Entries for February 2018

...All members of the committees voted “yes” on the bill, except Rep. Andria Tupola and Rep. Bob McDermott .... We were asked to vote without our members having seen a written draft of the revised bill....

...Hawaii’s total consumer debt per capita of $64,642 averaged more than $20,000 above the nation....

...Hawaii shines in one area of 'best states' ranking....

...Committee members asked some very telling questions that identified loopholes that still remain in the bill.  The Attorney General's representative couldn't definitively state that all their concerns from the 2017 version were resolved in this current version that is supposed to have more robust protections.... 

...House Bill 4135 passed the Oregon Senate 17-12. While the stated intent of the bill’s authors was to update the advance directive, it also paves the way for healthcare representatives to remove access to food and water for vulnerable Oregonians with dementia and Alzheimer’s....

1. Peter S. Hoffmann
2. Duane Kanuha
3. Albert Nahale-a

...Hawaii Annual Taxes on Home Priced at State Median Value -- $1,459 (33rd–highest)....

...The results from this year’s NCS ....

...On Tuesday, February 27th, the Hawaii state Senate Committee on Judiciary will hold a decision making hearing on Senate Bill 2046 and Senate Bill 2436.  The committee is only accepting written testimony for this hearing....

...The immense political influence of public sector unions appeared imperiled Monday, as several justices of the U.S. Supreme Court grilled labor lawyers over the constitutionality of mandatory union dues....

...NRA had nothing at all to do with the failure of that school’s security preparedness, the failure of America’s mental health system, the failure of the National Instant Check System or the cruel failures of both federal and local law enforcement....

With this information out in the open, what is left for Crabbe to blackmail Trustees with?

...Do the problems in our classrooms have anything to do with special funds at all?....

...Supreme Court to hear Trump v Hawaii April 25, 2018....

... Insurance companies denied treatment to patients, offered to pay for assisted suicide ....

...just 14 traditional public schools offer AP Computer Science....

...House Health & Human Services and House Judiciary Committee have scheduled a joint hearing on HB2739--assisted suicide--Tuesday, February 27, 2018 @ 10:30 a.m. in Hawaii State Capitol auditorium.... 

...The Heritage Foundation hosted on Friday, February 23, 2018, a panel discussion, “Time to Reform the Jones Act?”....

...the court held they could be held liable, even though it is their home, first concluding that renting out a room in your home qualifies as offering a public accommodation, even though it is your residence....

...All House bills are in their final committees, they have until March 8th to pass out of their last committee and pass third reading to cross over to the Senate....