Entries for August 2016

When an OHA Trustee resigns, his replacement is selected by the other Trustees....

This year, Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) schools enrolled 169,268 students (down 719 from last year), and charter schools enrolled 10,634 (up 212 from last year)....

...Liu submitted false invoices to be paid from the state after being awarded a state contract to start a certified redemption center....

...FTA is reconsidering its recovery plan due date (to allow this to stretch into the Legislative session so Caldwell can use it to push a GE Tax hike)....

Tourism and Construction....

...As 2 hurricanes approach, meteorologists predict impacts worse than Iselle....

A total of 835,417 visitors came to the Hawaiian Islands in July 2016....

...a federal lawsuit asserting that the amount the State pays to resource families to cover the costs of caring for foster children was inadequate....

Public colleges play a special role in making higher education affordable, but in recent years, soaring tuition is pushing that dream out of reach....

Town Hall Meeting -- Wednesday, August 31st, 2016 Time: 7:00-8:00pm ....

With a new date of July 1, 2017, we will all avoid the perpetual raising and dashing of expectations as interim closing dates are repeatedly set and cancelled....

...FTA rules have required a HART Recovery Plan since late 2014....

SLH’s water carrier service is regulated by the PUC....

Full Text 9th Circuit Court Ruling ....

Check out the last 24 hours on the campaign trail....

...five Kauai-based conservation officers flew there in mid-August....

Paper Scripts! Hawaii is the lowest ranked state for electronic prescription of controlled substances ....

Recent headlines reporting a $1 Billion surplus in the state general fund tell only part of the story....

“Our goal is to design a system for highways funding"