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Saturday, December 5, 2015
NASA: Antarctic ice growth causing Sea Levels to DROP
By Jack Dini @ 4:55 PM :: 5518 Views :: Environment

NASA has published a study in the Journal of Glaciology showing that overall Antarctic ice increased by 112 billion tons per year....

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Saturday, December 5, 2015
Full Text: Court Orders State to Fund Hawaiian Homelands
By News Release @ 2:22 AM :: 5392 Views :: DHHL

Court finds state illegally denied DHHL adequate funding for over two decades....

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Friday, December 4, 2015
Fitch: We Anticipate Successful NextEra Merger
By News Release @ 10:30 PM :: 4202 Views :: Energy

Fitch has maintained Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (HEI, IDR 'BBB') on Rating Watch Positive. Fitch expects to resolve the Rating Watch on the conclusion of the merger transaction with NextEra Energy, Inc....

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Friday, December 4, 2015
The Hawaii Supreme Court's Fractured Rationale For Invalidating The TMT Permit
By Robert Thomas @ 9:04 PM :: 6744 Views :: Higher Education, Land Use, OHA
Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the telescope Thirty Meter. It's five year continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds. To seek out a Conservation District Use Permit from the Board of Land and Natural Resources, and navigate the treacherous waters of Hawaii administrative law. To boldly go where twelve other telescopes have gone before!
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Friday, December 4, 2015
Census Bureau Releases New ACS Data for Hawaii
By News Release @ 3:44 PM :: 3340 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

The U.S. Census Bureau released its 2010-2014 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates on December 3, 2015....

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Friday, December 4, 2015
Hawaii Biotech Receives Contract To Develop Dengue Vaccine–Anti-GMO Activist Gabbard Supports
By News Release @ 3:04 PM :: 5181 Views :: Health Care, GMOs

Leading anti-GMO, anti-Vaxxers, and anti-pesticide activists and politicians are supporting the GMO, vaccine, and pesticide application being used to fight dengue.  They are hypocrites and need to be called on it....

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Friday, December 4, 2015
Feds Scoop up $10M from Hawaii Criminal, Civil Actions
By News Release @ 1:06 AM :: 4604 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement

... $7.7 million was collected in criminal actions....$2.3 million from civil actions ....

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Friday, December 4, 2015
Akana: OHA Employees ‘Suspiciously’ Placed at Top of Na’i Aupuni Ballot
By Selected News Articles @ 12:05 AM :: 5143 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA

To make matters worse, both of the OHA Employees have also run for a seat in past OHA Board of Trustees elections....

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Friday, December 4, 2015
Does Transit-Oriented Development Need the Transit?
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 12:03 AM :: 6090 Views :: Development, Rail

...rail proximity was not an independently significant predictor of auto ownership....

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Friday, December 4, 2015
Am Samoa: New Embarrassments for Faleomavaega sister
By Selected News Articles @ 12:02 AM :: 5707 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Politicians

Memo to candidates for Congress next year:  If you are seeking signatures for your nominating petition, you might start in the DOE director's office....

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Friday, December 4, 2015
VIDEO: Things you need to know about medical marijuana dispensaries
By Video @ 12:01 AM :: 4755 Views :: Drugs

Representatives Bob McDermott and Marcus Oshiro discuss things you need to know about medical Marijuana dispensaries....

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Thursday, December 3, 2015
CATO: US Constitution Still Applies to Nai Aupuni
By Selected News Articles @ 7:59 PM :: 4876 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA

...the vote on this emergency injunction application was 5-4, with Justices Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan dissenting....

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Thursday, December 3, 2015
“Green McCarthyism”--A leading solar advocacy group is drawing criticism from its own industry
By Selected News Articles @ 7:45 PM :: 5738 Views :: Energy, Ethics

TASC’s efforts in defense of NEM in Hawaii have incurred a similar response....

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Thursday, December 3, 2015
Employment Opportunities with the Hawaii State Legislature
By News Release @ 7:20 PM :: 3839 Views :: Hawaii State Government

The Hawaii State House and Senate are accepting applications for the 2016 legislative session....

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Thursday, December 3, 2015
New Program Helps Hawaii’s Young Male Victims of Sex Trafficking
By News Release @ 6:26 PM :: 6231 Views :: Family, Law Enforcement

More than half of these victims are underage, with the average age of entry into prostitution being 12 years old....

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Thursday, December 3, 2015
Open Letter to OHA: Defund Nai Aupuni
By News Release @ 3:39 AM :: 6343 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA

"Self-determination initiatives such as ACT195 need to come from the people, not the government"

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Thursday, December 3, 2015
Hawaii Hotels Will Collect $271M in “Resort Fees” This Year
By News Release @ 12:37 AM :: 4157 Views :: Tourism

New Study by Travel-Hawaii.com Reveals Rush of Hawaii Hotels to Implement the Fees....

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Full Text: Hawaii Supreme Court Invalidates Telescope Building Permit
By News Release @ 9:03 PM :: 5658 Views :: Higher Education, OHA

“The Office of Hawaiian Affairs respects the court’s decision."

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Full Text: US Supreme Court Affirms Injunction Against Nai Aupuni
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:06 PM :: 4964 Views :: OHA

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the decision of Justice Anthony Kennedy to halt the counting of ballots or certification of results in Hawaii's race-based Native Hawaiian election....

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015
The Nai Aupuni Ship is Sinking
By Video @ 7:00 PM :: 5416 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA

Na`i Aupuni Has Suffered A Huge Blow With A New US Supreme Court Order Affirming The  Injunction....

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Visitor Arrivals Set New Record, but Spending Drops
By News Release @ 5:40 PM :: 4166 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

Total arrivals to the Hawaiian Islands reached a new record for the month of October, with a 4.8 percent growth to 692,930 visitors....

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015
NextEra to build, own and operate solar energy systems for Navy in Hawaii
By News Release @ 5:02 PM :: 5254 Views :: Energy, Military

17 megawatts of solar facilities on three separate military installations on Oahu....

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Planned Parenthood Turns Tragedy Into Censorship
By Selected News Articles @ 4:53 PM :: 5421 Views :: First Amendment, Life

In the wake of a violent tragedy, Planned Parenthood has redoubled its efforts to silence its critics....

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Gabbard: Obama Could Cause ‘Devastating Nuclear War’ With Russia
By Selected News Articles @ 12:30 PM :: 7346 Views :: Military, Politicians, Obama

...Gabbard suggested that Obama’s decision to place American fighter jets equipped “to target Russian planes” on the border between Turkey and Syria, and his stated opposition to Russian-backed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, could lead the U.S. into a nuclear war....

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Auditor: More Charter Schools Could Face Financial Collapse
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 1:57 AM :: 4740 Views :: Education K-12

"We ... examined a number of active charter schools whose financial data were similar to Hālau Lōkahi’s.'

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Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Maui Homeless Initiative: 'Rapid Deployable Emergency Shelters'
By News Release @ 9:26 PM :: 5783 Views :: Maui County, Homelessness

...this includes the acquisition of rapid deployable emergency shelters....

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Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Big Island Veterans Treatment Court Recognizes Its First Graduate
By News Release @ 9:22 PM :: 5939 Views :: Judiciary, Law Enforcement, Military

Six veterans are now enrolled in the Hilo and Kona Veterans Treatment Courts since the program’s inception in November 2014....

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Tuesday, December 1, 2015
State Begins Construction on Kakaako Homeless Shelter
By News Release @ 3:14 PM :: 3845 Views :: Homelessness

The state is converting a 5,000 square foot maintenance shed, formerly used by the Hawai‘i Community Development Authority, into a shelter fronting Kaka‘ako Waterfront Park....

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Tuesday, December 1, 2015
“Should HECO be converted into electric cooperatives?” (video)
By Video @ 2:32 PM :: 4584 Views :: Energy

Henry Curtis is Executive Director & Vice President at Life of the Land Hawaii, a Hawaii-based, Hawaii-focused environmental and community action group founded in 1970....

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Tuesday, December 1, 2015
UH: Mauna Kea better off under our Stewardship
By News Release @ 2:55 AM :: 5913 Views :: Higher Education, OHA

Current controversies unfortunately overshadow the remarkable advances made in the stewardship of Maunakea....

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Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Judicial Watch: “A state election has been stopped on civil rights grounds”
By News Release @ 2:52 AM :: 4611 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA

Judicial Watch today responded to a Supreme Court order temporarily preventing the State of Hawaii “from counting the ballots cast in, and certifying the winners of” a race-based election....

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Tuesday, December 1, 2015
As PUC Hearings Begin, NextEra Touts Old-Boy Network of Supporters
By News Release @ 2:44 AM :: 4618 Views :: Energy

More Than 25 Organizations and Companies Across Hawaii....

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Tuesday, December 1, 2015
DBEDT: 47% of neighbor island homes sold to out-of-state residents
By News Release @ 1:04 AM :: 4657 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

The “Residential Home Sales in Hawaii” report summarizes home sale activities in Hawaii recorded for the period from January 2008 to September 2015....

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Monday, November 30, 2015
Petition: Puerto Rico Demands Freedom from Jones Act
By News Release @ 10:32 PM :: 4213 Views :: Jones Act

By acting now U.S. can avoid Puerto Rico becoming the next version of Greece....

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Monday, November 30, 2015
Sending Christmas trees to Hawaii costs more than sending them to Singapore
By Michael Hansen @ 10:22 PM :: 6294 Views :: Agriculture, Jones Act

Kirk Co., an Oregon shipper of Christmas trees, spends about $7,000 to send its trees to Hawaii, while it costs it just $3,500 to send them twice the distance to Singapore....

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Monday, November 30, 2015
Video: Jones Act Business Forum
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 10:18 PM :: 4470 Views :: Jones Act

This video is a condensed version of the Jones Act Business Forum held November 13th, 2015....

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Monday, November 30, 2015
Revolving Door: KITV Reporter Becomes Caldwell ‘Information Officer’
By News Release @ 9:24 PM :: 5657 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics

...Caldwell announced today that veteran journalist Andrew Pereira will be joining the Managing Director’s Office as an information officer and part of the Mayor’s communications team....

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Monday, November 30, 2015
Monsanto uses less than 1% of Total Hawaii Pesticides
By News Release @ 9:17 PM :: 6956 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii Statistics, GMOs

In Hawaii, all agricultural users combined account for only about one-third of total restricted use pesticide (RUP) sold in the state....

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Monday, November 30, 2015
Supreme Court Refuses to Hear A-1 A-Lectrician Case
By Selected News Articles @ 6:38 PM :: 6086 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment

The 9th Circuit held the ban satisfied exacting scrutiny....

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Monday, November 30, 2015
What’s Next in Akina vs Na’i Aupuni Case?
By Selected News Articles @ 6:30 PM :: 5148 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA

The Court’s docket shows the briefing on the emergency application is complete, but Justice Kennedy’s order contemplates a further order....

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Monday, November 30, 2015
Desperate: Nai Aupuni Extends Voting
By News Release @ 4:54 PM :: 5526 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA

“Because voters may not have cast their ballots...."

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Sunday, November 29, 2015
Vote-by-Mail: Old-Boy Trick to Disenfranchise Independent Voters?
By Andrew Walden @ 9:43 PM :: 7101 Views :: Labor, Office of Elections, GMOs

in 2014 the difference in voting pattern between absentee voters and Election Day voters was as much as 37.2% ...

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Sunday, November 29, 2015
Rail: Thumbing Our Nose at the Feds
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 5225 Views :: Rail, Taxes

...the Honolulu City Council is considering an ordinance to extend the rail tax....

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Saturday, November 28, 2015
Clinton Democrats to Boot Gabbard from Vice Chairmanship?
By Selected News Articles @ 8:34 PM :: 7852 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians, Tulsi Gabbard

Gabbard criticized Ms. Wasserman Schultz, the top officer, last month for leaving her and other party officials out of the discussions about the Democratic presidential debates....

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Saturday, November 28, 2015
Hawaii 7th Worst Drivers in USA
By News Release @ 12:01 AM :: 6334 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement

Hawaii landed in the top 5 for both drunk driving (4th) and speeding (5th)....

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Friday, November 27, 2015
Malia Zimmerman Drops Lawsuit
By News Release @ 11:39 PM :: 9582 Views :: Politicians, Republican Party

Sen Sam Slom indicated he will seek re-election to the Senate in 2016....

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Friday, November 27, 2015
Justice Kennedy Temporarily Halts "Hawaiians Only" Election
By Robert Thomas @ 4:41 PM :: 7718 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA

The biggest problem with this thing has always been the public funding....

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Friday, November 27, 2015
Supreme Court Justice Hands Down Injunction Against Nai Aupuni
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:28 AM :: 11697 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA

US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy November 27 issued an injunction....

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Friday, November 27, 2015
An Open Secret—Homosexual Child Molesters in Hollywood
By News Release @ 10:01 AM :: 5789 Views :: Family

AN OPEN SECRET opened to critical acclaim this summer in Seattle, Denver, New York and Los Angeles...now coming to Honolulu....

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Thursday, November 26, 2015
Council presents finalists for appointments to Board of Regents
By News Release @ 12:57 AM :: 4647 Views :: Higher Education

The Candidate Advisory Council for the University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents has presented a list of candidates to Gov. David Ige....

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