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Representative Morikawa says Polihale State Park may Reopen after Labor Day Weekend
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – After sending inquiry emails and writing a letter to the state Department of Land and Natural Resources (DNLR),...
Aug 31, 2020
Hawaii Island Lawmakers want DOH to Improve Inadequate COVID-19 Testing, Lag Time Results
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – Every Hawaiʻi Island State Representative and Senator has signed a letter to state Department of Health Director...
Aug 31, 2020
Representatives Visit New Coronavirus Investigation Center at Hawaii Convention Center
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – State Representatives participated in a walk-through tour of the Department of Health’s expanded COVID-19...
Aug 29, 2020
House Select Committee on COVID-19 to Hear Report from Subcommittees, Queen's Health System
WHO: The House Select Committee on COVID-19 Economic and Financial Preparedness WHAT: Informational Briefing on the economic impact of...
Aug 28, 2020
House Committee to Hold Briefing on Growing Need to Treat, Quarantine Homeless COVID Patients
WHO: Committee on Human Services and Homelessness Chair Joy A. San Buenaventura, Vice Chair Nadine K. Nakamura WHAT: Informational...
Aug 27, 2020
Representatives Want Governor to Lease Federal Prison to Quarantine New, Infected Inmates
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – House Speaker Scott K. Saiki, Representative Scot Z. Matayoshi and several other State Representatives have sent a...
Aug 27, 2020
House Representatives, Donors, Volunteers Distribute Hand Sanitizer to Leeward Schools
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – Three members of the Hawaiʻi House of Representatives – Ty J.K. Cullen, Henry J.C. Aquino and Ryan T. Yamane – along...
Aug 19, 2020
Speaker Saiki Announces National Science Foundation's Outreach for Thirty Meter Telescope
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – House Speaker Scott Saiki announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has initiated an informal outreach...
Aug 18, 2020
Legislators Take Steps to Ensure Hawai'i Residents can Vote by Mail
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – President Trump explained his decision to block funding to the United States Postal Service (USPS) because it would...
Aug 15, 2020
Trump Administration Tells States to Pay for National Guard Support During Pandemic
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – A Trump administration memorandum shifting part of the cost to deploy National Guard members currently deployed for...
Aug 5, 2020
Statements by Reps. Woodson and Belatti on Postponing the Reopening of Public Schools
Representative Justin H. Woodson (Kahului, Pu‘unēnē, Old Sand Hills, Maui Lani), Chair of the House Lower & Higher Education Committee,...
Jul 31, 2020
Statement by Speaker Saiki on Governor's Intent to Veto Portions of SB 126
Speaker Scott K. Saiki released the following statements on Governor David Ige’s intent to veto portions of Senate Bill 126 relating to...
Jul 30, 2020
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
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