... Starting July 1, Hawaiian Electric may preemptively shut off power in areas that appear at high risk of wildfire during periods of forecast high winds and dry conditions ....

... Another Deadline Extension Will Allow Additional Applicants to Begin and Complete the Process ....

... Blangiardi also signed Resolution 24-50, FD1, allowing voters to decide on November’s ballot whether to establish an Ocean Safety Commission to oversee the new department ....

... with a culminating virtual statewide meeting on Tuesday, July 2 ....

... for stonewalling a review of its own actions in the death of a 6-year-old girl ....

... assuming that cannabis consumers are too dangerous to be trusted with firearms ....

... In Hawaiʻi, mothers earn 74% of what fathers earn, while women without children make 99% of the income of men without children ....

... bills designed to expand the affordable housing inventory and improve the governance of rental laws under the Residential Landlord-Tenant Code ....

... What makes some states better than others for renters? ....

... votes cast and bills introduced ....

... There are still around 27,800 fewer jobs in Hawaii than before the COVID-19 pandemic ....

... secret instructions from the Director of Taxation to his staff ....

... If approved by the Governor, SB2475 CD1 would go into effect on July 1, 2024 ....

... One of the most persistent myths in Hawaii politics is that you can target a single group with a tax hike and not affect anyone else ....

... huge wins in the areas of taxes, healthcare and housing reform ....

... Hawai‘i State Department of Health awards ground ambulance contracts to American Medical Response ....

... HB2404 will lower the state income tax burden for average families by almost 70% by 2031 and save taxpayers roughly $5 billion during that same period ....

... Both Ma and CC #1 worked for the CIA ­­­­— CC #1 from 1967 until 1983, Ma from 1982 until 1989 ....

"These legislators continually criticize, find fault, and introduce legislation intent on diminishing the work carried out at UH."

... nobody really expected a blanket reversal on how Hawaii treats bladed weapons ....