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| Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
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Hawaii Republicans Oppose Resettlement of Syrian Refugees in Hawaii
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 8:15 PM :: 9690 Views
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Senator Sam Slom wrote a letter to Governor Ige, urging him to reconsider his position....
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| Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
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Hawaii Loses Ground in Business Tax Climate
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:49 PM :: 6917 Views
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State falls to #31 in national ranking....
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| Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
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So Far: Syrian Refugees in U.S. Include 2,098 Muslims, 53 Christians
By Selected News Articles @ 3:29 PM :: 8857 Views
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'Screening': Syria is 10% Christian, 'Refugees' are 2% Christian....
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| Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
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A-1 A-Lectrician Case: Secret Email Group Connects Hawaii AG to Soros-Funded Lawyers
By Selected News Articles @ 5:47 AM :: 10540 Views
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Deirdre Marie-Iha, a lawyer from the Hawaii Attorney General's Office, asks for help defending against a free speech case....
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| Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
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DLNR Slaps Down Anti-Aquarium Nuts (again)
By News Release @ 3:47 AM :: 7136 Views
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"Commercial aquarium fish collecting, in fact, does not occur to any great extent off most of the Hawaiian Islands...."
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| Tuesday, November 17, 2015 |
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Engineers: DAGS Hands Off CIP
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 2:20 AM :: 5380 Views
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Of 19 departments and agencies surveyed, 14 said capital improvement projects (CIPs) should not be handled centrally by the Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS)....
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| Monday, November 16, 2015 |
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Ige: Hawaii Will Welcome ‘Screened’ Syrian Refugees
By News Release @ 9:48 PM :: 7535 Views
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According to the NYT, so far no Syrian refugees have been resettled in Hawaii....
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| Monday, November 16, 2015 |
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How High are Cell Phone Taxes in Your State?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:11 PM :: 7346 Views
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Hawaii Ranks 44th with a 6.3% Tax Rate....
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| Monday, November 16, 2015 |
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Federal Intervention in Schools Looks to Remain in Force Through Possible No Child Left Behind Deal
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:06 PM :: 5625 Views
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House and Senate proposals to rewrite No Child Left Behind are set to head into conference early next week....
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| Monday, November 16, 2015 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted November 16, 2015
By Congress.org @ 3:54 PM :: 5365 Views
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Senate: Revised Defense Authorization
Senate: Military-Construction-VA Appropriations
Senate: Surface Transportation Reauthorization
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| Monday, November 16, 2015 |
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Offshore? Let Wind and Solar Energy Subsides Expire
By NCPA @ 12:55 PM :: 6587 Views
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Offshore wind is 2.6 times more expensive as onshore wind power and is 3.4 times more expensive than power produced by a natural gas combined cycle plant....
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| Sunday, November 15, 2015 |
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Why the Paris Massacre Will Have Limited Impact
By Selected News Articles @ 5:32 PM :: 6335 Views
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...it will likely move public sentiments substantially in one direction and Establishment policies in quite the opposite....
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| Sunday, November 15, 2015 |
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Rail Funds Frozen? Feds Explain ‘Officially’ and ‘Unofficially’ What they Told Caldwell
By Andrew Walden @ 3:54 PM :: 9770 Views
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...we at Hawai’i Free Press tried a novel approach—actually contacting FTA spokespeople in Washington to see what they had to say about it....
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| Sunday, November 15, 2015 |
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Working on the Fringe
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 6624 Views
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“Revisiting the Taxation of Fringe Benefits”
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| Saturday, November 14, 2015 |
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Hawaii Is Holding an Election That Only Allows People of Certain Racial Background to Vote
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:49 PM :: 8365 Views
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It’s bad enough having a state hold an election that is racially discriminatory. Now we have a judge willing to allow it to move forward....
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| Saturday, November 14, 2015 |
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Full Text: State, Feds Defend Nai Aupuni Election Before 9th Circuit Court
By Andrew Walden @ 11:46 PM :: 9232 Views
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Four responses have been filed before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in opposition to last week’s “Urgent Motion for Injunction”....
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| Saturday, November 14, 2015 |
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How energy prices are elevated by the Jones Act
By Michael Hansen @ 4:21 PM :: 7524 Views
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Hawaii-West Coast products deliveries have to be done by costly Jones Act tankers....
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| Saturday, November 14, 2015 |
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Feds Freeze Rail Funds? HART Knows Nothing About Caldwell’s Latest Pressure Tactic
By News Release @ 12:20 AM :: 10056 Views
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...the FTA has not reached out to HART and officials were not aware the money was in jeopardy....
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| Friday, November 13, 2015 |
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‘Time of Use’ Rates to top out at $0.479 per kwh
By News Release @ 5:28 PM :: 7300 Views
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Residential time-of-use rates would be most beneficial for customers who are able to use more electricity during the middle of the day until 4 p.m....
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| Friday, November 13, 2015 |
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First Hawaii Women Veterans Conference Set for Saturday
By News Release @ 3:58 PM :: 7170 Views
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In Hawaii there are more than 14,000 women veterans; only 4,300 access their benefits and health care through the VA....
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