-consuming....

...the number of states sharing teacher performance information with educator preparation programs has more than tripled....

From 2011 to 2013, Carlson was the deputy joint base commander at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam....

Democratic leaders in Washington should put job creation ahead of the ravings of environmental wing-nuts and their deep pocketed billionaire funders....

The students have decided that the concessions granted by the interim Chancellor are not enough....

Fuchigami had been tapped by Mayor Kirk Caldwell last month to lead the city’s Department of Enterprise Services....

...adults 20 and older represented 84 percent of bicyclist fatalities in 2012, compared to only 21 percent in 1975....

...this proposed transaction undervalues the Company to the detriment of Horizon’s shareholders....

SunEdison to become world's largest renewable energy development company....

The homeless are everywhere but a national report shows Hawaii is 6th lowest for child homelessness....

HCDA will be having at least 3 meetings on Tuesday, November 25th….just 6 days before the Ige Administration is installed....

State Office of Planning Hosting a Series of Stakeholder Meetings to Discuss 'Improvements' to the State’s Land Use System....