...Upcoming Legislative Dates....

...the Makauwahi Cave Reserve be the recipient of $125,000 for a supplemental environmental project to be funded by Hawai‘i Dairy Farms....

Gov. Ige’s signing of the new IECC will pave the way for the eventual adoption of the code by Hawai‘i’s counties, requiring that all new commercial and residential construction meet the code....

“Settling these claims now spares all parties years of litigation and lets HDOT use existing project monies to pay subs for the work that was done,” said Doug Chin....

When first introduced, HB1518 put forth a very worrisome proposal....

Pension obligations must be fulfilled eventually....

...ending a 40-year-long battle to preserve the area....

...Total Tax Burden: 11.27% – #2 in USA....

The life expectancy at birth in Hawaii in 2010 was 82.4 years....

"The story of Trump 's message to Assad"

...A Grab For Money & Power....

The first business in Hawaii to earn the certification, Monsanto’s Upper Kunia Farm has been focused on increasing yields while using fewer resources, and has successfully diverted 98 percent of its waste....

Honolulu ranks first for installed solar capacity per capita in the United States....

Don’t worry: You can trust the Feds and Silicon Valley with your ‘medical’ marijuana records—unless you annoy them in some way....

Most recently, Biggs developed a series of lectures for the University of Hawai‘i Shidler School of Business and Hawai‘i Pacific University providing an overview of local banks and the Hawai‘i banking market....

Hawaii Ranks #1 for Fewest Hours of Sleep per Night ....

Brian Schatz sold his hardly used soul for a low six figures. And George Soros probably overpaid for a worthless product....

“A little over half of this increase is attributable to State wharfage charges"

...SB 620 would redefine how our general excise tax laws define “doing business”....

The authors note that their recommendations are important as the healthcare system moves toward value-based payment....

...14,000 Hawaii voters sign petition against assisted suicide....

After burning $2B, the state received a pathetic $27.1 million in taxes from 150 companies tied to the High Technology Development Corporation....

Hawaii lawmakers would like us to believe that they are cutting the state budget in the current legislative session, but it’s not true....

...city officials feel they have been given the green light to get the project finished, whatever the eventual cost might be....

Question: How can we increase homelessness 100-fold?  

Answer: Make housing a right.

Dr. Deborah Nucatola, former Senior Director of Medical Services for Planned Parenthood’s national operation  relocated to Hawaii as the abortion giant’s Great Northwest and Hawaiian Islands medical director....

U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson of Hawaii "is so way out – he's such a political hack . . . that I think even the Ninth Circuit will reverse him...."

...in response to a petition from the Natural Resources Defense Council and Pesticide Action Network North America....

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) is accepting community input through March 31...

...two Hua Kanu business loans, totaling $450,000, to Reliant Trucking Inc. and Goldwings Supply Service Inc....

...plan to achieve 100% renewable power on Oahu by 2045, subject to a 5% limit on biofuel....

The famously traditional Island of Stone Money is sending top students to a high tech global robotics competition....

HB100 HD1 SD1 proposes reducing the Governor’s budget request by $114 million in general funds over the biennium -- The House version reduced the Governor's increase in spending by $500M....

Just 20 out of more than 530,000 refugees settled in the United States since 2010 were brought to Hawaii....

Rates of youth disconnection are higher in rural counties than in urban counties....

...Two Strategies That Could Compromise The Audit & Who Might Want That To Happen....

...the average daily census rose 4.9 percent to 240,382 visitors per day....

...The Governor did, at least, stop short of calling it his “Five Year Plan”....

On October 31st, 2016, the TIO Board of Directors selected the ‘Observatorio del Roque de Los Muchachos’ (ORM), in La Palma, on the Canary Islands (Spain) as the alternate site for TMT....

On February 24, AP reporters Vivian Salama and Alicia Caldwell published an AP “exclusive”: “DHS report disputes threat from banned nations.”....

If it were not for groups like Audubon and the Sierra Club etc. making millions off dead eagles and endangered species through mitigation, these groups would probably have a completely different opinion about wind energy’s “incidental take” permits....

...contrasting state and local tax collections with the quality of the services residents receive....

...DHHL granted an exclusive license “in perpetuity” to Criminal Al Hee.  Now he's in prison....

...this project started with a rock solid $5.3 billion projection cost....

...Avg Annual Wage for Physicians (adj for cost of living) – 50th....

People with years or decades to live may qualify for assisted suicide....

...request that the President remove fishing prohibitions within the Marine National Monuments in the U.S. Pacific Islands....

...this study appeared to be an outgrowth of a move by our teachers’ union....

...Bully Bill Advances Out of Health Committee....

The action followed a Thursday report in the Washington Times revealing that Cronin had signed a letter in March 2016 along with 121 other former Republican national security officials opposing Trump's presidential bid....