Entries for May 2015

...if you are a taxpayer with questions and you call the Hawaii Department of Taxation’s customer service line, there is a more than 50% chance that your call won’t be answered. At all....

In Hawaii...it seems like half the top lawyers attended the University of Hawaii....

Pasha and Matson both completed their acquisition of Horizon Lines today ....

...state and local combined individual income tax collections per person....

As Explained: "OHA: $2.8M Giveaway to Wife of Kanaiolowalu CEO"

European maritime industry trade groups are seeking several specific exemptions from U.S. maritime cabotage provisions....

The university inadvertently confirmed that its Honolulu labs had been put in the performance improvement program in records it filed in January with Hawaii's Office of Information Practices, which is deciding USA TODAY's public records appeal....

in the last two years, HPD made 19 arrests for promoting prostitution, more than half of which were for first-degree promoting or sex trafficking. It is important to note that none of these arrests would have been possible without the cooperation of witnesses -- who in these cases happened to be individuals arrested for prostitution....

Bumpy Kanahele got paid.  Walter Ritte did not.  Note to Next movie maker: Pay Ritte and avoid these problems... or don't pay any of them and reap the free publicity....  decisions, decisions.... 

...Grassroot Institute held an expert panel on the issue of transparency and government secrecy in Hawaii....

Buried Deep In Those Proposed Rule Changes Is Something That Could Kick Hawaiians Off Their Homestead Lands....

The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy released the annual 50-State Property Tax Comparison Study, a comprehensive analysis of effective property tax rates in each state’s largest city....

...United Health Foundation’s America’s Health Rankings Senior Report: A Call to Action for Individuals and Their Communities....

...there has been a 7.3% increase in net island area over the past century....

On June 15, when the law goes into effect, Santa Monica will see a drastic reduction in its Airbnb options, banning 1,400 of about 1,700 vacation rentals available on home sharing websites....

My father experimented with my make-up and clothes....

Ige signed the bill authorizing that final payment this week....

Host Keli'i Akina speaks with Pastor Robb Finberg about the intention/design of the Aloha Heritage Center of Hawaii....

...government has the ability to ignore market realities until systems ultimately collapse....

Hawaii’s per capita death toll during the four conflicts combined is greater than that of any of its peers....

...almost all the hard cheese made in the United States, and in much of the West, uses a genetically engineered protein....

...what actually goes into this “unfunded liability” calculation....

the Canadian government lifted an import duty of 25 percent on foreign-built ships in 2011....

Each of these races was decided by more than 150 votes....

...the reforms are a work in progress....

I’m starting to think that eating organic is correlated to conspiracy thinking and some degree of paranoia....

“...taxes are the single most expensive ingredient in beer, costing more than labor and raw materials combined....”

"...have no integrity and join effectively in a conspiracy against him and his team....” 

You also fail to disclose your own money ties to the organic and health food industry....

With the recent announcement of the closure of the DuPont Pioneer farm in Kekaha, it’s of no surprise that the no aloha crew is out and about again....

The complete video from the presentation at the State Capitol Auditorium....

...the Governor’s projection of state expenditures–and the means by which this forecast is determined–are not transparent....

...the stadium is a facility that inherently “pushes the boundaries”....

The Obama administration had implemented the special enrollment period from March 15 - April 30 to assist individuals who were unaware they would face a tax penalty for not having “qualifying” health insurance....

In 2012, we found that after nearly 40 years of existence, NELHA had yet to live up to its creators’ vision....

Several of Hawaii's campaign-finance laws challenged by a construction firm are not unconstitutional, the 9th Circuit ruled....

The 2014 State Preschool Yearbook is the newest edition of our annual report profiling state-funded prekindergarten programs in the United States....

Hawaii ranked fourth for senior health this year, according to the third edition of United Health Foundation’s America’s Health Rankings® Senior Report....

Complete results from all NB races ....

Only 15% of Hawaii rural roads are 'good'....