Entries for November 2014

If current trends hold, the black hole will grow 'like a cancer' (hint, hint) and swallow the entire system....

It's Official - The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs Trustees Have Committed An Illegal Act....

From 2011 to 2013, Carlson was the deputy joint base commander at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam....

Democratic leaders in Washington should put job creation ahead of the ravings of environmental wing-nuts and their deep pocketed billionaire funders....

State Senator Sam Slom is interviewed by Keali’i Akina on the November 10 edition of “Think Tech Hawaii”....

...the voters agreed that there's no good reason to keep the JSC lists secret, the same result as the lawsuit....

...the state may one day be forced to break the promise it made to its employees regarding their pensions and benefits....

The students have decided that the concessions granted by the interim Chancellor are not enough....

Fuchigami had been tapped by Mayor Kirk Caldwell last month to lead the city’s Department of Enterprise Services....

...adults 20 and older represented 84 percent of bicyclist fatalities in 2012, compared to only 21 percent in 1975....

Hawaii has employed gimmicks to give the appearance of fiscal improvements in their entitlement programs....

...this proposed transaction undervalues the Company to the detriment of Horizon’s shareholders....

SunEdison to become world's largest renewable energy development company....

The homeless are everywhere but a national report shows Hawaii is 6th lowest for child homelessness....

Senate: Child Care and Development Block Grant - Cloture

House: Keystone XL Pipeline - Passage

HCDA will be having at least 3 meetings on Tuesday, November 25th….just 6 days before the Ige Administration is installed....

DLNR sued the County of Hawaii for its ban on aerial hunting....

Does this mean the Ige administration will break from the HSTA and propose a publicly funded voucher program so we can all give taxpayer money to private schools?

For many rural hospitals, partnering with big health systems is the only hope for survival....

The Tax Foundation just released its 2015 State Business Tax Climate Index....

State Office of Planning Hosting a Series of Stakeholder Meetings to Discuss 'Improvements' to the State’s Land Use System....

...the ban will "probably bankrupt Molokai"....

489,000 Square Nautical Miles of Ocean....

Graduate students have planned a sit-in at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Campus Center to protest sudden and drastic budget cuts....

Saturday, Nov. 22, at the Neal Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall....

Hawaii's community listening session will be held Jan. 27, 2015, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Hale Koa Hotel in Waikiki....

“Hawaii’s driving never really went down – it just flattened out and then started going up again as opposed to the mainland, which made a U-turn....”

the Wahiawa Lions Club 68th Annual Veterans Day Parade....

In Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Supreme Court unanimously declared....

...Tribal Governments and Americans Indian individuals can do very little with their lands without the approval of the BIA’s suffocating bureaucracy....

Long-suffering California (and Hawaii) gun owners received some rare good news....

...four categories: attorney access for low-income litigants; support for self-represented litigants; support for litigants with limited language proficiency; and support for people with disabilities....

The suit seeks to delay any enforcement of the measure and ultimately to have it declared unenforceable....

...far-reaching energy, trade and security implications....

New report shows student loan debt still rising for bachelor’s degree recipients; includes state-by-state and college-by-college debt levels....

Slom and the Board unanimously tapped successful business owner Tyler Roukema to take the reins of SBH....

No Republican Vice-Chairs ....

...free public information outreach workshops for a preview of new Extreme Tsunami Evacuation Zones....

Proposed reforms to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) threaten teacher accountability....

Watch This To See How You Can Help Stop Them....

Hawaii has one of the most onerous business tax situations. Another drawback: the highest cost of living....

331 Hawaii Medal of Honor recipients who gave their lives defending our freedom in the Middle East from 2006 to this year....

WalletHub ranked the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia based on 11 key metrics....

...leadership changes are expected to affect the legislative agendas of the state Department of Labor and the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism....

With the cost of U.S. newbuildings now five times that of constructing comparable ships in South Korea and Japan, Horizon could not afford to build new Jones Act ships....

Both resident and non-resident student veterans fought for in-state tuition for all vets....

Matson to acquire all outstanding shares of Horizon Lines immediately after Pasha acquires Horizon's Hawaii trade lane business....

...Virtual Takings: The Coming Fifth Amendment Challenge to Net Neutrality Regulation....

The Hawaii State Senate is accepting applications for the 2015 legislative session....

...qualified nonprofit organizations seeking grants available through the city’s Grants in Aid (GIA) program have from today through December 12, 2014 to submit proposals....