...The sense of urgency is palpable in these meetings....

..the plan is to exploit cyclists as part of a social engineering project designed to make driving more inconvenient....

...House Speaker Scott K. Saiki is pleased to announce the Representatives who will be part of the House Leadership and the committee chair assignments for the Thirtieth Legislature....

...Republicans return to State Senate....

...Violation of Hawaii law regarding advertising in Monday's front page print edition of the Honolulu Star-Advertiser....

...Yes, your insurance rates will be going up, but we need our weed.  You straights exist to service us.  It is the order of things....

...Polls are open from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Tuesday Nov 6....

...DCCA is looking for qualified and dedicated volunteers to fill current and upcoming vacancies on boards, commissions and committees across the state....

...2018’s Best & Worst Places for Veterans to Live....

...every year we follow up on recommendations made in our audit reports....

...67.5 percent of Hawaii youth with major depression don’t get any mental health treatment....

...Honolulu gay agenda 48% complete....

...Honolulu is accepted into a two-year acceleration program that will provide cities powerful new resources and access to cutting-edge support to help meet or beat their near-term carbon reduction goals....

...a case now pending in the Hawaii Supreme Court that may give us some insight on county real property taxes and their limits....

...a 'provost' and four 'vice-provosts'.....

...For the most recent period the No Campaign under the name “Preserve Our Hawaii” reported contributions of $665,000 and expenditures of $612,513....

...five Hawaii towns ranked among 1,200 in USA.... 

...LendingTree Ranks Down Payment Affordability by State....

...almost all the hard cheeses made in the United States, and in much of the West, use a protein that is made from genetically engineered yeast and bacteria....

...Lawsuit filed after denial of a UIPA request for the financial records of Limited Liability Corporations (LLCs) owned and created by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs....

...lower state and county taxes, reduce government regulations, allow more housing to be built, update the federal Jones Act and narrow the scope of occupational licensure....

...The violation is petty misdemeanor that upon conviction could have fines and jail time....

...Hawaii students tried to take their own lives at a higher rate than their peers across the country....

...wind generation is down to zero.  Then that pesky Sun thingy went and set on us.  No solar....

...the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) gave the Office of Hawaiian Affairs a failing grade of ‘F’ for its online financial transparency....

...ACLU would like to remind housing and service providers throughout Hawaii that preventing others from killing themselves is illegal and that we are watching....

...Hawaii has arguably the least competitive state legislative elections among the 50 U.S. states....

...American Samoa Congresswoman Aumua Amata clarified that U.S. National status will not change....

...OHA Wants You To Watch The Left Hand So You Wonʻt See What The Right Hand Has Been Doing....

...Bill 42 break the promise made by the full City Council in 2006 that city funds or bonds would not be used to fund the rail....

...the day after Election Day, maybe nobody will notice....

...we are perfectly positioned to develop and model the behaviors we hope to see in our society-at-large....those who feel threatened should reach out for help from an appropriate campus office....

...2018’s States with the Most and Least Powerful Voters for the Midterms....

...visitor spending and arrivals are up sharply everywhere except the Big Island....

...The state depends on mostly low-sulfur fuel oil for about 70 percent of its power. In 2020, though, demand for that fuel is expected to surge, pushing up prices....

...Aloha State utilities cost $730.86 -- $202.90 more than #2 Alaska....

...a “blank check” for adding fees and increasing Oahu property taxes for rail construction and operations....

...FTA has exercised considerable patience in waiting for the City to identify and implement the method it would use to provide the $44 million, yet the process is still incomplete....

...it alone could produce enough emissions to raise global temperatures by 2°C as soon as 2033....

...Hawai’i Free Press has obtained a copy of the Fiscal Year 2017-18 Office of Hawaiian Affairs check register in response to an open records request....

...their overall statistics are in the bottom 10th percentile of the rating scale for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions, employee satisfaction, primary care new patient wait time, and mental health continuity of care....

...a prior Hawaii Supreme Court case, Cieri v. Leticia Query Realty, 80 Haw. 54 (1995), said, “[R]eal estate is, particularly in Hawai`i, both scarce and expensive. As a result, the purchase of real estate or a residence likely is the largest ‘investment’ a person in Hawai`i may make in a lifetime.”....

...Proposals responding to RFP Part 1 will be accepted up to 2:00 p.m., Hawai‘i Standard Time (HST) on December 21, 2018....

...Ranking Property Taxes on the 2019 State Business Tax Climate Index....

...Contact your City Council member and strongly urge them to vote NO on all these gimmicks....

...Hero of Holocaust Deniers, Alfred De Zayas....

...to duck budgetary limits in the short run and spread their higher costs over the long run....

...the Star-Advertiser, which earns most of its revenue from ads, ran six convention related ads—all in opposition—beginning on October 14, 2018....

...How Affordable is Your Electricity? Comparing Electric Rates, Bills, and Burden....

...Hawaii's adult obesity rate is currently 23.8%, up from 15.7% in 2000 and from 8.9% in 1990....