Hawaii’s first water safety plan has been released in an effort to reduce drownings in an island state with America’s highest ...

Senator Brian Schatz ... federal government. The Hawaii Democrat, long a voluble social-media presence, announced this week that he would block all of Trump’s State Department nominees in ...

Drownings are preventable with constant adult supervision in and around the water, including at home. Our goal is to protect children from drowning in Hawai‘i.” ...

There are also a couple of water safety-related bills that were introduced. One of them, SB 1222, which addresses retention ponds and its safety requirements, passed its first reading. Copyright 2025 ...

They make up about 27% of Hawaii’s population ... House Bill 1234 and Senate Bill 1223 would provide money for the Department of Education to create a standards-based Water Safety Education ...

Brian Schatz of Hawaii says he will force Republicans to waste valuable floor time on State Department nominations by ...

As many fretted over the 11:59 p.m. ET deadline to make a potentially life-altering ... with Republican senators. Show more In a meeting with the acting undersecretary of state for international ...

on life after the Senate But we ended up in a situation where the Republican House passed a bill that had the largest cut in SNAP funding food assistance ever, and they took our climate money, which ...

the Libertarian Party of Hawaii and the state Office of Public Defender. HPD Lt. Ernest Robello told a joint hearing of the Senate committees on Transportation and Culture and the Arts that ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — A new effort led by Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz looks to crack down on foreign and intentionally mislabeled ahi. Download the free KHON2 app for iOS or Android to stay informed on ...