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| Thursday, August 15, 2013 |
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Final Judgment: Online Travel Companies Owe State $246M
By News Release @ 10:21 PM :: 6663 Views
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...final judgment in favor of the State of Hawaii and against nine Online Travel Companies selling Hawaii hotel rooms over the Internet....
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| Thursday, August 15, 2013 |
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VIDEO: Anti-GMO Activists Destroy Golden Rice in Philippines
By Video @ 9:30 PM :: 4934 Views
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More than 1,000 swiftly sign letter denouncing anti-GMO militants’ criminal act in Philippines....
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| Thursday, August 15, 2013 |
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Redefine Marriage: Get ready for the throuples
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:55 PM :: 6568 Views
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| Thursday, August 15, 2013 |
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UH Responds to Star-Adv: Claims Inouye Center Project 'Not Shrouded in Secrecy'
By News Release @ 2:26 PM :: 10658 Views
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"...swift action on the center was necessary since the senate will store papers for no longer than six months from the time the office is closed...."
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| Thursday, August 15, 2013 |
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New Poll Shows Support for Defunding Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:57 PM :: 4404 Views
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57 percent—support defunding this unfair, unaffordable, unworkable law....
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| Thursday, August 15, 2013 |
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Abercrombie: Too Expensive to Put Juvenile Offenders in Custody
By News Release @ 1:37 AM :: 7066 Views
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A new bipartisan, inter-branch working group will analyze the state’s juvenile justice system and develop data-driven policy recommendations for the 2014 Legislature....
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| Wednesday, August 14, 2013 |
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| Wednesday, August 14, 2013 |
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Update On Hawaii Reapportionment SCOTUS Appeal
By Robert Thomas @ 11:35 PM :: 7102 Views
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In state reapportionment cases such as this, the Court has "appellate" jurisdiction to directly review decisions by the US District Court for the District of Hawaii....
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| Wednesday, August 14, 2013 |
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Hawaii County: Police Chief Addresses Corruption, Aloha, and Tinted Windows
By News Release @ 1:35 PM :: 9553 Views
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results of the Hawaiʻi Police Department’s 2013 Community Satisfaction Survey and the police chief’s responses....
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| Wednesday, August 14, 2013 |
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Common Core: What Obama Wants for Your Children and Grandchildren
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:34 PM :: 4666 Views
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America has reached an education policy fork in the road....
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| Wednesday, August 14, 2013 |
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Is ObamaCare Paving the Way for a Single-Payer System?
By NCPA @ 1:34 PM :: 4440 Views
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ObamaCare's new insurance exchanges and expansion of Medicaid represent the building blocks....
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| Wednesday, August 14, 2013 |
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Senate Hearing to Consider Kahoolawe Trust Fund, State Historic Preservation
By News Release @ 5:01 AM :: 5738 Views
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Tuesday, August 27, 2013 Conference Room 229 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street....
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| Wednesday, August 14, 2013 |
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Star-Advertiser Gets it Wrong: Obama Cannot Act on ‘Sovereignty’
By Andrew Walden @ 1:58 AM :: 8620 Views
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...the Schatz and Hanabusa camps seek to outdo each other in hare-brained schemes to invent the Akaka Tribe. And the Star-Advertiser editorial board has been suckered by the rhetoric....
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| Tuesday, August 13, 2013 |
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The Jones Act: Road to Repeal
By Michael Hansen @ 5:40 PM :: 6147 Views
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...any law or set of laws that work against the public interest will give rise to chink-in-the-armor attacks by other, competing special interests....
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| Tuesday, August 13, 2013 |
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Pricey Honolulu rail project faces more legal hurdles
By Malia Zimmerman @ 5:28 PM :: 6319 Views
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“If the judges apply the law I believe we will win.” -- Ben Cayetano
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| Tuesday, August 13, 2013 |
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OSHA hits Hawaii refrigerated food warehouse: $253K Fine, 63 Violations
By News Release @ 3:59 PM :: 7743 Views
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...a refrigerated food warehouse in Honolulu occupied by Unicold Corp. and nine tenants....
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| Tuesday, August 13, 2013 |
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Watch Honolulu Rail Appeal Live From SF 11AM Thursday
By Honolulu Traffic @ 3:18 PM :: 5431 Views
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Ninth Circuit Appeals Court hearing will last about one hour or less....
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| Tuesday, August 13, 2013 |
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Why Fracking Could End the Age of Gas Price Spikes
By NCPA @ 1:59 PM :: 4264 Views
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For decades, a specter has haunted the U.S. economy: surging gas prices....
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| Tuesday, August 13, 2013 |
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Obama Administration: Largest Tax Hike since WWII
By NCPA @ 1:57 PM :: 4571 Views
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...taxes are rising faster now under Obama than they have under any other president since WWII....
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| Tuesday, August 13, 2013 |
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The Imperial President Will Act on His Own
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:50 PM :: 8606 Views
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...the President has shown a distinct contempt for the legal limits on his power....
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| Monday, August 12, 2013 |
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DLNR Seeks Applications for SHPD Administrator
By News Release @ 5:21 PM :: 7071 Views
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Closing date for applications is August 30, 2013....
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| Monday, August 12, 2013 |
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KOS: Open Primary Forces Democrats to Discipline Lawmakers
By Selected News Articles @ 2:31 PM :: 7610 Views
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Because of Hawaii’s bizarre primary system, in which non-party members are allowed to vote, the possibility of party grass roots disciplining people like Gabbard, through primarying him, is very remote....
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| Monday, August 12, 2013 |
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Rail: The remaining issues still before Judge Tashima
By Honolulu Traffic @ 1:11 PM :: 5917 Views
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the Judge ruled that the FTA and the City undertake the following....
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| Monday, August 12, 2013 |
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Anti-GMO Activists See December Deadline for County Action
By News Release @ 1:02 PM :: 5552 Views
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During this last legislative session, Monsanto and associates sought to pass SB727....
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| Monday, August 12, 2013 |
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Defiance
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:31 PM :: 4436 Views
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...the case for defunding Obamacare....
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| Sunday, August 11, 2013 |
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Akaka Tribe “Disenrollment” -- 75% of Hawaiians “will not be acknowledged”
By Andrew Walden @ 9:00 PM :: 9687 Views
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The Akaka Tribe hasn’t even formed yet--but the expulsions have already begun....
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| Sunday, August 11, 2013 |
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Producers Already Enjoy Reduced Rate
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:01 AM :: 10611 Views
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...it is not the cost of the tax that adds to the price of locally grown products as much as it is the external factors such as the cost of land, labor, and regulatory compliance....
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| Saturday, August 10, 2013 |
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Trouble Paying Car Note? Call OHA, They'll Give You Cash
By News Release @ 5:55 PM :: 7379 Views
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Other services include financial assistance with asset-building strategies, such as Individual Development Accounts, which are special savings accounts....
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| Saturday, August 10, 2013 |
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9.2% Preschoolers Obese: Hawaii Lowest in Nation
By News Release @ 5:27 PM :: 7242 Views
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the prevalence of preschool obesity ranged from 9.2% to 17.9%....
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| Saturday, August 10, 2013 |
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JN Musto: Will Hawaii Become the Next Detroit?
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:32 PM :: 7564 Views
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Musto discusses with Grassroot Institute’s president Keli’i Akina the similarities and differences between Detroit and Hawaii in light of Detroit’s recent declaration of bankruptcy....
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| Saturday, August 10, 2013 |
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Not Just Hawaii: Insurance Companies Reject Obamacare Exchanges--Reid Predicts Single-Payer Coming
By Andrew Walden @ 2:03 PM :: 5414 Views
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Just as in Hawaii, the Obamacare Exchanges in other states are not attracting insurance competitors....
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| Saturday, August 10, 2013 |
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Honolulu City Lights display deadline August 30
By News Release @ 4:59 AM :: 6998 Views
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...submit applications to the Department of Customer Services by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 30....
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| Friday, August 9, 2013 |
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Kauai Adolescent Drug Treatment Study Published, Site Selection Next
By News Release @ 10:03 PM :: 9275 Views
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...results of a feasibility study on the proposed adolescent residential drug treatment and healing facility are now available online....
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| Friday, August 9, 2013 |
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Sequestration Cost Hawaii $684M
By UHERO @ 7:29 PM :: 6705 Views
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federal tax increases and the spending sequester have weighed on growth in the year’s first half....
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| Friday, August 9, 2013 |
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Fitch Ratings Analyzes DHHL Lease Portfolio
By News Release @ 4:08 PM :: 6537 Views
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...could lead to revocation of as much as 20% of permits....
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| Friday, August 9, 2013 |
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The Next Threat to Your Privacy
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:06 PM :: 4849 Views
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When Obamacare’s health insurance exchanges open, your data could be exposed to shysters and hackers, thanks to serious vulnerabilities in the system....
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| Friday, August 9, 2013 |
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Ten Principles for Better Regulation
By NCPA @ 2:59 PM :: 6203 Views
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In 1993, President Clinton's Executive Order 12866 laid out the fundamental requirements that have governed regulatory analysis and review ever since....
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| Friday, August 9, 2013 |
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Audio: Mike Hansen on the Rick Hamada Show -- Jones Act Interview
By Audio @ 4:02 AM :: 6234 Views
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AUDIO: Hawaii Shippers Council President Mike Hansen interviewed for the Rick Hamada Community Affairs program....
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| Friday, August 9, 2013 |
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Report: Feds Have No Idea Why $200M Hawaii Harbors Contract Doubled in Cost
By News Release @ 3:08 AM :: 8667 Views
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MARAD could not provide documentation showing who developed the various port project estimates or explain why they doubled over time....
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| Thursday, August 8, 2013 |
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Kona Resident Sentenced to 20 Months in Prison for Operating Illegal Gambling Business
By News Release @ 9:26 PM :: 1964 Views
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... Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi sentenced Eric Ford, age 45, to 20 months in prison today ....
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| Thursday, August 8, 2013 |
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Hawaii senator Brian Schatz involved in simulated sheep rape rituals
By Selected News Articles @ 8:55 PM :: 11658 Views
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“The Humane Society is currently examining the sheep to see if it has been sexually molested.”
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| Thursday, August 8, 2013 |
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Complaint Alleges Wrongdoing by Hanabusa Campaign
By Malia Zimmerman @ 8:15 PM :: 8688 Views
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Hanabusa is the target of a Federal Elections Commission complaint filed Tuesday by Daniel Hempey....
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| Thursday, August 8, 2013 |
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Report: Hawaii third highest in per capita interest costs
By Malia Zimmerman @ 8:13 PM :: 7321 Views
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Last year, Hawaii spent more than $175 per person — $244 million in all — just to fund its interest payments, the third highest rate per person in the country....
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| Thursday, August 8, 2013 |
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Ninth Circuit Rail Appeal Preview
By Robert Thomas @ 5:13 PM :: 5938 Views
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Here's the latest on the federal court action....
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| Thursday, August 8, 2013 |
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UHERO: Coastal Zone Management in Hawaii
By UHERO @ 5:01 PM :: 7234 Views
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Hawaii has 750 linear miles of coastline....
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| Thursday, August 8, 2013 |
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UHERO: School's Out, Unemployment Up?
By UHERO @ 4:51 PM :: 7154 Views
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Last week's Star Advertiser reported that Honolulu’s unemployment rate increased from May’s 4.0% to 4.7% in June....
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| Thursday, August 8, 2013 |
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What Everybody Ought to Know About Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 7:00 AM :: 4648 Views
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Congress is well on its way to solving its Obamacare problem—for Members of Congress and their staffs, that is....
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| Thursday, August 8, 2013 |
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PUC Chief Counsel Quits
By News Release @ 3:31 AM :: 7077 Views
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Awakuni has served as chief counsel for the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) since 2011....
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| Thursday, August 8, 2013 |
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"Hawaii's Fittest CEO" at Center of Alleged Ponzi Scheme
By News Release @ 12:07 AM :: 6816 Views
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DCCA issued a Preliminary Order to Cease and Desist and Notice of Right to Hearing against a Hawaii businessman, David T. Low, and his company, Hawaii Capital Management, LLC...
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