Entries for March 2014

Upcoming Congressional Bills

• Senate: Medicare “Doc Fix”
• Senate: Unemployment Benefits
• House: Ukraine Aid
• House: Health Care Reform

"...OHA is not seeing resistance from Kamehameha Schools and Howard Hughes Corp., the two major developers in Kaka'ako Mauka, as suggested in the editorial...."

Today is kinda-sorta the deadline to sign up for Obamacare....

At June 30, 2013, ERS had an “unfunded actuarial accrued liability” of about $8.4 billion. For EUTF, the number was about $18.2 billion....

...If you are not politicized, you are not Hawaiian....

“Numerous food truck owners have written to say that if this bill were to become law, they would not be able to operate within the capital special district."

$38,213,000 – Honolulu Community College Advanced Technology Training Center, Oahu....

...highlighting those bills that champion taxpayers and residents; and bills that affect our rights and freedoms....

...highlighting education proposals, spending, and reforms....

The Hawaii Election Commission has released its candidate report for the week ending March 28, 2014....

New condo towers in Kakaako are spurring double-digit growth in permits for residential construction. A sharp rise in commercial construction, much of it in resort areas, is on the horizon....

...request for the Government Accountability Office to review the taxpayer dollars used to fund the Hawaii Health Connector....

It’s a world where we can’t act like we did yesterday....

Despite the high risk and Hawaii's inability to open its exchange for two weeks after October 1, 2013, CMS allowed Hawaii's exchange to connect to the data hub....

"This is going to be a party of diversity and inclusion where those who are not at the extreme left or right of the political spectrum can come and voice moderate views that they feel will move Hawaii forward."

...as amended by the Senate Water and Land Committee, it has now been stripped of its purpose and instead only creates a hunting advisory council....

“At the present time, Chair Morita has business before the Board of Land and Natural Resources, which must be addressed...."

"The extremely high cost of utility power in Hawaii has made it one of the most attractive markets...."

Regulation: It’s a mostly hidden drain on the economy....