Entries for August 2016

When an OHA Trustee resigns, his replacement is selected by the other Trustees....

This year, Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) schools enrolled 169,268 students (down 719 from last year), and charter schools enrolled 10,634 (up 212 from last year)....

...Liu submitted false invoices to be paid from the state after being awarded a state contract to start a certified redemption center....

...FTA is reconsidering its recovery plan due date (to allow this to stretch into the Legislative session so Caldwell can use it to push a GE Tax hike)....

Tourism and Construction....

...As 2 hurricanes approach, meteorologists predict impacts worse than Iselle....

A total of 835,417 visitors came to the Hawaiian Islands in July 2016....

...a federal lawsuit asserting that the amount the State pays to resource families to cover the costs of caring for foster children was inadequate....

Public colleges play a special role in making higher education affordable, but in recent years, soaring tuition is pushing that dream out of reach....

Town Hall Meeting -- Wednesday, August 31st, 2016 Time: 7:00-8:00pm ....

With a new date of July 1, 2017, we will all avoid the perpetual raising and dashing of expectations as interim closing dates are repeatedly set and cancelled....

...FTA rules have required a HART Recovery Plan since late 2014....

SLH’s water carrier service is regulated by the PUC....

Full Text 9th Circuit Court Ruling ....

Check out the last 24 hours on the campaign trail....

...five Kauai-based conservation officers flew there in mid-August....

Paper Scripts! Hawaii is the lowest ranked state for electronic prescription of controlled substances ....

Recent headlines reporting a $1 Billion surplus in the state general fund tell only part of the story....

“Our goal is to design a system for highways funding"

Change Federal law (Jones Act) to eliminate inflated shipping costs that debilitate Hawaii’s economy....

Our review of states’ fiscal health reveals crippling deficits and pension liabilities that could lead to future tax hikes, service cuts or both....

The World Conservation Congress will be held in Honolulu from September 1-10, 2016, at venues including the Hawaii Convention Center and the Neal S. Blaisdell Center....

...the GOP is throwing all of its support behind a single candidate in the field....

The appointment of Dr. Vuylsteke concludes a year-long search involving several hundred potential candidates....

Judge Edwin C. Nacino ruled today that Governor Ige’s appointment of Tom Gorak to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) was valid....

...UPDATE: Dems Will Seek Removal of Kaaihue from Ballot....

Maui State House Rep. Mark "Kaniela" Ing (D) was arraigned today ....

...a Co-Trustee position places OHA at all levels of decision making in the governance of Papahānaumokuākea....

The U.S. Department of the Interior is giving until Monday, August 29, 2016, to provide input regarding Act 173....

...sold municipal bonds using offering documents that contained materially false statements....

In Honolulu, Air BnB lists 295 commercial BnB units ....

...the County of Kauai is condemning several Hanalei-area parcels to expand an adjacent public beach park....

Mayor Caldwell is responsible for this mess and his only answer is more rail GET tax extensions....

...Garrity will serve as acting DTS director until the HART board names an interim or permanent executive director and CEO, thus allowing Mr. Formby to resume his normal duties....

The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs Has Been Keeping This A Secret For The Longest Time....

Just as in 2015, only 15% of the Hawaii 2016 graduating class met all four ACT College Readiness Benchmarks....

...Hawaii Scores #1 in every category....

Do you have acting skills? Can you pretend to be a Tech Entrepreneur?  UH has some money to give you....

SB2077 could result in the ERS plan being disqualified by the Internal Revenue Service....

...the public has more opportunities to provide feedback at upcoming community meetings on Oahu, Kauai and Molokai....

Diesel helps keep electricity expensive effectively subsidizing solar and wind scammers who contribute to the national Democrats....

The problem of crony capitalism in America is one of the main reasons national politics has gone haywire....

...it is very tempting when lawmakers find a large cache of unused money....

...frozen bay scallops produced on November 23-24, 2015 in the Philippines....

Obesity among Hawaii high schoolers declines, bucking national trend....

... Republican congressional candidate Angela Aulani Kaaihue has issued a news release rejecting “this local dumb mentality” and offering to withdraw from her race if Gov. David Ige and “his Japanese constituents” will settle a lawsuit over land her family owns in Waimalu ....

So what prompted them to address the issue nearly 2 months late? ....

Percentage of population with a long commute, Hours worked, Percentage of income spent on rent....