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Thursday, August 4, 2016
Maunalua Bay Recreation Advisory Committee Meets for First Time
By News Release @ 2:58 AM :: 4406 Views :: Environment

...first official meeting on Thursday, August 18 at 6 p.m. at Koko Head Elementary School....

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Thursday, August 4, 2016
DLNR Initiates Public Comment Period to Post One Sign at Marina
By News Release @ 2:55 AM :: 4197 Views :: Small Business

DOBOR’s Hawai‘i district office received a request from one of the six commercial operators moored in Keauhou bay to install a sign in order to identify their business to their customers....

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Thursday, August 4, 2016
Chief Justice Seeks Public Comment on Judicial Nominees
By News Release @ 2:41 AM :: 5102 Views :: Judiciary

...for two vacancies – one in the District Court of the Fifth Circuit (island of Kauai) upon the retirement of Judge Trudy K.T. Senda in December, and one in the District Family Court of the Third Circuit (island of Hawaii) as a result of the retirement of Judge Lloyd X. Van De Car....

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Thursday, August 4, 2016
Hawaii Scores B+ for Laws That Help Expecting and New Parents
By News Release @ 2:25 AM :: 5113 Views :: Family
...A State-by-State Analysis of Laws That Help Expecting and New Parents....
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Wednesday, August 3, 2016
CD1 Special Election Set for General Election Day
By News Release @ 7:45 PM :: 6561 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Office of Elections

Nomination papers will be made available, beginning on Monday, August 15, 2016, at the Office of Elections....

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Wednesday, August 3, 2016
Hawaiian Electric Begins Peddling Batteries
By News Release @ 7:01 PM :: 4933 Views :: Energy

Barrons: Hawaii Only Place Anybody is Talking About Solar Battery Storage....

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Wednesday, August 3, 2016
Honolulu Ethics Commission Appoints New Director
By News Release @ 6:49 PM :: 5312 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics

...Ms. Yamane previously served as the Acting State Auditor....

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Wednesday, August 3, 2016
Elderly 45.8% More Likely to Suffer Traffic Fatality
By News Release @ 5:28 PM :: 3696 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

Traffic fatalities, 65 and older: 9.1 per 100,000....

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Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Will Olympic Visitors Bring Zika Back With Them?
By News Release @ 10:08 PM :: 4524 Views :: Health Care

...the 2016 Summer Olympic Games are set to begin at the end of this week in Rio de Janeiro....

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Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Caldwell Hammered on Bank Job, Lack of Ethics
By News Release @ 7:59 PM :: 6390 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics

...Caldwell collects not only a $164,928 annual pay check from taxpayers but continues to 'work' a second job at a bank collecting an additional $200,000 per year....

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Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Hawaii Medicare: 50% of Payments to be on Incentive Plan
By News Release @ 5:28 AM :: 4980 Views :: Health Care

...pay providers for achieving results in lieu of a traditional fee-for-service model....

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Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Feds Contradict Caldwell: Hawaii Veteran Homelessness Only Down 3%
By News Release @ 3:57 AM :: 6458 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness

...Feds say in Hawaii the drop was only 3% not the 58% claimed by Caldwell....

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Monday, August 1, 2016
Papahānaumokuākea Expansion Public Meetings
By News Release @ 2:53 PM :: 7215 Views :: Environment, Small Business

Meetings set for Oahu and Kauai ....

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Sunday, July 31, 2016
Walk-in Voting Begins Monday Aug 1
By News Release @ 10:41 PM :: 5989 Views :: Office of Elections

...Qualified Hawaii residents may now register and vote on the same day, at Early Walk-In Locations....

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Sunday, July 31, 2016
On Rail, Caldwell Stonewalls Council, Legislature, and Feds
By News Release @ 5:34 AM :: 6741 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail

...Kirk Caldwell has done everything possible to evade questioning and withhold the details of the rail project....

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Saturday, July 30, 2016
KIUC: 40% Renewable for 2016
By News Release @ 3:50 AM :: 7233 Views :: Kauai County, Energy

...on track to burn almost 10 million gallons less oil than it did in 2006....

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Saturday, July 30, 2016
Almost All Hawaii Catholic School Graduates go on to College
By News Release @ 3:42 AM :: 5927 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics

One hundred percent of Maryknoll High School seniors have been accepted to colleges....

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Saturday, July 30, 2016
Hawaiian Electric: Significant Alt-Energy Projects Underway Without NextEra
By News Release @ 3:37 AM :: 5030 Views :: Energy

...projects and initiatives by Hawaiian Electric to significantly increase its production of renewable energy by the end of the decade....

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Saturday, July 30, 2016
High Tech Corporate Welfare: State Gives Away Another $3.2M of Your Tax Dollars
By News Release @ 3:23 AM :: 5208 Views :: Tax Credits

$3,273,533 in funding from two grant programs to 13 Hawaii companies to help support development of new products....

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Saturday, July 30, 2016
Visitor Arrivals, Expenditures Increased in First Half of 2016
By News Release @ 3:03 AM :: 5354 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

June 2016 Arrivals Up 4.2 Percent, Expenditures Gained 4.3 Percent....

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Friday, July 29, 2016
Rep Kaniela Ing Caught Lying About Arrest--Claims 'Conspiracy'
By News Release @ 10:30 AM :: 23227 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Politicians

...Ing claims a long-running conspiracy is out to get him....

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Thursday, July 28, 2016
Heart Association: Second Hand Marijuana Smoke Worse than Tobacco
By News Release @ 11:49 PM :: 7908 Views :: Health Care, Drugs

Rats’ blood vessels took at least three times longer to recover function after only a minute of breathing secondhand marijuana smoke....

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Thursday, July 28, 2016
DLNR: Keehi Lagoon is Caldwell’s Mess
By News Release @ 3:53 PM :: 6981 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness

"...there might be needles and other hazardous materials in here, so we don’t want people reaching in...."

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Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Hot Schools: DoE Prepares for Illness and Exhaustion
By News Release @ 11:12 PM :: 8971 Views :: Education K-12, Energy, Environment, Ethics

... Schools could have been cooled already but DoE insiders had to reward crony contractors so the keiki will just have to suffer until next year ....

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Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Secrets: 24 Candidates Fail to File Financial Disclosure
By News Release @ 10:47 PM :: 5000 Views :: Ethics

The statutory deadline for candidates to file their financial disclosure statements with the Hawaii State Ethics Commission was Friday, July 22, 2016....

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Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Papahanaumokuakea: OHA’s Power Grab will harm State's ability to continue trust responsibility to Native Hawaiians
By News Release @ 3:59 AM :: 11781 Views :: Environment, OHA, Small Business

Letter to Obama from Sen Akaka, Gov Cayetano, and Gov Ariyoshi ....

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Tuesday, July 26, 2016
County by County: Where are the People Doped Up?
By News Release @ 11:44 PM :: 6450 Views :: Drugs

There is a clear pattern....

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Tuesday, July 26, 2016
DoE Community Meetings--Seeks Input on ESSA
By News Release @ 7:21 PM :: 4901 Views :: Education K-12

These meetings are part of the ongoing outreach effort in the updating of the Strategic Plan....

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Monday, July 25, 2016
Another Sewage overflow near Ala Moana
By News Release @ 7:37 PM :: 5144 Views :: Honolulu County
Remember how long it took to wade thru Caldwell’s lies Last Time?
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Sunday, July 24, 2016
Debt Financing: The mayor's word on rail has been broken - again
By News Release @ 8:51 PM :: 5131 Views :: Rail

Caldwell promised that rail is 'fully paid for.'  But yesterday....

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Sunday, July 24, 2016
Recreation Department Audit: No Way to Know How Much They Stole
By News Release @ 5:27 PM :: 7433 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics

...there were multiple days where no deposit or revenue was recorded....

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Saturday, July 23, 2016
UH Law Grads Average $55K Debt
By News Release @ 10:55 PM :: 5087 Views :: Higher Education

Average debt for 2015 UH Law School graduates who took out loans to pay for their legal education was $54,988....

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Saturday, July 23, 2016
City seeks non-profit organization for Kapolei City Lights parade and vendors
By News Release @ 10:51 PM :: 7032 Views :: Honolulu County, Religion

The deadline to submit proposals is 4 p.m. on August 19, 2016....

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Saturday, July 23, 2016
Feds Nail $2M Tribal Scam–Thousands Got Free Hawaiian Homelands Cellphones
By News Release @ 6:14 PM :: 8565 Views :: DHHL, Ethics

...the company improperly enrolled several thousand Hawaii customers as eligible for enhanced Tribal support reimbursements....

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Friday, July 22, 2016
Darby: Hawaii and Maui County Shelters Open
By News Release @ 11:45 PM :: 7063 Views :: Hawaii County , Maui County

... Shelters are open now ....

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Friday, July 22, 2016
Even With Economy Booming, HART Claims GE Taxes Running Short of Projections
By News Release @ 10:12 PM :: 5797 Views :: Rail, Taxes

...roughly $44 million less than projected....

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Friday, July 22, 2016
Golden Parachutes are Expensive -- Massive tuition increases approved by UH regents
By News Release @ 3:38 AM :: 4431 Views :: Higher Education

UH leadership claimed that the money raised through the increase will only be used for projects that modernize student spaces, classrooms and laboratories....

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Friday, July 22, 2016
Honolulu ADU Incentives Now Law
By News Release @ 3:14 AM :: 5106 Views :: Honolulu County

...saving up to $9,000 to $10,000 in application fees for homeowners wishing to build an accessory dwelling unit (ADU)....

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Friday, July 22, 2016
Ige Announces $12M Homelessness Plan
By News Release @ 3:03 AM :: 4900 Views :: Homelessness

...funding will be focused on the most visible and chronically homeless people in Hawai‘i....

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Friday, July 22, 2016
DoH Socks Hawaii’s Last Cane Plantation with $600K Fine
By News Release @ 2:53 AM :: 7884 Views :: Energy, Environment, Agriculture

Suddenly biomass is not clean energy?

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Friday, July 22, 2016
TS Darby heading to Hawaii, tropical storm watch issued for Big Island, Maui Co
By News Release @ 2:03 AM :: 7569 Views :: Hawaii County , Maui County

Darby will pass very close to, or over, Hawaii Island on Saturday....

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Thursday, July 21, 2016
VIDEO: HART Vice-Chair Endorses Charles Djou
By News Release @ 8:02 PM :: 9659 Views :: Honolulu County, Labor, Politicians, Rail

...after having seen Caldwell in ‘action’ as mayor, Damien and the IBEW have thrown their support firmly behind Charles....

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Thursday, July 21, 2016
Papahanaumokuakea: Hawaii Fishermen get no response from Obama, Schatz
By News Release @ 5:25 PM :: 7719 Views :: Environment, Small Business

“As you yourself note, the Hawaii longline fishery uses ‘responsible and sustainable practices and has resulted in Honolulu’s recognition as one of the nation’s ten most productive fishing ports....’”

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Thursday, July 21, 2016
DHHL Begins Work on 2017 Legislative Package
By News Release @ 5:20 PM :: 5459 Views :: DHHL

...The deadline for proposals is August 10, 2016....

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Thursday, July 21, 2016
Ige: The concerns expressed in my veto message have not changed
By News Release @ 3:45 AM :: 7500 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor

"The bill jeopardizes the Employees Retirement System’s tax exempt status...."

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Thursday, July 21, 2016
It Begins: Caldwell Launches First Negative Campaign Ad
By News Release @ 12:09 AM :: 6653 Views :: Honolulu County, Politicians

...We always knew the mayor would reach for negative campaigning because, as the media reported, that's "the way he rolls."....

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Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Rep Mark Takai Dies--Special Election in November
By News Release @ 6:10 PM :: 6977 Views :: Politicians

...Rep. Mark Takai, 49, dies after battle with pancreatic cancer....

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Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Hawaiian Electric withdraws request for approval of LNG contract and generation upgrades
By News Release @ 7:38 PM :: 7220 Views :: Energy

Now you know what the NextEra fight was all about....

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Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Hawaiian Electric Will Move Forward as an Independent Company
By News Release @ 2:00 PM :: 5051 Views :: Energy

No mention of LNG in this news release....

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Tuesday, July 19, 2016
2016 Candidate Info Available on League of Women Voters Website
By News Release @ 2:55 AM :: 6969 Views :: Office of Elections, Politicians

Candidate information is available for all counties in Hawaii. Nearly three hundred candidates....

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