Entries for June 2013

"My goals are to expand the universe of vessels that can transport natural gas and other fuel products from the U.S. to Puerto Rico to help reduce the cost of electricity...."

Honolulu’s Mayor was rebuffed by the City Council earlier this year when he submitted a proposal to raise the county gas tax by five cents a gallon....

The legal team defending California’s marriage amendment filed an emergency application with the U.S. Supreme Court Saturday to vacate a premature order that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit issued Friday....

Democrats led by Willie Espero are pushing for a special session to legalize same-sex "marriage" in Hawaii....

How religious institutions define and consecrate marriage has always been up to those institutions. Nothing about this decision – which applies only to civil marriages – changes that....

a federal court has ordered the government not to enforce the HHS abortion-drug mandate....

four bills related to land preservation, emergency medical services, small boat harbors and the Kahoolawe Island Reserve....

Lawsuit Seeks Transparency Before Implementation of a 'Bigger, Faster and Better' Biometrics System....

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) is reportedly pushing to split up the old farm bill and take food stamps out of it....

The US Department of Defense has released the following ‘Briefing Card’ to military officers in the wake of yesterday’s Supreme Court decision....

Senate Bill 1003 allows for periodic security audits of all Executive Branch departments and agencies to ensure that the state’s computer infrastructure and sensitive data are protected from unauthorized use....

...50--The number of states whose marriage laws remain the same after the Court’s marriage decisions....

3 beaches (1%) had more than 20% of their samples exceed state standard(s)....

...Abercrombie today signed seven bills related to agriculture....

...language in the Windsor ruling supports my position in the Hawaii lawsuit, which is currently pending in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals....

The ObamaCare law also stipulates that there "shall be no administrative or judicial review" of the board's decisions....

But let’s pretend we were able to stop emitting all carbon immediately...The Science and Public Policy Institute found that the global temperature would decrease by 0.17 degrees Celsius—by 2100.

... thankfully “Our country has changed” ....

... there is no longer a national definition of marriage ....

Gabbard steps from the dais, and audience members rush to hug her and urge her to run for governor....

Bargaining Unit 14, to represent state law enforcement officers, and state and county ocean safety and water safety officers....

Nishimura was the highest-ranking Honolulu police officer charged with a federal felony offense....

Electricity demand in Hawaii is among the lowest in the country....

If President Obama’s proposed power plant emissions controls are enacted, it will destroy utilities burning coal, hike energy costs while making zero impact on earth’s climate...

The Senate voted yesterday to advance the Gang of Eight’s “comprehensive” immigration bill....

Adding more density will cause the central road network to seize.... 

Most of these bills are potentially objectionable because of concerns, raised by state departments or agencies, reflected in testimonies provided during the hearing process...

The 2013 Manufacturing and Logistics National Report shows how each state ranks....

Terry Lock has accepted a position with the University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Education....

Saturday, June 29, at 10 a.m. at Washington Middle School, King St. at Punahou....

The KIDS COUNT index includes child-level indicators across four domains....

[M]ost of the specs have been written, but the all wiring hasn't been laid, and what will happen when they flip the switch nobody really knows....

Each year, approximately one to four sperm whale carcasses drift ashore in Hawaii....