Entries for July 2015

Hotel occupancy taxes also appear to eat into the budget tourists set for their vacation trips. Such an effect was empirically observed in Hawaii in 2013....

...a “Notice of Election” to eligible voters on the Native Hawaiian Roll on Monday, Aug. 3....

...Meanwhile -- 3,500 astronomers converging on Waikiki....

...it was possible that plaintiffs could establish standing if they amended their complaint, any amendment would be futile because plaintiffs’ Commerce Clause challenge to the Jones Act would fail on the merits....

...an economic study for commissioned by the state recommends Hawaii raise taxes on gasoline by $.85 per gallon....

The primary mover behind Relativity's failed "Accelerator Package"--Senate Ways and Means Chair David Ige....

On Monday, the U.S. Senate will be voting to prohibit the nation's largest abortion provider from receiving taxpayer funds....

...visitor arrivals to the Hawaiian Islands rose 4% and visitor spending increased 3.5%....

Department provides little support for and minimal oversight of staff involved in procurements....

Follow our journey this year on our website and via social media — #ProudtoServeKeiki....

Because the state government uses outdated accounting methods, a vast majority of liabilities are excluded from its financial reporting....

...almost a quarter of Oahu's unsheltered homeless are the Leeward district....

...working to reform the public education system....

...34 legislators have sent a letter to Attorney General Bob Ferguson requesting him to investigate whether Planned Parenthood in Washington has been selling organs from aborted babies for financial gain....

...negotiating a fetal body parts deal, agreeing multiple times to illicit pricing per body part harvested, and suggesting ways to avoid legal consequences....

...Conflict of interest....

"This is one of the largest settlements for an environmental violation in Hawaii’s history,” said Chin....

Mr Burns' extensive rail project experience includes the Third Street Light Rail and Central Subway Project in San Francisco....

You Can Now See If Your Name Was Added Fraudulently To The Native Hawaiian Roll....