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A political fight is brewing over the search for new University of Hawaii president. Here's why.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe search for a new University of Hawaii president has the institution's Board of Regents under...
Divided state Senate rejects Nahale-a for 2nd term as UH regent
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMar. 5—The state Senate today voted 13-12 to reject Alapaki Nahale-a for a second term on the University of Hawaii Board of Regents. State Senate Higher Education Chairperson Donna Mercado Kim ...
President Lassner fighting for $24M for University of Hawaii budget
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 1—University of Hawaii President David Lassner is fighting to maintain $24 million in state funding for UH that disappears July 1, while facing "antipathy " from three state senators, including ...
Key state senators call for University of Hawaii President Lassner to resign
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 12—Neither state nor federal lawmakers have direct say in any hiring or firing of a UH president. That is the purview of the UH Board of Regents, an 11-member volunteer board appointed ...
Senate rejects Nahale-a for second UH regent term
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMar. 6—A deeply divided state Senate voted 13-12 on Tuesday to deny University of Hawaii Board of Regents Interim Chair Alapaki Nahale-a a second five-year term. A deeply divided state Senate ...
Senate panel opposes Nahale-a for another term as regent
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFeb. 28—A state Senate committee Tuesday voted against recommending confirmation of University of Hawaii Board of Regents interim member and Chair Alapaki Nahale-a for a second term as a regent ...
Crumbling dorm calls UH priorities into question
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 5 months agoJan. 11—Tensions flared anew Wednesday in the first public meeting of the legislative season between University of Hawaii President David Lassner and some of his key critics in the state Senate ...
Divide over University of Hawaii's autonomy deepens
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 19—Many observers say the divisiveness lately is worsening, hindering UH's legislative and budget initiatives at the Legislature, casting a shadow on the university's relationships with ...
University of Hawaii concerned with Senate version of budget
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 24—The House version of the state budget fully restores funding to the University of Hawaii, unlike the Senate version, which only partially restores funds cut during COVID-19. The House ...
Hawaii lawmakers divided over governor's latest nominees
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 17—Two more of Gov. Josh Green nominees to lead state departments had rough job interviews Thursday by Senate committees, with one receiving a rejection recommendation. Two more of Gov.
