Entries for October 2019

...Hawaii and California 'confidentiality' provisions 'extremely dangerous'....

...Washington State’s 20 percent rate is the highest estate tax rate in the nation, although Hawaii is set to increase its top rate to 20 percent effective January 1, 2020....

... NELHA Host Park generates over $100M annually ....

...Currently, the minimum age to purchase nicotine vapor products in Hawaii is 21....

...Our experts estimated that the survival rate of the trees would be just 10 percent....

...The combined total of the 9-week long Daniel K. Inouye Highway enhanced traffic enforcement efforts by Hawaiʻi Police Department stands at 5033 citations issued and 48 persons arrested for 80 offenses.... 

...Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Iroquois Point Elementary School....

...Obviously this is a negotiating position. OHA is demanding decommissioning but wants rent money.  UH offers decommissioning but no money.  Now they have to trade to settle....

...there is no paper that is so dreadful that it cannot be published somewhere....

...a proposed policy in Honolulu may prevent nonunion employers from bidding on government projects....

...There are 25 emergency shelter beds available in the initial phase. At full operation, the shelter will provide 50 emergency shelter beds for single men....

...In 1996, under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (Welfare Reform Act), COFA migrants living and working legally in the United States under the Compacts were deemed ineligible for most federal public benefits. Hawaii, as a U.S. port of entry in the Pacific, has directly borne the cost of public services related to migration under the Compacts....

... age 10-17--obesity rate 11.5%....

...Hawaii had the lowest percentage of Millennial-owned businesses -- 3.65%....

...Vernon Char, Wesley “Kaiwi” Yoon, Christopher Yuen....

...some cities know the key ingredients for long-term prosperity better than others....

...SCOTUS Oral Argument Hinges On Internal Dispute Over Who Can Settle....

"...it feels like they're trying to smoke us out, that they're trying to slightly force us into leaving this building...."

...We need this to stop....

...Cities and States with the Highest and Lowest Uninsured Rates....

“...She seems very Trumpian....”

...The heat and high humidity are driving increased demand for air conditioning at the same time overcast skies are diminishing solar output and wind resources are minimal....

...Nine of the 10 UH campuses saw reductions in enrollment....

...Ige has appointed Brig. Gen. Kenneth S. Hara to be the Adjutant General for the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Defense effective Dec. 6, 2019. He replaces Maj. Gen. Arthur “Joe” Logan who will be retiring....

...The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations to fill the following anticipated judicial vacancies in the State of Hawaii....

...a task force of eminent Hawaii business and other community leaders has just issued a warning that Hawaii’s current rate of government spending is not sustainable....

...The combined total of the 8-week long Daniel K. Inouye Highway enhanced traffic enforcement efforts by Hawaii Police Department stands at 4,632 citations issued and 46 persons arrested for 74 offenses....

..."I invite my fellow kanaka who support TMT to join me in trying to reach for the stars."....

...Troubled Waters: Charting a New Fiscal Course for Hawaii....

...After a public hearing, the Council approved the bill, 7-2, It now goes to the mayor....

...eight U.S. Mayors joined Mike Bloomberg to release the American Cities Climate Challenge Climate Action Playbook, a strategic guide to accelerate and deepen climate action in cities....

...High school students on the tiny Micronesian island of Kosrae will be building, programming and competing their own advanced robots for the first time....

... Pearl City has the Lowest Percentage of People with Disabilities in Poverty in USA ....

...OHA stands to potentially receive a 20% cut of revenues generated from development of so-called ‘ceded lands’-- such as the Ala Wai harbor....

...The location of the University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents decision-making meeting on the proposed administrative rules for UH managed lands on Maunakea, scheduled for November 6, has been moved to the UH Hilo campus....

...lessees who are interested in extending their 99-year leases for an additional 100 years can do so via request through DHHL and with approval of the Hawaiian Homes Commission....

"...I thank all of you for 30 wonderful years...."

...If you are an adult using vaping devices to kick a cigarette habit, do not return to smoking cigarettes....

...The latest entry of the State of the States publication breaks down each governor’s “state of the state” address and identifies strong and weak policy prescriptions within....

...the Honolulu City Council is considering Bill 25, which would add numerous energy conservation requirements for any residential dwelling that is new or remodeled....

"...to get the observatories to pay lawful rent...."

...Mayor Harry Kim’s TMT plan offers nothing new, supporter says....

...Just 3% of Waianae High juniors tested proficient in math last school year, from 11% the year before....

...Hawaii Construction Forecast....

...the Hawai'i Supreme Court ruled that the State of Hawai'i must resolve the claims of Native Hawaiians before selling ceded lands....

...he is considering a proposal that would leave the Jones Act in place but forbid shipping companies from charging a certain percentage above an established international shipping rate....

... apparently Max Holloway is 'sacred' ....

...The combined total for 7-weeks stands at 4092 citations issued and 43 persons arrested for 71 offenses....

...It is pretty fun to belong to a cause and feel as if you’re making a difference....