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Friday, October 24, 2014
DLNR Approves Community Management of Haena Fishpond
By News Release @ 9:47 PM :: 4774 Views :: Environment, Hawaii State Government

Near Unanimous Support from Haena Community Results In Historic Decision....

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Friday, October 24, 2014
Takai ‘Can’t Carry the Cooler’ for Hawaii
By News Release @ 9:19 PM :: 4382 Views :: Politicians

... how can we expect him to juggle pressing issues ....

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Friday, October 24, 2014
OHA Candidates Debate to be Live-Streamed
By News Release @ 1:46 AM :: 4029 Views :: OHA

OHA and the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs are collaborating to host the 90-minute debate on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014 during the civic clubs’ convention in Waikoloa....

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Thursday, October 23, 2014
RGA Poll: Ige 39% - Aiona 36%
By News Release @ 9:57 PM :: 6711 Views :: Politicians, Republican Party

...RGA poll shows 11% of voters still undecided, it is an open race....

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Thursday, October 23, 2014
Lower Cost of Living? Ige Proposes Higher Prices
By News Release @ 6:17 PM :: 5210 Views :: Politicians, Cost of Living

Instead Of Offering Solutions To Lower Costs, Ige Proposes Making Downtown Parking Cost $500....

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Aiona Campaign Releases Policy Roadmap
By News Release @ 11:54 PM :: 5740 Views :: Politicians, Cost of Living
“I have a dream that one day Hawai‘i will be a place where future generations can live, work and play without the highest cost of living in the country.”
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Caldwell signs 'Best Cities for Successful Aging' Pledge
By News Release @ 11:24 PM :: 3952 Views :: Honolulu County

...the Milken Institute’s Best Cities for Successful Aging Mayor’s Pledge....

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Students Now Facing More Cuts, Higher Costs Under Ige's Budget Leadership
By News Release @ 11:11 PM :: 5493 Views :: Education K-12, Politicians

The Department of Education announced today that it will need additional emergency funding in order to avoid cutting bus routes and increasing the cost of school lunches....

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014
S&P Downgrades Hawaii
By News Release @ 9:11 PM :: 4292 Views :: Hawaii State Government

...state tax revenues underperformed what the state's Council on Revenues had forecast for fiscal 2014 (although, in our view, not by as much as officially reported)....

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Ige on Housing? More of the Same
By News Release @ 4:48 PM :: 5871 Views :: Politicians, Cost of Living

David Ige Offers The Same Policies Of The Last Four Years While Housing Costs Soar....

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014
BoE: Matayoshi No Longer 'Exceptional'
By News Release @ 1:40 PM :: 3775 Views :: Education K-12

“The overall performance grade is ‘Exceeds Expectations,’ which is one step below the prior year....

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Hawaii DoE Presents Next Biennium Budget--Unions Take $231M Bite
By News Release @ 1:29 PM :: 4076 Views :: Education K-12

Enrollment dipped somewhat this year due to a change in the cutoff age for students to be eligible for kindergarten....

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Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Business Development Counselors Rank Hawaii Business Environment
By News Release @ 10:02 PM :: 4852 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business

“Winning Strategies provides a glimpse into the minds of corporate executives and site selection consultants and their perceptions of locations across the United States and the world.”

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Tuesday, October 21, 2014
“Few Major Policy Differences” Between Ige And Abercrombie
By News Release @ 4:55 PM :: 4259 Views :: Politicians

Ige Has Failed To Offer A Different Policy Vision While Hawaii Families Demand Change....

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Tuesday, October 21, 2014
VIDEO: We're Worried About Brian
By News Release @ 4:48 PM :: 4638 Views :: Politicians
Where are the debates in the U.S. Senate Race for Hawaii?
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014
BLNR Considers New Hunting Rules
By News Release @ 4:06 PM :: 5402 Views :: Environment, Second Amendment

BLNR will consider approval of new state hunting rules for game mammals and game birds on Oct. 24....

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Tuesday, October 21, 2014
NRA Grades Hawaii Candidates on Second Amendment
By News Release @ 3:53 PM :: 4534 Views :: Second Amendment

Hawaii Candidates graded by NRA ....

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Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Massive Debris Pile Reveals Risk of Huge Tsunamis in Hawaii
By News Release @ 2:32 PM :: 5464 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii History

The county hopes to have the new tsunami evacuation maps distributed to residents by the end of the year....

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Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Walk-In Early Voting Begins October 21
By News Release @ 12:36 AM :: 4532 Views :: Office of Elections

Early Voting Walk-In Locations ....

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Monday, October 20, 2014
Ige's HHSC Mess Gets Worse
By News Release @ 5:59 PM :: 5164 Views :: Health Care

...Star Advertiser Editorial Slams Chairman Ige And His Fellow Legislators For Their Failure....

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Monday, October 20, 2014
Caldwell Town Halls to discuss Islandwide Housing Strategy
By News Release @ 5:46 PM :: 6930 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Homelessness
Three meetings to be held to discuss Islandwide Housing Strategy
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Monday, October 20, 2014
Hawaii Energy Survey Shows Public Support Inversely Proportional to Amount of Energy Produced
By News Release @ 3:25 PM :: 4011 Views :: Energy

...the UH survey did not ask about Natural Gas....

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Saturday, October 18, 2014
UPDATE: Hurricane Ana Takes Aim at Kauai
By News Release @ 11:04 PM :: 9419 Views :: Kauai County, Hawaii State Government

Tropical Storm Warning in effect as Ana takes aim at South Shores of Kauai and Island of Niihau ....

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Saturday, October 18, 2014
Ige Drove Cost of Living Higher
By News Release @ 2:13 PM :: 3054 Views

...Meanwhile, Senator Ige Offered New Ideas To Increase The Cost Of Living, Like Making Parking In Downtown Honolulu More Expensive....

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Saturday, October 18, 2014
Washington Post Debunks Takai Campaign Commercial
By News Release @ 12:49 PM :: 4755 Views :: Politicians

...read an editorial from the liberal-leaning Washington Post to understand how irresponsible Takai's position really is....

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Friday, October 17, 2014
Army Officer Files IG Complaint Against Mark Takai
By News Release @ 8:00 PM :: 12927 Views :: Ethics, Military, Politicians

Hawaii resident Ben White flies home from Korea to support Inspector General Complaint against Mark Takai for “violations of privacy” and “abuse of rank”....

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Friday, October 17, 2014
Ige Ignored Efforts For Tax Relief On Groceries
By News Release @ 2:44 PM :: 4669 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living

...earlier this year, when Senator Ige had a bipartisan measure to provide tax relief on groceries (SB2206, 1/16/14) before his committee, he ignored it....

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Friday, October 17, 2014
Hawaii Named a ‘Top 10 State for Afterschool’
By News Release @ 1:34 AM :: 4998 Views :: Education K-12, Family

New Household Survey Finds that Unmet Demand for Afterschool Programs in the State Persists....

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Thursday, October 16, 2014
Hawaii Family Advocates Releases 2014 General Election Endorsements
By News Release @ 8:50 PM :: 6648 Views :: Family, Politicians

HFA endorses these candidates for this election only....

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Thursday, October 16, 2014
Corporations Must Re-Register as Non-Candidate Committees
By News Release @ 8:24 PM :: 4622 Views :: Ethics

On November 5, 2014, the day after the general election, the Corporate Reporting System will be repealed....

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Thursday, October 16, 2014
Ana: Big Island Schools Closed Friday, Governor Issues Emergency Proclamation
By News Release @ 1:49 AM :: 4621 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii State Government

Tropical Storm Ana is expected to strengthen over the next 12 hours, forcing the closure of all Hawaii Island public schools on Friday....

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Takai Missed Every Hearing and Every Vote
By News Release @ 7:52 PM :: 3613 Views :: Politicians

In 2014, Takai failed to attend every hearing and didn’t participate in any votes in three committees that he’s assigned to....

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Djou Campaign $626K Cash on Hand
By News Release @ 3:31 PM :: 4170 Views :: Politicians

Team Djou holds over $626,000 cash-on-hand as of September 30th....

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Ige Wants To Charge $500 For Parking In Downtown Honolulu!?
By News Release @ 2:40 PM :: 7239 Views :: Politicians, Rail, Cost of Living

"Senator Ige's latest extreme proposal clearly demonstrates that the cost of living in Hawaii is at the bottom of his list of priorities...."

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Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Aiona: Lower the Cost of Energy
By News Release @ 11:56 PM :: 4826 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living

“All solutions which lower the cost of energy must be on the table,” said Aiona....

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Tuesday, October 14, 2014
2013: Ige's TAT Raid Set Up County GE Tax Hike
By News Release @ 4:48 PM :: 3608 Views :: Taxes

...2011 was not the only time Ige pushed a measure that would raise general excise taxes....

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Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Caldwell Claims 269 Lane Miles Repaved
By News Release @ 1:00 AM :: 2815 Views :: Honolulu County

...Caldwell released today the city’s quarterly road repaving progress report....

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Monday, October 13, 2014
Video: Manny Pacquiao endorses Duke Aiona
By News Release @ 11:20 PM :: 4718 Views :: Politicians

World Champion boxer and Filipino politician, Manny Pacquiao, endorses Duke Aiona in Hawaii Governors race....

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Monday, October 13, 2014
VIDEO: Cam Cavasso Launches TV Ads
By News Release @ 11:03 PM :: 4266 Views :: Politicians

Cam's advertising centers around the high cost of living in Hawaii and the lack of viable solutions to this problem by the Democrats....

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Monday, October 13, 2014
Aiona: Cut taxes to make Hawaii more affordable
By News Release @ 9:25 PM :: 3790 Views :: Politicians
“We’re actually one of only seven states that tax food and medicine.”
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Monday, October 13, 2014
Djou Emphasizes Critical Need for Bipartisan Congressional Delegation
By News Release @ 1:48 PM :: 5070 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Politicians

Djou Emphasizes Critical Need for Bipartisan Congressional Delegation....

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Sunday, October 12, 2014
Kakaako Developer Rushes Approval Before Abercrombie Appointees Exit HCDA
By News Release @ 5:49 PM :: 5075 Views :: Development

The approval meeting is currently scheduled for December 3, after the expiration of the term of the current board on December 1....

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Sunday, October 12, 2014
Hawaii Churches Join Pulpit Freedom Sunday
By News Release @ 4:04 AM :: 5771 Views :: First Amendment, Religion

...a statement agreeing that the IRS should not control the content of a pastor’s sermon....

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Saturday, October 11, 2014
Ige Defensive over Tax Hikes, Broken Promises
By News Release @ 4:01 PM :: 5067 Views :: Politicians, Taxes

...another week has gone by where Senator David Ige found himself defending tax hikes and broken promises....

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Saturday, October 11, 2014
Abercrombie Appoints Two Oahu Circuit Court Judges
By News Release @ 3:50 PM :: 6409 Views :: Judiciary

Abercrombie today announced the appointments of Jeffrey P. Crabtree and Christine E. Kuriyama to the Circuit Court of the First Circuit....

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Saturday, October 11, 2014
Mark Takai Flip-Flops on Military Cuts
By News Release @ 2:42 AM :: 5377 Views :: Military, Politicians

“Mark Takai will mislead voters and say anything to get elected."

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Friday, October 10, 2014
Honest? Ige Once Signed 'No New Taxes' Pledge
By News Release @ 5:00 PM :: 5116 Views :: Politicians, Taxes

"I don’t make promises to people that I can’t keep." 

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Friday, October 10, 2014
OHA Plays Political Game With Candidates
By News Release @ 4:18 PM :: 4003 Views :: OHA

...Office of Hawaiian Affairs and Kanu Hawai‘i, a grassroots organization, have teamed up to help voters find out which local candidates they agree with most....

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Friday, October 10, 2014
Prosecutor: Criticism of Cachola Case 'Uninformed'
By News Release @ 3:40 AM :: 3939 Views :: Law Enforcement

Taking the case to a grand jury wasn't about looking for a way out....

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Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Maui Monsanto Rep Cancels Speaking Engagement Over Safety Concerns
By News Release @ 10:09 PM :: 6068 Views :: TEA Party, GMOs

...anti-GMO activists were planning to protest and disrupt our meeting....

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