Neil Abercrombie News

Dec. 09 --Recent efforts to shore up the state's public worker pension and health care funds are helping Hawaii distinguish itself from other states competing for the attention of investors in the crowded municipal bond market.

'Fabulous Gay Wedding' is New Zealand's first UU minister officiates at historic same-sex wedding at Auckland Unitarian Church.

Ameresco, Inc. , , a leading energy efficiency and renewable energy company, announced today the Company is commencing implementation of a $17.4 million Energy Savings Performance Contract with the State of Hawaii Department of Accounting and General Services .This ESPC project is expected to save DAGS more than a million dollars in the first year ... (more)

Gov. Neil Abercrombie named Honolulu attorney Jeffrey Portnoy to the university's 15-member governing board last month.

Hawai`i was Obama's strongest state in both 2008 and 2012, giving him 70% of the vote each time.

Last week Hawaii became the 15th state to legalize gay marriage. Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie was expected to sign the bill last Wednesday at an invitation-only ceremony at the Hawaii Convention Center.

Even 72 years after the attack on Pearl Harbor that pulled the United States into World War II, numerous states and organizations are commemorating the "day which will live in infamy."

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A check presentationceremony and demonstration of new Korean e-books were held Thursday at the McCully-Moiliili Public Library, with Gov. NeilAbercrombie and Consul General Walter K. Paik in attendance.

Gov. Neil Abercrombie ordered that the flags of the United States and of Hawaii be flown at half-staff at all state offices and the Hawaii National Guard until sunset Monday in honor of Nelson Mandela who died today.

Same-sex couples are taking advantage of Hawaii's newfound aloha for gay weddings.

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Gov. Neil Abercrombie has appointed two real estate executives, a building permit consultant and the former bandmaster of the Royal Hawaiian Band to seats on the state Board of Education, the Hawaii Community Development Authority , the Hawaiian Homes Commission and the Hawaii Land Use Commission .

The state Department of Health reported that by 3 p.m. Monday, it had received 179 online applications for marriage licenses from same-sex couples, and 46 of the couples had married, according to Hawaii News Now, a service of TV stations KGMB and KHNL.

I don't know if it is for the better or the worse that the wedding I celebrated last night did not get coverage here within the Kossack nation.

The first couples to take advantage of Hawaii's newfound law allowing same-sex couples to marry line up for a group picture at the Sheraton Waikiki, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013 in Honolulu.

When Gov. Neil Abercrombie first announced a special legislative session to consider a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, I somehow didn't anticipate much more than a normal bill hearing.

Six more couples were among the first to wed in Waikiki -- sharing a monumental moment for our state.

Same sex marriages begin Monday in the state of Hawaii. A new law took effect at just after midnight in the Aloha State and six couples tied the knot shortly afterwards.

Same-sex marriage took more than two decades of activism to reach Hawaii, but the first ceremonies only took a few minutes.