Bottom line: the plaintiff's takings claims are going to trial....

• Hawaii Island electricity use almost 49 percent from renewables
• Maui County 35 percent renewables; 
• Oahu 17 percent renewables

And Hawaii legislators are considering a gas tax hike ....

House Bill 1813, sponsored by state Representative Karl Rhoads,would prohibit an individual whose name appears on the deeply flawed and inaccurate “Terrorist Watchlist,” from owning or possessing firearms and ammunition.....

...HB2607HD1 authorizes Special Purpose Revenue Bond money to “PQ Energy, LLC”.  The amount is not filled in but was originally listed as $63M....

...a dozen proposals related to the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transit....

Mizuno decided the bill was necessary after Matson raised its rates by 5 percent for goods shipped to Hawaii at the end of November. This came after the company had reported a 93 percent jump in profits....

...Mayors on Wednesday asked federal leaders to increase funding for affordable housing, homeless assistance, and other initiatives by nearly $450 million....

In advance of the Hawaii caucuses on March 8 and March 26, the Census Bureau presents a variety of statistics that give an overall profile of the state’s voting-age population and industries....

From Hawai'i Family Advocates....

This culture of “vote buying” creates a false majority....

...Pew Research Center’s most recent Religious Landscape Study....

...lists and ranks states on 39 different tax and fiscal measures, including: rates, ranks, collections, burdens, and more....

Securitas negotiated a new Airport Contract with the Hawaii Department of Transportation, Airport Division and included the wage increases as requested by IUSPO....

...the draft Constitution demonstrates the importance of the ongoing lawsuit against the use of the Native Hawaiian Roll in a race-based election....

...the Hawaii Senate Judiciary Committee, will give decision on  SB2956  Tuesday March 1....

... legislation that would enable medicine and medical device manufacturers to offer eligible terminally ill patients “investigational drugs” and “experimental treatments” ....

...Hawai‘i will focus on expanding Medicaid involvement in and support for the state’s housing and homelessness initiatives....

We are down to the final week for hearings before bills cross into the other chamber....

... Video from this week's Legislative debate ....

As a Native Hawaiian who cares about the future, Al Gonzales wants to set the record straight on Hawaiian history and values....

...The new standards are interwoven across disciplines, including connections to language arts and mathematics....

...This repetitive idiocy can cost lots of taxpayer money very quickly....

Candidate filing for the 2016 Elections runs from February 1, 2016 through June 7, 2016....

Senate Judiciary and Labor Passes Bill to Silence Therapists....

...urging Christians to vote....

The tribal ‘Constitution’ envisions a judiciary, police and tribal prison system which instantly possesses legal jurisdiction over any poor souls foolish enough to sign up....

...Grassroot Institute Testifies in Support of CON Law Reform....

The national average of people with a graduate degree or professional degree was 11.0 percent while Hawaii’s population fell slightly short with 10.3 percent.....

While Hawaii goes the other way....

...An ethics scandal called into question more than 100 votes cast by Honolulu City Council members....

At one end of the spectrum, fully 71% of those who live in the District of Columbia, 70% of those in Vermont and 68% of those in Hawaii said stricter environmental regulations are worth the cost....

According to new DOE information the building of a $150 million high school planned for Kihei is not what is needed....

...negative public opinion being generated by TOTE officials seemingly callous testimony....

"...innovation-oriented projects that improve the living standards of Hawaii residents...." LOL!

SB 2618 would direct and provide funds for the Hawaii State Department of Transportation to conduct a Hawaii inter-island ferry service feasibility study for a state owned and operated service along the lines of the Alaska State Ferry and Washington State Ferry....

Three anti-gun bills are scheduled to be heard in the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday, February 25, and Friday, February 26....

...scheduled for a hearing in the House Finance Committee on Thursday, Feb 25, 2016....

Were You Shocked?

For fourteen years, Lukela served as an Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) Trustee Aide ....

To date, recovery of the billions in wasted state exchange funds has been near non-existent, despite failed exchanges in Oregon, Hawaii, New Mexico, and Nevada costing taxpayers $733 million....

...Since church/state bars the government dictating doctrine to people of faith, liberal Democrats are inventing other ways to steamroll their agenda....