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Thursday, June 9, 2022 |
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Volta Securities Fraud: Did Latest Hawaii High Tech Fail Take a Bite out of ERS?
By Andrew Walden @ 10:05 PM :: 3274 Views :: Ethics, Tax Credits
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... Securities fraud, insider trading, $26.7 M in hidden executive stock awards? Yes. Hawaii’s high-tech tax credit schemers are at it again ....
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Thursday, June 9, 2022 |
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Transsexualize Your Child: Hawaii Teachers Union Publishes Toolkit
By News Release @ 5:58 PM :: 3431 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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... all the ways HSTA is working to recruit your son ....
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Thursday, June 9, 2022 |
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Hawai‘i Youth Challenge Academy Graduates 83 Students
By News Release @ 5:41 PM :: 2090 Views :: Education K-12, Military
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... the program’s first graduating class in Hawai‘i to graduate with a 100% post-program employment rate, and official accreditation status ....
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Thursday, June 9, 2022 |
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Hawaii Gun Industry Among Smallest in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 5:27 PM :: 2011 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Second Amendment
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... 1st place Kentucky has 69x more NCIS background checks per capita than 50th place Hawaii ....
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Wednesday, June 8, 2022 |
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Audit: 50 Years of UPW Overtime Games at DPS
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 9:40 PM :: 3279 Views :: Justice Reinvestment, Labor, Law Enforcement
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... Nearly 30 years ago, in our 1992 report, we had raised concerns about the quality of the data used by the department (and nothing has changed since) ....
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Wednesday, June 8, 2022 |
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Short-term rental property owners contest new bill regulating rentals on Hawaii
By Court House News @ 6:10 PM :: 2983 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business, Tourism
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... Property owners maintain that pre-existing rental properties shouldn't be subject to a new ordinance changing minimum lease length ....
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Wednesday, June 8, 2022 |
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Mosquito News: DLNR Refutes anti-GMO Lies
By News Release @ 5:39 PM :: 2439 Views :: Environment, GMOs
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... Despite misinformation circulating on social media, the importation of “incompatible-male” mosquitoes to control populations of wild mosquitoes and to save four native bird species from extinction, does not involve the use of any genetically modified organisms (GMOs) or genetically engineered (GE) organisms ....
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Wednesday, June 8, 2022 |
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Sierra Club, Solar Industry Rally Against SB2510
By News Release @ 4:48 PM :: 2049 Views :: Energy
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... capping the amount of any single renewable energy source to 45% per island ....
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Tuesday, June 7, 2022 |
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Cocaine News Update: Is Council District 2 Reserved for Crime Families?
By Andrew Walden @ 11:41 PM :: 9373 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Politicians, Drugs
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... Council Dist 2: Makua Rothman vs convicted cocaine dealer Chad Tsuneyoshi ....
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Tuesday, June 7, 2022 |
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508 Candidates Pull Papers -- 394 file
By News Release @ 11:00 PM :: 26663 Views :: Office of Elections
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... filing closed Tuesday, June 7, 2022, candidates have one day to withdraw ....
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Tuesday, June 7, 2022 |
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When permission is absent--Misrepresentation of Micronesian navigation must be corrected
By Selected News Articles @ 9:48 PM :: 4069 Views :: Hawaii History
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... Cultural appropriation by the Polynesian Voyaging Society is robbing me and my Micronesian brothers of our heritage, history and truthful place in the world ....
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Tuesday, June 7, 2022 |
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Racial Equality in Education -- Hawaii Ranks 11th
By Selected News Articles @ 9:08 PM :: 2063 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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... data compares the difference between white and black Americans in areas such as high school and college degrees, test scores and graduation rates ....
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Tuesday, June 7, 2022 |
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Hawaii Lack of Affordable Housing “largely a manufactured crisis”
By Video @ 7:15 PM :: 4824 Views :: Development, Land Use
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... ‘Hawaii zoning atlas’ will identify barriers to housing ....
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Tuesday, June 7, 2022 |
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Biden Admin Claims Hawaii is Economic Success Story
By News Release @ 2:07 PM :: 2972 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19
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"...In the largest sector (government), the Hawaii economy added 400 jobs between January 2021 and April 2022...."
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Tuesday, June 7, 2022 |
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Feds Bust Gambling, Drug Ring Operating on Maui, Oahu
By News Release @ 1:08 PM :: 2763 Views :: Gambling, Drugs
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... once again the Feds doing the job the State won't do ....
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Monday, June 6, 2022 |
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State Economy: Hawaii Ranks 48th
By Selected News Articles @ 5:47 PM :: 2463 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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... 2022’s Best & Worst State Economies ....
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Monday, June 6, 2022 |
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Hawaii 3rd Highest Closing Costs in USA
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 1734 Views :: Cost of Living
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... Average Closing Costs for Purchase Mortgages Increased 13.4% in 2021--CoreLogic ....
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Monday, June 6, 2022 |
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Hawaii Most Dangerous State for COVID-19 Right Now
By Selected News Articles @ 4:13 AM :: 2237 Views :: COVID-19
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... On a per capita basis, the Aloha State reported 88.7 average daily cases per 100,000 people, the most of any state ....
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Monday, June 6, 2022 |
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Hawaii Cost of Living Matched by Cost of Dying
By Selected News Articles @ 3:50 AM :: 2715 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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... The Cost of Dying: Average cost of funerals, cremations, and medical care ....
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Monday, June 6, 2022 |
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Where it Pays to be a Nurse? -- not Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:43 AM :: 3294 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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... the high cost of living makes Hawaii nurses the lowest-salaried nurses in the nation ....
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Sunday, June 5, 2022 |
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Duke Aiona Running for Governor?
By Andrew Walden @ 3:47 PM :: 3941 Views :: Republican Party
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...Will Hawaii Republicans manage to field a credible candidate for Governor?....
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Sunday, June 5, 2022 |
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HB2024: UH Outlines Mauna Kea Leases to be Abandoned
By News Release @ 7:41 AM :: 3716 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... HB2024 HD1 SD2 CD1 assumes that UH Real Property Agreements become property owned and controlled by the MKSOA by legislative directive ....
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Sunday, June 5, 2022 |
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The Kansas Experiment: Ten Years Later
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2438 Views :: Tax Credits, Taxes
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... It would have increased the state sales tax and would have eliminated many tax credits and deductions. The legislature, predictably, tossed out these offsets ....
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Saturday, June 4, 2022 |
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Hawaii Mission Academy Sued Over ‘White Privilege’ Attack on Hapa Girl
By Andrew Walden @ 11:22 PM :: 5799 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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... How much money will Hawaii private school boards be willing to pay lawyers for the ‘privilege’ of pushing this latest pseudo-intellectual academic fad on their students? ....
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Saturday, June 4, 2022 |
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Maui’s Public Nuisance Climate Lawsuit
By Selected News Articles @ 6:58 PM :: 2871 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment
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... Over 1,300 climate lawsuits have been filed in the U.S. None has yet succeeded ....
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Saturday, June 4, 2022 |
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Want more housing? Try economic freedom
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:14 PM :: 2397 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... it’s technically easier to build a house for Oprah than it is to build houses for average families ....
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Saturday, June 4, 2022 |
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Iwasa Rips Rail Recovery Plan: “Errors that no one seems to care about”
By Natalie Iwasa @ 5:54 PM :: 3112 Views :: Rail, Taxes
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... HART's recovery plan was shipped off to the FTA today with revenue projections that I think are too high ....
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Saturday, June 4, 2022 |
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Ige Signs Gun Inspection Bill
By News Release @ 10:44 AM :: 2351 Views :: Second Amendment
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... HB2075 (Act 030), restoring part of a previous gun law that was struck down by a federal court last year ....
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Saturday, June 4, 2022 |
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TMT Telescope Abandons Part of Building Permit
By News Release @ 10:38 AM :: 3760 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... DOH received a Notice of Cessation from the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) International Observatory for its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit ....
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Saturday, June 4, 2022 |
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Former Honolulu Police Officer Indicted and Arrested for Child Sex Offenses
By News Release @ 2:47 AM :: 2178 Views :: Police
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... Jordan is listed in HPD’s 2021 annual discipline report that is shared with state lawmakers. The department accused Jordan of criminal conduct, “promoting intoxicating liquor to a minor.” He resigned “prior to discharge” ....
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Friday, June 3, 2022 |
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How to increase housing and ease homelessness in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:26 PM :: 2518 Views :: Homelessness, Cost of Living
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... six major layers of housing regulation: the state Land Use Commission, county plans, community plans, county zoning, special management area permitting and the historic districts ....
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Friday, June 3, 2022 |
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CNHA Swipes Juicy Mainland Tourism Marketing Contract from HVCB
By News Release @ 7:01 AM :: 2525 Views :: Tourism
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... contract for a comprehensive range of brand management and visitor education services for the Hawaiian Islands in the United States market, as well as support services shared by Hawai‘i’s brand management teams worldwide ....
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Friday, June 3, 2022 |
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Eleven Years Later: Bridge Aina Lea Affordable Housing Developer Loses Lawsuit
By News Release @ 6:49 AM :: 2900 Views :: Hawaii County , Development
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... this is what happens if you try to build affordable housing in Hawaii ....
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Friday, June 3, 2022 |
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Hawaii's $800M Crypto Marketplace Last Minute Reprieve
By News Release @ 6:37 AM :: 1933 Views :: Small Business
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... As of December 31, 2021, there were approximately 134,000 Hawai‘i consumers who transacted over $800 million in digital currencies through participating companies in the DCIL .....
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Thursday, June 2, 2022 |
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Biden Mandates Project Labor Agreements, 73% of Contractors will Stop Bidding
By News Release @ 2:49 PM :: 2126 Views :: Development, Labor
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... Seventy-three percent of surveyed firms report they are currently bidding on federal construction projects valued at $35 million or more. Yet the same percentage, 73 percent, report they would not bid on those projects if a project labor agreement were required....
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Thursday, June 2, 2022 |
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Climate Hucksters Sue Hawaii Department of Transportation
By News Release @ 6:21 AM :: 2998 Views :: Energy, Environment, Greenmail
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... plaintiffs claim that their state DOT’s active operation of a transportation system that results in high levels of greenhouse gas emissions is causing significant harm ....
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Thursday, June 2, 2022 |
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Enviros Launch Push for Largest Marine 'Monument' Ever
By News Release @ 5:46 AM :: 2273 Views :: Environment, Small Business
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... It would well surpass the size of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, which was the world’s largest protected area when President Barack Obama expanded it in 2016 ...
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Thursday, June 2, 2022 |
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Surprise: Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts field hearings in Hawaii
By Video @ 5:29 AM :: 3170 Views :: DHHL, Congressional Delegation, OHA
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... These hearings --Chaired by Sen Schatz-- were not announced anywhere. Not by OHA, DHHL, CNHA, nor by any member of the Congressional delegation, nor by any news release from the Senate Indian Affairs Committee ....
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Wednesday, June 1, 2022 |
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Bus Fares Going Up
By News Release @ 6:49 PM :: 3335 Views :: Honolulu County, Cost of Living
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... The Honolulu City Council approved Ordinance 21-7, hiking fares ....
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Wednesday, June 1, 2022 |
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DBEDT Projects Hawaii economic growth unchanged at 3.2 percent
By News Release @ 5:44 AM :: 1733 Views :: Economy
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... despite U.S. economic growth projections being revised downward ....
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Wednesday, June 1, 2022 |
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Where people in Hawaii are moving to most
By Selected News Articles @ 3:34 AM :: 2852 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... Stacker compiled a list of states where people from Hawaii are moving to the most using data from the U.S. Census Bureau. ...
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Tuesday, May 31, 2022 |
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Census Overcount Favored Blue States
By Selected News Articles @ 5:04 AM :: 2594 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Hawaii Statistics
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... red states effectively lost at least three seats in Congress while blue states effectively gained them ....
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Tuesday, May 31, 2022 |
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Hawaii Democrats Elect New Party Chair
By News Release @ 4:36 AM :: 2624 Views :: Democratic Party
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... Anti-Vaxxer Shannon Matson Campaigns for Party Chair, Loses ....
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Monday, May 30, 2022 |
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Auē! All four counties are planning spending sprees
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:30 PM :: 3571 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Kauai County, Maui County, Taxes
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... Hawaii’s gross domestic product is down by 4.43% since 2019, yet even as the economy suffers, all four counties seem determined to spend like crazy ....
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Sunday, May 29, 2022 |
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How to Make Housing Affordable in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:45 PM :: 3323 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... Hint: It's not because of “empty homes,” short-term rentals, “outside investors” or other distractions ....
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Sunday, May 29, 2022 |
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What went down at the 2022 Hawaii Legislature
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:38 PM :: 2100 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... the good, the bad and the ugly ....
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