... There were significant changes in net income tax, exemptions suspended for the GET, a new 3% bump for the transient accommodations tax, tripling and quadrupling tax rates for conveyances of real property, and more ....

... The more cautious tier was activated after the island’s average case count remained elevated for the past two weeks ....

... while the county and the state work together on incorporating vaccination counts on O‘ahu into modified metrics for the Tier system ....

... according to the 2021 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) USA University Rankings, released on May 5 ....

... This number is 22 points higher than the 48-year historical average ....

... appointment of Senator Dru Kanuha (District 3 – Kona and Kaʻū) as the new Senate Majority Leader ....

"...The island would be a fixed aircraft carrier...."

... Manufacturing faces exceedingly high rates of taxation in Hawaii, but some other firms benefit from generous incentives, reducing tax costs or even yielding negative rates of tax ....

... States that are Recovering the Quickest from COVID-19 ....

... Hawaii ranks 48th for nursing salary when cost of living is factored in ....

... BLUE Pacific Act, Establishes a Comprehensive, Long-term U.S. Foreign Policy in the Pacific Islands Amidst Growing International Engagement in the Region ....

... Past due customers can avoid collection activity by setting up payment plan ....

... UH spring 2021 commencement ceremonies range from virtual to in-person ....

... Jones Act carriers claim China is a threat to America’s maritime industry, but when they need cheap repairs, they know where to go ....

... fulfills a Congressional mandate to biometrically record the entry and exit of non-U.S. citizens ....

... Public feedback is sought for HIDOE’s proposed accountability waiver and its assurances ....

... Alternative ceremony formats will continue for a second year and limit guest access to comply with COVID-19 health and safety guidelines ....

... As part of last Friday’s operation, special agents visited 10 hotels ....

... many anti-gun bills were defeated this session ....

... it will reopen the first working Monday of each month as long as funds are available ....

... The Governor has until June 21, 2021, to provide the Legislature with notification of his intent to veto ....

... For many years, the counties and the State have been bickering about how much support from the State’s transient accommodations tax (TAT) they should get ....

... bills introduced and votes in Congress for week ending May 1, 2021 ....

... At this point, all the information reported in the Daily News Digest (DND) can be viewed on a daily basis via the web links regularly included, and the JIC has produced this final DND today. ...

... The document, marked “CONFIDENTIAL (NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION),” says that stopping the rail at Middle Street could lower costs, provide long-term flexibility for route changes and fleet expansion, and benefit from future driverless technologies .... 

"...fraudulent applications may be referred to law enforcement....”

...The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations....

"...We still do not have all of the facts of the incident yet...."

... During the 2021 legislative session, lawmakers demonstrated strong interest in matters concerning the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) ....

...The Fumble or The Phantom Punch....

... locals are pushing back, saying that forests and farmlands should not be sacrificed in the fight against climate change ....

... the Court can consolidate the New York Case with Young v. Hawaii ....

... SCR44 is just a toothless symbolic statement, but it is being hyped nationwide ....

... This was the first time in a year where visitor arrivals were up, but the year-to-date arrivals were still significantly down (-60.1%) ....

... Kahului, Hawaii, is the most expensive U.S. destination in which to rent a car this spring ....

... This bill was so close to the finish line that the only question seemed to be whether Gov. Ige would agree to limit his power ....

... The payments aim for “workforce stabilization to retain teachers” and will be made to full- and half-time teachers. (Translation: Incumbent stabilization to retain HSTA endorsement for 2022.) ....

... Hawaii led the nation with the highest percentage of its civilian labor force unemployed for 15 weeks or longer 5.3% ....

"...any portable device that is designed to discharge electric energy, charge, voltage, or current into the body...."

... Akamai readers will remember this is exactly what happened to the old Hilo Hotel on Kinoole St during the 1990s depression ....

... HB526 and SB1329 ....

... Don't Take What They're Planning To Dangle In Front Of You ....

... Hawaii 9th-Highest State and Local Individual Income Tax Collections Per Capita ....

... Court documents said Harleman used his firm, Precision Accounting Hawaii, to defraud an Oahu landscaping business out more than $415,000 ....

... Earnings, which mostly reflect wages and other employee compensation, fell in Hawaii by 7.7% ....

... Caltech hopes to have its plans approved by early 2022, which would enable the physical deconstruction and restoration to begin by summer 2022 ....

... House Bill 862 authorizes counties to impose a new hotel room tax of up to 3% ....

... Oahu residents now have an additional 19 months to get the REAL ID-compliant driver’s licenses and state identification cards before they will need it to board domestic flights and enter some federal buildings ....

... John Kerry announced the United States’ support for the Local2030 Islands Network during a virtual event in support of the Leaders Summit on Climate Change hosted by President Biden this week ....

... Chow believes there is “a good chance that the feasibility study will be funded in Federal fiscal year 2022 by the application of Congress’ Community Project Funding (CPF)” and asks for support from the harbors’ group “convincing Congress to fund the Honolulu Harbor feasibility study.”….