...In 2017, only only 3.5 percent of Hawaiian high school students reported using e-cigarettes daily and only 1.2 percent reported smoking combustible cigarettes daily....

...Saturday, March 7, at the Bishop Memorial Chapel at Kamehameha Schools Kapālama, 1887 Makuakāne Street. Public visitation will begin at 9:30 a.m. with services scheduled to start at 10:45 a.m....

...A total of 355 bills have been sent from the House to the Senate for their consideration....

...During the recession of 2008, the state government was forced to reduce the school week to four days, cut millions of dollars from social programs, and reduce public employee salaries by 5 percent....

...“We should hold off on ‘nice-to-have’ projects like construction at Blaisdell Center and focus on fiscal prudence,” said Pine....

...Hawaii is the 8th-richest state but has the 5th-lowest per capita income in USA....

...A group of bills will be up for third reading in tomorrow’s crossover session in the Hawai‘i State Senate tomorrow, Tuesday, March 3, 2020, starting at 9:30 a.m....

...California’s neighbor to the left is seeking to outdo the Golden State tyrants with an even more intrusive scheme to harass law-abiding gun owners....

...some immigrant families have decided to forgo all government benefits....

...Thursday March 5th is the 2020 Legislative session first crossover....

...Weekly Update From GovTrack.us, February 29, 2020....

...The average daily census of total visitors in the Hawaiian Islands on any given day in January was 269,421, up 2.0 percent....

...a 0.5% GE Tax hike to pay for 'climate change'....

...Money management is a life skill that unfortunately isn’t taught as often as it should be.... 

...See all 2019 and 2020 House bills that have crossed over to the Senate this session....

...The House passed HB 1902, HB 2736, and HB 2744. The bills will now move to the Senate for further consideration. On the Senate side, the Judiciary Committee passed SB 2519 and SB 2635, both with amendments....

...some of the bills we have been tracking are dead....

...The campaign against disposable bags and other products is harming the planet and the public....

...77% of the Jones Act fleet consists of unpowered barges....

...It's the most powerful greenhouse gas known to humanity, and emissions have risen rapidly in recent years....

...Hawaii 2.11 drunk driving fatalities per 100,000 people--down 26.83% from 2017....

...Emergency preparedness in Hawaii....

...Sitting Kauai County Councilmember and Eleven Others Charged with Participation in a Drug Trafficking Organization....

...Qualified robotics teams advance to 2020 VEX Worlds....

... OHA Needs a Watchdog to Fight for Hawaiians and Hawai‘i ....

... the climate litigation campaign has proven unsuccessful and is counterproductive .... 

...Projects total $4.9 billion for fiscal years 2020 and 2021....

...On Thursday, February 27th, the Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a decision-making hearing on SB 2519 and SB 2635....

... establishes the goal of providing all children who are 3 to 4 years old ... with enrollment in a preschool program by the year 2030 ....

...a perception that the organization and its management "are ineffective, poorly managed, or corrupt" and "do not help or represent the Hawaiian people effectively."....

... 1 in 4 Honolulu residents say they plan to be gone by 2025 ....

...There has been remarkably little clarity on this key question....

...The court upheld the Trump administration’s June 2019 declaration that taxpayer-funded clinics must stop referring women for abortions or be stripped of their Title X funding....

...This Thursday, February 27th, three anti-gun bills: HB 1902, HB 2322, and HB 2736 will be eligible for floor votes in the House....

...Hawaii has the lowest property tax rate, but high valuations make for high property tax bills....

...Hawaii Income Tax Take is 10th Highest in USA....

..."While we've seen incursions into the EEZs of partners and illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing on the high seas, these are the first interdictions we've had in the US EEZ since 2012"....

...Reckless state spending is exhausting our emergency reserves....

...In January 2020, the total monthly supply of statewide vacation rentals was 797,300 unit nights....

...If the required documents previously submitted are on file with the city, these motorists can simply get a duplicate license online and add on the star marking to indicate REAL ID compliance....

...The Hawaii County Ethics Board is planning an investigation into non-enforcement of the law at the Mauna Kea Access Road....

...to keep those lucrative 'continuing education' courses under the Association's control....

...fined $10,000 by Hawaii State Ethics Commission....

...Hawaii -- State Budget Practice Report Cards and Budget Resource Guide....

...The Most Dangerous States to Work In....

...Multiple jobs. Doubling up. Hawaii adults say they’re doing it all and still struggling....

...If government benefits were available, Nathan Lum made sure that he was going to receive some of them....

...While visitor arrivals racked up another record year in 2019, real visitor spending fell last year as international spending languished. And now the coronavirus rears its ugly head....

...State’s physician shortage remains between 519 and 820 doctors....

...An expert on Seattle's experience will address 2 Hawaii events....