Jill Meinecke2026-03-06T14:58:17-10:00March 6, 2026|Categories: News|Tags: Andrea Eshelman, Colleen Hanabusa, compression, Congresswoman Hanabusa, Corey Rosenlee, Gov. Josh Green, HSTSO, Osa Tui, Sen. Hanabusa, Senate, Senate majority leader, Wilbert Holck|
Colleen Hanabusa, a trailblazing lawmaker and longtime champion of public educators, the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association, and unionized labor, died after a five-month battle with cancer early Friday. She was 74.
Evan Kumasaki2021-02-05T01:27:31-10:00January 23, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: Biran Hallet, BOE, budget, budget cuts, Colleen Hanabusa, congress, Corey Rosenlee, DOE, maintenance of effort, restrictions, schools, stimulus|
The Hawaii State Department of Education’s chief financial officer told the Board of Education Thursday that the teachers' union correctly described congressional restrictions on reducing public school budgets after the state accepted hundreds of millions of dollars in federal pandemic aid.
Evan Kumasaki2021-01-20T10:37:00-10:00January 20, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: budget, budget cuts, Colleen Hanabusa, Corey Rosenlee, cuts, David Ige, federal law, layoffs, prohibits, stimulus|
Congress prohibited budget cuts to public education in Hawaii in its multibillion-dollar pandemic stimulus bills, making illegal the governor and school superintendent’s plans to slash millions from public school budgets next year and lay off more than 1,000 school employees, the Hawaii State Teachers Associated revealed at a news conference Tuesday.
Evan Kumasaki2020-11-05T15:41:49-10:00June 9, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: candidate, Colleen Hanabusa, county, election, Honolulu City Council, Honolulu mayor, HSTA, recommendation|
For the first time, the Hawaii State Teachers Association announced Monday its support for a Honolulu mayoral candidate. The union says former congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa is the best person to lead Honolulu Hale for the next four years.
