I know there are a lot of other important things going on in the world. But, tonight’s game between Gonzaga and Baylor for the Men’s NCAA College Basketball National Championship is on my list of things I will be watching tonight at 3:20 PM HST. If you missed the winning shot from Saturday, it was quite a moment and worth a quick ...

The Hawaii Department of Human Services (DHS) issued its new QUEST Integration Medicaid Managed Care RFP on Tuesday. The Request for Proposals is seeking up to 5 health plans to provide Medicaid services statewide, though the RFP notes that health plans may propose providing services on one or more islands. The latest RFP comes after DHS announced it was rescinding the Medicaid managed care ...

HONOLULU –  The Med-QUEST Division of the Hawai‘i Department of Human Services issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) today for up to five health plans to ensure access and continuity of care for Medicaid beneficiaries during the ongoing pandemic and into the future. The contract period begins on July 1, 2021. Med-QUEST noted that it envisions the bidding health plans serve ...

Also in the brief: Time to see how serious industry is about ESG and D&I versus LCOE. Plus Hawaii solar on the rise. Human rights allegations in Xinjiang could jeopardize solar supply chain: The solar industry’s growing dependence on China’s autonomous Xinjiang region for a critical raw material poses mounting risks to a wide range of companies as the U.S. government ...

Lava fountains erupting from fissure 22 (center) with heavy degassing (upper right) during Kīlauea’s lower East Rift Zone eruption in 2018. USGS photo was taken on May 20, 2018, by L. DeSmither. A total of $3.7 million in grants to assist with recovery in lower Puna following 2018’s volcanic eruption will soon be on its way to recipients. Hawai‘i County’s ...

Contributed Members of the Homestead Job Corps in Anahola chill at the Anahola Marketplace cafe pavilion, one of Homestead Community Development Corporation’s project locations. ANAHOLA — Regardless of eligibility for leases on state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands parcels, unemployed Kaua‘i residents can participate in a five-month employment program created by a nonprofit in Anahola. The idea is to help ...

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of articles looking at the CARES Act Grant and how Kaua‘i groups are using these funds. LIHU‘E — Using specialized Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds, the county recently awarded 44 proposals for projects ranging from direct assistance to jobs to getting food out to the community. During ...

The Stadium Bowl-O-Drome bowling alley in Moiliili at 820 Isenberg St. is seen in this 2019 file photo. Stanford Carr Development was awarded a $137 million contract to redevelop the site for the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands into affordable rental apartments for the department’s Native Hawaiian beneficiaries. The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands has withdrawn an environmental impact statement ...

LIHU‘E — The county is now accepting proposals across six different sector areas in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The county received $28,715,551 as part of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds as a sub-recipient of the over $862 million received by the state. The money was split up into direct support, economic and supply-chain ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) – A city forensic audit for the rail project will not move forward. Councilmember Heidi Tsuneyoshi says the council chair and vice chair would not sign off on a Request for Proposals, or RFP.  The process would have allowed the audit to proceed.  Council members have varying opinions on the need for a city audit right now. ...

Independent developer of utility-scale battery storage projects Plus Power has announced that its 185MW/565MWh Kapolei Energy Storage project (KES) has been selected by Hawaiian Electric. The utility selected 16 renewable energy as well as battery storage projects located across three islands in the second phase of the request for proposal (RFP) process. Located in Kapolei on the island of Oahu, ...

State Representative Richard Onishi gave an agricultural sector update on Monday, during a meeting Hawaiʻi State House Select Committee on COVID-19 Economic and Financial Preparedness. Onishi began by covering the USDA announcement that came out on April 17. The requests for proposals for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program were announced last Friday, and Rep. Onishi said that “many organizations, I’m ...

HONOLULU, March 10, 2016  — The Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA), the state’s tourism agency, announced today that requests for proposals (RFP) have been issued for the following: External Leisure Destination Marketing Management and Representation in combination with Meetings, Conventions and Incentive Services (MCI) for three major market areas: United States, Canada, and Japan. External Global MCI Program Management Services. HTA ...