... It pays to be able to put the governor in office.  I'm sure the 6,000 people on Maui will understand how this works ....

... The post caused a stir among some lawmakers during the Legislature’s opening day ....

... Honolulu is the only city where mortgages have taken up more than 40% of homeowners’ incomes in 2010, as well as in 2015 and 2020 ....

... 33 Hours worked to afford median rent for nurses -- Hawaii ranks 43rd ....

... Aloha State Parents Find New Ways to Celebrate Learning, Support Opportunity for All ....

... Hawaii's Legislature needs to step in to prevent the extensive exercise of unchecked unilateral power, says the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii ....

... Nickie Lum Davis has retained Potomac International Partners to push for a grant of clemency. One of the lobbyists on the account is Mark Cowan, who was a member of Trump’s transition team ....

... Hawaii Cost of Living Index is 196.3--the US Average is 100 ....

... The batteries will die in a few years.  Moving the smokestack does not equal 'emission free' ....

... gaps between black people and white people ....

... potential monetary losses — including both the lifetime and annual cost of a cigarette pack per day, health care expenditures, income losses and other costs .... 

... Approximately 800 American Samoan residents are anticipated to transit through Honolulu, be tested for COVID-19, and quarantine en route to their previously shuttered island home ....

... continue to stand with you for FAITH, FAMILY and religious FREEDOM ....

... “the carbon tax” is most likely the “barrel tax” ....

... bills introduced and votes in Congress for week ending Jan 16, 2021 ....

... 2020 STARTED OUT like any other year, but ....

... 2021 Key Dates in Legislative Calendar ....

... 2012: 'Critical habitat': Feds Seize Control of 67 square miles on Oahu; Maui Next ....

... from 2011 to 2018, Winslett paid over $100,000 worth of bribes to two U.S. Army contracting officials who worked at the Range at Schofield Barracks, in order to steer federal contracts worth at least $19 million  ....

... that $2 billion in “savings” is going to end up costing the taxpayers almost four times as much in the long term ....

... bribes from a drug trafficker to obtain United States Postal Service cluster box units ....

"...ADC has done little – if anything – to facilitate the development of agricultural enterprises...the State can no longer wait for ADC to figure out what it is, what it is supposed to do, and how it is supposed to do it...."

... His proposals would amend the century-old Jones Act to combat monopolies in domestic shipping ....

... until the aquarium fishing industry has completed the Chapter 343 environmental review process ....

...Of its 117 total traffic deaths in 2018, 45 traffic deaths in Hawaii came when one or more of the drivers had been drinking....

... Friday, Jan. 15, 2021 from noon to 1:15 p.m. ....

... VIDEO: The Knights of Aloha protesting at the Hawaii State Capitol Friday January 15, 2021 ....

"President’s incitement of January 6th’s violent assault on the U.S. Capitol violated his oath to defend the Constitution and cannot go unanswered" -- Rep Ed Case

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... Those who choose to jeopardize the peaceful transition of power, or otherwise unlawfully wreak havoc in our communities, should know ....

... Queen’s North Hawai’i Community Hospital, Kona Community Hospital, and Hilo Medical Center now scheduling vaccinations for those 75 years of age and older, as well as essential workers ....

... SWOT Analysis and Action Plan Identify Challenges and Opportunities for Economic Growth ....

...the tramway track and trestle structures have been widely utilized as a hiking trail....

... Efforts to save money now will cost taxpayers more later while putting government employees and retirees at risk, says Grassroot Institute of Hawaii ....

... Online Survey Period: January 4, 2021 through January 31, 2021 ....

... The U.S. Supreme Court granted 14 cases Friday night, adding an additional 12 hours of argument to its calendar ....

... Bills introduced and votes in Congress for week ending Jan 9, 2021 from GovTrack.us ....

... Kealoha was selected Chief thanks in part to Michael Miske’s ‘uncle’ ....

... this is the 'fascio' organizing itself ....

... There is still a lot of real estate between $0.3 billion and $1.4 billion a year ....

... Vaccine doses received 91,700 - Vaccinations administered 35,000 = 56,700 ....

... and a Notice of Petition for Retention – The Honorable Dyan M. Medeiros ....

... Maui Memorial and Adventist Health are not waiting for the DoH any more ....

...other school employees will begin to get access to vaccines on a regular basis toward the end of January and early February....

... Prof. Cynthia Franklin is currently on a team developing a partnership between al-Quds University and the University of Hawaii at Manoa ....

... This week, we got our first real glimpse of Gov. David Ige’s proposed budget. ...

... Hawaii's economy was in trouble before the coronavirus lockdowns ....

... Barabara Marumoto, architect of the state's legal spending cap, continues to believe Hawaii needs better budgeting practices ....

... the Council made no public announcement, but here it is anyway ....

"I was just notified that someone had filed an unemployment claim using my name, work title, Social Security number, and work address."