...Senator Brian Schatz February 4, 2020, tweeted, “Is there any solid reason to be against ranked choice voting? I’m honestly asking.”  OK.  We’re honestly answering....

...Dillingham Airfield Can be Better off Without Airports Division....

...Hui Chen is a member of the Complex Litigation, Fraud, and Compliance Unit, and will be tasked with investigating, reviewing, and consulting on compliance issues within state government....

...The Hawaii State Senate today confirmed William J. Aila to be Chair of the Hawaiian Homes Commission, Department of Hawaiian Homelands and Tyler I. Gomes to be Deputy....

...While some bills were deferred, a number of bills unfortunately passed out of committee and will continue on. Additionally, some of the deferred measures on the House side were amended into other measures that were passed....

...from the Honolulu Republican Party....

...the DOE began taking action after the current system — which has been in place since 1991 — experienced an outage in October 2018 that lasted several weeks, impacting operations and payments to vendors....

...to impose a surcharge on real property tax....

...Assisted Suicide Expansion Bills - Safeguards: Going, Going, Gone....

...votes cast and bills introduced for week ending Feb 8, 2020....

...nanny-state proposals, unconstitutional overreach bills and social engineering schemes....

...complete list here....

...More than 6,300 students, or 15.5 percent of UH’s approximately 40,861 adult students participated in the 2019 survey....

... ask the Governor to appoint Malia Martin and Samuel Wilder King II to the panel ....

...Claiming that lawlessness is in fact "civil disobedience" is in the eye of the beholder, making this law almost impossible to enforce....

...Each volunteer will choose one of three technologies for reporting vehicle mileage automatically....

...concealed from Koyo the fact that one of its upper level managers was an owner of the sham pass-through companies....

...Over the past six months, the Department has removed unpermitted structures, unauthorized campers, and abandoned vehicles from Kalaeloa, Anahola, Hanapepe, King’s Landing, and other locations statewide....

...Hawaii reported an integrated employment rate of 2 percent, the lowest rate in the nation....

...These are the kind of people who make Hawaii what it is today....

"...it wasn’t going unnoticed how many Democrat members in Congress were commending me for the job I was doing...."

...the U.S. Army got unexpected news from the DOT on Jan. 23....

...To give you an idea of the disrespect for your freedom, the joint committee in the House has scheduled 10 minutes to consider five anti-gun bills....

...Ige Approval 32% -- Disapproval: 58%....

...The study was done by Augenblick, Palaich and Associates (APA), which (previously demonstrated its reliability by conducting) a salary study in 2014 for HIDOE and the Hawaii State Teachers Association....

...Hawaii 46 -- ‘Dental Habits & Care’ Rank....

...Your recycling was shipped to Asia and then they dumped it into the ocean because recycling is and always has been a fraud.  Now it is washing up on our beaches and enviro lawyers are using it as an excuse to enhance their power....

"...This Nation is our canvas, and this country is our masterpiece...."

...Personalized Elder Index -- How Much do you need to live in your community in Hawaii?....

...SB2505: Requires & appropriates funds for DOH to establish a continuum of stabilization beds statewide for non-forensic patients with substance abuse or mental health disorders....

...The Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs is set to hear SB42 SD1 today at 1:19pm....

...With 96% Counted Iowa Democratic Party says Gabbard started Caucus night with 326 votes statewide and ended with only 15 votes. ....

...asking the Governor to form a blue ribbon commission to examine and establish a reconciliation process relating to past, present and future issues of importance to Native Hawaiians and the State of Hawaiʻi....

...Meanwhile: ACT Scores Released: Hawaii 4th Lowest in USA....

...how Hawaii can avoid its looming major debt crisis, projected at the moment to total $88 billion the next 30 years....

...the state in which you live can play a big role in how early you can retire....

...a big reason why construction budgets are about 25% higher than the rest of the country....

...“New Year’s Eve was just one of many indications that the inspection process is lacking, which is how illegal goods are coming into the state through our ports. We have seen an increase in gun violence, drug addiction is an epidemic and we are at high-risk for suffering from toxic substances and agricultural invasive species that can hurt our environment,” said Councilmember Pine....

...U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today released a fact sheet highlighting information the committee received from whistleblowers....

...Former Representative, Andria Tupola announced today that she will be running for City Council District 1....

...UPDATE: Its Navatek...

... from the Honolulu Republican Party ....

...when private firms and municipalities consider revenues first, and safety second, the public interest is threatened....

...there is a plethora of requests for “special funds” in the 2020 Legislature....

...Safe Haven for Newborns Passes First Committee....

...votes in Congress and bills introduced from GovTrack.us....

...only Pine, Amemiya, and Hanabusa report substantial fundraising...

...FAA bosses twice denied him travel authorizations to visit the helicopter company, making it next to impossible to perform adequate FAA oversight....

...They don’t reduce the total number of vehicle accidents, the total number of individuals injured in accidents or the total number of incapacitating injuries that involve ambulance transport to a hospital....