Entries for April 2019

...2019’s Best & Worst States for Nurses....

... Randy Roth discusses key issues in the rail controversy and gets his insights from having watched the project since its beginning ....

...Michael Hansen on ThinkTech discusses a blanket Jones Act waiver for LNG Tankers....

"...In an effort to eliminate the predictive nature of expected targets, EES will focus on student-centered growth that assesses what is valued in the school or Complex Area rather than on Student Learner Outcomes (SLOs)...."

“This agreement is worth more than $45 million for our members in salary increases and employer contributions to our health care plan, while establishing a pilot program to give teachers more control over their 21 hours (of professional development time)....”

...program for the installation or upgrade of electric vehicle charging stations in publicly accessible commercial areas, workplaces, and multi-unit dwellings....

...The agreement also calls for a series of facility upgrades to maintain compliance with stormwater regulations....

...As of Sept. 30, Hawaii has paid $36.4 million to Abraaj Global Growth Markets Fund....

...Bill to thoroughly reform our system of handling people arrested, incarcerated....

...to provide feedback on the latest draft of the proposed administrative rules to govern public and commercial activities on UH-managed lands on Maunakea....

...OHA assets cannot be shielded from accountability (to both the Trustees and the general public) simply by tossing them into LLCs....

...Laeha says he was, "in the process of implementing ... 'fair treatment' laws which require independent solicitations on contracts...."  

...Sine Die May 2--What happens next at the Governor's Office?....

...Trustee Keli'i Akina praises decision as victory for OHA beneficiaries....

...Coinciding with Earth Day....

...This is the City and County of Honolulu’s inaugural annual sustainability report....

... audio from The Rick Hamada Show ....

...The victims of these tactics usually are bills that have been passed by one chamber and are waiting for hearings in the non-originating chamber. This makes them ripe for tinkering because they no longer require hearings or votes in the original house....

...On April 24th, Governor David Ige signed House Bill 720 to impose criminal penalties upon gun owners if they fail to follow government requirements for how lost or stolen firearms must be reported....

...industrial hemp business for the U.S. is significant for Hawaii, where the climate makes it possible to harvest up to three crops annually....

...Hawaii Visitor Statistics Released for First Quarter 2019....

...New budget system allowed for closer scrutiny, more transparency....

...CIP funds for renovations, repairs, construction, land acquisition statewide....

...the Jones Act equals a 7.2 percent tax on food and beverages, or about $367 million extra for island residents....

...Wade has been listed as suspended on a public list on the USA Volleyball website since at least last fall....

...The rampant use of "gut and replace'"and "Frankenstein" bills shows disrespect for the public....

... Approve 47% – Disapprove 36% ....

...The plan is the feudal-minded Office of Hawaiian Affairs-OHA will own ‘Aloha’ and you will have to buy aloha from them.  Poke too.  And they are using this to grab control of ‘genetic’ resources as well....

...2019’s Most Gambling-Addicted States....

...Under the bill, gun owners are required to report lost, stolen or destroyed firearms to the county police department within 24 hours of discovering the loss, theft or destruction of the weapon....

...The election is slated to begin April 26, 2019 and end Friday, May 17, 2019....

...Who Is Warning That This Could Become A Reality?....

...Hawaii Boasts Some of the Best Air Quality in the Nation According to the ‘State of the Air’ 2019 Report....

...auditors from KMH LLP reported one significant deficiency in internal control over financial reporting and 14 material weaknesses and three significant deficiencies in internal control over compliance....

...Task force statistics reveal youth, especially on neighbor islands, most at risk....

...the President is considering a 10-year waiver of the Jones Act for the domestic transportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG)....

...FEMA has determined the Waimea and Hanapepe levees on Kaua‘i do not provide a high level of protection and are to be de-accredited....

...Recent fatal shootings involving PSD employees and a riot/disturbance at the Maui Community Correctional Center (MCCC) have brought the Department front and center attention....

...Hilo and Kahului are the places to be....

...one significant deficiency in internal control over financial reporting ... two significant deficiencies in internal control over compliance....

...they just make a list of the projects and call them “deferred maintenance”....

...his contract expires this summer....

...Most of the suicide bills we have been tracking are in conference committee....

...Steve Frates, a Pepperdine University professor and president of the Center for Government Analysis, discusses how the salaries of Hawaii officials compare with officials across the nation....

...panel discussion Friday, May 3, sponsored by Grassroot Institute of Hawaii... with Councilmember Heidi Tsuneyoshi and rail critics Randall Roth, University of Hawaii professor emeritus of law, and Panos Prevedouros, chairman of the UH civil and environmental engineering department....

...For the fourth year in a row, the state’s economic policies have left us languishing in the bottom 10. And we have lost almost 52,000 residents over the past 10 years....

...So far, more than 190,000 O‘ahu residents have gotten the REAL ID-compliant driver license or state ID since they became available in January 2018....

...After receiving a notice of disagreement for the House amendments to both Senate Bill 600 and Senate Bill 1466, the conference committee has met and agreed to the House amendments for both bills....

...“We’re excited to be able to use the Wiki Wiki Hire process to fill our engineering vacancies and are committed to using these available resources to get qualified workers into positions within one to two weeks.”....

...The accelerator will be based at NELHA’s Hawai‘i Ocean Science and Technology Park in Kailua-Kona on Hawai‘i ‘i Island and is expected to start its first cohort in the fall of 2019....