Entries for 'News Release'

Under the settlement, the two companies will spend about $403 million to install and operate pollution control equipment....

Four reasons to vote Djou....

NextEra Energy and Hawaiian Electric Industries announce termination of Merger Agreement....

Morita is petitioning the court to order Gorak to state the authority under which Gorak claims to be a PUC commissioner....

Prices in urban Honolulu are 23.5% higher than average....

Hawaii's First Direct Primary Care Practice Opens in Kailua-Kona ....

House Bill 1041, establishing a statewide Game Management Advisory Commission was signed into law as Act 210, on July 5, 2016....

Akina is the leading voice for preserving the Aloha Spirit, as he has boldly stood to prevent the separating of Hawai'i into race-based nations.  Akina stands for UNITING Hawai'i, rather than dividing....

In a 2-0 decision, the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission today dismissed without prejudice....

Eligible proposers include financiers, developers, equipment manufacturers, nonprofit organizations, and other clean energy industry participants....

Other bail bond companies are also being reviewed....

...OKs Ige to appoint (anti-NextEra) Tom Gorak on an interim basis to the Public Utilities Commission after (pro NextEra) Commissioner Mike Champley’s term expired....

The Djou for Mayor campaign will file its first campaign finance report today....

"I am now convinced DOCARE is cursed and doomed to remain a pathetic substandard agency...."

...Sum Total of Results: Rep Gil Riviere Switches to Democratic Party....

Complete list and links here ....

Between low wages and high net prices, no state can claim that the average four-year college is affordable for low-income students....

...The Department of Public Safety said the air conditioning will remain on the generator until a faulty transformer can be replaced. The part has been ordered....

Each event is offered free of charge and will run from 5 to 7 p.m....

Our fishermen are among the major fresh food producers for Hawai‘i, with about 80% of the catch consumed in our local communities....

...In a Special Session, Legislators may amend the bill and take a vote - bill passes with a simple majority....

"...The content of the CD1 stunned us; it was passed without a single public hearing.  There clearly was no justification....”

Since March, the number of prequalified contractors has increased from 18 to 36 as HIDOE prepares to put projects back out to bid....

You can feel the momentum building....

An investigation showed that he had physically threatened his fellow employees, been insubordinate, attempted to use his position as a Liquor Control Officer to obtain special treatment from a licensed liquor establishment....

Penalties for Workers’ Compensation, Temporary Disability Insurance and Prevailing Wages Violations Increase....

Hemp, Agriculture, Public Safety and TeleHealth....

Djou will participate in the following eight debates and forums in the next five weeks -- at least one of which Caldwell has refused to attend....

...Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 10:30 a.m., in Conference Room 224....

In April, UH expanded is sexual harassment policies with a new Executive Policy on Consensual Relationships....

...at any given moment during daylight in the U.S., 660,000 people are using handheld cell phones while they drive....

• HB 2169 Act 212  Relating to Social Workers
• SB 2811 Act 213  Relating to Parental Rights
• HB 1726 Act 214  Relating to Murder

U.S. Vacation Timeshare Industry Shows Increased Growth in 2015: Another Year of Substantial Growth....

Honolulu faces a crisis of old-boy crony-leadership, a mismanaged railroad, homelessness, and deteriorating public facilities....

“There are ... concerns about the legality of 2015’s Act 204.... It is our hope that Governor Ige will allow HB 1850 to become law...."

BILL SIGNING CEREMONIES for the following....

... Another scandal for Kamehameha Schools? ....

Since 2007, Mr. Gluck has been employed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii....

... Average daily spending by Japanese tourists is down 10.1% ....

...HB 2569 (Act 176) which aims to expedite the goals of the Department of Education to cool Hawai‘i’s schools, reduce energy costs, meet Hawai‘i’s clean energy goals....

...the Republican National Convention will be held in Cleveland, Ohio at the Quicken Loans Arena from July 18-21....

...Homeless growth on Maui and Oahu less than 1%....

...the violation itself was caused by a glitch in CSC software....

...this act allows for the use of state special purpose revenue bonds to be used to finance publicly owned energy cooperatives....

...The facility has since served 173 individuals, 61 of which have successfully transitioned into stable housing situations....

State Capitol, 5th floor, Governor’s Ceremonial Room....

...An average household in Hawaii County spent an average of $51,700 in 2014....