...three management companies have been identified that could take over airport administration from the Department of Transportation....

... Federal Marketplace Open Enrollment Period Begins Nov. 1 and continues until Dec. 15 for Health Insurance Coverage to Begin January 2021 ....

... YES To Those Who Stand For Truth & Transparency ....

...anonymously collecting data from Bluetooth-enabled devices in passing vehicles....

...  8 new hospitalizations, no new deaths, 1.4% positive ....

... Reelect Keli’i Akina for OHA at-Large Seat ... Elect Luana Alapa for Molokai-residential OHA Seat ....

...a permanent change to the Sunshine Law that would allow, but not mandate, boards to conduct “virtual” online public meetings, while continuing to require at least one physical meeting location where people ... could still testify and participate in person....

... Really Obvious Question: Would the son expose any wrongdoing committed under the father? ....

... State announces 21 trusted testing partners in Japan ....

... 6 new hospitalizations, 3 new deaths, 1.6% positive ....

...Lanai residents and visitors may leave home or their place of lodging for only essential work and essential activities....

...There are a number of custodial interference, child endangerment, and trafficking investigations ongoing....

... Williams marketed a fraudulent mortgage debt reduction scheme to distressed homeowners, who were mostly non-native English speakers in the Filipino immigrant community in Hawaii ....

...the Department now has permission to utilize a portion of the 2.5 GHz band to deliver wireless broadband to rural homestead communities on Kauaʻi and in Maui County....

... J.R. was being bullied by an HPD officer’s son. One day in November 2018, J.R. was forced into a fight with the officer’s son at school. The next day, that same HPD officer showed up to J.R.’s school, and—in full view of teachers and students—arrested J.R. ....

... Federal-State Extended benefits begin Tuesday, Oct. 27 for Hawaii workers who have exhausted their state and federal jobless benefits ....

... “If you are going to get the cost of living down … you are going to have to get the Jones Act amended.”  -- Alaska Gov. Walter Hickel, speaking to the Hawaii Chamber of Commerce, Sept. 12, 1967 ....

...Five states continue to carry elevated long-term liability burdens above 20% of personal income in fiscal 2019, including Illinois (at 27% of personal income), Connecticut, New Jersey, Hawaii and Alaska. For all of them, pensions remain the driver of elevated liabilities....

... How Vice President Richard Nixon handled Hawaii's disputed electoral votes in 1960 ....

...two new hospitalizations, no new deaths, 1.1% positive....

... “Senator Hirono Demands ACB Be Weighed Against a Duck to See if She Is a Witch” ....

... on Oct 7, the HawaiiCOVID19.com ‘dashboard’ added 131,999 new tests to the total ....

... no new hospitalizations, no new deaths, 2.6% positive ....

...we have a state budget hole of more than 2 billion dollars....

... What does an Audit contract cost in Hawaii?  The Hihimanu Sushi meal was $669 but Nobu was only a measly $500 ....

"... Oh, stop it. The world is in flames ...." -- Mazie Hirono

...Laffer-ALEC Report on Economic Freedom: Grading America’s 50 Governors....

... bills introduced and votes in Congress from GovTrack.us ....

... 8 new hospitalizations, 3 new deaths, 2.1% positive ....

... In three of the past five years, the awards fell into the single digits. ...

... the homes have proved too expensive for many applicants ....

...Navy Employee Fined, Debarred from Federal Service for Numerous Hatch Act Violations....

... how different states' tax codes compare with the 18th edition of our State Business Tax Climate Index ....

... commercial and industrial use down sharply, residential use up ....

...CDC identified 97 people with acute non-viral hepatitis in an outbreak that began in Hawaii—72 of whom reported exposure to an OxyElite Pro branded product....

... The new generation of Fast Response Cutters will conduct maritime security missions, such as fisheries patrols, enhance maritime domain awareness and enforcement efforts in collaboration with regional partners ....

... As of the end of data collection for the 2020 Census, 99.9% of housing units and addresses have been accounted for in Hawaii ....

...The seat had been vacant since Associate Justice Richard W. Pollack retired in June 2020....

... Char has been with the Office of the Public Defender since 2003 and was named Supervising Deputy Public Defender in the Kauai office in 2017 ....

...Two examples of the old way of thinking, both in Honolulu....

... 12 new hospitalizations, 3 new deaths, 2.9% positive ....

... The plan outlines four priority groups that would get the vaccine, which will be available in limited supply ....

... 12 new hospitalizations, 3 new deaths, 2.5% positive .... 

...Medicare’s annual Open Enrollment season is underway....

...I am retiring from the Hawaii House of Representatives on November 3, 2020, after 30 wonderful and fulfilling years....

...UH Manoa is ahead of the University of Oklahoma (No. 414), California State University, Fresno (No. 494)....

...It doesn’t matter whether those restrictions actually do anything to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; all that matters is that they be as restrictive as possible....

...Hawaiʻi’s DVAC saw a 46 percent increase in contacts between March and October 2020, indicating a rise in the need for domestic violence services....

... Personal Services prepare to re-open, hoping Mayor's Tier 2 proposal is approved by Thursday ....

... Keli'i Akina is OHA’s Only Watch Dog & He’s Helped Stop Corruption ....