Entries for June 2016

...the state’s largest labor union, announced its endorsed candidates for the 2016 Primary Election today....

Ige today signed a fifth supplemental proclamation on homelessness, which will remain in effect until August....

Taxpayers in Hawaii spend about $1.8 billion on education every year....

This study is comprised of 2,464 offenders from the Fiscal Year 2012 cohort....

HART began talking publicly about a “Recovery Plan” only this month even though FTA rules apparently required a Recovery Plan since late 2014....

...filing an official rulemaking petition demanding that the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)  remove industrial hemp from the federal drug schedules....

Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustee Leina’ala Ahu Isa has issued a statement on her Facebook page that OHA spent $33 million on the Akaka Bill....

The newspaper characterized Caldwell's decision-making as "political expediency" driven by his re-election campaign....

They have spread misinformation on everything from GMOs, the Superferry, TMT, and now the ocean monument....

... big oil is funding these ocean closures worldwide ....

She is a new face to Hawaii politics, but she is no stranger to the arena in Washington, DC, where she served as a Congressional liaison for the U.S. Transportation Command....

Hawaii Ranked in Bottom Five States for Economic Freedom....

“We looked at the payroll from July 2014 to June 2015"

A wedding ring on Dad's finger is more than a symbol of his commitment to Mom. It also proves to be the ultimate anti-poverty weapon for their children....

Many agencies relish the ability to spend public money with little or no accountability....

leaders are making serious decisions on changing the rail route without publicly analyzing facts or figures on how the change will affect the ridership numbers....

Over the past 48-hours the mayor's policy on rail swung wildly in a display of uneven and poorly constructed leadership....

This is the third artificial rail crisis Caldwell has ginned up to push a tax hike....

...if a taking is abandoned or dismissed prior to final judgment, the condemnor is on the hook for "damages."....

...his argument allowed careful listeners to see the analogy to Jim Crow southern governments....

The implications of the court's ruling or rulings in this case will be vast....

...negotiations continue and the order still prevents the parties from actually closing the transaction....

"the elephants were recently found playing with a car battery that got in there somehow"

The share of infrastructure expenditures funded by tolls, user fees, and user taxes ranges from 14.3 percent in Alaska to 79.8 percent in Hawaii....

...Grassroot Institute warns that we are closer to a Native Hawaiian tribe than ever before....

"...and secure additional funding to complete the last five miles of the project to Ala Moana...."

Totto's troubles only started when he started investigating Caldwell's political fundraising practices....

Official full-length Ninth Circuit video recording of the hearings....

Earlier today, Kirk Caldwell had a massive change of position on rail by admitting that the route might need to be shortened to end at Middle Street....

...Meet the Insurance Executive Behind Assisted Suicide in Hawaii....

...after allegedly misrepresenting information related to requirements for interconnecting solar energy systems....

...to confidentially report violations of laws, rules, regulations and UH policies....

Totto’s relationship with the city administration was contentious from the beginning with questions about funding by lobbyists for the mayor’s inaugural luau....

"The backing of these trusted community leaders is a reflection of how much we need new leadership at Honolulu Hale."

...under Hawaii's statute governing challenges to nomination papers (HRS Section 12-8)....

Yesterday, KHON's Gina Mangieri covered a story detailing HART's request to borrow a minimum of $20 million more for rail, this time on the city's credit....

...Center for the National Interest is associated with the realist school of foreign policy thought....

...at ceremonies on Oahu and Maui....

...Kenneth Uemura will fill the City and County of Honolulu seat currently held by Amy Asselbaye....

...more people than ever want to be on the board – in 2015, 610 people volunteered to run for 437 seats....

...It's unclear how much was spent paying people to collect signatures, or where the money came from, because those loudly demanding transparency don't practice it themselves....

...the bill forces young women between the ages of 18 and 26 to sign up for the Selective Service, making them eligible for conscription if Congress reinstates the draft....

...as a councilmember, I fought to give the Ethics Commission the power to issue civil fines for violations of the ethics code and championed stronger ethics rules that have reduced conflicts of interest in Honolulu....

...this hobby activism of spreading misinformation has helped to fuel hatred and bigotry globally....

...2016’s States with the Best & Worst Economies....

"...unelected party officials and lobbyists should not have a say in who the presidential nominee of our party is...."