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Sunday, September 1, 2019 |
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Thirty Years of State Tax, Part 1
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 4351 Views :: Hawaii History, Taxes
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...the taxes that have changed the most dramatically in the past 30 years....
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Saturday, August 31, 2019 |
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OHA: Crabbe Spent Last Month in Office Hiding From Auditors
By Andrew Walden @ 9:53 PM :: 6682 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...Crabbe managed to hide from Auditors who were present at OHA HQ June 3 through June 14, 2019....
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Friday, August 30, 2019 |
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DHHL-HDoT: Joint Statement on Mauna Kea Access Road
By News Release @ 10:39 PM :: 8683 Views :: Hawaii County , DHHL, Greenmail, Higher Education, Law Enforcement, OHA
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"...Mauna Kea Access Road is under the control and jurisdiction of DOT...."
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Friday, August 30, 2019 |
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How to give everybody a raise
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 10:32 PM :: 3291 Views :: Cost of Living
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...Lowering the cost of living would make everyone’s pay go further, especially the less fortunate....
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Friday, August 30, 2019 |
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Case and Akina discuss future of Jones Act
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:06 PM :: 4506 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Jones Act
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...During his first term in Congress, from 2002 to 2007, Case introduced three bills to reform the Jones Act....
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Friday, August 30, 2019 |
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Survey: Over 2,200 Healthcare Jobs Open in Hawaii
By News Release @ 9:40 PM :: 5328 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Higher Education
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...more than 2,200 healthcare jobs open across the state, with an average vacancy rate of 10% and most jobs taking six to 12 months to fill....
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Friday, August 30, 2019 |
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Tourist Arrivals up 6.2%
By News Release @ 9:28 PM :: 3551 Views :: Tourism
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...Visitors to the Hawaiian Islands spent a total of $1.70 billion in July 2019, an increase of 2.4 percent compared to July 2018....
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Friday, August 30, 2019 |
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Mauna Kea: 16 Arrests, 1240 Tickets
By News Release @ 3:04 AM :: 6049 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, OHA, Police
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...The combined total of the 2-week long Daniel K. Inouye Highway enhanced traffic enforcement efforts by Hawaiʻi Police Department stands at 1240 citations issued and 16 persons arrested for 29 offenses....
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Thursday, August 29, 2019 |
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Hawaii: $100 goes a lot further on Sister Isles
By Tax Foundation @ 6:45 PM :: 3800 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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Metropolitan Area --Real Value of $100
- 4th Lowest in USA -- Urban Honolulu, HI -- $80.19
- Maui County $93.20
- Kauai and Hawaii Counties – $99.50
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Thursday, August 29, 2019 |
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Workshops: How to Participate in Legislative Process
By News Release @ 6:33 PM :: 4195 Views :: First Amendment, Hawaii State Government
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...The workshop/presentation "Your Voice!" is about an hour in length and covers the Legislature and how to effectively participate in the legislative process....
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Thursday, August 29, 2019 |
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DoH: New school immunization requirements
By News Release @ 4:01 AM :: 5119 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care, Higher Education
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...additional immunizations will be required for students entering preschool, kindergarten through grade 12, and colleges/universities in Hawai‘i....
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Thursday, August 29, 2019 |
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Ige Announces Six Judicial Appointments
By News Release @ 3:01 AM :: 4461 Views :: Judiciary
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...Clyde J. Wadsworth – 61, Solicitor General, Department of the Attorney General, State of Hawaiʻi, is appointed to the Intermediate Court of Appeals....
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Tuesday, August 27, 2019 |
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Batteries: Hawaii Ratepayers Give the Most to Elon Musk
By News Release @ 9:58 PM :: 4842 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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... Elon Musk needs money. That's why he is a billionaire and its why you are paying higher electric rates ....
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Tuesday, August 27, 2019 |
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LGBT activist: Kamehameha School girls should change in nurse’s station if they don’t like boy in locker room
By News Release @ 9:35 PM :: 7868 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Family
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...meanwhile at public schools girls don't have locker rooms for trannies to push their way in to....
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Tuesday, August 27, 2019 |
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Gabbard Cries 'Unfair' as Debate Qualification Deadline Looms
By Selected News Articles @ 4:53 AM :: 4445 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation
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...Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado, Montana Gov. Steve Bullock and billionaire liberal activist Tom Steyer all say they’ve been cheated out of a podium....
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Monday, August 26, 2019 |
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Maui Officer Arrested After Sex Harassment Complaints
By News Release @ 11:50 PM :: 5425 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Police
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...He has been charged with attempted perjury, attempted hindering prosecution in the first degree, and tampering with a witness....
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Monday, August 26, 2019 |
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DPP Can't Handle Your Permit, but Has Time for Global Warming 'Pop-ups'
By News Release @ 11:27 PM :: 6502 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Development, Land Use
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...The Department of Planning and Permitting is holding a series of pop-up workshops to gather input on how climate change and sea level rise will affect the area between Kāhala and Pearl City, also known as the Primary Urban Center....
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Sunday, August 25, 2019 |
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Loophole On the Way to the Top of Mauna Kea?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 7348 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, Law Enforcement, OHA
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...Criminal laws are still in force, even as to Hawaiian protesters demonstrating on Hawaiian home lands....
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Sunday, August 25, 2019 |
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Hawaii: How Middle-Class Friendly is Your Community?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:20 AM :: 4770 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics
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...69 Communities in Hawaii Ranked for Middleclassness....
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Saturday, August 24, 2019 |
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With All Eyes on Mauna Kea, OHA, KSBE Insiders Make a Quick Grab for $6.7M
By Andrew Walden @ 9:33 PM :: 8308 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...But instead of being rushed into rubber-stamping an obvious insider deal, Trustees Keli’i Akina, Carmen Hulu Lindsey, and Kalei Akaka voted ‘No.’....
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Saturday, August 24, 2019 |
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DoT Among Most Inefficient: Hawaii Highways Rank 47th
By News Release @ 3:04 AM :: 4297 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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...Study Ranks Every State’s Highway System, Finds Road Conditions Worsening In Important Categories....
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Saturday, August 24, 2019 |
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Oahu Traffic 4th Worst in USA
By News Release @ 2:55 AM :: 6111 Views :: Honolulu County, Maui County, Hawaii Statistics
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...The average Oahu driver spends 64 hours in congestion each year....
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Friday, August 23, 2019 |
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DBEDT: Economic Outlook Stable--too Early to Detect Effects of TVR Ban
By News Release @ 11:04 PM :: 5180 Views :: Economy, Small Business, Tourism
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...The impact of the vacation rental ban on Oahu has not yet been seen in visitor arrivals....
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Friday, August 23, 2019 |
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Hawaiian Airlines Touts Role as 'Economic Driver'
By News Release @ 9:55 PM :: 2367 Views
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...The report was commissioned by the airline....
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Friday, August 23, 2019 |
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Homelessness: Ige Issues 5th Supplementary Emergency Proclamation
By News Release @ 9:43 PM :: 3517 Views :: Homelessness
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...to support the development of additional affordable housing for people transitioning out of homelessness....
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Friday, August 23, 2019 |
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Make the Jones Act worse?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:32 PM :: 5013 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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...there is a move in Congress to make things worse....
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Friday, August 23, 2019 |
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$15 Minimum Wage Differential for City & County of Honolulu Employees Ratified
By News Release @ 2:52 PM :: 5501 Views :: Honolulu County, Labor, Small Business
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...A supplemental agreement pilot project that provides a wage differential for City & County of Honolulu employees to make $15 an hour....
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Friday, August 23, 2019 |
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Former union boss charged in massive fraud, embezzlement indictment
By News Release @ 2:43 PM :: 6859 Views :: Ethics, Labor
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...Ahakuelo lead the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1260 until he was ousted three years ago after the union was placed under trusteeship....
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Friday, August 23, 2019 |
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Deadline Nears to Block UHPA Political Fund Deductions
By News Release @ 4:46 AM :: 4135 Views :: Higher Education, Labor
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...The UHPA Board of Directors has taken this action in response to the strong feelings held by some members that the union should not participate in making candidate endorsements or political contributions....
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Thursday, August 22, 2019 |
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UH Regents reschedule action on Maunakea administrative rules to November
By News Release @ 11:07 PM :: 4323 Views :: Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...The board will take up the rules on November 6 at a special meeting on the UH West Oʻahu campus....
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Thursday, August 22, 2019 |
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Traffic: Number of 'Super Commuters' up 81% on Oahu
By News Release @ 10:14 PM :: 3185 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...workers who rely on public transit are most likely to be super commuters, by a wide margin....
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Thursday, August 22, 2019 |
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Mauna Kea: Police Arrest 7, Issue 610 Citations
By News Release @ 9:55 PM :: 6129 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, OHA, Police
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...Enhanced traffic enforcement efforts will continue on Daniel K. Inouye Highway by Hawaiʻi Police Department for the duration of the ongoing situation....
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Thursday, August 22, 2019 |
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Cool Schools? DoE Cuts a Little Red Tape
By News Release @ 5:41 PM :: 3539 Views :: Education K-12
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...The Schools Directed AC program enables school leaders to initiate the process by requesting an official electrical assessment from HIDOE’s Office of Facilities and Operations to determine where there is sufficient electrical capacity for AC in classrooms....
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Thursday, August 22, 2019 |
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Hawaii Millionaire Will Go Broke Faster Than Any Other State
By Selected News Articles @ 3:44 AM :: 4498 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...If you retire with $1 million in Hawaii, you’ll have less than a dozen years to ride out your savings....
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Wednesday, August 21, 2019 |
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To Keep Pushing Abortion Hawaii and Planned Parenthood Quit Title X
By Selected News Articles @ 8:41 PM :: 3672 Views :: Life
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...until just a few months ago, Hawaii was trying to force churches to promote abortion. Now....
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Wednesday, August 21, 2019 |
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Hawaii has 18th-lowest juvenile arrest rate in country
By Selected News Articles @ 8:31 PM :: 4081 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement
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...Theft and Juvenile Delinquency: Where Are Teens Most Likely to Steal?....
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Wednesday, August 21, 2019 |
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Hawaii Community Colleges: How Does Your School Rank?
By Selected News Articles @ 12:22 AM :: 4229 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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...Six Hawaii community colleges ranked on quality and affordability....
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Tuesday, August 20, 2019 |
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Is the government helping or hurting the Hawaii economy?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:50 PM :: 4560 Views :: Economy, Small Business
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... minimum wage, the Hawaii brain drain, and Trump tariffs ....
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Tuesday, August 20, 2019 |
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For Hawaii, Cost of Dying is Like Cost of Living
By Selected News Articles @ 11:40 PM :: 5924 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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...Death in Hawaii is by far the priciest among all the states....
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Tuesday, August 20, 2019 |
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Pro-Telescope Rally Set for Thursday
By News Release @ 7:55 PM :: 4855 Views :: Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...IMUA TMT RALLY This Thursday August 22 @ 5pm STATE CAPITOL....
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Tuesday, August 20, 2019 |
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Governor Ige, It's Time
By News Release @ 7:02 PM :: 6498 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...Open Letter from State Sen. Lorraine Inouye to Governor Ige and Attorney General Connors, August 18, 2019....
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Monday, August 19, 2019 |
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Mauna Kea: Is this all a joke now?
By Selected News Articles @ 11:28 PM :: 7029 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...and a Tweet Momoa sent out a day before this saying that he got run over by a tractor and couldn’t film Aquaman 2....
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Sunday, August 18, 2019 |
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Hawaii Among Least Innovative States
By News Release @ 7:50 PM :: 3254 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...Hawaii 47th -- Amount of R&D per 100,000 people -- $1,640....
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Sunday, August 18, 2019 |
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Two mass killings a world apart share a common theme: ‘ecofascism’
By Selected News Articles @ 7:21 PM :: 3893 Views :: Environment
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..."A lot of people felt they were getting burned by talking about population growth and its adverse impact," Holdren said. As a result, he said, the movement's leaders began focusing on the education and empowerment of women….
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Sunday, August 18, 2019 |
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Leadership on the Mauna
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 7220 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA, Politicians
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...Leadership entails not only planning for possible obstructions to your chosen plan of action, but also having the resolve to follow through with your plan....
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Saturday, August 17, 2019 |
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“Absolutely never,” says Maui OHA Trustee Hulu Lindsey on TMT
By Selected News Articles @ 5:21 PM :: 6542 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...Hulu Lindsey is the only OHA Trustee to be Arrested on Mauna Kea....
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Friday, August 16, 2019 |
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End 'gut and replace'
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:39 PM :: 3514 Views :: Rail
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...by the time Gov. David Ige signed it carried a price tag of $350 million....
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Thursday, August 15, 2019 |
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DBEDT Releases 2018 Hawaii Data Book
By News Release @ 11:27 PM :: 3131 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...The Hawaii State Data Book is the most comprehensive statistical book about Hawaii in a single compilation....
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