Here’s some good news for people who’ve been unemployed seven months or more. This week the state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations announced that the U.S. Department of Labor had given it an “emergency” grant for $1,769,095 to “expand the service capacity of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Dislocated Worker training and employment program.” Though the … [Read more...] about State Workplace Training Program Gets Emergency Grant For Long Term Unemployed
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Akaku Staff Reorganization Continues
Akaku, Maui County’s public access cable TV station, announced two new department heads this week as part of the operation’s overall staff reorganization. First off, Kat Tracy–who had been directing Akaku’s Project YBEAM, which helps youth in the county learn about mobile video production–will now be the station’s Education Director. “My work with the new media technology and … [Read more...] about Akaku Staff Reorganization Continues
County of Maui And US Military To Provide Free Healthcare
Call government-funded healthcare a military “rapid deployment exercise,” give it a cool name like “Tropic Care Maui” and even the Republicans will get on board. Maui County Mayor Alan Arakawa did just that in a May 14 news release announcing that free health, dental and vision care will be offered to Maui County, courtesy of 400 uniformed personnel in the US armed … [Read more...] about County of Maui And US Military To Provide Free Healthcare
Maui Prison Guard Accused Of Using Inmates For Private Landscaping Company
Maui Community Correctional Center sent inmates to do landscaping work for a prison guard’s private company, a new whistleblower retaliation complaint filed by former MCCC Correctional Officer Hendricks Haapu alleges. A 20-year vet of the prison, Haapu also alleges that he was “overworked, reassigned and verbally and physically harassed” when he complained about the labor to … [Read more...] about Maui Prison Guard Accused Of Using Inmates For Private Landscaping Company
Male Cosmetics In South Korea and The Art Of Sleeping Women
MEN WANT TO BE PRETTY, TOO For some reason, South Korea (with about one-sixth the men that America has) is the world’s largest consumer of male cosmetics, with its leading company approaching $1 billion a year in sales. According to a September Bloomberg Business Week dispatch, South Korean males became fascinated with the country’s 2002 World Cup soccer team’s “flower men,” … [Read more...] about Male Cosmetics In South Korea and The Art Of Sleeping Women