...if you thought this was an isolated incident, you haven't been paying attention to Tulsi Gabbard....

SBA Administrator will join Governor Ige, Senators Hirono & Schatz, & Congressman Takai....

College Board Advanced Placement Program (AP) Scholar Awards in recognition of exceptional achievement in AP Exams....

Very Specific Things To Do To Make Your Message Effective....

A recent Federal Reserve Bank study examined the impact of subsidized housing on homelessness....

Customers with a current NEM agreement and those with valid pending applications submitted prior to Oct. 13, 2015 will continue under the NEM program....

Patients and caregivers who grow their own medical marijuana should be aware of the Hawaii State Department of Health’s new rules governing medical marijuana to avoid getting in trouble with law enforcement....

"...camping in forest reserves and public hunting areas without a permit remains illegal under Hawaii Administrative Rules...."

Since Aug. 5th, the 145 active vessels in the Hawaii longline fleet have been prohibited from catching bigeye tuna....

MegaVote for Hawaii's 1st & 2nd Congressional Districts....

...why do farmers need biotechnology?

...why and how states should better harness information technology to drive public-sector productivity and generate savings for governments, businesses, and citizens....

Hawaii residents had the highest financial well-being in the nation in 2014, followed closely by Alaska residents....

What could make this rating go up--Increased economic diversification and reduced economic volatility....

...foreign-owned American President Lines Ltd. (APL) will inaugurate a new service from the U.S. West Coast to the U.S. islands of Guam and Saipan employing foreign-built U.S. flag containerships....

In a letter to MRFF dated Oct. 9, Killeen wrote that the “sign will remain in its present location and not be altered in any way”....

...removed 26.84 tons of trash, 52 cubic yards of metals, 9 shopping carts, stored 8 bins of personal property....

"...it kind of reminds me of how high school teenagers act,” Ms. Gabbard said....

...the Attorney General’s investigative report has not previously been made public....

On April 13 this year, Bill 36 was introduced in the Honolulu City Council....

...can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems....

...KimJong Un is “on a quest for nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them intercontinentally....”

As a result, industrial foreign fleets, with much higher bigeye tuna quotas, freely operate on the high seas around the Hawaiian Islands where Hawaii longline fishermen can no longer fish for bigeye tuna....

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard said: “The Administration continues to put our resources toward failed missions and strengthening our enemy, rather than focusing on defeating our enemy...."

...subpoenas are going out and an investigative grand jury could hear the case later this year....

Today’s map looks at state tax collections per capita....

...total enrollment for school year 2015-16 is 180,409, compared with 180,895 in school year 2014-15, and 185,273 the year before that....

Since August 7, a total of 152 people (including 23 families) have been placed into shelter or permanent housing....

Several states opposed the stay, including Hawaii...

Albert Einstein and Neil Armstrong Discuss Honolulu's Rail....

19 open seats on Neighborhood Boards .... 

...and Fitch expects them to remain so. This largely reflects the state's direct responsibility for many functions delegated to local governments in other states, particularly K-12 education....

They engage in politics to expand and protect the perks of government employees who are more likely to have attended college and garner salary and benefit packages more generous than the average private sector worker....

The cost of illegal immigration in Hawaii may be associated with several state policies which are friendly towards undocumented workers....

The 2014 Organic Production Survey conducted in Hawaii found 166 farms with 3,505 acres....

The school borrowed $32.5 million in a five-year deal at a 4.48% yield....

Why was El Faro was still on the water? And whose interest does the Jones Act protect today?

"...it is the city’s Ethics Commission that should administer the city’s standards of conduct...."

New Study Finds Excise Tax is Having Significant Impact on U.S. Employers ....

Hawaii is shown to have the 4th worst pedestrian accident rate in the nation....

In Hawaii, abortion laws are described as less restrictive than those passed in other states....

Business cannot operate without laws being enforced. Selective enforcement of laws by State, County and HPD is discriminatory. Citizens place their trust in government that Laws will be enforced equally without the need for political pressure to do so. The result of the faulty law enforcement surrounding Mauna Kea is fostering tension, aggression, racism and business uncertainty. Ambiguity surrounding the rule of law has prompted a poor economic climate....

Apo: "Ship of nationhood is about to set sail without a rudder, a captain, or a crew...."

A solid constitution cannot be drafted in only forty days, and the forty delegates who gather will not have the authority to speak for the entire lahui. Instead, the 'aha delegates should consider....

OHA Trustee Rowena Akana lost her ARM Chairmanship.  Now she spills the beans....

I’ve always been skeptical of the activists’ rallying cry....

...money meant for the rail project is being diverted to other Ansaldo divisions....

...when a child is born in Hawaii, he or she can count on $26,500 in debt that the state owes per citizen....

...Keli'i Akina speaks with Victor Geminiani of the Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice about probable solutions to homelessness and affordable housing in Hawaii....