Entries for January 2019

...The Real Cost of Smoking by State....

...OHA Beneficiaries Need More Than Unity Amongst Trustees....

...The Case for Inclusion 2019 Ranks States on Policies and Programs that Encourage Employment and Community Living....

...to prove the Navy could turn the more than 40-year-old deck gun design into an effective and low-cost weapon against cruise missiles and larger unmanned aerial vehicles....

...24 hours later, at 9 AM on January 2, the video had 278,000 views and about 1,300 Likes....

...a recent report on Oahu suggests that a Styrofoam ban is unlikely to reduce litter and increase recycling....

...The company has been ordered to pay a penalty of $230,000 and construct a new wastewater treatment plant....

...Trump made the case Tuesday night for the $5.7 billion he wants Congress to approve for a wall expanding the physical barrier along the southern border to stop the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs. The Daily Signal examines five of the president’s claims....

"...I stand strongly against those who are fomenting religious bigotry, citing as disqualifiers Buescher’s Catholicism and his affiliation with the Knights of Columbus...." -- Rep Tulsi Gabbard

...Rep Gene Ward sent a letter today, urging Mayor Caldwell and his administration to immediately reinstate a crosswalk that was mistakenly removed by the City & County last year....

...tens of millions of dollars for modernization within nearly every department....

...they resisted a request from the Christian Brothers to set aside over a million dollars in potential costs for sex assault lawsuits from the past....

...BUF, DAGS, DLIR....

...Medicaid may provide a partial reimbursement for medically and educationally necessary, health-related services when required for a student through his or her Individualized Education Plan....

...Jay Griffin becomes PUC chair immediately....

...HDOT, DoTAX, DHRD, DOH, DHS, DLNR, DCCA, PSD, DHHL, ETS, DoD....

...the boom, tagged “Wilson” and “System 001” by OC, is being towed very slowly--between one and three knots--and is not expected to arrive in Hawaii until mid-January....

"...HECO has not been coordinating with the Service and DOFAW to verify that a wind energy producer has completed the necessary compliance procedures...."

...the Foundation and DAGS have implemented 16 and partially implemented 7 of the 29 recommendations. Six recommendations have not been implemented....

...US scouts Bangkok, Hanoi, and Hawaii as possible locations for Kim-Trump summit....

...Carroll Cox has spent decades investigating environmental violations by individuals, companies, and the government....

...2019’s Best & Worst States to Raise a Family....

...The projects – three on Oahu, two on Maui and two on Hawaii Island – will add approximately 262 megawatts (MW) of solar energy with 1,048 megawatt-hours (MWh) of storage....

"...if we fail to make our party representative of our diverse population, it will be...years before a two-party system comes back to Hawai'i...."

...How the Jones Act affects one Hawaii business....

...“Really obvious question: How long until wave action tears up these booms?”--Hawai'i Free Press, May 12, 2017.... 

... the agencies are supposed to come up with a “variance report” that is supposed to list how much they were budgeted, how much was spent, and a narrative explanation for any significant difference ....

...Her progressive domestic politics are at odds with her support for authoritarians abroad, including Modi, Sisi, and Syria’s Bashar al-Assad....

...The Russian propaganda machine works closely with the complementary, well-financed U.S.-based anti-genetic engineering movement....

...In 2005, the Legislature provided the land conservation program with a dedicated funding source – ten percent of conveyance tax collected...here's what happened next....

...people with disabilities in Hawaii often work for pennies per hour while living on welfare benefits....

... Perhaps most notable are the increases in the general excise tax on Kauai and Hawaii Island ....

...the petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 18-260 should be granted, limited to the first question presented ... whether a “discharge of a pollutant” occurs when a pollutant is released from a point source, travels through groundwater, and ultimately migrates to navigable waters....

...There are 18 District IV parks covered under this contract, which goes into effect on Friday, Jan. 4....

...WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across five key metrics. They range from each state’s share of federal jobs to federal contract dollars per capita to the share of families receiving food stamps....

...Connors was nominated to the Federal District Court by Obama, but the Senate did not vote and the nomination lapsed when Obama's term ended....

...DCCA Director Catherine P. Awakuni Colón has named Colin M. Hayashida as insurance commissioner for the State of Hawaii. The appointment was effective January 1, 2019....

...we ended up with a small net gain and reversed a decades-long trend of decline....

...Here are the State-wide bills they will be presenting as part of their "A Better Tomorrow" package....

...He Not Only Admitted They've Been Concealing Information, But From Whom....

...OHA's own audit for fraud, waste and abuse, contracted to an independent national firm, not only faced more than a year's delay in getting started, but is currently facing challenges, jeopardizing its timely completion....

... Only five states had more wildly gyrating rankings than California — Hawaii, Vermont, Alaska, Nevada and Connecticut ....

... Coast Guard, good Samaritans responding to vessel fire in Pacific Ocean ....