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Friday, July 1, 2016 |
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Russia to launch ‘Monster’ ICBM towards Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 5:10 PM :: 5298 Views :: Military
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...the missiles have been in service for more than 25 years, and each of them is able to carry ten megaton class nuclear warheads at a distance of more than 11,000 kilometers....
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Friday, July 1, 2016 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court Clarifies Appeals Clock
By Robert Thomas @ 4:47 PM :: 5866 Views :: Higher Education, Judiciary
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...the Hawaii Supreme Court clarified a point of appellate procedure that has been unnecessarily vague -- and therefore dangerous -- for a while....
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Friday, July 1, 2016 |
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Why are there no mobile home parks in Hawaii?
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:33 PM :: 7212 Views :: Homelessness, Land Use
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“Here in Hawaii we don’t have trailer parks–they’re not legal.”
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Friday, July 1, 2016 |
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Tourism: Visitors Up, Spending Down
By News Release @ 3:16 PM :: 4752 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... Average daily spending by Japanese tourists is down 10.1% ....
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Friday, July 1, 2016 |
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Hawaii Property Taxes Lowest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 1:33 PM :: 4175 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Hawaii has the lowest effective rate at 0.28 percent....
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Friday, July 1, 2016 |
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Ige Signs Cool Schools, Water Bills
By News Release @ 3:24 AM :: 6290 Views :: Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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...HB 2569 (Act 176) which aims to expedite the goals of the Department of Education to cool Hawai‘i’s schools, reduce energy costs, meet Hawai‘i’s clean energy goals....
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Thursday, June 30, 2016 |
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Hawaii GOP Announces Delegation to Republican National Convention
By News Release @ 4:58 PM :: 5691 Views :: Republican Party
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...the Republican National Convention will be held in Cleveland, Ohio at the Quicken Loans Arena from July 18-21....
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Thursday, June 30, 2016 |
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Hawaii Homelessness Grows 4%—Mostly on Big Island, Kauai
By News Release @ 5:32 AM :: 6616 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness
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...Homeless growth on Maui and Oahu less than 1%....
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Thursday, June 30, 2016 |
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Ige Appoints New PUC Commissioner, Secures 2-1 Majority Against NextEra
By Andrew Walden @ 1:35 AM :: 5130 Views :: Energy
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...Iwase said he is hopeful a decision could come by next week--but not in the next two days....
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Wednesday, June 29, 2016 |
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Study: Home Care Costs Increase in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 5:46 PM :: 5139 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...the costs can add up to as much as $57,772 per year in Hawaii....
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Wednesday, June 29, 2016 |
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HB2231: New law makes it easier to finance energy co-ops
By News Release @ 3:09 PM :: 6175 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy
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...this act allows for the use of state special purpose revenue bonds to be used to finance publicly owned energy cooperatives....
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Wednesday, June 29, 2016 |
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Esther Kiaaina Cuts Micronesia Funding, Forcing Migrants to Come to USA
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 PM :: 6217 Views :: National News
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...OIA has simply withheld the money, or routed funds to projects outside the FAS. Predictably, this has fueled the exodus....
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Wednesday, June 29, 2016 |
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Single Payer Activists to Target Hawaii for Socialist Medicine?
By Selected News Articles @ 2:15 AM :: 4086 Views :: Health Care
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...single-payer advocates are focusing on individual states....
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Wednesday, June 29, 2016 |
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Sand Island Homeless Center Moves 61 Homeless into Permanent Housing
By News Release @ 1:39 AM :: 4651 Views :: Homelessness
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...The facility has since served 173 individuals, 61 of which have successfully transitioned into stable housing situations....
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016 |
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Compact Impact: Why Pacific Islanders are Fleeing to Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:58 PM :: 6715 Views :: Health Care, Homelessness
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Compact Impact: Why Pacific Islanders are Fleeing to Hawaii - Neil Mellen...
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016 |
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Irresponsible: Caldwell Moves for 10 Month Delay on Rail Recovery Plan
By News Release @ 5:49 PM :: 4235 Views :: Rail
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Will Feds Withhold a Third Year of Financing Before HART Gets Around to Writing Financial Plan?
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016 |
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Transgender Insurance Mandate Among 12 Bills Ige Signing Today
By News Release @ 5:24 PM :: 4188 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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State Capitol, 5th floor, Governor’s Ceremonial Room....
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016 |
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DBEDT: Housing Over 40% of Consumer Spending for Kauai, Hawaii Co
By News Release @ 5:16 PM :: 7835 Views :: Hawaii County , Kauai County, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...An average household in Hawaii County spent an average of $51,700 in 2014....
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016 |
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Feds Demand Arrest of Tugboat after Giant Golf Ball Mishap
By Selected News Articles @ 4:43 PM :: 7635 Views :: Jones Act, Military
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... Justice Department has demanded the arrest, condemnation and sale of the tugboat Maulani, which snagged an undersea cable in Hawaii's Pearl Harbor and shut down the Electronic Harbor Security System ....
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 28, 2016
By Congress.org @ 4:33 PM :: 4510 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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Senate: Fiscal 2017 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations
House: Veto Override on Fiduciary Rule
House: Fiscal 2016 Transportation-HUD Appropriations Conference Report
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016 |
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Ige Signs HB2501: A&B Keeps E Maui Water
By News Release @ 4:17 AM :: 7109 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture, Land Use
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...HB2501 provides time to transition to a process that ensures water is distributed fairly in accordance with the public trust doctrine....
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016 |
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Study: Hawaii is Number One in Teacher Absenteeism
By Selected News Articles @ 3:27 AM :: 6330 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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"Hawaii has…80 schools where 90% of teachers are absent ten days or more."
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016 |
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Honolulu Charter Commission Sets Community Meetings
By News Release @ 3:04 AM :: 3994 Views :: Honolulu County
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...meetings are set between now and July 7....
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016 |
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Hawaii Federalist Society: Supreme Court Term in Review
By Robert Thomas @ 12:58 AM :: 4476 Views :: Judiciary
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016 11:30am
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016 |
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Matson launches new foreign flag service
By Michael Hansen @ 12:43 AM :: 4861 Views :: Jones Act
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With this new service, Matson will be competing with several shipping companies offering direct services from the USWC to South Pacific Island destinations....
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Monday, June 27, 2016 |
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Major Unions Endorse Djou for Mayor
By News Release @ 8:07 PM :: 7031 Views :: Honolulu County, Labor, Rail
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...The unions endorsing Djou were the first unions to support Kirk Caldwell for mayor in 2010 and backed Caldwell again in 2012....
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Monday, June 27, 2016 |
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Ige: Intent to Veto 9 Bills
By News Release @ 7:59 PM :: 5251 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care
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On July 12, any measure that has not been signed or vetoed by Gov. Ige will become law with or without his signature....
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Monday, June 27, 2016 |
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Ige: Captive Insurance Shunts $1.26B to Local Bankers
By News Release @ 5:51 PM :: 6198 Views :: Hawaii History, Hawaii State Government
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Since enabling legislation was enacted into law on May 29, 1986....
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Sunday, June 26, 2016 |
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The Surprisingly Sudden Demise of the Anti-GMO Movement
By Selected News Articles @ 7:19 PM :: 6486 Views :: GMOs
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How did this happen so quickly?
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Sunday, June 26, 2016 |
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Condominium and Community Associations: File or Else!
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4867 Views :: Taxes
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Someone needs to take remedial action before the thermonuclear bomb hits....
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Sunday, June 26, 2016 |
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Best states for driving: Hawaii Ranks 15th
By News Release @ 4:28 AM :: 4033 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...CarInsurance.com ranked states on eight metrics to identify which ones are more favorable for motorists....
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Saturday, June 25, 2016 |
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Hawaii Gun Owners May Be Monitored More Closely Than Criminals
By News Release @ 3:40 AM :: 5821 Views :: Second Amendment
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...the bill took effect immediately upon Ige's approval....
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Saturday, June 25, 2016 |
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Hawaii Access to Justice Conference 2016
By News Release @ 3:30 AM :: 4451 Views :: Judiciary
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...held on June 24, 2016, at the William S. Richardson School of Law....
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Saturday, June 25, 2016 |
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Marijuana License Scores: DoH Reveals Which Cronies Just Don’t Make the Grade
By News Release @ 1:39 AM :: 5169 Views :: Drugs
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...DOH today released the scores and ranking of the applicants for Medical Marijuana Dispensary Licenses....
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Friday, June 24, 2016 |
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Rail: Building To The Nowhere Of Middle?
By Robert Thomas @ 10:29 PM :: 4801 Views :: Rail
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...omit the most densely populated, and therefore the most useful, portion of the route....
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Friday, June 24, 2016 |
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In the Beginning, Rail Cost Only $3B
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:22 PM :: 4611 Views :: Rail
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Early in the effort to determine a mass transit alternative for Oahu, city officials announced that the rail project would likely cost a little more than $3 billion....
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Friday, June 24, 2016 |
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Privatization: 20 Years of UPW Garbage in Hawaii’s Courts
By Selected News Articles @ 10:02 PM :: 8440 Views :: Honolulu County, Health Care, Judiciary, Labor
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20 years ago, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled that an agreement between the County of Hawaii and a private contractor for the operation of a county landfill violated civil service laws....
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Friday, June 24, 2016 |
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Hawaii Passes First of Its Kind Gun Legislation
By Selected News Articles @ 12:52 PM :: 5254 Views :: Second Amendment
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"The lawful acquisition, possession, carrying, or use of a firearm does not justify subjecting citizens to ongoing monitoring," the National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislative Action....
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Friday, June 24, 2016 |
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Conviction Tossed: How They Get Away in Soft on Crime Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 12:47 PM :: 4932 Views :: Law Enforcement
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"If people didn't upset me, I wouldn't have to punch them...."
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Friday, June 24, 2016 |
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Oppression of Education
By Joni Kamiya @ 1:54 AM :: 8849 Views :: Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA, GMOs
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...it’s clear who the real oppressors are....
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Friday, June 24, 2016 |
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Djou: Rail Mess is a Pure Failure of Leadership
By Rep Charles Djou @ 12:01 AM :: 5038 Views :: Rail
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...the Honolulu rail system cost could now reach as high as almost $11 bil. from the original projected cost of $5.2 bil....
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Thursday, June 23, 2016 |
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Molasses Spill Very Profitable for Aha Moku Council
By News Release @ 11:52 PM :: 4726 Views :: Greenmail
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...spill settlement funding to support Aha Moku for the next fiscal year....
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Thursday, June 23, 2016 |
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Ige Signs Rap Back: Hawaii Gun Owners to be Placed in FBI Database
By News Release @ 8:06 PM :: 6650 Views :: Second Amendment
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Rifle Association: “High Likelihood of Legal Action”....
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Thursday, June 23, 2016 |
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Energy monitoring and management coming to 250 public schools
By News Release @ 5:00 AM :: 5905 Views :: Education K-12, Energy
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All public elementary, middle, and high schools in the Hawaiian Electric Companies' service territory are receiving new, intelligent, energy-monitoring devices and software....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016 |
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Rusting Wind Junk off Waikiki: Feds Declare Open Season
By News Release @ 8:33 PM :: 7433 Views :: Energy
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...a call for information and nominations to gauge the wind industry’s interest in commercial wind leases in two areas offshore Oahu....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016 |
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Caldwell Buys Iwilei Building: Hub for Homeless to Rival LA Skid Row
By News Release @ 8:18 PM :: 6711 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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...Council members Carol Fukunaga, Ann Kobayashi and Ron Menor on a follow-up trip to review Seattle’s homeless projects, including hygiene centers and government-sanctioned tent cities....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016 |
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Child Well-Being: Hawaii Ranks 23rd
By News Release @ 6:21 PM :: 7753 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2016 KIDS COUNT Data Book....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016 |
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Fed Wreck Plan B
By Video @ 5:48 PM :: 8343 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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Danner pushing for the US DoI Office of Native Hawaiian Relations to be located in Honolulu, not DC....
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