Entries for 'News Release'

...Abercrombie and the governors of American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas (CNMI), and Guam have signed a partnership agreement to assist the region in identifying coastal and ocean management priorities....

U.S. Marshals, Hawaii County Police Officers, and Hawaii State Sheriffs conducted a joint fugitive round-up blanketing the island of Hawaii. Sixty-seven wanted fugitives were arrested with 91 federal and state warrants cleared.

The resolution asks for the federal government to “consult with our tribal governments and indigenous communities for guidance in all policies that affect our way of life ....

 ...Public comment accepted through September 21, 2012 ....

“First, of all the major candidates running in the special election, none of them are speaking for the vast majority of voters who oppose the city's planned rail project. Voters are sending a clear message to city officials that they do not want the project ...

... on Aug. 27, the State of Hawaii, Office of Elections held a voting equipment debriefing in Honolulu....  She did not attend the voting equipment debriefing, because she met with the voting equipment vendor’s Regional Manager and Island Representative in Hilo on Aug. 22 ....

Year-to-date visitor spending has generated an estimated $915 million in state tax revenues....

The Office of the Governor is seeking nominations for a number of boards and commissions....

... Hawaiian leaders, community and cultural practitioners, business executives, trust land experts, sovereignty proponents, policy makers and government officials ....

“This new Anti-Bullying Policy Yardstick helps schools identify which policies are driven by a narrow political agenda...."

HAMPAC, the Political Action Committee of the Hawaii Medical Association (HMA) today announced its endorsement of Governor Linda Lingle for Hawaii's open U.S. Senate seat.

Mr. Manahan chose to influence voters and leave his banners both outside and inside the entrance of the polling locations....

... a thousand individuals have said yes, to being included on the base roll ....

...internal poll results we received today shows Governor Lingle is ahead of Mazie Hirono by 6 percentage points!

Remember this?

UHPA policy allows active members of UHPA to object to the $5 per month allocation to the Political Action Fund. A member must complete an Allocation Objection Form. The form for the 2012-2013 fiscal year is available now and must be returned to the UHPA office by September 14, 2012.

$52.5 million for Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) that will help shape Hawaiꞌi’s future ....

· use of illegal campaign contributions to obtain public funding,

· Mr. Ing taking over $5,900 in cash from his own Committee without appropriate receipts or descriptions

Governor Linda Lingle, candidate for Hawaii’s open U.S. Senate seat, called on the Republican National Committee to consider the diverse opinions of Party members related to a woman’s right to choose before adopting a proposed platform plank....

Howard Karr, chair emeritus of the UH Board of Regents, will chair the committee. Norm Chow, UH football head coach, will serve as committee vice chair....

Akaka’s lawsuit seeks a recount of the ballots cast, or alternatively a re-run of the primary election for her district.

California, Hawaii, Iowa, and New York today have been awarded Level One Exchange Establishment grants, which provide one year of funding to states that have begun the process of building their Exchange....

Hawaii was another destination that didn't appear last year. For Labor Day 2012, Waikiki Beach and Ka'anapali/Lahaina were among the top 50 Labor Day destinations.

Hirono and Lingle have agreed to five debates during the General Election season....

The complaint asserts that the Honolulu police arbitrarily moderate the page by deleting comments and banning users who post or make comments unfavorable to the department.

The next scheduled candidate forum, hosted by the Kailua Chamber of Commerce, will be held on Thursday, August 21. According to organizers, Mazie Hirono has failed to respond to their requests for a joint-appearance.

Join us on August 23, 2012 at the Plaza Club for an enlightening discussion about the Jones Act by a panel of experts.

"Yes HSTA did ask for arbitration and Ambercrummy rejected it! What a snake he is! I get angry every time I see his face! It hurts my heart to know that we will never be given the recognition we deserve!" --- Teacher

Inouye has announced that after carefully reviewing election reports and records at the state election headquarters in Pearl City that she does not have a cause to file a protest over the primary election results ....

I have written a letter to the Honorable Governor Neil S. Abercrombie, requesting an independent review of the performance of the State of Hawai‘i Office of Elections....

Today, Tuesday, August 21, 2012 – 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

... non-tourism sectors have still not fully rebounded ....

... elections require the cooperation of the state and the counties working together and not pointing fingers at each other ....

“Currently, 30 states, including Hawaii, have their own renewable energy standards, and now she wants to wipe those out and impose a big-federal-government, one-size-fits-all standard.”

With continued rapid growth of roof-top solar, additional biomass energy from Hu Honua and recent expanded operations at Puna Geothermal Venture, more than 50% of the island’s energy will soon be renewable. (BUT THE PRICES KEEP GOING UP!)....

Yesterday the General Contactors' Association of Hawaii (GCA) held a candidate forum between Charles Djou and Colleen Hanabusa....

CAGW named Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye and Ranking Member Thad Cochran its August 2012 Porkers of the Month for including a $380 million earmark for the wasteful and widely-criticized Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS)

Federal Election laws state that the candidate’s picture must take up “at least 80 percent of the vertical screen height.”

Harrison Sheppard, head of Hana Ranch Partners’ executive committee… said that it “was a very complex transaction. It’s not technically correct to say the sale has been finalized.”

Nominations are now being accepted for an At-Large seat, a Hawai‘i County seat and a Maui County seat. Regents Michael Dahilig, Barry Mizuno and Artemio Baxa currently hold these seats, and their terms will expire on June 30, 2013....

Abercrombie today announced the release of more than $92 million for priority Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) throughout the University of Hawai'i ....

Chris Manabat has highlighted his six years as a staffer at the State Legislature...he neglects to mention is that he served as an office manager for his mother, Rep. Rida Cabanilla....

The Nominating Committee of the Hawaii Supreme Court is seeking applications from qualified attorneys wishing to serve as members of the Board of Bar Examiners (BOE).

She sponsored 49 bills between her election in 2006 and 2012, and zero have been passed into law.* We ask the people of Hawaii to join us to ‘do the math’. It all adds up to zero.”

The Brady Center claims Hawaii’s strong gun laws have helped Hawaii achieve the lowest gun death rate in the nation.

Honolulu hosts 55 of America's 81 living Medal of Honor recipients this fall at the 2012 Medal of Honor Society Convention. Recipients from World War II up to the current conflict in Afghanistan will be in attendance.

The rating has been withdrawn because Moody's believes it has insufficient information to support the maintenance of the rating....

The invitation was extended to all of the major Primary candidates weeks in advance of Primary Election day, and was accepted promptly by Governor Linda Lingle....

Medicare.gov is publishing quality-of-care and patient- satisfaction information on more than 4,000 hospitals around the country that participate in Medicare and Medicaid.

The state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) today released the 2011 edition of the State of Hawai‘i Data Book