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...leaders of the International Union of Operating Engineers who were accused of squandering pension funds....

The caregiver of an elderly Zika patient in Utah has been diagnosed with the virus, raising questions among health officials about how the virus was transmitted....

The outcome of this case may affect other situations where a state agency relies on an “internal management” argument and ignores that their procedures affect private or public rights....

New York Eco-Lawyers sue their comrades in the NOAA.  The two sides will next collude in a 'settlement' to gain control of waters off Hawaii....

Robert Lindseyʻs disappearance at OHA started long before his stroke....

"The Hawaii State Constitution provides: 'The employment of persons in the civil service shall be governed by the merit principle....'"

On June 15, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard oral arguments in three related bids to invalidate separate Hawaiian county ordinances....

...costs are the highest in the nation....

Touted by advocates as a model for laws in other states, HB 1739 nonetheless raised enforcement questions....

"...the specs of the stages aren’t enough to shoot a porn...."

...25% decrease in mentally unhealthy days....

...documents may point to efforts by the administration to advocate for the controversial new linking of Hawaii’s gun database with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s “Rap Back” program....

New locations that are being considered include Baja California in Mexico, the Canary Islands and Chile, as well as locations in India and China....

“You don’t want rules made entirely for people that have something, at the expense of people who don’t,” said Jason Furman, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers....

The sales taxes in Hawaii and South Dakota have bases that include many services and so are not strictly comparable to other sales taxes....

“It’s unusual now, only because they haven’t done it in a while,”....

...the CEO has banned Trustees without committees from having direct contact with Administrative staff....

...the missiles have been in service for more than 25 years, and each of them is able to carry ten megaton class nuclear warheads at a distance of more than 11,000 kilometers....

Hawaii has the lowest effective rate at 0.28 percent....

...the costs can add up to as much as $57,772 per year in Hawaii....

...OIA has simply withheld the money, or routed funds to projects outside the FAS. Predictably, this has fueled the exodus....

...single-payer advocates are focusing on individual states....

... Justice Department has demanded the arrest, condemnation and sale of the tugboat Maulani, which snagged an undersea cable in Hawaii's Pearl Harbor and shut down the Electronic Harbor Security System ....

"Hawaii has…80 schools where 90% of teachers are absent ten days or more."

20 years ago, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled that an agreement between the County of Hawaii and a private contractor for the operation of a county landfill violated civil service laws....

"The lawful acquisition, possession, carrying, or use of a firearm does not justify subjecting citizens to ongoing monitoring," the National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislative Action....

"If people didn't upset me, I wouldn't have to punch them...."

The implications of the court's ruling or rulings in this case will be vast....

"the elephants were recently found playing with a car battery that got in there somehow"

The share of infrastructure expenditures funded by tolls, user fees, and user taxes ranges from 14.3 percent in Alaska to 79.8 percent in Hawaii....

... California's wine tax is only $0.20 ....

The focus away from pesticides as the primary driver runs counter to the narrative shaped over the past few years by high profile advocacy groups....

We have been reporting on the saga of the Peruta case for a number of years....

Compared to taxes on alcoholic beverages such as wine and beer, distilled spirits are taxed at much higher rates....

For a short while earlier this year, it looked as though the $144 million in the state’s bond-financed Green Energy Market Securitization (GEMS) account might actually get used....

Zika will not just disappear in Hawaii, it will take constant vigilance, and lots of pesticide spray, to keep it in check....

...liabilities are equal to 73 percent of total state personal income....

The NFL’s Pro Bowl contract with Hawaii’s tourism authority expires on May 31....

...the average officer is only 47 years old upon retirement from service....

The foundation filed papers to dissolve itself on April 14....

Hawaii Senate Bill 2954 was passed by the state legislature and now awaits the signature of Gov. David Ige ....

...many arguments are put forth on why GMOs are “bad” and should be avoided. However, many of these arguments are not about GMOs, but rather, are issues that we’re facing in modern agriculture and in our economy....

...The increase was highest among unaccompanied homeless adults: 8,250 accessed services in FY 2015....

...In addition to the federal estate tax of 40 percent....

...But only if Gov Ige signs SB2954, now sitting on his desk, into law....

...ratios of pre-retirement income that seniors are replacing range from a high of 72.59% in Hawaii to a low of 48.22% in Massachusetts....

...For the sixth year in a row Hawaii was named the worst state to make a living for its 68.6 percent higher cost of living than the national average....