"...the federal government has imposed the most liberal immigration policy in U.S. history upon our island...."

For the fourth straight year, Hawai‘i’s tourism industry set new records....

...vacation days “not properly supported by leave application forms” are being handed out to union workers between 10% and 30% of the time....

This is the latest picture of the first four rail cars that are “expected to arrive this Spring”....

...Grassroot Institute of Hawaii offered comments before the CPC Committee deferred HB326....

Hawaii residents reach the top spot for the fifth time since Gallup and Healthways began tracking well-being in 2008...

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

February 25 on Oahu ....

Only 4 days remain before final enrollment deadline for 2016 coverage....

...HTA claimed, up to 47,000 additional tourists visited the Hawaiian islands to watch the game...analysis of flight records at all of Hawaii's airports around game time found that claim to be false....

... commissioners decided to defer Proposal 17, which would have repealed the Affordable Housing Fund, Clean Water and Natural Lands Fund, and Grants in Aid Fund as well as returned authorization for special fund creation back to the mayor with council approval ....

...a planned drop in expenditures that has not been accounted for by any significant cuts....

"...the Sanctuary will not have an expanded purpose...."

... Ige will select senator’s successor from Democratic Party nominees ....

...hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars that are being wasted on biofuels....

The cost of merchant ship construction in the U.S. is approximately five times that of building comparable ships in South Korea and Japan....

ETS is looking to formalize its reorganization of ICSD and OIMT into ETS, as well as expand its team with the addition of up to 31 new positions....

By the year's end, the utility will need to collect $7,940,691.56 more to fulfill "revenue requirements" for GEMS....

February 10 and 11, and May, 4 and 5, 2016....

...unfunded liabilities, over-estimated revenues & skyrocketing expenses....

Jack P. Suyderhoud, Professor of Business Economics and Director of the MBA Program, Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii at Manoa, answering a question about the Jones Act....

House and Senate Republicans respond to the State of the State Address .... 

Sugar is gone, as are many other aspects of the Hawaii we once knew. In their place, however, there is an exciting new world....

This new model prioritizes Bishop Museum's Kapālama campus and...the disposition of assets that no longer fit the long-term mission and goals of the Museum....

There is no estimated date of completion to the repairs....

The tribal plan is a combination of Larry Mehau’s goal—controlling the ports and airports--and Al Hee’s goal—stealing as much money from Hawaiians as possible and getting away with it....

On a per-capita basis, this will be the nation’s largest infrastructure fiasco....

"This is wholly unacceptable behavior in a democracy."

...he released seven chickens in the revenue office lobby....

Four years after the ‘Bank of Abercrombie’ bill was laughed out of the legislature, the push for a state-owned bank is being revived....

The bills, SB 2127 and HB 1658, say UH has “failed to charge sufficient sublease rent...."

Daewoo designed the Marlin Class containerships, built the main engines, and arranged the supply of much of the equipment installed on board. DSME engineers were on board for the sea trials....

... will anti-GMO activists block mosquito eradication efforts? ....

...26 other states and the District of Columbia have implemented a state EITC....

January 31 is the end of open enrollment....

Hawai'i Family Advocates President and CEO Duke Aiona shares his thoughts on the start of the 2016 Hawai'i State Legislative session....

...the ship that was supposed to arrive in Anchorage on Sunday never made it further than the port in Tacoma, Wash.....

Of the 31 fatal work injuries reported in Hawaii in 2014, 14 resulted from transportation incidents and 7 from falls, slips, or trips....

The Hawaii Attorney General testified that " ... the proposed constitutional amendment, if ratified, will have no practical legal effect...."

To fill a vacancy, contact your local Neighborhood Board....

...the City can immediately dispose of items such as combustible or hazardous items, weapons, illicit drugs, items that contain urine or feces or that are infested with rodents or insects....

The LNG project requires federal approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and State approval from the Hawai‘i Public Utilities Commission (PUC)....

...when it comes to median household income, Hawaii fares better than the national average....

...police disclosed his identity either directly or indirectly to persons being investigated....

'Rich States, Poor States' Report Provides Road Map to Prosperity for Aloha State....

Hawaii has done it before with lands supporting single-family and multi-family homes. Those historic actions gave the ordinary working person new opportunities for true homeownership....