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Sunday, July 21, 2024 |
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Five Ways to Reduce Cost of Rebuilding on Maui
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:10 AM :: 691 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... Waive street improvement costs for rebuilding in fire zones ....
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Sunday, July 21, 2024 |
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Hawaiian Electric releases updated electrification of transportation ‘roadmap’
By News Release @ 4:32 AM :: 672 Views :: Energy
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... dozens of specific actions the company plans to undertake through 2030 to support the rapidly expanding electric vehicle market ....
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Saturday, July 20, 2024 |
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Let legislators know how much you appreciate tax cut
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:01 PM :: 642 Views :: Taxes
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... Hawaii state legislators voted unanimously to enact a historic tax cut that will save taxpayers more than $5 billion over the next six years ....
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Saturday, July 20, 2024 |
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EPA Orders Shutdown of Seven Cesspools at Maui County Facilities
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 668 Views :: Maui County, Environment
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... the County of Maui has agreed to close the seven Cesspools by June 30, 2025, and pay a $193K penalty ....
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Saturday, July 20, 2024 |
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Why an Annual GET Return?
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 726 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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... For those of you who pay GET, here’s a quick quiz....
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Friday, July 19, 2024 |
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DHHL Finally Dumps Al Hee's Scam Phone Company
By News Release @ 7:37 PM :: 844 Views :: DHHL, Ethics
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... starting Friday, July 19, 2024 at 3 p.m. .....
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Friday, July 19, 2024 |
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EPA: 'Emergency response missions on Maui are complete'
By News Release @ 6:50 PM :: 814 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Development
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... EPA Completes Drinking Water and Wastewater Mission in Lahaina ....
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Thursday, July 18, 2024 |
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Miske Convicted
By Court House News @ 11:50 PM :: 1232 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Law Enforcement, Police
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... convicted of 13 of the 16 remaining charges against him, including murder in aid of racketeering, kidnapping and conspiracy to commit assault ....
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Thursday, July 18, 2024 |
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FAIL: Hawaiian Electric Among Firms in $4 Billion Maui Fire Deal
By Selected News Articles @ 9:10 PM :: 3386 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Ethics, Cost of Living
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... the whole plan is predicated on insurance companies walking away from $1.4B. It may fail ....
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Thursday, July 18, 2024 |
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HPD Officer Sentenced for Insurance Fraud
By News Release @ 3:15 PM :: 918 Views :: Ethics, Police
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... Kaninau was involved in an automobile accident and subsequently obtained a GEICO insurance policy. He then attempted to file a claim ....
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Wednesday, July 17, 2024 |
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28 Hawaii Hospitals Ranked on Performance
By Selected News Articles @ 8:53 PM :: 1881 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... how does your hospital rank? ....
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Wednesday, July 17, 2024 |
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The future’s so bright, I gotta wear shades
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:42 PM :: 666 Views :: Economy
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... a scholarly contradiction of the myth that population growth must lead to scarcity ....
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Wednesday, July 17, 2024 |
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Housing Emergency Proclamations: What has been accomplished?
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:01 PM :: 1091 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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" ... The main value of the edicts so far has been to focus attention on barriers to homebuilding and prompt positive legislative action .... "
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Wednesday, July 17, 2024 |
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2024 Hawaii's First-Ever Voter Guide
By News Release @ 7:06 PM :: 965 Views :: Office of Elections
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... made possible by the passing of Act 115 during the 2023 Legislative Session ....
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Tuesday, July 16, 2024 |
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Tax relief in Hawaii isn’t just affordable, it’s vital
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:43 PM :: 878 Views :: Taxes
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... Hawaii Council of Revenues recently estimated it expects state tax revenues to total about $9.5 billion this year ....
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Tuesday, July 16, 2024 |
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Green Names Climate Advisory Team
By News Release @ 8:59 PM :: 970 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment, Hawaii State Government
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... Team to Produce Policy Guidance for Climate Resilience and Disaster Recovery ....
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Tuesday, July 16, 2024 |
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Hawaii Join NATO? State Department Responds
By Ed Case @ 5:20 PM :: 804 Views :: Hawaii History, Military
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... State Says Formal Amendment Of The Treaty Is “Unlikely” ....
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Tuesday, July 16, 2024 |
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RNC: Shirlene Dela Cruz Leads Hawaii Delegates Voting for Trump
By Video @ 3:54 PM :: 1169 Views :: Republican Party
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... VIDEO: Shirlene Dela Cruz announcing Hawaii Republican delegation voting for Trump at Republican National Convention Monday, July 15, 2024 ....
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Tuesday, July 16, 2024 |
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Agriculture: Record Spending on Invasive Species
By News Release @ 3:05 AM :: 819 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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... Record funding for biosecurity measures approved by the state Legislature this year will expand the state’s efforts to stop the spread of invasive species such as little fire ants, the coconut rhinoceros beetle and coqui frogs ....
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Tuesday, July 16, 2024 |
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Who Needs Collective Bargaining? Teachers Get $10K 'Differential' for Another Year
By News Release @ 2:30 AM :: 837 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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...In a memo dated May 31, the HIDOE announced the continuation of differentials, ranging from $3,000 to $10,000 annually....
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Tuesday, July 16, 2024 |
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Hawaii: Highest Electric Rates, Lowest Electric Usage
By Wallet Hub @ 1:31 AM :: 1207 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii has the lowest average monthly consumption of electricity per consumer ....
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Tuesday, July 16, 2024 |
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Palestine Activists at UH Manoa Oppose RIMPAC
By Selected News Articles @ 12:49 AM :: 864 Views :: Higher Education, Military
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... A University of Hawaii instructor is calling on the institution to cut ties with the U.S. Navy and Israel ....
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Monday, July 15, 2024 |
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Kauai: Hanapepe Fire Approaches Kaumakani, Immediate Evacuations Ordered
By News Release @ 10:23 PM :: 813 Views :: Kauai County
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... KIUC has de-energized lines in Hanapepe and Kaumakani due to the brushfire ....
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Monday, July 15, 2024 |
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Mental Illness: Hawaii has Lowest Rate of Involuntary Commitment in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 5:11 PM :: 1007 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Homelessness
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... Mental illness is a central driver of the homelessness crisis ....
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Monday, July 15, 2024 |
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UH Manoa offering sexuality studies courses on ‘oceanic gender’ and ‘queer dance’
By Selected News Articles @ 4:47 PM :: 847 Views :: Family, Higher Education
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... One course conducts an ‘[a]nalysis of imperialism, colonialism, gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, and queer(ed) relations and identities in Hawai‘i and the Pacific’ ....
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Sunday, July 14, 2024 |
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'Most hilarious pro-Jones Act argument'
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:52 PM :: 855 Views :: Jones Act
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"...Ships can't crash into bridges if there aren't any ships...."
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Sunday, July 14, 2024 |
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Honolulu Council acts to repeal outdated city transit ordinances
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:46 PM :: 733 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business
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... Grassroot says the two laws are no longer relevant, and they hope the Council will continue to target outdated laws ....
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Sunday, July 14, 2024 |
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Governor surprises broadcasters by dropping censorship power
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:43 PM :: 677 Views :: First Amendment
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... Gov. Josh Green signs a bill prohibiting the governor or mayors from suspending electronic transmissions during emergencies ....
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Sunday, July 14, 2024 |
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Housing: "You gotta let the private sector do it"
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:20 PM :: 830 Views :: Kauai County, Development
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"...if you really want things to change substantially, you gotta let the private sector do it, not the county be a developer, not the state be a developer....”
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Sunday, July 14, 2024 |
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Tax Cuts: We Need to Keep What We’ve Won
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 990 Views :: Taxes
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... the largest tax cut in Hawaii’s history ....
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Saturday, July 13, 2024 |
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VIDEO: Trump Assassination Attempt at PA Rally
By Video @ 9:10 PM :: 1235 Views :: Politicians
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... Trump said a bullet “pierced the upper part of my right ear.” ....
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Saturday, July 13, 2024 |
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Why Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Guam aren’t covered in NATO’s defense pact
By Selected News Articles @ 4:03 PM :: 934 Views :: Hawaii History, Military
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... Article Five is only applicable if the attack occurs at a location north of the Tropic of Cancer ....
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Saturday, July 13, 2024 |
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JSC Seeking Five Nominees for Circuit/Family Court
By News Release @ 1:03 PM :: 668 Views :: Judiciary
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... one position is triple-extended ....
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Saturday, July 13, 2024 |
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DEADLINE EXTENDED AGAIN: Judicial Vacancy – Chief Judge, Intermediate Court of Appeals
By News Release @ 1:00 PM :: 3642 Views :: Judiciary
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... Chief Judge, Intermediate Court of Appeals, State of Hawaiʻi ....
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Saturday, July 13, 2024 |
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BLNR Destroys Kayak Business-Denies Hearing
By News Release @ 4:09 AM :: 920 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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... Jensen and Ohana Kayak Rentals are responsible for a $35,000 fine in addition to the prohibition of permits for 24 months ....
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Saturday, July 13, 2024 |
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Outsider Foolishly Buys N. Shore Oceanfront Lot--BLNR Steals It
By News Release @ 3:36 AM :: 1048 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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... the proposed fines totaled more than $3.2 million after some genius threw a rock at an albatross ....
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Saturday, July 13, 2024 |
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Miske Lawyers Blame Wayne Miller for Everything
By Court House News @ 3:14 AM :: 1182 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police, Drugs
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... racketeering, fraud and attempted kidnapping ....
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Friday, July 12, 2024 |
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Ed Case Calls on Biden to Quit Race
By Ed Case @ 3:45 PM :: 884 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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"As to who that candidate should be, there are various paths to that decision. They are difficult and uncertain."
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Friday, July 12, 2024 |
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US Senators Call for Hawaii to Join NATO
By News Release @ 2:04 PM :: 862 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Military
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... senators raised concerns about the omission of Hawai‘i under Article 6 of the NATO Treaty ....
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Friday, July 12, 2024 |
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Officials Write Second Amendment Out of Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 PM :: 1078 Views :: Second Amendment
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... there’s a troubling trend by state officials to write Second Amendment freedoms out of the island state ....
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Friday, July 12, 2024 |
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Green says major budget reform begins next year
By Selected News Articles @ 4:02 AM :: 839 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Taxes
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... Hawaii lawmakers enacted a large income tax cut this year, and major budget reform will begin next year to ensure it stays in place, Gov. Josh Green said ....
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Friday, July 12, 2024 |
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Gun Industry Lawsuit Challenges Hawaii 'Public Nuisance' Law
By News Release @ 3:42 AM :: 701 Views :: Second Amendment
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... will allow frivolous lawsuits against members of the firearm industry for the criminal and negligent misuse of firearms by remote third parties ....
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Friday, July 12, 2024 |
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‘Enough of the terror’: Prosecutors urge jury to convict accused Hawaii crime boss
By Court House News @ 3:38 AM :: 1011 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police, Drugs
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... Miske "left a path of battered bodies, shattered lives, traumatized victims and death scattered in his wake,” as part of a decades-long criminal enterprise ....
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Thursday, July 11, 2024 |
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Hotel Housing for Lahaina Survivors Ends
By News Release @ 11:28 PM :: 1170 Views :: Maui County
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... All remaining Lahaina survivors are evicted from their hotel rooms effective June 30, 2024 ....
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Thursday, July 11, 2024 |
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HD1 Rep Mark Nakashima Dead at 61
By News Release @ 11:07 PM :: 1308 Views :: Hawaii County , Democratic Party, Office of Elections
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“He was unopposed in this year’s primary and general election for the District 1 seat.”
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Thursday, July 11, 2024 |
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Ariel Sellers Murder: Family Court Refuses to Release Secret Records “because of the impression of DHS and the family court that it might create”
By Andrew Walden @ 10:47 PM :: 1206 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Judiciary
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"The family court held that the redacted record could not be disclosed because of the impression of DHS and the family court that it might create."
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Thursday, July 11, 2024 |
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Gay Socialist Teacher sentenced to 30 years for sexual assault of a minor
By News Release @ 5:18 PM :: 971 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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... "Bunag is not only a sexual predator, but a former intermediate school teacher who preyed on one of his students," said Prosecuting Attorney Steve Alm. ...
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