Entries for September 2023

... we cannot afford to further burden our economy with our usual high-tax and high-spending habits ....

... “Our goal is to build equity and acquire more properties"  ....

... deploying with the Red Cross from Big Island to Maui to serve displaced residents ....

... 932,713 visitors arrived in the Hawaiian Islands in July 2023, an increase of 1.5 percent from July 2022 ....

... best-selling author Connor Boyack will explain why the next generation is critical to ensuring justice and prosperity ....

... On August 18, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service announced “expansive tax relief” for Hawaii wildfire victims ....

... licensure laws that constrain the supply of skilled trades workers, building codes that complicate and disincentivize adding accessory dwelling units, and laws prohibiting prefabricated homes ....

... increase pay for educational assistants and vice principals in Hawai‘i public schools ....

... the Hawaiʻi Green Infrastructure Authority (HGIA) has been appropriated $50 million for Solar PV+Battery financing in the 2023-2024 fiscal year ....

... “Nani ka noho mehameha ʻana o ke kūlanakauhale i piha i kanaka! Ua like hoʻi me ka wahine kāne make!” How lonely sits the city that was once full of people! (Lam. 1:1) ....

... If Republicans were stripped of ballot access, the Libertarians would be the only alternative to the Democratic Party ....

... "It's clear we need answers into how this tragic fire occurred and what could have been done to prevent it from happening." ....

... Native Hawaiian interest groups and environmental organizations joined the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii and the Sierra Club on Thursday ....

... displaced families are now searching for housing in one of the nation’s most expensive markets ....

... "to assess the policies and performance of state and county agencies" -- not MECO ....

" I had been present in our Emergency Operating Center since Aug. 7 "