...Maui lawmakers should be congratulated for trimming this year’s county budget to $1 million less than the previous year....

...How do you know you’re starting to make a real difference on an issue? The quality of both your critics and your friends improves....

...Through July 14, the department has issued $35,980,789 to imposter fraud claimants....

... In Burns v. Richardson (1966) the Supreme Court held that tourists and other non-permanent residents could be excluded from apportionment in the Hawaii state legislature ....

...60 is a new daily record -- 4% of tests came back positive....

...EPA banned LCCs in 2005....

...“The Kalana O Maui Building reopened June 22,” Mayor Victorino said....

... Measures address harassment in the workplace and domestic violence ....

...Mayoral candidate forum with former U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, former Mayor Mufi Hannemann, Councilmember Kym Pine, and former State Rep. Bud Stonebraker....

...This message was shared with the students, faculty and staff of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa on July 22, 2020....

...OHA testimony for the July 23, 2020, Hawai‘i State Board of Education General Business Meeting urging the Board of Education to delay the reopening of schools....

...proposals must address the Department’s operations, programs, regulations, processes, budget, and/or resources and must create a benefit or an advantage for the DHHL, the trust, or trust beneficiaries, or otherwise correct a deficiency....

...a new record for one day....

...U.S. District Court Judge Jill A. Otake denied a motion today, for a preliminary injunction, from a South Carolina traveler....

...DoE's designed-to-fail scheme is falling apart....

...one new death, three new hospitalizations....

...A new study that allegedly shows the Jones Act has no “negative impact” on the cost of living in Hawaii actually shows the opposite, according to the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii....

...“Our schools are woefully underprepared to deliver a distance learning program should a school be shut down by the Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) due to the spread of COVID-19,” said HSTA President Corey Rosenlee....

...Gov. Ige signed the initial emergency proclamation for the Kaua‘i floods on April 15, 2018....

...Teachers return on Wednesday, July 29....

... one new hospitalization, no new deaths ....

...The Hawaii senator fails to fully consider the causes of bad policing....

... The game teaches children several curious lessons ....

... the Supply-Demand Connection They Won’t Talk About at UH: Hawaii’s artificial restriction of land supply has profited KSBE, A&B and other major landowners by making housing unaffordable for middle class and working class families.  Greenmail protests and litigation by OHA, sovereignty activists and enviro groups shapes the land-use environment and drives young families out of Hawaii ....

...Pastor JD explains why the QAnon Great Awakening may very well become the great deception....  

...the industry groups say the law will endanger guests and employees by increasing the frequency of cleaning staff in guest rooms, creating more opportunities to catch and spread the Covid-19 virus in a confined space....

...How do they view the present and the future, and what will they contribute to Hawaii and the world? Join us as we explore their attitudes, beliefs and values.... 

...no new hospitalizations, no new deaths....

• For Honolulu Mayor, Bud Stonebraker.   
• For Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney, RJ Brown  

... in recognition of its 100th anniversary ....

...ten new hospitalizations, no new deaths....

...He doesn't see any traditional Republican values in Donald Trump, and he will not vote for him in November....

...For tax benefits, the pendulum has started swinging in the other direction as well....

...Once all three parking lot entrances were blocked, Glendon was observed walking around the parking lot with a “Lei O Mano,” which is a Hawaiian shark tooth war club....

...Cert Petition: "This case is the proverbial 'Exhibit A' of much that is wrong [with takings law]...."

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

...one new death, one new hospitalization....

...Waiving the entire “annual required contribution” or ARC payment to EUTF for this year would save the state about $840 million, according to one official….

...which measures changes in employment and employee wages, monthly revenue and revenue sources, current state of operations and plan for trans-Pacific tourism opening, impact of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and business outlook....

...Total number of people experiencing homelessness on the night of January 22, 2020 was 4,448....

...the Jones Act, a protectionist federal maritime law enacted in 1920, is one of the few political issues that doesn’t break down along party lines....

...one new hospitalization, one new death....

...Next Step: Federally-mandated state-funded beachcombing as an act of pennance in the eco-religion....

... HDOT has selected NEC Corporation, NEC Corporation of America and their partner, Infrared Cameras Inc., to provide thermal temperature screening and facial imaging technology ....

...individuals are classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force based on questions about their activities during the survey reference week (June 7th through June 13th)....

... construction will probably not happen this year or through the upcoming winter season ....

...Pass-through businesses, such as sole proprietorships, S corporations, and partnerships, make up a majority of businesses in the United States....

...In 2010, the city estimated that it would spend $3.4 billion in capital costs through fiscal year 2020....  

...one new hospitalization, no new deaths....

...In Hawaii, the Fair Market Rent (FMR) for a two-bedroom apartment is $2,015—the highest in USA....