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Wednesday, January 20, 2016 |
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Full Text: Speaker Souki Opening Day Remarks
By News Release @ 8:58 PM :: 5750 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government
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It’s time for us to think about the converting commercial leasehold lands in Hawaii to fee simple....
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Wednesday, January 20, 2016 |
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Aloha Aina ‘Aha Against US Tribe
By Video @ 8:19 PM :: 6175 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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...Na`i Aupuni Is On Life Support & Sinking....
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Wednesday, January 20, 2016 |
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Wednesday, January 20, 2016 |
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Wednesday, January 20, 2016 |
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Governor Ige Proclaims Jan. 24-30 “Hawai’i School Choice Week”
By News Release @ 12:51 PM :: 4293 Views :: Education K-12
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Hawaii students, communities to hold over 60 events as part of nation's largest-ever celebration of school choice....
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Wednesday, January 20, 2016 |
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State-Local Tax Burden—Hawaii Ranks 14th
By News Release @ 12:43 PM :: 4420 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Hawaii State-Local Tax Burden as a Percent of State Income is 10.2%, ranking 14th....
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Tuesday, January 19, 2016 |
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Supreme Court Declines to hold Nai Aupuni in Contempt
By Selected News Articles @ 1:31 PM :: 5260 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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The U.S. Supreme Court today denied a request by challengers to an election of Native Hawaiians to find the nonprofit organization conducting the election in civil contempt of the court’s prior injunction....
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Tuesday, January 19, 2016 |
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Study Shows how Coral Death Hype can be used to Gain Control of Your Land
By News Release @ 1:12 PM :: 5953 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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Water flow and sediment monitoring on coral reefs off the island of Lāna‘i provides conservation projects with guide for Ridge-to-Reef Management....
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Tuesday, January 19, 2016 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How they Voted January 19, 2016
By Congress.org @ 12:45 PM :: 2627 Views
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- Senate: Auditing the Federal Reserve – Motion to Proceed
- House: Delay Mountaintop Mining Valley Fill Rules -- Passage
- House: Disapprove "Waters of the United States" Rule -- Passage
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Monday, January 18, 2016 |
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Hawaii Poll: Clinton, Trump Lead Races for Nomination
By Andrew Walden @ 11:24 PM :: 7824 Views :: Democratic Party, Republican Party
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The Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus is to be held at 44 locations statewide Tuesday, March 8 from 6pm to 8pm....
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Monday, January 18, 2016 |
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Hawaii Residents Most Likely to be Living Paycheck to Paycheck
By News Release @ 5:11 PM :: 7300 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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That breakdown results in a paltry $186 of leftover income, or less than 7 percent of each paycheck — the only state in single digits....
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Monday, January 18, 2016 |
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Rep. Ward: Legislators don’t have to Follow Souki and Ige Against DHHL Funding
By Rep Gene Ward @ 4:18 PM :: 4794 Views :: DHHL
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...no one in the Senate or the House was ever consulted by leadership's terse "Notice to Intervene"....
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Monday, January 18, 2016 |
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VIDEO: Is America Racist?
By Video @ 3:39 PM :: 7803 Views :: National News, Law Enforcement, Police
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Best-selling author and radio talk-show host Larry Elder answers this controversial and even divisive question....
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Sunday, January 17, 2016 |
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Maui TEA Party Hosts Pulitzer Prize Winning Cartoonist Michael P Ramirez
By News Release @ 7:56 PM :: 4589 Views :: First Amendment
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Friday, Jan. 22 6pm at J. Walter Cameron Center Auditorium, 95 Mahalani St., Wailuku....
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Sunday, January 17, 2016 |
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Honolulu Charter Commission Discusses Ethics, Police, Fire and Salaries
By Natalie Iwasa @ 7:40 PM :: 5316 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics
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... more independence with respect to investigation of waste, abuse and fraud? ....
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Sunday, January 17, 2016 |
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Buy America! For an extra $3M – this time
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4561 Views :: Rail
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The low bidder for the Kamehameha Highway Stations Group appeared to be Watts Constructors, which bid $112.7 million for the project. The job went to Nan Inc., which bid $115.8 million. Why did that happen?....
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Sunday, January 17, 2016 |
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Maui County Report: Co-op Should Buy MECO Transmission Grid
By News Release @ 2:42 AM :: 6116 Views :: Maui County, Energy
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There would be little physical infrastructure that would need to change hands, and as such the capital costs for this approach are relatively low....
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Saturday, January 16, 2016 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Gearing up for 2016 Legislative Session
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 4:32 PM :: 5895 Views :: Family, Life
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The 2016 Legislative Session Starts Wednesday, January 20th at 10:00 a.m....
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Saturday, January 16, 2016 |
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Hawaii March for Life Jan 22
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 4:31 PM :: 4756 Views :: Life
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...January 22, 2016 from 2:30pm to 8pm at the State Capitol....
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Saturday, January 16, 2016 |
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VIDEO: RNC member urges Republicans to rally against Trump
By Video @ 4:30 PM :: 4473 Views :: Republican Party
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US Virgin Isles committeeman tells Republican colleagues in a closed-door meeting....
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Saturday, January 16, 2016 |
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Hawaii Senate Democrats: 2016 Legislative Priorities
By News Release @ 3:13 PM :: 6506 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government
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The Hawaii Senate 2016 Legislative Session will get underway on Wednesday, Jan. 20....
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Saturday, January 16, 2016 |
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DHHL Funding: Are Hawaii Public Trust obligations enforceable?
By News Release @ 1:40 PM :: 5259 Views :: DHHL
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A Hawaii court recently found that the State has a constitutional trust responsibility to support some of the functions of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands....
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Saturday, January 16, 2016 |
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Lawsuit Challenges Secrecy at UH Manoa Bio-Safety Lab
By Selected News Articles @ 1:21 PM :: 4440 Views :: Higher Education
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...CDC found "widespread regulatory noncompliance" in the university's labs that use biological agents and toxins....
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Saturday, January 16, 2016 |
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10 Ideas that Could Improve Life in Hawaii
By News Release @ 2:56 AM :: 5798 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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...the House Republican Caucus priorities for the upcoming session....
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Saturday, January 16, 2016 |
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Priorities not Politics for New Schools
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 2:42 AM :: 4614 Views :: Education K-12
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West Oahu is currently drowning under exigent overcrowding....
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Saturday, January 16, 2016 |
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Families Identify Missing Marines after helicopters crash
By News Release @ 2:36 AM :: 4377 Views :: Military
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Families on the mainland are coming forward, saying their loved ones are among the missing Marines....
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Saturday, January 16, 2016 |
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Kauai Girls Court Celebrates Success of First Cohort
By News Release @ 2:14 AM :: 7009 Views :: Kauai County, Judiciary
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Girls Court is the Judiciary’s innovative effort to stem the rising tide of female delinquency in Hawaii, where the proportion of female juvenile arrests has been significantly higher than the national average....
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Saturday, January 16, 2016 |
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Indict Somebody: Judiciary Hiring Independent Grand Jury Counsel
By News Release @ 2:04 AM :: 4912 Views :: Judiciary
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First & Third Circuit Seeking Applicants for Independent Grand Jury Counsel....
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Friday, January 15, 2016 |
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Highlights of HART Rail Project (2004 to 2015)
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 5:21 PM :: 4884 Views :: Rail
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2004: Newly elected Mayor Hannemann asserts that 34 miles of rail will cost $2.7 Billion....
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Friday, January 15, 2016 |
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Supreme Court to Consider Nai Aupuni Contempt Today
By Robert Thomas @ 12:48 AM :: 8421 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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The contempt motion is on the Court's January 15, 2016 conference calendar, so we should know the results soon after that....
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Thursday, January 14, 2016 |
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Full Text: Ige Signs Agreement Privatizing Maui Hospitals
By News Release @ 8:36 PM :: 7621 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor
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...transferring the operation and management of the HHSC Maui Region health care facilities from the state to Kaiser Permanente....
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Thursday, January 14, 2016 |
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Where’s the Farm Justice Summit?
By Joni Kamiya @ 1:02 PM :: 5079 Views :: Agriculture
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Real farming, not those 2 acres of various things you’re growing....
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Thursday, January 14, 2016 |
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Jones Act, LNG at Center of Puerto Rico Recovery Plan
By Michael Hansen @ 12:53 PM :: 7809 Views :: Energy, Jones Act, Cost of Living
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Cong Perluisi stated there “. . . . are eight constructive steps the federal government could take,” including the need to “update the Existing Jones Act LNG and LPG Exemption in Puerto Rico” ....
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Thursday, January 14, 2016 |
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Republican Response to State of the Union
By News Release @ 10:12 AM :: 6376 Views :: National News, Republican Party
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"...a vision of a brighter American future...."
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Thursday, January 14, 2016 |
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Full Text: State of the Union Address
By News Release @ 10:09 AM :: 8140 Views :: National News, Obama
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"...expectations for what we will achieve this year are low...."
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Wednesday, January 13, 2016 |
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Wednesday, January 13, 2016 |
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HB1524: Obama Opens Door to Home Energy Project Loans
By Rep Cynthia Thielen @ 8:45 PM :: 4846 Views :: Energy
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...the loan would be repaid through revenues generated by a special assessment on the borrowers' real-property tax bills....
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Wednesday, January 13, 2016 |
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Hawaii: Only 11,949 Sign up for Obamacare
By News Release @ 8:00 PM :: 5775 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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To have their coverage effectuated, consumers generally need to pay their first month’s health plan premium. This release does not include totals for effectuated enrollments.....
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Wednesday, January 13, 2016 |
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HB1170: Geothermal Fast-track, part two
By Selected News Articles @ 7:47 PM :: 6107 Views :: Energy, Land Use
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The legislative session has yet to even begin, and House leaders are already poised to fast-track a set of blanket exemptions for power producers....
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Wednesday, January 13, 2016 |
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OHA Elections: Throw These Bums Out
By Video @ 5:04 PM :: 5854 Views :: OHA
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State-backed Loans: $89M to Companies Tied to OHA Chair Robert Lindsey....
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Wednesday, January 13, 2016 |
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DoI Adds 2,000 Pro Fed-Wreck Testimonies
By Selected News Articles @ 10:15 AM :: 13315 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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... DoI Adds 2,000 Pro Fed-Wreck Testimonies -- Many Dated After 12/30 Deadline ....
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Wednesday, January 13, 2016 |
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DBEDT: Family of Four Requires $75K to live on Oahu
By News Release @ 3:20 AM :: 7221 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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Statewide, about 18.5% of two-adult couples with no children and 45.5% of two-adult couples with two children had incomes below the self-sufficiency standard....
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016 |
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DHHL ‘Disappointed’ by State’s Appeal of Court Ordered Funding
By News Release @ 8:22 PM :: 5628 Views :: DHHL
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DHHL pushes funding parity, urges no further delay in funds to beneficiaries....
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016 |
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016 |
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Gold Coast Seawall Hot Potato Case: Supreme Court Hears Arguments
By Robert Thomas @ 6:20 PM :: 4917 Views :: Land Use
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A case that we've been following with some mild amusement has reached the Hawaii Supreme Court....
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016 |
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Reviewing Hawaii’s FY 2017 supplemental budget
By Rachelle Chang @ 6:16 PM :: 5360 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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...a net increase of $297.6 million in FY 2017, an increase of 4.4%....
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016 |
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Pro Life? Hawaii Ranks 43rd
By News Release @ 5:37 PM :: 5701 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Life
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AUL’s 2016 Life List Ranks the 50 States Based on How Well Women are Protected from Abortion Industry Abuses....
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