Entries for May 2022

... red states effectively lost at least three seats in Congress while blue states effectively gained them ....

... Anti-Vaxxer Shannon Matson Campaigns for Party Chair, Loses ....

... Hawaii’s gross domestic product is down by 4.43% since 2019, yet even as the economy suffers, all four counties seem determined to spend like crazy ....

... the good, the bad and the ugly ....

... Fat chance of the Feds giving us that much now ....

... Have you been renting out a room to help pay your mortgage? ....

... The Hawaii State Department of Education is paying tens of millions of dollars to feed Hawaiian school children due to a flaw in the funding method used by the federal government ....

... to ensure that children continue to receive balanced nutrition during the summer break ....

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

... overtime cards, which document overtime requests and approval for payroll purposes, are managed manually, increasing the risk for human error, abuse, and fraud ....

... It just so happens that these repairs are also the repairs needs to continue using the facility. What a coincidence! ....

...  a Kahele representative said Kahele had a meeting with kalo farmers on Maui and could not attend ....

... sponsored by Hawaii Christian Coalition ....

... 818,268 visitors in April 2022, representing a 96.3 percent recovery from April 2019 and the highest recovery rate since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in Hawaii. Visitors spent $1.6 billion, an increase of 21 percent compared to the $1.32 billion reported for April 2019 ....

... Hawaii is among the first states in the nation to be approved for participation ....

... Eighty-seven percent of over 2,000 survey participants reported at least one new or worsening health symptom following exposure to JP-5 jet fuel in the Navy water system. Thirty-seven percent sought medical care and 17 people reported being hospitalized overnight ....

... By 2021, the team relied on the locally tailored model developed by UH Mānoa Professor Monique Chyba ....

... Brun, who was indicted with 11 other defendants on drug trafficking offenses, an assault on a federal law enforcement officer, witness tampering, evidence tampering, and firearm offenses, pled guilty to ten of those charges ....

... Recktenwald today appointed two individuals to fill judicial positions in the District Family Court of the Third Circuit and one individual to fill a position in the District Court of the Fifth Circuit ....

... the latest example in a long history of bottom-up federal fishery management through the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council ....

... 71 new cases per 100,000 people over the last two weeks ....

... Logan said he planned to talk to Vanic about making him his third-in-command as a deputy chief ....

... 78,000 pounds of baby formula arrived in Indianapolis aboard a Hickam-based C-17 Globemaster III flying from Ramstein Air Base, Germany ....

... Of 18 renewable energy agreements inked by Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. utility subsidiaries in recent years, only two are on track to meet their guaranteed commercial operation dates ....

... The Service protected all 49 species as endangered on September 30, 2016, but failed to designate critical habitat as required ....

... Operated a Boeing 737 airplane on 33 flights when it was not airworthy ....

... “The University of Hawaiʻi would still be responsible to care for Maunakea under that bill until 2028,” said Lassner, noting that the measure could still be vetoed ....

... state support to increase the seating capacity at the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex was NOT included in the budget ....

... Conspiracy Roadshow: 2000 Mules, Kelli Ward, Seth Keshel all making the grand tour of Hawaii ....

... After taking a straw poll, the commission narrowed the field to Logan and Ebner, choosing to go outside the embattled department for its next leader ....

... Governor David Ige re-appointed Wesley Fong to a new four-year term on the Hawai‘i State Ethics Commission, and appointed Dr. Robert Hong to fill a seat soon to be vacated by outgoing Commissioner Melinda Wood ....

... Hawaii is the sixteenth state to adopt such protections, known nationally as “New Voices” laws. ...

... the companyʻs latest phase of community-based renewable energy (CBRE), on Hawaii Island, Maui and Oahu ....

... The U.S. Census Bureau overestimated Hawaii’s 2020 population by 6.79%, or 98,812 people, according to an internal review released this month of the 2020 census. ...

... efforts to reform the state’s emergency powers law; reduce barriers to housing; bring taxes, debt and state spending under control ....

... Legislature Passes Bills Supporting Senate Priorities in a Historic Legislative Session ....

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

... there are a lot of different taxes that go into the price at the pump ....

... Recovery from Unemployment (2022 April vs 2020 January) -- Hawaii 51st ....

... relief, disappointment on four bills ....

... the one thing we can rely on concerning the Honolulu rail project is the long list of unanswered questions ....

... A popular 2010 study claiming minimum-wage hikes do not cause ‘economic shocks’ has just been reanalyzed and overturned ....

... praiseworthy was the passage of a bill that will limit the state’s emergency powers, if the governor lets it become law ....

... Hayashi will be a Superintendent for People who think things are just fine at DoE ....

... 90 minutes with the four finalists for HPD Chief ....

... homeless shelter population drops 24% ....

... in comparison with March 2020 (last month prior to pandemic effects), nonfarm jobs were down by 50,000, or -7.6% ....

... of the 50 states, Hawaii saw the largest decline in marriage rate, dropping from 14.2-per-1,000 residents in 2019 to 7.4 in 2020 ....

... Clinicians schedule statewide strike starting May 18 to force changes at HMO that serves 260,000 Hawaii residents ....