"...we must still elect over 35,000 out LGBTQ people to office...."

... no-holds-barred ....

"... We believe this case is solvable ...."

... In May, there were notable gains in sectors including leisure and hospitality but Hawaii still lags ....

... Sam King explains his priorities for ensuring OHA services and remedies critical needs of the Hawaiian community like affordable housing, homelessness, education and much more ....

... The former chairman of the University of Hawaii’s civil engineering department says aloha ....

... Hawaii lost 1,600 construction jobs, -4.3 percent, the largest percentage loss in USA ....

... The US$119 million contract is an extension of existing construction and engineering services Stantec is providing to HART and will run through the end of 2026, with the possibility of a 5-year extension to expected project completion in 2031 ....

... almost 1 in 3 adults in Hawai‘i infected with COVID-19 experience Long-COVID ....

... The Administration is scheduled to meet with oil company executives on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, to discuss ways to increase domestic production and lower costs, and one of the issues likely to be addressed is the Jones Act ....

... bills introduced and votes cast ....

... Hawaii's labor force increased by 7,400 people from May 2021 to May 2022 ....

... how Hawaii compares on the ten most common household bills ....

... From a rate of 1.9% in 2018, inflation jumped to 7.1% in 2021 and was 8.2% as of April 2022 ....

... A confluence of events both in Hawaii and nationwide has led to a growing chorus of voices calling for either waivers from or reform of the federal maritime law known as the Jones Act ....

“...Evidence of the Unintended Labor Scheduling Implications of the Minimum Wage....”

... In September 2021, the Hawaiian Homes Commission approved ten legislative proposals ....

...  Another world is possible.  A world where girls can get away with anything ....

... Kaneshiro was on paid leave for two years ....

... All the mineral-based products we tested failed SPF or UVA tests - and shockingly several products failed on both counts ....

... the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for May was 4.2 percent, compared to the revised rate of 4.1 percent in April ....

... Gouveia was previously sentenced by the Court in 2005 to ten years imprisonment for attempted possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine ....

... Hawaii and Massachusetts top the 2022 State Scorecard rankings, based on overall performance across 56 measures of health care access and quality, service use and cost, health disparities, and health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 ....

... Demographia United States Housing Affordability – 2022 Edition Released ....

... data compares the difference between white and black Americans in areas such as annual income, unemployment rate and homeownership rate ....

... Hawaii also ranks the highest among U.S. states, with a DI score of 78.4% for millennials ....

... Tuesday, the Commission on Water Resource Management (CWRM) unanimously agreed to designate the entire Lahaina Aquifer Sector Area as both a Surface Water and Ground Water Management Area ....

... Stacker compiled a list of the counties with the highest unemployment rate in Hawaii using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ....

... to Further Remediate, Defuel and Close Red Hill and Move the Fuel to More Strategic Locations Elsewhere in the Indo-Pacific ....

... is the protection of ‘FOP’ (friends and family of the police) so ingrained in the force that they need not hear directly from Joe Logan to know that they should let his meth addict son off the hook again and again? ....

... Hawaii’s policymakers haven’t given up the dream of regulating it into oblivion ....

... Hawaii has averaged 68 catalytic converter thefts per 100,000 registered vehicles in just the first four months of 2022 ....

“...In many concentrated insurance markets such as Hawaiʻi, insurers have few incentives to negotiate lower prices. They can easily pass these costs onto premiums without losing market share....”

... State-local taxes paid $8,410 -- 14.1% of income ....

... The drumbeat for Jones Act reform has been growing louder ....

... Whether it be a bake sale, benefit dinner, or a silent auction, any income from an activity the primary purpose for which is raising money is GET taxable ....

... The vague language in the proposal lacks any metrics for measuring success, similar to another business-focused tax credit whose value to the state is dubious ...

... votes cast and bills introduced for week ending June 11, 2022 ....

... In the Urban Honolulu metro area the median monthly rent price is $1,779 - 62.3% higher than the national average ....

... Hawaii per-capita pension liability $39,939.43 ....

... the first month of long-term monitoring (LTM) drinking water data ....

... urging Governor Ige to veto HB 1567 HD1 SD1 CD1, which eliminates the use of monetary bail and requires defendants to be released on their own recognizance for certain nonviolent offenses ....

... Securities fraud, insider trading, $26.7 M in hidden executive stock awards?  Yes.  Hawaii’s high-tech tax credit schemers are at it again ....

... all the ways HSTA is working to recruit your son ....

... the program’s first graduating class in Hawai‘i to graduate with a 100% post-program employment rate, and official accreditation status ....

... 1st place Kentucky has 69x more NCIS background checks per capita than 50th place Hawaii ....

... Nearly 30 years ago, in our 1992 report, we had raised concerns about the quality of the data used by the department (and nothing has changed since) ....

... Property owners maintain that pre-existing rental properties shouldn't be subject to a new ordinance changing minimum lease length ....

... Despite misinformation circulating on social media, the importation of “incompatible-male” mosquitoes to control populations of wild mosquitoes and to save four native bird species from extinction, does not involve the use of any genetically modified organisms (GMOs) or genetically engineered (GE) organisms ....

... capping the amount of any single renewable energy source to 45% per island ....