Entries for November 2016

Who Put $$$ In Lindseyʻs Pocket & Why They Now Have “Uncle Bob” In Theirs....

Who exactly are the anti-GMO activists with 'national standing'?  Let’s take a look....

...A new committee, Intrastate Commerce, will focus on regulations and licensing of Hawaii businesses such as banking, telecommunications and property insurance....

Feedback on the candidates can be sent through the executive search website....

The Hawaiʻi Civil Rights Commission today called on the people of Hawaii to stand against the reported rise in the incidence of discriminatory harassment and intimidation....

The deadline to submit proposals is December 30, 2016 at 4 p.m....

...Wednesday, November 30 at 7:30 p.m. at Mililani High School Cafeteria....

...the Trump administration should immediately act to rescind that rule, and Congress can also reject it via the Congressional Review Act....

Completed Vaccination Consent Forms due to Schools by December 16....

Any Oahu resident who will be at least 18 years of age by February 17, 2017 can be a candidate....

...20 Neighborhood Board seats are currently vacant island-wide....

...Neil Mellen details how political intervention has limited access to healthcare, education and employment....

...most home buyers in the Honolulu area don’t have enough money for a 20 percent down payment....

"...we will work with our colleagues to ensure that Congress scrutinizes your actions — and, if appropriate, overturns them.”

...one of the 10 best law schools in the country in terms of starting salaries that exceed the debt that law graduates carry....

...financially “dead” but are somehow shambling on....

Despite good results for Republicans across the country, Hawaii was Hillary Clinton’s best state nationally, voting for her by a resounding 62-32 margin over Donald Trump....

Many of $2.168M in expenses are nebulous, making it easy for the usual suspects to score padded communications and media contracts....

Two inspectors and prior commissioners who recently left the commission are not listed as interviewees....

It is the most intensively managed of all fisheries in the State....

...Is The Robin Danner Crowd Making One Final Attempt To Turn You Into A Tribe?....

Thursday, December 1st, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM....

The Chairperson of DLNR will review the applications and select individuals that are deemed qualified to serve on the Water Security Advisory Group per the requirements of Act 172....

...the American shipping industry has been in a steady decline for decades....

...the cumulative effect is a 54.8% increase in Wharfage rates....

...there’s still a better way and it’s pretty simple and practiced by the best rail systems in the world....

...public hearings on Hawaii Island, Maui, Oahu, and Kauai from Dec. 5-9, 2016....

...THE FILM TAX CREDIT is set to sunset at the end of 2018....

....paranoia will destroy ya....

...11 sites, clustered within the Kalihi, Aiea, Kalaeloa and Mililani areas, have been identified....

MADD wants tougher Hawaii law for DUI with kids in car....

...“Trump's chief strategist, Stephen Bannon, is reportedly a big fan of Gabbard”....

The result of the general election earlier this month raises the possibility of a high magnitude shake-up in our federal tax system....

...presentation for the Building Industry Association of Hawaii's 2016 summit, "Still Houseless in Honolulu."....

...obesity and overweight rates increased high school educated people, while there is weak evidence that they decreased for the college educated....

...18 Nene killed by the Kaheawa Pastures turbines with ridiculously small search areas and infrequent search intervals....

...these turbines are contributing to species extinction faster than any other source of energy....

...Oral arguments in the case are set for January 19, 2017....

...a prosperous society is where the rich get richer and the poor get richer....

...the 32nd annual Honolulu City Lights goes bright on Saturday, December 3, 2016....

The zoo’s inability to retain a director was cited by the AZA as one reason Honolulu lost its accreditation....

Douglas Murdock is stepping down as comptroller and DAGS director on Nov. 18....

...HCDA will consider the appointment of Jesse K. Souki as its executive director in an upcoming special meeting on November 23....

...the Hawaii Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Hussey v. Say that the state House of Representatives is the only body that can decide whether State Representative Calvin Say satisfies the constitutional residency requirements....

Norwegian energy giant Statoil is mulling a floating wind farm in Hawaii, its first offshore foray in the U.S. since abandoning a test project off Maine three years ago....

...fourth quarter 2016 Statistical and Economic Report....

The meeting will be held at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 6th at the Oahu Veterans Center at 1299 Kukila St, Honolulu....

The idea builds on a trend that is helping women obtain birth control more easily....