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Honolulu average Internet download speed ranks 99th of 100 US cities....

The laggards are Alaska, Hawaii, New Mexico, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia....

...Gabbard earns positive marks from just 49 percent of Democrats....

...The irony that the biggest discrepancy of rich and poor I've ever seen - existing side by side before my own eyes - is located in a Democratic Party fiefdom did not escape my notice....

At $10,670, the average in-state tuition and fees are by no means the highest in the nation. However, the cost of necessities is higher here than in any other state....

...37 key safety indicators grouped into five different categories....

...The number of Hawaii residents commuting 90 minutes or more increased 63 percent from 2010 to 2015, to almost 17,000....

Civil Beat June 5, 2016: "Not all anonymous sources are created equal. Some do benefit you, and those should be protected...."

...urging the justices to reinstate key provisions of President Donald Trump’s executive order....

...48th – Percentage of Jobs in High-Tech Industries....

...Hawaii has he lowest Median Annual Income (adjusted for cost of living) of all 50 states....

"...rulings from other courts across the nation (enforce) a fundamental principle that protects all of us from government condemnation of our religious beliefs,” Omar Jadwat said....

...provides supplemental awards “to school districts that agree to adopt weighted student funding combined with open enrollment systems that allow Federal, State, and local funds to follow students to the public school of their choice...."

...followers of events in genetic modification of food and crops have been familiar with the “fake news” phenomenon for years....

The DOI allegedly removed from this sentence: “Global climate change drives sea-level rise, increasing the frequency of coastal flooding.”

It went from losing the state by 42% in 2012 with President Obama at the top of the ballot to losing it by 32%....

FOIA documents show the Hawaii Department of Defense is about to revamp its emergency plans for a nuclear missile attack....

...employees in Hawaii didn’t process cancellations representing about 40 percent of total orders in Hawaii between May 2015-October 2015....

"if you can hold American homeland targets at risk, that might induce caution.”

...UH plans King Tides “citizen science” project -- submitting photos online....

...atheists Mitchell Kahle and Holly Huber sued the churches under Hawaii’s False Claims Act....

...but they didn't limit the oppressiveness of the income tax hike that went with it....

...“The terrible people are coming out of the woodwork to tell me how awful (‘racist’ and ‘sexist’) I am for writing this post,” she laments....

...comparing the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 15 key metrics, ranging from arrest and overdose rates to opioid prescriptions and meth-lab incidents per capita....

...I observe a seriously diminished vigilance in contemporary Hawaiian society on maintaining the cultural dignity of our traditions in the absence of a collective will to check our facts....

... the Supreme Court refusal leaves lower court rulings intact ....

OHA tries to co-opt any aloha `āina, Mauna Kea and Independence events every time....

...Not everyone in the solar industry agrees increased tariffs would be a good thing....

...other kinds of diversity, ranked....

...a breakdown of the most and least expensive states to call home....

Hawaii's AG joins other states asking the federal government for a policy change that would allow the states greater flexibility to investigate Medicaid fraud....

...40% of the organic food sold in America tested positive for prohibited pesticide residue....

Today's Star-Adv Labels what many consider a sensible decision as an “Epic Fail” in screaming all-caps....

State Senate asks OHA to convene a group of Hawaiian leaders, legal scholars, and Hawaiian community members to review whether it’d be better to appoint OHA Trustees rather than elect them....

...Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Guam have suffered the most from the restrictions of the Jones Act....

...previous historians had relied on an abstract of the trial prepared by defense lawyers....

There are six silver medal schools and five bronze medal schools from Hawaii included in the 2017 rankings of U.S. News Best High Schools....

Hawaii ranks 8th for problem gambling treatment ....

With only 10 of Hawaii’s 51 state representatives voting against SB 501, the measure will now go back to the state senate for a review of amendments....

28 key indicators of cost, quality and access to children’s health care....

Compelling licensed professionals to speak the government’s message is dangerous....

....Kahului, Pearl City, Waipahu, Hilo, Kaneohe....

On April 21, 1898, Spain broke off diplomatic relations with the United States....

...some environmentalists are saying open-ocean aquaculture deserves a fresh look....

...Schatz asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Airbnb's impact on rising housing costs, at the AHLA's urging....

...because a caliphate is in place, more and more Muslims are beginning to practice their religion....

Tax Freedom Day is the day when the state as a whole has earned enough money to pay its total tax bill for the year....

There have been a raft of studies recently isolating the effect of certain elements of the House GOP tax reform “Blueprint” on various industries and even the 50 states....