Entries for April 2018

...Hawaii lost 1.9 percent of construction jobs between February and March....

...The funds will be allotted to the State Department of Defense for disaster relief this fiscal year for the repairs and will lapse at the end of the next fiscal year....

...The effective date of the appointment is June 8, 2018....

... Hawaii, and oil rich Wyoming and N Dakota are among the cleanest--8 of the 10 most ozone polluted cities are in 'green' California ....

...The pilot is funded by the Hawai‘i Department of Health — Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division and involves a partnership between more than 30 community organizations....

...HDOA worked with federal and state drug enforcement agencies to successfully import the hemp seed varietal, Yuma, from China....

...Twelve Suggestions Made By You To Reform The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs.... 

...House Concurrent Resolution 160 (HCR160) passed unanimously in the Senate on April 17....

...but Hawaii ranks 44th for kids dental health care....

...Hawaii will be set back for years with the loss of the Thirty Meter Telescope....

... Hashimoto has served as executive assistant to Maui County Council Chair Mike White since 2011 ....

...The meeting will be held at the Washington Middle School Cafeteria, 1633 S. King Street, from 6 p.m to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 24....

... Waipahu, Pearl City and Kaneohe are the worst ....

...A Democratic senator called out the national party for a fundraising with the misleading subject line special counsel Robert Mueller was about to be “fired.”....

...Update on ethics-related legislation from Hawaii State Ethics Commission agenda....

...The study, “Rich States, Poor States,” released Tuesday by the Virginia-based American Legislative Exchange Council, showed Hawaii slipping two spots from last year’s ranking....

...Hawai‘i National Guard has deployed two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, two CH-47 Chinooks, eight Zodiacs and more than 45 soldiers and airmen to support rescue efforts....

...Dana O. Viola as the First Deputy Attorney General and James W. Walther as the Special Assistant to the Attorney General....

...This practice of discarding human life turns the practice of medicine upside down....

...Every single one of Mock’s customers from age 15-18 is a homosexual child molester.  Who will demand that ‘Janet’ Mock name them?  ‘Her’ identity begins with shielding homosexual child molesters from the police in late 1990s Honolulu....

...The Feds Gave You a Break? Now We, the State, Can Turn the Screws!....

...Clayton Hee explains in this 2-minute video....

...It would have been nice to see this kind of concern on "medication" intended to kill.... 

... OHA Trustees were to discuss reforms of OHA’s troubled LLCs ....

...Pledges to Bring Trust and Confidence back to Government with sound servant leadership....

...Joint statement by DHHL and OHA on 1993 water use permit....

...The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations to fill the following anticipated judicial vacancies in the State of Hawaii....

...veterans experienced delays related to the processing of their enrollment applications, contacting them to schedule appointments, and completing comprehensive mental health evaluations....

...At a time when many advocates of education reform are promoting greater local involvement in schools, Hawaii appears to be moving in the opposite direction....

...parks were selected for this pilot project as many are in close proximity to another park, providing for a good test comparison of effectiveness....

...The permit application process in the Canary Islands, in La Palma, continues. The environmental impact assessment of the project has been submitted to the competent authorities and, once the document is accepted, construction permits and other authorizations will be requested....

...The most popular politician in Hawaii continues to serve Chris Butler....

...The following vacancies need to be filled....

...the university will be watching conference meetings to see how they fare as agreements are made....

...Honolulu tops the City Sanitation ranking, followed by Helsinki and Ottawa in joint second, whereas Dhaka (230) and Port au Prince (231) fill the bottom places....

...one of President Donald Trump’s nominees to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals shows that conventional wisdom isn’t quite right....

...The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday unanimously approved President Donald Trump’s nominee for a position on a federal court in Hawaii....

...Alaska and Hawaii are the two states with the lowest concentration of wealth in the top 1 percent....

...the sales tax bases in Hawaii, New Mexico, and South Dakota are incredibly broad, so it’s not surprising that they would tax these types of transactions....

...We are three weeks away from the end of the 2018 Legislative Session....

...and the establishment of a $150,000 settlement fund for other affected servicemembers, who may be eligible to receive compensation....

...litigation against manufacturers, marketers, and distributors of opioid pain medications who have irresponsibly spread this terrible epidemic....

...Is It Past Time For An OHA “Intervention?”....

“Article 14 of our Constitution requires all boards and commission members who wield significant discretionary or fiscal powers to file financial disclosure statements...."

...In 2016, Hawaii had the highest life expectancy at birth (81.3 years) and Mississippi had the lowest (74.7 years), a 6.6-year difference....

...last year Hawaii Tax Freedom Day was April 19....

...Grassroot Institute president urges removal of barriers to economic mobility....

...With two days left before the Second Crossover deadline more than 220 bills have crossed over from the House to the Senate....

...and these figures are not adjusted for cost of living....

...After all the billions we gave them, HTDC's pet 'High Tech' tax credit recipents claim a paltry $61.27M in revenues for 2017....