Entries for April 2016

...While resolutions and proclamations such as these may seem to be a cheap and easy way to score campaign contributions, they can take a toll....

...Hawaii collects $1,232 per person in income taxes....

...North Korea appears relentless; and will continue test after nuclear test, before it perfects its missile capability....

...The principles applicable to the California petroleum market without doubt similarly impact Hawaii....

...input law-abiding Hawaii gun owners into a federal biometric database, managed by the FBI, for continuous monitoring....

Suddenly, our findings, conclusions, and recommendations became important reference material for both sides of the debate....

...classes are available to eligible children at 19 public elementary schools....

...most of those “savings” are coming from taxpayers pockets....

...One Rock also has a unique strategic relationship with Mitsubishi Corporation....

Field trials in Brazil are using a genetically modified form of the A. aegypti mosquito....

...threatening to make the state’s already-restrictive gun laws even more onerous for law-abiding gun owners....

We reviewed 28,561 U.S. public high schools; 17 Hawaii schools made our rankings....

...2016 graduation dates for 64 schools statewide including public charter schools....

Guam land titles can be seriously messed up....

The article is inaccurate and implies that the Makaha Realignment project is dead.  This is absolutely false....

Bills include heat abatement for schools, crime victims’ rights, body cameras for police, senior care facility inspections, affordable housing, and the Judiciary budget....

Measures include teacher travel exception, water rights, assistance for displaced Maui sugar workers....

Conference committee is a dark time at the Legislature....

...Employment Forecasts for the Short-Term Future – 2017....

On Friday, April 1, April Fool’s Day, a respectable delegation of county politicians gathered in the House Finance Committee hearing room....

Candidate filing for the 2016 Elections runs from February 1, 2016 through June 7, 2016....

The resolution (SCR85) will be voted on by the full House....

Bill 62, Bill 63 and Resolution 15-206 are part of a master planned lagoon concept in Ewa....

On April 14th, the Legislature hit the second crossover deadline of the 2016 legislative session....

... in the persons of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders ....

...HART’s financial and operating plans are not reliable....

…The Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology occupies its own tiny island in Kaneohe Bay, known as Moku o Lo‘e....

Few policies have enjoyed as much bipartisan support as the EITC....

Yesterday,  House Bill 625, House Bill 2632, House Bill 2629 and Senate Bill 2647 all passed their final floor votes in the Senate and House, respectively....

...the average monthly rent for single-family homes in Honolulu was $2,691....

...Hawaii fails to provide any information at all on recipients of key subsidy programs....

...report examines the non-English speaking population in Hawaii based on data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau from 2010 to 2014....

Ige has appointed Darrel Galera as chairman of the Governor’s ESSA team....

I have been so dismayed seeing the activists once again playing the “these people are immigrants so their jobs aren’t needed” card....

For a decade, OHA has been advocating for co-trustee status....

...183 individuals moved off the streets....

A large crowd attended and listened as Mayor Alan Arakawa, Councilwoman Elle Cochran, and Grassroot President Keli'i Akina, Ph.D. discussed the future of farming on Maui....

The investigative division at the Hawaii Attorney General’s Office relies heavily on retired law enforcement officers hired as temps....

From Hawaii Family Advocates ....

Defendants who agree to plea deals will be offered alternative sentences such as community service or enrollment in court-ordered treatment....

...it is becoming increasingly difficult to defend Jones Act cabotage on the basis of economics and so the pro-Jones Act interests are retreating to national defense....

The Hawaii State Department of Health is reviewing the criminal history records of applicants for the Medical Marijuana Dispensary licenses....

...Federal Contract Preferences – A Boon For Native Hawaiian-Owned Companies....

If confirmed by the State Senate, Nagata will serve a term of six years....

Rockefeller Institute Blinken Report: Gambling Not a Solution to State Revenue Woes....

...the Kaho‘olawe Rehabilitation Trust Fund will be depleted by FY2018....