HONOLULU Today the Small Business Administration SBA announced that the 16 billion program aimed at helping live event businesses impacted by the pandemic will begin accepting applications for grant funding beginning on Thursday April 8 The new SBA...

WASHINGTON Today U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i reintroduced legislation to create a new progressive tax on financial transactions that would curb high risk trading practices reduce economic inequality and generate 752 billion in new federal r...

WASHINGTON U S Senators Brian Schatz D Hawai i and John Thune R S D reintroduced the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency PACT Act bipartisan legislation to update Section 230 of the Communications Act The PACT Act will make platfor...

WASHINGTON Today U S Senators Brian Schatz D Hawai i and Richard Blumenthal D Conn urged United States Attorney General Merrick Garland to open an investigation into McKinsey Company s role in promoting the sale of OxyContin and contributing to t...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today released a resource guide to help Hawai i restaurants and other food and beverage establishments access a new federal grant program Established under the America Rescue Plan Act this program offers...

WASHINGTON U S Senators Brian Schatz and Mazie K Hirono and U S Representatives Ed Case and Kaiali i Kahele today called on President Joe Biden to provide immediate federal assistance to help Hawai i recover from recent severe flooding and landslides ...

WASHINGTON Today U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i released a new comprehensive guide to help Hawai i families workers and small businesses navigate federal COVID 19 relief resources and programs authorized by the American ...

WASHINGTON Today the Health Resources and Services Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that 12 health centers across Hawai i have been selected to participate in a COVID 19 vaccine program aimed at providing more ...

WASHINGTON Today the U S House of Representatives passed the 1 9 trillion COVID 19 relief package that includes at least 6 1 billion in estimated funding for Hawai i The American Rescue Plan Act the second largest emergency relief package in Ameri...

WASHINGTON Native communities across the country are facing the brunt of climate change whether it s drought in the West or coral bleaching off the coast of Hawaii That s why Hawaii U S Sen Brian Schatz Democratic chairman of the Indian Af...