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Entries for 'Selected News Articles'
Tuesday, January 19, 2021 |
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Honolulu #1 -- Most Unaffordable Home Ownership in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 PM :: 2508 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Honolulu is the only city where mortgages have taken up more than 40% of homeowners’ incomes in 2010, as well as in 2015 and 2020 ....
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Tuesday, January 19, 2021 |
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Hawaii Best-paying States for Nurses--But Still 8th Worst Housing Hours Worked
By Selected News Articles @ 11:30 AM :: 3221 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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... 33 Hours worked to afford median rent for nurses -- Hawaii ranks 43rd ....
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Monday, January 18, 2021 |
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Hawaii's Lum Crime Family Pays Lobbyist for Last-Minute Trump Pardon
By Selected News Articles @ 7:43 PM :: 5380 Views :: National News, Ethics
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... Nickie Lum Davis has retained Potomac International Partners to push for a grant of clemency. One of the lobbyists on the account is Mark Cowan, who was a member of Trump’s transition team ....
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Monday, January 18, 2021 |
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States With Most Racial Progress -- Hawaii 8th
By Selected News Articles @ 3:11 AM :: 1876 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... gaps between black people and white people ....
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Monday, January 18, 2021 |
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Hawaii: Lifetime Cost of Smoking $2.9M
By Selected News Articles @ 2:53 AM :: 2724 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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... potential monetary losses — including both the lifetime and annual cost of a cigarette pack per day, health care expenditures, income losses and other costs ....
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Thursday, January 14, 2021 |
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Worst Drivers: Hawaii Ranks 7th
By Selected News Articles @ 11:48 AM :: 2576 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement
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...Of its 117 total traffic deaths in 2018, 45 traffic deaths in Hawaii came when one or more of the drivers had been drinking....
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Friday, January 8, 2021 |
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From Hamas to UH Manoa: Terrorism, Lies and Videotape
By Selected News Articles @ 9:01 PM :: 2827 Views :: Higher Education
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... Prof. Cynthia Franklin is currently on a team developing a partnership between al-Quds University and the University of Hawaii at Manoa ....
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Thursday, January 7, 2021 |
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Hawaii Republican Candidate Arrested at Airport--Allegedly Photographed Attacking Capitol
By Selected News Articles @ 7:24 PM :: 7130 Views :: Republican Party
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... Nick Ochs was the Hawaii Republican candidate for House District 22 ....
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Tuesday, January 5, 2021 |
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Which Hawaii Towns Have Worst Credit Card Debt?
By Selected News Articles @ 11:00 AM :: 3162 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... 8 of 16 Hawaii towns are among the worst 10% credit card debtors in USA ....
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Monday, January 4, 2021 |
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The greenies’ tales about Hawaii’s vanishing beaches miss one important fact
By Selected News Articles @ 11:00 AM :: 3613 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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...I don’t have an opinion about sea walls. I do have an opinion about connected, rich people buying oceanfront property on sinking islands even as they try to sell us on the idea that an ocean rise clocked at less than 2 mm per year is what really matters – and that we should give up fossil fuel to save their beaches....
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Friday, January 1, 2021 |
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OHA Chair Hulu Lindsey "Will push for a better relationship with the state auditor"
By Selected News Articles @ 11:45 PM :: 2671 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...“We will rely on the advisory opinion of the auditor in making corrective changes. If OHA’s in-house policies do not conform to our obligations as a state agency, then we should create policies that do.”....
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Friday, January 1, 2021 |
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OHA Legislative Package for 2021
By Selected News Articles @ 11:40 PM :: 1954 Views :: OHA
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... Maintaining the decades-long partnership between OHA and the state to fund programs ....
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Friday, January 1, 2021 |
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A Correctional Center Becomes a Pu'uhonua
By Selected News Articles @ 8:25 PM :: 3089 Views :: Justice Reinvestment, OHA
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... Kawailoa Pursues Bill to Engage in Economic Enterprise ....
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Friday, January 1, 2021 |
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OHA: Consider Running for Your Neighborhood Board
By Selected News Articles @ 8:03 PM :: 3195 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, OHA
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... This is all about OHA’s plan to develop Kakaako Makai ....
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Thursday, December 31, 2020 |
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Kahele on Federal Recognition: “My role is trying to figure out what the future path looks like….”
By Selected News Articles @ 7:02 PM :: 3445 Views :: Akaka Bill, Congressional Delegation
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... Kahele "elated" that New Mexico congresswoman Deb Haaland, a member of the Laguna Pueblo, was appointed as secretary to the interior by Joe Biden ....
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Thursday, December 31, 2020 |
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Hawaii Officials Promise Changes to Seawall Policies
By Selected News Articles @ 6:09 PM :: 2939 Views :: Environment, Land Use
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... Officials now pledge action, after a Honolulu Star-Advertiser and ProPublica investigation ....
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Monday, December 28, 2020 |
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Homelessness: Hawaii Ranks #2 Per Capita
By Selected News Articles @ 5:35 PM :: 3639 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness
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... All 5 States with Worst Homeless Problems Governed by ‘Democrat Trifectas’ ....
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Thursday, December 24, 2020 |
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DHHL Casino Proposal Rushed Reaction to Waitlist Reporting
By Selected News Articles @ 5:32 PM :: 3183 Views :: DHHL, Gambling
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... Reality: A casino is 'in the box', not 'out of the box' ....
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Monday, December 21, 2020 |
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Congress Restores Medicaid for COFA Citizens after 24 Years
By Selected News Articles @ 10:05 PM :: 3432 Views :: Health Care
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... revising a drafting mistake in the 1996 welfare reform bill that barred the islanders from the program ....
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Sunday, December 20, 2020 |
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Will Courts Stop Presidents From Calling Oceans ‘National Monuments’?
By Selected News Articles @ 2:32 AM :: 2194 Views :: Environment
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...The case involves the Antiquities Act of 1906, which allows the president to proclaim landmarks and structures with historic and scientific interest as national monuments....
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Sunday, December 20, 2020 |
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Hawaii: Obamacare Funnels Taxpayer Money To Cover Elective Abortions
By Selected News Articles @ 2:06 AM :: 2694 Views :: Health Care, Life
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...in Hawaii every available Obamacare plan covers elective abortions....
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Saturday, December 19, 2020 |
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The Government Promised to Return Ancestral Hawaiian Land, Then Never Finished the Job
By Selected News Articles @ 4:14 PM :: 3064 Views :: DHHL, Hawaii History
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... The state still owes another 1,300 acres to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands ....
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Wednesday, December 9, 2020 |
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COVID: Honolulu biggest increase in preference for short-term leases
By Selected News Articles @ 11:56 PM :: 2728 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism, COVID-19
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... Since July, 26.8 percent of users searching in Honolulu from somewhere else in the country were looking for a short-term lease, up significantly from 14.9 percent at this time last year....
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Tuesday, December 8, 2020 |
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FBI: Suspected Chinese spy targeted Tulsi Gabbard
By Selected News Articles @ 8:07 PM :: 13736 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation
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... suspected communist spy Fang Fang served as president of both the Chinese Student Association and Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs (APAPA) ....
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Monday, December 7, 2020 |
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U.S. Territories, Not States, Bear The Scars Of World War II
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 3714 Views :: Hawaii History, Military
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...As we mark 75 years since the cessation of hostilities in the Pacific Theater of the Second World War....
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Sunday, December 6, 2020 |
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Maui County Has The Highest Jobless Rate In America
By Selected News Articles @ 9:14 PM :: 4098 Views :: Maui County, Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... With a population with a strong demographic base, what has happened to the job situation which makes it so high? The answer in a word is “tourism” ....
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Wednesday, December 2, 2020 |
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States With Highest Vehicle Theft Rates -- Hawaii #6
By Selected News Articles @ 1:23 AM :: 2814 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement
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... Hawaii sees an average of 410 stolen cars per 100,000 registered vehicles. ...
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Tuesday, December 1, 2020 |
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Meet OHA's New Board of Trustees
By Selected News Articles @ 7:38 PM :: 3007 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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"...it is about power...." -- Brendon Lee
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Friday, November 27, 2020 |
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Libertarians woo Tulsi Gabbard for 2024 Run
By Selected News Articles @ 1:27 AM :: 4734 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation
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... While the Democrats are distant from Ms. Gabbard, the Libertarian Party is waiting with open arms, if she can embrace more of its agenda. ...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2020 |
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Kai Kahele vows to oppose BDS, fight anti-Semitism
By Selected News Articles @ 6:02 PM :: 3910 Views :: Congressional Delegation, First Amendment, Higher Education
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...“Israel is a very strong partner” and the “best example of democracy and the American values that we have in the Middle East” ....
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Tuesday, November 24, 2020 |
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Thursday, November 19, 2020 |
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Oceanfront Property Tied to Obama Granted Exemption From Hawaii’s Environmental Laws
By Selected News Articles @ 9:22 PM :: 6604 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Obama
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...Environmental laws are for the little people, not the environmentalists....
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Monday, November 16, 2020 |
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Hawaii Hi-Tech Scamster Bribed to Rat out Hunter Biden?
By Selected News Articles @ 5:00 AM :: 4216 Views :: Ethics, Politicians, Tax Credits
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...last year Youssef briefly courted journalists with a story about Hunter’s links to the now-defunct mbloom fund....
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Saturday, November 14, 2020 |
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Hawaii 2020 vs 2016: Largest Shift Towards Trump of Any State
By Selected News Articles @ 8:42 PM :: 4983 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Republican Party
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...“Hawaii is on track for both the nation’s: 1) largest raw vote increase vs. 2016 (33.8% so far) 2) biggest pro-Trump swing vs. 2016 (-32.2 pts to -29.5 pts)" ....
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Saturday, November 14, 2020 |
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Hawaii is the Most Expensive State in America
By Selected News Articles @ 8:29 PM :: 3141 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... groceries +69.3%, transportation +46.6%, utilities +99.4% ....
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Thursday, November 12, 2020 |
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MBloom: Hawaii Hi Tech Scam Snares Another Biden Insider
By Selected News Articles @ 10:15 PM :: 6597 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Tax Credits
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...Joe Biden’s Transition Aide Helped Steer $3M to Hunter Biden-Linked Firm....
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Thursday, November 5, 2020 |
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DLNR Steps Up Efforts to Manage Homelessness Across Public Lands
By Selected News Articles @ 9:20 PM :: 3671 Views :: Environment, Homelessness, Land Use
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...“I don’t see any end in sight, really, because it just seems to have gotten worse"....
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Monday, November 2, 2020 |
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Maui-Based Scam: Hunter Biden Partner Secured Millions from Businessman with Reputed Organized Crime Ties
By Selected News Articles @ 4:30 AM :: 8625 Views :: Democratic Party, Tax Credits
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... Remember 'Mbloom'? -- financed by Hawaii taxpayers via Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation (HSDC) ....
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Monday, October 26, 2020 |
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1960: Hawaii Sends Two Slates to Electoral College
By Selected News Articles @ 9:37 PM :: 22497 Views :: Hawaii History
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... How Vice President Richard Nixon handled Hawaii's disputed electoral votes in 1960 ....
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Monday, October 26, 2020 |
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Witch? Hirono Duck Test Joke Punished by Facebook
By Selected News Articles @ 4:11 AM :: 5627 Views :: Congressional Delegation, First Amendment
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... “Senator Hirono Demands ACB Be Weighed Against a Duck to See if She Is a Witch” ....
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Sunday, October 25, 2020 |
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Sexual Preference: Senator Hirono’s Double Standard
By Selected News Articles @ 12:50 AM :: 4346 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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"... Oh, stop it. The world is in flames ...." -- Mazie Hirono
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Saturday, October 24, 2020 |
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How We Found Low-Income Hawaiians Were Left Behind by the Homesteading Program
By Selected News Articles @ 7:22 PM :: 2267 Views :: DHHL
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... In three of the past five years, the awards fell into the single digits. ...
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Saturday, October 24, 2020 |
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Thursday, October 22, 2020 |
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Measuring Climate Intentions, Not Results
By Selected News Articles @ 5:53 AM :: 2560 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy
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...It doesn’t matter whether those restrictions actually do anything to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; all that matters is that they be as restrictive as possible....
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Tuesday, October 20, 2020 |
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Hawaii 2nd-Highest Young Adult Vaping Rate
By Selected News Articles @ 11:01 PM :: 2916 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... A Growing Epidemic: States with the Highest Young Adult Vaping Rates ....
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Wednesday, October 14, 2020 |
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Hawaii Least Politically Engaged State
By Selected News Articles @ 10:58 PM :: 2854 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Office of Elections
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... Civic participation is a key ingredient of a well-functioning democracy ....
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Wednesday, October 14, 2020 |
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PBS: Hawaii Absentee Ballot Data Problems
By Selected News Articles @ 12:13 AM :: 2735 Views :: Office of Elections
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... Hawaii both indicate that they transmitted fewer ballots to voters than were submitted ....
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Tuesday, October 13, 2020 |
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Debunking Hawaii Pesticide Study
By Selected News Articles @ 11:30 PM :: 3333 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...‘Heavy’ pesticide exposure linked to cardiovascular disease? Flawed study raises ‘troubling’ questions about public health research....
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Sunday, October 11, 2020 |
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A Critical Time for OHA
By Selected News Articles @ 6:43 PM :: 3183 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...Unless the corrupt “old guard trustees” (or their clones now running for OHA seats) are replaced with honest people willing to clean up the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the state and federal government will step in and shut it down, saying: “See? We gave you Hawaiians chance, and you blew it.”....
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