The budget proposal calls for anticipated revenues of $720.3 million....

Defending Hawaii must be a priority for the Trump administration, Congress, and the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency....

Mass legalization of assisted suicide is not inevitable....

When Governor Ige first announced his plan to double local food production, people wondered....

...the Honolulu rail boondoggle, Hoopili traffic impacts, smart city street intersections and rapid transit with Panos Prevedouros....

...Trustee Keli‘i Akina appointed to chair audit committee....

“Deaths of despair” in midlife rose most dramatically for white non-Hispanic Americans with a high school degree or less and more on the Sister Isles than on Oahu....

...Ms. Tupola said, “Every single past leader has told me, ‘You won’t succeed unless you fix the party.’’’....

...looking for the "real" motive behind a government action seems an awful lot alike to us? Our old friend, pretext in eminent domain....

...He even gave notice....

The information provided will be used directly in the planning of upcoming hunting seasons....

Seven People Cited So Far During Cleanup & Enforcement Operation....

"Ultimately, it will be up to Democrats to decide if they want to accept me or not...."

Maybe the Hawaii DoE will stop suing disabled children now?

This coming Thursday, March 23, 2017, at 10:00 AM....

By voluntarily filing an EIS for his dairy farm on Kauai, Omidyar has now brought about a court ruling for the first time ever mandating EIS for farmers statewide....

...Chin announced today that the state of Hawaii has moved to convert the temporary restraining order issued last week by Hawaii federal judge Derrick K. Watson....

Applying campaign statements when interpreting law “sows chaos,” said Judge Alex Kozinski, who has been on the 9th Circuit since 1985....

There are two major courses of action that can be followed....

... a lethal dose of barbiturates can save insurance companies big money ....

nomination deadline is Monday, May 1, 2017....

“Due to the at-risk private capital, Public-Private Partnerships often result in lower costs, less risk, and faster delivery....

...College and Career Readiness Indicators Report (CCRI) for the Class of 2016....

"...we cannot let our personal inclinations get ahead of important, overarching principles about who gets to make decisions in our democracy...."

In Oregon, 1,749 lethal prescriptions have been written and at least 1,127 patients have died from ingesting the drugs....

All bills referred to three or more committees must be in their second-to-last committee in the non-originating chamber by March 16....

KIUC mailed 25,703 ballots and received 6,088, for a turnout of 23.7 percent, more than last year’s 21 percent turnout....

...two bills are moving through the legislature on this subject....

The city low-balled the cost and construction is five years late; William La Jeunesse has the story for 'Special Report'....

If the City does not comply with AOC schedules for completion, DOH may issue stipulated penalties of $500 per day for delays....

...Democrats from southern states expressed concern over incorporating Hawaii’s predominantly non-white population into the Union....

...Implement a forensic audit of OHA’s expenses, especially in regards to “Hawaiian Nation Building”....

Capitol Hill’s crosshairs turned Thursday on the Ninth Circuit just a day after a federal judge under the court’s purview became the latest to thwart efforts by the president to block Muslim immigration....

...the Trump administration is placing its hopes for the ban in the hands of the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Virginia....

NAIT is an unindicted co-conspirator named in the Holy Land Foundation terrorism-financing trial of 2007-08....

... but, but, but--How can we make the humans feel guilty now? ....

...bills heard this week (HB76, HB233, and HB234) attempt to amend the law passed last summer by adding new severance options for the hospital employees....

Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald has appointed Brian A. Costa, Darolyn H. Lendio Heim, and Trish K. Morikawa to the District Court of the First Circuit (Island of Oahu) ....

Don’t expect the Ninth Circuit to stand in the way. It was that court that pointed the way for the Hawaii judge....

...Hawaii’s public pension system has been operating like a Ponzi scheme....

…instead of ruling on the Trump administration’s revised policy, Judge Watson has ruled on the character of Donald Trump....

The panel overwhelmingly objected to the lack of local input, transparency and scientific scrutiny in the marine monument designation process....

...Ige’s current budget overspends by $292 million next year....

...what the beneficiaries say....

The Civil Rights Commission said that Hawaii “is in a league by itself” when it comes to officially sanctioned discriminatory conduct....

... Kupuna Caregivers $70/Day Appropriation SB534 / HB607 ....

The House Health Committee is poised to pass a bill requiring pro-life crisis pregnancy centers to disseminate pro-abortion messages....