... we are halfway through the 2024 legislative session, the State Office of Information Practices (OIP) is providing this update of Sunshine Law and UIPA bills that have survived and crossed over ....

... Hawaii students in the COVID cohort can expect on average 3.7 percent lower lifetime earnings ....

... projects seeking FEMA reimbursement could be subject to an Office of the Inspector General’s (“OIG”) audit ....

... the County recognized over $56.9 million of MCTAT revenue on its financial statements. However, as of June 30, 2022, only $40 million (1) was actually deposited ....

... A total of 1,563 votes were cast statewide, with Biden receiving 1,032, or 66%, while uncommitted took 455 votes, or 29% ....

... if a person who voted for Nahale-a gets ticked off enough to try and flip at least one of the votes that voted against, then they could have a shot at reorganizing the Senate ....

... supporting HB 1675 as the first step in getting rid of GET for medical services ....

... CPRs and accessory dwellings units, and how the state’s housing regulations have evolved ....

... Though visitor spending decreased by 4.5 percent in January 2024, state general excise tax (GET) collections were up by 2.4 percent during the same month, an increase which can be attributed to household spending ....

... Senate Bill 3196 and Senate Bill 2845 were passed in the Senate and now have been transmitted to the House for further consideration ....

"This vote is about abuse of power."

... SB3335 will move to the House for further consideration ....

... $6,360,465.69 was collected in criminal actions and $278,322.42 was collected in civil actions ....

... "My Vote Is For Sale" ....

... Beginning Thursday, March 21 ....

... HB2802 HD1 proposes a constitutional amendment to repeal the Legislature's authority to limit marriage to opposite-sex couples ....

... a new “administrative directive” that requires all state construction projects worth more than $1.5 million to be performed under so-called project labor agreements ....

... “Congress must approve the recently renegotiated Compacts of Free Association as soon as possible,” said Case ....

... to phase out short-term rentals and impose higher taxes on them ....

... NSF discuss with the Board during the May 2024 meeting its plan to select which of the two candidate telescopes the Agency plans to continue to support ....