Entries for March 2014

Once in a while people fight with taxing agencies about their taxes....

Under an agreement announced on March 17, AnsaldoBreda will take back all 16 V250s ordered by NS and return €125m to the operator....

If you're not ready to serve your constituents on a broad range of issues, you will lose.  Your defeat will advance the gay agenda....

Speaker brings anti-bullying message to isles: Nick Vujicic, born without arms or legs, will stop on Oahu, Maui and Kauai to begin a national tour....

Sen. Paul spoke about his class-action lawsuit against the Obama administration and the National Security Agency....

interview with Chuck Boller, Director Emeritus of the Hawaii International Film Festival....

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

Only 5,394 enrollments in the individual marketplace....

We also found instances where multiple funds were combined as a single fund in reports and did not include specific details of individual funds or accounts....

Mr. Thornton notes that the decision is one "of national importance for transit and highway projects" because....

...Rep. Bob McDermott has asked the Alabama State Bar Disciplinary Commission to investigate the Southern Poverty Law Center’s top administrators....

President Obama recently admitted that Obamacare will cause some Americans to lose their doctors....

The case is Baker v. Kealoha (9th Cir. Mar. 20, 2014) ....

Hawaii is the third largest retailer of ivory and ivory products in the nation....

To date Hawaii has failed or refused to release information pertaining to the grants citing “”a potential threat”....

Students in grades 3-8 and 11 at 91 schools statewide will participate in the field test of the new Smarter Balanced assessments....

The long-term unemployed have problems finding work wherever they are, even in states with the lowest unemployment – Hawaii....

“Renewable Watch” for Oahu, Maui and Hawaii Island, online displays that show the daily contribution of solar and wind generation on each island and how energy from these resources changes throughout the day....

...an AHW was launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii, and arrived 30 minutes later at the Reagan Test Site, U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands -- a distance of about 2,500 miles....

Obamacare has caused seemingly endless problems, and one of the big—and very personal—ones will be on display at the Supreme Court next week....

the Hawaii Republican State Committee voted 37-8 with one abstention to elect former US Rep Pat Saiki Party Chair....

Representatives Aaron Ling Johanson, Minority Leader and Beth Fukumoto Minority Floor Leader present a mid-session legislative report for 2014....

It’s a lot of bad news, says one Hawaii Democrat....

...34,000 uninsured Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPIs) in Hawai‘i are likely eligible for no cost health care coverage (such as Medicaid or CHIP)....

...rates and rankings of all 50 states on 39 different measures of tax and fiscal policy....

Is it a loss of wealth by the rich or an increase in wealth to the poor? The latter, according to research....

SB 2609 would provide for a gradual increase in the minimum wage with a provision for an unspecified tip credit....

...the bill, as written, will have a chilling effect on citizen participation in government....

Two messages from the Medical Cannabis Coalition of Hawai‘i indicate that its going to be a lot harder to get medicated courtesy of just any old doctor....

In the past month we have put together our campaign team and developed our campaign strategy....

The Hawaii State Department of Education (DOE) is receiving high praise from the U.S. Department of Education....

A judge on Hawaii's Big Island last week halted enforcement of part of Hawaii's flawed anti-GMO law....

The hearing—with decision making to follow--is set for March 20, 2014 at 9:35am in the State Capitol Auditorium....

For 2014, the penalty for not purchasing insurance will be either $95 or 1 percent of your annual income (whichever is greater)....

The downward forecast means that the state has now fewer projected revenues that could be used to fund some of the proposed spending initiatives....

...Executive Office on Early Learning Director GG Weisenfeld was joined by state legislators, preschoolers, community groups and business representatives....

Here are the tax highlights from the 2014 Legislative Session....

...leases which may be essential for Par Petroleum’s refinery operations....

The decision to cease operations in Hawaii follows significant growth in the Company’s flight operations on the mainland and was a strategic decision....

Every major poll shows small-business owners the most highly regarded group in America, and every elected official claims to be your friend....

The Hawai‘i Health Connector and Planned Parenthood of Hawai‘i today announced a joint effort....

The House and Senate will be in recess until March 24....

...the housing entities’ “profits paid to the Treasury in 2013 alone have resulted in federal spending and deficits being underreported by more than $100 billion....

Video March 17, 1959: Eisenhower signs Hawaii statehood bill....

Because of the lack of transparency, it’s not totally clear who actually selected the three candidates from a field of nine....