...We discuss the common issues of the Golden State and the Aloha State – affordable housing, high poverty, a pension crisis, and the high cost of living."....

...Hawai'i is the ONLY state without any municipal governments below the county level....

...The combined total for 10-weeks: 5,461 citations issued and 51 persons arrested for 84 offenses....   

... Wesleyan University Professor J. Kēhaulani Kauanui .... 

...Hawaii ranks 37th on business tax climate, down 11 places since it re-imposed 3 'temporary' income tax brackets—with a top rate of 11%—and rolled back estate tax reforms....

...the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday upheld an injunction barring enforcement of rules that let employers opt out of covering birth control on religious and moral grounds....

...teachers union says state should ban flavored vape products....

...the federal production tax credit for wind is scheduled to be phased out at the end of 2019....

... Its hard being a tweeker ....

...Gun pointed at police during shooting was registered to Ebersole's attorney....

...Employment Opportunities with the Hawaii State House and Senate....

... From GovTrack.us ....

...In the news recently was a story about business and licensing fees actually going down....

...the costs associated with the Jones Act are empirically important and should be taken into account by policy makers....

...Ige's approval rate ranks 48th among US governors....

... What happens when a government tries to fix a system that isn’t broken? ....

...Bill 37 amounts to a sweetheart deal for big union labor and will guarantee that the county will have to spend more on future infrastructure projects....

...Notice of Extended Deadline for Applications for Judicial Position – District Family Judge, Fifth Circuit....

...Trustees voted today to award Kanu o ka ʻĀina Learning ʻOhana (KALO) with a grant to administer the lion’s share of the $3 million....

...how our values are impacted by the government....

...Kyukendall 101, UH Manoa Campus, Friday Oct 18, 2:30 pm....

...Caldwell's police will clear the way for a stupid windfarm.  This proves that the problem on Mauna Kea is Harry Kim, not David Ige....

..."She is a favorite of the Russians. They have a bunch of sites and bots and other ways of supporting her so far."....

...Hawaii and California 'confidentiality' provisions 'extremely dangerous'....

...Washington State’s 20 percent rate is the highest estate tax rate in the nation, although Hawaii is set to increase its top rate to 20 percent effective January 1, 2020....

... NELHA Host Park generates over $100M annually ....

...Currently, the minimum age to purchase nicotine vapor products in Hawaii is 21....

...Our experts estimated that the survival rate of the trees would be just 10 percent....

...The combined total of the 9-week long Daniel K. Inouye Highway enhanced traffic enforcement efforts by Hawaiʻi Police Department stands at 5033 citations issued and 48 persons arrested for 80 offenses.... 

...Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Iroquois Point Elementary School....

...Obviously this is a negotiating position. OHA is demanding decommissioning but wants rent money.  UH offers decommissioning but no money.  Now they have to trade to settle....

...there is no paper that is so dreadful that it cannot be published somewhere....

...a proposed policy in Honolulu may prevent nonunion employers from bidding on government projects....

...There are 25 emergency shelter beds available in the initial phase. At full operation, the shelter will provide 50 emergency shelter beds for single men....

...In 1996, under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (Welfare Reform Act), COFA migrants living and working legally in the United States under the Compacts were deemed ineligible for most federal public benefits. Hawaii, as a U.S. port of entry in the Pacific, has directly borne the cost of public services related to migration under the Compacts....

... age 10-17--obesity rate 11.5%....

...Hawaii had the lowest percentage of Millennial-owned businesses -- 3.65%....

...Vernon Char, Wesley “Kaiwi” Yoon, Christopher Yuen....

...some cities know the key ingredients for long-term prosperity better than others....

...SCOTUS Oral Argument Hinges On Internal Dispute Over Who Can Settle....

"...it feels like they're trying to smoke us out, that they're trying to slightly force us into leaving this building...."

...We need this to stop....

...Cities and States with the Highest and Lowest Uninsured Rates....

“...She seems very Trumpian....”

...The heat and high humidity are driving increased demand for air conditioning at the same time overcast skies are diminishing solar output and wind resources are minimal....

...Nine of the 10 UH campuses saw reductions in enrollment....

...Ige has appointed Brig. Gen. Kenneth S. Hara to be the Adjutant General for the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Defense effective Dec. 6, 2019. He replaces Maj. Gen. Arthur “Joe” Logan who will be retiring....

...The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations to fill the following anticipated judicial vacancies in the State of Hawaii....

...a task force of eminent Hawaii business and other community leaders has just issued a warning that Hawaii’s current rate of government spending is not sustainable....

...The combined total of the 8-week long Daniel K. Inouye Highway enhanced traffic enforcement efforts by Hawaii Police Department stands at 4,632 citations issued and 46 persons arrested for 74 offenses....