Entries for April 2024

...43.8% of businesses described themselves as “critical, on life support,” with only 3.1% reporting “doing great, feeling great.”....

... Re-entry activities, such as sifting, may be restricted ....

... City Seeks to Dismiss Marconi Claims, Supports Move to Depose Bribery Convicts ....

... the case should be in the Supreme Court’s domain given the implications it could have for the U.S. economy, national security and federalism ....

... TABOR, a constitutional amendment approved by Colorado voters in 1992, limits the growth of government by limiting tax increases ....

... regulations and objections by various special interests ....

... lower export payments for daytime solar and 'opt-out' reassignment to 'Shift and Save' evening rate hikes ....

... nomination deadline May 20, 2024 ....

... The consent order requires the County of Hawai‘i to address broken equipment and deferred maintenance ....

... gun control bill dead ....

... This is an issue here in Hawaii because our individual income tax rates can go up to 11%, second highest in the nation ....

... State lawmakers took an important first step last year by passing legislation that allowed Hawaii to join the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact ....

... must pay fair market value for their leases ....

... From this point on, there will be no more public input via hearings. ...

... The state is dismissed from a set of federal cases that aim to hold it liable for the deadly wildfires but may still face claims in state court ....

"It’s like Kabuki theater."

"Making ratepayers to pay for the cost of their negligence and mismanagement is not the way to go"

... Hawaii's move to mandate a journalist group to vet news sources for "ethics and objectivity" ignites debate on misinformation and freedom of the press ....

... a huge rush to poison the population ....

... No Lahaina burn zone property owners have been given building permits ....

... The developer requested a waiver for the project, but a year later, the permit is still pending ....

... for the past 153 days HONU connected 119 clients with shelter or supportive housing ....

... more than 500 companies with commercial use permits from the DLNR Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation (DOBOR), began collecting one dollar from each passenger or customer ....

... Mercado Kim's uncle, John Sayin Kim, became Godfather of Hawaii organized crime after the explosion of his Cadillac Eldorado in Chinatown ....

... the dispensaries don't want the competition ....

... The Judicial Council is seeking applicants to fill a vacancy on the Hawaiʻi State Ethics Commission. The term will be for four years ....

... Chris Butler told me go big or go home ....

... Overall Tax Burden 11.80% ....

... Biden recently signed the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2024, which extended federal benefits to COFA citizens who legally reside in the United States ....

"Major decisions about our national energy policy must be made at the federal level, not dictated by one lawsuit brought by one city in its own courts.”

"Our decisions impact virtually every area of life on the islands."

... The legal ownership of a firearm inherently includes the right to carry it ....

... Total salary needed for two working adults with two children $299,520 ....