Entries for June 2015

Act 169: "Requires certain state councils, boards and commissions to attend a legal training course administered by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs on native Hawaiian customs and rights."

...Judge says Maui County prohibition is pre-empted by federal and state law....

The U.S. House passed its FY 2016 transportation appropriations bill earlier this month, and the Senate bill was reported from the Senate Committee on Appropriations on June 25....

...Yesterday, Hawaii Governor Ige held a press conference to announce his intent to veto SB 265 which could enact Hawaii’s first sex trafficking law....

...electric vehicles generate a negative environmental benefit of about -0.5 cents per mile relative to comparable gasoline vehicles....

...At the end of 2014, customers were annually shifting an estimated $53 million, an increase of $15 million over the 2013 estimated total of $38 million....

...today's 5-4 decision in Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Comm'n....

While Kanahele got a role playing himself in the movie 'Aloha,' his business partner in two enterprises--Quin Ngoc Rudin--is in a federal penitentiary in California....

Ige has informed the Hawai‘i State Legislature of his intent to veto the following bills....

Hawaii’s new Environmental Court will have broad jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases affecting the environment....

Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla announced the Commonwealth will not be able to pay its $72 billion outstanding debt....

The HART check register can be viewed here ....

In February 2012, a company known as the Native Hawaiian Holding Company Inc. (owned by Bumpy Kanahele) entered into a service contract with the ASG....

Comprised of four UH Community College campuses, Project Imua involves a joint faculty-student enterprise for designing, fabricating and testing payloads....

Approximately 85 percent of HIV cases in Hawaii occur in men....

Hawaii is a hot bed for anti-everything activism....

Special funds are pots of money....

According to Kauhane, 104 comments have been submitted to the DoI and 76 are in opposition to the proposed rules--a nearly 3-1 margin....

"...concealed carry licenses held by more than 11 million citizens across the country should now be valid in every state without question...."

...HHC passed a resolution urging the Interior Department extend its July 13, 2015, deadline for public comment....

"The roads belong to all the people of Hawai‘i and they will remain open. We will do whatever is necessary to ensure lawful access."

...96.8% of Hawaii Gays stay outside 'Marriage'....

When you have everything you need and never really had to earn it, it’s hard to fully appreciate it....

...Hawaii Supreme Court refined the test for determining when a municipal ordinance or charter provision is preempted by state law....

...it is instructive to note the ways in which marriage and “same-sex marriage” remain distinctly unequal in those states that already have extended recognition to same-sex couples....

...we must work to protect the freedom of speech, association and religion of those who continue to abide by the truth of marriage as union of man and woman....

Total Visitor Expenditures Increased 10.4 Percent to $1.2 Billion....

...Organizers and the Site Supervisor had a brief discussion after which time he stated the drivers were going to be  sent home and the delivery would be cancelled....

This is a conflict between OHA and the University of Hawaii over control of public land revenues....

The Hawaii exchange is collapsing....

"It is our belief that there will be mutual respect and aloha on Wednesday and in the days ahead as TMT restarts construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope...."

The Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling by the end of June in King v. Burwell....

...by the numbers on just about everything else, Hawaii doesn't measure up, and not only for reasons beyond its control....

In Hawaii only 4.7% of high schools have a 10%+ gender equity gap in sports....

Check out today’s map below to see where your state lies on the wine tax spectrum....

...Keli'i Akina speaks with Monsanto agronomist Dan Clegg about the latest....

...official order from the Honorable Jeannette Castagnetti ordering the NHRC to disclose the list....

Staff at the Human Rights Campaign last fall described the working environment at the nation’s largest LGBT rights group as “judgmental,” “exclusionary,” “sexist,” and “homogenous” ...

"The Hawaii Department of Education (HIDOE) has aligned its reform efforts and internal systems and processes to leverage progress toward outcomes...."

On college campuses fear of offending people now trumps the fear of losing free speech....

...The City Council deleted funding for the Office of Strategic Development (OSD) positions needed to address homelessness and the affordable housing crisis....

...Ige will join other elected officials and business leaders for the Washington Post’s “Powering Cities” forum on Tuesday, June 23...