... $800K to fund loans up to $40,000 each ....

... The biggest gainer in this year’s index is Honolulu. The city rose 46 places to fourteenth after its strong progress in containing the pandemic and rolling out its vaccination programme .... 

... OHA is hosting three public Zoom meetings to provide the public with an overview of the proposed biennium budget on Thursday, June 10 at 6 p.m., Saturday, June 12 at 9 a.m., and Monday, June 14 at 4 p.m. ....

... Pan-STARRS discovered the mysterious interstellar object, ʻOumuamua, the very first of its kind spotted in the solar system ....

... Today, Gov. David Ige signed House Bill 1023 into law. It establishes and requires a marine recreational fishing license for all non-Hawai‘i residents ....

... Depending on tourism numbers, the user fee could generate anywhere from $14 million to more than $30 million over 15 years ....

... microgrid and biofuel provide rationale to build gigantic diesel plant ....

... President Joe Biden recently issued two Jones Act waivers ....

... Hawaii is struggling with the highest unemployment rate in the country, at 9% ....

... eviction moratorium extended, procurement law restored ....

... those with a college degree (75%) were more likely to be fully vaccinated than were those without a degree (47%) ....

... The City invites the public to participate in the Human Services Transportation Coordination Plan Update survey ....

... Some taxpayers on Maui are getting a nasty surprise this year because they didn’t do anything, and their real property tax rate doubled ....

... Meanwhile: US Army will not probe Michael Flynn over calls for coup ....

... Caltech Submillimeter Observatory, one of five Maunakea telescopes that the University of Hawaiʻi says will be removed from the summit ....

... The governor also announced that beginning June 15, travelers entering the state who have been vaccinated in Hawai‘i may bypass quarantine without a pre-travel test ....

... When you turn ordinary behavior into criminal behavior overnight, you need to be prepared for some unjust results .... 

... as of June 3, over half (52%) of Hawaii’s total population has been fully vaccinated and 59% have received at least one dose ....

... Hawaii Supreme Court is seeking to fill four attorney and two non-attorney positions on the Disciplinary Board ....

... PUA claimants will need to begin reporting the three job contacts on June 20, 2021 ....

... A majority of residents favor limiting the number of visitors ....

... Taxing teleworking income from different states ....

... Hawaii pension funds rank 42nd in USA ....

... City and County of Honolulu will accept 10,000 applications ....

... Selection comes with up to $210 million award over five years ....

... Bipartisan Compact Impact Fairness Act Would Extend Same Federal Benefits to Citizens of the Freely Associated States Available to Other Legal Permanent Residents ....

... 495 candidates filed to run in this year’s election and 402 were elected ....

... The median price of a home on Oʻahu has just reached $950,000 ....

...  HGEA requires voter ID to cast ballot.  UPW has some fun Q&A about ballot handling issues ....

... All of the following measures were supported by OHA unless otherwise indicated ....

... there are at least eight separate federal Jones Acts ....

... Application packets and required documents must be received/postmarked by: June 30, 2021 ....

... bills introduced and votes in Congress ....

... Government should be based on clearly written laws, and not on the unpredictable will of one or even a few people ....

... UH notified the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) on April 28, 2021, that work/construction on the TMT project was initiated in 2019 based on project activities in June and July of that year ....

... The Army will hold an intimate Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony at the Post Cemetery at Schofield Barracks, May 31 at 10 a.m. ....

... wait until the State of Hawaii has vaccinated at least 60 percent of residents before allowing higher occupancy ....

"... a low level of confidence in city efforts to address homelessness ...."

... the Agency has collaborated with the Nonprofit Corporations in the development of the content; and second, the Agency specifically encouraged the Employees to undertake this additional work ....

... Vaccination sites are planned across the state at accessible locations such as malls, restaurants, farmers markets, and a beach park Saturday, May 29 ....

... the income limit for a household of four at the median level (100 percent) in 2021 is $120,800, down from last year’s $125,850. The maximum monthly rent for this household is $2,720 for a two-bedroom unit, according to DPP calculations, down from last year’s maximum rent of $2,975 ....

... The selected individual or firm is expected to have an initial focus on select parcels located at Kakaʻako Makai and an eventual focus on parcels at OHA’s Nā Lama Kukui Lifestyle & Design Center in Iwilei ....

... A case of maritime-related common sense has broken out in Washington, DC. ...

... We believe that our location would be vital in serving the air and maritime logistics as a transit hub for goods in transit between China and the South Pacific, and China and South America ....

"...We really need to orchestrate this because it will require landlords. I cannot underscore that enough," said Connie Mitchell....

... The Hawaii State Legislature enacted two of the seven legislative proposals that were recommended by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) ....

... 484,071 visitors arrived by air service to the Hawaiian Islands in April 2021, down 43.0 percent from the April 2019 count of 849,397 visitors ... 

... Nickie Lum Davis pleaded guilty last year to aiding and abetting FARA violations in connection with the work ....

... a grant, not a loan ....

... DBEDT revised its economic growth projection for 2021 to 3.5 percent, up from 2.7 percent ....