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Monday, June 29, 2015
Grassroot Institute Publishes HART Check Register
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:16 PM :: 7144 Views

The HART check register can be viewed here ....

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Monday, June 29, 2015
Patriotism: Hawaii Ranks 24th
By Selected News Articles @ 1:18 PM :: 6492 Views
Hawaii Ranks 24th: 5th for ‘Military Engagement’ and 49th for ‘Civic Engagement’....
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Monday, June 29, 2015
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 29, 2015
By Congress.org @ 1:07 PM :: 5305 Views
Senate: Public Safety Employee Withdrawals – Trade Promotion Authority – Cloture
House: IPAB Repeal – Passage
House: EPA Carbon Emission Rules -- Passage
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Sunday, June 28, 2015
Bribed by Bumpy? Former American Samoa Government Official Sentenced to 22 Months in Prison
By News Release @ 6:36 PM :: 9806 Views

In February 2012, a company known as the Native Hawaiian Holding Company Inc. (owned by Bumpy Kanahele) entered into a service contract with the ASG....

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Sunday, June 28, 2015
Project Imua: Hawaii Student payload tested at NASA Flight Facility
By Selected News Articles @ 4:42 PM :: 6107 Views

Comprised of four UH Community College campuses, Project Imua involves a joint faculty-student enterprise for designing, fabricating and testing payloads....

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Sunday, June 28, 2015
Health Dep't Taking Action to Reduce New HIV Cases in Hawaii
By News Release @ 3:50 PM :: 9614 Views

Approximately 85 percent of HIV cases in Hawaii occur in men....

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Sunday, June 28, 2015
You Can’t Get on a Canoe Without a Real Plan
By Joni Kamiya @ 3:18 PM :: 8931 Views

Hawaii is a hot bed for anti-everything activism....

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Sunday, June 28, 2015
Independence Means Freedom from Special Funds
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 6226 Views

Special funds are pots of money....

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Saturday, June 27, 2015
Danner: Hawaiian Homes Commissioners "Have Rings in Their Noses"
By Andrew Walden @ 9:58 PM :: 11441 Views

According to Kauhane, 104 comments have been submitted to the DoI and 76 are in opposition to the proposed rules--a nearly 3-1 margin....

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Saturday, June 27, 2015
Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage may pave way for expanded gun rights in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 2:08 PM :: 6901 Views

"...concealed carry licenses held by more than 11 million citizens across the country should now be valid in every state without question...."

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Saturday, June 27, 2015
Hawaii Family Advocates Responds to Gay Marriage Ruling
By Lt Gov Duke Aiona @ 1:25 AM :: 8171 Views
Could non-profit organizations face revocation of their tax-exempt status if they say that marriage is between one man and one woman?
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Saturday, June 27, 2015
Hawaiian Homes Commission: Proposed Federal Rules Inappropriate
By News Release @ 1:12 AM :: 8949 Views

...HHC passed a resolution urging the Interior Department extend its July 13, 2015, deadline for public comment....

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Saturday, June 27, 2015
Mauna Kea: Ige Claims he will do Whatever Necessary to Keep Road Open
By News Release @ 12:11 AM :: 9082 Views

"The roads belong to all the people of Hawai‘i and they will remain open. We will do whatever is necessary to ensure lawful access."

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Friday, June 26, 2015
AG: Two-Thirds of Hawaii Gay Marriages from Out of State
By News Release @ 9:48 PM :: 6026 Views

...96.8% of Hawaii Gays stay outside 'Marriage'....

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Friday, June 26, 2015
You Can Never Know What Plantation Days Meant From Google
By Joni Kamiya @ 8:34 PM :: 10067 Views

When you have everything you need and never really had to earn it, it’s hard to fully appreciate it....

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Friday, June 26, 2015
Hawaii Supreme Court: County Initiative Preempted by State Law
By Robert Thomas @ 5:08 PM :: 12686 Views

...Hawaii Supreme Court refined the test for determining when a municipal ordinance or charter provision is preempted by state law....

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Friday, June 26, 2015
Even Where Gay Marriage is Legal, It’s not Equal
By Selected News Articles @ 1:38 PM :: 7725 Views

...it is instructive to note the ways in which marriage and “same-sex marriage” remain distinctly unequal in those states that already have extended recognition to same-sex couples....

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Friday, June 26, 2015
Judicial Activism From Supreme Court on Marriage
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:27 PM :: 7871 Views

...we must work to protect the freedom of speech, association and religion of those who continue to abide by the truth of marriage as union of man and woman....

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Thursday, June 25, 2015
Visitor Arrivals Jump 9.3%
By News Release @ 11:18 PM :: 6545 Views

Total Visitor Expenditures Increased 10.4 Percent to $1.2 Billion....

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Thursday, June 25, 2015
Maui: Protesters Stop Haleakala Telescope Construction Convoy
By News Release @ 8:55 PM :: 78629 Views

...Organizers and the Site Supervisor had a brief discussion after which time he stated the drivers were going to be  sent home and the delivery would be cancelled....

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Thursday, June 25, 2015
NYT: Ige’s diffidence risks making things on Mauna Kea worse
By Selected News Articles @ 5:10 PM :: 7157 Views

This is a conflict between OHA and the University of Hawaii over control of public land revenues....

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Thursday, June 25, 2015
NYT: Obamacare Ruling May Have Just Killed State-Based Exchanges
By Selected News Articles @ 5:01 PM :: 5462 Views

The Hawaii exchange is collapsing....

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Thursday, June 25, 2015
Ige 'On National Stage' Faking It -- Touts 7 solar farms blocked by HECO, PUC
By News Release @ 4:25 AM :: 5947 Views
“All [of these projects] will generate energy below what we pay to generate energy using oil,” he said.  (Except for one problem--they aren't going to be built.)
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Thursday, June 25, 2015
Ige Fails to Clear Mauna Kea Protesters, Relies on 'Mutual Respect and Aloha'
By News Release @ 2:43 AM :: 8705 Views

"It is our belief that there will be mutual respect and aloha on Wednesday and in the days ahead as TMT restarts construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope...."

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Wednesday, June 24, 2015
CNHA to Administer 'US Tribal Justice' on Mauna Kea?
By Video @ 6:47 PM :: 11292 Views
Who Would Be In Charge Of Laying Down The Law?
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Kaiser: King v. Burwell will not Affect Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 6:19 PM :: 6074 Views

The Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling by the end of June in King v. Burwell....

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Wednesday, June 24, 2015
CNBC: Hawaii Worst State for Business
By Selected News Articles @ 6:04 PM :: 7844 Views

...by the numbers on just about everything else, Hawaii doesn't measure up, and not only for reasons beyond its control....

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Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Sexual Paranoia: Why Professors Are Becoming Scared of Their Students
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:54 PM :: 6278 Views
“new codes [of sexual conduct] sweeping American campuses....”
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015
HS Sports: Hawaii 2nd Lowest Gender Gap
By News Release @ 3:47 PM :: 6818 Views

In Hawaii only 4.7% of high schools have a 10%+ gender equity gap in sports....

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Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Wine Taxes: Hawaii Ranks 12th
By Selected News Articles @ 3:27 PM :: 6930 Views

Check out today’s map below to see where your state lies on the wine tax spectrum....

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Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Video: Adventures of a Monsanto Agronomist
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:34 PM :: 8209 Views

...Keli'i Akina speaks with Monsanto agronomist Dan Clegg about the latest....

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Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Proposed Federal Rules for Hawaiian Homelands Parallel Obama Admin Rewrite of Indian Law
By Andrew Walden @ 4:23 AM :: 11104 Views
"The Department will create a tribe, not recognize an historic tribe."
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Full Text: Court Orders Release of Kanaiolowalu Roll
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:56 AM :: 7446 Views

...official order from the Honorable Jeannette Castagnetti ordering the NHRC to disclose the list....

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Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Internal Report: Gay Human Rights Campaign a Judgmental White Men’s Club
By Selected News Articles @ 4:39 PM :: 8863 Views

Staff at the Human Rights Campaign last fall described the working environment at the nation’s largest LGBT rights group as “judgmental,” “exclusionary,” “sexist,” and “homogenous” ...

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Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Feds Extend Hawaii NCLB Waiver
By News Release @ 3:47 PM :: 5687 Views

"The Hawaii Department of Education (HIDOE) has aligned its reform efforts and internal systems and processes to leverage progress toward outcomes...."

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Tuesday, June 23, 2015
University of Hawaii: The empty ‘marketplace of ideas’
By Selected News Articles @ 4:27 AM :: 7357 Views

On college campuses fear of offending people now trumps the fear of losing free speech....

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Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Caldwell refuses to sign Council Budget Bills
By News Release @ 4:19 AM :: 7358 Views

...The City Council deleted funding for the Office of Strategic Development (OSD) positions needed to address homelessness and the affordable housing crisis....

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Monday, June 22, 2015
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 22, 2015
By Congress.org @ 11:40 PM :: 5964 Views
Senate: Fiscal 2016 Defense Authorization - Passage
Senate: Fiscal 2016 Defense Appropriations – Cloture
House: U.S. Citizens in Iran - Passage
House: Fiscal 2016 Intelligence Authorization – Passage
House: Iraq Troop Withdraw – Passage
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Monday, June 22, 2015
Ige in DC to Teach Feds How to use Green Energy Hype to Jack Up Rates, Taxes
By News Release @ 8:45 PM :: 5967 Views

...Ige will join other elected officials and business leaders for the Washington Post’s “Powering Cities” forum on Tuesday, June 23...

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Monday, June 22, 2015
Ouch! Mounting Medicare Cuts Hurt Hawaii Hospitals
By News Release @ 6:59 PM :: 5428 Views

HHIC Insights Medicare report illustrates the impact of the numerous Medicare payment cuts to Hawaii’s hospitals and how it would be potentially exacerbated by additional cuts proposed by Congress....

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Monday, June 22, 2015
Oahu, Maui Among Metro Areas That Least Resemble U.S.
By Selected News Articles @ 1:14 PM :: 4490 Views

Our data set includes 23 key metrics, such as age, gender and income as well as household makeup and housing tenure....

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Sunday, June 21, 2015
Contested Case or Court Case? The Hawaii Supreme Court Decides
By Robert Thomas @ 6:58 PM :: 8071 Views

It's a fine balance, and until the Hawaii Supreme Court's recent decision in Kellberg v. Yuen, and the Intermediate Court of Appeals' decision in Hoku Lele, LLC v. City and County of Honolulu....

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Sunday, June 21, 2015
Fishery Management Council Questions use of Turtles to Strangle Tuna Industry
By News Release @ 4:37 PM :: 6680 Views

Public hearings will be held in American Samoa, CNMI and Guam on July 6, 13 and 15, respectively....

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Sunday, June 21, 2015
BoE Appoints New Superintendents
By News Release @ 3:12 PM :: 7943 Views

...new leaders are appointed to key state offices....

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Sunday, June 21, 2015
Telescope Construction to Re-Start Wednesday
By News Release @ 5:14 AM :: 8502 Views

...TMT International Observatory Board has decided to move ahead to restart the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on the morning of Wednesday, June 24....

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Sunday, June 21, 2015
Friends Don’t Let Friends Pay Higher Taxes?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4875 Views

...we don’t want to inflict a disproportionate amount of pain on our friends....

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Saturday, June 20, 2015
$418M 'Clean Energy' Tax Hike: Fewer flights and fewer visitors to Hawaii would be expected
By Andrew Walden @ 6:26 PM :: 14523 Views

...it is OK that their plan would gut the tourism industry because it would also drive Hawaii's cost of living up to the point where residents could no longer afford to leave....

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Friday, June 19, 2015
APHIS on Invasive Species: "The truth is we just don't care that much"
By Andrew Walden @ 9:50 PM :: 8892 Views

... two draft replies--one labeled "the truth" and the other labeled "option 2" ....

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Friday, June 19, 2015
European Trade Talks 'Can Open Jones Act'
By Michael Hansen @ 6:11 PM :: 5296 Views

A prominent European politician has urged the region's shipowners to get behind important trade talks....

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Friday, June 19, 2015
Government of a Few: New Data Shows Just How Broken Hawaii's Democracy Really Is
By News Release @ 6:01 AM :: 8436 Views

...the median district in states like Hawaii, Idaho, Utah and Wyoming is more than 70% to 30% for the majority party....

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