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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Hawaii Utilities Rank in Top 10 for Solar
By News Release @ 9:53 PM :: 6572 Views
... the Top 10 American electric utilities that have added the most new solar power ....
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
UH Claims Economic Impact over $3.6B
By UHERO @ 7:49 PM :: 4254 Views
...we define economic impact to be the direct, indirect, and induced economic activities generated by the university....
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Background Checks: Senate Rejects House Amendments; SB 69 Goes to Committee Conference
By News Release @ 7:25 PM :: 5410 Views
...a mandatory background check bill on already acquired firearms....
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
‘House of Horrors’ Doctor Considered ‘Pioneer in Abortion Field’
By Selected News Articles @ 6:38 PM :: 4954 Views

Gosnell, who was considered a pioneer in the abortion industry, began performing abortions in New York City in the late 1960s....

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Judge rules against Christian innkeeper who refused to rent bedroom to lesbian couple
By Selected News Articles @ 6:07 PM :: 6065 Views
...an increasing number of religious objectors to homosexuality have faced lawsuits for refusing to participate....
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Flags Fly at Half-Staff in Honor of Boston Victims
By News Release @ 5:01 PM :: 5677 Views

...State of Hawaii flags at all state offices and agencies as well as the Hawaii National Guard are to be flown at half-staff....

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Standing with Boston
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:36 PM :: 5857 Views
America is at its best when it faces adversity with courage, confidence, and determination.... 
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Young Adults on Parents' Health Plans Cost More
By NCPA @ 3:34 PM :: 4063 Views

Under the Affordable Care Act, children up to the age of 26 years can stay on their parents' health insurance plan....

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted April 16, 2013
By Congress.org @ 2:40 PM :: 5223 Views

 

  • Senate: Interior Secretary Confirmation
  • Senate: Gun Control – Cloture Vote
  • House: Limit on NLRB Activity
  • House: Hydropower Facility Development – Suspension Vote
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Investigating the Potential for Seawater Air Conditioning in Waikiki
By UHERO @ 3:59 AM :: 5933 Views
....SWAC may be more costly than other efficiency/conservation options....
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
DoE: ACT Testing for 50,000 Students to 'Improve Effectiveness of Intervention'
By News Release @ 3:38 AM :: 3604 Views
“One of the Department’s strategies is to provide better data on students’ academic progress. This ACT test will help tremendously in that area.”
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Hawaii Suspends TB Test Requirement for Food Handlers
By Selected News Articles @ 3:00 AM :: 5684 Views

In a typical year, Hawaii conducts about 50,000 tuberculosis skin tests and treats 120 people found to be carrying the bacteria. The state anticipates suspensions of TB clearances to last for 120 days....

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Monday, April 15, 2013
Caldwell: City is Moving Rapidly on Road Repairs
By News Release @ 10:36 PM :: 3816 Views

Mayor Kirk Caldwell today announced that City contractors have repaved 77 lane-miles of deteriorated roads since he took office....

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Monday, April 15, 2013
Jihadist Magazines Recruit Young Terrorists
By IPT News @ 6:58 PM :: 6302 Views

"A Step to (sic) Step Guide on How to Become a Successful Lone Mujahid"....

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Monday, April 15, 2013
Muslim Questioned After Bombs Explode at Boston Marathon, JFK Library
By Selected News Articles @ 3:25 PM :: 5867 Views
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Monday, April 15, 2013
Emergency Services Briefing: Lack of Emergency Rooms in West Oahu
By News Release @ 2:40 PM :: 5648 Views
...two City Councilmembers will host a briefing with hospital officials and emergency responders, who will report the availability of emergency rooms in the Ewa region....
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Monday, April 15, 2013
The Obama Budget's Economic Message
By NCPA @ 2:23 PM :: 2746 Views
The latest budget does not balance and was released far too late for it to matter....
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Monday, April 15, 2013
Cost of Health Insurance Exchanges Shoots Up
By NCPA @ 2:22 PM :: 3854 Views
As installation of the exchanges becomes more complicated, the cost of the exchanges has risen rapidly over the last year....
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Monday, April 15, 2013
Where Did Your Tax Dollar Go?
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:00 PM :: 4323 Views
Americans are waking up today to the worst "case of the Mondays" they'll have all year: It's Tax Day....
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Sunday, April 14, 2013
MSNBC host: Children belong to ‘whole communities’, not their parents
By Video @ 6:20 PM :: 7210 Views
“We have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents, or kids belong to their families...."
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Sunday, April 14, 2013
DoTax Cooking Books to Influence Legislature? HART Calls for Audit
By Andrew Walden @ 6:02 PM :: 6900 Views
...the illusion of greater revenues would be helpful in Abercrombie’s effort to create a state-funded ‘Early Education’ voucher system....
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Sunday, April 14, 2013
Kerry: Give Up Missile Defense for more North Korean Promises
By Selected News Articles @ 2:12 PM :: 5369 Views
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Sunday, April 14, 2013
Let Conformity Simplify Tax Filings
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:02 AM :: 5558 Views
...the madness of completing state tax returns is just around the corner....
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Saturday, April 13, 2013
SB858: Gender Equity on Boards and Commissions
By News Release @ 11:26 PM :: 4601 Views
"...give priority to achieving the goal of gender equity when appointing members to vacancies, at-large positions, and as alternates...."
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Saturday, April 13, 2013
Lemonade From Cuts to State Prison Spending
By Selected News Articles @ 10:01 AM :: 8017 Views
Seventeen states managed to reduce recidivism and improve public safety while cutting correction costs, a report from a federal and state partnership revealed Friday....
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Friday, April 12, 2013
OHA Launches Website to Coordinate Shakedown Operations
By News Release @ 1:41 PM :: 8041 Views
"We will be able to rally people like we never have before."
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Friday, April 12, 2013
Leilehua, Baldwin, Kalani High Schools Finish FIRST in State Robotics Competition
By News Release @ 1:33 PM :: 7318 Views
...earn a spot at the FIRST Robotics Championships in St. Louis, Mo., April 25-27....
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Friday, April 12, 2013
House Republican Budget Update
By News Release @ 1:16 PM :: 6901 Views

Among the many bills passed on Tuesday, the House voted to....

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Friday, April 12, 2013
“Let ‘Em Eat Cake” Comes to Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 1:03 PM :: 8879 Views

"Can it be that the idiots who evidently run the Hawaii Business magazine have never heard about the principle that statutes have to be constitutional?"

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Friday, April 12, 2013
After Deadly Train Wreck, DC Metro Dumps Honolulu Rail Contractor Ansaldo
By Andrew Walden @ 12:59 PM :: 12145 Views
“In its final report on the June 22, 2009, accident, the National Transportation Safety Board said a malfunction of the automatic train control system was the direct cause of the crash.”
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Friday, April 12, 2013
Fuel Supplier Lobbies Congress Against Jones Act
By News Release @ 12:31 PM :: 7542 Views

“The Jones Act chokes off Savannah’s ability to take advantage of the cheapest gasoline in the world, which is produced domestically right here in our own Gulf Coast.”

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Friday, April 12, 2013
An Oral History: The Life of Calvin Say
By Video @ 12:29 PM :: 6697 Views

Olelo will be airing "An Oral History: The Life of Calvin Say," a 6-part documentary ....

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Friday, April 12, 2013
Budget: Conference Committee Agrees on Pension Payments at First Meeting
By News Release @ 10:26 AM :: 5583 Views

The conference committee is scheduled to meet Friday, April 12 in conference room 309 at 2:30 p.m....

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Friday, April 12, 2013
Obama's Fake Budget Marketing Exposed
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:01 AM :: 3066 Views
President Obama is marketing his new budget by saying it has "more than $2 in spending cuts for every $1 of new revenue." Is this true?
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Thursday, April 11, 2013
Legislature Repeals the PLDC
By News Release @ 1:55 PM :: 7255 Views
...the law's no-bid contract provisions, the slant towards developing public resources instead of conservation, and the creation of a semi-autonomous agency exempted from routine oversight....
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Thursday, April 11, 2013
SB987: $19K ‘Impact Fee’ for Water Meter
By Video @ 1:53 PM :: 8313 Views

Requires the assessment of impact fees prior to issuance of a water meter ....

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Thursday, April 11, 2013
Gabbard: Now is not the Time to Cut Missile Defense
By News Release @ 1:53 PM :: 8048 Views

Next year, the proposed missile defense budget has actually been cut to $9.16 billion....

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Thursday, April 11, 2013
Lawmaker drops bombshell: North Korea may have nuclear missiles
By Selected News Articles @ 1:51 PM :: 6322 Views
...a classified Defense Intelligence Agency report indicate that “North Korea now has nuclear weapons capable of delivery by ballistic missiles.”....
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Thursday, April 11, 2013
Hawaii Tax Freedom Day April 14
By Selected News Articles @ 1:44 PM :: 7043 Views
Tax Freedom Day is the day when the state as a whole has earned enough money to pay its total tax bill for the year....
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Thursday, April 11, 2013
Schatz Across Hanabusa’s Bow: Campaign Reports $1.1M Raised
By News Release @ 1:29 PM :: 5105 Views
...Schatz raised over $1.1 million in the first fundraising quarter of 2013, with over $1 million cash-on-hand....
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Thursday, April 11, 2013
Budget: House, Senate Conferees Named
By News Release @ 1:23 PM :: 6701 Views
...the first conference committee meeting on the state budget -- Thursday, April 11, 9:30 a.m. in room 309...
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Thursday, April 11, 2013
States Show Folly of Energy Mandates
By NCPA @ 1:21 PM :: 4095 Views

The increased energy costs produced by renewable mandates are passed along to consumers in the form of higher utility bills....

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Thursday, April 11, 2013
Countdown to Climate Change: It's Only 297 Years Away!
By NCPA @ 12:12 PM :: 5639 Views

Climatologists have suffered numerous blows to their reputation as evidence continues to emerge about data altering and a plethora of half-truths used as propaganda....

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Thursday, April 11, 2013
Hawaiians Give Vote of No Confidence to ‘Sovereign Hawaiian Nation’
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:03 PM :: 11672 Views

After nearly a year of efforts the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission claim a mere 9,300 signatures....

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Thursday, April 11, 2013
5 Things to Know About the Obama Budget
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:01 AM :: 5251 Views

President Obama finally released his budget yesterday—more than two months late....

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Thursday, April 11, 2013
Temporary insurance program foreshadows exploding costs for ObamaCare
By Selected News Articles @ 9:59 AM :: 4666 Views

An early ObamaCare health insurance program that has been operating for nearly three years is foreshadowing big problems to come....

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Thursday, April 11, 2013
Hawaii’s First Satellite to Launch from Barking Sands
By News Release @ 3:09 AM :: 5831 Views

...When the Super Strypi missile takes flight from the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kaua‘i, it will be carrying a satellite designed by University of Hawai‘i faculty and students....

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Thursday, April 11, 2013
Got Ethics? Apply Here to Join the Commission
By News Release @ 12:42 AM :: 6063 Views
The new application deadline is April 30, 2013....
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Thursday, April 11, 2013
Hawaii Ranks 13th in Access to Local Food
By Selected News Articles @ 12:30 AM :: 5461 Views

...the Index incorporates farmers markets, consumer-supported agriculture operations (CSAs) and food hubs in its per-capita comparison of consumers’ interest in eating locally-sourced foods....

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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Hawaii: Last Chance to Stop Bill Requiring Background Checks on Legally Possessed Firearms
By News Release @ 1:31 PM :: 7656 Views
Senate Bill 69 passed in the state House of Representatives earlier this month, and will be considered for concurrence and final passage by the state Senate tomorrow....
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