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Friday, July 31, 2015 |
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Telescope Crackdown: Arrests on Mauna Kea, Haleakala
By Selected News Articles @ 6:18 PM :: 6573 Views :: Higher Education, OHA
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...Meanwhile -- 3,500 astronomers converging on Waikiki....
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Friday, July 31, 2015 |
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9th Circuit Rejects Hawaii Jones Act Suit
By Selected News Articles @ 5:29 PM :: 6349 Views :: Jones Act
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...it was possible that plaintiffs could establish standing if they amended their complaint, any amendment would be futile because plaintiffs’ Commerce Clause challenge to the Jones Act would fail on the merits....
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Friday, July 31, 2015 |
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Study Suggest ‘Regressive’ Gas Tax Hike for Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:51 AM :: 5069 Views :: Energy
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...an economic study for commissioned by the state recommends Hawaii raise taxes on gasoline by $.85 per gallon....
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Thursday, July 30, 2015 |
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Hawaii Dodges $500M Bullet as Billionaire Movie Mogul Declares Bankruptcy
By Andrew Walden @ 11:51 PM :: 9059 Views :: Tax Credits
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The primary mover behind Relativity's failed "Accelerator Package"--Senate Ways and Means Chair David Ige....
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Thursday, July 30, 2015 |
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Senators Try to Separate Jones Act, Oil Export Ban
By Michael Hansen @ 11:31 PM :: 6402 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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"Century-old law looms as hurdle for exports push"
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Thursday, July 30, 2015 |
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Hawaii Family Forum: Let's Unite to Defund Planned Parenthood
By News Release @ 11:11 PM :: 4942 Views :: Life
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On Monday, the U.S. Senate will be voting to prohibit the nation's largest abortion provider from receiving taxpayer funds....
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Thursday, July 30, 2015 |
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HTA: Visitor Arrivals, Spending Up in First Half of 2015
By News Release @ 11:01 PM :: 5145 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...visitor arrivals to the Hawaiian Islands rose 4% and visitor spending increased 3.5%....
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Thursday, July 30, 2015 |
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Auditor: Lack of Procurement Controls Exposes Health Department to Waste and Abuse
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 10:21 PM :: 5879 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care
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Department provides little support for and minimal oversight of staff involved in procurements....
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Thursday, July 30, 2015 |
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First Day Back at School--Parents Greeted by Letter from Matayoshi
By News Release @ 9:30 PM :: 4574 Views :: Education K-12
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Follow our journey this year on our website and via social media — #ProudtoServeKeiki....
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Thursday, July 30, 2015 |
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Truth in Accounting: Hawaii Hiding 71 Percent of Retirement Debt
By News Release @ 6:01 PM :: 5733 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics
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Because the state government uses outdated accounting methods, a vast majority of liabilities are excluded from its financial reporting....
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Thursday, July 30, 2015 |
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Pine: Homeless Solutions for Leeward Oahu
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 5:45 PM :: 7025 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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...almost a quarter of Oahu's unsheltered homeless are the Leeward district....
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Thursday, July 30, 2015 |
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Democrats for Education Reform: 'Power to the Local School'
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:38 PM :: 6630 Views :: Democratic Party, Education K-12
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...working to reform the public education system....
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Thursday, July 30, 2015 |
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Washington Legislators Ask Attorney General to Investigate Planned Parenthood Unit Overseeing Hawaii
By News Release @ 1:39 PM :: 5112 Views :: Life
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...34 legislators have sent a letter to Attorney General Bob Ferguson requesting him to investigate whether Planned Parenthood in Washington has been selling organs from aborted babies for financial gain....
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Thursday, July 30, 2015 |
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VIDEO: Planned Parenthood VP Discusses Contract Details, Aborted Body Parts Pricing, and How to Not “Get Caught”
By Video @ 12:59 PM :: 5231 Views :: Life
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...negotiating a fetal body parts deal, agreeing multiple times to illicit pricing per body part harvested, and suggesting ways to avoid legal consequences....
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Thursday, July 30, 2015 |
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Molasses Spill Produces $15M Windfall for State
By News Release @ 12:06 AM :: 5976 Views :: Environment, Jones Act
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"This is one of the largest settlements for an environmental violation in Hawaii’s history,” said Chin....
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015 |
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HART: Caldwell Appoints 'Expert' tied to Rail Projects Even More Messed up than Ours
By News Release @ 10:34 PM :: 4954 Views :: Rail
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Mr Burns' extensive rail project experience includes the Third Street Light Rail and Central Subway Project in San Francisco....
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015 |
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Did They Sneak Your Name onto the Native Hawaiian Roll?
By Video @ 7:17 PM :: 6548 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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You Can Now See If Your Name Was Added Fraudulently To The Native Hawaiian Roll....
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015 |
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School Safety: Hawaii Ranks 5th in USA
By News Release @ 2:02 AM :: 8004 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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... 2015's States with the Best & Worst School Systems ....
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015 |
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McDermott: Investigate Hawaii Planned Parenthood Operations
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 6:42 PM :: 4918 Views :: Life
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...involvement by Planned Parenthood of Hawaii in the illegal sale or transfer of infant organs....
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015 |
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Kanaiolowalu Strips 27,470 ‘Unverifiable’ Names, Publishes ‘Certified’ Roll
By News Release @ 6:05 PM :: 6780 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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... Certified Native Hawaiian roll posted online with only 95,690 names ....
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015 |
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Ward: NOAA should not be given cart blanche over Hawaii Waters
By Rep Gene Ward @ 4:30 PM :: 5341 Views :: Environment
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...I believe the SSMA is written in a rather one-sided manner....
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015 |
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Planned Parenthood Dead Baby Sales--“We Can See How Much We Can Get Out of It”
By Video @ 3:52 PM :: 5023 Views :: Life
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...Planned Parenthood’s Black Market in Baby Parts....
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015 |
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Honolulu 4th Most Expensive City for Singles
By Selected News Articles @ 10:06 AM :: 5445 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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For singles in Honolulu, the highest lifestyle-related costs are clothing and housing....
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015 |
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Ige Appoints Committee to Talk About Homelessness, Calls it Leadership
By News Release @ 4:20 AM :: 5047 Views :: Homelessness
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...“The underlying issues that lead to homelessness ... cannot be resolved quickly,” said Gov. Ige....
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Monday, July 27, 2015 |
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Bottle Tax to be Cut by Half Cent
By News Release @ 9:56 PM :: 5980 Views :: Environment, Taxes
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...the state’s redemption rate decreased from 72.6 percent in fiscal year 2014 to 68.4 percent in the last fiscal year, which ended in June 2015....
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Monday, July 27, 2015 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 27, 2015
By Congress.org @ 2:20 PM :: 4777 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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Senate: Surface Transportation Reauthorization 'Shell' – Cloture
House: Coal Combustion Residuals – Passage
House: Genetically Engineered Food – Passage
House: Sanctuary Cities – Passage
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Sunday, July 26, 2015 |
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DoE Fined $1.1M for Illegal Dumping
By News Release @ 2:00 PM :: 6623 Views :: Education K-12, Environment
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...the transported soil was contaminated with heavy metals such as arsenic, barium, cadmium, lead, and mercury....
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Sunday, July 26, 2015 |
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Food Babe vs Hawaii Papaya Farmers
By Joni Kamiya @ 12:36 PM :: 8041 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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She posted an article telling her dimwitted, gullible followers to avoid Hawaiian papayas....
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Sunday, July 26, 2015 |
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Who’s the Boss, Anyway? (Part 2)
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4934 Views :: Taxes
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...voters had limited the power of its legislature to enact taxing and spending bills, and some legislators sued....
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Friday, July 24, 2015 |
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Clean Energy Fail: While Most States Clean Up, Hawaii CO2 Emissions Rise Since '08
By Andrew Walden @ 8:49 PM :: 8114 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics
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...What matters is whether the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative is delivering the CO2 reductions which for many justify the increased expense. The answer is no.....
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Friday, July 24, 2015 |
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Thousands of Hawaiians Fraudulently Added to Kanaiolowalu Roll, 23,000 to be Stripped out by Roll Commission
By Selected News Articles @ 5:30 PM :: 6873 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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The certified list is shorter because it omits the names of people whose Hawaiian ancestry has not yet been verified....
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Friday, July 24, 2015 |
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Hawaii Gas Taxes 3rd Highest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 5:04 PM :: 6064 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Hawaii 45.1 cents per gallon, plus federal 18.4 excise tax, plus GE Tax....
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Thursday, July 23, 2015 |
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Hawaii Councilman Proposes Reforms After P-Card Audit
By News Release @ 9:38 PM :: 5923 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics
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Hawai‘i County Code should be amended to bring it in line with state law...
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Thursday, July 23, 2015 |
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Greece, Puerto Rico and the Jones Act
By Michael Hansen @ 9:28 PM :: 5421 Views :: Jones Act
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The only real answer is a coordinated, unified, and well-reasoned effort to persuade Congress to repeal or modernize this relic from a bygone century....
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Thursday, July 23, 2015 |
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Honolulu sewer bonds sell at interest rate higher than bankrupt Detroit
By News Release @ 9:02 PM :: 5185 Views :: Honolulu County
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Honolulu pays 3.89% -- Detroit pays 3.24% while in bankruptcy....
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Thursday, July 23, 2015 |
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No More Bee-Pocalypse
By NCPA @ 3:50 PM :: 7128 Views :: Environment, Agriculture
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...the cover of Time magazine foretold of a "world without bees"....
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Thursday, July 23, 2015 |
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UH research funding up after years of decline
By News Release @ 1:22 PM :: 4393 Views :: Higher Education
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...the first increase in extramural award funding after three straight years of decline....
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Thursday, July 23, 2015 |
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Mother of Murdered Baby Challenges Hawaii Child Abuse Registry
By Selected News Articles @ 12:35 PM :: 7206 Views :: Family, Law Enforcement
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Hawaii is among the states with the lowest rates in the country of foster children who were re-abused within six months of being reunited with their families....
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015 |
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Full Text: Kanaiolowalu Roll Published
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:13 PM :: 8282 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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Because this is a large document, it will take some time to load completely....
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015 |
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Strange News: DoE Builds School on Time, Under Budget
By News Release @ 10:53 PM :: 5137 Views :: Education K-12
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...design-build has a single point of responsibility....
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015 |
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Income qualifications for free/reduced lunch updated for SY 2015-16
By News Release @ 3:40 PM :: 6716 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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Children from households with income at or below the following levels are eligible for free or reduced-price meals....
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015 |
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Nai Aupuni Bylaws Confirm it is Running a State Election
By Andrew Walden @ 3:36 PM :: 7280 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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OHA authorized the funds and OHA invited the participants to form Nai Aupuni....
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015 |
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Video: Planned Parenthood Senior Executive Haggles Over Baby Parts Prices
By Video @ 12:32 AM :: 5133 Views :: Life
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President of PPFA Medical Directors’ Council Mary Gatter Doesn’t Want to “Lowball” Price, Suggests “Less Crunchy” Technique, Says She Wants a Lamborghini....
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Tuesday, July 21, 2015 |
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FULL TEXT: Ige Administration Testimony Against NextEra Merger
By News Release @ 11:23 PM :: 5459 Views :: Energy
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“The state respectfully opposes the merger in its current form because it fails to align with the state’s renewable energy goals.”
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Tuesday, July 21, 2015 |
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Kids Count: One in Eight Children in Hawaii Live in Poverty
By News Release @ 5:08 PM :: 6279 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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“The high cost of living in Hawaii amplifies the hardship that many of our low-income and poor families face...."
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Tuesday, July 21, 2015 |
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Renewables Losing Support Worldwide
By Jack Dini @ 1:35 PM :: 5515 Views :: Energy
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2015 may go down in the books as the year support for renewable energy died....
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