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Tuesday, March 10, 2009 |
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Karen's law to be heard on House floor Wednesday
By News Release @ 9:16 AM :: 8479 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Thanks to you, Karen’s Law will finally be heard on the House Floor tomorrow...a select few members will be trying to kill the bill.
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Monday, March 9, 2009 |
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4.0 Earthquake off Laupahoehoe
By News Release @ 2:09 PM :: 5393 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy
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Earthquake location: Along Hamakua coast, about 10 miles NNE of Laupahoehoe.
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Friday, March 6, 2009 |
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$410B Omnibus budget pulled off US Senate floor
By News Release @ 8:42 PM :: 9058 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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It appears at least 41 Senators object to the massive increase in spending -- 8% over last year's budget – and the larding in of 8,500 earmarks totaling $7.7 billion.
A senior Senate aide told me this morning that many Senators do not want a repeat of the Stimulus battle where their offices were literally shut down with telephone calls and their email was swamped with messages going after the wasteful spending.
You see, they’re talking about Americans like you.
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Friday, March 6, 2009 |
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Gov Lingle submits recommended amendments to close revenue shortfall
By News Release @ 6:34 PM :: 4586 Views :: Energy, Environment
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HONOLULU – Governor Linda Lingle today submitted to the State Legislature recommended amendments to three bills that would provide statutory changes needed to help meet a projected $650 million revenue shortfall for the remainder of the current fiscal year (FY09) and biennium budget fiscal years 2010 through 2011.
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Friday, March 6, 2009 |
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Lt. Gov. Aiona: Pro Bowl decision "great news for Hawai`i"
By News Release @ 1:55 PM :: 8610 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News
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“I commend the HTA for having the wisdom to reconsider their previous decision and return the Pro Bowl to Hawai‘i where it belongs.
“Let us now move forward and work closely with the NFL to make the Pro Bowl’s homecoming the best possible.
“I am excited to continue working with Commissioner Goodell on what I believe could be an enhanced all-star weekend of festivities.”
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Friday, March 6, 2009 |
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AP: Abercrombie to enter Governor's race
By Andrew Walden @ 9:21 AM :: 11615 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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An official familiar with Abercrombie's plans says the 10-term congressman will make his announcement through an Internet video to be released Sunday.
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Thursday, March 5, 2009 |
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Karen's Law to get floor vote--passes Finance Committee
By News Release @ 7:08 PM :: 5998 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment
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"Karen's Law", HB819HD1, passed out of the Finance Committee today at 4:36pm un-amended. All members present voted yes.
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Thursday, March 5, 2009 |
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N Korean missile could reach Hawaii, Alaska
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:31 PM :: 9875 Views :: Energy, National News, Ethics, World News
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The range of North Korean ballistic missiles has increased five-fold since 1990. The two-stage Taepodong-2 missile, if successfully developed, could travel thousands of miles to strike Alaska, Hawaii and "parts of the continental United States," intelligence experts estimate. By testing and perfecting a third stage, the North Koreans could reach anywhere in North America with a nuclear warhead.
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Thursday, March 5, 2009 |
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Gov Lingle has breast biopsy
By News Release @ 2:17 PM :: 5035 Views :: Energy, Environment
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In November 2002, the Governor underwent a similar breast biopsy, which tested negative for breast cancer.
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Thursday, March 5, 2009 |
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Islamic censorship on US campuses: What We Don't Read in America
By IPT News @ 9:23 AM :: 9316 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment
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San Francisco State University: "[T]he College Republicans must be punished or sanctioned for throwing shoes at the Hamas flag; pending charges should be dropped against the two protestors who assaulted the College Republicans and seized the Hamas flag; and, most ominously for defenders of free _expression on campus, a forum should be created to 'educate' students about what forms of speech the 'offended' students deem acceptable or unacceptable, including what the Left regularly tries to proscribe as 'hate speech.'"
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Thursday, March 5, 2009 |
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AIHM salutes West Maui Hospital CON board approval
By Jan Shields RN @ 8:40 AM :: 10761 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment
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Kimo Apana, a former Maui County Mayor, testified that he brought a friend into MMMC with a stroke this week and although they needed to admit the friend, there was not a bed....
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Thursday, March 5, 2009 |
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AIHM: Pressure on Senate needed to limit malpractice lawsuits
By Dr. Linda Rasmussen @ 7:56 AM :: 8423 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment
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The bill was drafted as a compromise to get House approval and to encourage talks with the state Senate, where many senators are opposed.
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009 |
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Governor Lingle unveils plan to close revenue shortfall
By News Release @ 6:24 PM :: 4785 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Governor balances budget with no tax increases, no layoffs, no significant cuts in essential services -- Act 215 spending cut 50% -- $320 in Federal 'stimulus' funds covering Medicaid expenses -- renegotiate State employees health benefit cost sharing %
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Monday, March 2, 2009 |
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Lt Gov Aiona salutes HTA decision to reconsider Pro-Bowl
By Lt Gov Duke Aiona @ 5:11 PM :: 6329 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment
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I am glad to see that the HTA board will reconsider the NFL’s proposal so we can begin working on making the Pro Bowl even better.
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Saturday, February 28, 2009 |
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Governor Lingle: No more "business as usual"
By Gov. Linda Lingle @ 7:17 PM :: 9469 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Environment, National News, World News
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In an effort to make Hawai‘i’s state government as efficient and effective as possible, I have asked each state department to develop new and innovative ways of delivering critical services and upholding their responsibility to the people of Hawai‘i. The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) has responded with a comprehensive plan that reinvents how it cares for Hawai‘i’s land and ocean recreational spaces.
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Friday, February 27, 2009 |
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OHA's strange concessions in "Ceded Lands" Oral Arguments
By Robert Thomas @ 12:01 AM :: 7435 Views :: Energy, National News
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At first, it was a bit odd to see Washington, D.C. attorney Kannon Shanmugam, counsel for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs in the "ceded lands" case immediately concede in oral argument that the U.S. Supreme Court should rule against OHA -- and hold the Apology Resolution was simply a symbolic statement of regret -- if the Hawaii Supreme Court's decision relied on it.
The predicament OHA finds itself in is one almost entirely of its own making. Its unusual U.S. Supreme Court strategy was made necessary by its overwhelming victory in the Hawaii Supreme Court (the court ruled unanimously against the State), where it argued successfully that the Apology Resolution provided all of the answers. But in prevailing on that basis, OHA opened the door to the state and federal government's arguments which -- if accepted by a majority of the Supreme Court -- at the very least will shift the venue for resolution of land claims from OHA's preferred forum, state courts, to the political branches of state government.
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Friday, February 20, 2009 |
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Renovating the Big Island’s Recreational Areas
By Lt Gov Duke Aiona @ 10:24 AM :: 5567 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy
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We are looking to draw on the popularity of our recreational areas to help reverse years of decline and rehabilitate these cultural attractions for outdoor enthusiasts, who enjoy everything from fishing and hunting, to boating and camping, to hiking and swimming.
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Friday, October 10, 2008 |
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Lillian Koller named “Public Official of the Year”
By News Release @ 4:57 AM :: 8214 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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HONOLULU – GOVERNING magazine announced today that Hawai‘i Human Services Director Lillian Koller has been selected as a “Public Official of the Year” for her leadership in bringing about widespread improvements at the State Department of Human Services (DHS) over the past five years, including an overhaul of the child welfare system.
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Sunday, March 16, 2008 |
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Will Soldiers Get to Vote in 2008?
By Andrew Walden @ 7:28 PM :: 6293 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Convicted felons are being registered. Some jurisdictions propose allowing non-citizens to cast ballots in state and local elections. But are our soldiers voting?
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Thursday, February 7, 2008 |
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Hawaii Legislators Consider Becoming Dope Dealers
By Andrew Walden @ 8:42 AM :: 11828 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment
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After nationalizing a Kauai poi factory in December, the state of Hawaii is considering collectivized agriculture. A bill before the Legislature’s House Committee on Health would establish a state farm on Maui -- to grow marijuana.
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Thursday, March 8, 2007 |
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Kuleana Plots Saved from the 'Stewards of Jesus'
By Andrew Walden @ 12:21 PM :: 14083 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy
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“OK, if they ask you are you related to this person or that, just say yes, OK?”
With that instruction, non-Hawaiian sovereignty activist Shelly Stephens, who sometimes calls herself “Makaala Nakoa” sent three Hawaiians into the Hilo courtroom of Third Circuit Court Judge Greg Nakamura on February 1.
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Tuesday, October 3, 2006 |
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Case Defeat: Democratic Party Rejects Reform Candidates
By Andrew Walden @ 4:16 PM :: 8660 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Rep. Ed Case called the Democratic Senate Primary vote on Sept. 23, “a Choice between past and future” and explained on his campaign Web site: "This election gives Hawaii's voters a choice between the way things have been in Hawaii and national politics and the way they can and should be. I believe our political culture is broken and must change, and that this election asks voters to choose between the status quo and a better way forward."
But Hawaii Democratic Primary voters said “no.”
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Thursday, July 6, 2006 |
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Failed North Korean Missile Aimed at Hawaii?
By Andrew Walden @ 4:05 PM :: 10404 Views :: Energy, National News, World News
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A Tokyo-based newspaper reports in its Friday AM edition that North Korea’s failed Taepodong-2 missile was aimed at an area of the ocean close to Hawaii.
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Thursday, June 22, 2006 |
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Thimerosal Veto: Saving Vaccines from Trial Lawyers
By Andrew Walden @ 2:14 PM :: 10441 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Gov. Lingle has done a service to autistic children everywhere by rejecting the Thimerosal claims. This is one step away from fear mongering claims which might make for a nice juicy lawsuit one day and a step towards autism research which could discover the real cause(s) and develop real treatments.
Thousands of lives are at stake but the Democrats and their trial lawyer donors care only about the opportunity for more ill gotten gains. The fact that these gains might be made at the expense of the lives of children who are infected by diseases which might have been prevented by vaccines made no longer available due to lawsuit liability is of no concern to them.
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Tuesday, December 27, 2005 |
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Clinton, Reagan, and Carter's Legal Warrantless Wiretaps on U.S. Citizens
By Andrew Walden @ 2:07 PM :: 17739 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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The day after Iraq’s stunning December 15 election success, the New York Times wrote, "Under a presidential order signed in 2002, the …(National Security Agency) has monitored the international telephone calls and international email messages of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people inside the United States without warrants over the past three years in an effort to track possible ‘dirty numbers’ linked to Al Qaeda, the officials said. The agency, they said, still seeks warrants to monitor entirely domestic communications." ... the local media, and The New York Times all chose not to mention that President Bill Clinton asserted his authority to conduct physical searches "for foreign intelligence purposes" without a warrant in Executive Order 12949, dated Feb. 9, 1995, during the Bosnia War.
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