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Monday, May 20, 2013 |
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Native Hawaiian Advancement: Keli’i Akina to Speak in Hilo
By News Release @ 11:52 PM :: 6200 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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...at the Conservative Forum for Hawaii, Sunday June 2nd, 2:00 pm, at the Naniloa Hotel Crown Room in Hilo....
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Monday, May 20, 2013 |
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Abercrombie Signs Seat belt Law, Calculates Savings at $7226 per Victim
By News Release @ 11:37 PM :: 5413 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement
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...average medical charges were nearly tripled among those who did not use seat belts ($11,043), compared to restrained passengers ($3,817)....
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Monday, May 20, 2013 |
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Highlights from Hawaii GOP Convention
By News Release @ 9:14 PM :: 5083 Views :: Republican Party
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... Hawaii Republicans from across the state gathered in convention on Saturday, May 18 ....
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Monday, May 20, 2013 |
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Hawaii Filmmakers Investigate 'Honor Killings' in US
By News Release @ 5:45 PM :: 5335 Views
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Amina and Sarah Said, murdered in Dallas, 2008....
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Monday, May 20, 2013 |
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More Transparency Needed in Higher Education
By NCPA @ 5:11 PM :: 3300 Views :: Higher Education
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...inflation-adjusted income for recent college graduates actually declined between 2000 and 2011....
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Monday, May 20, 2013 |
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How to Tell if College Presidents Are Overpaid
By NCPA @ 5:04 PM :: 3348 Views :: Higher Education
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the median salary of public university presidents rose 4.7 percent in 2011-2012 to more than $440,000 a year....
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Monday, May 20, 2013 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 20, 2013
By Congress.org @ 4:44 PM :: 4068 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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- Senate: Water Resources Development Act Passage
- Senate: CMS Nominee Confirmation
- Senate: Energy Department Nominee Confirmation
- House: Obamacare Repeal Passage
- House: SEC Cost-Benefit Analysis Passage
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Monday, May 20, 2013 |
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Penny Pritzker: Waikiki Hotel Workers Union to Protest Obama Commerce Nominee
By Selected News Articles @ 4:36 PM :: 7105 Views :: Labor, Obama
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One of the largest hospitality unions in the nation will protest President Barack Obama’s commerce secretary nominee on Thursday, the first day of her confirmation hearings....
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Monday, May 20, 2013 |
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Kakaako: HCDA to Release TOD Plan, Hold Open House
By News Release @ 4:14 PM :: 6352 Views :: Development, Rail
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Be sure to check out their plan to reduce Halekauwila St to a single lane of auto traffic while adding 1000s of new condos and offices....
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Monday, May 20, 2013 |
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OHA Urged to Back Hawaiian Immersion Focus for Paia Elementary School
By News Release @ 3:31 PM :: 5430 Views :: Education K-12, OHA
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...parents called on OHA to help push the state Department of Education to address the issue....
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Monday, May 20, 2013 |
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After Banning Fishing, NOAA Kills Sharks to Save Monk Seals
By News Release @ 3:24 PM :: 4032 Views :: Environment
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The pending permit application is for the removal killing of up to 18 additional Galapagos sharks ....
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Monday, May 20, 2013 |
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DoE Sidelines HSA Test, Dumps No Child Left Behind
By News Release @ 1:16 PM :: 5963 Views :: Education K-12
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NCLB focused too much on "proficiency in reading and math" so they dropped it.
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Monday, May 20, 2013 |
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Immigration Reform Should Strengthen, Not Cost, America
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:48 PM :: 2306 Views
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Lawful immigration can bring important economic and cultural benefits both to the United States and to the immigrants....
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Sunday, May 19, 2013 |
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Minimum Wage Should Not Be Living Wage
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 6:00 AM :: 6307 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...those critics probably never held a real job or never ran their own business....
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Saturday, May 18, 2013 |
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Stanley Chang Suspended by Bar Association
By Andrew Walden @ 11:41 PM :: 12412 Views :: Judiciary, Politicians
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Honolulu Councilmember and Congressional candidate Stanley Chang has lost his right to practice law in Hawaii....
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Saturday, May 18, 2013 |
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Is Anyone On The Hook If a Volcano Gawker Ends Up In Trouble?
By Robert Thomas @ 10:16 PM :: 5617 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Judiciary
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...the signs are treated by visitors less as warnings and more as centerpieces of funny photographs to show the folks back home....
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Saturday, May 18, 2013 |
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Hints from GOP: Aiona for Governor, Djou for Congress
By Andrew Walden @ 4:52 PM :: 6842 Views :: Politicians, Republican Party
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It was Duke Aiona's day at the Hawaii State Republican Convention....
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Saturday, May 18, 2013 |
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'Hating Breitbart' Now Showing in Honolulu
By News Release @ 2:11 PM :: 4187 Views :: First Amendment
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Honolulu, HI
Koko Marina 8
7192 Kalanianaole Highway
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Saturday, May 18, 2013 |
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IRS to Maui TEA Party: "Provide details of your relationship with Dylan Nonaka"
By Andrew Walden @ 4:08 AM :: 8958 Views :: First Amendment, Taxes, TEA Party
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Among the questions sent from the National IRS office in Cincinnati was this item referencing Dylan Nonaka....
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Friday, May 17, 2013 |
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Mitsunaga Launches New Attack on Kobayashi
By Andrew Walden @ 9:53 PM :: 7245 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education
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...Abercrombie crony Dennis Mitsunaga senses the opportunity to displace Inouye crony Bert Kobayashi....
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Friday, May 17, 2013 |
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Hawaii Scores 'C' on Attack Ad Transparency
By News Release @ 5:52 PM :: 5267 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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Lax state rules provide cover for sponsors of attack ads ....
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Friday, May 17, 2013 |
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Hawaii Republican State Convention May 17-18
By News Release @ 2:45 PM :: 5428 Views :: Republican Party
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There is some time to be selected as a delegate if you would like to become one....
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Friday, May 17, 2013 |
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Abercrombie Nominates Salmonson for Environmental Quality Control
By News Release @ 2:44 PM :: 5359 Views :: Environment, Hawaii State Government
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Abercrombie has nominated Genevieve Salmonson to the position of interim director of the state Department of Health (DOH) Office of Environmental Quality Control, effective today....
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Friday, May 17, 2013 |
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Hawaii County Democratic Convention This Weekend
By News Release @ 2:40 PM :: 4782 Views :: Democratic Party
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The Hawaii County Democratic Party convention – set for May 18 and May 19 at Kilauea Military Camp ....
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Friday, May 17, 2013 |
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Ed Meese: We’ve Seen the Effect of “Amnesty” Before
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:03 PM :: 4080 Views :: National News
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Experts can’t always predict exactly how public policy will affect the nation....
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Thursday, May 16, 2013 |
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Neighborhood Board Voting Deadline is Friday
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 4164 Views :: Honolulu County
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Eligible voters who have misplaced passcodes may receive them by calling 768-3716....
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Thursday, May 16, 2013 |
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Full Text: Rail Appeal Challenges Failure to Consider Bus Rapid Transit
By Honolulu Traffic @ 10:04 PM :: 5364 Views :: Rail
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...a new and honestly conducted alternatives analysis would never result in the selection of elevated heavy rail....
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Thursday, May 16, 2013 |
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GOP Lost 50% of Statewide Offices Under Willes Lee
By News Release @ 9:02 PM :: 4858 Views :: Republican Party
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Look closely at where we’ve had our biggest losses....
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Thursday, May 16, 2013 |
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Atheists Attack HGEA, UPW Contract: Demand Unions Give Up Paid Holiday
By Andrew Walden @ 2:58 PM :: 5737 Views :: First Amendment, Labor
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sponsored by gay ‘marriage’ activist, convicted thief Michael ‘Bitchbear’ Golujuch, Jr....
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Thursday, May 16, 2013 |
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Judicial Watch Sues U.S. Secret Service for Obama’s Hawaiian Vacation Records
By News Release @ 2:12 PM :: 7877 Views :: National News, Law Enforcement, Obama
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Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on May 6, 2013, against the U.S. Secret Service....
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Thursday, May 16, 2013 |
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Morning Bell: Obamacare Is About Power
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:49 PM :: 3731 Views :: Health Care
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Members of the House of Representatives are scheduled to vote Thursday to repeal all of Obamacare....
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Thursday, May 16, 2013 |
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Exporting Natural Gas: Is it Beneficial?
By NCPA @ 10:54 AM :: 3231 Views :: Energy
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Current law requires the federal government to approve all sales of U.S. gas abroad....
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013 |
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Aloha Tower Case Tests 'Private Attorney General' Before Supreme Court
By Robert Thomas @ 10:02 PM :: 5939 Views :: Development, Judiciary
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Thursday, May 16, 2013, at 9:00 a.m., the Hawaii Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Aloha Tower Dev. Corp. v. State of Hawaii....
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013 |
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Airports Division Audit: Mismanagement, Recurring Violations, Delays, Cost Overruns
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 9:29 PM :: 4661 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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...Dependence on and accommodation of contractors subverts the public interest....
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013 |
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Anti-Whaling Tactics to be used Against Hawaii Aquarium Collectors?
By News Release @ 3:43 PM :: 5153 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is proud to announce the launch of Operation Reef Defense....
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013 |
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U.H. Men’s Athletics Once Again Hamstrung With Swishy Moniker
By AtomicMonkey @ 1:45 PM :: 5041 Views :: Higher Education
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New A.D. Ben Jay is flipping and flopping on his decision to install the “Warriors” as U.H.’s official nickname....
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013 |
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Gay Marriage Activists Given IRS Files of Opponents
By Selected News Articles @ 1:41 PM :: 5938 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Taxes
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...the IRS leaked National Organization for Marriage's confidential financial documents to the rival Human Rights Campaign. Those NOM documents were published on the Huffington Post on March 30, 2012....
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013 |
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Morning Bell: The IRS Wants to Know If You’re a “Patriot”
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:11 PM :: 6625 Views :: National News, First Amendment, Taxes
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Heritage sounded the alarm on the Obama Administration’s hit list nearly a year ago....
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013 |
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Flags to Fly at Half-Staff on Peace Officers Memorial Day
By News Release @ 1:06 PM :: 3735 Views :: Law Enforcement
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...Hawaii flags be flown at half-staff alongside the flags of the United States at state offices and agencies as well as the Hawaii National Guard from sunrise to sunset on Wednesday, May 15....
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013 |
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Report: Hawaii Ranks #2 for Embezzlement
By News Release @ 4:17 PM :: 7859 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement, Small Business
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Iowa had the highest Embezzlement Propensity Factor followed by Hawaii– identifying these states as having the highest risk for loss to embezzlement in 2012....
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013 |
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ProPublica: IRS Office Gave Us Confidential Docs From Conservative Groups
By Selected News Articles @ 2:03 PM :: 5519 Views :: First Amendment, Taxes
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The same IRS office that deliberately targeted conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status in the run-up to the 2012 election released nine pending confidential applications of conservative groups to ProPublica late last year....
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013 |
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Serving Justice to Gosnell
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:46 PM :: 3890 Views :: Life
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abortionist Kermit Gosnell was convicted yesterday of first-degree murder in the deaths of three infants who were born alive....
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013 |
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Med-Quest Enrollment Cancelled After HMSA Starts Losing Customers
By News Release @ 4:59 AM :: 7770 Views :: Health Care
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a payment dispute between the Hawaii Medical Service Association and the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center was causing HMSA to lose 1000s of customers....
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Monday, May 13, 2013 |
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GOP Chair Nominates Leadership Team
By David S Chang @ 11:14 PM :: 5352 Views :: Republican Party
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We've added several thousand new members to our party, with close to 1,000 new donors, as well as successfully holding the first-ever presidential caucus in the state of Hawaii, a model for many other states!
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Monday, May 13, 2013 |
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Council Resolution 13-74: Ease Gun Registration Lines
By News Release @ 10:26 PM :: 4460 Views :: Second Amendment
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... Resolution 13-74 requesting the Honolulu Police Department (HPD) to open the Kapolei and Kaneohe Police Stations to firearm permitting and registration ....
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Monday, May 13, 2013 |
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DoJ Recognizes Hawaii Crime Victim Compensation Director
By News Release @ 10:23 PM :: 7148 Views :: Justice Reinvestment, Law Enforcement
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Attorney General Eric Holder presented the award to Ferguson-Brey during the National Crime Victims’ Rights Week awards ceremony....
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Monday, May 13, 2013 |
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ObamaCare’s Unfair Treatment of Middle Class Families
By NCPA @ 4:38 PM :: 4880 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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...many workers will soon discover that when they earn more money, they end up with less take-home pay....
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