Entries for February 2014

Later this year, HFC will launch a series of educational videos....

I praised the papaya farmers who slap a “GMO” sticker on their fruit. But I don’t like this bill....

The Hawaii Election Commission has released its candidate report for the week ending February 21, 2014.....

...residential electricity rates are three times the national average....

Looks like they're at it again, a solution in search of a problem....

Reactions to the announcement yesterday that former Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann has formed a "Hawaii Independent Party" which has now been certified for the ballot....

An increasing number of doctors are moving to salaried hospital jobs, says the New York Times....

The issue of free speech on campus has gained attention in Hawaii recently, following a controversy over the right of students to distribute copies of the Constitution on the campus of UH Hilo....

IRS officials admitted that groups with conservative leanings, especially with the words “tea party” or “patriot” in their names, had been targeted....

...topics include procurement training for BWS staff, prevention of disclosure of confidential information and the management of multiple change orders increasing the work and value of the contract....

Abercrombie today announced the nominations of Jeffrey S. Portnoy, Dr. Lee Putnam, Michelle Asprer Tagorda and Stanford B.C. Yuen to the University of Hawaii Board of Regents....

The Hawaii Supreme Court has been on a roll lately....

...if you read SB2521 carefully, it is all spelled out there on how they are going to enforce such a law....

...human flourishing requires more than material prosperity. Spiritual development and ethical leadership are indispensable....

The Naval War College Library in Newport, R.I. will publicly unveil online the 4,000-page "Gray Book" collection of Fleet Adm. Chester Nimitz communications that started in the wake of the Pearl Harbor attack and ran right up until the closing days of the war....

SB2131 covers veterans' college tuition at the UH’s colleges and universities up to the in-state tuition amount...

On Tuesday, February 18, 2014, Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie named Judge Michael D. Wilson as his nomination for associate justice to the Supreme Court....

...keep an eye on Hawaii, where a surprising poll result showed Gov. Neil Abercrombie (D) trailing former Lt. Gov. Duke Aiona (R).....

Hawaii’s children may be adored by their parents, but all Hawaii government sees is their “body fat”....

The first report of its scope in nearly 14 years, it examines the past performance of Hawaii’s construction industry and forecasts future growth....

Friday, February 21, the Hawaii House Finance Committee is scheduled to hear House Bill 1902 with amendment HD1....

Hawaii held the top spot for the previous four years, but fell slightly last year....

...After discussions with VA, DOH has determined that water catchment systems may be made safe for domestic use....

Modeled after the Maile Amber Alert, the Silver Alert uses the same voluntary partnership between local broadcasters, civil defense, police departments, and other state agencies....

...A (mainland) legislator considering an assisted suicide law asked me this question:  "Is there a way to allow a person to end his life without making someone else a criminal?"....

...from 34.5% to 39.5% for its Hawaii service, and from 36.5% to 41.5% for its Guam/CNMI and Micronesia services, effective March 23....

In Hawaii, the top 1 percent captured 70.9 percent of all income growth between 1979 and 2007....

This notification is to inform the public of a growing trend of dietary supplements or conventional foods with hidden drugs and chemicals....

Record 18% of electricity used by Hawaiian Electric customers was from renewable sources....

Shhh…keep quiet, or you’ll wake Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius....

The Board spent nearly one year working with stakeholders to craft policy revisions....

Oppose SB 2521 as it's a Food labeling bill that Supports Food In-Equality....

Judge Wilson, 60, ... was a chairperson of the Hawaii Board of Land and Natural Resources and Commission, commissioner for the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission and executive director for the state Division of Consumer Advocacy.....

• Senate: Debt Limit – Passage 
  
• House: Debt Limit – Passage 

The only thing that we’ve been able to define as an American flag vessel would take us a month to get the salt here....

...the panel held that the FTA and the City did not go wrong when it did not adopt the "Managed Lanes Alternative" or the "bus rapid transit" alternative....

For the third year in a row....

Just 3,614 people enrolled in the state’s exchange, but the report does not disclose how many of those who registered also paid for their health care policies....

"...send me legislation that protects taxpayers from footing the bill for a housing crisis ever again...."

Aiona's remarkably popular earning a 58-26 favorability score....

This ranking is based on the lowest cost of a “silver” plan.... 

Discussion of pending bills relating to the State Ethics Code, Haw. Rev. Stat. chapter 84, and the Lobbyists Law, Haw. Rev. Stat. chapter 97....

The value of Pilaa beach, bay and reef includes use value, option value, commodity value, existence value, bequest value, cultural values, including value to indigenous people, and intrinsic value....

New states considering online travel agency taxes should consider the harmful effect on tourism and the potential for legal battles they're likely to lose....

Over 42 million tourists visited the United States in 2012 after completing the required visa process. The process, however, is unnecessarily difficult....

What a contrast to President Barack Obama’s “I can do whatever I want” attitude ....