HONOLULU Tomorrow the 16 billion program aimed at helping live event businesses impacted by the pandemic will begin accepting applications for grant funding The new Small Business Administration SBA program known as the Shuttered Venue Operators Gr...

HONOLULU U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today announced that Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home in Hilo will receive at least 600 000 in estimated federal funding under the American Rescue Plan Act and December s COVID relief law This new funding ...

HONOLULU Today U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i announced that the Hawai i Department of Health will receive a total of 32 834 105 in new federal funding to support the distribution of the COVID 19 vaccine These dollars can be used for a broad ra...

HONOLULU U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today released the following statement on President Joe Biden s 2 trillion infrastructure plan We plan to make historic investments that will help us rebuild our essential infrastructure and cre...

HONOLULU U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today released a resource guide to help Hawai i families navigate the new tax benefits available under the American Rescue Plan Act including the expanded Child Tax Credit The newly expanded Chi...

HONOLULU Today U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i announced that the state will receive an additional 1 234 910 55 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA Public Assistance program to cover the costs of emergency activities during the CO...

WASHINGTON Today U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i announced that the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands DHHL will receive 5 000 000 in new federal funding to help provide affordable housing options for Native Hawaiians living on and off the Home L...

WASHINGTON Today U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i introduced new legislation that would promote public education about Japanese American internment during World War II This bill would permanently reauthorize the Japanese American Confinement Sites...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today voted to pass an extension of the Paycheck Protection Program The bill which passed the Senate and is expected to be signed into law in the coming days extends the deadline to apply for a PPP loan...

WASHINGTON Today U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i led a group of 17 senators in reintroducing legislation to protect people s personal data online The Data Care Act would require websites apps and other online providers to take responsible steps...