Entries for October 2013

The shut down of the federal government pivots on which side will blink first....

The American Legion is demanding immediate reform with the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC)....

Acting Governor Shan Tsutsui has announced the State of Hawaii is under a temporary hiring freeze on vacant positions within the Executive Branch....

Rep. Beth Fukumoto calls for civility and kindness in ongoing debates over government shutdown, debt ceiling crisis and same-sex marriage....

On Wednesday, I introduced a Charter Amendment to eliminate the Board of Water Supply's retroactive billing policy....

Caldwell announced today that he will be taking his Cabinet around the island for a new round of town hall meetings....

Solar October 14 -- Early Education October 16 ....

The subpoena was revealed Thursday in a report obtained by Watchdog.org from the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission....

The audit objective was to evaluate the RPAD processes related to the classification, reclassification, valuation, and assessment of real property for taxation purposes....

Have you gotten a letter from your insurance company about your premiums going up? 

The web site went live Oct. 1, but those seeking health care coverage haven’t been able to review pricing or coverage information....

“These churches have not only faithfully paid all of their rent, they’ve sacrificially given much more in service and funding to the schools and communities they love,” added co-counsel James Hochberg....

McDermott formally asked Speaker of the House Joe Souki to conduct a series of House Judiciary Committee hearings on the subject of same-sex marriage....

...organizers only wanted panelists to talk about the proposed religious exemption, not things he believes are missing from the draft....

...the Pentagon acknowledged Wednesday that no honored dead were in fact arriving, and that the planes used in the ceremonies often couldn't even fly....

...this shady industry is trying to recover from a pretty good licking it received today from the FDA....

Hawaii, President Barack Obama’s birthplace, has the only online health insurance marketplace that has not yet launched....

The Hawaii Health Connector’s failed website was built under a $53M contract with the same CGI which has made a mess of the federal ACA signup website....

As the temporary slowdown in government operations enters its second week, I write to explain why conservatives have insisted on making the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act the prime source of contention....

Honolulu's public is starved for traffic congestion relief. The power elite has responded with let them have rail....

Today, Hawaii public elementary schools have a three-part report card that evaluates attendance, six general learner outcomes (GLOs), and academic proficiency, with a section for teacher comments. Only one of the GLOs is based on character....

We won’t stop working until the doors to HawaiiHealthConnector.com are wide open.....

...sign up for Obamacare before this hot introductory offer expires....

The Hawaii Jobs Explorer, the first interactive tool to be released as a part of the ongoing UHERO Dashboard Project, is now available for public use....

“HIRA Action” is sponsoring a campaign of radio advertising on multiple stations during October 2013 to educate and mobilize Hawaii citizens....

...a FREE consumer education competition open to teens in grades 6-12....

In September, Plaintiffs’ counsel was informed that the State anticipates that the earliest date on which payments can be made will be the March 5, 2014 pay date....

President Obama is needlessly scaring seniors by suggesting that their Social Security benefit checks may not arrive....

Prescription drug related deaths now outnumber those from heroin and cocaine combined, and drug overdose deaths exceed motor vehicle-related deaths....

• Senate: Continuing Appropriations Conference Request – Motion to Table
• House: Veterans Program Funds- Continuing Resolution
• House: Women’s and Children’s Nutrition Funds – Continuing Resolution

State Rep. Karen Awana is out as Democrat House majority leader....

The United States is overtaking Russia as the world's largest producer of oil and natural gas, a startling shift that is reshaping markets and eroding the clout of traditional energy-rich nations, says the Wall Street Journal....

The biggest problem with Obamacare is that there are going to be layers and layers of government bureaucracy that will try to tell me how to treat patients I’ve helped for over 25 years....

Last week’s partial shutdown of the federal government broke records on the airwaves of twitter and other social media with much of the criticism....

The Commission is an independent, bipartisan agency established by Congress....

Grassroot Institute has been spreading the word about the results of the Reason Foundation’s poll....

A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block 1B guided missile is launched from the USS Lake Erie, and successfully intercepted a medium-range ballistic missile target off the coast of Kauai....

Of that amount $166 million was for professional services and that was likely all for Parsons Brinckerhoff....

Do you feel rich? The Wall Street Journal claims you are, as a fiscal watchdog group says the opposite, citing crushing amounts of government debt....

The authors attribute the reduction in crime to two factors. The first is a lack of "concentration" allowing for less opportunity to engage in criminal activity, and the second is possibly increased monitoring by parents....

Ecological non-use benefits and the costs of eradication and control programs are often difficult to quantify....