Entries for May 2013

Right now there is a race to see how fast Kakaako can be sold and developed before the mainland and foreign real estate investors find out they will be stuck with enormous future expenses....

I Aloha Molokai looks at bottom up planning ....

the United States has blown past Russia to become the world's largest producer of natural gas, and America will shortly occupy the number one position in oil production as well....

Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge Collins Kilgore ordered Ope Saaga to pay $407,003.93 in restitution to consumers and $3.86 million in civil penalties....

The America’s Health Rankings Senior Report finds that Hawaii has its share of strengths and challenges for senior health....

a “huge, politically inspired environmental agenda” which would impose significant costs on the industry at a time when it could least afford them....

Hawaii’s move to give equal waiting to middle-class students and those lumped into its “high-needs subgroup” could obscure how poorly districts and schools are doing in helping the latter achieve success....

...the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has listed three tree snail species and 35 plant species on the island cluster of Maui Nui in Hawaii as endangered ....

...part of the Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) process, which looks at how the utilities will meet future energy needs....

biomass could diminish biodiversity, over-extract water, make food more expensive and potentially increase carbon emissions....

Whenever Congress throws too much into one bill, special interests profit....

Michelle Kauhane, senior vice president of CNHA and former deputy director of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, will succeed her....

FACE continued claiming to represent residents through its support group OH-NO as late as the October 2012 Budget Cmte meeting, four months after the state administratively dissolved OH-NO....

....special use permits – with specific use conditions -- for non-commercial recreational use of kayaks, stand-up paddle boards and one-person canoes....

In order to properly greet Huffington to the Isles, we present readers with some of the best material out there on this very strange bird....

First Solar, one of the United States’ biggest manufacturers, has set aside $271.2 million to cover the costs of replacing defective modules....

In 2011, public education spending dropped for the first time in more than three decades....

There is no federal law that requires health insurers to accept all forms of payment, including credit cards or the cash-loaded, pre-paid debit cards that people without bank accounts often rely on....

Carroll’s lawsuit was dismissed on standing, but he filed an appeal Thursday, May 23....

• Senate: Farm Bill – Amendment Vote
• House: Keystone Pipeline Approval – Final Passage
• House: Student Loan Interest Rate Reform – Final Passage

...over 90 percent of patients who would have been committed before deinstitutionalization are now out in the world....

Here’s what you need to know about our appeal....

The letter is being sent to all of Hawaii’s congressional delegation as well as all members of Congress....

...lawmakers are beginning to shy away from adopting tax credits....

Statewide list of Memorial Day ceremonies Sunday May 26 and Monday May 27....

...bills that HFA submitted testimony on....

...2012 was another year of strong tourism gains for Hawaii’s counties....

...recapitalizing the Rainy Day and Hurricane Relief Funds, addressing unfunded liabilities and eliminating many vacant department positions....

Just as in Canada or Britain, we are going to experience rationing by waiting...

In his speech, he promised to do even less and make the less more transparent....