Hawaii Tag

Blizzard Warning Issued for Hawaii, Where 8 inches of Snow Is Forecast

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 07, 2021 1 Comment

Hawaii just won praise during the recent international climate crisis for pursuing renewable energy. I sure hope their new power systems work during this blizzard....

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University of Hawaii Allowing Only 1,000 People Into Football Game

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 26, 2021 7 Comments

"due to a restrictive fan policy instituted by the island state’s governor"...

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Hawaii’s Plans to Vaccinate Itself Out of COVID Bondage End in Failure

Posted by Leslie Eastman on August 23, 2021 62 Comments

Hawaii should really say "aloha" to "zero COVID", which is no longer possible....

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Hawaii Plans to Vaccinate Itself out of COVID Bondage

Posted by Leslie Eastman on June 07, 2021 21 Comments

Hawaii officials have forced tourists to quarantine, arrest them, and mess up their travel plans for failure to follow the state's aggressive and arcane COVID policies....

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Grad Students at University of Hawaii Suing for Right to Unionize

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 06, 2021 0 Comments

“We did this after a really long struggle to try to work with the state to make this happen.”...

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California Lawmakers Defy Their Own COVID-19 Travel Warnings With Trip to Hawaii

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 17, 2020 27 Comments

I repeat: Everyone is equal, but some are more equal than others.

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LGBT Activist: Don’t Like Boys in the Locker Room? Use the Nurse’s Station

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 28, 2019 7 Comments

Excuse me?...

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Hawaiian telescopes the latest target for social justice activism

Posted by Leslie Eastman on August 18, 2019 13 Comments

Mauna Kea, the tallest peak in Hawaii, is one of the best sites in the world for astronomical observations. In fact, a consortium led by Caltech and the University of California are planning to construct an 18-story telescope to contribute to the renewed interest in space exploration and discovery during the Trump administration.

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Students at University in Hawaii Warned to Prepare for School’s Abrupt Shutdown

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 15, 2019 1 Comment

“The fact is that Argosy University is in a dire financial situation right now."...

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Hawaii Congresswoman Calls Out Fellow Hawaii Senator Hirono For “Fomenting Religious Bigotry” During Judicial Nominee Questioning

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on January 09, 2019 28 Comments

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) wrote a scathing op-ed, which was published in The Hill Tuesday, in which she lambasted lawmakers who questioned US district judicial nominee Brian Buescher about his affiliation with the Catholic organization, Knights of Columbus. While Rep. Gabbard never mentioned Sen. Hirono by name, the only two Senators to have made an issue of Buescher's participation in the Knights of Columbus were Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI).

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Lawsuit filed in case of Hawaii’s false ballistic missile alarm

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 01, 2018 14 Comments

Legal Insurrection readers may recall that in January, a false ballistic missile alert was issued by emergency management staff in Hawaii. The result was wide-spread panic and the firing of the employee responsible for the warning. Now, a man who suffered a heart attack during the alert has filed a lawsuit against the state.

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Democrat Sen. Hirono Gets Busted Fundraising off Kavanaugh Hearings, Apologizes, Sort of

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on September 27, 2018 4 Comments

Democrat Senator Hirono of Hawaii used Ford's testimony before the Senate Judicial Committee as an opportunity to fundraise for her re-election campaign.

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Hawaii still on alert after now-Tropical Storm Lane causes massive flooding & landslides

Posted by Leslie Eastman on August 25, 2018 6 Comments

Hawaiians are still hunkering down in the wake of Hurricane Lane, which has weakened so much that it has been officially downgraded to a tropical storm. However, the islands' residents still face flooding and landslides in its wake.

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Is era of Ocasio-Cortez over? Candidate she backed gets 6% in Dem #HI01 primary

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 12, 2018 39 Comments

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a media darling. They love, love, love her. Her defeat of Joe Crowley in the NY-14 primary was to herald a new era in Democrat politics - a new, young Socialist face for the coming years. Ignored was that Ocasio-Cortez won her primary with only about 16,000 votes in a primary that had an abysmally low turnout (just under 12%). Crowley pretty much ignored her candidacy, allowing her to win with barely a 4,000 vote margin.

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Kilauea-launched lava bomb strikes Hawaiian tour boat, injuring 23

Posted by Leslie Eastman on July 17, 2018 2 Comments

The last time we visited the Big Island of Hawaii, its Kilauea volcano had oozed lava over a portion of a geothermal power plant and some pot growers were staying to protect their cash crop. While there is no word on the intrepid marijuana farmers, there has been no power disruption due to the loss of the plant.

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As lava continues to ooze, hundreds of Kilauea survivors ask for FEMA help

Posted by Leslie Eastman on June 20, 2018 16 Comments

It has been over a month since the newest cycle of eruptions of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano started, and it is now officially the most destructive eruption in the United States since Mt. St.Helen's collapse in 1980. Hundred of the Big Island residents are now requesting financial assistance as a result of the destruction of homes and businesses.

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Guatemala volcano erupts explosively, killing over 60

Posted by Leslie Eastman on June 05, 2018 15 Comments

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano continues to erupt, oozing lava that is causing even more property damage and personal heartbreak for hundreds of families.

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Kilauea’s lava seeps over well at Hawaiian geothermal plant

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 29, 2018 11 Comments

The last time we visited the erupting Hawaiian volcano, Kilauea, the lava from the steadily erupting volcano was threatening the Puna Geothermal Venture Plant.

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