WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today announced that the Hawai i Department of Health will receive more than 1 million in new federal funding from the U S Department of Health and Human Services HHS for preventive and community healt...

The Hawaii Department of Health is set to receive more than 1 million for measures related to preventative care and community health congressional officials announced Wednesday The new federal funding comes from the United States Department of...

When the largest climate bill in U S history passed the Senate this month Sen Brian Schatz D Hawaii choked back tears This is a planetary emergency and this is the first time the federal government has taken acti...

State and county transportation agencies will receive more than 55 million in federal money to buy clean energy buses and improve bus facilities It s part of 1 66 billion invested nationwide in bus fleets and facilities The funds co...

HONOLULU U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today announced Hawai i will receive more than 55 million in new federal funding for new electric public transit buses across the state The new money allocated by U S Department of Transportation DOT f...

HONOLULU U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today released the following statement after the Federal Trade Commission FTC announced it is seeking public comment on the harms stemming from commercial surveillance and whether new rules are needed to ...

The climate package that passed the Senate over the weekend was decades in the making From the collapse of the Clinton administration s energy tax proposal in 1994 to the Senate s rejection of the Kyoto Protocol 25 years ago lawmakers have fail...

HONOLULU U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee today announced that Kaua i and Maui will be receiving nearly 50 million in combined grant funding from the U S Department of Transportation DOT Th...

For decades it has been virtually impossible to pass major climate legislation through the Senate That finally changed on Sunday when Senate Democrats passed their ambitious climate and tax package a crucial step in a grueling journey to deliver the la...

Kauai and Maui will soon see a total of nearly 50 million in federal grant funding for infrastructure improvements congressional officials announced Monday The funding which comes from the United States Department of Transportation was awa...