Entries for December 2022

... Hawaii-sponsored bills on the move as Congressional session nears end ....

... a lawsuit filed in 2nd Circuit Court November 4 by former MPD Officer Manuel Sorcy shows CIU investigators intensely focused on Chief Faaumu’s internal rivals both real and imagined ....

... Case Secures Passage Of Hawai‘i National Forest Study Bill ....

... TikTok is known to be mining and storing in China the identities and private information of up to 200 million Americans ....

... Hawaii’s population dropped by almost 7,000 people, or 0.5%, between July 2021 and July 2022 ....

... The rate increase is subject to approval by the PUC and any increase is not expected to impact member bills until the second half of 2023 ....

... Inflation is 17% from 2019 to 2022 so a 13.7% 'nominal' increase means 'real dollar' spending is down, not up ....

... Reps. James Tokioka of Kauai and Ryan Yamane of Mililani will resign their seats in the Legislature and start in their new positions next week ....

... 579 grants, totaling $2,684,350, for small-scale agriculture; including home gardening, herding and livestock operations ....

... spend nearly three times as long on educational requirements and be faced with shelling out twice as much in associated fees ....

... the first permit issued in modern history for Honolulu ....

... Applications for consideration should be submitted by February 01, 2023 .... 

... fireworks auditing, cigarette tax stamps, ranked choice voting ....

... The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today it plans to designate more than 275,000 acres as protected critical habitat for the threatened ‘i‘iwi, the best known of Hawai‘i’s imperiled honeycreepers ....

... five cameras now active along Vineyard Boulevard and Nuuanu Avenue ....

... more than 20 briefings to be held between Jan. 10 and 24 ....  

... Applications are due by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, January 20, 2023 ....

... “If my name sounds familiar it's because my dad was President of the Hawaii AFL-CIO and the Business Manager/ Financial Secretary for the Hawaii Carpenters Union Local 745 for over 20 years.”….

... Hawaii is the fourth-worst state in the country when it comes to requiring occupational licenses ....

... The emergency rule is effective for 120 days (eff. 12/5/2022 – 4/4/2023) ....