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| Saturday, December 3, 2016 |
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Denied Another Extension, HART Finally Forced to Submit Financial Plan
By News Release @ 3:36 AM :: 4983 Views :: Rail
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...due to the recent passage of Charter Amendment Number 4 in the 2016 Elections, the voters of the City authorized the consolidation of the operations and maintenance functions and responsibilities for all modes of public transit....
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| Saturday, December 3, 2016 |
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AG Releases 2015 Hawaii Crime Statistics
By News Release @ 1:02 AM :: 10367 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement
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Hawaii’s total Index Crime rate in 2015 was 0.3% below the rate reported in 2014, and 24.7% below the rate reported a decade earlier (2006)....
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| Saturday, December 3, 2016 |
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Caldwell Administration seeking applicants for appointed positions
By News Release @ 12:35 AM :: 5038 Views :: Honolulu County
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Submit a resume with appropriate references by December 16, 2016....
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| Friday, December 2, 2016 |
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Attorney General Outlines Plan to Test Rape Kits
By News Release @ 6:12 PM :: 4934 Views :: Law Enforcement
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...since 1992 the state has collected 2240 sexual assault kits. As of June 30, 2016, 1951 of these have not been tested and 289 of them have been tested....
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| Friday, December 2, 2016 |
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Maui Seeks Volunteers for County Boards and Commissions
By News Release @ 2:21 PM :: 5690 Views :: Maui County
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...deadline for applications is December 31, 2016....
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| Friday, December 2, 2016 |
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Auditor: 25% of Trust Funds Managed by Governor’s Office Should be Closed
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 1:16 PM :: 4405 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...the Office of the Governor did not file statutorily required reports for non-general funds and for administratively created funds....
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| Thursday, December 1, 2016 |
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Harbors Division Fee Hike designed to boost $77M OHA Slush Fund?
By Andrew Walden @ 11:48 PM :: 13081 Views :: Economy, OHA, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...OHA milked $12,684,000 from Harbors Division in 2015....
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| Thursday, December 1, 2016 |
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Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade to Commemorate 75th Anniversary of Attack
By News Release @ 12:52 PM :: 5429 Views :: Military
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The Parade will begin at 6:00pm following an opening ceremony at 4:30pm....
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| Thursday, December 1, 2016 |
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Visitor Spending Increases for Fifth Consecutive Month
By News Release @ 3:19 AM :: 4374 Views :: Tourism
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Visitors to Hawaii spent a total of $1.2 billion in October 2016, a 6.8 percent increase compared to last October....
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| Wednesday, November 30, 2016 |
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Revealed: How Lindsey Beat Trask
By Video @ 11:08 PM :: 6880 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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Who Put $$$ In Lindseyʻs Pocket & Why They Now Have “Uncle Bob” In Theirs....
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| Wednesday, November 30, 2016 |
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Anti-GMO ‘National Standing’? The Bungled Star Advertiser Opinion
By Joni Kamiya @ 2:06 AM :: 6908 Views :: GMOs
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Who exactly are the anti-GMO activists with 'national standing'? Let’s take a look....
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| Tuesday, November 29, 2016 |
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Hawaii House and Senate Democrats Announce Leadership for 2017
By News Release @ 11:58 PM :: 9757 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government
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...A new committee, Intrastate Commerce, will focus on regulations and licensing of Hawaii businesses such as banking, telecommunications and property insurance....
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| Tuesday, November 29, 2016 |
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Video: UH Manoa chancellor finalists
By Video @ 10:11 PM :: 5449 Views :: Higher Education
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Feedback on the candidates can be sent through the executive search website....
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| Tuesday, November 29, 2016 |
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Hawaii Civil Rights Commission: Report Trump Voters to Us
By News Release @ 9:27 PM :: 5850 Views :: First Amendment
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The Hawaiʻi Civil Rights Commission today called on the people of Hawaii to stand against the reported rise in the incidence of discriminatory harassment and intimidation....
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| Tuesday, November 29, 2016 |
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Need $15K? Office of Economic Development Giving Away Money
By News Release @ 9:02 PM :: 4983 Views :: Honolulu County
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The deadline to submit proposals is December 30, 2016 at 4 p.m....
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| Tuesday, November 29, 2016 |
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Transportation planning meeting will focus on Central Oahu
By News Release @ 10:21 AM :: 6269 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail
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...Wednesday, November 30 at 7:30 p.m. at Mililani High School Cafeteria....
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| Tuesday, November 29, 2016 |
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Midnight Regulations in Paradise
By Selected News Articles @ 2:55 AM :: 10466 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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...the Trump administration should immediately act to rescind that rule, and Congress can also reject it via the Congressional Review Act....
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| Tuesday, November 29, 2016 |
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Annual Stop Flu at School Vaccination Program
By News Release @ 1:14 AM :: 6430 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care
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Completed Vaccination Consent Forms due to Schools by December 16....
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| Monday, November 28, 2016 |
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2017 Honolulu Neighborhood Board Elections: Candidate Registration Begins
By News Release @ 6:15 PM :: 7329 Views :: Honolulu County
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Any Oahu resident who will be at least 18 years of age by February 17, 2017 can be a candidate....
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| Monday, November 28, 2016 |
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List of Honolulu Neighborhood Board Vacancies
By News Release @ 6:09 PM :: 5601 Views :: Honolulu County
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...20 Neighborhood Board seats are currently vacant island-wide....
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| Monday, November 28, 2016 |
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Report: Returning Power to Micronesians
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:07 PM :: 5959 Views :: National News
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...Neil Mellen details how political intervention has limited access to healthcare, education and employment....
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| Monday, November 28, 2016 |
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Honolulu—23% of Homeowners Saddled with Second Mortgage
By Selected News Articles @ 1:39 AM :: 5866 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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...most home buyers in the Honolulu area don’t have enough money for a 20 percent down payment....
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| Sunday, November 27, 2016 |
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DOI Rule? Republicans Prepare to Reverse Obama’s ‘Flurry of Midnight Actions’
By Selected News Articles @ 9:04 PM :: 8755 Views :: Akaka Bill, National News
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"...we will work with our colleagues to ensure that Congress scrutinizes your actions — and, if appropriate, overturns them.”
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| Sunday, November 27, 2016 |
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Paradise for Lawyers: UH Law School top 10 for best chance of paying off debt
By News Release @ 4:18 PM :: 5831 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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...one of the 10 best law schools in the country in terms of starting salaries that exceed the debt that law graduates carry....
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| Sunday, November 27, 2016 |
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Zombie States – Hawaii Is No. 6
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:37 AM :: 5383 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...financially “dead” but are somehow shambling on....
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| Sunday, November 27, 2016 |
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Hawaii just became the first state to elect a 100 percent one-party state Senate since 1979
By Selected News Articles @ 3:32 AM :: 5446 Views :: Republican Party
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Despite good results for Republicans across the country, Hawaii was Hillary Clinton’s best state nationally, voting for her by a resounding 62-32 margin over Donald Trump....
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| Sunday, November 27, 2016 |
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Documents Reveal Waihee Hustles Indians for $2M
By Andrew Walden @ 1:40 AM :: 13958 Views :: Akaka Bill, Ethics, OHA
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Many of $2.168M in expenses are nebulous, making it easy for the usual suspects to score padded communications and media contracts....
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| Saturday, November 26, 2016 |
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Are capitalism and spirituality incompatible?
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:44 PM :: 8610 Views :: Economy, Religion
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Free markets can help the rich, but what about the poor?
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| Saturday, November 26, 2016 |
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RFP Posted for Honolulu Ethics Commission Audit
By Natalie Iwasa @ 4:22 AM :: 5795 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics
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Two inspectors and prior commissioners who recently left the commission are not listed as interviewees....
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| Thursday, November 24, 2016 |
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Hawaii's Aquarium Fishery: Regulated, Valuable, Sustainable
By Video @ 1:38 AM :: 9069 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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It is the most intensively managed of all fisheries in the State....
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| Wednesday, November 23, 2016 |
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Fake Indian Tribe: Robin Danner’s Desperate Million Dollar Gamble
By Video @ 9:30 PM :: 7543 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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...Is The Robin Danner Crowd Making One Final Attempt To Turn You Into A Tribe?....
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| Wednesday, November 23, 2016 |
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Micronesian Homelessness in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:10 PM :: 8266 Views :: Homelessness
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Thursday, December 1st, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM....
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| Wednesday, November 23, 2016 |
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DLNR Seeks Volunteers for Water Security Advisory Group
By News Release @ 8:48 PM :: 8043 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Hawaii State Government
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The Chairperson of DLNR will review the applications and select individuals that are deemed qualified to serve on the Water Security Advisory Group per the requirements of Act 172....
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| Wednesday, November 23, 2016 |
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Steady decline in Jones Act ships
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:42 PM :: 7735 Views :: Jones Act
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...the American shipping industry has been in a steady decline for decades....
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| Wednesday, November 23, 2016 |
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Is the Hawaii wharfage increase needed?
By Michael Hansen @ 3:50 AM :: 7279 Views :: Jones Act, Taxes
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...the cumulative effect is a 54.8% increase in Wharfage rates....
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| Wednesday, November 23, 2016 |
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Privatize: Honolulu Can See Its Rail Line Finished Without Raising Taxes
By Rep Gene Ward @ 2:50 AM :: 7781 Views :: Rail
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...there’s still a better way and it’s pretty simple and practiced by the best rail systems in the world....
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| Wednesday, November 23, 2016 |
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Health Department Sets Public Hearings on Changes to Food Safety Code
By News Release @ 2:14 AM :: 7606 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business
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...public hearings on Hawaii Island, Maui, Oahu, and Kauai from Dec. 5-9, 2016....
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| Tuesday, November 22, 2016 |
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Hawaii Motion Picture Tax Credits? DoTax Making it up as they go Along
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 11:22 PM :: 6540 Views :: Tax Credits
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...THE FILM TAX CREDIT is set to sunset at the end of 2018....
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| Tuesday, November 22, 2016 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted November 22, 2016
By Congress.org @ 2:09 PM :: 6061 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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Senate: Oil and Gas Royalties
House: "Midnight" Rules
House: Iranian Aircraft Purchases
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| Tuesday, November 22, 2016 |
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| Tuesday, November 22, 2016 |
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Jail Near You? 11 Sites Identified for OCCC Relocation
By News Release @ 10:58 AM :: 10298 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement
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...11 sites, clustered within the Kalihi, Aiea, Kalaeloa and Mililani areas, have been identified....
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| Monday, November 21, 2016 |
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MADD Rates Hawaii Drunk Driving Laws
By News Release @ 7:43 PM :: 8804 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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MADD wants tougher Hawaii law for DUI with kids in car....
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| Monday, November 21, 2016 |
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Cabinet Position? Donald Trump meets with Rep Tulsi Gabbard
By Selected News Articles @ 11:56 AM :: 12268 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Politicians, Tulsi Gabbard
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...“Trump's chief strategist, Stephen Bannon, is reportedly a big fan of Gabbard”....
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| Sunday, November 20, 2016 |
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What TrumpTax May Mean For Hawaii
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:08 AM :: 5112 Views :: Taxes
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The result of the general election earlier this month raises the possibility of a high magnitude shake-up in our federal tax system....
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| Saturday, November 19, 2016 |
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UHERO: Desperately Seeking Housing in Honolulu
By UHERO @ 11:29 PM :: 5917 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...presentation for the Building Industry Association of Hawaii's 2016 summit, "Still Houseless in Honolulu."....
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| Saturday, November 19, 2016 |
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UHERO: Obama’s Recession Produced Greater Inequality in Health
By UHERO @ 11:25 PM :: 5157 Views :: Health Care
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...obesity and overweight rates increased high school educated people, while there is weak evidence that they decreased for the college educated....
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| Saturday, November 19, 2016 |
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How Many Nene do Windfarms Really Kill?
By Selected News Articles @ 8:03 PM :: 8935 Views :: Energy, Environment, Hawaii Statistics
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...18 Nene killed by the Kaheawa Pastures turbines with ridiculously small search areas and infrequent search intervals....
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| Saturday, November 19, 2016 |
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Exposed: How Windfarms Hide Millions of Bird Deaths
By Selected News Articles @ 7:19 PM :: 8836 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...these turbines are contributing to species extinction faster than any other source of energy....
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| Saturday, November 19, 2016 |
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| Saturday, November 19, 2016 |
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What the Trump presidency might mean to Hawaii’s economy
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:25 AM :: 6573 Views :: Economy
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...a prosperous society is where the rich get richer and the poor get richer....
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