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Tuesday, July 9, 2019 |
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Lyon Corruption: Ex-Schatz, Winer New Gig at Strategies360
By News Release @ 3:38 PM :: 6084 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation
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... Really Obvious Question: Has Winer received a target letter or a subject letter in the Lyon investigation? ....
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Tuesday, July 9, 2019 |
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Ige Signs More Bills into Law
By News Release @ 10:36 AM :: 6474 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...ACT 268 establishes the Stadium Development District and puts the state’s Aloha Stadium lands under the jurisdiction of the Stadium Authority....
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Tuesday, July 9, 2019 |
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Gabbard: Harris Leveled ‘False Accusation’ of Racism at Biden
By Selected News Articles @ 3:37 AM :: 4602 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation
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...'It was a false accusation that Joe Biden is a racist'....
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Tuesday, July 9, 2019 |
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Free Market Economics with Mark Skousen
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:28 AM :: 3288 Views :: Economy
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...Skousen discusses with host Keli'i Akina what free-market economics is and why we should promote it....
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Monday, July 8, 2019 |
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Trustee Akina Praises OHA’s Support of Court Order to Open LLCs’ Books
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:23 PM :: 4798 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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"...Under interim CEO Sylvia Hussey’s leadership, transparency reigns...."
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Monday, July 8, 2019 |
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Solar Variance Trick Makes Housing Even More Un-affordable in Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 11:04 PM :: 8296 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Development, Cost of Living
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...a dirty legislative trick from 2008 has--eleven years later--effectively outlawed new installation of tankless on-demand gas water heaters....
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Sunday, July 7, 2019 |
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HSTA Members Grill Dem Presidential Contenders--Demand More Money
By News Release @ 9:25 PM :: 6407 Views :: Democratic Party, Education K-12, Labor
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...First Question: “How are you going to increase salaries...."
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Sunday, July 7, 2019 |
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Feds Bust Hawaii-Based Fraudsters
By News Release @ 5:19 AM :: 3669 Views :: Law Enforcement
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...Husband and Wife Plead Guilty To Involvement In Multi-Million Dollar Investment Fraud Scheme Based in Hawaii....
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Sunday, July 7, 2019 |
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Do We Have a Legitimate Government?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3945 Views :: Hawaii History
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...It pains me to read stories of people who lost their homes after being told that they didn’t have to pay back their mortgages because the laws under which they were made were invalid in Hawaii....
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Saturday, July 6, 2019 |
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OHA LLCs Agree to Provide Check Register
By Andrew Walden @ 8:43 PM :: 6758 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... OHA’s response comes just two days after the departure of former OHA CEO Kamana’o Crabbe ....
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Saturday, July 6, 2019 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 6, 2019
By Selected News Articles @ 4:25 PM :: 3296 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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... Congress was on recess this week, but members did introduce bills ....
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Friday, July 5, 2019 |
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ACLU Claims Prosecutor Retaliated Against Safe House Whistle-blowers
By News Release @ 3:40 PM :: 5701 Views :: Honolulu County, Family, Law Enforcement
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...the project lost its funding at the City Council and is set to close in August....
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Friday, July 5, 2019 |
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Harvard: High Housing Costs Caused by 'Regulatory Constraints on Development'
By News Release @ 12:53 PM :: 4425 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...“These constraints, largely imposed at the local level, raise costs and limit the number of homes that can be built in places where demand is highest.”....
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Friday, July 5, 2019 |
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Energy: Hawaii has Highest Prices, Lowest Consumption
By Selected News Articles @ 2:14 AM :: 5863 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...despite the nation's lowest electricity consumption, chart-topping rates give Hawaii the 10th highest electric bills....
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Friday, July 5, 2019 |
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NIFLA v. Becerra: One Year Later, Still the Most Significant Abortion SCOTUS Case in Decades
By Selected News Articles @ 12:25 AM :: 5331 Views :: First Amendment, Life
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... Can the government mandate that groups or individuals speak a message with which they fundamentally disagree? ....
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Thursday, July 4, 2019 |
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Lyon Corruption: While Son in Law Rots in Federal Detention, President Christian Returns to FSM Senate
By News Release @ 7:26 PM :: 5526 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...Former President of the FSM, Peter M. Christian, is the official declared winner for Pohnpei State’s at-large seat, having received 6,060 votes or 46.46% of all votes cast....
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Thursday, July 4, 2019 |
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'Life, liberty and ... property'
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:56 PM :: 3591 Views :: Law Enforcement
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...without property rights, many of our other rights or freedoms would be shallower....
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Wednesday, July 3, 2019 |
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OHA LLC Records Being Destroyed?
By Video @ 11:50 PM :: 4245 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...They Did Something Nobody Else Would Be Allowed To Do....
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Wednesday, July 3, 2019 |
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Kealoha Barred from Practicing Law
By News Release @ 11:10 PM :: 4631 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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...with proceedings stayed until the criminal proceedings are final....
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Wednesday, July 3, 2019 |
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Hawaii to Erase Prostitution Convictions After Three Years
By Selected News Articles @ 1:25 PM :: 3810 Views :: Law Enforcement
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...Ige said requiring proof of victimization is “unrealistic” due to victims’ fear of retaliation from their former pimps or sex buyers....
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Tuesday, July 2, 2019 |
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DoH: Six Months of Suicide in Hawaii
By News Release @ 1:11 PM :: 4804 Views :: Health Care, Life
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...Hawaii Department of Health releases six-month progress report on Our Care, Our Choice Act....
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Monday, July 1, 2019 |
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OHA Needs a Watchdog!
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:36 PM :: 5385 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, OHA
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...If an OHA Trustee cannot publicly disagree with Board decisions, then it would hinder any Trustee from functioning as a watchdog. That would be a terrible loss to beneficiaries....
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Sunday, June 30, 2019 |
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Telescope: DLNR vs KAHEA 'No Sound Cannon'
By News Release @ 3:21 PM :: 7762 Views :: Greenmail, Higher Education, Law Enforcement, OHA, Police
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...The assertion that DOCARE utilized an LRAD in association with protests on Maui’s Haleakala several years ago is completely false....
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Sunday, June 30, 2019 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 30, 2019
By Selected News Articles @ 2:16 PM :: 3577 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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...Bills Introduced and Votes Cast for the week ending June 29, 2019....
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Sunday, June 30, 2019 |
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The Tax on Ghost Homes
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 6650 Views :: Development, Land Use, Taxes
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... a vacant home fee of 5% or 10% ....
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Sunday, June 30, 2019 |
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DHHL Announces Search for Larry Mehau's Successor
By News Release @ 4:22 AM :: 4410 Views :: DHHL
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...present your claim by September 30, 2019, or be forever barred from succeeding....
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Sunday, June 30, 2019 |
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OHA looking for Someone to Give Away $1.66M
By News Release @ 4:14 AM :: 3494 Views :: OHA
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...OHA seeks non-profit to administer $1.66 million emergency financial assistance grant....
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Saturday, June 29, 2019 |
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Activist Attacks Destroy Another 17% of Hawaii Seed Industry Acreage
By News Release @ 8:30 PM :: 136383 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii Statistics, GMOs
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...Acreage harvested for all seed crops is expected to total 2,530 acres during the 2018-19 season, down 17 percent from the previous season....
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Saturday, June 29, 2019 |
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Will Hawaii be the Next Puerto Rico?
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:00 AM :: 4204 Views :: Jones Act
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...Hear how Jones Act has cost Puerto Rico dearly, and Hawaii, too....
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Saturday, June 29, 2019 |
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Ige Appoints New Budget and Finance Director
By News Release @ 9:59 AM :: 4074 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...Neal Miyahira starts as Budget and Finance director on July 1. His appointment is subject to Senate confirmation....
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Saturday, June 29, 2019 |
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‘Positive disruptor’ shares policy views on 'Perry & the Posse'
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:04 AM :: 5939 Views :: Economy, Small Business, Tourism
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...“Let’s not kill the goose that lays the golden egg”....
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Saturday, June 29, 2019 |
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HB748: Hawaii needs civil asset forfeiture reform
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:43 AM :: 3807 Views :: Law Enforcement
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...The governor is threatening to veto reform of a police practice that abuses individual rights....
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Saturday, June 29, 2019 |
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Housing and the Hendersons
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:38 AM :: 6197 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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...It is universally acknowledged that Hawaii residents need more homes. So why is it so hard to build them?....
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Saturday, June 29, 2019 |
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Better Education for Military-Connected Children
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:55 AM :: 4769 Views :: Education K-12, Military
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...a new nationally representative survey reporting on the experiences and opinions of over 1,200 active-duty military families. ...
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Friday, June 28, 2019 |
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Akina: LLC Ruling 'A Big Win for OHA Beneficiaries'
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:28 AM :: 4565 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...“Losing this case raises questions as to whether the OHA Board is acting in the best interest of its beneficiaries when it comes to transparency and their right to know how their trust funds are spent.”...
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Friday, June 28, 2019 |
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Owner of Engineering Firm Sentenced To Five Years For Tax Scheme
By News Release @ 3:40 AM :: 6055 Views :: National News, Ethics, Law Enforcement
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...Wagdy A. Guirguis was sentenced today to five years in prison for conspiracy to defraud the United States....
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Friday, June 28, 2019 |
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VIDEO: Why People are Leaving Hawai'i
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:20 AM :: 6649 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...Hawaii residents have been moving away from the islands in droves in recent years; in fiscal 2017, more than 13,000 people departed — the highest negative net migration ever....
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Friday, June 28, 2019 |
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What The US Supreme Court's Property Rights Decision Means For Hawaii's Property Owners
By Robert Thomas @ 3:10 AM :: 10691 Views :: National News, Development, Judiciary, Land Use, Small Business, Tourism
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...Hawaii’s property owners now have many more options for fighting back against oppressive government regulation of property than they did last week....
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Friday, June 28, 2019 |
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Debates: On Agriculture, Democrats Pander to 'Regressive Left'
By Selected News Articles @ 2:57 AM :: 8140 Views :: Democratic Party, Agriculture, Politicians, GMOs
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...This week’s opening round of Democratic Party presidential debates threatens to fall short on science and is likely to be dominated by ideological talking points when it comes to food, farming and agricultural biotechnology....
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Friday, June 28, 2019 |
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Knee Jerk Reactions
By Joni Kamiya @ 2:39 AM :: 6650 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, GMOs
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...The activists could not get the results they wanted in a scientific study and instead went to the courtroom to make their case....
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Thursday, June 27, 2019 |
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Auditor Rips DLNR Leasehold Management
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 9:57 PM :: 7419 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Land Use, Small Business
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...The absence of long-range planning has left the Land Division staff without the expertise, resources, and options to actively and effectively manage its land portfolio....
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Thursday, June 27, 2019 |
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Meth Bust Nets Retired Guam Police Officer
By News Release @ 7:46 PM :: 7141 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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...John Topasna Mantanona aka 'Boom' was arrested today, June 26, 2019, and charged with obstructing justice by endeavoring to influence a juror and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine hydrochloride....
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Thursday, June 27, 2019 |
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Tourism: Spending Down--Arrivals Up (again)
By News Release @ 5:32 PM :: 4324 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... average daily visitor spending was down 4.2% -- Total visitor arrivals increased 4.6 percent to 841,376 ....
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Thursday, June 27, 2019 |
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Financial Disclosures: Ethics Commission Releases Five Page List of Late Filers
By News Release @ 4:13 PM :: 3577 Views :: Ethics
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...approximately 1,900 state officials are required to file a financial disclosure statement by May 31 each year. More than 91% of filers were on time....
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Thursday, June 27, 2019 |
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Initial Online Polls Say Gabbard Wins The Day
By Selected News Articles @ 2:59 PM :: 6320 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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... High-profile right-wing and alt-right internet trolls like Jack Posobiec, fellow Pizzagater Mike Cernovich, and Infowars‘ Paul Joseph Watson praised Gabbard on Twitter for her performance ....
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Thursday, June 27, 2019 |
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John Stossel to interview Keli'i Akina at FreedomFest
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:56 AM :: 4004 Views :: Jones Act
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...The TV personality and Grassroot Institute of Hawaii president will discuss the Jones Act....
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Wednesday, June 26, 2019 |
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What are OHA Trustees Trying to Cover Up Now?
By Video @ 9:55 PM :: 4547 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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"...we will use this against you in the next election...."
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Wednesday, June 26, 2019 |
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Judge Orders OHA LLCs to Hand Over Check Registers
By Andrew Walden @ 9:40 PM :: 6074 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...How much more beneficiary money will OHA insiders waste in this futile effort to keep their own secrets?....
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