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Friday, January 19, 2024 |
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Hawaii offers a case study on the inadequacies of wind and solar
By Selected News Articles @ 3:51 PM :: 1957 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... weather-dependent wind and solar reliability issues are becoming more pronounced ....
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Thursday, January 18, 2024 |
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Settlement Hearing Set for Hawaii DoE Title IX Class Action Suit
By News Release @ 4:54 PM :: 2121 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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... class action lawsuit on behalf of present and future Campbell High School female students who participate, seek to participate, and/or are or were deterred from participating in athletics ....
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Thursday, January 18, 2024 |
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Legislature Considering Constitutional Amendment to Enact a State Property Tax
By Selected News Articles @ 3:01 PM :: 2075 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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... a bill calling for a constitutional amendment to enact a tax on residential investment property valued at over $3 million ....
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Thursday, January 18, 2024 |
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Time to ask ‘tough questions’ about state energy policy
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:54 AM :: 1711 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy
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... Are rolling blackouts going to be Hawaii’s “new normal”? ....
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Wednesday, January 17, 2024 |
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Saiki Opening Day Speech: Don’t let Lahaina property owners rebuild
By News Release @ 5:21 PM :: 2941 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use, Tourism
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... Turn Lahaina into Wailea v2 surrounding the ‘Venice of the Pacific’ water feature ....
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Wednesday, January 17, 2024 |
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U.S. Supreme Court to hear challenge on homelessness ordinance ban
By Selected News Articles @ 3:25 PM :: 1455 Views :: Homelessness
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... The U.S. Supreme Court announced it would hear a landmark challenge to an earlier ruling preventing enforcement of anti-camping ordinances ....
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Wednesday, January 17, 2024 |
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Mizuno News: Green Picks Nepotistic Nominee for HD29 Vacancy
By News Release @ 2:36 PM :: 4952 Views :: Democratic Party
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... Mizuno hires wife as office manager, then Green appoints her to Legislature ....
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024 |
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024 |
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State De-Carbonization Report Debunked
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:57 PM :: 1803 Views :: Energy, Environment, Cost of Living
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... the report presents “aggressive scenarios of emission-reduction targets that will be incredibly challenging" ....
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024 |
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Hawaii 9th Worst State to Start a Business
By Selected News Articles @ 8:15 PM :: 1907 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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... 2024’s Best & Worst States to Start a Business ....
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024 |
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Hawaii Worst State for Drivers
By Selected News Articles @ 3:36 AM :: 1914 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... road quality ranks 49th ....
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024 |
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Schatz Blasts Trump’s Dangerous Claim Of Total Impunity, Warns Of Rising Threat Of Authoritarianism In The U.S.
By News Release @ 2:42 AM :: 1538 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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“...The Official View Of Donald Trump's Lawyers Is That He, And He Alone, Should Be Exempt From The Law… That's Not A President – That's A Dictator....”
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024 |
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Star-Advertiser Owner Bankrupt--Paper to be transferred to creditors
By News Release @ 2:26 AM :: 1965 Views :: First Amendment
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... the Transaction will address the Company’s obligations to its secured creditors and will include an injection of capital that will enable Black Press to continue serving readers ....
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024 |
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Kona Airport Runway Cracks Force Shutdown
By News Release @ 2:06 AM :: 1609 Views :: Hawaii County , Tourism
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... HDOT is also working with contractors to mill and resurface a 10’ X 10’ area. Expected completion of the resurfacing, which will allow the runway to reopen, is prior to first light Tuesday, Jan. 16 ....
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Sunday, January 14, 2024 |
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Are rolling blackouts the price Hawaii must pay for clean energy?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:35 PM :: 1927 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... If you spent part of this week sitting in the dark without any electricity, you probably have some questions about the state’s energy plan ....
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Sunday, January 14, 2024 |
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Honolulu’s Skyline rail ridership still paltry, cost now $72 each
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:24 PM :: 2039 Views :: Rail
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... Skyline’s average daily ridership since opening in July is 3,100 ....
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Sunday, January 14, 2024 |
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Election 2024: Candidate Filing Begins Feb 1
By News Release @ 6:03 PM :: 1357 Views :: Office of Elections
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... 2024 HAWAII OFFICE OF ELECTIONS CALENDAR ....
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Sunday, January 14, 2024 |
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More Tax Hikes Coming
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 2064 Views :: Taxes
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... It isn’t very far into the new year, but already the tax hike proposals have begun ....
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Saturday, January 13, 2024 |
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Saturday, January 13, 2024 |
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Saturday, January 13, 2024 |
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Friday, January 12, 2024 |
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Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus Sites Published
By Andrew Walden @ 3:37 PM :: 2096 Views :: Republican Party
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... Gone: Locations already reserved and paid for: Molokai, Lanai, Hana, Captain Cook--and worst of all--Lahaina ....
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Friday, January 12, 2024 |
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Company Owned by Civil Beat Publisher Criminally Liable for Terror Campaign Against Media Critics
By News Release @ 4:34 AM :: 2532 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, Pierre Omidyar
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“Today’s settlement holds e-Bay criminally and financially responsible for emotionally, psychologically, and physically terrorizing the publishers of an online newsletter...."
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Thursday, January 11, 2024 |
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Navy still on the hook for negligence claims by military families injured by jet fuel leak
By Court House News @ 11:59 PM :: 835 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... The government managed to dodge failure to warn claims thanks to the Federal Tort Claims Act ....
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Thursday, January 11, 2024 |
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Oahu Rolling Blackouts Caused by Coal Plant Closure
By News Release @ 8:29 PM :: 1816 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy
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... In 2020, the Legislature passed a bill that banned coal powered energy production in the State by 2023 ....
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Thursday, January 11, 2024 |
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Giant Tesla Battery system comes online, speeding Hawaii's transition to rolling blackouts
By News Release @ 6:59 PM :: 2599 Views :: Energy
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... KES began operating in mid-December. They are announcing it now, just after the first round of rolling blackouts. And, yes, this is an ‘Only in Hawaii’ project. You know how those go. ....
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Thursday, January 11, 2024 |
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House Democrats Outline Priorities for 2024 Session
By News Release @ 6:14 PM :: 1413 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... on Wednesday, January 17, 2024, the Hawaiʻi State Legislature will convene ....
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Thursday, January 11, 2024 |
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Thursday, January 11, 2024 |
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Honolulu Inflation 3rd Highest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:15 PM :: 1617 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... Honolulu prices up 0.80% in just two months ....
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Thursday, January 11, 2024 |
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Hawaii: $2.5M needed to retire
By Selected News Articles @ 1:56 PM :: 1881 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii annual retirement expenditures highest in USA: $103,610 ....
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Wednesday, January 10, 2024 |
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State Senate Democrats Announce Legislative Priorities for 2024
By News Release @ 4:58 PM :: 1903 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... a Senate Majority Retreat to identify and discuss legislative priorities ....
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Wednesday, January 10, 2024 |
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$4.5M: The Real Cost of Smoking in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 1:06 PM :: 1623 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii 8th highest cost of smoking ....
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Wednesday, January 10, 2024 |
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Let’s try a bottom-up approach to more homebuilding
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:50 AM :: 1629 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... Small, focused policies could free up homebuilders and generate a wave of new housing construction ....
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Wednesday, January 10, 2024 |
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Hawaii Isle property tax bill could penalize owners with ohana units
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:45 AM :: 1920 Views :: Hawaii County , Small Business, Cost of Living
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... they often foot the bill for property tax increases in the form of higher rent ....
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Tuesday, January 9, 2024 |
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$600M: Saiki Announces Act 279 DHHL Working Group
By News Release @ 1:58 AM :: 1388 Views :: DHHL
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... working group to oversee DHHL's execution of funds pursuant to Act 279 ....
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Monday, January 8, 2024 |
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Rolling Blackout Hits Within Days After Kapolei Battery Farm Goes Online
By News Release @ 11:21 PM :: 2987 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy
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"...due to heavy cloud cover and rainy conditions across the island, production from solar energy systems has been reduced and battery energy storage systems could not charge...."
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Monday, January 8, 2024 |
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Housing regulations add up to solid brick wall against homebuilding
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:44 AM :: 1877 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Development, Land Use
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... it’s taken almost half a year to see anything come from the governor’s emergency proclamation ....
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Sunday, January 7, 2024 |
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Tax Word Find
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 1564 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... remedy the consequences of some other folks who dropped the ball ....
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Sunday, January 7, 2024 |
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Lahaina Senator Slams Housing Plan
By News Release @ 12:07 AM :: 1851 Views :: Maui County, Cost of Living
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... the plan will not only continue to exacerbate the rental market's hyperinflation but also displace West Maui families by relocating them to long-term accommodations at Maui Lani ....
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Saturday, January 6, 2024 |
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RNC Tells Hawaii Republicans: No Caucus, No Delegates
By Andrew Walden @ 10:50 PM :: 3576 Views :: Republican Party
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... the so-called ‘leadership’ of the Hawaii Republican Party is experiencing the cold realities of the situation they have so very foolishly created for themselves ....
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Saturday, January 6, 2024 |
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OHA Trustees Working Together: From One Year to the Next!
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:00 AM :: 1507 Views :: OHA
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... reflecting upon some exciting accomplishments ....
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Friday, January 5, 2024 |
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No Nukes: Green Announces $500M “Maui Interim Housing Plan”
By News Release @ 10:52 PM :: 1639 Views :: Maui County, Tourism
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... 2,400-plus households, totaling more than 5,928 individuals, remain housed in more than 30 hotels throughout Maui ....
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Friday, January 5, 2024 |
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Hawaii Attorney General Writes Bill to Legalize Recreational Marijuana
By News Release @ 10:31 PM :: 2225 Views :: Law Enforcement, Drugs
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... Also included was draft legislation intended to minimize these risks and promote the public welfare to the greatest extent possible, should the Legislature choose to legalize cannabis ....
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Friday, January 5, 2024 |
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2024: A chance to ‘accomplish great things’
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:55 PM :: 1365 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... 2023 featured “challenges galore,” but ....
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Friday, January 5, 2024 |
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As new year dawns, old maritime law still a problem
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:49 PM :: 1951 Views :: Jones Act
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... increasing East Coast fuel costs, killing a massive wind farm project and crippling LNG tranport ....
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Thursday, January 4, 2024 |
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Tuesday, January 2, 2024 |
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House Finance Announces Hearing Schedule
By News Release @ 10:20 PM :: 1457 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... State departmental representatives will provide updates and requests on their budget proposals ....
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Monday, January 1, 2024 |
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Trump to be Removed from Hawaii Republican Ballot--or vice versa
By Andrew Walden @ 11:09 PM :: 7515 Views :: Republican Party
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... unlike Maine and Colorado, in Hawaii the Trump supporters did it to each other ....
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