Entries for August 2016

HAWICA Rejects Planning Department's Formalistic Definition Of "Applicant" In Vacation Rental Case....

...Ige announced the appointment of Samuel M. Gon III to the Board of Land and Natural Resources....

Kirk Caldwell's latest ads show just how desperate he is....

...and identifies three upcoming audits....

...expected to be in the millions of dollars....

EPA today announced separate agreements with the County of Hawai‘i, the County of Maui and the State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources to close illegal large-capacity cesspools....

...VA Drops Millions on Delayed Solar Power Projects....

There are now 36 million yoga practitioners in the United States alone, with another 80 million Americans preparing to practice for the first time in the next 12 months. Practitioners are spending $16 billion per year on clothing, products and classes.....

Election Day Officials are recruited to assist voters, provide operational support, and ensure the integrity of the voting process....

The proposed monument expansion could prohibit commercial tuna fishing by U.S. vessels in two-thirds of U.S. offshore waters around Hawaii....

This partnership, which had previously been “under the radar,” is designed to exclude community input as well as input in particular from Hawaiian cultural practitioners....

...what happens if a benefit plan does get disqualified? According to the IRS’ website, there are potentially severe consequences to the employer, the employees, and the plan itself....

...the inability of the mayor to address this infrastructure failure is clear negligence....

...the mayor fails to attend the debate tonight in Sand Island sponsored by the Kaimuki Business Association, Kalihi Business Association and Kahala Business Association....

Hawaii has the most burdensome licensing requirements for low to middle income jobs compared to the rest of the nation....

...1,900 applicants have been waiting for years, often decades, to get hooked up to the county water system....

...a challenge to the state's Marriage Equality Act by plaintiff Kaui Amsterdam....

Chris Fidelibus Wants to Bring Voters’ Voices to State Capitol....

...This increase is the first in the industry since the 2011- 12 crop year....

...“food oppression is a difficult concept for many to embrace because of the powerful rhetoric regarding personal choice that is endemic in the United States”....

Federal and state safety net programs lift an estimated 220,000 Hawaii residents above the poverty line each year....

...Approximately $600 million of debt affected....

...support for TMT’s construction is split among Hawaiians/part Hawaiians on Hawaii Island, with 46 percent of those polled in support of the project and 45 percent opposed....

...your purchasing power is among the worst in the country....

The Primary Election is just around the corner....

Djou for Mayor reported having raised approximately $225,000 in contributions with just under $200,000 cash-on-hand....

...dividing the project into an AC portion and an energy portion would greatly reduce the per-classroom cost....

...A well managed arterial street should have at least a 7:3 green-to-red ratio--Honolulu has the opposite....

...With school resuming session, many parents might be wondering whether they’ve selected the best school to secure their children’s academic success....

...Ratings for 28 Hospitals in Hawaii....

We will be conducting a press conference to Challenge Senator Brian Schatz to a debate on August 4....

...first official meeting on Thursday, August 18 at 6 p.m. at Koko Head Elementary School....

DOBOR’s Hawai‘i district office received a request from one of the six commercial operators moored in Keauhou bay to install a sign in order to identify their business to their customers....

...for two vacancies – one in the District Court of the Fifth Circuit (island of Kauai) upon the retirement of Judge Trudy K.T. Senda in December, and one in the District Family Court of the Third Circuit (island of Hawaii) as a result of the retirement of Judge Lloyd X. Van De Car....

Nomination papers will be made available, beginning on Monday, August 15, 2016, at the Office of Elections....

...the Interior Department is accepting bids for offshore wind leases in two areas off the Hawaiian island of Oahu....

Barrons: Hawaii Only Place Anybody is Talking About Solar Battery Storage....

...Ms. Yamane previously served as the Acting State Auditor....

Traffic fatalities, 65 and older: 9.1 per 100,000....

...The proposed rates have the highest cost during the on-peak period from 5pm to 10pm....

...the 2016 Summer Olympic Games are set to begin at the end of this week in Rio de Janeiro....

...Caldwell collects not only a $164,928 annual pay check from taxpayers but continues to 'work' a second job at a bank collecting an additional $200,000 per year....

...why they’ve chosen to leave their home islands....

...pay providers for achieving results in lieu of a traditional fee-for-service model....

...Feds say in Hawaii the drop was only 3% not the 58% claimed by Caldwell....

Meetings set for Oahu and Kauai ....