#Public Land Trust
Veteran government attorney Ryan Kanakaʻole nominated as DLNR first deputy
Governor Josh Green, M.D., has nominated veteran government attorney Ryan Kanaka‘ole as Department of Land and Natural Resources first deputy, effective Tuesday, Jan. 16. The nomination is subject to confirmation by the Hawai‘i State Senate.
Senate WAM Committee delves into priorities during recent site visit to Maui and Molokaʻi
During a three-day site visit, members of the Senate Ways and Means Committee were met by state officials and community members who delivered presentations on their plans for a range of both Governor’s and Senate priorities, including: economic and workforce development, investments in infrastructure, and the coalescing of a food innovation network. The group also discussed the future of Kahoʻolawe and Kalaupapa.
OHA announces 12 grant solicitations to support Native Hawaiians
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is making available more than $9 million in grant solicitations to help Native Hawaiians. Solicitations include community grants to strengthen ʻohana (family), moʻomeheu (culture) and ʻāina (land) connections, and grants to support education, health, housing, economic stability, homestead communities, and iwi kūpuna repatriation and reinterment.
$14.9 million in grants available for nonprofit organizations helping Native Hawaiians
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) has $14.9 million in grant funds now available to organizations that intend to help Native Hawaiians in 12 categories, including health, education, housing and economic stability.
Bill Seeks Direction of Funds to Hawaiian Immersion Programs
Representative Mele Carroll of Maui introduced a bill that seeks funding of Hawaiian Language Immersion Programs by allocating revenues derived from the public land trust.
OHA files petition on ceded land revenues with the Hawai‘i Supreme Court
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) filed a petition today urging the Hawaii State Supreme Court to require legislation on past due public land trust revenue claims for ceded lands. OHA is requesting that the court require the state to enact legislation on past due public land trust revenue claims during the 2011 session. “As […]
OHA Submits Modified Bill to Resolve Past-Due Claims
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs will submit a bill for introduction in the current session of the State Legislature that will again seek to have the State retire the $200 million debt OHA officials say resulted from Public Land Trust revenues unpaid from 1978 to 2010. If enacted, the legislation will establish the debt at […]
