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Wednesday, July 13, 2022
State Tax Receipts up 34.8%
By News Release @ 4:47 AM :: 4400 Views

... FY2022 corporate income tax collections up 60.1% from the previous year, IIT collections up 22.3% from the previous year, and General Fund tax collections up 34.8% ....

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Wednesday, July 13, 2022
DBEDT: More Taxpayer Money Going to High Tech Schemers
By News Release @ 4:23 AM :: 3483 Views

... Hawai‘i Small Business Capital Program (HI-CAP) Collateral Support Program, designed to assist borrowers in obtaining financing that might otherwise be unavailable due to a collateral shortfall ....

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Wednesday, July 13, 2022
Hawaii’s love-hate relationship with tourism
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:56 AM :: 3558 Views

... It’s not just Hawaii residents who are being priced out of paradise. Slowly but surely, tourists are also wondering whether they can still afford to visit here ....

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Wednesday, July 13, 2022
Ige Vetoes 28 of 30 Bills on 'Intent to Veto' List
By News Release @ 12:28 AM :: 2831 Views

... In addition, there are six bills that are becoming law without the governor’s signature. ...

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Monday, July 11, 2022
Hawaii AG Instructs Chiefs of Police to Broadly Grant Concealed Carry Licenses, but not Unconcealed Carry
By Selected News Articles @ 9:41 PM :: 4851 Views

... Hawaii Attorney General's Opinion issued Thursday July 7, 2022 ....

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Monday, July 11, 2022
Whipsaw: Four Crypto Firms Quit Hawaii
By News Release @ 6:17 PM :: 3901 Views

.... eleven companies (down from 15) will be continuing to participate in the Digital Currency Innovation Lab (DCIL) program ....

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Monday, July 11, 2022
Three Former Hawaii Correctional Officers Convicted of Assaulting Inmate and Attempting Cover Up
By News Release @ 5:45 PM :: 5128 Views

... Over the course of two minutes, the defendants punched and kicked the inmate in the head and body while he was lying face-down in a pool of his own blood. The inmate suffered a broken nose, jaw and eye socket ....

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Monday, July 11, 2022
Study: If Hawaii Tourism is Called 'Regenerative' Locals will Like Tourists
By Selected News Articles @ 4:00 PM :: 3149 Views

... regenerative tourism makes the tourism industry and tourists more attractive to residents. An overwhelming 96.3% of Kauaʻi residents responded favorably ....

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Monday, July 11, 2022
What the US Military Spends in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 5:03 AM :: 3562 Views

... On a per capita basis, defense spending in Hawaii is equal to about $5,506 per person, the third most among states ....

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Sunday, July 10, 2022
UH Regents Evaluate Lassner, identify priorities for coming year
By News Release @ 3:15 PM :: 2880 Views

"... Enrollment decline at other UH campuses is not as steep as the national average ...."

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Sunday, July 10, 2022
Can the State Tax Itself?
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 3757 Views

... Tax Department wanted get a piece of the UH research grants ....

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Sunday, July 10, 2022
Emergency powers reform tops ‘veto list’ discussion
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:54 AM :: 3477 Views

... Ige has until July 12th to veto ....

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Saturday, July 9, 2022
Ige Signs HB2171 Establishing State Department of Law Enforcement
By News Release @ 2:54 AM :: 5668 Views

... “Hawaiʻi is the only state in the country that doesn’t have a centralized, independent state law enforcement agency. The new department will allow more efficient and effective emergency response, criminal law enforcement, investigations and homeland security operations” ....

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Saturday, July 9, 2022
Visitors Less Likely to Return
By News Release @ 2:38 AM :: 3542 Views

... The high cost of a vacation in Hawai‘i was the top reason cited among visitors from both markets for being unlikely to revisit in the next five years ....

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Friday, July 8, 2022
9th Circuit: Honolulu and Maui 'Big Oil Climate Change' Lawsuits Stay in State Court
By Selected News Articles @ 1:28 AM :: 4029 Views

... U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today ruled that a pair of lawsuits from Honolulu and Maui can proceed in state court ....

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Thursday, July 7, 2022
Chief Justice Seeks Public Comment on Judicial Nominees
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 3159 Views

... judicial nominees for a vacancy in the District Court of the Second Circuit (island of Maui) ....

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Thursday, July 7, 2022
How to ‘fix’ the Jones Act?
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:34 AM :: 3694 Views

"... The Jones Act increases the cost of food and virtually all other products in Hawaii and needs to be fixed ...."

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Thursday, July 7, 2022
Ige Announces Line-Item Vetoes--First Responder Tech Campus Slashed
By News Release @ 12:04 AM :: 3170 Views

... The total estimated cost of all six phases is $315M to $470M ....

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Wednesday, July 6, 2022
Rate Hike: HECO to burn $190M 'Hardening Grid' for Global Warming
By News Release @ 3:17 PM :: 3330 Views

" ... Hawaiian Electric is seeking approval to recover the cost of the project from customers ...."

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Wednesday, July 6, 2022
Former Hawaii Senate Majority Leader and Cocaine Dealer Sentenced to 40 Months in Federal Prison
By News Release @ 12:15 PM :: 4707 Views

... tip of the iceberg ....

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