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Saturday, July 8, 2023 |
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HSTA Flies 98 to Florida Rally for Transsexual Agenda
By News Release @ 1:34 PM :: 2073 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Labor
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... transsexual recruitment must not be opposed ....
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Saturday, July 8, 2023 |
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New Sunshine Law Requirements
By News Release @ 1:21 PM :: 1521 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... two 2023 laws, Act 019 and Act 125, added new Sunshine Law requirements effective July 1 and October 1, 2023 ....
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Saturday, July 8, 2023 |
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New council will evaluate effectiveness of Hawaii DOT
By Selected News Articles @ 12:57 PM :: 1533 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government
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... Act 242, signed by Gov. Josh Green this week, established the council, which renamed the Highway Safety Council to the Hawaii Highway Safety and Modernization Council ....
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Saturday, July 8, 2023 |
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Notice of Judicial Vacancy – Circuit Judge, Circuit Court of the First Circuit
By News Release @ 3:02 AM :: 1311 Views :: Judiciary
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... The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations to fill the following judicial vacancy ....
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Friday, July 7, 2023 |
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Lawsuit Coming: Murder of Ariel Sellers Reaches Probate Court
By Andrew Walden @ 10:56 PM :: 3022 Views :: Family, Judiciary
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... Public only because it is evidence in Probate Court, the Order is signed by Family Court Judge Jessi L. K. Hall, now seeking reappointment for another 10 years ....
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Friday, July 7, 2023 |
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July 7, 1935: Moscow orders first Communists to Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 5:35 AM :: 47873 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii History, Labor
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...When the USSR collapsed in 1991, long-secret archives of the Communist International were thrown open to western researchers for the first time. Many previously unknown details of communist history have been revealed--including the 1935 Comintern orders directing Communists to begin work in Hawaii....
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Friday, July 7, 2023 |
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Only 1,245 passengers ride Rail on first day they had to pay
By News Release @ 5:10 AM :: 2193 Views :: Rail
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... DO THE MATH: $13B / 1,245 = $10.4M per passenger -- slightly more than a Bugatti Centodieci ....
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Friday, July 7, 2023 |
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Need $60K to Pay Your Mortgage?
By News Release @ 5:02 AM :: 1745 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living
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... Since the program’s inception in 2021, service providers from the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement and Hawaiʻi Community Lending have been serving homeowners with the greatest needs ....
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Friday, July 7, 2023 |
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Homeless Medical Respite Fills up in One Month
By News Release @ 4:52 AM :: 1640 Views :: Honolulu County, Health Care, Homelessness
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... 13 total intakes, 3 patient discharges, and a total of 189 unduplicated shower uses from members of the surrounding community during the first month of project operation ....
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Friday, July 7, 2023 |
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Green Seeks Comment on Oahu Judicial Nominees
By News Release @ 4:43 AM :: 1368 Views :: Honolulu County, Judiciary
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... Green will nominate a successor to Circuit Judge Christine E. Kuriyama, who retired in June 2023 ....
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Friday, July 7, 2023 |
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HHFDC Gives Solar Farm Control of Waianae Affordable Housing Complex
By News Release @ 4:33 AM :: 1476 Views :: Energy, Development, Hawaii State Government
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... The agreement, which began on June 30, calls for Solar Farm View Estates LLC (SFVE) to undertake substantial repairs to the complex and operate it for the next 75 years. The Board of Directors of HHFDC, which retains the property’s fee-simple interest, approved a $4.95 million, low-interest, 10-year loan that allows SFVE to facilitate the repairs ....
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Friday, July 7, 2023 |
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Oahu Park water reduction efforts exceed expectations
By News Release @ 3:45 AM :: 1387 Views :: Honolulu County
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... BWS called for a voluntary 10% water reduction last summer, park users reduced their use by 15.4% ....
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Thursday, July 6, 2023 |
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Amber Jackson Murder Case Reopened 13 years later
By News Release @ 2:43 PM :: 2113 Views :: Kauai County, Law Enforcement
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... Kauai Police and outside agencies working on forensic evidence and DNA testing ....
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Thursday, July 6, 2023 |
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Hawaii income tax burden second highest in nation
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:09 PM :: 1810 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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... One reason is higher rates apply early on the income spectrum, so nearly all taxpayers pay higher rates, says a new analysis ....
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Thursday, July 6, 2023 |
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Chief Justice Seeks Public Comment on Oahu Judicial Nominees
By News Release @ 1:26 PM :: 1425 Views :: Judiciary
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... Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald announced today that he is seeking public comment on judicial nominees for three vacancies in the District Court of the First Circuit (island of Oʻahu) ....
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Thursday, July 6, 2023 |
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Animal Welfare Groups Urge Ninth Circuit to Affirm the Ban on Cockfighting in the Northern Mariana Islands
By News Release @ 12:16 PM :: 1613 Views :: Agriculture, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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... The case, on appeal before the Ninth Circuit from the Northern Mariana Islands District Court, is the latest—and likely the last—in a stream of cases filed by the pro-cockfighting bloc to obstruct the ban on cockfighting in U.S. territories. ...
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Wednesday, July 5, 2023 |
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Green hopes housing will alleviate teacher shortage
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 AM :: 1579 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Cost of Living
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... Senate Bill 941 allows the School Facilities Authority to join with public and private agencies in developing off or on-campus housing for teachers and other staff ....
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Tuesday, July 4, 2023 |
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The 1840 Hawaiian Constitution and the Fourth of July
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:02 AM :: 19075 Views :: Hawaii History
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In 1840 the Kingdom of Hawaii adopted a constitution with strong parallels to the Constitution of the United States....
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Tuesday, July 4, 2023 |
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The Verified Complaint In Equity: The Declaration Of Independence
By Robert Thomas @ 12:01 AM :: 23473 Views :: National News, Hawaii History
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...the structure and style of the Declaration follows a form familiar to most modern lawyers: a complaint initiating a lawsuit....
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Tuesday, July 4, 2023 |
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Happy Fourth of July!
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:00 AM :: 1658 Views :: Hawaii History
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... the Declaration of Independence set our nation on its course to become the leading light for freedom throughout the world ....
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Monday, July 3, 2023 |
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OHA Ends 'Work-from-Home' for Employees
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:00 PM :: 1872 Views :: Labor, OHA, COVID-19
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... concerns raised by OHA’s administration in response to the directive to end telework ....
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Monday, July 3, 2023 |
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Hawaii among victims of law that hinders U.S. port dredging
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:00 AM :: 1671 Views :: Jones Act
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... The 1920 Jones Act is a familiar topic in Hawaii, but its precursor — the Foreign Dredge Act of 1906 — has largely escaped scrutiny ....
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Sunday, July 2, 2023 |
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Lawmakers Wasting Your Money: Let me count the ways
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:26 PM :: 1718 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii State Government
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... Housing, the Honolulu rail, the Aloha Stadium, homelessness and the 64% pay raise for Honolulu City Council members ....
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Sunday, July 2, 2023 |
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Regulations make housing prices unsustainable
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:09 PM :: 1908 Views :: Development, Hawaii History, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... why have prices spiked over the past half-century? ....
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Sunday, July 2, 2023 |
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Cronyism: The 2023 Intent to Veto List
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1539 Views :: Taxes
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... cronyism, revenge and retribution -- someone's been sandbagging ....
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Saturday, July 1, 2023 |
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Long COVID and Unemployment in Hawaii
By UHERO @ 8:50 PM :: 1712 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, COVID-19
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...Roughly 10-30% of people who get COVID, suffer persistent symptoms colloquially known as “long COVID”....
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Saturday, July 1, 2023 |
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Feds move forward on introducing imperiled species outside historic habitat in Hawaii, Guam
By Court House News @ 4:31 PM :: 1523 Views :: Environment, Land Use, GMOs
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... The Fish and Wildlife Service has finalized a plan that will give it more flexibility in helping species recover when their historic range is no longer suitable for survival ....
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Saturday, July 1, 2023 |
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Green Signs $37.2B Budget
By News Release @ 4:03 PM :: 1611 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tax Credits, Taxes
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... Senator Donovan Dela Cruz, chair of the Senate Ways and Means Committee, hailed the tax break bill as a positive financial benefit for struggling families ....
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Saturday, July 1, 2023 |
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Learning for their Future: 127,000 Hawaii Keiki Given EBT Cards
By News Release @ 3:52 PM :: 1654 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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... DHS provided more than 127,000 eligible children with $328 million in food assistance support ....
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Friday, June 30, 2023 |
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Green Releases 'Intent to Veto' List--Legislature Will not Override
By News Release @ 11:51 PM :: 3416 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... Governor Josh Green, M.D., today notified legislative leaders and stakeholders of his intent to veto 11 bills passed by the Hawaiʻi State Legislature during the 2023 session. ...
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Friday, June 30, 2023 |
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Sister Park Arrangement Signed for Pearl Harbor National Memorial and Hiroshima Peace Memorial
By News Release @ 3:03 PM :: 1665 Views :: Hawaii History, Military, Tourism, Obama
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... Former President Barack Obama, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, Governor of Hawaii Josh Green, and Senator Hirono Promote Peace through Pearl Harbor National Memorial and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park Sister Park Arrangement ....
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Thursday, June 29, 2023 |
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UH 'Disappointed' by Affirmative Action Ruling Against Anti-Asian Discrimination
By News Release @ 7:23 PM :: 1653 Views :: Higher Education
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... A federal official wrote a parody of Harvard’s attitude toward Asian Americans and shared it with the dean of admissions. Why did a judge try to hide that from the public?....
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Thursday, June 29, 2023 |
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801K Tourists Arrive in May, 2023
By News Release @ 6:56 PM :: 1231 Views :: Tourism
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... this represents a 94.6 percent recovery in total visitor arrivals from May 2019 ....
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Thursday, June 29, 2023 |
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Red Hill Repairs Finished, Awaiting DoH Validation and Approval Before Defueling
By Selected News Articles @ 6:45 PM :: 1051 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military
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... All repairs to the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, mandated by the Hawaii Department of Health, are complete, Joint Task Force – Red Hill announced in a Wednesday night news release ....
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Thursday, June 29, 2023 |
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UHERO: Housing Even More Expensive Than Reported
By News Release @ 6:39 PM :: 1412 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... UHERO released the first edition of an annual report on the state of housing called “The Hawaiʻi Housing Factbook” ....
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Thursday, June 29, 2023 |
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Report: Honolulu Liquor Commission is Still a Mess
By News Release @ 4:03 PM :: 1481 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics
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... how many years has this been going on? ....
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Thursday, June 29, 2023 |
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Small Business Regulatory Review Board Elects Officers
By News Release @ 3:49 PM :: 858 Views :: Small Business
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“...The SBRRB oversees rules and regulations for Hawai‘i small businesses promulgated by state and county agencies...."
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Thursday, June 29, 2023 |
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City Fined $434K for Dumping Sewage into Kaneohe Bay
By News Release @ 3:37 PM :: 959 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment
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... Between April 2023 and May 2023, CCH discharged effluent from the wastewater treatment plant in exceedance of daily NPDES permit limits for enterococci on 13 occasions ....
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Thursday, June 29, 2023 |
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Ninth Circuit upholds ban on 'FCKBLM' license plate
By Court House News @ 1:00 AM :: 1609 Views :: First Amendment
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... The banning of profanity on license plates is constitutional, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled Wednesday, following a Honolulu man's challenge to the city's recall of a vanity plate reading "FCKBLM" ....
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Thursday, June 29, 2023 |
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ACLU: Why did Police Leave Rifle Unattended?
By News Release @ 12:23 AM :: 1449 Views :: Police
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"... an incredibly neglectful and reckless weapons security practice on the part of HPD ...."
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Wednesday, June 28, 2023 |
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14 Years Later HiDoT Still Trying to get Rid of Falls of Clyde
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 1677 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Tourism
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... HDOT is working to redevelop Pier 7 at Honolulu Harbor which has been vacant and inactive for the last 14 years, after Bishop Museum closed the Hawaiʻi Maritime Center ....
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Wednesday, June 28, 2023 |
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How Gov. Josh Green’s Approval Compares to the Nation’s Most Popular Governors
By Selected News Articles @ 3:47 PM :: 1772 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Politicians
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... Green has an approval rating of 62% and a disapproval rating of 22% ....
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Wednesday, June 28, 2023 |
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Lawsuit Challenges Hawaii's 'Sensitive Places' Gun Law
By News Release @ 4:33 AM :: 1714 Views :: Second Amendment
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... The lawsuit targets several problematic provisions within ACT 52, including the ban on carrying firearms at parks, beaches, banks, restaurants that serve alcohol, and their adjacent parking areas ....
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Wednesday, June 28, 2023 |
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20 Years of Fraud--With Tokuda out of Legislature, DoH finally begins to check up on Recycling Companies
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 3:11 AM :: 2605 Views :: Environment, Ethics, Congressional Delegation
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... in 2022, with Reynolds Recyling employee Jill Tokuda heading for Congress, the Legislature passed Act 12 which requires DOH to develop a risk-based process to address criminal fraud that the State Auditor has reported for 20 years ....
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Tuesday, June 27, 2023 |
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Hawaii 4th-Highest Beer Taxes in USA
By Tax Foundation @ 11:59 PM :: 2229 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living
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... all the different layers of taxation on production and distribution make up about 40 percent of the retail price for beer ....
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Tuesday, June 27, 2023 |
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About that so-called Vienna housing model
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:00 PM :: 2292 Views :: Development, Cost of Living
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... some Hawaii lawmakers have been looking at the so-called Vienna model of housing as a way to help resolve Hawaii's housing crisis ....
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Tuesday, June 27, 2023 |
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Tweets highlight Matson's schizophrenic relationship with China
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:00 PM :: 1680 Views :: Jones Act
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... guess which shipyard is upgrading Matson ships ....
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Tuesday, June 27, 2023 |
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Feds Back Hawaii Sterile Mosquito Plan
By News Release @ 5:59 PM :: 2099 Views :: Kauai County, Maui County, Environment
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... Implementing cutting-edge strategies to control and eradicate invasive mosquitoes that spread avian malaria, which has ravaged Hawaiian forest bird populations ....
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Tuesday, June 27, 2023 |
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How Does $10B Disappear?
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:53 PM :: 2340 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... What happened to Hawaii’s $10 billion budget surplus? ....
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Monday, June 26, 2023 |
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Grassroot Institute urges Maui Council to reject higher tax burden
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:40 PM :: 2199 Views :: Maui County, Taxes
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... A proposed 0.5% county surcharge added to the state's 4% rate would jack up the cost of living, cost jobs and harm productivity ....
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