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... between fiscal years 2023 and 2026, an average of $188.2 million annually ....

... Hawaii residential rate rose from $0.3853 to $0.4718, a 22.5% jump, or roughly 6.6 times the national pace ....

...Hawaii state debt is $19,553 per capita....

...Families in Hawaii and 15 other states face state taxes and penalties for using what's called a "529 education savings plan" to pay for expenses approved under federal law....

...The County’s budget has roughly doubled in six years, from about $823 million in fiscal year 2021 to more than $1.6 billion today....

...Mahi Pono has waited two years for USDA approval to sell fruit from its 3,000 acres of Tahitian limes to the Mainland...

... Maui County Councilmember Keani Rollins-Fernandez, State Representative Ikaika Hussey, Senator Kurt Fevella spoke against Todd Apo ....

... A case involving two elephants at the Honolulu Zoo could have consequences far beyond the zoo’s gates ....

...Pay for Play: A Hawaii naval firm filled South Carolina politicians’ campaign coffers with cash and won federal contracts in the state....

... In 2025, Hawaii's financial situation improved, but it still didn't have enough money to pay all of its bills and needed $2.3 billion to fill the gap ....

...giving Hawaiʻi public high school seniors a streamlined pathway to all 10 UH campuses and extending the initiative to students at participating public charter schools....

... in Hawaii 7.9% of households are multigenerational ....

...46% considered moving out of state in the past year, up from 40% in 2024, and 37% cited the cost of living....

...Patricia “Pat” Saiki, a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa alumna whose decades of public service left a lasting impact on higher education and politics in Hawaiʻi, died on September 30, 2026. She was 96....

...some lower courts have latched onto, and purported to find an expansive meaning in, footnote 9.  The latest example is the Ninth Circuit's September 22 en banc decision in Yukutake v. Lopez....

...Hawaii faces long-term challenges and carries $27.5 billion in total liabilities, or $18,909 per capita....

... Boulder’s case is one the dozens of climate lawsuits filed against energy companies by state and local governments, including in Hawaii ....

...Hawaii recorded the second-highest average balance at $5,220 per person...

"After reforms, inflation-adjusted rents have fallen by approximately 20% in Austin and Minneapolis."

...Hawaii Supreme Court ruled plaintiffs in long-running litigation over a Dow Chemical herbicide needn’t prove exactly how much of the chemical they were exposed to....

... Kao gave agents a 50-page document naming dozens of lobbyists, congressional staffers and members of Congress who he said helped him trade cash for contracts ....

...In a 6–5 en banc decision in Yukutake v. Lopez, the court reversed a permanent injunction against Hawaii’s 30-day handgun-permit deadline....

...Company control, inheritance of an estate, and family relationships are all intertwined, and there is no clear answer yet where it will ultimately lead....

... The Aloha State has 1.8 facilities per 100,000 residents ....

... of the four religion-based hate crimes in Hawaii in 2025, three targeted Jews ....

... Lowest Avg. Salary for Teachers (Adjusted for Cost of Living) ....

... Native Hawaiians will need to comply with new work requirements to qualify for Medicaid .... 

...Trump announced on Thursday a plan to send $500 rebate checks to nearly 1 million Americans across 30 states for Obamacare overcharges. ...

...Vaccines are most effective when a large portion of the population gets them....

...One of the costliest parts of the law is the requirement that vessels used in domestic shipping be built in the United States....

... Balancing Bail and Pretrial Equity: Community Accountability and the Risk of E-Carceration ....

... Hawaii is the state with the third-best budgeters, and it boasts the second-highest percentage of residents who set aside money for emergencies ....

...For over 12 years, the two have fought three election battles that ended up before the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court....

... Will US Supreme Court grant the petition for a writ of certiorari? ....

... The suit follows the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Monday ....

...Given these policies, why would any right-thinking entrepreneur, or growing business, locate in Hawaii? And how did the Wall Street Journal miss this?....

... how public school students can benefit from the FTCS ....

... the forces of segregation and racism in Congress effectively derailed statehood for more than a decade ....

... States prioritizing renewables over reliability, affordability see higher costs ....

...Twenty-two states have gone to court to block the Trump administration from accessing a database containing the personal information of roughly 17 million commercial drivers....

... Hawaii is more reliant on fossil fuels than any other state, deriving some 90% of its total energy consumption from oil ....

... If you or a loved one is still waiting in long lines for dialysis, you can blame embattled former state Rep. Ryan Yamane ....

...This is an important change for Hawaii CCW holders....

... A new Hawaii law reclassifies corporate political speech as a "power" the state can revoke at will ....

... The statutory definition of the "aloha spirit" seems very much like any other progressive non-deist religion ....

...The document also incorporated plans to withhold some information from the public surrounding the lawsuits....

...Four seats are open in Hawaii’s state legislative elections this year, meaning no incumbents filed.  That is the second-fewest since 2010....

August 6 and 9 have been made into International Days of Anti-American historical revisionism.  So here is a look at reality as seen from first-hand sources instead of whining activists.

... another lawsuit against the Trump administration over tariffs ....

... Fuchigami has quietly spent the better part of fifteen years moving through some of the most influential positions in Hawaiʻi government ....