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- HDOT NEWS RELEASE: HDOT and airport stakeholders support taking the state out of airport managementHONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT), in coordination with the Airlines Committee of Hawaii, the Airport Concessionaires Committee, and various stakeholders agree the inefficiencies associated with the Airports Division system must be changed, which are reasons they support the airport corporation proposal currently being debated in the State Legislature. The current process requires […]
- Attorney General News Release 2018-45 Hawaii Joins Statement of Intent to sue EPA Over Rollback of Clean Car RuleAbandoning New Federal Standards Will Cost Americans Between $193 Billion and $236 Billion More on Gas and Add Carbon Emissions Equivalent of 400 Million More Cars HONOLULU – Hawaii Attorney General Russell Suzuki joined a coalition of 19 states and the District of Columbia, in releasing the following joint statement announcing an intention to challenge […]
- DLNR News Release-Ka’ena Point State Park Road Closed and Effort Underway to Prevent Illegal Off-Road Activity, April 10, 2018Shot Sheet-Rules of the Road at Ka’ena Point State Park, April 10, 2018 (HONOLULU) – Since President’s Day weekend the road system at Ka‘ena State Park has been mostly closed to try and prevent additional resource damage caused by off-road vehicles. The two-mile-long unpaved road is popular with fishermen who use it to access the […]
- HDOT News Release: HDOT implements features to help drivers navigate traffic and improve infrastructureChanges implemented to help drivers Beat the School Jam HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) Highways Division is reminding the traveling public that more than 45,000 public, private, and college students return to school this month, which historically has increased travel times during peak morning and evening hours. In an effort to help […]
- Attorney General New Release: Hawaii AG Continues Multistate Defense of Immigrant Driver LicensesHONOLULU – Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors today joined a coalition of 14 states led by Connecticut in filing an amicus brief defending the right of states to keep their roads safe by issuing driver’s licenses to residents regardless of federal immigration status. The case involves a challenge to New York’s Green Light Law by […]
- RELEASE: STATES REACH $148 MILLION MULTI-STATE SETTLEMENT WITH UBER OVER DATA BREACHHONOLULU – Stephen Levins, Executive Director of the Hawaii Office of Consumer Protection, announced that he, along with the other 49 states and the District of Columbia, has reached an agreement with California-based ride-sharing company Uber Technologies, Inc. (Uber) to address the company’s one-year delay in reporting a data breach to its affected drivers. Uber […]
- HDOT News Release: HDOT launches 9th annual statewide Pedestrian Safety MonthHONOLULU – Governor David Y. Ige, the Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT), and federal, state, city and community partners kicked off the state’s 9th annual Pedestrian Safety Month today at the State Capitol with an official proclamation ceremony. Held each August, Pedestrian Safety Month strives to educate the public on good pedestrian practices and driver […]
- DLNR NEWS RELEASE: DIAMOND HEAD STATE MONUMENT SLATED TO REOPEN ON THURSDAYNew Rules for Iconic Park Closed Since March 17 (HONOLULU) – Diamond Head State Monument’s (DHSM) unprecedented closure, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, comes to an end on Thursday, Dec. 17, exactly nine months since the gates were closed. DLNR Division of State Parks Administrator Curt Cottrell said, “We will have limitations on access. Closing […]
- NEWS RELEASE: Governor Ige signs OHA and drivers licensing billsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 30, 2015 HONOLULU – Gov. David Ige signed four bills into law Tuesday, during bill signing ceremonies at the State Capitol. The bills include: HB 207 (Act 169) Relating to Training: Requires certain state councils, boards and commissions to attend a legal training course administered by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs […]
- DLNR News Release-Inaugural Becoming an Outdoors Woman Event Gets High Praise, Sept. 8, 2019(Gilbert Kahele Recreation Area) – 45 women, mostly from Hawai‘i, spent the last few days being schooled in outdoor skills during the first-ever “Becoming an Outdoors Woman (BOW)” retreat in Hawai’i. This is the Aloha State’s initial foray into a 20-year-old international program that sponsors skill-development weekends in 41 states, seven Canadian provinces and seven […]
