"...Hawaii increased the cap on its film incentives and decoupled from federal restrictions on research and development tax credits...."

... Six years after the fact, State court litigation in the Sgt Anson Kimura shooting case is about to kick into high gear ....

... assembling bits and pieces from cadavers and then bringing it to life using some unexplained method ....

... There's a lot there: acronyms, bureaucracy-speak, family-inside politician dealings, tax fraud convictions, and the like ....

... State and Local Tax (SALT) Deduction Cap forces 11 million rich liberals to pay $670 billion in reparations for their decision to allow tax-and-spend Democrats to run their states, school districts, and municipalities .... 

... Native Hawaiians own 3,147 firms in Hawaiʻi, constituting 11.1% of all businesses in the state ....

... Mana i Mauli Ola features three strategic foundational elements: ʻohana (family), moʻomeheu (culture), and ʻāina (land and water) ....

... If you are a registered voter, you will receive a passcode in the mail which will allow you to vote online ....

... Abortion Expansion Bill on the Way to Governor ....

... Why do our legislators never remember that in the Robin Hood stories, the tax collector was a villain? ....

... On April 6th, the Senate Judiciary and Ways and Means Committees will hold a joint hearing on House Bill 1366, to ban possession of home-built firearms ....

... The report was written solely for the purpose of keeping OHA Trustees Executive Session minutes out of the hands of State Auditor Les Kondo .... 

... DLIR hired a vendor to perform investigations focusing on overpayments. Solid State Operations, Inc. will begin with 25 investigators on April 6 ....

... The Judicial Council is seeking applicants to fill upcoming vacancies on the Hawaii State Ethics Commission and Campaign Spending Commission ....

... In A Stunning Letter To The US Dept. Of Interior, She Claims That Hawaiians Are The Same As American Indian Tribes .... 

... Wednesday, Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata has introduced HR 1941 in the 117th Congress ....

... People who attended events hosted by King’s Cathedral and Chapels in the past 14 days are encouraged to get tested for COVID-19 ....

... the HPA sets the real sentence after a judge pretends to sentence a criminal ....

... DHHL has advised the U. S. General Services Administration (GSA) that it will accept the transfer of approximately 80 acres from the federal government ....

... tax burden measures the proportion of total personal income that residents pay toward state and local taxes ....

... the DoD received another failing audit opinion on its financial statements ....

... free financial and investor education-related activities, presentations and resources for consumers of all ages ....

"... He didn't see all my fancy degrees.  He didn't see that I was an elected official...."

... Federal corruption probe targets DPP staffers and one local architect ....

... Ige announced the appointments of William Haning, III, M.D., Wayne Higaki and Diane Paloma to the University of Hawai‘i Board of Regents ....

... options to buy crypto are very limited at the moment. That’s because of a little-known rule from a little-known government organization ....

... Guess who decides what is misleading information? .... 

... DPP will hold a public hearing April 6 on draft rules to regulate and register short-term rentals on O‘ahu ....

"... The Aa2 rating on the State of Hawaii's general obligation bonds recognizes the significant fiscal challenges posed by the current health and economic crisis...."

... state policymakers are determined to raise taxes with bills such as SB56 and HB58. They say their hikes are aimed at 'the rich', but they’re not looking at the whole economic picture ....

... On March 30th, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hear House Bill 31 ....

... For our faculty and students, this upcoming fall 2021 semester will be a transition semester, as we reopen our campus and navigate from a primarily online environment towards a primarily in-person semester in/by spring 2022 ....

... Environmental stewardship has never been this popular ....

... With the Young decision FINALLY coming out, we thought we would be able to FINALLY move on with our Taser lawsuit. ...

... Bill 40 or the Disposable Food Ware Ordinance (DFWO), takes effect April 1, 2021 ....

... three guests invited by Hawaii Public Radio to talk about tax bills at the Legislature this year, including the notorious SB56, many parts of which have now been attached to HB58, creating a “Frankenbill” ....

... Cap't Ben Mahi was the 2nd-highest-ranking officer of HPD Division 1, when a drunken Division 1 Sgt Anson Kimura accidentally shot waitress Hyun Ju Park ....

... Bills Introduced and Votes in Congress from GovTrack.us ....

... SB815 creates a “public education stabilization trust fund” ....

... 11 of 16 Hawaii towns are in the top 10% of most overextended mortgage borrowers ....

... hundreds of Republicans participated in the virtual Honolulu County Republican Party Convention ....

... Bullet Dodged on Problematic Bills ....

... The Service is seeking public comment on the proposed change in status for the aeʻo from March 25 – May 24, 2021 .... 

... Kauai instructor accused of child sex crimes was also a longtime foster parent ....

... Hanalei Aipoalani, 42, of Waianae, Hawaii, pled guilty in federal court today to embezzling more than $500,000 from AmeriCorps and to agreeing to accept a bribe for the administration of grants under the CARES Act ....

... unlike your cousin, they didn’t even bring over a box of malasadas as a “thank you” gift ....

... the request to modify Honolulu’s COVID-19 recovery framework to include “weddings” as a category has been approved and is effective immediately ....

... BEA -- Gross Domestic Product by State, 4th Quarter 2020 and Annual 2020 ....

... more mayhem from one of Oahu's biggest homeless camps ....

... State Sen. Kurt Fevella (R, Ewa Beach-Iroquois Point) organized the action to rally opponents and to publicize many DHHL beneficiary complaints that the solar farm plan originated without their input and is a bad use of the agency’s trust land ....