...if the last convention was so great, why won’t the next one also be great?....

...October 23 through November 3, registered voters may visit any early walk in voting location within their county to cast their ballot....

...Welcome to newspeak, takings edition.... 

...If you do not farm, why should you dictate how farming should be done?....

...Short term extension valid for events scheduled between October 22, 2018 and February 28, 2019....

...The public is invited to prepare submissions for the contest, which is held as part of the traditional Honolulu City Lights celebration....

...another provision that was passed by the 1978 Constitutional Convention to assure our fiscal health—and what our lawmakers have done to marginalize it....

...Palestinians and white nationalists are behind Gabbard's effort to take the mantle of the Sanders campaign.... 

...the lambs (the voters and taxpayers) didn't have much of a say as usual, and portions of the arguments revealed what these folks think about the intelligence of the average Hawaii voter....

...HSTA members should note that their leadership has been played for the fools that they are....

...Colin Grabow from the Cato institute in Washington, D.C joins Calvin Griffin to talk about the impacts of the Jones Act on the Military in Hawaii....

...Originally bid at $76,400, the contract grew to $543,374—a 611 percent increase—while its scope shrank and the deliverables’ deadline were extended by a year. In the end, the PKF founder was arrested at the arport....

...Trump 2020 Advisory Board member Tony Shaffer met with the congresswoman in her office this April....

...even a Hawaii Supreme Court Justice isn’t sure who is supposed to pay....

...The Senate is expected to meet in a special session on October 24-25 to consider the nomination....

...The average annual expenditures total $111,892. The median household income of $71,977 — the fourth highest in the U.S. — isn’t enough...even without putting anything away for savings....

...only Washington State taxes the poor more than Hawaii....

... There was laughter heard from the audience ....

...if you are voting absentee, you will be receiving your ballot any day now....

...Hawaii 24th....

...The last day to complete the survey is Wednesday, October 31....

...per-driver vehicle operating costs due to rough roads. Honolulu 8th-worst at $851.  Share of Poor-Condition Roads 54% – 5th worst....

... Hawaii Lowest Tax Fairness and Lowest Political Engagement ....

...The Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals judicially rewrote the “Mrs. Murphy exemption” for the first time in Mrs. Young’s case....

...changing of the ordinance to benefit of private developers, at the expense of the residents, was never publicly noticed as required under the State of Hawai’i Sunshine Laws, and, that it violated adopted Council Rules....

...The Surprising Decision by the CNHA....

...“He is a liar, a thief, and a manipulator, and he does not represent the values of the Democratic Party”....

...With one statewide district, Hawaii ranks 51st for 'opportunity and competition'....

...workflows that support timely referrals and effective clinical standards....

...Their data set ranges from identity-theft complaints per capita to average loss amount due to fraud....

...law professor Randall Roth and entrepreneur Stanley Lau are leading a community movement that says the measure will actually hurt teachers and our school children....

...The $55 million figure being promoted by Preserve Our Hawaii is highly controversial.  Hawaii’s last convention in 1978 cost $2.03 million. In current dollars, that sum would be $7.7 million....

...Over 300 volunteers are needed to work at polling places especially in Aiea, Kalihi, East Honolulu, Kaneohe, and North Shore areas....

...a new section titled Chapter 89 Civil Rights Policy and Complaint Procedures for Student(s) Complaints against Adult(s)....

...Things you need to know about the Hawaii General Election....

...Weekly Update From GovTrack.us....

...On the basis of its solvency in five separate categories....

... Change in Uninsured Rate Between 2010 & 2017 -4.04% ....

...The tweekers have told us to let them do whatever they want.  It is a violation of the 8th Amendment to disobey tweekers....

...The saga of this credit tells us a little about a bold move undertaken in the 1978 Constitutional Convention and our lawmakers’ reaction....

...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....

...the leading no coalition, Preserve Our Hawaii, and its lead organizer, the Hawaii Government Employees Association, publicly announced their 'No' campaign on October 8....

...The Aloha State, one of Kiplinger's top ten least tax-friendly states, is known for its high cost of living — and high taxes....

...Hawaii ranked 16th in the 2018 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard, falling one position compared to 2017....

...regents will consider this request at their October 18 monthly meeting on the UH Mānoa campus....

...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....

...Reid said that she personally brought information about the harassment to Hirono....

...Bruce Kim is no longer Chief Counsel of the Office of Disciplinary Affairs, the Hawaii Judiciary office handling errant lawyers.... 

...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....

...The attorneys general from California, Florida, Hawaii, Mississippi, and Washington participated in the settlement....

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."

...the case is expected to reach the Supreme Court, where the matter may be finally settled....

...The poorest-performing states on this year’s individual income tax component are New Jersey, California, New York, Hawaii, and Minnesota....

...The names submitted for this vacancy by the Judicial Selection Commission, in alphabetical order, are....

...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....

...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....

"... a Hawaiian Tribe is now dead ...."

...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....

...Democrat and Republican candidates say they would seek reform of the Jones Act, if elected....

...Do the Math: US EIA says median cost for energy storage is $2,500 per kw x 1,000 for mw x 1,055 mw = $2.64B project cost -- just for the storage....

...The ACLU has also requested that Honolulu, Maui, and Kauai counties respond....

...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....

...GIA proposals must be submitted by 2 p.m. on Monday, November 19. Last year more than $7.6 million in GIA were awarded....

...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....

...aerial shooting from helicopters is scheduled for October 25 and 26, 2018....

...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....

...The eviction suit, filed October 1, 2018 in Honolulu District Court is the latest of several lawsuits filed against HLH—including a separate eviction suit seeking removal of HLH from several big island houses on Kukaiau Ranch land....

...“This is the kind of activism that occurs and people make their own decisions. If they violate the law, then they have to account for that.”....

...It is very tempting for a DOE administrator to think, “There’s no benefit for us if we do all this work because the Legislature needs to fund us anyway...."

...Robert Farrell, who has served as Chief of the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) since January 2017, announced his decision to move into a project support role with reduced hours, effective today....