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Sunday, November 19, 2023 |
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Lassner: Why I'm staying out of Gaza dispute
By Video @ 5:04 PM :: 1500 Views :: Higher Education
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... I am not a professional politician or an international political influencer. Rather, I lead a complicated educational institution with an array of internal and external stakeholders who seldom agree about much of anything ....
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Sunday, November 19, 2023 |
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The Lahaina Recovery Fund
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 1363 Views :: Maui County, Energy
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... Claimants who want a distribution from the fund agree not to sue the fund contributors ....
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Sunday, November 19, 2023 |
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Sunday, November 19, 2023 |
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Let's not fall for all the Aloha Stadium hype
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:24 AM :: 1583 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Tourism
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... even the slimmed down plan is worrisome ....
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Saturday, November 18, 2023 |
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Monsanto court victory in fight over Roundup cancer warnings
By Court House News @ 2:08 PM :: 1552 Views :: Environment, Agriculture
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... the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says glyphosate "is not likely to be carcinogenic to humans" ....
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Saturday, November 18, 2023 |
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Enviros Call for Rules to Stop Invasive Bugs
By News Release @ 11:00 AM :: 1191 Views
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... the state Department of Agriculture has never adopted rules to prevent the intra-island sale of plants, soil, compost and other plant and garden products ....
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Saturday, November 18, 2023 |
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VIDEO: Bissen open to Seizing Condotels Which Compete with Full-Service ILWU-Controlled Hotels
By News Release @ 12:27 AM :: 2517 Views :: Maui County, Development, Labor, Land Use
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... 'Minatoya List' short-term rentals are condotels competing with the ILWU controlled hotels. That is why they are being targeted ....
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Friday, November 17, 2023 |
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Former Kauai PD Employee gets Jail for Embezzlement
By News Release @ 5:19 PM :: 1600 Views :: Kauai County, Ethics
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... Hiranaka repaid the State of Hawaiʻi $75,633.25 in restitution ....
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Friday, November 17, 2023 |
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Hawaii Worst State for Early Diagnosis of Lung Cancer
By News Release @ 4:11 PM :: 1383 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... American Lung Association’s ‘State of Lung Cancer’ report reveals improvement in survival rate for people of color, examines toll of lung cancer state-by-state ....
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Friday, November 17, 2023 |
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Hawaii job count increases by 6,600
By Selected News Articles @ 2:26 PM :: 1398 Views :: Kauai County, Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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... unemployment on Maui Island stands at 7.4% ....
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Friday, November 17, 2023 |
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NRA Challenges Hawaii’s “Sensitive Places” Gun Law
By News Release @ 1:57 PM :: 1429 Views :: Second Amendment
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... Hawaii “sensitive places” law makes it illegal to carry firearms throughout most of the state ....
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Friday, November 17, 2023 |
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Honolulu 'Equality' Score Jumps with Transgender 'Health' Benefits
By News Release @ 1:42 PM :: 1449 Views :: Honolulu County, Health Care, Police
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... Honolulu achieved additional points in this year’s rankings for having transgender-inclusive healthcare benefits ....
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Friday, November 17, 2023 |
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Telling Evening News Anchors What to Say: Carpenters Union Wages War Against Affordable Modular Housing on Kauai
By News Release @ 4:59 AM :: 5198 Views :: Kauai County, Development, Labor, Cost of Living
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... Were you fooled when the Carpenters Union pretended to end its opposition to panelized construction after the Lahaina Fires? Sucker ....
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Friday, November 17, 2023 |
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VIDEO: “60 Minutes” Chronicles Lahaina Fire
By Video @ 4:45 AM :: 2575 Views :: Maui County, Environment
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... '60 Minutes' interviews DLNR forester ....
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Thursday, November 16, 2023 |
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Water May Run Out due to Fire-Related Power Outages
By News Release @ 10:44 PM :: 1916 Views :: Hawaii County
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"...an extended power outage could leave portions of DWS’ water systems empty and customers with no water...."
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Thursday, November 16, 2023 |
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Waianae: Feds Arrest Six for Cockfighting, Gamerooms, Meth
By News Release @ 1:39 PM :: 2803 Views :: Gambling, Drugs
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... According to the Criminal Complaint, on three occasions in July 2021, Edward Caspino distributed approximately one pound of methamphetamine to an individual working with federal law enforcement ....
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Wednesday, November 15, 2023 |
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Hawaii receives ‘F’ in Shared Hope International’s Report Cards on Child and Youth Sex Trafficking
By News Release @ 7:06 PM :: 1478 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement
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... Hawaii is one of 21 states that fail to prohibit the criminalization of minors for prostitution offenses, thus allowing commercially sexually exploited minors to be held criminally accountable for their own victimization ....
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Wednesday, November 15, 2023 |
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Fronting for the Contractors: CNHA Hosting Debris Removal Meeting
By News Release @ 6:19 PM :: 1693 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Military
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... CNHA fronts for the 8a contractors which scored the lucrative no-bid USACE contracts to clean up properties in Kula and Lahaina ....
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Wednesday, November 15, 2023 |
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Democrats Taking Applications for House Dist 10 Vacancy
By News Release @ 4:29 PM :: 1322 Views :: Democratic Party, Maui County
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... Applications will be accepted digitally beginning Wednesday, November 15 through Tuesday, November 28 ....
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Wednesday, November 15, 2023 |
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Predatory Landlord Practices at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
By News Release @ 3:01 PM :: 1963 Views :: Military, Cost of Living
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... For most lessees, the increase is a $1,250 jump in rent per month. ...
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Wednesday, November 15, 2023 |
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Schatz: $20 Million For 'Native Hawaiian Climate Resilience'
By News Release @ 3:20 AM :: 1868 Views :: DHHL, Environment, Congressional Delegation, OHA
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... Schatz-Authored Provision Of Inflation Reduction Act Funds New Kapapahuliau Climate Resilience Program ....
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Tuesday, November 14, 2023 |
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Pentagon Plans Transfer of Red Hill Back to Navy
By Selected News Articles @ 10:41 PM :: 1516 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... Joint Task Force – Red Hill was in charge of defueling, while the Navy and the Department of Defense will take on the closure process ....
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Tuesday, November 14, 2023 |
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Tuesday, November 14, 2023 |
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Felon Watch: Nan buying Grace Pacific from A&B
By Andrew Walden @ 3:41 AM :: 3837 Views :: Ethics, Development, Rail
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... convicted felon to gain even more control over Hawaii CIP projects ....
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Monday, November 13, 2023 |
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Gun Violence: Westside Legislators Push Back Against Grace, Fevella
By News Release @ 5:39 PM :: 2996 Views :: Honolulu County, Gambling, Law Enforcement, Second Amendment
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"We are disappointed that one of our colleagues has chosen to align themselves with a group of people promoting hate and bullying."
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Monday, November 13, 2023 |
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Sunday, November 12, 2023 |
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Audit Exposes Caldwell’s $175M Slush Fund
By Andrew Walden @ 9:19 PM :: 4872 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, COVID-19
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... Could credit union executives go to jail? ....
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Sunday, November 12, 2023 |
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Owning in a Burn Zone
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 2042 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use
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“... It’s absurd, the socialist mentality, they think they own the land ....”
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Sunday, November 12, 2023 |
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VIDEO: High Cost of Housing Freaks out Gigantic Baritone Cat
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:14 AM :: 1626 Views :: Cost of Living
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... Grassroot videos on Instagram rack up more than 1 million views in October ....
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Sunday, November 12, 2023 |
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Honolulu Council approves self-certification for permits
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:00 AM :: 3108 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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... Bill 6 (2023), CD1 would allow building applications to be reviewed by professionals qualified to self-certify that the plans and other data in the applications are in compliance ....
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Saturday, November 11, 2023 |
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YIGBY law would be "dream situation" for Hawaii housing
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:53 PM :: 1804 Views :: Development, Religion
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... Hawaii’s churches want to help solve the state’s housing crisis. Why are we making it so difficult for them? ....
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Saturday, November 11, 2023 |
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Saturday, November 11, 2023 |
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Relax rules on ‘cottage food’ entrepreneurs
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:49 AM :: 1574 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business
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... folks who simply want to sell homemade food products must jump through numerous hoops. Considering that one of the state’s official goals is to boost local food production, that just doesn’t seem right ....
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Saturday, November 11, 2023 |
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Streamline permitting process to reduce wait times, favoritism
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:40 AM :: 1554 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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... The Actors Guild, a local acting group, produced a play based on their five-year ordeal of trying to get a permit to renovate their theater at Dole Cannery ....
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Saturday, November 11, 2023 |
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‘CON’ laws hindering access to better Hawaii healthcare
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:31 AM :: 1469 Views :: Health Care
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... repealing CON laws in Hawaii could result in “11 more hospitals, including four more rural hospitals [and] two more ambulatory surgical centers” ....
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Saturday, November 11, 2023 |
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Adjusting AMI for Kauai’s affordable rental program could backfire
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:23 AM :: 1614 Views :: Kauai County, Tax Credits, Taxes
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... a sweeping reform of Kauai’s property tax system ....
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Friday, November 10, 2023 |
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Audio Reveals HECO Informing Maui PD Lahaina Power is Off
By Audio @ 7:23 PM :: 3350 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Ethics, Police
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“The BBC obtained audio of a conversation between Maui police and Hawaiian Electric in which the power company confirms that power has been turned off in the town of Lahaina.”
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Friday, November 10, 2023 |
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Personal Debt Keeps Hawaii up at Night
By Selected News Articles @ 4:30 PM :: 1565 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... 28% of Hawaii respondents — or 410,410 people — said they suffer from insomnia because of concern over their debt ....
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Friday, November 10, 2023 |
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Mililani Fire Video: Native Trees Burn, Albizia Survives
By Video @ 3:09 AM :: 1707 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment
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... While flames are no longer visible, the landscape is a mosaic of blackened native trees interspersed with invasive ones, like Albizia ....
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Friday, November 10, 2023 |
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Trap & skeet ranges at Koko Head Shooting Complex reopening this weekend
By News Release @ 2:52 AM :: 1463 Views :: Honolulu County, Second Amendment
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... Skeet Range opening Saturday, Nov. 11, Trap Range reopening Sunday, Nov. 12 ....
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Thursday, November 9, 2023 |
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Thursday, November 9, 2023 |
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17 State Coalition Against Unconstitutional Hawaii Firearm Carry Ban
By News Release @ 2:20 AM :: 1745 Views :: Second Amendment
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... 17 state attorneys general oppose Hawaii’s unconstitutional gun ban which prohibits the carry or possession of firearms in designated “sensitive” places ....
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Thursday, November 9, 2023 |
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Inverse Condemnation and Hawaii's Wildfires
By Robert Thomas @ 2:07 AM :: 1564 Views :: Maui County, Land Use
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... the role that ‘damaging clauses’ found in more than half of state constitutions across the United States play in inverse condemnation claims related to natural disasters ....
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Thursday, November 9, 2023 |
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DOBOR Proposes Paid Parking at Ala Wai (again)
By News Release @ 1:09 AM :: 1493 Views :: Honolulu County, Tourism
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... Ed Underwood said, “The boating program is currently subsidizing free parking in the facility which is not fair to those who are paying the fees" ....
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Thursday, November 9, 2023 |
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2023 Honolulu City Lights opening night set for Saturday, December 2nd
By News Release @ 1:02 AM :: 1844 Views :: Honolulu County, Religion
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... tree lighting ceremony, Public Workers’ Electric Light Parade and City Lights block party ....
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Wednesday, November 8, 2023 |
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Lahaina Fires: HECO Drops $75M to Buy Off Plaintiffs
By News Release @ 7:44 PM :: 1749 Views :: Maui County, Energy
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... Those who choose to participate will waive their ability to get compensated again through litigation related to associated claims ....
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Wednesday, November 8, 2023 |
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Hawaii Largest Household Debt Increase in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 1:50 PM :: 1578 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii residents had the largest debt increase in Q3 2023 at $1,093 per household ....
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Wednesday, November 8, 2023 |
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Lahaina Fires: House Working Groups recommend disaster response changes
By Selected News Articles @ 10:35 AM :: 2868 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii State Government
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... On September 6, 2023, the House formed six bipartisan working groups to evaluate specific topics related to the Lāhainā wildfire ....
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Tuesday, November 7, 2023 |
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Tuesday, November 7, 2023 |
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Homeowner Politics and Housing Supply
By UHERO @ 12:48 AM :: 1658 Views :: Development, Land Use
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... councillors representing a higher number of homeowners are more likely to oppose housing bills ....
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