"Public-Private partnerships are really hard."

The estimated cost of the removal is $3.5 million. The additional $16.5 million assigned to the project will be returned to the Harbors Division for use in other improvement projects....

...construction cost escalation for Oahu for years 2013 and 2014 has averaged 10.3% per year....

...“We are happy" -- Burning Anti-Cane Activists ....

UH now has 30 days to state its case and submit relevant documents and the NCAA Committee on Infractions will then have 30 days to respond. A final decision is expected by early summer 2016....

Whatʻs In It For Them If TMT Decides To Stay....

The nine teachers who are suing their union in Friedrichs v. CTA are doing so because they believe that many union stances taken in collective bargaining are bad for public schoolteachers and bad for the children they teach....

The rally supported what organizers claimed was the constitutional “right to travel” with no driver’s license, registration, license plates, safety stickers and motor vehicle insurance....

...Anti-GMO activists cheer New Years Eve arson attack against Waialua farmer....

Under the CPP, states have been given the choice of meeting either a rate- or mass-based goal for their existing fleet of power plants....

“We are not doing enough” to educate Samoan students in math and science....

Alaska, Louisiana Have Highest Gun Death Rates in the Nation; Hawaii, Rhode Island Have Lowest....

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration volunteers, who shot the video, called police and told them he was "sitting next to the seal and possibly was harassing the seal,"....

Hawaii was one of fifteen states that were grandfathered....

"...it seems the Aha dictatorship thus far has no seeming means of keeping participants safe from stalkers and psychos...."

Be sure to thank the frackers ....

Three IT systems that were old, unreliable and costly to maintain were replaced with modern scanning and mail-opening equipment....

...ensure a “fair rate of return” in establishing sublease rent....

...I found a total of 365 complaints made.  If you listened to the Center for Food Safety, you’d think all of them are agriculture related.  It turns out that there were 91 out of that 365 being agriculture related....

Santa came early this year for Hawaii dispensary applicant hopefuls when the Department of Health officials opted out of an official public commentary period and dispensary regulations were adopted just days before Christmas....

"the university could look to what Oyama said as an indication of what he would do once certified."

Coupon books will be sent out the beginning of February....

Tuesday, January 19th, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM....

The State is breaking ground on a new high school in Kihei....

Med-QUEST Division did not properly plan for or implement the ACA....

Report of the 13-person Working Group....

For California, the passport requirement is set to take effect May 10 ....

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This Thursday night, millions of Americans will celebrate the New Year with close friends, good food, and champagne....

Comments are open until December 30th at 11:59 pm EST (6:59 pm HST)....

...a labor dispute over the manning of the U.S. Flag containership APL GUAM which is scheduled to provide regular liner service between Yokohama, Japan, Apra Harbor, Guam, and Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands....

Hawaii's Green Energy Market Securitization program (GEMS) financed with $145 million in bonds....

Extends streak of nine consecutive monthly records total visitor expenditures increased 2.5 percent....

December 30 is the last day to submit comments ....

These new expenses bring the total for the Hawaii Christmas vacation trip to $8,098,060.33....

...Murkowski (R-AK) introduced a bill that would exclude intra-state air transportation within the U.S. Territory of American Samoa from federal aviation cabotage....

Stray dog pickups and law enforcement work such as dangerous dog investigations and barking dog complaints resume today....

...last week, the Hawaii Supreme Court issued a 4-1 ruling in Friends of Makakilo v. D.R. Horton-Schuler Homes, LLC....

..."execution of the 2012 General Election fell short of the electorate's reasonable expectations" -- ICA, Dec 18, 2015....

...only 24 percent trust that the government will help them....

LifeSmarts is a consumer education program designed to teach students in grades 6-12 about personal finance, health and safety, the environment, technology, and consumer rights and responsibilities through online quizzes and in-person competitions....

Our rent vs. buy metric is especially tight for young prospective buyers....

...body-worn cameras help to create a positive impact on police interactions by encouraging officers to maintain the highest level of professionalism, while protecting them from false allegations of misconduct....

DHHL was listed as having $55 million in federal housing funds awarded for Native Hawaiians but unspent, resulting in HUD suspending additional funding....

Outlawing international competition is advantageous to U.S. ship builders, but is very costly to every other industry in America....

$3.1M higher ....

About 22 of the 150 `aha participants, send the same or similar email to Na`i Aupuni confirming their participation but noted several conditions....

...the total number of lives covered through 2015 enrollment was 16,803. For the current 2016 open enrollment period preliminary reports indicate enrollments of approximately 12,500 lives....