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...based on 10 key indicators of elder-abuse protection....

Stealing money, forging documents, conducting improper surveillance and lying to investigators....

The lawsuit by Hu Honua Bioenergy accuses Hawaii Electric Light of refusing to agree to extensions....

...Rep Ryan Zinke (R-MT) is a member of the House Natural Resources Committee....

“It is the threat that keeps me awake at night,” the senior military official said....

Here are needed repairs at some national parks in Hawaii....

... US State secessionist movement controlled from Yekaterinburg, Russia ....

A bill calling for the creation of an Office of the Condominium Ombudsman and seven-member commission is currently being drafted in a Hawaii legislative office....

...the cost for an agency to run the licensing program would likely eat up much of the revenue it was supposed to generate....

“The city streets are being engineered to create traffic congestion, to slow traffic down, to favor bikers and pedestrians,” the former official said....

...the Trump administration should immediately act to rescind that rule, and Congress can also reject it via the Congressional Review Act....

...most home buyers in the Honolulu area don’t have enough money for a 20 percent down payment....

"...we will work with our colleagues to ensure that Congress scrutinizes your actions — and, if appropriate, overturns them.”

Despite good results for Republicans across the country, Hawaii was Hillary Clinton’s best state nationally, voting for her by a resounding 62-32 margin over Donald Trump....

...“Trump's chief strategist, Stephen Bannon, is reportedly a big fan of Gabbard”....

...18 Nene killed by the Kaheawa Pastures turbines with ridiculously small search areas and infrequent search intervals....

...these turbines are contributing to species extinction faster than any other source of energy....

Norwegian energy giant Statoil is mulling a floating wind farm in Hawaii, its first offshore foray in the U.S. since abandoning a test project off Maine three years ago....

The idea builds on a trend that is helping women obtain birth control more easily....

There were two important tasks that drew on ancient Hawaiians’ understanding of space and time....

Thornton Lawyers gave to $13,000 to David Ige, $4,000 to Shan Tsutsui, and $21,000 Neil Abercrombie -- Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren are returning contributions from Boston law firm--will local pols follow suit?

They found no real difference in outcomes....

The Hawaii Supreme Court ruled unanimously that a family court judge made the wrong call in denying joint custody to two men who were never married but agreed to co-parent a child after they split up....

The proposed Hawaii bill for the 2017 legislative session would institute our own governor-appointed commission and ombudsman’s office and provide for....

...providing our veterans with adequate benefits such as quality health care and help with housing and education upon re-entering civilian life....

...if enough of the tendons or their anchors fail, the entire box girder system will fail and could very well collapse....

...an additional seven million dollars in OHA funding to pay for another illegal “vote” to ratify the flawed Na'i Aupuni “fed wreck” constitution....

Civic participation is a key ingredient of a well-functioning democracy....

January 1, 2017 is the first day that these waiver programs could take effect....

Is Hawaii Too Big to Fail?

Health insurance premiums on the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces (also called exchanges) are expected to increase faster in 2017 than in previous years....

...OHA Trustee Haunanai Apoliona is a Director of Bank of Hawaii and BoH does substantial business with OHA....

...Four large power plants could produce as much electricity as offshore wind turbines placed side by side along the entire Atlantic seaboard from Maine to Florida....

After Hawaii’s lucrative net metering program ended last October, the solar industry in the state lost about 450 jobs. Total employment now is just above 600....

...the writer described the location of where the Professor’s wife liked to bike, terrorizing her enough to become afraid of staying home alone. They even went to Craigslist....

...voters’ choices for senators in swing states hold much more power because they determine which political party controls the Senate....

Monday October 17 at 7PM, Kapolei Middle School ....

...it turns out that Hillary Clinton confirmed this fact in a private speech to tinePublic on June 18, 2014....

Election history reveals a perpetually glaring problem....

...analysts compared 515 U.S. cities of varying population sizes based on 14 key indicators of rapid economic growth....

...we calculated the standard deviation of donor ideology - the average distance between any two donors - for each city....

Politically Connected Board Members....

“The bees are dying,” read one Washington Post lede....

...there are plans to secretly divert OHA funds and use them for the re-election campaign of OHA chair Robert Lindsey....

On August 24th, the BAE Committee and OHA’s CEO proposed a new policy called “One Voice, One Message,” which requires that all external communications be submitted to the CEO for review and approval....

“local barriers to housing development have intensified....”

Value-to-income ratios above 3 suggest real or artificial limits on the ability of homebuilders to meet the demand for new housing....

...the city of Honolulu dumping nearly $10 million of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) money into buying apartments over property value to remain eligible for the funds....

Hawaii has no legal authority to revoke the licenses of cops who have been dismissed for misconduct....