Entries for March 2024

... The bills would enable starter homes, widen mixed-use housing, attract nurses to Hawaii and exempt doctors from the state GET ....

... How Much Pot Does One Person Need? ....

... HB 1675: GET exemption for medical services paid for by Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE ....

“The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible: A Free Market Odyssey”

... National-level polling shows Kennedy pulling more votes from Biden than Trump ....

"As we approach March 31, International Transgender Day of Visibility, I stand with pride alongside fellow members of the House who consistently affirm, embrace, and support transgender folks in our communities."

... there's a price to be paid for preening and posturing .... 

... Joint Task Force – Red Hill transferred authority of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage to the Navy Closure Task Force – Red Hill ....

... Park will be retiring from OIP at the end of March 2024.  Supervising Staff Attorney Carlotta Amerino will become OIP’s Acting Director in April. ....

If you ask how "a religious holiday observed primarily by Christians commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary" squares with the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, let us explain ....

... only these insiders are qualified to bid ....

... Applicants Also Sought for Attorneys and Judges Assistance Program Board ....

... The appointment is subject to Senate confirmation ....

... Additionally, due to the August 2023 Maui Wildfires, Ways and Means unanimously approved other emergency appropriation bills, House Bill 679 Senate Draft 2 and House Bill 2610 Senate Draft 2 ....

... The driver of the vehicle failed to stop to render aid and was last seen making a U-turn toward Kapa‘a ....

... February 2024 average daily census of 236,008 is a decline from 2023 ....

... Twenty years later, we are still having the same conversations ....

...When government is finally saying it is the problem, it’s on the right track to finding a solution....

... Hawaii hands out an average of 5,000 jaywalking tickets per year, the highest per capita in the nation, but that has done virtually nothing to promote pedestrian safety ....

... Green: No Permits to rebuild Until End of 2024 ....

"... Pro-Israel supporters at UHM planted Israeli flags in a common space to express their support for Israeli Jews following the Oct. 7 massacre ...."

... BLNR, BoE, UH Regents and more ...

... Many political disagreements divide neatly along party lines, but the protectionist Jones Act isn’t one of them ....

... outmigration since 2020 has resulted in the loss of $185 million in general excise taxes and state income taxes, or approximately $61.8 million per year ....

... prohibiting persons under the age of 21 from purchasing or possessing ammunition ....

... The Hawaii Senate committee’s approval of S.R. 168 and S.C.R. 196 is another example of how the Left supports an Article V convention and would use one to push radical, anti-American revisions to the U.S. Constitution ....

... Once Hawaii County forces families to apply for permits, the next step will be an effort to ban our industry entirely ....

... admitted to the emergency room with various burn marks, physical signs of dehydration and malnutrition, bruising at various stages of healing, and a fractured rib and femur bone ....

... it "harms the legal system, the profession, and the public" while fostering "a perception of privilege and arrogance" ....

...the homestead associations he championed in his first decade of service were multi-ethnic groups seeking the fee-simple ownership of land promised in the Hawaii Organic Act....

... especially when wind, solar and hydroelectric output is lower than forecast ....

... The files, which were leaked from within the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), were published by the US-based think tank Environmental Progress ....

... bills that could significantly ease Hawaii's emergency-status housing crisis ....

... Resolution 24-65 contains most of the usual anti-housing rhetoric, and even claims that making it easier to create smaller, more affordable homes would somehow result in more so-called monster homes ....

... votes cast and bills introduced ....

... marijuana, abortion, parental rights ....

... 100 years later, only 9,800 homesteads have been opened and 28,000 Native Hawaiians remain on a waitlist ....

... some bills replace a current tax rate with a blank.  Or several blanks.  Those are scary because you don’t know what our lawmakers are thinking of putting in there ....

... the harsh limits on the allowable number of water fixtures per property could render density-increasing measures essentially meaningless ....

... 36% of Hawaii’s homeowner population has lived in its current residence for at least 24 years ....

... the sixth person charged in connection with the investigation into a group tied to Dexter Kiama and David Keanu Sai ....

... City suspends enforcement of a city ordinance that’s driving several restaurants in Waikiki out of business ....

... the Hawaii Public Utility Commission revealed it had not seen the document prior to the fires and only learned of its existence when HECO referenced it in HECO’s September 19, 2023, response ....

... The average mortgage balance in Hawaii was $366,362 in Q4 2023 ....

... Hawaii boasts the lowest percentages and costs in several key metrics ....

... This is the highest administrative fee ever issued by the Commission ....

... In total, 296 mortgages have been delinquent sometime in the period between August and November 2023; only 17 of which had already been delinquent in July 2023 prior to the fires .....

... These two measures would increase our housing supply not only on Oahu but throughout all of Hawaii by allowing smaller homes on smaller lots....

... High school graduation ceremonies have been scheduled for the Class of 2024 with date, time and location information listed below ....

... The Hawaii properties of Black Press were hit by a January ransomware attack that froze crucial computer systems ....