Entries for November 2023

... since 1969, the median home price in Hawaii has surged from being less than three times the median income to nearly 10 times the median income today ....

... The Hawaii Supreme Court ruled this week that Honolulu’s lawsuit against oil and gas companies can proceed to trial ....

“My family is getting very desperate and deciding whether to leave Hawaiʻi.”

... Hawaiian Electric claims it first began developing its Wildfire Safety Strategy in 2019 ....

... The Resilience Office is engaging in fifteen islandwide programs in the first half of November ....

... DOH convened more than 250 stakeholders, advocates, and visionaries across the state to discuss the Healthy Hawai‘i Strategic Plan 2030 ....

... The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations ....

... absenteeism drifts from 37% to 30% as some students age out of system ....

... Due to our "sensitive places lawsuit," Honolulu is no longer able to enforce parts of its sensitive places ordinance ....

... Since 2019, Ferreira has served as budget chief of the Hawaiʻi State Senate ....

... the parents, who are Muslim, Roman Catholic, and Ukrainian Orthodox, filed their lawsuit on religious freedom grounds .... 

... Bill 102 best of three bills but should be retroactive ....

... FEMA requires that states must have an approved hazard mitigation plan to qualify for numerous federal assistance and mitigation grants ....

... SD5 is now up for election in 2024 cycle ....

... While initial media reports suggested the couple were Russian spies, that narrative melted away as the trial approached ....