| Structural Failure-All 27 Honolulu Rail Cars heading for Junkyard? |
...All Honolulu Rail cars may be headed to the junkyard after major defects found in four key beams holding the cars together....
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| Hawaii Ranks 46th in Survey of Economic Freedom in North America |
...Hawaii's ranking was dragged down by especially low scores in income tax (49th), sales tax (50th), and union density (48th)....
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| HPD Officer Pleads Guilty: Prepared to Testify Police chief's wife was part of Criminal Conspiracy |
..."These dominoes are going to start to fall. Once they start falling, I think they're going to fall hard."....
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| HPD Police chief's wife interfered arrest of Fleeing Felon in Black Escalade |
...An HPD seargeant was retaliated against for arresting a man who ran from police....
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| OHA Trustees Pay Lawyers Thousands to Hide Finances |
...And they have the gall to blame the plaintiffs....
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| Homeless shelter shuts Down under New State Rules-48 Children are first of many with Nowhere to go |
...Legislators found a way to put even more homeless on the streets--and undermine the rationale for sweeps....
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| Judge overturns BLNR's approval of TMT sublease |
... Telescope: Sacred Means No Discussion, No Compromise ....
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| Fund created to bring in TMT protesters from mainland |
... The so-called "protectors fund" would pay for the travel and lodging of up to 150 people, many of whom took part in the Dakota Access Pipeline protests ....
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| Sierra Club Split on Anti-Telescope Activism |
...many in the club support the project as individuals, but the island chapter and state chapter stance is in opposition....
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| Anti-Hawaiian? Akina Debunks Critics |
...On Thursday, the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs held its second meeting since its reorganization....
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| Hawaiian Civic Club Money Secretly Funneled into Fake Indian Tribe |
...no one in the Hawaiian Civic Club membership was consulted ahead of time....
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| Why They Fired Bob Lindsey |
...See What OHAʻs Newest Trustee Wants & Why Everyoneʻs A Winner If It Happens....
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| OHA Fishing for Money from Fishermen? |
...OHA may be able to pick boaters' pockets, but it turns out shore-bound fishermen are protected....
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| OHA Employee Satisfaction Survey--The Fix is In |
...Plenty people quit this year and most of them were good ones. They got tired of dealing with OHA.....
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| Full Text: Police Chief Sued for Racketeering |
...Stealing money, forging documents, conducting improper surveillance and lying to investigators....
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| Ethics: Three Prison Guards Conspire to Take $10,000 from Inmate |
...withdrawal of $10,000 from Inmate's bank account with the intent that the money be divided and distributed between the three ACOs....
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| Ige: I Spent the $1B Surplus in July |
... "disbelief" ... "sleight-of-hand" ....
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| Hawaii Retroactive Tax Hikes Every Year |
...People get viscerally upset when you tell them they need to follow a rule they didn't know and couldn't have known....
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| Caldwell Raises Property Taxes 5.9% By Jacking up Assessments |
...Leeward Oahu up 12.6 percent, North Shore up 9.7 percent, and Kaaawa to Kahuku up 9.5 percent....
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| HECO Demands 7% Rate Hike-Blames Green Energy Schemers |
...Company cites spending $900M in grid upgrades for reliability, renewable energy....
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| EPA Finds No Widespread Water Pollution From Fracking |
...a landmark report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, released earlier this month....
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| WESPAC to Obama: Tuna Monuments Destroy Jobs |
...Papahanuamokueakea MNM may account for a potential loss of about 2.5 million pounds per year of tuna and other pelagic species and affect more than 100 jobs....
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| Trump Picks Montana Rep Zinke for Interior Secretary |
...Rep Ryan Zinke (R-MT) is a member of the House Natural Resources Committee....
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| Maui Says Aloha to Island's Last Sugar Cane Producer |
...the end of 145 years of harvesting and processing sugar cane on Maui....
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| Best States for Drivers? Hawaii Ranks 41st |
...The best and worst states for drivers: See how each state measures up....
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| Ride-Sharing bill becomes Law Without Caldwell Signature |
...He also stated his belief that "private transportation companies should be able to operate with less government regulation going forward."....
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| UHERO Panic Attack: Trump More Dangerous than China |
...Free-floating anxiety + smug superiority = economic forecast....
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| Elder-Abuse Protection: Hawaii Ranks 10th |
...based on 10 key indicators of elder-abuse protection....
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| Hawaii again nation's healthiest state-Mainland Health in Decline After 8 Years of Obama |
...Years of Positive Health Gains in the United States Threatened by Rise in Cardiovascular and Drug Deaths....
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| Interest in building ohana units rising on Maui |
...Instead of spending money on enforcement, it would be better to use resources to expedite the permitting process....
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| State Policy Options to Sustain Military Installations |
...Hawaii had the second largest military spending as a percent of its GDP at 9.8 percent....
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| Census Bureau Releases Hawaii ACS Report |
...Over 9% of Hawaii's population were surveyed....
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| Only 3% of Hawaii Tobacco Taxes Used for Anti-Tobacco Programs |
...The State is the senior partner in the tobacco industry....
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| Hu Honua: Green Power Plant Hits HELCO With $450M Antitrust Suit |
...The lawsuit by Hu Honua Bioenergy accuses Hawaii Electric Light of refusing to agree to extensions....
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| Ethics Fine: WCC Professor turns Clay into Gold |
...and HHSC CFO helps wife get a job...and a DOA engineer gets fined $1000....
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| Report: Hawaii charter school academic performance 'mixed' |
...Charter-wide averages in achievement and growth in English Language Arts, math and science continue to be slightly below the statewide average. However, in college readiness measures charter schools outperform the state....
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| Report Compares Hawaii Head Start Programs to National Averages |
...Hawaii Head Start enrolled 3,167 children during the 2014-2015 program year----about 10 percent of the state's low-income children under age 5....
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