Entries for 'News Release'

...provisions that require any hospital in Hawaii to provide information about, offer and, if accepted or requested, dispense emergency contraception....

... conference committee will reconvene tomorrow, April 23, at 10:30 am in Conference Room 312 ....

... BRT was not considered even a reasonable alternative to be studied ....

Due to maneuvers by various legislative committees resulting in major changes in bills without public notice, we are petitioning the legislative bodies to defeat the following bills....

... civil litigation involving Enron’s collapse, the Catholic Church’s priest abuse scandals, Bridgestone/Firestone’s allegedly defective tires, tobacco company liability and almost any product liability lawsuit ....

THAAD remains the most successfully tested Missile Defense system since 2003, with a 10 for 10 intercept flight record....

The 32 non-profit groups were selected from 146 applications for OHA grant money....

...Young is currently serving as the director of communications and acting deputy director....

"There are many changes coming to medicine that some physicians might not like."

House Bill 634, which would require the purchase of a company to hire 100 percent of the seller’s employees, is now in a conference committee....

SB535SD1HD2 would make it illegal for any Hawaii family to fire or otherwise change the employment status of nannies, babysitters, caretakers, and other domestic workers....

Both the House and Senate will present a CD1 draft of SB 642 and HB 668 that would amend the bills....

...seeking proposals from (ahem) 'qualified non-profit organizations' for $1.6 million in Grants-in-Aid funds....

SB1084 proposes a constitutional amendment to allow the appropriation of public funds for private early childhood education programs ....

Department employees were initially told to expect to be furloughed for up to 22 days, but that was reduced to 14 days....

Each enforcement action costs the city about 15 thousand dollars.  Bill 7 will cut that expense in half ....

The Democratic Party of Hawaii will file a lawsuit in U.S. District Court to seek an injunction against the state of Hawaii over its primary election laws....

...an unfair bidding advantage for those contractors who do not provide health coverage to their workers....

Meanwhile ... Hawaii Health Insurance Rates to Rise 12% to 21% Next Year....

As of June 30, 2011, there were 9,922 homestead leases statewide and 26,170 applicants waiting for homestead leases. In FY2011, the department issued 177 new homestead leases....

...State of Hawaii flags at all state offices and agencies as well as the Hawaii National Guard are to be flown at half-staff....

Mayor Kirk Caldwell today announced that City contractors have repaved 77 lane-miles of deteriorated roads since he took office....

Among the many bills passed on Tuesday, the House voted to....

“The Jones Act chokes off Savannah’s ability to take advantage of the cheapest gasoline in the world, which is produced domestically right here in our own Gulf Coast.”

The conference committee is scheduled to meet Friday, April 12 in conference room 309 at 2:30 p.m....

Next year, the proposed missile defense budget has actually been cut to $9.16 billion....