...three finalists to replace Kamehameha Schools Trustee Corbett Kalama whose term ends on June 30, 2019. They are:  Anton Krucky, Coralie Chun Matayoshi and Crystal Rose....

...Very interesting. Tulsi Gabbard, the only Democratic presidential candidate who has full Kremlin support and who praised Syria's Assad, has hired Chris Cooper of Potomoc Square Group, the same DC fixer who the Russians hired to smear me and Sergei Magnitsky in 2016. Coincidence?....

...On Wednesday, February 13th, the Hawaii state House Committee on Public Safety, Veteran and Military Affairs will be hearing several anti-gun bills....

...Not Included: HRS 171-93: Law Allows Swap of Lava-Covered Lots for State Property in Zone 3....

...“Once he sent those disciplinary notices to those employees, signed them, and said you are hereby put on notice, I think it’s moved over to tampering with a witness or obstruction of justice”....

...Arrested over the weekend, Master Halbert, son-in-law of Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) President Peter Christian and son of FSM Senator Dohsis Halbert, appeared before Honolulu Federal Judge Richard L. Puglisi for arraignment Monday, February 11, 2019.... 

... the DOFAW hearing will be held at 7:00 pm on February 15, 2019 at Kula Elementary School, 5000 Kula Highway in Kula ....

...In the State of Hawaii we protect turtle eggs and other animals, and yet we don’t give the same protections to our young humans....

...The University and HGEA refuse to allow her to resign union membership....

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

...The Senate Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs has arbitrarily decided to not accept testimony submitted to it via e-mail....

...Legislative Hearings Week 4....

...Planned Parenthood Has Plans for Hawaii....

...Joseph Dutton heard about Father Damien's work in Hawaii and joined him, helping the sick in the leper colony for 45 years....

...Here's How Much Generation Zers Will Need To Save For A Honolulu Home in 2031....

...creative tax-related bills at our legislature....

...Full Text: 211 pages of documentation related to the now-infamous 2010 DHHL contract with Lyon Associates....

...After taking over the publishing of the Hawai‘i Directory of Public Officials in 2018, PRP saw an opportunity....

...Following California’s lead, Hawaii lawmakers are seeking to use money gleaned from Aloha State taxpayers to fund their anti-gun propaganda efforts....

...We expect downward revisions in the healthcare industry and in accommodation and food services, where job gains remained lackluster throughout 2018....

...Goods and services are 61.4 percent more expensive...Housing is particularly unaffordable...an average of 9.7 percent of the city's labor force has been out of work over the last five years....

...Hawaii residents paid an average of 65.32 cents per gallon in combined gas taxes in 2018....

... it is the first time in many years that a PRO-LIFE bill was actually heard in a committee ....

...Campbell Estate heiress Abigail Kawananakoa released a video interview on Feb. 7, 2019 that was filmed on Jan. 15, 2019 at her home in Hawaii....

...Thousands of HSTA Members Could be Targeted by New Anti-Bullying Policy....

“That would be pretty hard for Hawaii” -- Sen Mazie Hirono

...To share information, resources, hear feedback from customers and to answer questions on VA health care, benefits, and memorial affairs....

... Thursday, Feb. 21, noon to 1:30 p.m. at the state Capitol, Room, 312 ....

...In fiscal year 2017, the highest state sales tax collections per capita were found in Hawaii -- $2,269....

... the ancient Hawaiians were practical people that utilized their natural resources ....

...Princess Kawananakoa believes that Kawaiaha’o church officials and construction workers dug up and disturbed the burial plot of her ancestor Queen Kapi’olani ....

...On Thursday, February 7th, the Hawaii state Senate Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs is scheduled to hear Senate Bills 556, 600, 621, and 1466....

...President Trump’s State of the Union address as prepared for delivery and released by the White House....

...the few studies that have addressed the environmental impacts of sunscreens experimentally “are not representative of real world conditions”....

"...the JEFS system has failed to notify us of events in the cases in which we are counsel...."

...Hitting someone with a notice of violation and then telling them to disprove it (all the while laboring under ever-increasing daily fines) just won't cut it....

...Over the past five years, Hawaii's cumulative increase in higher education funding is more than 30%....

...“I commend the Building Division and its staff for implementing this system, which creates added efficiency of the plan review process and reduces costs and waste associated with building permits and development approvals,” said Mayor Derek S. K. Kawakami....

...instead of making resources scarcer, population growth has gone hand in hand with greater resource abundance....

...Former KKK leader David Duke appears to have switched his allegiance from President Trump to Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard....

...This way of thinking could justify government intervention in nearly all aspects of a person's life....

...For every dollar that the San Francisco minimum wage went up, there was a 4 to 10 percent increase in the likelihood of restaurant closings....

...Toiya has been the acting director of the Department of Emergency Management since October of 2018, and previous served as deputy director since July 2017....

...Beginning April 1, homeowners won’t be allowed to offer their homes as short-term rentals unless their properties fall within designated “resort zones”—and they can face tens of thousands of dollars in fines for violating that law....

...Legislative Hearings Week 3....

...Report: 63 out of America’s largest 75 cities can’t pay their bills, acquired $330 billion in unfunded debt....

...Under the plea agreement, “(Lyon) is required to submit…an accurate and complete list of all business he is currently affiliated/involved with that involve federal contacts.”....

...Honolulu has a Taxpayer Burden of $23,000, earning it an "F" grade....

...Weekly Update from GovTrack.us....

...The terms will run from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2023....