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MEDIA RELEASE Gov. Neil Abercrombie has announced his Chief of Staff, Amy Asselbaye, and Deputy Chief of Staff, Andrew Aoki, have resigned. Bruce Coppa, currently the state’s comptroller, has been named the Chief of Staff. Their resignations will be effective by the end of the month and a transition of leadership is underway. Asselbaye and […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Senate has unanimously confirmed four of the governor’s nominees: Jodie Maesaka-Hirata as director of Public Safety; Bruce A. Coppa as comptroller of the Department of Accounting and General Services; Major General Wong as Adjutant General, Department of Defense; and William Johnson Aila, Jr. as chairman of the Board of Land and […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Governor-Elect Neil Abercrombie has appointed five department directors and two deputy directors to the Abercrombie Administration. In his third announcement regarding Cabinet positions, Governor-Elect Abercrombie’s appointments are: * Bruce Coppa as Director of Department of Accounting and General Services * Kealii S. Lopez as Director of Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs * […]

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