Entries for April 2014

The top-performing states—Minnesota, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Hawaii—lead the nation across most dimensions of care, and have done so over time....

...analysis from The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy shows that teen childbearing in Hawaii cost taxpayers at least $32 million in 2010....

Total expenditures by visitors who came to Hawaii in March 2014 fell 3.5 percent compared to last March to $1.2 billion....

...You’ll never see it as a line item in the budget....

...UNITE HERE Local 5 union officials have an ugly history of violating the rights of the workers they claim to represent....

This newfound abundance has come primarily from the application of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing....

This study analyzes the effects of the resulting changes at the individual employee level ....

...an unholy union of big government, big business, and big special interests twists public policy to benefit Washington insiders....

... Queens, Pali Momi, Straub, and Moanalua all scored 'A' ....

...four major decisions and orders that collectively provide key policy, resource planning, and operational directives to HECO....

...Tesoro indicated that domestic supply was not competitive, in part due to Jones Act restrictions....

"Congress needs to follow up on this presidential trip by passing trade promotion authority to conclude a free-trade agreement across Asia and the Pacific”

Shippers are increasingly moving crude to a refinery in Canada....

...the budget specifically appropriates $300,000 of general obligation bond funds toward design ... another $2 million is appropriated for the actual construction of an air conditioning system....

...$6M of added work due to unidentified utilities, design changes and added work scope....

The budget, which provides $6.189 billion in general funds and $12.147 billion in all means of financing, was characterized by House Finance Chair Sylvia Luke as measured and prudent....

VIDEO: House Republicans speak out on Hawaii State Budget during final debate today....

Despite claims to the contrary, relatively few Hawaiians would benefit from the increase....

Do conservatives still want to repeal Obamacare?  It would seem the media don’t want you to think so....