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Hawaii Honored to be Considered by Japan on List of Safe Travel Destinations
(Honolulu) – Governor David Ige and House Speaker Scott Saiki today expressed their gratitude to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Foreign...
Jul 27, 2020
Women's Legislative Caucus Bills Sent to Governor Ige
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – Several bills supported by the bipartisan Hawaiʻi Women’s Legislative Caucus (WLC) were passed by the Legislature...
Jul 23, 2020
House COVID-19 Committee Hears Funding Updates from Congressman Case, Gov. Ige
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – The House Select Committee on COVID-19 Economic and Financial Preparedness today discussed the possibility of more...
Jul 13, 2020
House Adjourns 2020 Session Focused on Economic Stability, Social Safety Net
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – The House of Representatives adjourned the 2020 legislative session sine die today in what was a very intense...
Jul 11, 2020
House Committees, Health Experts Discuss Preventing COVID-19 Spread in Nursing Facilities
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi –Several health experts who spoke at an informational briefing on COVID-19 cases in nursing facilities today before the...
Jul 10, 2020
House Committees to Discuss COVID-19 Spread Inside Nursing Facilities
WHO: Representative John M. Mizuno, Chair of the House Health Committee Representative Joy A. San Buenaventura, Chair, Human Services &...
Jul 7, 2020
Representative Lowen Named to National Electricity Advisory Committee
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has named Representative Nicole Lowen (D-6 Kailua-Kona, Holualoa) as a new...
Jul 2, 2020
Track and Field Repairs Coming to Lahainaluna High School
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – State Representative Angus McKelvey announced that the state will be moving forward with a “much-needed project” to...
Jul 2, 2020
House Select Committee on COVID-19 Hears Health Update, Plans for Traveler Screening
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – The House Select Committee on COVID-19 Economic and Financial Preparedness yesterday discussed the recent rise in...
Jun 30, 2020
Speaker Saiki Announces Plan to Restore Funding to YWCA Women's Program
House Speaker Scott Saiki has asked Finance Committee Chair Sylvia Luke to restore funding for the YWCA Fernhurst Women's Program,...
Jun 29, 2020
Legislative Conference Committee Passes Police Reform Bill
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – In a move to increase public transparency and trust in our county police officers, a legislative conference committee...
Jun 24, 2020
Statement by House Speaker Saiki on U.S. Attorney's Intervention in Hawaii's Quarantine Lawsuit
Speaker Scott K. Saiki issued the following statement regarding U.S. Attorney Kenji Price's intervention in Holly Carmichael v. David...
Jun 24, 2020
Legislative Conference Committee Passes Key Budget Bill
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – A legislative conference committee today approved a conference draft to Senate Bill 126 that amends the state budget...
Jun 23, 2020
Representatives Mizuno, Cabanilla Call for Robust COVID-19 Testing for Nursing Homes
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – Representative John M. Mizuno, Chair of the House Health Committee, and Representative Rida Cabanilla, a registered...
Jun 23, 2020
Hawaii Legislators Announce Plan to use CARES Funds to Support Unemployed, Business, Rebuild Econony
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – Senate President Ronald D. Kouchi, State House Speaker Scott K. Saiki, Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, and ...
Jun 21, 2020
Volunteers to Clean-up Sunset Memorial Park June 20
WHO: Representative Gregg Takayama, Representative Roy M. Takumi, Representative Sam Satoru Kong WHAT: Volunteer clean-up of Sunset...
Jun 17, 2020
Statement by Speaker Saiki on Lawsuits Challenging Hawaii's Emergency Orders
Speaker Scott K. Saiki issued the following statement regarding the lawsuits filed by the Freedom Law Firm and Center for American...
Jun 16, 2020
House Select Committee on COVID-19 Hears Update on Task Force Dashboard, Economic Outlook
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – The House Select Committee on COVID-19 Economic and Financial Preparedness today discussed sharing the health and...
Jun 15, 2020
Maui County's Share of State CIP Budget Totals More than $533 Million
Honolulu, Hawai‘i –When the State Legislature passed its $5.1 billion Capital Improvement Project budget bill May 21 for Fiscal Years...
Jun 10, 2020
Legislature to Reconvene on June 22
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – House Speaker Scott K. Saiki today announced that the Hawaiʻi State House of Representatives will reconvene the 2020...
Jun 9, 2020
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