Entries for October 2014

Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'AA' rating to the following State of Hawaii general obligation (GO) bonds....

A new data map courtesy of Fitch Ratings shows which states have the highest college tuition growth....

...the Law School on the UH Mānoa campus was named fourth in the country for “Most Diverse Faculty,” and seventh in the nation as the law school “Most Chosen by Older Students.”....

Emergency protective measures undertaken by Hawaii County include the repair, restoration, and re-establishment of alternate routes in and out of affected communities....

Moloka’i: A Community that Comes Together When Faced with Adversity....

...Barbara Marumoto, Campaign Manager, issued the following statement on Team Djou's congressional campaign's Pre-General FEC report....

Near Unanimous Support from Haena Community Results In Historic Decision....

... how can we expect him to juggle pressing issues ....

Hawaii salaries are 16th highest in USA.  When adjusted for cost of living, Hawaii salaries drop to 50th....

...what he hopes to accomplish with a newly established educational think-tank....

With just 11 days until the election, the race is tied at 47% to 47%....

Mark Takai has spent over a decade trying to raise taxes on just about everything....

OHA and the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs are collaborating to host the 90-minute debate on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014 during the civic clubs’ convention in Waikoloa....

If you or your organization would like to become a park adoption partner on the Leeward Coast, please call....

...in nine of the 10 states most reliant on wind power, electricity prices are rising at least five times faster than the national average....

...RGA poll shows 11% of voters still undecided, it is an open race....

An Email That Now Reveals Just Some Of The “Back Door” Activities Already Occurring....

Instead Of Offering Solutions To Lower Costs, Ige Proposes Making Downtown Parking Cost $500....

City could have worked harder to prevent Sand Island sewage spill....

...Some Hawaii companies are taking advantage of visitors and elderly residents, but state officials are thwarting attempts to investigate, a supervisor with the state Department of Commerce says....

At the least, this appears to be a violation of the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Right Act....

...the Milken Institute’s Best Cities for Successful Aging Mayor’s Pledge....

The Department of Education announced today that it will need additional emergency funding in order to avoid cutting bus routes and increasing the cost of school lunches....

...Honolulu’s airport is hardly the welcome to Hawaii that you might expect.....

...state tax revenues underperformed what the state's Council on Revenues had forecast for fiscal 2014 (although, in our view, not by as much as officially reported)....

...Ige admitted he rarely visited the neighbor islands before he decided to run for Governor....

David Ige Offers The Same Policies Of The Last Four Years While Housing Costs Soar....

“The overall performance grade is ‘Exceeds Expectations,’ which is one step below the prior year....

Enrollment dipped somewhat this year due to a change in the cutoff age for students to be eligible for kindergarten....

...Matson Terminals Inc has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor violations of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899....

“Winning Strategies provides a glimpse into the minds of corporate executives and site selection consultants and their perceptions of locations across the United States and the world.”

GovTrack predicts S.567 and H.R.3118 has a 0% chance of passing out of committee and a 0% probability of being enacted....

Ige Has Failed To Offer A Different Policy Vision While Hawaii Families Demand Change....

Today, more than 800 million people are malnourished....

BLNR will consider approval of new state hunting rules for game mammals and game birds on Oct. 24....

Hawaii Candidates graded by NRA ....

With the right policies, the U.S. has an opportunity to become the world’s top energy producer and to continue the return of manufacturing jobs....

The county hopes to have the new tsunami evacuation maps distributed to residents by the end of the year....

Early Voting Walk-In Locations ....

...Star Advertiser Editorial Slams Chairman Ige And His Fellow Legislators For Their Failure....

...the UH survey did not ask about Natural Gas....

Ministers face a 180-day jail term and $1,000 fine for each day they decline to celebrate the same-sex wedding....

San Francisco saw an increase in litter after its bag ban was implemented....

...paying tens of millions of euros to Indian officials including a former Air Force head through intermediaries and falsifying invoices to win a high-profile contract....

As of June 30, 2013, Hawaii’s 11% top individual rate was second only to California....

Tropical Storm Warning in effect as Ana takes aim at South Shores of Kauai and Island of Niihau ....

OHA should stop wasting money on the failed pursuit of race-based nationhood and, instead, use that money to help meet the real needs of Hawaiians for housing, education, jobs, and health care....