Entries for May 2024

... If the Governor intends to veto a bill, the Governor must inform the Legislature by June 25, 2024 ....

... With the retirement of Senator Maile S.L. Shimabukuro effective today, Senate President Ronald D. Kouchi announced changes to the composition of Senate Standing Committees ....

... An SIC service outage would also affect DHHL’s phone service...the department has established an interim call center for lessees ....

... The County Council actually improved on a tax cut proposed by Mayor Roth, but neither version gives a break to industrial or commercial properties ....

... a $3.49 million tax increase on hotels and resorts and a $4.15 million increase on vacation rentals ....

... Notification to the public at least 12 hours before the start of venting a tank ....

... There were 753,551 visitors to the Hawaiian Islands in April 2024, down 8.9 percent from the same month last year. Total visitor spending measured in nominal dollars was $1.51 billion, which was a 12.6 percent drop from April 2023 ....

... designed to streamline processes, enhance management practices, and increase accessibility to clean energy programs ....

... Hawaii emerges as the state with the highest average price for a medium cheese pizza, reaching $18.99 ....

... The cruise line elected to include Nāpali Coast sailings after being unable to make port calls at Lahaina due to last year’s wildfires ....

... Starting July 1, Hawaiian Electric may preemptively shut off power in areas that appear at high risk of wildfire during periods of forecast high winds and dry conditions ....

... Most eligible families will get SUN Bucks automatically without the need for an application ....

... Another Deadline Extension Will Allow Additional Applicants to Begin and Complete the Process ....

... Blangiardi also signed Resolution 24-50, FD1, allowing voters to decide on November’s ballot whether to establish an Ocean Safety Commission to oversee the new department ....

... with a culminating virtual statewide meeting on Tuesday, July 2 ....

... for stonewalling a review of its own actions in the death of a 6-year-old girl ....

... assuming that cannabis consumers are too dangerous to be trusted with firearms ....

... In Hawaiʻi, mothers earn 74% of what fathers earn, while women without children make 99% of the income of men without children ....

... bills designed to expand the affordable housing inventory and improve the governance of rental laws under the Residential Landlord-Tenant Code ....

... What makes some states better than others for renters? ....

... votes cast and bills introduced ....

... There are still around 27,800 fewer jobs in Hawaii than before the COVID-19 pandemic ....

... secret instructions from the Director of Taxation to his staff ....

... If approved by the Governor, SB2475 CD1 would go into effect on July 1, 2024 ....

... One of the most persistent myths in Hawaii politics is that you can target a single group with a tax hike and not affect anyone else ....

... huge wins in the areas of taxes, healthcare and housing reform ....

... Hawai‘i State Department of Health awards ground ambulance contracts to American Medical Response ....

... HB2404 will lower the state income tax burden for average families by almost 70% by 2031 and save taxpayers roughly $5 billion during that same period ....

... Both Ma and CC #1 worked for the CIA ­­­­— CC #1 from 1967 until 1983, Ma from 1982 until 1989 ....

"These legislators continually criticize, find fault, and introduce legislation intent on diminishing the work carried out at UH."

... nobody really expected a blanket reversal on how Hawaii treats bladed weapons ....

... To make a buck, CNHA will help move Hawaiians out of Hawaii ....

... Carriers such as Matson and Pasha say the Jones Act is a “line of defense” against China, yet are happy to do business with China when it suits them ....

... no petroleum or jet fuel compounds were detected in 15 drinking water samples collected at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) and Aliamanu Military Reservation (AMR)—12 from homes at JBPHH and AMR and three from source water shafts ....

... HIDOE presents three possible sites to rebuild permanent campus for King Kamehameha III Elementary ....

... Jamaica Osorio, assistant professor at UHM, who frequently posts and shares anti-Israel posts on her X account, spoke to demonstrators at the “Day of Action Rally” ....

"they did not update their label”

... FEMA's current extension for the Non-Congregate Sheltering (NCS) Program is now set for June 10, 2024. On May 31, 2024, the state of Hawaiʻi will cease its feeding operations ....

... Five people were arrested over the weekend during what police say was a cockfight raid at a gathering on the Kaloli Drive end of the Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision in Puna ....

... Count also finds 700+ empty shelter beds on Oahu ....

...At a May 20, 2024, US Marshall’s Auction on the steps of the Honolulu Federal Courthouse, Hawaiian Tel won ownership of the former assets of Sandwich Isles Communications....

... The Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi’s 2024 Convention concluded on Saturday evening with over 400 delegates ...

... This year, the Legislature finally listened to their pleas and passed SB1035 ....

... Twenty-eight percent of Hawaii residents spend more than 50% of their income on rent, and only 1-in-5 households can afford a median-priced home mortgage ....

... bills introduced and votes cast in Congress ....

... DoTax claims Administrative Directives are for “Internal Use” and are not to be disclosed to the public ....

... Ironically, OHA is repeating the error of Hawaiian Kingdom royals who exploited their own people and relied on an alliance with businessmen ....

... The plan will have its first hearing on June 25 before the Maui Planning Commission ....

... Most of the targeted savings would come from the operating budget of the city’s Department of Information Technology ....

... CLUE: Dobelle and Greenwood are both still alive ....