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

...we are starting to see laws passed in the 2019 Legislature take effect....

...Bress will fill the seat vacated by Judge Alex Kozinski, who stepped down in 2017 amid sexual misconduct allegations.... 

...WalletHub compared 300 cities of varying sizes across 27 key indicators of market attractiveness, affordability and quality of life....

...Student Debt as % of Income, Adjusted for Cost of Living  (3rd-lowest)....

...Ige has appointed Linda Chu Takayama as his chief of staff, effective Aug. 1 an Keith Yamamoto as chief operating officer.... 

...Several domestic shipping and maritime interest groups, alongside unions, are backing lobbying efforts to keep the Jones Act on the books....

...To rank CNBC's 2019 America's Top States for Business, we put all 50 states through a rigorous test and graded them based on more than 60 measures of competitiveness in 10 broad categories....

...For almost three decades, the handyman exemption in Hawaii was capped at $1,000, a limit that includes the cost of labor and materials....

...A proposal to Build Solar Farm on Hawaiian Home Lands turns ugly in Kapolei....

...activists have scared parents into believing that they must fear pesticides but ignore other real safety hazards....

...The Hawaii Shippers’ Council (HSC) recently reviewed its 1997 estimates of the cost of the Jones Act on Hawaii....

...Hawai‘i’s Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC) has violated the federal Clean Water Act by polluting ocean waters along Kauaʻi’s West Side without a permit, a federal court ruled yesterday....

...The State Department of Transportation announced that Mauna Kea Access Road will be closed and there could be lane and other road closures associated with large equipment movement beginning July 15....

...Ige signed the final remaining anti-gun bill awaiting his consideration, Senate Bill 600. This comes on the heels of him signing Senate Bill 1466 on June 27th.... 

... Ige boosts film tax credit and allows condo associations to conduct non-judicial forclosures ....

...“If you want to maintain your aircraft there are not a lot of options up there because the state won’t allow it.”...

...invited to present a Best Practices session on its apprenticeship program and how it could address employee shortages....

... Really Obvious Question: Has Winer received a target letter or a subject letter in the Lyon investigation? ....

...ACT 268 establishes the Stadium Development District and puts the state’s Aloha Stadium lands under the jurisdiction of the Stadium Authority....

...'It was a false accusation that Joe Biden is a racist'....

...Skousen discusses with host Keli'i Akina what free-market economics is and why we should promote it....

"...Under interim CEO Sylvia Hussey’s leadership, transparency reigns...."

...a dirty legislative trick from 2008 has--eleven years later--effectively outlawed new installation of tankless on-demand gas water heaters....

...Hawaii ranks 47th....

...First Question: “How are you going to increase salaries...."

...SB 1405 calls for confiscation, increased fines for youth....

...Husband and Wife Plead Guilty To Involvement In Multi-Million Dollar Investment Fraud Scheme Based in Hawaii....

...It pains me to read stories of people who lost their homes after being told that they didn’t have to pay back their mortgages because the laws under which they were made were invalid in Hawaii....

... OHA’s response comes just two days after the departure of former OHA CEO Kamana’o Crabbe .... 

... Congress was on recess this week, but members did introduce bills ....

...the project lost its funding at the City Council and is set to close in August....

...“These constraints, largely imposed at the local level, raise costs and limit the number of homes that can be built in places where demand is highest.”....

...despite the nation's lowest electricity consumption, chart-topping rates give Hawaii the 10th highest electric bills....

... Can the government mandate that groups or individuals speak a message with which they fundamentally disagree? ....

...Former President of the FSM, Peter M. Christian, is the official declared winner for Pohnpei State’s at-large seat, having received 6,060 votes or 46.46% of all votes cast....

...without property rights, many of our other rights or freedoms would be shallower....

...They Did Something Nobody Else Would Be Allowed To Do....

...with proceedings stayed until the criminal proceedings are final....

...Ige said requiring proof of victimization is “unrealistic” due to victims’ fear of retaliation from their former pimps or sex buyers.... 

...Hawaii Department of Health releases six-month progress report on Our Care, Our Choice Act....

...If an OHA Trustee cannot publicly disagree with Board decisions, then it would hinder any Trustee from functioning as a watchdog. That would be a terrible loss to beneficiaries....

...The assertion that DOCARE utilized an LRAD in association with protests on Maui’s Haleakala several years ago is completely false....

...Bills Introduced and Votes Cast for the week ending June 29, 2019....

... a vacant home fee of 5% or 10% ....

...present your claim by September 30, 2019, or be forever barred from succeeding....

...OHA seeks non-profit to administer $1.66 million emergency financial assistance grant....

...Acreage harvested for all seed crops is expected to total 2,530 acres during the 2018-19 season, down 17 percent from the previous season....

...Hear how Jones Act has cost Puerto Rico dearly, and Hawaii, too....

...Neal Miyahira starts as Budget and Finance director on July 1. His appointment is subject to Senate confirmation....