Entries for May 2013

Abercrombie has nominated Genevieve Salmonson to the position of interim director of the state Department of Health (DOH) Office of Environmental Quality Control, effective today....

The Hawaii County Democratic Party convention – set for May 18 and May 19 at Kilauea Military Camp ....

Experts can’t always predict exactly how public policy will affect the nation....

Eligible voters who have misplaced passcodes may receive them by calling 768-3716....

Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on May 6, 2013, against the U.S. Secret Service....

Members of the House of Representatives are scheduled to vote Thursday to repeal all of Obamacare....

Current law requires the federal government to approve all sales of U.S. gas abroad....

...Dependence on and accommodation of contractors subverts the public interest....

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is proud to announce the launch of Operation Reef Defense....

New A.D. Ben Jay is flipping and flopping on his decision to install the “Warriors” as U.H.’s official nickname....

...the IRS leaked National Organization for Marriage's confidential financial documents to the rival Human Rights Campaign. Those NOM documents were published on the Huffington Post on March 30, 2012....

Heritage sounded the alarm on the Obama Administration’s hit list nearly a year ago....

...Hawaii flags be flown at half-staff alongside the flags of the United States at state offices and agencies as well as the Hawaii National Guard from sunrise to sunset on Wednesday, May 15....

abortionist Kermit Gosnell was convicted yesterday of first-degree murder in the deaths of three infants who were born alive....

a payment dispute between the Hawaii Medical Service Association and the Wai­anae Coast Comprehensive Health Center was causing HMSA to lose 1000s of customers....

... Resolution 13-74 requesting the Honolulu Police Department (HPD) to open the Kapolei and Kaneohe Police Stations to firearm permitting and registration ....

Attorney General Eric Holder presented the award to Ferguson-Brey during the National Crime Victims’ Rights Week awards ceremony....

...many workers will soon discover that when they earn more money, they end up with less take-home pay....

The industry is expected to grow for many decades as the proven reserves of America's shale gas formations continue to grow....

• Senate: Internet Sales Tax – Final Passage
• Senate: Water Infrastructure Projects – Amendment Vote
• House: Private Sector Comp Time – Final Passage
• House: Debt Payment Prioritization – Final Passage

The Internet sales tax passed the Senate, but a growing chorus is pointing out that it would hurt many to help the tax man....

...it makes it necessary for Jacksonville, Florida, to bring in coal from Colombia rather than from American mines; it requires Maryland and Virginia to bring in road salt from Chile rather than Ohio; and it makes it cheaper for livestock farmers to buy feed from grain farmers in Argentina and Canada....

... a new-media, information age repressive technique aimed at physicians ....

Those who are implementing Obamacare in Hawaii are now putting themselves on the record predicting disaster....

When Obamacare’s individual mandate takes effect in 2014, all Americans who file income tax returns must complete an additional IRS tax form....

...dismay that their current mayor, Billy Kenoi and lobbyists like Mililani Trask, claim to speak for them....

...Abercrombie signed more than 70 Bills into law before the end of the 2013 Legislative Session.  The Legislature passed 293 bills....

...a paradigm shift in the approach taken to complete the work of the legislative session....

...delegates will be electing a new county chair after a long tenure by former chairperson, Tony Gill....

...to address concerns raised in the Audit of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands’ Homestead Services Division and other related Department of Hawaiian Home Lands issues....

...urges Governor Neil Abercrombie to add a USW Local 12-591 member to the Hawaii Refinery Task Force and to broaden the issues the task force will review....

...her sainthood validated that their suffering and sacrifice have not been in vain....

the current DBEDT forecast is slightly less optimistic than its February 2013 forecast for some of local economic indicators such as gross domestic product (GDP) growth, job growth, and visitor-related indicators...

...visitors to the state appear to be booking shorter trips and spending less at local shops, perhaps in response to higher hotel room rates....

The Commission announces the launch of its newly revamped website today....

Access, in this case is defined as, “the number of destinations reachable within a given travel time.”....