Entries for April 2021

...The Fumble or The Phantom Punch....

... locals are pushing back, saying that forests and farmlands should not be sacrificed in the fight against climate change ....

... the Court can consolidate the New York Case with Young v. Hawaii ....

... SCR44 is just a toothless symbolic statement, but it is being hyped nationwide ....

... This was the first time in a year where visitor arrivals were up, but the year-to-date arrivals were still significantly down (-60.1%) ....

... Kahului, Hawaii, is the most expensive U.S. destination in which to rent a car this spring ....

... This bill was so close to the finish line that the only question seemed to be whether Gov. Ige would agree to limit his power ....

... The payments aim for “workforce stabilization to retain teachers” and will be made to full- and half-time teachers. (Translation: Incumbent stabilization to retain HSTA endorsement for 2022.) ....

... Hawaii led the nation with the highest percentage of its civilian labor force unemployed for 15 weeks or longer 5.3% ....

"...any portable device that is designed to discharge electric energy, charge, voltage, or current into the body...."

... Akamai readers will remember this is exactly what happened to the old Hilo Hotel on Kinoole St during the 1990s depression ....

... HB526 and SB1329 ....

... Don't Take What They're Planning To Dangle In Front Of You ....

... Hawaii 9th-Highest State and Local Individual Income Tax Collections Per Capita ....

... Court documents said Harleman used his firm, Precision Accounting Hawaii, to defraud an Oahu landscaping business out more than $415,000 ....

... Earnings, which mostly reflect wages and other employee compensation, fell in Hawaii by 7.7% ....

... Caltech hopes to have its plans approved by early 2022, which would enable the physical deconstruction and restoration to begin by summer 2022 ....

... House Bill 862 authorizes counties to impose a new hotel room tax of up to 3% ....

... Oahu residents now have an additional 19 months to get the REAL ID-compliant driver’s licenses and state identification cards before they will need it to board domestic flights and enter some federal buildings ....

... John Kerry announced the United States’ support for the Local2030 Islands Network during a virtual event in support of the Leaders Summit on Climate Change hosted by President Biden this week ....