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Representative Kaniela Ing of Maui today sent a letter to Attorney General Douglas Chin requesting an opinion on the alleged unfair labor and business practices conducted outside Piers 17 and 38 at Honolulu Harbor. Representative Ing, who is the Chairperson of the House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, and Hawaiian Affairs said, “I am extremely alarmed by recent […]

Representative Kaniela Ing of Maui, was apologetic for missing a court date and being served a subsequent bench warrant for failure to appear in court for a vehicle insurance violation.

Representative Kaniela Ing of Maui takes to social media last night to become the only State Representative and only Asian/Pacific Islander (API) Legislator to veer from Hillary Clinton and endorse Senator Bernie Sanders for the Hawaiʻi President Preference Polls.

The House Finance Committee voted to appropriate $37.5 million for the second phase of construction on the upcoming Kīhei High School, marking the single largest Department of Education appropriation in the House Budget.

In a first-of-its-kind, pilot project the state house will accept video testimony from neighbor island residents during a committee hearing today.

State House Representative Kaniela Ing hosts a 2016 “South Maui Celebration!” ​at Nalu’s Southside Grill at Azeka’s Makai on Friday, April 8, 2016, to celebrate “​all we achieved together,” during his first two terms in office.

A bill to allow private farmers to grow and sell industrial hemp through permits from the State Department of Agriculture (HB2555) has unanimously passed the Hawaii State House of Representatives and will crossover to the Senate.

The bill would prohibit propagating, cultivating, or farming genetically engineered fish in state marine waters. The bill focuses on salmon produced for commercial sale in light of the FDA approval of AquAdvantage salmon.

Alexander and Baldwin’s recent announcement that it will end sugar production at Maui’s Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. will free about 36,000 acres of agriculturally zoned land at the end of 2016, prompting question over what crop would replace sugar.

Representative Ing said that while industrial hemp is not a “magic bullet” for Hawaiʻi’s agriculture, he said it deserves consideration, especially with the closing of sugar operations by Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Company on Maui.

The state’s largest design firm, Group 70 International Inc. has been selected as the architect, planner, and civil engineer of record for Kīhei’s future high school.

After decades of petitioning and planning, the long-awaited Kīhei High School in South Maui broke ground off Pi‘ilani Highway at 9 a.m. this morning, Monday, Jan. 11.

Invitees who have not yet committed to attending the ‘Aha have until Tuesday, Dec. 22, at 11:59 p.m. Hawaiʻi time to confirm their participation.

The announcement comes after Na‘i Aupuni announced its termination of the Native Hawaiian election process amid delays caused by ongoing litigation.

Ing said he plans to introduce a resolution in support of the federal initiative during the upcoming legislative session. He said higher education “should propel young people forward, not set them further back.”

Naʻi Aupuni, an organization formed to establish a path to Native Hawaiian self-determination, announced today it is extending the deadline to vote in its elections to midnight on Dec, 21, 2015.

There are two Maui candidates identified as members of Nā Makalehua: ‘Olu Campbell and Kaniela Ing. Nā Makalehua is a collective consisting of 19 individuals who are seeking delegate seats to participate in the Na‘i Aupuni Native Hawaiian constitutional convention.

More than 200 candidates are vying for 40 delegate spots to serve on the Native Hawaiian constitutional convention or ‘Aha. This includes 15 candidates vying for three seats on Maui, and three candidates vying for a single seat to represent Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi.

Rep. Ing Reflects on Woman’s Equality Day and How Hawaiʻi Has Fared: “As we celebrate this year’s Women’s Equality Day in Hawaiʻi, let’s commemorate the progress that has been made through the Women’s Suffrage Movement and leaders like Congresswoman Patsy T. Mink. But let’s recognize all the work we can do, as women and men together, through policy and at home, to make Hawaiʻi an even more inviting place of equality and aloha. Happy Women’s Equality Day.”

Groundbreaking will take place in September 2015, with the remaining $27 million in initial funds to be used after groundwork has been laid. “I’m really excited that this will be the first Net Zero high school in the entire state,” said Rep. Ing. “It sets an example for what high schools should look like in the future. This is not your grandma’s high school,” he said.