| New House-Senate Committee Chairs for 2019 |
...Apparently legislators aren't too worried about the upcoming election....
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| Insiders: How the 1978 Constitution Keeps us in Power |
...The insiders, a who's who of what's wrong in Hawaii, have made a handy list of everything that keeps them in power in the 1978 Hawaii Constitution....
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| Lawsuit: OHA-Owned Corporations Must Comply With Open Records Laws |
...Lawsuit filed after denial of a UIPA request for the financial records of Limited Liability Corporations (LLCs) owned and created by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs....
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| Ige Selling Judgeships? Nominates Campaign Manager for Appeals Court |
... What an amazing coincidence for the guy who magically resigned as Ige's campaign manager the day before his name was picked by that very Judicial Selection Commission....
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| Tupola: Only Reporters Ask About Trump |
...I see people throughout the state, they are very much concerned that their issues have gone unheard....
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| In Hawaii #MeToo is Fake |
...Since #MeToo gathered strength nationally, only one Hawaii politician, former state House Speaker Joe Souki, has lost his job....
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| Did Mazie Hirono Blow Democrat Chances for House Takeover? |
..."I must have really pressed their buttons," Hirono said....
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| Legislators Leave Puna in Lurch-No Special Session |
...Will Ige Call Special Session? -- Bellatti questions use of State Funds for Punatic Property Buyout....
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| City Council schedules meetings to fund rail |
..."We could have had a rocket to Mars instead of a fixed rail to Howard Hughes land!"....
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| #AuditTheRail, now more than ever |
...the FTA has signaled its lack of faith in the project by withholding federal funds absent a recovery plan and setting a Nov. 20 deadline for the city to come up with $44 million - the initial payment on a $214 million obligation to HART....
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| Leadership Change at ODC |
...Bruce Kim is no longer Chief Counsel of the Office of Disciplinary Affairs, the Hawaii Judiciary office handling errant lawyers....
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| General Income Tax Credit: How Legislators Subverted Will of 1978 ConCon |
...The saga of this credit tells us a little about a bold move undertaken in the 1978 Constitutional Convention and our lawmakers' reaction....
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| 1978 Delegate: New ConCon Needed |
...In a poll taken recently 60% of voters were in favor of one....
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| ACLU: Let the Homeless Eat Meth |
...The tweekers have told us to let them do whatever they want. It is a violation of the 8th Amendment to disobey tweekers....
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| HPR Begins to Wonder if 'Price of Paradise' Actually a Bad Thing |
...The median value of a single-family home on Oahu is now above $800,000....
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| Regents to consider revisions to proposed Maunakea administrative rules after public hearings |
...regents will consider this request at their October 18 monthly meeting on the UH Mānoa campus....
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| HEI Rate Payers to Pony up $2.6B for 1055 MW of Batteries |
...Do the Math: US EIA says median cost for energy storage is $2,500 per kw x 1,000 = price per mw x 1,055 mw = $2.64B project cost -- just for the storage....
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| Gabbard Bill Would Require U.S. to be 100% fossil free by 2035 |
...introduced with relatively little public notice in September 2017, the OFF Fossil Fuels for a Better Future Act (OFF Act), is gaining support from Democrat political candidates across the nation....
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| Green Energy: Hawaii Gives Lots of Money to Silicon Valley Billionaires, Lags in Help to Low Income Residents |
...Hawaii ranked 16th in the 2018 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard, falling one position compared to 2017....
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| Individual Income Taxes--Hawaii 4th-Highest |
...The poorest-performing states on this year's individual income tax component are New Jersey, California, New York, Hawaii, and Minnesota....
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| Kiplinger: Hawaii Among Least tax-Friendly States |
...The Aloha State, one of Kiplinger's top ten least tax-friendly states, is known for its high cost of living - and high taxes....
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| Case, Cavasso agree on updating Jones Act |
...Democrat and Republican candidates say they would seek reform of the Jones Act, if elected....
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| Hawaii ACLU: DMV Must Allow Islamic Hijab |
...The ACLU has also requested that Honolulu, Maui, and Kauai counties respond....
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| VIDEO: Mazie Hirono Covers Up Sexist Harassment at UH |
...Reid said that she personally brought information about the harassment to Hirono....
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| Brett Kavanaugh: Hawaiian Kingdom Hero? |
" ... Hawaiian Tribe is now dead .... "
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| Guam Argues for Native Voting Law Before 9th Circuit |
...In November 2011, Arnold Davis filed a law suit against Guam's government, arguing that the plebiscite election discriminated against him and other non-native inhabitants....
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| Justice Department Signs Off on CVS-Aetna Merger |
...The attorneys general from California, Florida, Hawaii, Mississippi, and Washington participated in the settlement....
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| Planned Parenthood Endorses Ige-Green Ticket |
...Laurie Field, Hawaii State Director for PPVNH said, "Ige and Green have publicly supported increased access to reproductive health care, comprehensive sex education, LGBTQ and immigrant rights."....
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| Chief Justice Appoints Summer Kupau-Odo as District Court Judge |
...Kupau-Odo has been a Co-Litigation Director and staff attorney for the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation since May. Prior to that she served five years as a senior associate attorney at the Earthjustice Mid-Pacific Office, and before that was a Deputy Public Defender for eight years....
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| Election Countdown--Dates to Remember |
...Election Day is Tuesday November 6....
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| Call for Nominations for UH Board of Regents |
...recruitment process for three (3) City and County of Honolulu seats on the Board of Regents. All seats are for five-year terms to begin July 1, 2019....
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| Process Begins for Maui County to Acquire a Portion of Wailuku Water Company |
...the county to obtain approximately 8,764 acres of WWC land in the West Maui watershed area along with its water conveyance system. The proposed acquisition price is $9.5 million....
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| Honolulu Rents Flat for Year |
...Of the nation's biggest 252 cities 93% have registered Y-o-Y rent increases, 6% flatlined, and only 1% of cities have seen their rents decrease compared to September, 2017....
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| City now accepting Grants in Aid applications |
...GIA proposals must be submitted by 2 p.m. on Monday, November 19. Last year more than $7.6 million in GIA were awarded....
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| Mauna Kea: DLNR Helicopters to Exterminate Sheep Again |
...aerial shooting from helicopters is scheduled for October 25 and 26, 2018....
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