Entries for November 2013

The Department is conducting this study under contract with The Urban Institute and its subcontractors, NORC, Econometrica and SSI....

The Hawaii State Department of Education (DOE) will be placing Pono Choices implementation on hold as it conducts another review of the pilot curriculum....

This UHERO 101 intends to clarify some of the rate and policy aspects of PV in Hawai‘i, and explores the two opposite driving forces of PV adoption....

While an untrammeled water market would fail to provide the optimal solution, regulators can facilitate efficient water trading by setting appropriate exchange rates....

...members of the budget conference committee are considering several options that could increase spending by up to an additional $100 billion....

Hawaii has long had an unfortunate tendency to attract the most extreme Mainland activists....

From 1621, when the Pilgrims arrived in the New World, to 1863, when President Abraham Lincoln declared it a federal holiday, thanking God and practicing religion were of paramount importance....

Hawaiian Electric is helping customers whose rooftop photovoltaic (PV) installations were underway in September when the utility revised its interconnection procedures....

In this week’s Think Tech broadcast, Grassroot President Keli’i Akina and Policy Director Malia Hill join host Jay Fidell ....

DLNR is a bully taking away rights, threatening cultural livelihood and even trying to censor what can be shown on television. To this I say, long live “American Jungle”....

“It may take a little time for West Hawaii residents to get used to the sight of the flare burning 24 hours a day, seven days a week, especially at night, but the continuous flare means the system is doing what it’s designed to do.”

Senators Brian Schatz (D–HI) and Mazie Hirono (D–HI) recently voted to eliminate the filibuster on Obama nominees, do the math....

• DATE: Monday, December 02, 2013
• TIME: 2:00 pm
• PLACE: Conference Room 329 State Capitol

The United States will surpass Russia and Saudi Arabia as the world's top oil producer by 2015, and be close to energy self-sufficiency in the next two decades, amid booming output from shale formations....

Obamacare goes against prioritizing help for the disabled over assistance for able-bodied adults....

...Meanwhile HMSA Announces ANOTHER 4.4% Rate Hike Thanks to Obamacare....