Entries for November 2013

The Christmas Candle is scheduled to be shown at the Honolulu - Regal Dole Cannery Stadium 18....

For the first time since October of 2009, the City & County of Honolulu has a Chief Medical Examiner on the job....

Hawaii Among the Lowest-Performing States with Only 1 Record Submitted Over the Past Two Decades....

On February 17, 2013, Plaintiff Lealao was in Module 2B Quad 3 at HCF when he was viciously attacked by numerous violent and/or dangerous inmates from another Quad....

"...my colleagues propose this rule change because they can get away with it...." -- Sen Barack Obama

While most states see cuts, Hawaii's 190,000 food stamp recipients will see an INCREASE from $319 to $330 per month....

... 1,465 homeless unwilling to accept shelter in Honolulu ....

...rally in protest of the $250 million loss of state funds in 5 years which has resulted in tuition increases.... 

...a federal construction contract to build Phase 2 of the USARPAC Command and Control Facility at Fort Shafter....

Resolution 13-280 calling on Congress to enact federal legislation to implement President Obama’s “Now is the Time” plan....

Abercrombie today announced the release of $83.9 million for capital improvement projects at University of Hawaii campuses....

...arguing a case in the Hawaii Supreme Court about automatic approval statutes and zoning law....

Assaults on workers at the Hawaii State Hospital are all too common, and taxpayers are picking up the tab for the cost of treatment and workers compensation....

...the vast majority of installations are demanded by households with the median income and higher....

From 2007 to 2013, Allen was a senior manager for ASI Government, Inc. in Arlington, Va.....

...regions that spend more money on transit seem to grow slower than regions that spend less....

"Everyone in this chamber knows that if the majority chooses to end the filibuster—if they choose to change the rules and put an end to democratic debate—then the fighting and the bitterness and the gridlock will only get worse." -- Sen Barack Obama, 2005

In a live conversation from Hong Kong, Washington D.C. and Honolulu, Grassroot Institute president Keli’i Akina kicks off his China-speaking tour....

The lawsuit states that a second fire—also previously described by First Wind management as ‘small’--resulted in $2,000,000 in damages....

...four states - California, Idaho, Vermont, and Hawai'i - collectively ship 10,500  prisoners to for-profit prisons outside their home states.  West Virginia is developing a plan to do the same....

85 percent  believe efforts should be made to make renewable energy such as solar power more affordable for consumers....

While watching what was happening in other counties, Maui County decided to approach Monsanto - which has farms on both Maui and Molokai - to require disclosure of the company’s restricted-use pesticides and all information about related practices....

North Shore residents and transportation officials have been discussing proposals to improve Laniakea traffic for years....

A federal district court jury is scheduled to decide late next year whether or not the ocean carriers Matson Inc. (MATX) and Horizon Lines Inc. (HRZL) defrauded the United States of America in connection with military cargo shipments they carried in the Hawaii and Guam trades....

In his half-century on the bench, he presided over some of the most sensational of Hawai‘i’s organized crime trials, and he upheld the 1967 Hawai‘i Land Reform Act that shifted property ownership in Hawai‘i from large trusts to ordinary citizens....

...no state - except for West Virginia, which has a tradition of conservatism on social issues - where gay marriage is forbidden by law or constitutional amendment has a government wholly dominated by Democrats....

Counties are listening to the most ill informed people and the farmers are being attacked ....

United States has reduced more carbon dioxide emissions this century than any other nation. The U.S. emissions decline is due in large part to technological advances in natural gas production ....

Once again, Abercrombie tells Hawaii refineries to 'drop dead'....

Obamacare’s menu labeling regulation will be costly and time-consuming for businesses ....

U.S. military aircraft have also moved more than 2,000 relief workers into Tacloban and have airlifted nearly 8,300 survivors....

With this afternoon's 6-3 vote, Hawaii County Council members now leave it to Mayor Billy Kenoi to decide whether or not to ban GMOs from the island....

Hospitals may have to invest between $2 million and $5 million, and large health care organizations could spend as much as $20 million....

Hawaii's personal income growth had the lowest correlation and sensitivity to changes in national income levels....

...a Pentagon spokeswoman said that no human remains were shown on camera....

If old plans are restored, "fewer healthy people and younger people would be leaving their current plans" ....

The City issued a Request for Grant Proposals (RGP) for the Grants in Aid funds on Thursday, November 14, 2013....

The EEOC named Del Monte Fresh Produce's Hawaii subsidiary, which contracted with Global for approximately three years ending in 2005 to tend pineapple fields the subsidiary leased on the island of Oahu....

...designing, building, maintaining and financing for the new or expanded facilities described below....

Last week the City Council hosted a public hearing on legislative proposals. Legislation that was discussed includes....

Submit comments by November 23....

She cited certain loss of money for James Campbell High School, Ewa-Makai Middle School, the "new High School in Ewa Beach", the widening of Ft. Weaver Rd., and others...

The law that promised health coverage for all has so far stripped 3.5 million Americans of their insurance....