...industrial hemp business for the U.S. is significant for Hawaii, where the climate makes it possible to harvest up to three crops annually....

...Hawaii Visitor Statistics Released for First Quarter 2019....

...New budget system allowed for closer scrutiny, more transparency....

...CIP funds for renovations, repairs, construction, land acquisition statewide....

...the Jones Act equals a 7.2 percent tax on food and beverages, or about $367 million extra for island residents....

...Wade has been listed as suspended on a public list on the USA Volleyball website since at least last fall....

...The rampant use of "gut and replace'"and "Frankenstein" bills shows disrespect for the public....

... Approve 47% – Disapprove 36% ....

...The plan is the feudal-minded Office of Hawaiian Affairs-OHA will own ‘Aloha’ and you will have to buy aloha from them.  Poke too.  And they are using this to grab control of ‘genetic’ resources as well....

...2019’s Most Gambling-Addicted States....

...Under the bill, gun owners are required to report lost, stolen or destroyed firearms to the county police department within 24 hours of discovering the loss, theft or destruction of the weapon....

...The election is slated to begin April 26, 2019 and end Friday, May 17, 2019....

...Who Is Warning That This Could Become A Reality?....

...Hawaii Boasts Some of the Best Air Quality in the Nation According to the ‘State of the Air’ 2019 Report....

...auditors from KMH LLP reported one significant deficiency in internal control over financial reporting and 14 material weaknesses and three significant deficiencies in internal control over compliance....

...Task force statistics reveal youth, especially on neighbor islands, most at risk....

...the President is considering a 10-year waiver of the Jones Act for the domestic transportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG)....

...FEMA has determined the Waimea and Hanapepe levees on Kaua‘i do not provide a high level of protection and are to be de-accredited....

...Recent fatal shootings involving PSD employees and a riot/disturbance at the Maui Community Correctional Center (MCCC) have brought the Department front and center attention....

...Hilo and Kahului are the places to be....

...one significant deficiency in internal control over financial reporting ... two significant deficiencies in internal control over compliance....

...they just make a list of the projects and call them “deferred maintenance”....

...his contract expires this summer....

...Most of the suicide bills we have been tracking are in conference committee....

...Steve Frates, a Pepperdine University professor and president of the Center for Government Analysis, discusses how the salaries of Hawaii officials compare with officials across the nation....

...panel discussion Friday, May 3, sponsored by Grassroot Institute of Hawaii... with Councilmember Heidi Tsuneyoshi and rail critics Randall Roth, University of Hawaii professor emeritus of law, and Panos Prevedouros, chairman of the UH civil and environmental engineering department....

...For the fourth year in a row, the state’s economic policies have left us languishing in the bottom 10. And we have lost almost 52,000 residents over the past 10 years....

...So far, more than 190,000 O‘ahu residents have gotten the REAL ID-compliant driver license or state ID since they became available in January 2018....

...After receiving a notice of disagreement for the House amendments to both Senate Bill 600 and Senate Bill 1466, the conference committee has met and agreed to the House amendments for both bills....

...“We’re excited to be able to use the Wiki Wiki Hire process to fill our engineering vacancies and are committed to using these available resources to get qualified workers into positions within one to two weeks.”....

...The accelerator will be based at NELHA’s Hawai‘i Ocean Science and Technology Park in Kailua-Kona on Hawai‘i ‘i Island and is expected to start its first cohort in the fall of 2019....

...If the average pay hike is $3.50/hr for 208K workers, a $17 minimum would cost $5.6M per 8 hour shift--$28M per 40 hr week--$1.456B per year....

...this is the price Hawaii pays for pandering to anti-fluoridation nuts....

...Certifying the project under Verra’s VCS, which includes the verification and validation of the project by independent auditors, enables DOFAW to generate certified carbon credits that it, in turn, can sell to interested buyers, brokers, traders, or retailers....

...A spokeswoman for Hirono implied that financial disclosures that the congresswoman is already required to submit are sufficient....

...the memo contradicts arguments EPA and the Department of Justice made on the same case three years ago....

...CSEA disbursed amounts received without knowing whether the non-custodial parent had sufficient funds at the bank....

...UIPA Request: DoE Refusing to Release Check Register....

...This is harsh criticism, but it is well-founded....

...In some locales it generates more crashes as many motorists make early and sudden stops at the onset of the yellow light....

...Wouldn’t be wonderful if a wealthy non-profit volunteered to pay for all the regulations they demand?....

...requiring Respondent Kelekoma to pay an administrative penalty of $4,500 to the State of Hawaii, and referring this matter to DLNR for further action as appropriate....

...Try out the “adjust performance” feature.  You can abolish the GE Tax and cut other taxes, eliminate public employees, enact a right to work law, raise or lower the minimum wage, and see how each move affects Hawaii’s economic performance....

...in response to concerns that there was no systematic review of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs' procurement processes, limited liability companies, or loans....

...With legal representation from Neil Abercrombie’s former Attorney General David Louie, former penny stock tout Jeffrey Dunster tried to use a bag full of receipts to claim ownership of a house known as ‘13’.  It didn't work....

... weekly update from GovTrack.us ....

...and its all legal....

...2019’s States Most Dependent on the Gun Industry....

...No, that isn’t a cuss word. It’s just the facts, ma’am....

...Even as the Honolulu Rail project collapses around Mayor Caldwell’s ears, the election result gives a pro-Caldwell faction the majority on the council.  This contradiction is due to the failure of anti-rail politicians to separate themselves from criminals....