Entries for February 2014

"Across the country voters have been misled by attempts to win elections by keeping people from the polls. We can’t let that happen here."

...the conservatives in this survey may be disproportionally counted among the non-voters....

...nearly a century after the generating station first started providing electricity to the people of Oahu....

Any change, as the bill proposes, would require a change to the current collective bargaining agreement with the HSTA, which runs through 2017....

...the bottom line is that things might not be what they seem....

New advertisements, online tools and events have been designed to encourage uninsured residents to set appointments....

...McDermott, who enrolled his eight children in Hawaii’s public schools, doesn’t want his 11-year-old son exposed to a controversial taxpayer-funded sex education program....

...Hanabusa is doing little to show she'll be able to close the gap....

Recent Congressional Votes

• Senate: Federal Flood Insurance Premiums – Passage
• House: Federal Abortion Funding – Passage
• House: Farm Programs Conference Report – Passage

The law imposes new costs and mandates on employer sponsors of health and welfare trust funds, but leaves irresponsible companies free of any obligation to contribute towards their employees' health insurance....

On January 30, nearly 300 people honored former Congresswoman Pat Saiki at the Waialae Country Club....

A candidate may obtain the Application for a Nomination Paper and receive and file his/her nomination paper at the locations listed below....

... at Grace Bible Church, 635 South Hina Avenue, Kahului on Friday, February 7th, 2014 starting at 5:30 PM....

Recently the mayors of our four large counties all got together in what has been described as their annual pilgrimage to the legislature....

On January 29, 1999, exactly 55 years after its launch, the Battleship Missouri Memorial opened in Pearl Harbor ....

Board of Education (BOE) Hearing Tuesday, Feb 4th, 2014, 1:30 PM....

Caldwell today announced the appointment of Linda Chu Takayama to lead the Office of Economic Development as Executive Director....

Faleomavaega was one of Obama’s earliest backers while then Gov. Togiola Tulafono endorsed then-Sen. Clinton....

The new poll, commissioned by Hawaii’s Drug Policy Action Group showed voter support for reform of Hawaii’s policies on marijuana trending upward....

Eighty-seven percent of respondents to a recent study in Hawai'i want to see a decrease in the number of feral cats in the Hawaiian Islands....