Environment

...enrollment for the 2012-13 school year -- with all 254 Hawaii State Department of Education (DOE) schools and 32 charter schools -- is 183,251, an increase of 1.1 percent compared to last year’s total of 181,213...

The State Negotiating Team and representatives with the Hawaii State Teachers Association today resumed negotiations.

Honolulu City Council passed Resolution 12-305 unanimously requesting an investigation be conducted on last week’s elections

...his practice focused on product liability, toxic tort, and environmental cost recovery litigation....

Wind project impacts “may be worse than climate change,” says UK Environment Minister....

Have you ever been interested in learning the inner workings of State Government? Do you want to help make your State a better place to live and work?

Public Land Development Corporation Public Hearing live on Akaku Channel 54 and Olelo Channel 55. The meeting is being held on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 from 10:30am to 12:30pm

They will enter the school exactly at 8am and then leave exactly at 3pm ....

The labor board is telling the Supreme Court it has the discretion to take as long as it wants, possibly years, to render a decision....

...lawmakers figured that the general public would not notice that the exemptions were temporarily suspended....

Events and Ceremonies Statewide

Abercrombie announced the State of Hawaii’s “AA/AA/Aa2” credit rating was reaffirmed by three major credit agencies. He encouraged Hawaii investors to take advantage of this strong rating and purchase tax-exempt state bonds on Nov. 13 and 14.

Following Ward’s announcement, the House Minority Caucus met today to elect Rep. Aaron Ling Johanson, 32, as House Minority Leader and Rep. Beth Fukumoto, 29, as House Minority Floor Leader....

Measure B requires porn actors to wear condoms on film sets and for producers to apply and pay for health and film permits.

...there are still thousands of people in Hawaii who choose not to vote. There is so much work to be done in that regard and we will continue to expand and define more clearly our iVOTE Hawaii efforts....

...Tax guidance issued in 2010 has created uncertainty among taxpayers, an unlevel playing field within the renewable energy industry, and presented difficult tax enforcement issues for the Department....

More than 120 Hawaii employers hiring in today’s economy participated in the updated study through interviews and a survey that focused on “living wage” career pathways....

A federal grand jury in Honolulu yesterday indicted Marc Hubbardage 44, of North Carolina and Sean Barriero, age 44, of Miami....

Hawaiian Electric Company invested $188 million, close to twice its earnings, in local infrastructure projects to modernize the electric grid and reliably integrate increasing amounts of renewable energy. At American Savings Bank ... a $15 million increase in clean energy loans.

Here is complete listing of Senate Leadership and Committee Chairmanships....

...the fight for those seats are not over and we look forward to what the future holds....

...our newly elected Republicans are young, driven, and have a passion for representing their district....

May God bless you, the State of Hawaii and the United States of America....

These are the new McCarthyites -- on a witch hunt for racists instead of communists....

I have set up a new email address at which you can reach me....

Hokulani Elementary School, left without ballots for more than four hours between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m....the paper ballots that eventually arrived were designated for a different district and were in Japanese and Ilocano....

Uncle Sam asks Kanoho why his electric bill is higher when he's using less power:
My electric bill. It went from 250 dollars to 400, and we didn't change nothin'.

About 99.9 percent of solar photovoltaic (PV) lease companies in Hawaii are owned by out-of-state investors....

We have the lowest rate for adjusted wages paid in the country while taxing our poor at a higher rate than all but 4 other states.

After the polls close, HRP will join hundreds of volunteers and supporters at Lingle campaign headquarters....

Over the weekend, our opponent began airing negative radio ads designed to attack Charles' character and divert the voters' attention from the serious issues facing our state and nation....

Myth: OHA is a Hawaiian organization. Fact: OHA is a state agency created by Hawaii’s voting public to carry out the public’s duty to Hawaiians and society in general....

...our internal polls have us with a slight lead....

No doubt many voters have already cast their votes in this election, but it is never too late to stop a bad idea ....

...Lingle worked collaboratively with Senator Inouye and other members of Hawaii’s Congressional delegation to save PHNSY from closure....

...final 72 hours before the election....

LINK >>> 2012 Hawaii Polling Place Locator with Sample Ballots

...we know their polling methods are flawed and this race is up for grabs.   Even the Democrat DC-based Super PAC, MajorityPAC, thinks this race is a toss up....

OHA and our state legislature have embraced a new law (Act 195) which creates a racial divide by allowing for the enrollment of a separate Hawaiian nation based on blood only, in effect excluding more than 80% of Hawai’i's population....

...the message is filled with lies about Governor Lingle’s positions and direct plagiarism of messaging put forth by Governor Lingle....

Hawaii’s tourism juggernaut powers onward, but growth elsewhere remains elusive....

The proposed wind project largely serves to limit the amount of imported biofuel used to meet the RPS (so we can make the numbers add up)....

Abercrombie and Louie were just dreaming of easy money ...

...she's continuing to live in the past at her furlough rally, and she has encouraged teachers to strike again....

Mazie Hirono is hosting a rally today to slander Governor Linda Lingle in regards to the 2009-2010 teacher furloughs, a tactic that has been a hallmark of Hirono's campaign.

Abercrombie today announced that Louise Kim McCoy is joining his administration effective today....

Abercrombie today said, “I want everyone to remember that trees and forests are what make life possible...."

It's very obvious that Hirono's campaign and her mainland operatives see the same polling numbers we do: that the U.S. Senate race is a statistical dead heat....

GCA joins a growing coalition of business leaders supporting Linda Lingle for U.S. Senate, including the Associated Builders and Contractors, Maui Chamber of Commerce, and the Hawaii Restaurant Association, as well as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce....

...behavioral health services to Medicaid-eligible adults who have serious mental illnesses, and who are participants in the state's QUEST Expanded Access, or QExA, health program....