Maui County

...providing safe and reliable utility service at a reasonable cost, through the development of Resource Plans and Scenarios....

...the Honolulu City Council will be voting this Thursday to accept or not the federal grant allotment for the rail system....

...Honolulu Council Committee on Legislative Matters hearing this Monday, November 26 at 10 a.m. at Honolulu Hale....

I want to make it clear that while I fully support Mayor-Elect Caldwell, I won my own election as the State Representative for District 46 – Wahiawa, Whitmore Village, Launani Valley, and my intention at this time is to stay in the House....

Kawailoa Wind project has been completed and commercial operations have begun. Located on Kamehameha Schools’ Kawailoa Plantation lands on Oahu’s North Shore....

HART will sign a full funding grant agreement with the FTA to provide $1,550,000,000 for the Oahu rail project, according to a Congressional notification sent to the Senate Committee on Appropriations....

The Negative Outlook reflects Fitch's concerns about the timeliness of the closing of the sales of the non-core assets....

Every improvement to the H-1 freeway done between 2000 and 2012 has been analyzed and justified by Dr. Prevedouros, including the upcoming PM Zipper lane and the lane addition at the Middle Street merge....

Friday, November, 16, 2012 from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

James Donovan on CSUF campus November 28, 2012....

The Second Amendment is alive and well in Hawaii....

Honolulu City Council passed Resolution 12-305 unanimously requesting an investigation be conducted on last week’s elections

They will enter the school exactly at 8am and then leave exactly at 3pm ....

After the polls close, HRP will join hundreds of volunteers and supporters at Lingle campaign headquarters....

Over the weekend, our opponent began airing negative radio ads designed to attack Charles' character and divert the voters' attention from the serious issues facing our state and nation....

...residents I spoke with felt isolated and excluded from the “Keep the Country Country” movement because of a perceived unwillingness by the organization to find common ground ....

“I don’t support Osama bin-Laden. I didn’t cheat on my LSAT.” That was the message HD11 Democratic House candidate Kaniela Ing blurted out to the astounded members of the Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission at a hearing Thursday, November 1.

...our internal polls have us with a slight lead....

... if PRP succeeds in Hawaii's most negative campaign (so far), that campaign will become the new norm for Hawai'i politics ....

Today's Order gave some clues about whether the court would conclusively halt the project, but deferred a ruling until December....  

Full Text Federal Court Order 

Yesterday’s report on campaign donations reveals that he continues to accept great numbers of monetary contributions from government contractors, including Honolulu rail contractors....

TONIGHT, Thursday, November 1 – 6:00-8:30 p.m....

Our campaign is surging in the closing days! As we approach Election Day, you can feel the momentum building....

With 7 days to go, this race is a dead heat. Here are the results ....

SMS did a survey of 303 interviews, 90% said they unfamiliar with `Aina Koa Pono (AKP). 10% were aware of AKP. The math says this is 29-31 people.

...the RFP is expected six months before the IRP process is complete and at least a year before the results of the PEIS are released....

...The Star Advertiser polled 60% of Democrats in their sample; while our pollster believes that the number of Democrats in our congressional district is closer to 45% of the electorate....

Liliha, “the last of the old-time places on Oahu”, is being targeted by the pro-development Pacific Resources Partnership....

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Hawai'i Free Press endorsements on State and County ballot initiatives....

Defend Ben is now doing the same thing on behalf of Ben's candidacy, and Ben is certainly not censuring Defend Ben....

...free food and an opportunity to tell Charles about the issues you care about most....

... candidates who strongly support saving farmland and who will work to promote local farms ....

Even when given a softball question on finding common ground between the political parties, Colleen Hanabusa, actually stated, "I'm not quite sure what you mean by common ground."

Tonight at 8:00 p.m. PBS will host the final debate ....

Galuteria is a major force behind the continuing legislative attempt to tax the pension income of our retirees....

...supported by an unlimited pledge of ad valorem property tax....

Djou offered a clear vision for Hawai’i: create jobs here at home by strengthening our small businesses and build a better future for our children ....

It took three months for UHSC to stop Ing from misrepresenting himself but after Ing was threatened with expulsion from UH, he capitulated....

If Proposal #2 is approved by voters, the Council could create any special fund it wishes and override Cayetano's veto with a 6-3 super-majority.

Thursday, October 25, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in Classroom 1, 2515 Dole Street....

...the Sierra Club has claimed that they oppose the Public Lands Development Corporation but are supporting Clayton Hee who voted for and supported it in the Senate....

residents have reported receiving 4 or 5 large mailers from PRP supporting Carol Fukunaga, which potentially cost over $60,000 to print and mail

Ample reserves and demonstrated revenue-raising ability provide the city with the  flexibility to manage both expenditure pressures and economic cyclicality.

The Court denied an appeal by Bombardier Transportation USA Inc....

BRT would provide the same transit ridership for about one tenth the cost....

"Because camping fees will be deposited into the general fund, rather than a special revenue account or other special fund, the parks and recreation department has no plan for how it intends to make improvements to the camping program." -- Audit

City Reduction In Bus Service For Rail Could Be Federal Violation According To US Dept of Transportation Policy....

Today my team and I are announcing the results of our poll: We are in a dead heat with the leading candidate....