Entries for May 2017

The State Attorney General Steps In and ....

...for 4 years from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2021....

...provides supplemental awards “to school districts that agree to adopt weighted student funding combined with open enrollment systems that allow Federal, State, and local funds to follow students to the public school of their choice...."

...boom over, Honolulu down 300 jobs....

...Local shipyard Marisco Ltd. said the ship and its cargo — a dry dock 454 feet long and 150 feet wide — are expected to arrive today....

Senate: Branstad Nomination
Senate: Sullivan Nomination
Senate: Thapar Nomination
House: Pesticides Regulations
House: Prosecution of Child Pornography
House: Child Abuse Reporting

...take a moment to remember all our fighting men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice so that the rest of us might live free....

...If there is a position taken by a committee chair on one bill or one issue that is not reflecting the wishes of the committee, why can't the committee simply reject the chair's recommendation?....

“passage of Bill 20 may result in a challenge to the legitimacy of the Sit-Lie laws, which are clearly intended to maintain pedestrian access over sidewalks in business and commercial areas and which have been extremely effective in the areas in which they have been enforced.”

"The Honolulu County Republican Party is confident that your influence will be instrumental in making Oahu better in each of your neighborhoods."

...Complete un-certified results from the 2017 Honolulu Neighborhood Board elections....

My testimony today focuses on what I perceive to be OHA’s misuse of wholly owned LLC subsidiaries to avoid laws applicable to OHA and OHA trustees.....

...During law enforcement efforts over the past two years more than 200 people have been arrested....

...Honor and Respect: We Will Remember....

...more opportunities for local high school students to use Maunakea Observatories for their innovative research projects....

...Despite multiple attempts to stop or derail it, things keep chugging along. And come July 1, it looks like Maui residents are finally going to start getting the care they deserve....

...17% of US newlyweds were married to someone of a different race or ethnicity in 2015 -- in Honolulu is was 42%....

...Hawaii continues to support only a few hundred children in public preschool....

...Four Largest Visitor Markets Reported Growth in Spending and Arrivals....

...the SOQ will allow OHA to engage an auditor or auditing firm to conduct an examination of not only OHA but its subsidiary LLCs, for a period reaching back five years....

...state lawmakers mostly would just be raising taxes on the rich and giving it to themselves....

...followers of events in genetic modification of food and crops have been familiar with the “fake news” phenomenon for years....

...the home sharing economy helps locals deal with Hawaii’s cost of living....

The DOI allegedly removed from this sentence: “Global climate change drives sea-level rise, increasing the frequency of coastal flooding.”

It went from losing the state by 42% in 2012 with President Obama at the top of the ballot to losing it by 32%....

FOIA documents show the Hawaii Department of Defense is about to revamp its emergency plans for a nuclear missile attack....

...Office Of Hawaiian Affairs Trustees Are Afraid Of You....

...The NFIB Small Business Legal Center, speaking on behalf of Hawaii’s small-business community, commends the Hawaii Supreme Court decision in County of Kauai v. Hanalei River Holdings, Ltd....

...Law professor Randy Roth, who has a long history advocating for the public good, appears on E Hana Kakou with Dr. Akina to discuss why it is time to hold our government leaders responsible for the progress of the Rail....

"We should all be proud of these kids, who’ve been at it since 2011," explained regional newspaper publisher Lee Weber....

The plan will be presented at the Waipahu Neighborhood Board meeting on Thursday, May 25, at 7 p.m. in the Filipino Community Center....

Where you live can have a big impact on your wallet....

...employees in Hawaii didn’t process cancellations representing about 40 percent of total orders in Hawaii between May 2015-October 2015....

Last month, the NSA announced it is ending its collection of Americans’ Internet communications that merely mention identifying terms for foreign targets....

RM #17-06 is both the authorization to retain an auditor to perform the independent audit of OHA, and is the final approval for funding of the audit itself....

GEMS, as a program, has been a miserable failure, resulting primarily in a large wad of cash that is just sitting in the bank. That’s why our legislature got the bright idea to “use” it to prop up another miserable failure – the “Cool the Schools” initiative....

"if you can hold American homeland targets at risk, that might induce caution.”

...UH plans King Tides “citizen science” project -- submitting photos online....

Prospects are good for continued growth in each of Hawaii’s four counties, if at a slower pace than in recent years....

...Online Voting ends at 11:59PM Friday May 19....

...Christina Kishimoto, Ph.D., signed a three-year contract and will start on August 1, 2017....