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...some states receive a far higher return on their federal income-tax contributions than others....

..."Everyone from Governor Ige on down has been stalling and stonewalling."....

...March 16th, 12:00 noon  --  Hawaii State Capitol, House Chamber....

...Ward urges Trump to hold the meeting in Honolulu....

...Chinese Communist 'Confucius Institute' a Threat to Academic Freedom at UH Manoa....

...Brig. Gen. Kenneth Hara today released the All Hazards Preparedness Improvement Action Plan and Report....

...Hawaii is in the North Pacific, not the North Atlantic....

...The emails were sent in succession after thousands of people received a text-message warning Jan. 13 that prompted hysteria in parts of Hawaii....

...The Department’s investigation revealed that between 2011 and 2016, Honolulu auctioned 1,440 cars registered to individuals who had identified themselves as servicemembers on City forms during the motor vehicle registration process.....

...the DoD Office of Inspector General has issued a disclaimer on the DoD’s own financial statements....

...Federal Communications Commission conducts open meeting to hear investigator's report on false missile alert....

“This is not about an individual, this is about our national security."

...Calls for ending aid to Pakistan are growing on both sides of the aisle. In the House of Representatives, Republican Rep. Mark Sanford of South Carolina and Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii are preparing to introduce a similar bill....

...“it appears that the false alert was a result of two failures: First, simple human error. Second, the state did not have safeguards or process controls in place to prevent the human error from resulting in the transmission of a false alert.”....

...It was clear to anyone who has worked any level of civil defense planning, or who has lived through the drills of the 1950s and ’60s, that after the false alarm went out, no one in Hawaii had any idea what to do....

...Representative Gene Ward (R–Hawaii Kai, Kalama Valley) wrote a letter to Governor Ige urging him to release the HI-EMA security tapes on the morning of January 13th....

...A blast over Honolulu would be catastrophic. That doesn’t mean the government shouldn’t help the public prepare for one....

...Ige said Monday that one of the reasons it took so long to inform the public that a ballistic missile alert in the state was in fact a false alarm was because he couldn’t remember his Twitter password....

"...General Hara is a close personal friend of General Miyagi and under the command of General Logan.  General Logan serves as the Director of the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency, so how can he be evaluated by his Deputy Director, General Hara?"

...Hawaii’s Democratic congresswoman, Tulsi Gabbard, was among the first to blame the president. She said that Mr. Trump was “taking too long” to defuse the North Korean threat adding, “He’s not taking this threat seriously. There’s no time to waste.”....

...Within five minutes of the erroneous missile alert, Iolani School student William Heyler had tweeted to the world that it was a mistake....

"...the only thing accomplished today was more unanswered questions and the announcement that we must wait and see what the Governor's study-report by General Hara turns up...."

...“Hawaii's children must have safe haven at their schools in the event of a missile attack.”....

...if you expect Friday’s hearing at the Legislature to lead to closure of this matter....

...Governor Ige and HIEMA administrator Vern Miyagi say they had to obtain permission from FEMA ... FEMA says that’s not true....

...We also must ensure that corrections are issued immediately....

...Hawaii Emergency Management Agency statement on missile launch false alarm....

"...NO missile threat to Hawaii...."

...Crime and Inability to Join Military or Workforce Present National Crisis....

...islanders to trade in “U.S. government handouts, which are scheduled to end in 2023, for the wide-open promise of Chinese-style capitalism....”

...Signed into law yesterday by the President, the enactment officially authorizes the strategic agreement signed between the United States and Palau governments in 2010....

...Aging fuel storage tanks at Red Hill could soon get an upgrade....

...four alternatives proposed for the facility....

The Defense Department is starting the first agencywide financial audit in its history....

“This is like thinking a man pointing a gun at you wouldn’t figure out how to pull the trigger and kill you,”  Ward said.

...“When marine mammals strand themselves it’s usually a signal that something in our environment is out of sync,” said Ing (wrongly)....

...beginning Friday, residents will hear the nuclear warning siren on the first business day of every month just before noon....

The Hawaii Defense Economy project is focused on enhancing understanding of the economic impact of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) contracts and grants....

...The survey of 1,200 active-duty personnel, veterans, and their spouses shows 72 percent are in favor of education savings accounts (ESAs), 64 percent are in favor of school vouchers, and 63 percent favor tax-credit scholarships....

...National Holiday Care Package Drive.....

...The 2018 National Defense Authorization Act reflects language inserted in the bill by U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa that blocks the immediate deplyment of Ageis Ashore on Kauai....

...take a moment to celebrate the service of all U.S. military veterans past and present....

...veterans in many cities continue to suffer from long delays in mental-health treatment despite a $10 billion effort to expand veterans’ access to such care....

...federal law already prohibits domestic abusers from purchasing or owning guns....

...Rep. Ward (R-Hawaii Kai) wrote a letter to Gov. Ige asking the governor to prepare his departments, particularly the DOE to prepare for the unthinkable....

...veterans in American Samoa must travel over 2,500 miles to receive care in Hawaii....

...The Hawaii plan includes granular details down to, for example, how many specially outfitted medical aircraft the federal government would send to Hawaii after a Category 4 hurricane. It also describes an 85-step process to restore electricity....

...Hawaii Kai Thursday, November 9th -- Kailua Tuesday, November 14th....

...it would be extremely difficult—and would compromise the defenses of populated areas....

...The Navy's 4 public shipyards are in bad shape, and it will take 19 years to restore their facilities, study says....