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Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative (HCEI) fails to satisfy all three pillars of sustainability....

...direct flights to Hawaii will exceed 2.6 M for the three month period between February and April 2013. This is an increase of more than 11%....

We analyzed the data to bring you a list of the ten absolute worst U.S. cities to drive a car according to the following three questions....

"...however you manage that reduction, you need to make sure you are not contradicting what we said the impact would be....” 

Leopold served in the Hawaii State legislature 1970-78.  He was also the State Director for Planned Parenthood while in Hawaii.  He then relocated to MD....

UH boosted its annual bite on students 108%....

It’s devastating to the nation’s economy, environment, and defense capability....

They enter the store with reusable bags and can more easily conceal items they steal.  It's tough to tell what a customer has paid for and what they may already have brought with them....

Transcript of letter from State employees attacked by Rep Faye Hanohano....

Between 2011 and 2012 Hawaii jumped from 44th to 1st in “Work Environment” but fell from 4th to 14th  in “Basic Access"....

When you ram ships; hurl glass containers of acid; drag metal-reinforced ropes in the water to damage propellers and rudders; launch smoke bombs and flares with hooks; and point high-powered lasers at other ships, you are, without a doubt, a pirate, no matter how high-minded you believe your purpose to be.

SSI, SNAP, Medicaid, TANF, or other government assistance....

About 38 percent of all nursing homes in Hawaii earned an overall five-star rating....

Defines "permanent resident" for legislative reapportionment as any individual counted as a usual resident in the last preceding U.S. census within the State of Hawaii....

Obama personally approved of the plan for Lew and Nabors to propose the sequester to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). They did so at 2:30 p.m. July 27, 2011....

The reduction in foreclosure sales helps sustain Hawaii sky high real estate prices, thus benefitting the large landowners' development schemes....

Senior U.S. administration officials held secret talks in North Korea on at least three occasions in 2011 and 2012....

Making them grovel over less than a 2% increase (when health care costs are factored in), while at the same time proposing an expensive new preschool program is breathtakingly insulting....

...cases of voting fraud are more likely to be through absentee ballots, The New York Times reported last fall, citing comment from some election officials. Compared to in-person voting, an absentee ballot also is more likely to be rejected....

... he only selects his friends from a pool of hundreds of qualified Architects and Engineers in Honolulu ....

...Greenpeace is already protesting that “the next ‘golden rice’ guinea pigs might be Filipino children.” The 4.4 million Filipino kids with vitamin A deficiency might not mind so much....

...Hawaii also is looking to boost its use of natural gas, and it will need a Jones Act exemption as well. It's time to strike on this issue now!

...summary of the major project components, including the gas pipeline, gas treatment facilities and the liquefaction, storage and terminal facilities....

...Hawaii could see layoffs and reduced income growth, which in turn would weigh on economic growth....

“A coterie of insiders run the program, with a handful of doctors and others deciding what the public may know." -- The Oregonian

Jeff and his wife Laurie Stone contributed $3000 to Kirk Caldwell's recent Mayoral campaign....

On a hillside in Hawaii sits a lavish home — a six-building estate that looks out over dark lava fields, the Pacific Ocean and a championship golf course....

In 2004, Nopphon Fuchumpa was promised a great opportunity in the United States.... 

Selected details from SunshineReview.org review of State, County, and DoE websites....

Candidate filing closed Friday, February 15.  The election is conducted entirely on-line and by telephone. Voting runs from April 26 through May 17....

... California, Alaska, Guam, Guess Who’s Next ....

It is also possible that LGBT adults make conscious choices to reside in certain states rather than others....

...Colleen Hanabusa underperformed Obama by the most of any incumbent in the nation....

Air carriers have optimistically boosted scheduled seats from Japan, although in our view yen depreciation and higher room rates will act to limit further Japanese market gains....

Really Obvious Question: They win by bribery in India, how do they win in Hawaii?

"After the hiring freeze was lifted staff hired still required Budget and Finance Approval and the Governor’s signature for general funded positions. This slowed the process down significantly. Around November or early December of 2011 the DLNR budget analyst left for vacation and all our paper work at Budget and Finance stopped moving...."

Because project documents were not consistently retained or filed...the current state assessment team was unable to complete planned testing procedures....

... our free enterprise economy is the source of our middle class prosperity ....

...there are millions of Americans who ... have not yet been rewarded....

...state tax credit expenditures could reach $1.4 billion for residential units alone....

Alaska and Hawaii ranked second and third, respectively, with about 28% of each state's workers employed by government....

“...is likely to have a chilling effect on legitimate reporters. And it would be very unlikely to pass a court test of the First Amendment. Please trash this trashy bill.”

Magnitude 4.9 at 12:57PM HST 2-11-13....

...advocates could potentially use these new data from the Department of Education to support a civil rights complaint....

The bill, named after – indeed, written by – the Aerosmith frontman, could punish anyone who takes a photograph of a celebrity in public. That includes a tourist who takes out her iPhone to snap a pic of an aging rocker, or perhaps the Obama family....

Candidate filing is open through Friday, February 15, 2013 for Honolulu Neighborhood Board elections. Candidates may register online at the NB election webpage....

...Somebody is playing a joke on Sen Thielen, making her oppose her previous proposal....

"The most recent annual evaluation for certain employees date back to 1998...."

"Seeing it first hand myself was stunning. That even at the highest levels of enforcement, the Attorney General himself...."

"Given the magnitude of the contract, we want to make sure the vendor has the capacity to perform." -- HART Finance Committee Chairman Don Hor­ner