...Until recently, hospital labor on Maui was given exclusively to a public labor union. As a result, 70% of the budget was spent on employees....

“The main reason is a very cumbersome permitting process, in a way that prevents people from building housing quickly and at a low cost…."

...the conference committee on Senate Bill 2954 recommended that the Senate concur with the House amendments that were made to SB 2954.  This bill will now go back to the Senate for final concurrence.  Additionally, House Bill 2632 has been scheduled for a conference committee hearing....

... Sign this petition opposing Bill 165 so that I may share it with the Council members when we discuss the tax increase in the Finance Committee on May 3 ....

...Sanders’ camp has been quiet as far as whether Gabbard would join the Vermont senator as his running mate....

...much of the university’s request is not accommodated in either the House or Senate version of the budget....

...When Zika makes it to Hawaii and destroys the tourism industry, remember the environmentalists and organic pseudo-farmers who refused to allow spraying....

“We look like potted plants.” -- Formby

...“Keahole Management Group LLC” is managed by former House Vice-Speaker Jon Riki Karimtsu ....

"...only four cities—Burlington-South Burlington, Vt.; Elmira-Corning, N.Y.; Honolulu, Hawaii; and Salinas, Calif.—qualified for the 'cleanest cities' list in the "State of the Air' report...."

... HB2501 Conference Committee meets today at 2pm, do the math ....

...debtor in possession....

Representative Bob McDermott discusses the building of a new school for Ewa Beach with Kurt Fevella President at The Ewa Beach Lions Club....

...While resolutions and proclamations such as these may seem to be a cheap and easy way to score campaign contributions, they can take a toll....

...Hawaii collects $1,232 per person in income taxes....

...North Korea appears relentless; and will continue test after nuclear test, before it perfects its missile capability....

...The principles applicable to the California petroleum market without doubt similarly impact Hawaii....

...input law-abiding Hawaii gun owners into a federal biometric database, managed by the FBI, for continuous monitoring....

Suddenly, our findings, conclusions, and recommendations became important reference material for both sides of the debate....

...classes are available to eligible children at 19 public elementary schools....

...most of those “savings” are coming from taxpayers pockets....

...One Rock also has a unique strategic relationship with Mitsubishi Corporation....

Field trials in Brazil are using a genetically modified form of the A. aegypti mosquito....

...threatening to make the state’s already-restrictive gun laws even more onerous for law-abiding gun owners....

We reviewed 28,561 U.S. public high schools; 17 Hawaii schools made our rankings....

...2016 graduation dates for 64 schools statewide including public charter schools....

Guam land titles can be seriously messed up....

The article is inaccurate and implies that the Makaha Realignment project is dead.  This is absolutely false....

Bills include heat abatement for schools, crime victims’ rights, body cameras for police, senior care facility inspections, affordable housing, and the Judiciary budget....

Measures include teacher travel exception, water rights, assistance for displaced Maui sugar workers....

Conference committee is a dark time at the Legislature....

...Employment Forecasts for the Short-Term Future – 2017....

On Friday, April 1, April Fool’s Day, a respectable delegation of county politicians gathered in the House Finance Committee hearing room....

Candidate filing for the 2016 Elections runs from February 1, 2016 through June 7, 2016....

The resolution (SCR85) will be voted on by the full House....

Bill 62, Bill 63 and Resolution 15-206 are part of a master planned lagoon concept in Ewa....

On April 14th, the Legislature hit the second crossover deadline of the 2016 legislative session....

... in the persons of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders ....

...HART’s financial and operating plans are not reliable....

…The Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology occupies its own tiny island in Kaneohe Bay, known as Moku o Lo‘e....

Few policies have enjoyed as much bipartisan support as the EITC....

Yesterday,  House Bill 625, House Bill 2632, House Bill 2629 and Senate Bill 2647 all passed their final floor votes in the Senate and House, respectively....

...the average monthly rent for single-family homes in Honolulu was $2,691....

...Hawaii fails to provide any information at all on recipients of key subsidy programs....

...report examines the non-English speaking population in Hawaii based on data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau from 2010 to 2014....

Ige has appointed Darrel Galera as chairman of the Governor’s ESSA team....

I have been so dismayed seeing the activists once again playing the “these people are immigrants so their jobs aren’t needed” card....