Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Government of Hawaii (Hawaiian: Aupuni o Hawaiʻi) is the governmental structure as established by the Constitution of Hawaii, the 50th state to have joined the United States. Executive branch [ edit ]
Hawaii.gov Ranked Among Top 10 State Government Websites Hawaii's newly redesigned web portal and department websites recognized in the Center for Digital Government's Best of the Web awards ...
Historically, the Governor of Hawaii has been from either the Democratic Party of Hawaii or Hawaii Republican Party. The current governor of Hawaii is Democrat Josh Green, who assumed the position on December 5, 2022. Hawaii was the first U.S. state to have an Asian American chief executive; George Ariyoshi served three terms between 1974 and 1986.
The Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaiian: Ka ‘Aha‘ōlelo kau kānāwai o ka Moku‘āina o Hawai‘i) is the bicameral state legislature of the U.S. state of Hawaii, consisting of the Hawaii State Senate (upper house with 25 senators) and the Hawaii State House of Representatives (lower house with 51 representatives). Each lawmaker represents ...
The Hawaii Department of Law Enforcement (DLE) is a department within the executive branch of the government of the U.S. state of Hawaii.The department, which commenced operations on January 1, 2024, was created to merge several previously separate law enforcement functions among the Department of the Attorney General, Department of Transportation, and Department of Public Safety into a single ...
In 1893, pro-American elements in Hawaii overthrew the monarchy and formed the Republic of Hawaii, which the U.S. annexed in 1898. [6] In 1921, in order to make amends for injustices associated with the overthrow and annexation, the US created the Hawaiian Homes Commissions Act which set aside 200,000 acres of land for the use of homelands for Native Hawaiians of 50% blood quantum or more.
The House and Senate also passed HB 2374, making an emergency appropriation of over $375 million to provide roughly 16,000 local government workers with hazard pay during the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Hawaii is the most recent state to join the union, on August 21, 1959. In 1993, the U.S. government formally apologized for its role in the overthrow of Hawaii's government, which had spurred the Hawaiian sovereignty movement and has led to ongoing efforts to obtain redress