Entries for February 2023

“Businesses that are involved in the cannabis industry must ensure that their activities comply with the law.”

... An archeological monitor from Pacific Legacy and a cultural monitor from Moehonua Cultural Monitoring Services will be onsite monitoring work performed by the contractor. They will be joined by a special duty HPD officer ....

"...full recovery may take a few years...."

... Any bills that made it past this deadline now have until March 9 to complete their last committee hearing ....

... Now living in Seattle, Tongi was asked by judge Lionel Richie, “Why on Earth would you leave Hawaii?” ....

... Measure To Impose Strict Safety Requirements And Provide For State And Local Community Disruption Regulation On Commercial Air Tour Operations ....

... Aloha Aina Party, Green Party, Constitution Party ....

... Outside counsel may be a child’s only hope to break out of a system run for the benefit of adults’ need to cover up their own wrongdoing ....

... First Lateral Deadline: Bills must be in final committee ....

... The following measures are moving through the legislature ....

... In the Senate bill, creative enterprises in a creative district would be eligible for tax credits.  The bill, however, is a little light on details ....

... accepted at least $144,043,883 from approximately 913 pool participants ....

... SB55 proposes the adoption of income brackets to determine eligibility for the tax credit ....

... With the average hotel occupancy projected to be about 63% across the nation this year, Hawaii is projected to have a 78% occupancy rate. Its rate in 2019 was 80%, the report showed ....

... The Conservation Council for Hawaii sued National Marine Fisheries Service ....

... the House Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs (JHA) prioritized the review of six remaining bills relating to campaign finance reform ....

... Karie Luana Klein, a former Hawaiʻi Department of Education complex area business manager, was arrested after being charged with three felony theft counts ....

... House Bill 984 massively expands “gun-free zones” ....

... Big Island lawyers facing the possibility of Federal Penitentiary after allegedly scamming Hawaii County Affordable Housing credits may have one question on their mind ....

... Judiciary Chair Tarnas hand-picked by Saiki for job of Killing Ethics Bills that Saiki Pretends to Support ....

... The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii says making it easier for qualified medical professionals to practice here would improve healthcare access ....

... 2023 U.S. Bill Pay Category Breakout Report ....

... From 1995 to 1998, Watson coordinated the development of more than 3,100 residential lots on Hawaiian Home Lands, as well as legislative funding and approval of the (previous) $600 million settlement between the state and DHHL ....

... House Rules 29.1–29.3 and 62.5–62.6 incorporate CISC recommendations relating to ethics reform, ethics disclosures, standards of conduct, and conflict of interest ....

... remember Al Hee?  The first in the current wave of Hawaii corruption cases, Hee's indictment was handed down on the exact second anniversary of Dan Inouye's death ....

"...One more good reason to throw an antiquated maritime law overboard...."

... to combat government corruption, waste, mismanagement and inefficiency ....

... 'Ilima Int was where alleged child molester and gay socialist activist Alden Bunag was teaching 2016-17 ....

... a "free-for-all of hate and harassment" ....

... SB669 passed the Senate Judiciary Committee 3-0, but with an effective date of 2075 ....

... This can make it very difficult for Hawaii employers to offer HDHPs to their employees ....

... How to ensure that zoning and building codes don’t undermine housing growth ....

... the proposed tax credit could be critical for some property owners who might otherwise have to increase the rents of their tenants ....

"Well I guess we aren’t done with this balloon fad yet."

... Most of the other speakers at the event were professional activists, some of whom have worked as contributors or hosts for Kremlin-controlled RT America ....

... CNHA: Josh Green will Give us Tourism Contract ....

... The owner in the previous year paid $30,154 in property tax and got a bill for $835,710, resulting in an extremely unhappy owner ....

... Honolulu’s financial problems stem mostly from unfunded retirement obligations that have accumulated over the years ....

... the excise tax is a tax on the total revenues of the businesses, at every transaction level, from manufacturing to wholesale to retail ....

... “Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It” ....

... Hawaii Legislators' cradle-to-grave plan for your life .... 

... bills introduced and votes cast in Congress ....

... Abraham Lincoln freed Hawaii plantation laborers from indentured servitude--in 1900--35 years after he was assassinated.  How?  Keep reading ....

... Na Po’e Kokua failed to show it represents individuals seeking to recover loan funding meant for Native Hawaiian homelands ....

... Opponents of HB132/SB180 are encouraging the other Hawaii County Councils to follow Kauai's example ....

... Applications for consideration should be submitted by April 21, 2023 ....

... The 20-member Hawai‘i Climate Commission voted today to support Governor Josh Green’s proposal to create a $100 million climate (slush) fund ....

... Governor Green must make his appointment by Saturday, March 18, 2023 ....

... there are no doctors on Guam willing to provide abortion services ....

... Candidate applications should be submitted online ....