Entries for October 2014

Omidyar...seemed not to realize what he had gotten into....

The renewable mandates make Hawaii more unaffordable and the mothballed interisland cable is yet another boondoggle....

...covered under a homeowners, renters or business insurance policy, according to the Insurance Information Institute....

The Hawaii Health Connector Is The Most Expensive Obamacare Exchange In The Country....

Why did David Ige sign Grover Norquist's pledge not to raise taxes only to break it later? He's not the only one....

But combined enrollment for grades 1-12 continues to grow, with 823 more students in 2014-15....

Hawaii Army and Air National Guardsmen were called to support Hawaii County Civil Defense....

The meeting will be held at the Waipahu District Park in Waipahu on Thursday, November 6, 2014 at 7 p.m.....

David Ige Once Promised Hawaii Taxpayers He Wouldn't Raise Their Taxes, Then Promptly Broke It....

Takai actually ran a TV commercial claiming he opposed the pension tax “every time.”  This is false and Takai knows it....

...gains/losses on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) fourth and eighth-grade reading and mathematics exams from 2003 to 2013....

November 28 and November 29, 2014 at Moanalua High School....

Nationally, the combined net income of sole proprietors, LLCs, Partnerships, and S corporations has increased fivefold and now accounts for more than 50 percent of all business income....

We score all 50 states on 56 measures of competitiveness, developed using input from business groups, economic development experts, companies and the states themselves.....

“Solar energy comes and goes. You need something fast to fill the gaps.”

...140 individuals are targeted to move into IHS shelters or homes and an additional 120 transient individuals will be returned to their homes outside Hawaii....

...a tax that has been described as the largest tax increase in U.S. history....

New Jersey, New York and Illinois have imposed mandatory quarantines for health care workers who treated Ebola patients in West Africa....