News from all Islands of Hawai’i
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SNAP/Financial Assistance Processing Centers and First-To-Work Offices at a Number of Statewide Locations Restart In-person Services
by Thunda2 minutes readOver the past two years, the Department of Human Services (DHS) took proactive and aggressive actions to provide vital services to support the needs of the community amid the pandemic. These …
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Attorney General Shikada Urges Federal Trade Commission To Create Robust Rule Outlawing Impersonation Scams
by Thunda4 minutes readHawai‘i Attorney General Holly T. Shikada, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 49 attorneys general, led by Florida, Iowa, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee, has called on the Federal Trade …
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Hawai‘i Attorney General Holly T. Shikada announced that she has joined 37 Attorneys General across the nation as an Ambassador for The Jason Foundation, Inc (JFI), which works to address …
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State Supreme Court Unanimously Upholds BLNR Decicion on Na Pua Makani Wind Project
by Thunda3 minutes readIn a 73-page decision today, the Hawai‘i Supreme Court unanimously affirmed the First Circuit Court’s ruling upholding the State Board of Land and Natural Resources (Board) decision on a Habitat …
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Waiakea High Students Awarded for Film Excellence – Writing During National STN Media Competition
by Thunda5 minutes readStudents from 13 Hawai‘i public schools won a total of 36 national media awards — including eight first-place awards — during the 2022 Student Television Network (STN) National Convention that was …
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Hawai‘i’s first lady Dawn Amano-Ige, together with state and non-profit partners, has expanded the ʻOhana Readers program to Kauaʻi’s north shore communities. The program operates through the Dolly Parton Imagination …
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Hawaiian Electric Launches Charge Up eBus Pilot to Reduce Upfront Costs for Bus Operators Installing ChargersThe program produces additional savings when combined with eBus rates
by Thunda2 minutes readHawaiian Electric is accepting applications for its new Charge Up eBus Pilot that provides no-cost electric bus charging infrastructure to eligible bus operators. The program is coupled with electric bus …
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House Adopts House Resolution 9, Establishing a Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct
by Thunda1 minutes readCommission to increase awareness of, compliance with, and deterrent effects of the laws and rules relating to standards of conduct of public officers and employees Today, the House of Representatives …
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David Ige has nominated a Hawai‘i Island engineer, a Kauai real estate leader, a cultural museum vice president, a climate change small business owner, and an active Maui volunteer to …
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A roughly 300-acre parcel mauka (upland) of the Hawaiʻi Loa and Niu Valley subdivisions has been officially designated as a new Hawai‘i State Natural Area Reserve (NAR). Governor David Ige …
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Jamie Kalani English, 55, of Hana, Maui, and Ty J.K. Cullen, 41, of Waipahu, Hawaii, pleaded guilty today before Senior United States District Judge Susan Oki Mollway to separate Informations …
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New Sunblock Dispensers Urge South Maui Ocean-Goers to “Love the Ocean the Right Way” on Valentineʻs Day
by Thunda4 minutes readFour mineral sunblock dispensers are up on this Valentine’s Day on south Maui shores, encouraging all to “love the ocean the right way.” Two are at the ‘Āhihi-Kīna‘u Natural Area Reserve …