Recent headlines reporting a $1 Billion surplus in the state general fund tell only part of the story....

“Our goal is to design a system for highways funding"

Change Federal law (Jones Act) to eliminate inflated shipping costs that debilitate Hawaii’s economy....

Our review of states’ fiscal health reveals crippling deficits and pension liabilities that could lead to future tax hikes, service cuts or both....

The World Conservation Congress will be held in Honolulu from September 1-10, 2016, at venues including the Hawaii Convention Center and the Neal S. Blaisdell Center....

...the GOP is throwing all of its support behind a single candidate in the field....

The appointment of Dr. Vuylsteke concludes a year-long search involving several hundred potential candidates....

Judge Edwin C. Nacino ruled today that Governor Ige’s appointment of Tom Gorak to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) was valid....

...UPDATE: Dems Will Seek Removal of Kaaihue from Ballot....

Maui State House Rep. Mark "Kaniela" Ing (D) was arraigned today ....

...a Co-Trustee position places OHA at all levels of decision making in the governance of Papahānaumokuākea....

The U.S. Department of the Interior is giving until Monday, August 29, 2016, to provide input regarding Act 173....

...sold municipal bonds using offering documents that contained materially false statements....

In Honolulu, Air BnB lists 295 commercial BnB units ....

...the County of Kauai is condemning several Hanalei-area parcels to expand an adjacent public beach park....

Mayor Caldwell is responsible for this mess and his only answer is more rail GET tax extensions....

...Garrity will serve as acting DTS director until the HART board names an interim or permanent executive director and CEO, thus allowing Mr. Formby to resume his normal duties....

The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs Has Been Keeping This A Secret For The Longest Time....

Just as in 2015, only 15% of the Hawaii 2016 graduating class met all four ACT College Readiness Benchmarks....

...Hawaii Scores #1 in every category....

Do you have acting skills? Can you pretend to be a Tech Entrepreneur?  UH has some money to give you....

SB2077 could result in the ERS plan being disqualified by the Internal Revenue Service....

...the public has more opportunities to provide feedback at upcoming community meetings on Oahu, Kauai and Molokai....

Diesel helps keep electricity expensive effectively subsidizing solar and wind scammers who contribute to the national Democrats....

The problem of crony capitalism in America is one of the main reasons national politics has gone haywire....

...it is very tempting when lawmakers find a large cache of unused money....

...frozen bay scallops produced on November 23-24, 2015 in the Philippines....

Obesity among Hawaii high schoolers declines, bucking national trend....

... Republican congressional candidate Angela Aulani Kaaihue has issued a news release rejecting “this local dumb mentality” and offering to withdraw from her race if Gov. David Ige and “his Japanese constituents” will settle a lawsuit over land her family owns in Waimalu ....

So what prompted them to address the issue nearly 2 months late? ....

Percentage of population with a long commute, Hours worked, Percentage of income spent on rent....

...in a state that is consistently ranked the worst place in America to make a living, the government decided to make getting a job even more challenging....

...Democrats noted that their party has just 65,000 formal members but turnout for the Democratic primaries in Hawaii hit a quarter of a million people....

...I am proud that Hawaii is a state of the union....

...the Governor is opening the door to a major expansion of executive power in our state....

Ige today signed a sixth supplemental proclamation on homelessness, which will remain in effect until Oct. 19....

The search for the next UH Mānoa chancellor began after Lassner fired Apple to satisfy Carbone--who then quit ....

"...mainland consultants who have little knowledge of local construction conditions (are) dictating the course of the project...."

Hawaii’s construction industry made the second largest contribution to state GDP at 5.9 percent with an increase of 0.5 percent from 2014, the largest year-over-year improvement of any state....

The Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday that the Justice Department is barred from using federal funds to prosecute individuals in states where medical marijuana is legal and the individuals are in compliance with state law....

"Colonel Ostrov is exactly the kind of woman that we must elect to the U.S. Congress," retired Rear Adm. James J. Carey, NDPAC chair, said....

No other department of the State of Hawaii engages in this type of open electioneering....

...How You Can Help Put A Stop To This....

The state’s Data Book is the most comprehensive statistical book about Hawaii in a single compilation....

...reform OHA so that OHA`s funds are spent on meeting the real needs of our Hawaiian people rather than being wasted on failed political agendas....

...not a single member of the Commission appointed by the mayor, other than Ms. Sheehan, has any legal or law enforcement background....

Genki Sushi Restaurants on Oahu and Kauai will remain closed until the Department of Health can ensure their safe operation. All frozen scallop products from distributors Koha Oriental Foods and True World Foods are being restricted and will be destroyed....

...we are eliminating the Obamacare exchange; we are doing just fine with prepaid....

The brief asks the Supreme Court to correct a critical error that could impact future eminent domain cases....