Entries for 'Selected News Articles'

...The Directory Is Lying to You: What ghost networks actually cost Hawaiʻi patients and why no one is held accountable....

... HMSA’s same-day denial rate is 22 times higher than Kaiser ....

...Hawaii has the second-poorest rich people, and the 10th-poorest poor people -- but the 2nd-richest middle class.  And yet middle class families still can't afford their first home and are fleeing Hawaii by the thousands. ...

... Hawaii Ranks 45th for Annual Median Household Income adjusted for cost of living ....

... the proportion of teachers holding HSTA membership has dropped only 0.32% since 2012 ....

"The department is not required to ensure the accuracy of the information in the reports"

... Wayne Graves, Director of Human Resources at Hawaii Pacific Health, sits on the Prepaid Health Care Advisory Council ....

... AG Lopez acknowledged Hawaii “could do better” with indictments and criminal prosecutions ....

... Hawaii becomes the 4th blue state this year to raise their highest income tax rate ....

...This approach has been adopted in Hawaii....

...Hawaii’s program is set to launch this year....

...Campus networks and Fil-Am diaspora groups groomed two US citizens for radical violence that led to their deaths....

... counties, to issue resilient infrastructure for shelter and equity bonds to finance public works projects and other housing and community development expenses ....

... Cities that require the highest income to afford a home ....

...they do little for housing other than to siphon off a share of affordable housing funds for themselves....

... Hawaii has the least Law Enforcement Training Requirements ....

... slowly the details began to emerge ....

... For Hawaii homeowners, the cost of housing as a share of median monthly household income is 50.02%.  For Hawaii renters, it is 62.52%.  Both figures are the highest in the USA ....

There's an initial Eden, a paradise, a state of grace and unity with nature, there's a fall from grace into a state of pollution as a result of eating from the tree of knowledge....

Ira Einhorn, Master of Ceremonies, Earth Day Rally on Belmont Plateau in Fairmount Park, Phila, PA, Apr. 22, 1970.

... WalletHub compared startup opportunities across 100 U.S. cities ....

...Hawaii has the most expensive average home price in the country, the smallest average home size of any state, and yard space that costs over 200% more than the national average....

... Appeal to the Princess: Nahi’ena’ena, David Malo and Waine'e Church in Early Hawaiian Newspapers .... 

... Hawaii has the highest sales and excise tax burden ....

... The injunction bars enforcement of HRS § 134-9(a)(5) to the extent it blocks non-residents from obtaining carry licenses based solely on residency ....

... agreeing with its argument that the United States lacks standing to sue over hypothetical allegations ....

... the report authors praised Democratic Hawaii lawmakers for reducing some taxes he said would ease the cost of living.  Too bad the Legislature is about to reverse this ....

... four Oahu locations near the bottom of this national scorecard ....

...Ridership has been hovering around 81 percent since September, 2024, and it doesn’t appear likely that it will increase much in the foreseeable future....

"... the real decisions will likely come during conference committee between April 16 and May 1 ...."

... the predictable result of policy choices that prioritize climate symbolism over working families’ budgets ....

... the legal basis for regulating CO2 emissions from motor vehicles, power plants and industry under the Clean Air Act ....

... Hawaii averages 134 annual school bus crashes from 2021 to 2024 ....

... The decision is now on appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ....

... multiple people take the guy down to the ground and they wail on him with fists and feet ... including one woman who kicks him in the face several times ....

... Schatz received at least $131,500 from organizations that oppose the bill ....

“FEMA remains fully prepared to provide support as needed.  While the shutdown impacts some routine operations, immediate response needs are not affected.”

... and 2nd-highest taxes per capita ....

... Kennedy had stated “sex-rejecting procedures” — such as puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgeries — are unsafe and ineffective ways to treat children and adolescents experiencing gender dysphoria that “fail to meet professional recognized standards of health care.” ....

... Hawaii’s highways rank 50th in Urban Interstate Pavement Condition, 48th in Rural Arterial Pavement Condition ....

...an online platform that imposes multiple additional fees on top of those authorized by Hawaiʻi law....

... Over the next several days, we will be releasing all 14 documents in this set ....

...On March 19, 1959, Congress approved Hawaii for admission to the union as the 50th state....

...The suspension of the law would allow foreign tankers to transport oil around the country....

...Park permanently enjoined a Hawaii law criminalizing the reckless distribution of “materially deceptive media” that “risk[s] ... harming the reputation or electoral prospects of a candidate in an election or changing the voting behavior of voters in an election.”...

...Hawaii leads the nation, where about 1 in 13 households include three generations living together....

“Forfeiture-land is a place where the normal rules don’t work.”

... Six months ago, James Comey and Letitia James had likely never heard of PLF client Eliza Wille or her dolphin therapy practice in Kona ....

...an intercity bus costs less than $300,000, but in 2023 and 2024 transit agencies spent an average of more than $1.1 million....

“How is it that very profitable development went from under $100/SF in rural towns to over $600/SF in big cities in less than two decades?”