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| Wednesday, September 3, 2014 |
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In Hawaii, Your Housing Dollar Worth Less Than 63 Cents
By Selected News Articles @ 11:39 PM :: 5946 Views
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...your dollars go the furthest in Mississippi, where the relative value of $100 is $161.03. Your dollars get you the least in Hawaii, with a relative value of $62.89....
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| Wednesday, September 3, 2014 |
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Research Institute for Hawaii USA Hit With $843K Fine
By News Release @ 10:39 PM :: 10840 Views
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... holding the Research Institute for Hawaii USA (RIH), and its CEO Christopher Damon Haig, liable for religious and sexual harassment ....
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| Wednesday, September 3, 2014 |
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Wong, Dwyer, Namuo: Betray for Pay
By Video @ 9:49 PM :: 7888 Views
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This Week We’ll Tell You About Three Individuals Who Betrayed & Got Paid....
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| Wednesday, September 3, 2014 |
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Hughes Corp. Fails to Wheedle Out of Affordable Housing Requirement
By News Release @ 9:32 PM :: 7045 Views
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The housing requirement is a promise Hughes made in order to gain approval for its massive, 22-tower Kaka’ako luxury high-rise condominium development....
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| Wednesday, September 3, 2014 |
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GE Tax: Will Cost Overruns Lead to New Rail Showdown?
By Selected News Articles @ 2:29 PM :: 7764 Views
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By their own admission, HART executives underestimated the effect of litigation on construction costs and schedules. Will they now underestimate their ability to push through an unpopular tax hike?
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| Wednesday, September 3, 2014 |
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Teachers in Honolulu Lowest Adjusted Salary in USA
By News Release @ 4:14 AM :: 8223 Views
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The median adjusted salaries in the 60 metro areas range from $32,312 in Honolulu, Hawaii to $73,078 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
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| Tuesday, September 2, 2014 |
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State Releases Premium Comparison for ACA Small Group Plans
By News Release @ 8:09 PM :: 4571 Views
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...creates openness and rate transparency, and promotes increased competition by requiring Hawaii’s health insurers to allow its small group ACA rates to be published....
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| Tuesday, September 2, 2014 |
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HIRA 2014 Legislative Scorecard
By News Release @ 6:23 PM :: 6681 Views
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...who supports multimillion dollar bailouts for various failing state programs, such as Hawaii's Obamacare exchange, the system of failing state hospitals, and the state's employee retirement system....
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| Tuesday, September 2, 2014 |
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Hawaii deemed ‘sinkhole’ state by fiscal watchdog for pension debt
By Malia Zimmerman @ 12:27 PM :: 6925 Views
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A report by a fiscal watchdog deems Hawaii one of the worst “sinkhole” states for its growing debt burden to taxpayers....
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| Tuesday, September 2, 2014 |
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UHPA Approves Abercrombie $32M Gift Contract with 99% 'Yes' Vote
By News Release @ 2:52 AM :: 6869 Views
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(Flashback June 27, 2014: Abercrombie Rewards UHPA's Campaign Support with $32M -- 'Unprecedented' Early Contract)
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| Tuesday, September 2, 2014 |
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HGEA, Legislature Force More State Employees into Union
By News Release @ 2:39 AM :: 5239 Views
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Since 2003, efforts have been made to facilitate the conversion of exempt positions to civil service in the Executive Branch of state government....
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| Monday, September 1, 2014 |
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Ige Pushed $791M GE Tax Hike in Face of Protests
By Andrew Walden @ 11:25 PM :: 7731 Views
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Ige, Chun-Oakland, and Fukunaga were the three bitter-enders holding out for the full $791M in GE Tax hikes....
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| Sunday, August 31, 2014 |
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At First, Takai Voted For the Pension Tax 'Every Time'
By Andrew Walden @ 11:21 PM :: 10243 Views
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Even weeks after angry kupuna and union members began crowding committee hearings to protest, Takai voted 'aye' for the pension tax bill HB1092 HD1....
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| Sunday, August 31, 2014 |
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Pension Tax: How Did Your Legislator Vote?
By Andrew Walden @ 5:40 PM :: 9312 Views
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...find your state representative and determine how he or she voted every time the pension tax was up...
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| Sunday, August 31, 2014 |
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Report: These Five States Have Highest Liability Per Taxpayer
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:39 PM :: 7700 Views
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“Sinkhole States” — are Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Hawaii....
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| Sunday, August 31, 2014 |
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Mauna Kea Audit: UH Lacks Critical Rules
By News Release @ 4:58 AM :: 9064 Views
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...UH lacks critical rules but progress has been made on other prior recommendations....
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| Sunday, August 31, 2014 |
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REIT – A New Kind of Tax Shelter?
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:01 AM :: 6243 Views
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What qualifies as real estate for REIT purposes is an issue that recently has been in the news....
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| Saturday, August 30, 2014 |
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Tuna Monument: Faleomavaega Slow on the Draw
By Selected News Articles @ 8:20 PM :: 10562 Views
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...it took nearly a month for the ailing delegate to file a formal letter with Obama pleading with him not to take any action that would harm American Samoa....
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| Saturday, August 30, 2014 |
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More than 5,000 Testify on Federal Recognition
By News Release @ 7:36 PM :: 12047 Views
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...OHA cronies claim 2000 support fake Indian tribe....
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| Saturday, August 30, 2014 |
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OCCC Escape: Possible Staff Misconduct, Hole in Ceiling
By News Release @ 4:54 PM :: 5719 Views
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...After jumping down from the roof, Skelton walked around the back of the Annex and followed the fence line along Kamehameha Highway....
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