... All applications for concealed weapon licenses submitted before February 29, 2024, be processed within 60 days ....

... DeLeon, a former Big Island resident, is required to pay $1,246,850 in restitution to the victims ....

... involves sharing a percentage of net appreciation with HHFDC ....

... Bills introduced and votes cast in Congress ....

... a significant tax reform which has been long overdue ....

..."Practices are improved from lessons learned in previous disasters"....

... HDOA has opened two requests for proposals (RFP) – one for community-based management of coconut rhinoceros beetles (CRB) on O‘ahu and another to support green waste management ....

... the second major milestone within the 2010 Consent Decree – the full secondary treatment upgrade of the Honouliuli Wastewater Treatment Plant  ....

... helping to defeat many measures that would have harmed Hawaii’s economy and added to our already high cost of living ....

... the average salary in the Aloha State is $61,420, or $23.35 an hour, putting it behind 16 other states whose average employees earn more ....

... Hawaii’s economy will grow at a slower pace than in past years ....

... A critical transmission line that serves as a back-up route of power to approximately 11,000 customers in West Maui is now online ....

"... launching and connecting student clubs such as Genders & Sexualities Alliance ...."

... About 500 teachers qualify for payments ranging from $2,500 to $8,000 in June ....

... groceries cost more in Hawaii than in any other state ....

... Akina said “the tax cuts are gonna be huge in terms of keeping money in the pockets of people starting next year” .... 

... nonprofit hospitals are exempt from the GET, but small physician practices and clinics are not ....

... “Economic pressures will cause ‘toxic’ hysteria to be hyped up until locals sell out.  Then the hysteria will evaporate and be forgotten as Lahaina is rebuilt as Wailea v2 surrounding the ‘Venice of the Pacific’ water feature.”  -- HFP, Nov 2023 ....

... Navy’s and NASA’s proposal to retain the use of 8,348 acres and 23 acres, respectively, of State lands presently utilized pursuant to leases and easements on Kauai ....

... rate would increase by 82% for B&Bs worth $3 million or more ....