Maybe the Hawaii DoE will stop suing disabled children now?

This coming Thursday, March 23, 2017, at 10:00 AM....

By voluntarily filing an EIS for his dairy farm on Kauai, Omidyar has now brought about a court ruling for the first time ever mandating EIS for farmers statewide....

...Chin announced today that the state of Hawaii has moved to convert the temporary restraining order issued last week by Hawaii federal judge Derrick K. Watson....

Applying campaign statements when interpreting law “sows chaos,” said Judge Alex Kozinski, who has been on the 9th Circuit since 1985....

There are two major courses of action that can be followed....

... a lethal dose of barbiturates can save insurance companies big money ....

nomination deadline is Monday, May 1, 2017....

“Due to the at-risk private capital, Public-Private Partnerships often result in lower costs, less risk, and faster delivery....

...College and Career Readiness Indicators Report (CCRI) for the Class of 2016....

"...we cannot let our personal inclinations get ahead of important, overarching principles about who gets to make decisions in our democracy...."

In Oregon, 1,749 lethal prescriptions have been written and at least 1,127 patients have died from ingesting the drugs....

All bills referred to three or more committees must be in their second-to-last committee in the non-originating chamber by March 16....

KIUC mailed 25,703 ballots and received 6,088, for a turnout of 23.7 percent, more than last year’s 21 percent turnout....

...two bills are moving through the legislature on this subject....

The city low-balled the cost and construction is five years late; William La Jeunesse has the story for 'Special Report'....

If the City does not comply with AOC schedules for completion, DOH may issue stipulated penalties of $500 per day for delays....

...Democrats from southern states expressed concern over incorporating Hawaii’s predominantly non-white population into the Union....

...Implement a forensic audit of OHA’s expenses, especially in regards to “Hawaiian Nation Building”....

Capitol Hill’s crosshairs turned Thursday on the Ninth Circuit just a day after a federal judge under the court’s purview became the latest to thwart efforts by the president to block Muslim immigration....

...the Trump administration is placing its hopes for the ban in the hands of the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Virginia....

NAIT is an unindicted co-conspirator named in the Holy Land Foundation terrorism-financing trial of 2007-08....

... but, but, but--How can we make the humans feel guilty now? ....

...bills heard this week (HB76, HB233, and HB234) attempt to amend the law passed last summer by adding new severance options for the hospital employees....

Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald has appointed Brian A. Costa, Darolyn H. Lendio Heim, and Trish K. Morikawa to the District Court of the First Circuit (Island of Oahu) ....

Don’t expect the Ninth Circuit to stand in the way. It was that court that pointed the way for the Hawaii judge....

...Hawaii’s public pension system has been operating like a Ponzi scheme....

…instead of ruling on the Trump administration’s revised policy, Judge Watson has ruled on the character of Donald Trump....

The panel overwhelmingly objected to the lack of local input, transparency and scientific scrutiny in the marine monument designation process....

...Ige’s current budget overspends by $292 million next year....

...what the beneficiaries say....

The Civil Rights Commission said that Hawaii “is in a league by itself” when it comes to officially sanctioned discriminatory conduct....

... Kupuna Caregivers $70/Day Appropriation SB534 / HB607 ....

The House Health Committee is poised to pass a bill requiring pro-life crisis pregnancy centers to disseminate pro-abortion messages....

...The 26-member Judicial Conference is the policy-making body for the federal court system....

...the audit of “OHA and its subsidiaries” should include the six secretive LLCs owned by OHA....

...the claim that it is a Muslim ban is contradicted by Iraq’s removal from the list because arrangements have been made for the Iraqi government to provide the information needed for effective vetting of Iraqi nationals....

...the potential rate of return for associate’s degrees, bachelor’s degrees, and post-graduate degrees....

MegaVote for Hawaii's 1st & 2nd Congressional Districts....

...Watchdog Group Says State Budget Must be Reevaluated....

“The Search Committee appreciates the forthright statements of a public that is unafraid to speak up and who is passionate about the education of our students...."

The House Finance Committee March 9 passed out a proposed budget that reflects slower economic growth in Hawaii based on General Excise Tax collections and projections by the State Council on Revenues....

A federal judge found that the island’s efforts to restrict voting to “native” residents violated the Constitution....

...American Telemedicine Association Releases Report Highlighting Critical Gaps in Coverage and Physician Practice Standards....

...IRLI called the court's attention to at least seven distinct provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) that authorize the President to implement the EO. Unsurprisingly, Hawaii's new complaint fails to deal with these provisions, mentioning one such provision only once and in a cursory fashion....

The caller had reported that she had seen a farmworker taken off of the field via ambulance and quickly assumed he had been poisoned....

The "shall make sufficient sums available" language is used in one more place in our constitution. It's in Article XII, Section 1, relating to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands....