...  CNHA fronts for the 8a contractors which scored the lucrative no-bid USACE contracts to clean up properties in Kula and Lahaina ....  

... Applications will be accepted digitally beginning Wednesday, November 15 through Tuesday, November 28 ....

... For most lessees, the increase is a $1,250 jump in rent per month. ...

... Schatz-Authored Provision Of Inflation Reduction Act Funds New Kapapahuliau Climate Resilience Program ....

... Joint Task Force – Red Hill was in charge of defueling, while the Navy and the Department of Defense will take on the closure process ....

... $288 stolen per resident ....

... convicted felon to gain even more control over Hawaii CIP projects .... 

"We are disappointed that one of our colleagues has chosen to align themselves with a group of people promoting hate and bullying."

... its a cannabis dispensary ....

... Could credit union executives go to jail? ....

“... It’s absurd, the socialist mentality, they think they own the land ....”

... Grassroot videos on Instagram rack up more than 1 million views in October ....

... Bill 6 (2023), CD1 would allow building applications to be reviewed by professionals qualified to self-certify that the plans and other data in the applications are in compliance ....

... Hawaii’s churches want to help solve the state’s housing crisis. Why are we making it so difficult for them? ....

... bills introduced and votes cast in Congress ....

... folks who simply want to sell homemade food products must jump through numerous hoops. Considering that one of the state’s official goals is to boost local food production, that just doesn’t seem right ....

... The Actors Guild, a local acting group, produced a play based on their five-year ordeal of trying to get a permit to renovate their theater at Dole Cannery ....

... repealing CON laws in Hawaii could result in “11 more hospitals, including four more rural hospitals [and] two more ambulatory surgical centers” ....

... a sweeping reform of Kauai’s property tax system ....

“The BBC obtained audio of a conversation between Maui police and Hawaiian Electric in which the power company confirms that power has been turned off in the town of Lahaina.”

... 28% of Hawaii respondents — or 410,410 people — said they suffer from insomnia because of concern over their debt ....

... While flames are no longer visible, the landscape is a mosaic of blackened native trees interspersed with invasive ones, like Albizia ....

... Skeet Range opening Saturday, Nov. 11, Trap Range reopening Sunday, Nov. 12 ....

... there is now a vacancy in HD 10 ....

... 17 state attorneys general oppose Hawaii’s unconstitutional gun ban which prohibits the carry or possession of firearms in designated “sensitive” places ....

... the role that ‘damaging clauses’ found in more than half of state constitutions across the United States play in inverse condemnation claims related to natural disasters ....

... Ed Underwood said, “The boating program is currently subsidizing free parking in the facility which is not fair to those who are paying the fees" ....

... tree lighting ceremony, Public Workers’ Electric Light Parade and City Lights block party ....

... Those who choose to participate will waive their ability to get compensated again through litigation related to associated claims ....

... Hawaii residents had the largest debt increase in Q3 2023 at $1,093 per household ....

... On September 6, 2023, the House formed six bipartisan working groups to evaluate specific topics related to the Lāhainā wildfire ....

... data collected from 200+ insurers ....

... councillors representing a higher number of homeowners are more likely to oppose housing bills ....

... 'Pono Aina' -- another 8a, another no-bid contract ....

... Represented by David Henkin of Earthjustice, Prutehi Litekyan argued there had to have been a deliberative process prior to the submission, and that decision-making process was a final agency action ....

... Could broader use of telehealth improve the quality of healthcare in Hawaii? ....

... Tokuda votes Nay on SHIP Act -- sanctions against Iran ....

... Green suspended the General Excise Tax as it related to vendors involved in the design, construction, sale, lease, or financing of housing projects designed to provide rapid relief to the homeless ....

... Queen’s to formalize the purchase of WGH scheduled for March 31, 2024 ....

... the low-hanging fruit ....

"...It’s the only state where a six-figure salary is required to live comfortably...."

... since 1969, the median home price in Hawaii has surged from being less than three times the median income to nearly 10 times the median income today ....

... The Hawaii Supreme Court ruled this week that Honolulu’s lawsuit against oil and gas companies can proceed to trial ....

“My family is getting very desperate and deciding whether to leave Hawaiʻi.”

... Hawaiian Electric claims it first began developing its Wildfire Safety Strategy in 2019 ....

... The Resilience Office is engaging in fifteen islandwide programs in the first half of November ....

... DOH convened more than 250 stakeholders, advocates, and visionaries across the state to discuss the Healthy Hawai‘i Strategic Plan 2030 ....

... The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations ....

... absenteeism drifts from 37% to 30% as some students age out of system ....

... Due to our "sensitive places lawsuit," Honolulu is no longer able to enforce parts of its sensitive places ordinance ....