... Weekly Update from GovTrack.us ....

...proposed rules as they may infringe upon the constitutional rights of individuals seeking to access Mauna Kea....

...Documents filed yesterday in federal court by the ACLU of Hawai‘i reveal that DOE has simply been waiting for two female high school athletes to graduate, hoping the mere fact of their graduation will prevent the girls from being able to proceed with their gender discrimination lawsuit....

...Some Democrats have stood up to Hirono's anti-Catholic rhetoric....

... Hawaii imposes $0.93 tax per gallon of beer ....

... This week, the Honolulu City Council approved an operating budget of $2.8 billion, an increase of 8.8% over last year’s budget and almost $1 million more than the amount proposed by Mayor Kirk Caldwell ....

... was this Crabbe's final attempt at revenge? ....

...The Crabbe-created LLCs must be dissolved, the irregularities in contract awarding must end, and the FBI must be raid the offices now before all the evidences of corruption are destroyed while Crabbe hangs on till the end of the month.... 

...Study concludes that ratepayers are being gouged to the greatest possible degree and no other system could gouge us more effectively without us noticing....

...Scientists use a powerful microbial detection device to show that suggestions of sewage in Kauai’s watershed were mostly false positives....

...373 people who were considered homeless at the time of their deaths have died on O‘ahu from 2014 through 2018....

...91 percent of Honolulu’s Housing First clients came into the program as chronically homeless, and over 60 percent came directly from living on the streets....

...based on several criteria, including crime rates, air quality, housing affordability, entertainment offerings, cultural diversity, and economic vitality....

...Hawaii 39.7% of free-lunch eligible students participate in free breakfast program – 2nd lowest in USA....

...For decades now, the young ones have heard this message loud and clear....

...OHA Board of Trustees approves $6 million for community grants....

... identified as having a “persistent record of poor care” ....

...In Hawaii, opioid deaths, hospitalizations, and treatment services have risen significantly over the last several years....

...low tech, low patents, low innovation....

...Thanks to the ultimate resource: the human mind....

...DOTAX justified the shroud of darkness surrounding its revenue projections with a theory, derived from federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) law, called “deliberative process privilege.”....

...Congress was not in session last week but two resolutions were introduced by members of the Hawaii congressional delegation....

...work with Dr. Troy Hutchings to make the Model Code of Ethics for Educators 'appropriate for Hawaii'....

...in Hawaii the dollar has less buying power than in any other state....

...“Unnatural Disaster: Assessing the Jones Act’s Impact on Puerto Rico”....

...the population of urban Honolulu declined in 2018 for the second year in a row....

...average daily visitor spending was down -9.2%, total visitor arrivals rose 6.6 percent to 856,250 visitors in April....

...Along with the response, we also got something else—the election results -- five days ahead of the new deadline....

...if people speak out and let policymakers know that taxes should be lowered and barriers to economic freedom removed, things could change....

...Request for Proposals: Pohnpei State Hemodialysis Project....

...“When my legislation became law, it should have solved this issue and allowed FAS citizens to obtain REAL ID compliant identification.  However, recent guidance put into place by the Department of Homeland Security has imposed additional burdens on these citizens."  -- Rep. Don Young (R-AK)

...lots of jobs sit unfilled as Hawaii has the 5th-lowest avg starting salaries (adjusted for cost of living) in the USA....

...this would apply to Veterans living in Alaska, Hawaii, New Hampshire and the U.S. territories of Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands....

...an updated list of Neighborhood Board vacancies as of May 29, 2019....

...The Official requested...all 33 Neighborhood Board chairs...place the ballot issue  ...on their board’s monthly agenda between September 15 and October 15, 2018, so that a certain political action committee “and others” could publicly discuss this topic prior to the election....

...the Commission reviewed the totality of the circumstances and also confirmed the conduct as de minimis, dismissed the complaint, and did not impose a civil fine on Official....

...The comment period will close June 5....

...22 community events that will receive a total of $100,000 from OHA’s ʻAhahui Grants Program....

... Hawaii derives 22.9% of tax revenue from individual income taxes .... 

... enviros allege there is a 36% decline in Cauiflower Coral populations ....

...not all are so impressed....

...State Makes No Conclusion On Whether DPS Deputy Director Violated Ethics Code....

...Votes and Bills Introduced for week ending May 26, 2019....

...A 2014 FSM government claim against Lyon Associates Inc. for over $4.6 million for ”errors and omissions” in the designs for a road and sewer project in Chuuk State raises additional questions about the company’s involvement in the FSM....

...Medicaid care homes are allowed no more than two patients, however, if in the discretion of the health department such a Medicaid care home is allowed a third patient, such a patient MUST be a Medicaid patient....

...“It’s not surprising to see a decrease in visitor spending during 2018 since most of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park was closed for 134 days due to unsafe and unpredictable volcanic activity”....

...A long time ago the Tax Foundation of Hawaii sued the State....

...The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations to fill the following anticipated judicial vacancy ....

...A decade after the first missionaries arrived, the gospel tore across the islands in the 1830s....

...The Senate confirmed a Los Angeles attorney Tuesday to a seat on the Ninth Circuit after he faced criticisms from Democrats over his record of representing fossil fuel companies in court, making him the second Trump nominee added to the San Francisco-based appeals court in a week....