Entries for January 2021

... The Jones Act prohibits that, too ....

... Welcome to the 2021 Legislative Tracker for Firearms Bills ....

... Our unemployment system, as of January 8, 2021, has paid out $3.4 billion in unemployment benefits ....

... For example, the District of Columbia "prohibits discrimination based on political affiliation by public and private employers, housing, educational institutions, public accommodations, and when applying for government services, facilities, and benefits." ....

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

... due to the unexpectedly higher take of `ōpe`ape`a (bat) at the project and discovery of two `ua`u (petrel) fatalities ....

... activists were determined to get their way ignoring all of the evidence while creating lots of fake “evidence” ....

“… costs are only slated to increase ...."

...Nineteen states and the District of Columbia are in the highest-rated category, “Working Toward Innovative Equality”....

“...Because of COVID-19, we are all thinking more about lung health. Now is the time for lawmakers to act and take this opportunity to achieve lasting reductions in tobacco-related death and disease....”

... “Lockdowns Versus Liberty,” -- civil liberties in the time of an emergency ....

... ICA affirmed a lower court decision finding that the chief of the Hawaii County Police Department had the authority to request aid from Maui County Police Department and the Honolulu Police Department ....

... Control work is scheduled for February 17 and 18. Public access to affected areas and the Mauna Kea Hunter Access Road will be restricted ....

... new tax bills, sometimes dressed up as “surcharges,” “fees” or “closing loopholes” ....

... Institutions in Hawaii have only spent 40 percent of total allocated funds ....

... Honolulu Neighborhood Board registration will be open thru February 19 ....

... JAN 27–LAST DAY TO INTRODUCE BILLS ....

... the feds once again doing the job the State just won't do ....

... A survey commissioned by the agency in 2015 found that the public regarded OHA as the least favorable of the major Hawaiian-serving organizations ....

... For all of 2020, total visitor arrivals declined 73.8 percent from the previous year ....