...Plan to kill 41 Nene and 48 bats....

...The survey of 1,200 active-duty personnel, veterans, and their spouses shows 72 percent are in favor of education savings accounts (ESAs), 64 percent are in favor of school vouchers, and 63 percent favor tax-credit scholarships....

...“To impose the Jones Act on the people of Puerto Rico is deplorable,” U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-IL, told a crowd at the City Club of Chicago. “You cannot strangle an economy by saying that the only way that a state can ship its goods in or out is by using the most expensive shipping in the world.”....

...project announcement is the effective taking date triggering property owners' right to compensation and damages....

...“We’re hopeful the Supreme Court will agree with our coalition that the travel ban is lawful and constitutional, and should be enforced in its entirety.”....

...Earlier in the interview, Hirono talked of Sen. Al Franken (D., Minn.) resigning....

...the Legislature's Public Access Room (PAR) is offering "Your Voice," a free, one-hour workshop at several locations on Oahu....

...OUR REVIEW OF SIX SPECIAL FUNDS, three revolving funds, four trust funds, and five trust accounts of the Department of Public Safety....

...National Holiday Care Package Drive.....

...the 8 open seats you should know about....

...We are grateful for your partnership in striving for a Hawaii that leads the world in individual liberty and economic opportunity....

...Each time a team of officers from the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) flies into the Kalalau section of the Na Pali Coast State Wilderness Park, they find fewer illegal camps and write fewer arrest citations....

"...air seats will increase by 8.5 percent during the first three quarters of 2018....”

...The evidence suggests that dck worldwide directed how dck pacific handled payments to subcontractors....

...Why Has OHAʻs Mauna Kea Ad Hoc Committee Been Wrapped In So Much Secrecy?....

...This is the type of grassroots, community-based leadership we need to create a better Hawaii for everyone....

...In Hawaii, it takes an average of 988 days and $438 in fees to become licensed to perform one of many occupations under the thumbs of state regulators....

...It is time to bring more jobs and economic freedom to the West....

...“Star Wars: Battlefront II” and EA more broadly have received a deluge of criticism for micro-transactions, or purchases made in-game with real-world money....

...Department rolls out more data visuals for public to view....

...Flashback: Audit Bashes Honolulu’s Rent Subsidy Program For Not Collecting Debts....

...Since the pilot program enforcement efforts began in July, more than 80 people have entered shelters or transitioned to housing....

...Lower energy costs to UH with HECO picking up the transmission tab means higher electric rates for consumers--just as has happened with rooftop solar....

...The 2018 National Defense Authorization Act reflects language inserted in the bill by U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa that blocks the immediate deplyment of Ageis Ashore on Kauai....

...the Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Monday night to lift the lower courts' blockades....

...it wasn’t an easy transition....

...the former state employee could improperly benefit by trading on his or her “insider knowledge” to secure future employment or business opportunities....

...inbound air cargo volume from the U.S. mainland jumped in 2002 due to e-commerce and has been at that high level ever since....

• Senate: Kan Nomination – Confirmation
• Senate: Bradbury Nomination – Conf
• Senate: Esper Nomination – Confirmation
• Senate: Zatezalo Nomination – Confirmation
• Senate: Otting Nomination – Confirmation
• House: Flood Insurance Reauthorization
• House: Fiscal 2018 National Defense Authorization-Conference Report
• House: Tax Overhaul

...Honolulu cost of living is 86 percent above national average .... 

...This report evaluates twelve publicly released agreements that Airbnb has entered with state or local governments....

Krishna Consciousness is when you know the Krishnas did it....

...Most begin on January 3, 2018 and end on the last day of the legislative session.... 

...Overstock Began Accepting Bitcoin in January 2014....

...The Department apparently regards the taxpayers here as lower life forms and wants to give them no respect.... 

There’s a lot of news out there about the tax bills before the Congress, and nearly all of it is confusing....

...the report concludes that Hawaii is not yet at the stage of overtourism....

...When asked whether department members “are aware of the endorsement, and if so, whether you approve of it,” only one professor replied, telling Campus Reform that “we are, and I am.”....

...Hawaii’s county governments — and county taxpayers — are about to feel the pinch....

A federal court order is being ignored so union members at the Hawai’i State Hospital can manipulate work rules....

Hawaii public hospital workers earn less but cost more than their private sector counterparts.  How is that possible?

..."Andrew Walden of the Hawai'i Free Press, actually called HHSC the 'HGEA job trust'"....

...after decades ignoring the festering problems at the HGEA job trust State Hospital, AG and DoH pretend to suddenly be oh-so-very-concerned....

...the annual median cost of long term care services in Hawaii increased an average of 5.51 percent from 2016 to 2017....

...Escape in the Second Degree is a class C felony and carries a maximum sentence of 5 years in prison and a $10,000.00 fine....

...between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2014, she applied for and received public assistance benefits to which she was not entitled. This resulted in DHS making more than $20,000.00 in overpayments....

...FTA also stated that they are watching to see what HART’s new strategy to build the City Center portion of the guideway will look like....

...find out what the lawsuit settlement terms will be....

San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Deputies said they arrested Randall Saito, the Hawaii State Hospital escapee, at approximately 10:30 a.m. Wednesday morning.....

...Last year biodiesel represented 2 percent of HECO’s oil and diesel consumption. (Translation: Its an expensive fig leaf for diesel plants.)....