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Judaism In Hawaii Politics

Judaism In Hawaii Politics

A newspaper in Israel writes about the surprising number of Jewish politicians in the islands.

HC&S Fined $600K For Emissions Wikimedia Commons/joanna orpia

HC&S Fined $600K For Emissions

The Hawaii Department of Health levied the penalty聽for excess emission and reporting violations from 2009 to 2014 in Puunene, Maui.

Scenes From Mark Takai’s All-Too-Short Congressional Career Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Scenes From Mark Takai’s All-Too-Short Congressional Career

After 20 years in the Legislature, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2014 and mused about serving Hawaii for another 20 years in Washington, D.C.

School Cleared In Ethics Case Cory Lum/Civil Beat

School Cleared In Ethics Case

The Hawaii Supreme Court has聽overturned a conflict-of-interest case due to conflicting state statutes.

How A Mideast War Made HECO Start To Think Green PF Bentley/Civil Beat

How A Mideast War Made HECO Start To Think Green

The Arab oil crisis brought聽a new awareness of聽the promise of聽renewable energy. But the spark fizzled. Hawaiian Electric was hooked on oil.

Ige Endorses Clinton For President Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Ige Endorses Clinton For President

Hawaii Gov. David Ige said electing Hillary Clinton as president “is so important to the future of our nation and our state.”

Petition Drive To Shorten Rail Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Petition Drive To Shorten Rail

A new group is gathering signatures to put the rail project back before voters of聽City and County of Honolulu.

Hawaiian Electric Scraps LNG Plan Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Hawaiian Electric Scraps LNG Plan

Hawaiian Electric withdrew its request to the Public Utilities Commission for a contract to import liquefied natural gas.

Meetings Set On Marine Monument NOAA

Meetings Set On Marine Monument

The feds have set dates for the public to weigh in on the proposed expansion of the marine monument.

Other Suitors For Hawaiian Electric Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Other Suitors For Hawaiian Electric

Gov. David Ige聽would not name names, but he said “there is interest by more聽than one company.”