Entries for April 2022

... HB1823: the conference committee did not deem this issue important enough to have a hearing ....

... votes in Congress and bills introduced ....

... Workers with a bachelor’s or graduate degree also tended to work remotely (72.2%) versus those without a bachelor’s degree (48.2%)....

... because 'everybody' believes in sea level rise this should be a good opportunity to get oceanfront Hawaii real estate at 10 cents on the dollar ....

... The bill also includes a three (3) year lapse date, subject to reporting and evaluation of progress by the Legislature ....

... Three-fourths believe ending federal tip credit will slash tipped restaurant jobs ....

... It’s one of the best-kept secrets this session .... 

... One of the most famous incidents occurred after the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed during World War II ... hundreds of sailors were killed by sharks before rescue ....

... The Judiciary is pleased to announce that all civil Family Court cases, including divorce matters, were successfully integrated into the Judiciary Information Management System ....

... and total spending by visitors who came to the islands in March 2022 was $1.53 billion, which was higher compared to the $1.49 billion (+2.5%) reported for March 2019 ....

... An operating budget of $8.7 billion in general funds and $16.9 billion through all methods of funding (MOF) for FY23 ... CIP budget of $6 billion (all MOF) for FY22 and FY23 ....

... Asked Tuesday if he intends to still work for Hawaiian Airlines while in Congress, "Yeah, absolutely" ....

... This afternoon, the legislative conference committee on House Bill (HB) 2024, Relating to Mauna Kea, issued a proposed conference draft (CD 1) ....

... The measure was passed by the Honolulu City Council on April 13, 2022 by a vote of 8-to-1 .... 

... with only 96 large oceangoing Jones Act-qualified ships left — down from 257 in 1980 — it is pretty clear the law has failed ....

... Where do stewardship projects overlap, and where are there gaps? ....

“... After weeks of intensive negotiations ...."

... $7,000 pay hike and more fake 'professional development' time to escape actual teaching ....

... for two vacancies in the District Family Court of the Third Circuit (island of Hawaii), and one vacancy in the District Court of the Fifth Circuit, (island of Kauai). ...

... Oahu tightened the screws in 2019. Yet, housing prices still went up. Even when vacation rental usage declined during the lockdowns, it didn’t result in a significant drop in housing costs....

... Honolulu business environment ranks 84th of 100 large cities in USA ....

... The extent of astronomy’s economic impact on the state goes well beyond the standard economic measurements when “spillover” effects are included ....

... Lawmakers can be very crafty and propose things that don’t look like taxes ....

... What one hand might be giving, the other might be taking away by spending money on things that could come back to haunt us ....

... OHA LLCs make hundreds of payments to Amazon, Best Buy, Home Depot and other retail outlets and hundreds of payments directly to named individuals ....

... Bills Move to Conference Committees ....

... respecting the State religion by celebrating our efforts to get closer to the goddess Gaia ....

... a statutory exemption to Hawaii’s open records law ....

... Two Leaders Of ‘We Build The Wall’ Online Fundraising Campaign Plead Guilty To Defrauding Hundreds Of Thousands Of Donors ....

... over 83,000 people have moved away from Hawaii between 2011 and 2020 ....

... In Hawaii, a family of four can expect to spend an average of $14,042 on food in 2022, the highest amount among states ....

“...People have been abandoning vehicles in an area about ¼-mile off the pavement and it’s been happening for 6-7 years...."

... For more than a century these streams were almost fully diverted and often dry ....

... Federal Jury Convicts Big Island Pain Doctor Rudolph B. Puana of Conspiracy and Distribution of Oxycodone and Fentanyl ....

... commemorating National Crime Victims’ Rights Week ....

... Kahele is cosponsoring legislation and taking action as a committee member that directly affects his outside employer, which is further evidenced by Hawaiian Airlines lobbying on the bills Kahele cosponsored ....

... inflation has not been over 7.5% since 1991 ....

... on December 3, 2021, Saffeels contacted the online profile of what appeared to be a young female ....

... Hawaii voters can sign up now to receive notifications about their mail ballot .... 

... On Maui, it's 90% ....

... FDIC-supervised institutions’ prices equal or surpass payday lenders’ in Hawaii ....

... a new web-based software designed to support planning and permit processing ....

... but Masks Still Required Indoors for Hawaii Public School Students ....

... When a couple of penny-stock touts, one of whom is listed in the Panama Papers, team up to sell timber futures and carbon credits what does the Legislature do? ....

... six Hawaii towns compared ....

... A newly released report examines the tax burden and economic climate of all 50 states ....

... Governor Dorothy’s two bills died in the Legislature ....

... Delays, zoning rules and a long pathway to approval make homebuilding difficult and expensive ....

... Karamatsu Bonds have been a legislative perennial ever since he got two DUI’s while spiraling down from Vice Speaker of the House to working in Keith Kaneshiro’s corruption-riddled Honolulu Prosecutor’s office and promoting rave parties ....

... Assisted Suicide Bill Passes Final Reading ....