A recent study says the impact of the pandemic on the state's future workforce could be significant, although Hawaii is expected to fare better than much of the nation.
The 13-12 vote came the same day the Legislature approved hundreds of bills, including one paying for the growing costs of the Maui fires.
Lawmakers are weighing several proposals to address the lack of school bus drivers, but it's unlikely that any routes will be restored next year.
In spite of a Senate panel’s rejection, Alapaki Nahale-a wants to push ahead with his nomination “for our university and our state.”
Lawmakers have to address the superintendent's pay range this year before the current law expires.
The fate of Alapaki Nahale-a is now in the hands of the full Senate, barring a withdrawal of the gubernatorial nomination.
MPD is still investigating the threats, which were circulated on social media.
A temporary campus being built to replace the destroyed King Kamehameha III Elementary School will also accommodate Hawaiian immersion students.
The U.S. District Court upheld an agreement reached last year to settle a federal class-action lawsuit brought by female athletes at Campbell High School.
A new major would create an undergraduate program in education studies that would license elementary school teachers.