More than two dozen Hana residents met with staff from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to start an economic self-sufficiency initiative for the remote community.

The State of Hawaii and the Hawaii State Teachers Association came together Friday to agree on moving forward for transforming education. Both sides have reached an initial agreement.

The Hawaii State Department of Labor and Industrial Relations announced today that the Maui County unemployment rate was 7.7% for the month of November 2011.

As college financial aid deadlines approach, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) is busy reading Native Hawaiians for available aid through a statewide scholarships series.

Maui County unemployment rose to 7.9% in September, a 0.4% increase from a month ago, but still lower than one year ago when it was 8.3%, according to the Hawaii State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations.

The seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate for Maui County remains at 7.5% for August, down .7% from a year ago, according to the State Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR).

President Barack Obama recently announced the appointment of Jeanne Unemori Skog, President of Maui Economic Development Board, Inc. to the Commission on Presidential Scholars.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs announced that nonprofit organizations across the state have only six chances left to attend mandatory workshops for its grants program.

Berry Company LLC, publisher of the Hawaiian Telcom Yellow Pages, has launched its annual telephone directory recycling program, enabling Maui County schools the opportunity to win cash prizes based on the tonnage of directories recycled by the school.

The Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa has been named among the nation’s best MBA programs in U.S. News’ annual list of Best Graduate Schools.