...The main reason I support a leadership change at the Council has unfortunately been lost in media reports to more sensational stories....

...Hawaii has 35 affordable and available units for every 100 ELI renter households....

...results of 20 years of tobacco prevention and control policies and programs with an estimated total savings of $1 billion in health care costs to the state....

...The State appealed to the Intermediate Court of Appeals, arguing that Hawaii's wrongful death statute limits recovery for "the death of a person," and that the fetus did not qualify....

...Six-Month Monitoring Levels Meet State & Federal Water Quality Standards....

...Suzuki has been acting as the chief legal and law enforcement officer for the state since February 2 when then Attorney General Doug Chin resigned to become Lieutenant Governor....

...WalletHub compared 100 of the most populated U.S. metro areas across 18 key indicators of weight-related problems....

...against a Minnesota couple who claim they should not be forced to make wedding videos for gay couples....

...The purpose of the RFI is to gauge whether there is interest among prospective developers in obtaining a long-term lease of the Site (but check out the terms)....

...March 16th, 12:00 noon  --  Hawaii State Capitol, House Chamber....

...an economic plan based on general excise tax collections....

...OHA is an ongoing criminal enterprise like the Mafia....

...Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald announced today that he is seeking public comment on judicial nominees for a vacancy in the District Court of the Second Circuit (Maui), to fill a vacancy created by the retirement of the Honorable Keith E. Tanaka....

...Friday, March 16, 2018,  8:30 – 11:25 a.m., Conference Room 229, State Capitol....

...Notice that they never mention the Cost?....

...186 communities ranked based on their Well-Being Index scores....

...$8,277 -- Annual Hawaii State & Local Taxes on Median State Household....

“...We are increasing the number of school resource officers, improving background checks and more aggressively prosecuting those who illegally attempt to purchase a firearm, and reviewing and enhancing the way our law enforcement agencies respond to tips from the public...." 

...One issue the group is grappling with is how to justify a waiver for Puerto Rico while keeping Jones Act requirements for other US ports, such as Hawaii....

...Hawaii Democrats Bitter, Spiteful....

..."I only eat organic”....

...Their educational experiences have been shaped by concepts like collaborative work, project-based learning, real-world scenarios, finding innovative solutions, and the underlying mantra that they can save the world....

...Newly-elected director Janet L. Kass will join incumbent directors David Iha and Teofilo Phil Tacbian who have been re-elected....

...HB2739 has been assigned to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection & Health and Senate Judiciary....

... “It wasn’t that long ago that I was before this same committee testifying on a very similar bill on the very same tax provision, seeking to do the very same thing....”

...There is much more that needs to be examined, and that will be the purpose of the upcoming independent audit....

...Three of them were secretly created by two former Trustees and the former Administrator without Board approval....

...Furthermore, according to official court documents of the State of Hawaii, Moses Enoka Heanu, the alleged “Chief Justice” of your “court” is a registered sex offender who was sentenced to five (5) years in prison for three (3) felony counts of sexual assault in the Third Circuit court of the State of Hawaii in 1998....

...For the 2018 Elections, five political parties have qualified to appear on the ballot. They are....

...converting approximately 53,500 city-owned street lights to more energy efficient LED (light-emitting diode) lights....

...will they believe us if we blame Trump?...

...This report found that through the course of the past ten years, the Hawaii 2050 Sustainability Plan was disregarded....

...Ward urges Trump to hold the meeting in Honolulu....

...Will Hawaii’s public unions lose power if their membership dues become voluntary under a pending Supreme Court ruling in the case known as Janus v. AFSCME?....

...“This is unacceptable in a progressive coalition or any political coalition. Antisemitism has no place in American society. We must reject this, left right and center,” Schatz wrote on Twitter....

...Mallory received backlash for attending Farrakhan's annual Saviours' Day address, an event where the Nation of Islam leader attacked "that Satanic Jew," called Jews "the mother and father of apartheid," and proclaimed that "when you want something in this world, the Jew holds the door...."

...Chinese Communist 'Confucius Institute' a Threat to Academic Freedom at UH Manoa....

...“How many of you know someone who has been bullied?” asked Judge Heely....

...and James Ashford to the Circuit Court of the First Circuit....and Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald appoints Kevin T. Morikone to the District Court of the First Circuit....

...bills introduced by members of the House Republican Caucus that crossed over to the Senate....

...Panelists included: Tony Gill, partner at Gill Zukeran & Sgan Robert Alt, president of the Buckeye Institute....

...The study is being released on International Women’s Day....

... stop Trump from "provid(ing) new, more affordable options to Americans in the individual market who are getting hammered by skyrocketing premiums” ....

...one month ago, OHA Trustees voted to order managers of OHA's six LLCs to hand over financial records....

...Reforming its shipping laws to allow foreign ships to transport foreign goods between Philippine ports seems to have worked out well for the Philippines....

...We focused on 10 common aspects of the landlord-tenant relationship, which include security deposits, rent increases, the warranty of habitability and eviction notices....

... the proportion of renters in Honolulu rose from 44.6% in 2006 to 56.1% in 2016 ....

... Hawaii has reinstated its formerly temporary individual income tax brackets, ranging from 8.25 to 11 percent .... 

... these 128 are in addition to bills passed earlier ....

...The following are a few of the measures to pass on third reading....