... designation under Section 1103 of the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 ....

... 20,012 students enrolled at UH Mānoa, a 4% increase over 2023 ....

... the largest personal income tax cut in state history ....

... I am more than willing to mediate if both the union and the employer request my help ....

... protect value of rewards, preserve critical flight service, ensure Honolulu hub access, enhance customer benefits, and lower costs for military families ....

... Central Pacific is discussing raising $1 billion to help facilitate the deal from investors ....

... Hawaii's high cost of living drives down teachers' earnings ....

... Ryan Wesley Routh, 58 had a long criminal record from North Carolina before relocating to Kaaawa.  In a social media post, he claims to have voted for Trump in 2016 ....

... the department’s proposed recommendations will be brought to the Maui County Council in a couple of months ....

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

... employees at our State, and the Department of Taxation in particular, have a lot of immunity too ....

... bi-partisan Pacific Partnership Act targets broader and deeper engagement by the U.S. throughout the Pacific in key areas sought by Pacific Island nations ....

... the purpose is to reverse Hawaii's historic income tax cuts ....

... 4,700 positions currently unfilled, including more than 100 that have been vacant for over four years ....

... lack of pre-event planning, unified incident command and operational coordination resulted in insufficient communications that impacted the ability to provide effective evacuation and firefighting operations ....

... Rebuilding occurring on 20 residential properties, work continuing on commercial properties ....

... Common Cause, the nonpartisan watchdog, released its 2024 “Democracy Scorecard,” recording every member of Congress’ support for voting rights, Supreme Court ethics, and other reforms ....

"facilitated the provision of classified information to intelligence officers employed by the PRC’s Shanghai State Security Bureau"

... QAnon-adjacent beliefs like satanic child sex trafficking, the Luciferian agenda, aliens, reptilian overlords; advice on how to detach from your “family cult” ....

... Alexander Cain Poplin, 31, of Wahiawa, Hawaii, is charged in a criminal complaint filed in the District of Columbia ....

... Critical Race Theory (CRT) is an excuse to bar Asian students from equal access to higher education. Will CRT dominate UH--the university system in the most Asian state of all? ....

... calling on congressional lawmakers to pass legislation requiring a U.S. Surgeon General warning on all algorithm-driven social media platforms ....

... John (Kani) Kadowaki, Maui Operations Manager of Hawaii Water Service, honored with the Living Water Award during annual Water Summit ....

... because of administrative processing delays at the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education ....

... Notably, four of the top five states Hawaii residents moved to—Texas, Washington, Nevada, and Florida—forgo individual income taxes on wage income ....

... Temporary housing projects have been a priority for federal agencies while responding to the fires, yet temporary housing poses unintended consequences for the community ....

... Maui County’s extremely long wait times and high fees to obtain water meters and add fixtures ....

... The Hawai‘i and Honolulu county councils have been chock full of measures lately ....

... beekeepers on the island "have been working on this bill for almost seven years" ....

... I expect the Department’s bill to resurface in the 2025 legislative session ....

... The chances of an expensive, boneheaded precedent being set are greatly enhanced ....

... U.S. shipbuilding numbers also trail Finland, the Netherlands, and Norway ....

... Our vote is our voice and we cannot sit on the sidelines ....

... Hawaiian Electric is in the process of notifying customers nearing the end of their seven-year enrollment period ....

... States With the Best and Worst Budgeters in 2024 ....

... The Hot Dog Combo is 70 Percent Cheaper ....

... Lack of skilled nursing/rehabilitation facilities result in up to 100-day hospital stays for wait-listed patients ....

..."they ruled for us on the issue of banks and shared parking lots,” said Alan Beck, a lawyer for the Hawaii plaintiffs....

... Did you know that Tokyo even relied on a North-Shore-home-owning Nazi spy to launder money and send signals ....

... DBEDT kept its economic growth projections for 2024 unchanged from the previous quarter, at 1.3 percent ....

... under a 1997 Hawaii Supreme Court decision, (Konno v County of Hawaii) state and local government officials face enormous barriers contracting union-performed government work to private entities ....

... $4,200 on top of an additional $12,060 for the initial water meter ....

... developing communities with greater structure separation, removing combustible connective fuels and hardening properties against ember and flame exposure ....

... Hawaii ranks 45th in Schools that Offer Advanced Placement Courses per Capita ....

... The US DoJ response to an Hawai’i Free Press FOIA request says so ....

... The project is on track for its first deployment of a 50-meter array of structures near the Ulupaʻu crater, off the Kailua Bay side of Marine Corps Base Hawaiʻi in late 2024, early 2025 ....

... At a Sept. 24 luncheon in Kahului, Grassroot experts will explain how lawmakers can speed up recovery and boost housing stock ....

“...Help Maui families by allowing more small homes per lot....”

... Hawaii has a reputation for being one of the hardest states in the nation to build homes ....

... Haleakala Park saw a 27% decrease in visitors in 2023 compared to 2022 ....