Entries for January 2014

The specialized court began last year with three defendants and has now grown to ten defendants....

...the Hawaii Attorney General argued that even if voters were tricked in 1998, they had no say in their family structure and that the legislature and governor were within their rights to force a new one on the people....

Attorney General David M. Louie joined 46 fellow state and territorial attorneys general in signing a letter sent to the U.S. Trade Representative....

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on November 26, 2013 to review two lawsuits challenging the Obama administration’s abortion pill mandate....

...$20 million for various capital improvement projects (CIP) administered by the state Department of Land and Natural Resources....

House Republicans say they are ready to move forward with an immigration reform plan....

...sit in on a policy discussion with a few  of the staff and scholars of the Grassroot Institute....

Currently, we only have three primary races featuring incumbents running for re-nomination where the incumbent is not at least rated “likely” to win....

...informational meetings about the 2014 Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan ....

...the cost of auto insurance varies depending on the month you purchase a policy....

On average, 204,120 visitors were in the state on any given day of 2013 (average daily census) a 1.4 percent gain compared to 2012....

We are listening to your concerns and, as promised, would like to address some of your questions regarding pesticide use....

Congress is very fond of two things: throwing a bunch of stuff into one bill and rushing bills through while Americans are focused on other news....

NOTE: Hawaii HB1789 is a Therapy Ban modeled on the laws discussed in this article....

Hawaii is the only state without any form of referendum, recall and initiative on a statewide level....

..."Obama’s national priorities echo those I’ve outlined"....

...a bill that would mandate labeling on all foods with genetically engineered material...would increase the cost of food in Hawaii even more....

...the suspect's mother describes the revolving door of mental health facilities and half-way houses through which her son has passed in the last year....

This past weekend, the Star-Advertiser's Richard Borreca used the Governor's State of the State as the opening trumpet call for the 2014 governor's race....

President Obama says this is a “year of action”—and last night he made it very clear whose action he was talking about....

...a package of bills intended to help the Hawaii Health Connector improve transparency and reliability and ensure the agencies financial stability....

...the state has seen an overall improvement in proficiency levels with 79% of fourth graders reading below proficiency in 2003 compared to 70% in 2013....

Senator Slom and Representative Aaron Ling Johanson and his fellow House Republicans are introducing companion legislation that includes financial relief for every taxpayer in Hawaii....

HUD determined that the city’s median income for a household of four is $82,600, down from $86,300 last year....

... Reuters' Jack Kemp looks at the Jones Act and the national security arguments used to defend it ....

...after five years of promises, what do we have to show for it?....

Let’s make this a year of action....

Hawaii P-­‐20 Council established a goal for 55 percent of Hawaii’s working age adults to have a two-­‐ or four-­‐year college degree by the year 2025....

This brief analysis is a simple case of a picture is worth one thousand words....

As every middle school student is taught, the legislative branch makes laws, as the executive branch executes those laws....

CMS plans to save $144 million a year with these measures between 2015 and 2019....

This so-called protest movement is really a new kind of ad campaign....

While there has been a lot of discussion about Monsanto, there seems to be little understanding about our operations and what we do....

Minors, incarcerated criminals and illegal immigrants are represented in the 2012 Hawaii Reapportionment Plan. Military members and their “attached” spouses, as well as non-resident students, are not....

Today, the Hawaii Supreme Court issued an option in Diamond v. Dobbin....

The nominating committee for the state Commission on Water Resource Management (Water Commission) is still accepting applications for one (1) position on the commission....

This Wednesday, January 29, the House Committee on Water and Land is scheduled to hear several important hunting bills....

...for the impending vacancy in the judicial office of the Associate Justice, Supreme Court, State of Hawaiʻi upon the mandatory retirement of Associate Justice Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. in March 2014.... 

The meeting to discuss the East Kapolei and UH-West Oahu rail stations is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 28, at the Kapolei Middle School....

Mr. Damas was arrested at the Halawa Correctional Facility where he was employed as an adult corrections officer....

...Lisa Stevens wasn’t satisfied with her child’s school. Then she heard about charter schools and discovered she could get a group of people together and start one....

The Governor's $850 million Surplus is imaginary, given his $9,000 million Retirement System Deficit....

$9,694,000 – Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii (NELHA) Frontage Road and New Intersection Connections, Hawaii Island – Construction of a 0.8-mile frontage road....

Hundreds of young people turned out Saturday for a ‘March for Life’ commemorating the 41st Anniversary of the Roe v Wade decision....

This past week I was in our nation's capital for our Republican National Committee Winter Meeting....

...Along with our own State Representative Beth Fukumoto, the Daily Beast website named Colonel McSally as one of the "Nine Women Remaking the Right."...

KIUC has charged $10.27 a month to customers who choose not to use a wireless smart meter....