In Hawaii annual costs for 4-year-old care are equal to 55.8 percent of minimum-wage earnings....

...maritime attorney and former merchant seamen Rod Sullivan opined that the ship was beyond its useful life and this lead to a catastrophic failure at sea....

...this documentary that will bring the voice of scientists in laboratories and farmers in the papaya fields in Hawaii and banana gardens in Uganda to the global audience....

...Deadline is Thursday, Oct. 15....

... factors were “pent up demand” for services sought by previously uninsured individuals, transitional plans and previously low penalties for ignoring ACA’s individual mandate keeping healthy populations out of the marketplace, high cost specialty drugs, and ACA taxes and fees ....

...NBC News has seen fit to call attention to an obscure MoveOn.org petition seeking to change the name of President William McKinley High School in Honolulu....

More than five years of haggling between United States and 11 other nations bordering the Pacific Rim ended Monday in a proposed agreement that has been hailed as "historic" though still not publicly released....

...NH government would not be eligible for trust or “reservation” lands. The proposed rule does not, however, discuss or allude to whether a NH governing entity has the right to sovereign immunity....

The US came in 32nd out of 34 OECD countries, topping only Italy and France....

The Hill newspaper posted an op-ed on October 2, 2015 entitled “Time to repeal the Jones Act.”....

...politicians have thrown out alternative ownership models for the transaction....

Now 41 of them say it has a major flaw that needs to be changed....

...allow customers to buy an interest in electricity generated by community renewable projects in diverse locations on their home islands without installing anything on their own roofs....

The proposed species occupy 11 types of ecosystems....

A study reveals that urban containment, or smart growth policies, have been shown to drive the price of housing up....

U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii’s Installation Voting Assistance Office will host a voter registration drive in the lobby of the main Post Exchange, Oct. 5, 10 a.m.-2 p.m....

Jamye Windsor, age 40, has been charged with one felony theft count for improperly receiving more than $50,000 in state funds from Waianae Community Outreach....

EPA, State of Hawaii negotiate final settlement with U.S. Navy to upgrade Red Hill storage tanks....

...Republicans said they are willing to consider exempting Puerto Rico from the Jones Act....

The President urged the lawmakers to adopt his domestic economic agenda at the state level because he doesn’t expect Congress to take much action for the remainder of his presidency....

Trustee Tears Were Shed & New Beginnings Promised....

There were at least 250 people there....

209 Candidates running for 40 positions as delegates to the Tribal Convention designed to approve Federal Recognition.... 

Last week one of my students asked why rail projects don't get stopped....

Hawaii AG joins amici brief supporting Texas in Evenwel v. Abbott....

including Travelocity.Com, LLP, Expedia, Inc., Orbitz, LLC, and Priceline.Com, LLP....

Witnesses from six states - California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Oregon – attended the hearing....

"The DHHL is carefully reviewing the details of the Interior Department’s proposal and will be submitting comments on the issues outlined therein."

Instead of 'transparent' public discussion, Interior has set up four call-in teleconferences in which the Feds can tamp down opposition and create the illusion of support....

...the USAID and USDA’s cost of shipping U.S. flag was 23% greater than would have been by foreign flag....

On multiple occasions, Congress considered--and decided not to pass--the Akaka Bill....

WalletHub compared 515 U.S. cities across 10 key metrics, ranging from population growth rate to unemployment rate decrease....

The NPRM comes on the heels of a robust and transparent public comment period as part of a...process that began last year and included public meetings. ...they overwhelmingly favored creating a pathway for reestablishing a formal government-to-government relationship.... (LOL!)

...The sign at Marine Corps Base Hawaii reads: "God bless the military, their families, and the civilians who work with them." It has stood there for 14 years....

...reimbursing OIG for Federal financial participation claimed for costs related to investigations of ineligible cases, to misplaced equipment, and to unallowable costs for equipment....

The Service will not be designating Critical Habitat areas for these species at this time due to insufficient information....

...adding rigor and value to programs preparing high school graduates for high-skilled, high-demand jobs....

States are not held to the same accounting standards as most businesses and publicly traded companies. Therefore, states do not use the proper tools to balance their budgets....

...On September 9 Hawaii became the first state to post a draft waiver proposal for public comment....

There are two approaches to meeting the needs of the least advantaged in society....

Keli'i Akina speaks with Hawaii District 42 Representative Sharon Har about a different approach to Democratic Party politics in Hawaii....

...customers in deregulated states and areas can shop around for electric plans....

There were 1,074,914 total air seats to Hawai‘i in August 2015, up 5.4 percent from the same month last year....

WalletHub analyzed the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 13 key metrics, ranging from average starting salary to unemployment rate to the projected number of teachers per student by 2022....

Hawaii had not met targets on some key items in the Notice of Non-Compliance corrective action plan....