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Entries for October 2016
| Monday, October 31, 2016 |
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HPD Shares Payoff from $670M Gambling Bust
By News Release @ 5:01 PM :: 9466 Views
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...between 2005 and 2012, the illegal operation, established by Allen Yamada and led by Felix Tom, placed gross wagers totaling over approximately $670 million through internet websites....
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| Monday, October 31, 2016 |
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Announcement: When Thirty Meter Telescope Gives up on Hawaii, it will go to Canary Islands
By News Release @ 4:33 PM :: 10262 Views
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The TMT International Observatory Board of Governors met last week to discuss the progress of TMT in Hawaii and to consider potential alternate sites....
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| Monday, October 31, 2016 |
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Worst Zombie States Deteriorate Faster, Further (Hawaii #6)
By Selected News Articles @ 4:22 PM :: 7761 Views
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Is Hawaii Too Big to Fail?
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| Sunday, October 30, 2016 |
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Hawaii Family Forum General Election Voter Guide
By News Release @ 8:20 PM :: 11338 Views
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Candidate Answers to the HFF Questionnaire ....
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| Sunday, October 30, 2016 |
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55% Hike in Harbor Fees: Transportation Department Grabs for More of Your Money
By News Release @ 5:03 PM :: 8715 Views
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...The first public hearing on the proposal will be Nov. 7 at noon at the Pier 11 terminal at Honolulu Harbor....
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| Sunday, October 30, 2016 |
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Do Some Benefits For State Retirees Still Make Sense?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:14 AM :: 7148 Views
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In 2016, Hawaii ranked 40th among the states with an OPEB funding ratio of 29.2 percent....
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| Sunday, October 30, 2016 |
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Judge Posner: Cab Companies Were Chumps To Rely On Govt Monopoly to Protect Them From Competition
By Robert Thomas @ 3:37 AM :: 6302 Views
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...holdovers from the legacy economy -- the owners of city-issued taxi medallions and permits -- did not have their property taken when the city allowed ridesharing services to operate....
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| Sunday, October 30, 2016 |
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Obamacare 2017 Premium Hikes 25 Percent. What's Next?
By NCPA @ 3:16 AM :: 6885 Views
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Back in June, it looked like the hike would be 16 percent....
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| Sunday, October 30, 2016 |
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Does Hawaii Need a "Property Ownership Fairness Act"
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:41 AM :: 7464 Views
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In Hawaii, this can be seen most starkly with the advent of the "shared" economy....
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| Sunday, October 30, 2016 |
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Lower Oil Prices Benefit Hawaii Most of All
By News Release @ 2:11 AM :: 7980 Views
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Expenditures on gasoline and other energy goods declined 27.4 percent in Hawaii....
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| Saturday, October 29, 2016 |
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Clean Energy Fraud: Puna Geothermal Operator Settles with Feds
By News Release @ 7:55 PM :: 7102 Views
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...submitting false applications for federal clean energy grants to which they were not entitled....
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| Saturday, October 29, 2016 |
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Visitor Spending Increased 10.4% to Record $1.2 Billion for September
By News Release @ 7:26 PM :: 6833 Views
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...IUCN, Other Conventions Contributed to Strong Showing in September....
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| Saturday, October 29, 2016 |
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National Disability Employment Awareness Month
By News Release @ 7:21 PM :: 5507 Views
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...job search, job referrals, vocational training, and work-based learning opportunities to individuals with disabilities....
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| Friday, October 28, 2016 |
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Caldwell Duped?
By News Release @ 8:03 PM :: 9793 Views
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Mr. Francis states he never consented to appear in any paid Caldwell political ad - an action that would be a clear breach of basic journalistic ethics....
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| Friday, October 28, 2016 |
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Countering Chinese Inroads into Micronesia
By Heritage Foundation @ 7:45 PM :: 10202 Views
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...Washington could find itself strategically outflanked....
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| Friday, October 28, 2016 |
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City acquires 24-unit apartment building to house homeless
By News Release @ 7:15 PM :: 8166 Views
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... at a cost of $287,500 per unit ....
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| Friday, October 28, 2016 |
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Hanabusa Flees HART, is Replaced by Caldwell Campaign Contributor
By News Release @ 7:10 PM :: 8687 Views
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Glen Nohara gave $12K to Caldwell and a total of $102K mostly to the usual list of Democrat incumbent candidates...
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| Friday, October 28, 2016 |
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Two Finalists named for UH Manoa chancellor
By News Release @ 4:44 PM :: 6388 Views
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The finalists will be participating in a final round of interviews on the Mānoa campus, November 14 and 15 and November 21 and 22, respectively....
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| Friday, October 28, 2016 |
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OHA is State’s 170th-Largest ‘Business’
By News Release @ 2:11 AM :: 5568 Views
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OHA is losing $20M a year on revenue of $31.4M... How much longer will they stay in 'business'? ....
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| Friday, October 28, 2016 |
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Hawaii Health Insurance Premiums Growing Faster than Most States
By News Release @ 1:48 AM :: 6448 Views
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...premiums have continued to grow by 5 percent per year or more in Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Kentucky, Maryland, New Hampshire, New York, and Utah....
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