...Honolulu’s corporation counsel Donna Leong received a federal “target letter” eleven days ago--Caldwell said nothing until the story broke in the media....

...Hawaii residents now owe $4.1B in student loans, up from $2B in 2008....

...Robert Frank Westerman (Kauaʻi County), Alapaki Nahale-a (Hawaiʻi County) and Kelli K.K. Acopan (Student Regent)....

...Irwin is currently the California State University (CSU) Monterey Bay provost and vice president for academic affairs....

...The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Insurance Division has released its annual sample premium comparison guides for motor vehicle, homeowners, condominium, and renters insurance....

...SIC may not discontinue service without our express authorization....

... weekly update from GovTrack.us ....

...The decision comes after a divided Ninth Circuit last month rebuked Gilliam for “abuse of discretion” by blocking interim versions of the rules in December 2017 in all 50 states....

...Today, we examine “zero-based budgeting,” an idea that has been around for a while but was recently championed by House Finance Chair Sylvia Luke....  

...Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review....

...The Volker Alliance gave states grades of A to D-minus, the lowest possible mark, for their practices in five areas that are the building blocks of budgeting nationwide....

...Within hours of Rep Tulsi Gabbard's presidential campaign announcement, the first hat is thrown into the ring for Hawaii CD2....

Among conditions for the buyers of these “ALOHA homes”....

...Which States Rely the Most on Federal Aid?....

...I have decided to run and will be making a formal announcement within the next week," the Hawaii Democrat told CNN's Van Jones during an interview slated to air at 7 p.m. Saturday....

...DLNR Chair Suzanne Case remarked, “Jason has stepped in and stepped up on multiple occasions to fill leadership voids when previous chiefs have retired or resigned...."

...The economic boom of the last few years allowed them to continue spending at high levels, and many of them would like to keep it that way....

...Hirono asked, “If confirmed, do you intend to end your membership with this organization to avoid any appearance of bias?”....

...meanwhile Senator Brian Schatz serves on the Appropriations Committee in the U.S. Senate....

"...The chairwoman also said the BOE needs to review other past executive-session actions to ascertain whether or not they also should be invalidated...."

"...Eighty percent of those forcibly initiated into prostitution via sex trafficking also prostituted without a trafficker at a later point...."

...On the first pay date of the year on Jan. 4, 2019, the PeopleSoft Payroll system issued 70,771 payments to 66,182 employees, as there are individuals issued pay for multiple positions....

...designed to make refusing shelter easier....

...We found that, as the Honolulu Rail Transit Project progressed and costs swelled from $5.122 billion in 2012 to $9.188 billion in 2018, HART began reporting information to the public that often contradicted its own internal projections or differed from what it was telling the Federal Transit Administration....

...featuring nationally famous criminal justice journalist Radley Balko....

...The Hawaii Supreme Court declared a Republican victory for Senator Kurt Fevella in the 2018 General Election for State Senate District 19....

...The Real Cost of Smoking by State....

...OHA Beneficiaries Need More Than Unity Amongst Trustees....

...The Case for Inclusion 2019 Ranks States on Policies and Programs that Encourage Employment and Community Living....

...to prove the Navy could turn the more than 40-year-old deck gun design into an effective and low-cost weapon against cruise missiles and larger unmanned aerial vehicles....

...24 hours later, at 9 AM on January 2, the video had 278,000 views and about 1,300 Likes....

...a recent report on Oahu suggests that a Styrofoam ban is unlikely to reduce litter and increase recycling....

...The company has been ordered to pay a penalty of $230,000 and construct a new wastewater treatment plant....

...Trump made the case Tuesday night for the $5.7 billion he wants Congress to approve for a wall expanding the physical barrier along the southern border to stop the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs. The Daily Signal examines five of the president’s claims....

"...I stand strongly against those who are fomenting religious bigotry, citing as disqualifiers Buescher’s Catholicism and his affiliation with the Knights of Columbus...." -- Rep Tulsi Gabbard

...Rep Gene Ward sent a letter today, urging Mayor Caldwell and his administration to immediately reinstate a crosswalk that was mistakenly removed by the City & County last year....

...tens of millions of dollars for modernization within nearly every department....

...they resisted a request from the Christian Brothers to set aside over a million dollars in potential costs for sex assault lawsuits from the past....

...BUF, DAGS, DLIR....

...Medicaid may provide a partial reimbursement for medically and educationally necessary, health-related services when required for a student through his or her Individualized Education Plan....

...Jay Griffin becomes PUC chair immediately....

...HDOT, DoTAX, DHRD, DOH, DHS, DLNR, DCCA, PSD, DHHL, ETS, DoD....

...the boom, tagged “Wilson” and “System 001” by OC, is being towed very slowly--between one and three knots--and is not expected to arrive in Hawaii until mid-January....

"...HECO has not been coordinating with the Service and DOFAW to verify that a wind energy producer has completed the necessary compliance procedures...."

...the Foundation and DAGS have implemented 16 and partially implemented 7 of the 29 recommendations. Six recommendations have not been implemented....

...US scouts Bangkok, Hanoi, and Hawaii as possible locations for Kim-Trump summit....

...Carroll Cox has spent decades investigating environmental violations by individuals, companies, and the government....

...2019’s Best & Worst States to Raise a Family....

...The projects – three on Oahu, two on Maui and two on Hawaii Island – will add approximately 262 megawatts (MW) of solar energy with 1,048 megawatt-hours (MWh) of storage....

"...if we fail to make our party representative of our diverse population, it will be...years before a two-party system comes back to Hawai'i...."