Entries for May 2024

... If the Governor intends to veto a bill, the Governor must inform the Legislature by June 25, 2024 ....

... With the retirement of Senator Maile S.L. Shimabukuro effective today, Senate President Ronald D. Kouchi announced changes to the composition of Senate Standing Committees ....

... An SIC service outage would also affect DHHL’s phone service...the department has established an interim call center for lessees ....

... The County Council actually improved on a tax cut proposed by Mayor Roth, but neither version gives a break to industrial or commercial properties ....

... a $3.49 million tax increase on hotels and resorts and a $4.15 million increase on vacation rentals ....

... Notification to the public at least 12 hours before the start of venting a tank ....

... There were 753,551 visitors to the Hawaiian Islands in April 2024, down 8.9 percent from the same month last year. Total visitor spending measured in nominal dollars was $1.51 billion, which was a 12.6 percent drop from April 2023 ....

... designed to streamline processes, enhance management practices, and increase accessibility to clean energy programs ....

... Hawaii emerges as the state with the highest average price for a medium cheese pizza, reaching $18.99 ....

... The cruise line elected to include Nāpali Coast sailings after being unable to make port calls at Lahaina due to last year’s wildfires ....

... Starting July 1, Hawaiian Electric may preemptively shut off power in areas that appear at high risk of wildfire during periods of forecast high winds and dry conditions ....

... Another Deadline Extension Will Allow Additional Applicants to Begin and Complete the Process ....

... Blangiardi also signed Resolution 24-50, FD1, allowing voters to decide on November’s ballot whether to establish an Ocean Safety Commission to oversee the new department ....

... with a culminating virtual statewide meeting on Tuesday, July 2 ....

... for stonewalling a review of its own actions in the death of a 6-year-old girl ....

... assuming that cannabis consumers are too dangerous to be trusted with firearms ....

... In Hawaiʻi, mothers earn 74% of what fathers earn, while women without children make 99% of the income of men without children ....

... bills designed to expand the affordable housing inventory and improve the governance of rental laws under the Residential Landlord-Tenant Code ....

... What makes some states better than others for renters? ....

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