... U.S. shipyards capable of building large oceangoing commercial ships have dwindled from 30 in 1953 to just four as of November 2021 ....

... New weekly unemployment claims increased by 291 in Hawaii to 1,615 for the week ending Dec. 18 ....

... Connecticut has the best dental health, followed by the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Hawaii and New Jersey ....

... Compared with November 2019, RevPAR was 3.8 percent lower, driven by lower occupancy (-19.4 percentage points) which could not be offset by increased ADR (+27.5%) ....

... It was reported to us that the officer's (personal) AR-15 was dropped and discharged a round. This round then struck another occupant (relative) in the same home ....

... 12,777 cases are considered to be active as of Dec 26 ....

... calculations show there is plenty of room for the Legislature to break its habit of continually increasing taxes ....

“The challenges originating in Guam and Puerto Rico to the federal law banning all animal fighting have been turned back by four federal courts and also denied by the U.S. Supreme Court”

... Residents in each state rated their local roads on a scale from 1 to 10 ....

... Police Corruption Scandals Revenge for Gambling Prosecutions? ....

... Ige’s supplemental executive budget for the 2022 legislative session includes most of the University of Hawaiʻi’s budget wish list ....

... As the oldest power plant on Maui, with the first generating unit placed in service in 1948, KPP’s four steam-generating units currently provide power and system stability on the island's transmission system ....

... Assessing the Status of State Election Fairness and Security ....

... 2021’s Neediest Cities ....

... $942.3 million over the current appropriation level of $7.759 billion ....

... The division’s investigation led to the recovery of $40,000 in back wages plus another $40,000 in liquidated damages for five workers ....

... a new online building permit application process in response to the increase in number of homeowners seeking photovoltaic (PV), PV battery and battery-only tax credits and other incentives from Hawaiian Electric Co.’s Battery Bonus program ....

... Project Announcement: Evaluation of the Operation, Maintenance, Safety, and Oversight of the Navy's Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility ....

"“Take credit for it. Take credit for it. You’re playing right into their hands [when you doubt the vaccine].” -- Donald J Trump

... States Whose Unemployment Rates Are Bouncing Back Most from COVID ....

... The Virtual State Competition takes place on Saturday, February 12, 2022, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. ....

... ACP provides up to $30 a month off internet service bills ....

... Using the Honolulu rail project as an example, the New York Times wants to know why so many infrastructure projects suffer from such large cost overruns ....

... Images from ‘Gender Queer’ book checked out of Waianae High School library should help make underage boys more readily available to older homosexuals ....

... these debates are meaningless ....

... votes cast and bills introduced to Congress from GovTrack.us ....

... The Judicial Selection Commission is extending the deadline for accepting applications to fill the judicial vacancy ....

... The Delta and Omicron variants are highly transmissible. It is likely anyone who tests positive will have infected household members by the time they get test results. Therefore, they are advised to self-isolate at home ....

... without telescopes, who will be left to pay OHA rent? ....

...  Ige said there were no backlog cases in the 797 infections reported today ....

... Economic recovery resumed with the end of Hawaii’s COVID-19 wave. Now Omicron is a new threat .... 

... not a peep from the anti-GMO activists ....

... SHOPO Elections End In Shake-up For Union Leadership after Alm endorsement backfires ....

... Honolulu travelers spend a minimum of $754 for a rental car Christmas week ....

... but Hawaii has the 2nd worst transmission rate .... 

... The District Family and/or District Court of the Fifth Circuit is accepting applications from attorneys interested in serving as per diem judges ....

... unemployment rate for November was 6.0 percent compared to the revised rate of 6.4 percent in October ....

... the bill would require the piping system to ultimately be submitted to strengthened and more frequent inspection and repair requirements ....

... Five of the 27 results, located in the Iroquois Point and McGrew Point communities, detected trace levels of petroleum product well below the DOH Environmental Action Level.  Samples collected from twenty-two locations did not detect petroleum products ....

... Honolulu gives three times less than first place Tulsa, Memphis, Atlanta, Wichita ....

... As Crisis Intensifies, Union Dons Push For Even More Spending ....

... There were an estimated 268 fatal overdoses in Hawaii over the 12 months ending in April 2021, compared to 252 over the same period the year prior ....

... 2,439,075 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Hawai‘i. DOH estimates 73.2% of the state’s population has received either two doses ....

... In Hawaii, the median amount of debt in collections fell from $1,999 to $1,926 between February and October, 2020 ....

... This proves there is much more corruption to be ferreted out--and the crooks know it ....

... big fat property tax bills coming next ....

... a small apartment complex for low to moderate income renters being managed by the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement ....

...Translation: The Legislature took the counties' share of the state TAT away but let them impose their own TAT.  I'm giving it to rail -- so, in effect, other city services have been cut to fund rail but -- like a shell game -- with so many moving parts, the public has been deceived....

... Navy: State has no Authority over Red Hill Tanks ....

... There were a total of 41 murders in Hawaii in 2020, or 2.9 for every 100,000 people -- the seventh lowest murder rate among states ....