Entries for February 2016

...the draft Constitution demonstrates the importance of the ongoing lawsuit against the use of the Native Hawaiian Roll in a race-based election....

...the Hawaii Senate Judiciary Committee, will give decision on  SB2956  Tuesday March 1....

... legislation that would enable medicine and medical device manufacturers to offer eligible terminally ill patients “investigational drugs” and “experimental treatments” ....

...Hawai‘i will focus on expanding Medicaid involvement in and support for the state’s housing and homelessness initiatives....

We are down to the final week for hearings before bills cross into the other chamber....

... Video from this week's Legislative debate ....

As a Native Hawaiian who cares about the future, Al Gonzales wants to set the record straight on Hawaiian history and values....

...The new standards are interwoven across disciplines, including connections to language arts and mathematics....

...This repetitive idiocy can cost lots of taxpayer money very quickly....

Candidate filing for the 2016 Elections runs from February 1, 2016 through June 7, 2016....

Senate Judiciary and Labor Passes Bill to Silence Therapists....

...urging Christians to vote....

The tribal ‘Constitution’ envisions a judiciary, police and tribal prison system which instantly possesses legal jurisdiction over any poor souls foolish enough to sign up....

...Grassroot Institute Testifies in Support of CON Law Reform....

The national average of people with a graduate degree or professional degree was 11.0 percent while Hawaii’s population fell slightly short with 10.3 percent.....

While Hawaii goes the other way....

...An ethics scandal called into question more than 100 votes cast by Honolulu City Council members....

At one end of the spectrum, fully 71% of those who live in the District of Columbia, 70% of those in Vermont and 68% of those in Hawaii said stricter environmental regulations are worth the cost....

According to new DOE information the building of a $150 million high school planned for Kihei is not what is needed....

...negative public opinion being generated by TOTE officials seemingly callous testimony....

"...innovation-oriented projects that improve the living standards of Hawaii residents...." LOL!

SB 2618 would direct and provide funds for the Hawaii State Department of Transportation to conduct a Hawaii inter-island ferry service feasibility study for a state owned and operated service along the lines of the Alaska State Ferry and Washington State Ferry....

Three anti-gun bills are scheduled to be heard in the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday, February 25, and Friday, February 26....

...scheduled for a hearing in the House Finance Committee on Thursday, Feb 25, 2016....

Were You Shocked?

For fourteen years, Lukela served as an Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) Trustee Aide ....

To date, recovery of the billions in wasted state exchange funds has been near non-existent, despite failed exchanges in Oregon, Hawaii, New Mexico, and Nevada costing taxpayers $733 million....

...Since church/state bars the government dictating doctrine to people of faith, liberal Democrats are inventing other ways to steamroll their agenda....

Hawai‘i has the highest rate of homelessness per capita in the nation....

"I strongly encourage Republicans across the state to cast their ballots on March 8th for Ted Cruz," says McDermott....

Finally its importance in helping to win the Pacific PSY-WAR against Japan in WW-II can be revealed....

...Watchdog group expresses hope that there will be no more roadblocks to better patient care....

On Monday, February 22, Senate Bill 2647, is scheduled for a Senate floor vote....

Called Decision America Tour, the focus of these prayer rallies will be to challenge Christians to pray for the United States and its leaders, and to live and promote biblical principles at home, in public and at the ballot box....

Our Legislature is in full swing now and is actively considering a number of bills that will increase our cost of living in Hawaii....

"...wind resources are presently at zero...."

Candidates must complete and file a nomination paper to appear on the ballot.....

...a new digital GIS layer to identify commercial agricultural crops grown in the state....

...The nation’s least expensive markets for gas are Oklahoma ($1.42), Missouri ($1.46) and Kansas ($1.47)....

...allow manufacturers of “investigational” drugs and treatments to make such treatments available to eligible terminally ill patients....

...extreme weather events can wash out portion of coastal highways.  This has happened several times on Oahu....

Dr. Sarah Park is the Hawaii State Epidemiologist and Chief of the Disease Outbreak Control Division, Hawaii Department of Health....

A federal judge rejected United Public Workers' emergency request to stay a law that privatizes three Hawaii hospitals and strips some 500 workers of civil-service protections....

...all bills must have moved to a final committee in the originating Chamber by the end of the day Feb 18 in order to continue through the Legislative process....

...Carson and Rubio join Senator Ted Cruz, Donald Trump, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, and Ohio Governor John Kasich on the March 8 ballot...