Entries for December 2024

... Sale price of $405M for 90.1% of ASB suggests that the sale is a 50%-off giveaway to ASB insiders ....

... dangerous and excessive quantities of opioids, early fills of opioids, and “trinity” prescriptions ....

... the Governor has signed an executive order directing the Department of Health to not use resources to address situations where a 'caregiver' is cultivating cannabis for a 'patient' ....

... It mostly comes down to one thing: housing ....

... $29 million lying around doing nothing ....

... a list of laws taking effect on January 1, 2025 ....

... Hawaii has the lowest average disposable income, $5,929 per working resident ....

"... iconoclastic inaccuracies and thought-terminating clichés ...."

... assess the readiness of the Giant Magellan Telescope (Chile) and Thirty Meter Telescope (Hawaii) to move into the major facility Final Design Phase ....

... informational briefings, to be held between January 6 through January 28, 2025 ....

... The race is noteworthy because the ‘pro-development’ candidate Cook, beat the ‘anti-development’ candidate King by 97 votes.  All it took to shift voter sentiment was Lahaina burning to the ground ....

... Honolulu residents have until January 7, 2025 to participate online ....

... OHA Trustees are hoping 2025 will be the year legislators stop laughing at their Kaka’ako Makai upzone bills ....

... The word ‘plan’ occurs 526 times in this report.  The phrase ‘property rights’ occurs zero times ....

... Approximately $1.6B allocated for housing and $480M for restoration efforts ....

... two new Republican Governors ....

... The greatest statewide shortage remains in primary care, with 152 FTEs needed in total across all islands ....

... 118th Congress Decides it's Done ....

... Friday, December 20, 2024 – Candidate and Voter Registration Begins ....

... Deferred doesn’t mean dead ....