... If rolling outages are necessary, Hawaiian Electric will send out a Tweet.  That's the plan ....

... In Hawaii, an estimated 11,000 guns were sold from January through July 2022 based on FBI background check data ....

... lawmakers are allowed to waive the state’s spending cap by a two-thirds vote, which they routinely do ....

...Clinicians will strike for as long as it takes to make Kaiser address an understaffing crisis that leaves patients waiting months for therapy sessions....

... in excess of $579,000 once fringe benefits are factored in ....

... “There’s a correlation between high regulation and high prices in housing,” Akina said. “That’s the real problem we’re facing in Hawaii." ....

... 67 percent agreed that their island is “being run for tourists at the expense of local people” ....

... Hawaii’s Congressional Delegation has only gotten money for remediation and not prospective preventive measures like water treatment facilities ....

... No state has a higher percentage of student-loan balances past due or in default ....

... revised permitting process for license to carry concealed and unconcealed firearms as a result of the July 23, 2022, Supreme Court of the United States decision ....

... How much does it cost to hire an employee in Hawaii? ....

... Gov. David Ige has received the names of five nominees to fill a circuit judge vacancy in the First Circuit Court ....

... nominees for one vacancy in the District Family Court of the First Circuit, and one vacancy in the District Court of the First Circuit (island of Oahu) ....

... It is tempting to look for scapegoats when we talk about Hawaii’s housing crisis ....

... Exceeded only by Housing--but on the Big Island, Taxes are the largest household expense item ....

... Permits will be issued for five display sites through a lottery ....  

... From 2019 to 2020, life expectancy declined for all 50 states and D.C., from 0.2 years for Hawaii to 3.0 years for New York ....

... A judge denied the couple’s appeal for release, citing flight risk related to one defendant’s military history ....

... taxes on the purchases of those expenditures disproportionately hurt low income households ....

... Why don’t we just get rid of it? ....