Entries for 'News Release'

“Sam dedicated some 20 years to representing East Honolulu and was a vocal member of the Republican Party and a longtime strong voice for small business.”

... $27M of Green's illegal $200M slush fund has spilled into CNHA's lap ....

... The main areas where progress was cited were affordable housing, homelessness, the high cost of living, healthcare, education, and the environment ....

... SEW A LEI FOR MEMORIAL DAY ....

... the agency or employee explain and furnish proof of why they need to be exempted from the nepotism law ....

... “Choose Aloha” Program teaches keiki to choose love not hate, bullying, self-harm or suicidal ideation ....

... Senate Bill 821 passed the Legislature, with only one legislator voting no for the final floor vote across both chambers ....

... new rules designed to rein in the offensive language motorists want to affix to their Hawaiʻi license plates ....

... opportunity to review and comment on the proposed two-year core budget that begins on July 1, 2023 ....

... A $2 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit brought by six women who were the victims of sexual assault and sexual harassment by former Adult Corrections Officers (ACOs) at the Women’s Community Correctional Center (WCCC) .... 

"...Hawaiian Electric’s modeling shows that...energy rates may rise in the near-term transition to clean energy...."

... cadets who participated in all four years of the program are more likely to graduate, have higher rates of attendance and lower rates of suspension ....

... Red Rock routinely and repeatedly charged mark-ups ranging from approximately 100% to 130% ....

... Bills of interest introduced in 2023 ....

... Fernandes has distinguished herself as a leading expert in the areas of reproductive and LGBTQ+ rights, and as one of the State’s top litigators defending Hawaii’s gun laws against Second Amendment challenges ....

... The Department had a successful legislative session, with five out of the seven administrative bills we advocated for being passed ....

... If approved, Angelos would start Monday, June 5, succeeding David Matlin ....

... In a 2014 investigation, the division discovered the employer failed to pay overtime when required and recovered $33,612 ....

... high levels of vaccination, widespread population immunity, and available treatments have significantly reduced the risk of severe COVID-19 disease, hospitalization, and death ....

... Restaurant Co-Owner Sexually Harassed Male Employees, Federal Agency Charges ....

... 4,028 people experiencing homelessness on O‘ahu on the night of January 22, 2023 ....

... A mass shooting at known illegal cockfighting venue outside Honolulu demonstrates that the violence from animal-fighting enterprises spills into communities, harms people ....

... two Sunshine Law amendments ....

... $104,052 Household Survival Budget drops to $85,812 when CTC (Child Tax Credit) and CDCTC (Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit) are applied ....

... Honolulu resident opinions about community and city services in the 2022 National Community Survey (NCS). These results were compared with results from other communities ....

... Washington uses the name “Bentley” online and allegedly had women under his control tattoo the emblem of the luxury car company on their bodies to show his ownership ....

... The parties will convene over the next three to four months to develop a blueprint to achieve the shared goal of clean water for the future ....

... under this soon-to-be law, service members are going to be denied their basic fundamental right to bear arms for lawful purposes ....

... More than half of these populations now reside in the continental United States and an estimated 43% are U.S. citizens ....

... a complete visual map of TheBus and Rail system ....

... the Governors have requested a meeting with President Biden to discuss the affect of his announced plan to place 777,000 square miles of Pacific waters off limits to fishing ....

... A team of high school students from Maryknoll School were crowned as 2023 champions at the National LifeSmarts Championship on Sunday, April 30, in Cincinnati, Ohio ....

... wastewater discharges that exceed the bacteria limits in its state permit on 13 days beginning on April 8, and most recently on May 4. The highest exceedances, reported on April 28 and May 1, were over six times the limit set by DOH ....

“HTA is thankful that the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and the Legislature agreed on a funding approach that will allow HTA to continue...."

"...Green would like to thank the legislature for its collaboration...."

... how will this help Dela Cruz make money on Aloha Stadium? ....

... The Executive Director of OCP is the consumer counsel for the State of Hawai‘i ....

"Two months ago, we offered OHA $65 million for wharf repairs, $100 million in cash, and an increase to the annual ceded lands trust proceeds, in exchange for an easement to maintain open space by preserving the residential ban at Kakaʻako Makai." -- Speaker Saiki

... empower the State, county, schools, and community members to directly collaborate on efforts to make streets safer ....

... On closing day, the House passed the final version of the state budget and priority fiscal bills ....

... Solicitor General Kimberly Tsumoto Guidry served as deputy attorney general for over 20 years  ....

... for embezzling $96,000 while he was the Secretary-Treasurer of the Hawaii Longshore Division of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 142 ....

... a years-long scheme to steal millions of dollars from American consumers’ bank accounts ....

... to transfer non-ag park lands to the Department of Agriculture (DOA) for agricultural production ....

... a funding scheme that would force them to hand over 20 percent of their pay to third-party at-sea monitors they must bring on their boats—a mandate that Congress never approved by statute ....

... The latest leftist fad has already become a 'deeply held cultural belief' ....

... Many of the locations that we will see initially will be in areas such as Hawaii, Guam, Japan and other locations in the [U.S. Indo-Pacific Command] theater .... 

... As measured in nominal dollars, these visitors spent $1.84 billion in March 2023, up from $1.53 billion (+20.4%) in March 2022 and $1.49 billion (+23.4%) in March 2019 ....

... After eight years of inaction, DoH forced DOBOR's hand by grabbing control of their budget ....

... Par Hawaii is the first refinery in the nation authorized to use renewable feedstock to produce renewable fuels under Foreign-Trade Zone procedures ....