Entries for June 2017

...2017’s Most & Least Independent States....

...According to Nature and Scientific American, claims of coral damage from sunscreen are a bunch of hype....

Pasha faces the more immediate need to renew its fleet, which still has four steamships over 30 years old....

Honolulu raked in over $50 million in property taxes last year, from the top 10 taxpaying properties alone....

...no specific dates have been set for the special session and no rail funding mechanism has been agreed upon....

"The department has made every effort to find solutions to cooling our classrooms in ways that are not only cost-efficient but also energy efficient..."

“Our study shows...it takes very little warming for conditions to turn deadly in the tropics.”

Stuck in traffic? Panos Prevedouros will share traffic solutions that will free up our state's gridlock and get traffic flowing again....

• Senate: Rapuano Nomination – Confirmation
• Senate: Saudi Arms Sale Disapproval – Motion to Discharge
• Senate: Iranian and Russian Sanctions
• House: Health Insurance Tax Credit Verification
• House: Veterans Affairs Department Accountability
• House: Health Care Tax Credit Expansion

Decisive Endorsement? Gay Thief Approves Fukumoto for Democratic Party membership....

States that expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act (the ACA) saw 2.5 emergency department visits more per 1,000 people after 2014....

...None of the 65 Special Funds proposed in the 2017 Legislative session met criteria....

The Department of Health, which administers the Program, has been aware of this flawed payment system since 2006 but has done little to address it....

...The County Finance Director’s travel was presumed to be to attend an Association of Certified Fraud Examiners in Nashville, TN, relating to “bribery and corruption”....

...the HPD and PAT (Office of Prosecuting Attorney) lifecycle for domestic violence incidents can result in reclassifications and decisions that affect the case....

...economic security of women and men aged 65 and older in Hawaii, including their marital status, poverty, and various sources and amounts of income....

...Check out today’s map below to see where your state lies on the wine tax spectrum....

...negotiations with the public employee unions take place mostly at the state level, but the counties nevertheless are on the hook....

Hawaii federal judge Susan Oki Mollway yesterday dismissed a lawsuit filed by a private landowner against the State of Hawaii after the State Land Use Commission in 2011 reverted more than 1,000 acres of land in South Kohala on Hawaii island from urban to agricultural use....

Honolulu average Internet download speed ranks 99th of 100 US cities....

VIDEO: Mike Hansen discusses what this means, whether it's likely to happen, and how it fits in the Hawaii marine seascape....

Clients were 64% less likely to visit the emergency room and 74% less likely to be admitted to a hospital....

...families continue to offer a strong foundation for Hawaiʻi’s children, according to the 2017 KIDS COUNT Data Book....

...Democrats—who so piously declare themselves champions of the middle class and working families—will have accomplished nothing but to further increase the already exorbitant cost of living in Hawaii....

Beneficiaries are calling for higher levels of transparency and accountability....

...New Anacortes-built trawler could be grounded by old law, endangering two Washington State firms....

Senate: Elwood Nomination - Confirmation
Senate: Iran Sanctions - Cloture
House: Customs and Border Protection Polygraph Waiver
House: Financial Regulation Restructuring

...retroactive tax legislation....

...prepare for a new phase of de-vitalization of Banyan Drive....

...Representative Cynthia Thielen (H District 50 Kailua, Kaneohe Bay) assistant Minority Floor Leader, discusses the Honolulu rail project with Randall W. Roth, JD,LLM....

...state lawmakers are eager to capture $26 million dollars in tax money every year from short-term vacation rentals....

The laggards are Alaska, Hawaii, New Mexico, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia....

...oddly enough, global warmers are still not lining up to accept my very generous offer of 10% of assessed value for their Hawaii oceanfront real estate....

...Philly Shipyard is in advanced talks with a leading Jones Act operator to establish a new shipping service in the Hawaii containership trade with up to four new, state-of-the-art, cost-effective and environment-friendly vessels....

All fifty states and the District of Columbia impose some tax on beer above and beyond the general sales tax....

...McDermott calls for Special Session....

...Gabbard earns positive marks from just 49 percent of Democrats....

...DEA Form 452 doesn’t exist....

...DoE Priorities Reflect Teachers Union, HGEA Goals....

...The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs Independent Audit Hasn't Even Started Yet & Already Someone Has Been Caught....

The law is set to go into effect on Dec. 31, 2018....

Housing First Increment III will provide permanent supportive housing to 100 households experiencing chronic homelessness at a cost of $2.2 million....

...The irony that the biggest discrepancy of rich and poor I've ever seen - existing side by side before my own eyes - is located in a Democratic Party fiefdom did not escape my notice....

At $10,670, the average in-state tuition and fees are by no means the highest in the nation. However, the cost of necessities is higher here than in any other state....