...Four Largest Visitor Markets Reported Growth in Spending and Arrivals....

...the SOQ will allow OHA to engage an auditor or auditing firm to conduct an examination of not only OHA but its subsidiary LLCs, for a period reaching back five years....

...state lawmakers mostly would just be raising taxes on the rich and giving it to themselves....

...followers of events in genetic modification of food and crops have been familiar with the “fake news” phenomenon for years....

...the home sharing economy helps locals deal with Hawaii’s cost of living....

The DOI allegedly removed from this sentence: “Global climate change drives sea-level rise, increasing the frequency of coastal flooding.”

It went from losing the state by 42% in 2012 with President Obama at the top of the ballot to losing it by 32%....

FOIA documents show the Hawaii Department of Defense is about to revamp its emergency plans for a nuclear missile attack....

...Office Of Hawaiian Affairs Trustees Are Afraid Of You....

...The NFIB Small Business Legal Center, speaking on behalf of Hawaii’s small-business community, commends the Hawaii Supreme Court decision in County of Kauai v. Hanalei River Holdings, Ltd....

...Law professor Randy Roth, who has a long history advocating for the public good, appears on E Hana Kakou with Dr. Akina to discuss why it is time to hold our government leaders responsible for the progress of the Rail....

"We should all be proud of these kids, who’ve been at it since 2011," explained regional newspaper publisher Lee Weber....

The plan will be presented at the Waipahu Neighborhood Board meeting on Thursday, May 25, at 7 p.m. in the Filipino Community Center....

Where you live can have a big impact on your wallet....

...employees in Hawaii didn’t process cancellations representing about 40 percent of total orders in Hawaii between May 2015-October 2015....

Last month, the NSA announced it is ending its collection of Americans’ Internet communications that merely mention identifying terms for foreign targets....

RM #17-06 is both the authorization to retain an auditor to perform the independent audit of OHA, and is the final approval for funding of the audit itself....

GEMS, as a program, has been a miserable failure, resulting primarily in a large wad of cash that is just sitting in the bank. That’s why our legislature got the bright idea to “use” it to prop up another miserable failure – the “Cool the Schools” initiative....

"if you can hold American homeland targets at risk, that might induce caution.”

...UH plans King Tides “citizen science” project -- submitting photos online....

Prospects are good for continued growth in each of Hawaii’s four counties, if at a slower pace than in recent years....

...Online Voting ends at 11:59PM Friday May 19....

...Christina Kishimoto, Ph.D., signed a three-year contract and will start on August 1, 2017....

...then the HSTA's Governor's minions fired her....

...atheists Mitchell Kahle and Holly Huber sued the churches under Hawaii’s False Claims Act....

...but they didn't limit the oppressiveness of the income tax hike that went with it....

...Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai counties are all considering raising the property tax....

Property taxes are assessed as a percentage of home values, so it follows that higher property taxes are paid where housing prices are higher than average....

...preventing “1930s-era regulations on internet providers.”....

Thursday at 6 p.m. at Windward Community College in Kāneʻohe....

...5pm Friday at Kauai Veterans Center, Lihue....

...“The terrible people are coming out of the woodwork to tell me how awful (‘racist’ and ‘sexist’) I am for writing this post,” she laments....

...HB451 will be submitted to the Department of Interior (DOI) for review. In addition, HB451 requires the consent of the United States Congress....

The case involves three parcels on Kauai -- one of which is owned by a fellow who has been a thorn in the County's side....

...Matson tried to hide it, but....

...Cancer Society: Stage 4 Kidney Cancer Survival Rate is 8%....

...Hawaiiʻs Attorney General Had No Choice But To Start A Criminal Probe....

...we ask that the Commission pose the following ten questions to all candidates for the position....

...comparing the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 15 key metrics, ranging from arrest and overdose rates to opioid prescriptions and meth-lab incidents per capita....

...I observe a seriously diminished vigilance in contemporary Hawaiian society on maintaining the cultural dignity of our traditions in the absence of a collective will to check our facts....

...One compromise could exempt Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico from the American-built ship requirement....

...advocating for additional changes in federal and local regulations to improve Puerto Rico’s economy....