Entries for December 2016

Updated December 14, 2016 ....

Mulvaney, a South Carolina Republican, is a founding member of the House Freedom Caucus, the most conservative group in Congress....

...no one in the Hawaiian Civic Club membership was consulted ahead of time....

People get viscerally upset when you tell them they need to follow a rule they didn't know and couldn't have known....

...a landmark report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, released earlier this month....

...the end of 145 years of harvesting and processing sugar cane on Maui....

This means the electorate cannot be blamed for the government....

...no mention of the massive rate hikes....

Company cites spending $900M in grid upgrades for reliability, renewable energy....

On Thursday, the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs held its second meeting since its reorganization....

...China (is not) as large a risk as the possibility of policy errors by the incoming Trump administration....

...based on 10 key indicators of elder-abuse protection....

...Papahanuamokueakea MNM may account for a potential loss of about 2.5 million pounds per year of tuna and other pelagic species and affect more than 100 jobs....

Instead of spending money on enforcement, it would be better to use resources to expedite the permitting process....

“Disasters are a fact of life,” said San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee....

Hawaii had the second largest military spending as a percent of its GDP at 9.8 percent....

...Years of Positive Health Gains in the United States Threatened by Rise in Cardiovascular and Drug Deaths....

EPA is seeking civil penalties of over $4.8 million....

Stealing money, forging documents, conducting improper surveillance and lying to investigators....

Conversion therapy....

Tomorrow, the city will send approximately 300,000 notices....

Hawaii Head Start enrolled 3,167 children during the 2014-2015 program year----about 10 percent of the state’s low-income children under age 5....

Over 9% of Hawaii’s population were surveyed....

...The State is the senior partner in the tobacco industry....

The lawsuit by Hu Honua Bioenergy accuses Hawaii Electric Light of refusing to agree to extensions....

...Rep Ryan Zinke (R-MT) is a member of the House Natural Resources Committee....

...appointing ACO A as Inmate’s attorney for the purpose of making a one-time withdrawal of $10,000 from Inmate’s bank account with the intent that the money be divided and distributed between the three ACOs....

...and HHSC CFO helps wife get a job...and a DOA engineer gets fined $1000....

Laurel Johnston to serve as deputy director of the Department of Budget and Finance--Ryker Wada to be the deputy director of the Department of Human Resources Development....

The best and worst states for drivers: See how each state measures up....

Charter-wide averages in achievement and growth in English Language Arts, math and science continue to be slightly below the statewide average. However, in college readiness measures charter schools outperform the state....

Hawaii's ranking was dragged down by especially low scores in income tax (49th), sales tax (50th), and union density (48th)....

The 114th Congress has come to a close for anticipated legislative business. The 115th Congress will convene on Tuesday, January 3, 2017....

OHA may be able to pick boaters’ pockets, but it turns out shore-bound fishermen are protected....

Caldwell will be meeting with a Whos-Who of ultra-liberal West-Coast Mayors who get homelessness wrong every time....

The scope of the HawaiiPay project includes the modernization of the payroll process followed by time and attendance....

...an 84 percent increase from 2010 to 2016....

If Dot Foods loses, none of us is safe....

The legislation is supported by the Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) and the U.S. Peace Council....

The top four teams are from Maryknoll, Pearl City, Roosevelt and Waiakea high schools....

“It is the threat that keeps me awake at night,” the senior military official said....

...convene a hearing into Mayor Kirk Caldwell and Managing Director Roy Amemiya withholding information from the public....

As Republicans prepare to hammer out the details of a replacement for Obamacare, governors and state insurance commissioners are asking for a seat at the table....

The term "shared economy" tends to bring to mind app-based services like Uber, Lyft, or Airbnb. But that's only one facet....

...Getting astray on hobby activism that really doesn’t solve an issue won’t guide a people forward....

"...I found it pretty offensive...."

...analysis of the financial statements of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs....

The average price per kilowatt hour for KIUC members is down 18 percent in 2016 when compared to 2008....