Entries for July 2017

...What is the function of government?....

...Hawaii among states with lowest median scores on college admissions test, study finds....

...Injunction suspends enforcement of law which ‘targets free speech rights’....

...If the fusty sigh of “Kids these days!” were a law, it would look something like the new Honolulu ordinance making it illegal to cross the street while looking at a cellphone....

...WELCOME to the PEOPLE’S PUBLIC HEARING ON RAIL....

...if you don’t work, you don’t eat....

...North Korean ICBM Could Strike Deep Into US Territory, Leading Experts Say....

What does it say about the state of governance in Hawaii that endorsing basic standards of fiscal responsibility is a revolutionary act?

...BLNR Chair Suzanne Case set Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017 to hear oral arguments in the Contested Case Hearing for the Thirty Meter Telescope....

...Nine people, including three couples and three single adults left their encampments along the H-1 corridor and Nimitz Highway and were placed into shelter at Next Step and to permanent housing....

...Preliminary Draft of Proposed Revisions to Hawaiʻi Administrative Rules Title 11 Department of Health Chapter 200 Environmental Impact Statement Rules....

...the state-run Maui Memorial Hospital faced every problem a medical facility could. Dogged by consistently low professional accreditation ratings, it lacked specialists and had constant funding shortfalls. Patients regularly had to be airlifted to Honolulu, even for trauma care....

...“I Need my Own Place to get Better”: Patient Perspectives on the Role of Housing in Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations....

“Matson announces new U.S. flag Marshall Islands service”

...Section 8 does not have a formal fraud program although, as of FY 2016, the program's delinquent accounts receivables totaled approximately $1.5 million....

...Available data includes the schedule, scope, and estimated cost for all current State Highways projects as well as all projects planned to begin construction in the next two years....

...Illustrates Trashing of Wilderness Park by Illegal Campers & Squatters....

...Transit’s Precipitous Decline....

...Peggy will share her behind-the-scenes stories and insights about Ronald Reagan’s final years....

...government may not be able to fund nonprofits that are not closely aligned to current government responsibilities....