... Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. ....

... 156 bills are on the current docket to be introduced in the House of Representatives and Senate ....

... Luke Meyers is joining the Office of Governor Josh Green, M.D., as the State Disaster Management Advisor (SDMA), with Col. (Ret.) James D.S. Barros named as the new Administrator for the Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA) ....

... Nāhoʻopiʻi earned a certificate from the First Nations’ Futures Institute at Stanford University ....

... Governor Josh Green, M.D. signed a sixth emergency proclamation to extend federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) emergency allotment benefits, in keeping with ongoing federal COVID relief efforts ....

... On Wednesday, January 18, 2023, the Hawaiʻi State Legislature will convene ....

... Hawaii is one of the slowest states in the nation when it comes to approving building permits ....

... high gas prices, rush-hour traffic congestion and poor road quality ....

... Sim Nimby is an online game in which winning means giving up any hope of building any sort of structure for any reason ....

... Hawaii’s population has been declining for six straight years, and if policymakers don’t do something quickly to avert the looming increase in county property taxes, that is likely to continue ....

... two dozen community and media organizations suggest changes that could be implemented by executive order ....

... 6th highest in USA ....

... According to recent data, searches for side jobs have seen an increase of 49.89%, with Hawaii ranking sixth among the states ....

... We need fixes.  Not the temporary kind ....

... The list is directly from the HGEA’s email to members earlier this week, January 9, 2023 ....

... Votes in Congress and Bills Signed into Law ....

... DoE only had 10 years notice of the need to build a grade-separated pedestrian crossing ....

...The lie that tourists pay 30% of the GE Tax is front and center as Gov Green and legislators quickly walk back Green’s fake 2022 campaign promise to eliminate the GE Tax from food and medical care....

... the report will not be made public ....

... He is also required to promptly notify all of his clients, and any attorneys for any adverse party in any pending litigation, of his suspension and consequent inability to act as an attorney ....