FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 20, 2022 Senate Communications: Jacob Aki 808-586-6261 Honolulu, Hawaiʻi — Today, in the presence of students, teachers and advocate groups, Governor David Ige signed SB 2821 SD2 HD1 CD1 into law. This measure requires the Department of Education to provide menstrual products free of charge to…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 17, 2022 Senate Communications: Jacob Aki 808-586-6261 Līhuʻe, Kauai – Today, Senate President Ronald D. Kouchi (District 8 – Kauaʻi and Niʻihau) applauded the $1.9 million Department of Defense grant awarded by the Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration program to three organizations on Kauaʻi. This grant…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 14, 2022 Senate Communications: Jacob Aki 808-586-6261 Līhuʻe, Kauai – PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) has selected Natalie Lett, a junior at Kauaʻi High School, to participate in its annual summer academy, which will take place at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 14, 2022 Senate Communications: Jacob Aki 808-586-6261 Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – On June 9, 2022, the Board of Land and Natural Resources announced that they have approved Senate Resolution 106 introduced by Senate President Ronald D. Kouchi. SR 106 urged the Board of Land and Natural Resources…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 28, 2022 Senate Communications: Jacob Aki 808-586-6291 Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – Senate President Ronald D. Kouchi (District 8 – Kauaʻi and Niʻihau) announced today the name of eleven (11) Kauaʻi organizations that were chosen to receive grant-in-aid (GIA) awards from the Hawaiʻi State Legislature. After a two-year…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 27, 2022 Senate Communications: Jacob Aki 808-586-6261 Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – Senate President Ronald D. Kouchi (District 8 – Kauaʻi and Niʻihau) and the Kauaʻi House delegation – Representatives Nadine Nakamura, Dee Morikawa, and James Kunane Tokioka – have secured over $200 million in capital improvement projects…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 27, 2022 Senate Communications: Jacob Aki 808-586-6291 Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – Senate President Ronald D. Kouchi (District 8 – Kauaʻi and Niʻihau) and the Kauaʻi House delegation – Representatives Nadine Nakamura, Dee Morikawa, and James Kunane Tokioka – have secured over $78,691,000 in capital improvement projects (CIP)…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 7, 2022 Senate Communications: Jacob Aki 808-586-6291 Honolulu, Hawai’i– The Senate Committee on Ways and Means today amended and passed HB1600, the state’s supplemental operating budget for fiscal years 2022-2023 (FY23). With the rebounding of the State’s economy and significant increases in tax revenues, the Senate…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 3, 2022 Senate Communications: Jacob Aki 808-586-6291 House Communications: Brandon Machida 808-586-6100 Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – In light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, legislators and staff at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol will be wearing blue and/or yellow on Friday, March 4, 2022 to show their support…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 9, 2021 Senate Communications: Jacob Aki 808-586-6261 Honolulu, Hawai’i–Senate President Ronald D. Kouchi (District 8 – Kauaʻi and Niʻihau) issued a statement today following the White House’s announcement officially relaunching the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (WHIAANHPI): “Mahalo nui to…