...will give homeless who commit perpetual misdemeanor crimes the option to go before a judge to choose either jail or rehabilitation/taking of their meds/getting off drugs, or getting job training....

And what was the most memorable part of his remarks? The introductions of Rep. Kouchi's campaign manager and of the highest paid lobbyist....

January 20th 2017, will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again.....

This is an excellent opportunity to gain a higher profile in your districts, meet voters, and learn about the most pressing issues of concern to voters in your districts....

The deadline to apply as a candidate is February 17, 2017....

Every year, local, state and federal law enforcement agencies across the United States seize and keep billions of dollars in cash, cars, homes and other property using a legal tool called forfeiture....

...over federal Clean Water Act violations relating to a September 2013 molasses spill into Honolulu Harbor....

...the State’s proposed regulation of Certified Professional Midwives, who comprise just a small segment of the midwifery profession, is insufficient and inconsistent with the State’s regulatory policies....

Ekins-Coward worked for the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute....

Up to 2,000 customers dependent on life support equipment or increased heating and cooling needs due to a medical condition verified by a physician....

...a contract for financial consulting services that ballooned from an initial $95,000 commitment to $723,000 from 2014 to 2016....

...could have cost the taxpayers even more money....

"We’ve got to wake up and sell development rights along the rail, like they do in Japan and Hong Kong."

...this July, we look forward to completing the privatization of Maui’s public hospitals and initiating a new era of health care delivery on the Valley Isle....

SNP MP Alison Thewliss has written to the US Governor, David Ige, pleading that authorities in Honolulu don’t sink or destroy the Falls of Clyde ship....

Raising a healthy, stable family sometimes requires moving to a new state....

In 49 out of 50 states, pass-through businesses employ over 50 percent of the private workforce. The one exception is Hawaii....

... 12:00 EST / 7:00 AM HST Friday, January 20--No More Fake Indian Tribe ....

The 2017 Legislative Program for the Hawai‘i State Senate is as follows....

In my past opening day speeches, I didn’t talk much about policy....

Limit opioid painkiller prescriptions to one week at a time....

...how you can raise your voice for life, family and religious freedom in Hawai'i....

The Rap Back services began retaining fingerprints for all new firearms on December 4, 2016....

...Total Cost Per Smoker: $2,048,587....

A nearly one-mile stretch of pristine coastline is adjacent to the Kahuku Golf Course....

The State of Hawaii Attorney General is looking for a Deputy Solicitor General....

In August 2016, Oahu brokerage and property management firm Re/Max Kai Lani abruptly shut their doors, disconnected their phones, and took down their website....

In the last five years, America’s wind turbines killed more than three times as many birds as the BP oil spill did....

...Total leftover income after cost of living expenses: -$367.09  Hawaii is the only state where the median earner is in the hole....

Household Gun Ownership 12.5 percent....

Listings booked more than half the year on AirBnB make up only 0.18% of Hawaii housing stock....

Twenty-two veterans have now successfully completed the First Circuit program since it was initiated by Judge Edward Kubo in 2013....

Today, there is a growing stereotype of Native Hawaiians as a monolithic group that opposes all that is American and asserts exclusive rights against the majority of others who have made Hawaii their home. This stereotype is clearly not the true picture....

Convening at 10AM ....

Modifying the HART project to allow street level operation for the final five miles will save money ($2.9 - $4.2B), will save time (completed in 2020 vs. 2025) and will provide a much more environmentally acceptable system Downtown that can be easily extended to Waikiki and UH Manoa....

On December 13, 2016, Governor Ige signed off on, and thereby finalized, significant increases in fees charged by the Department of Transportation Harbors Division....

...we have adjusted upward modestly our forecast for gross domestic product in 2017 to 2019....

... Native Hawaiians are the largest indigenous group in the United States that lacks a government-to-government relationship with the United States.  (Because 'indigenous' does not equal 'tribal'.  Hello?) ....

Hawaii CD1 has the lowest Obamacare enrollment in the USA....

The success of today’s students in the future workplace and in our communities requires an absolute reboot of the rigid school system....

The accumulation of excrement and hundreds of flies have now become a serious public health problem in the front yard of the Hawaii State Capitol....

Dr Goodman is one of four people who have most influenced the changes shaping our health care system....

...some great scores...and some very, very poor ones....

... the parcel is zoned "Hotel" but is designated on the Community Plan as "park" ....

...Writ to Watch: Hyland v. Gonzales....

...faculty need to make arrangements with their chair or dean for absence....

Just in case Ige chickens out on the ICA nomination ....

Robert Farrell retired in 2015 as Assistant Chief for the California Department of Fish and Game. After retirement, Robert went to work for DOCARE as a conservation officer assigned to the Hilo district....