Twenty of the 150 largest metros had a share of less than 25 percent of its new jobs since 2010 created in occupations that pay a living wage....

Today’s newspaper front page reports on an offshore wind energy proposal that brings back memories of a similar plan way back in 2008....

Caldwell announces plan to build Hale Mauliola temporary modular housing and provide services for homeless on Sand Island site....

Insurer finds scapegoat--will you be fooled?

RCUH’s broad purpose allows projects remotely associated with research or training to qualify for exemptions from state procurement and civil service laws....

...there are around 38,000 who have enrolled in coverage under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, but have yet to pay their bills....

...the Texas case may open up future Hawaii reapportionments to legal challenge if Hawaii persists in applying the same or similar standards....

WalletHub analyzed the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia across 20 key metrics....

...The duo has come to ask Kanahele and his group to perform a blessing at a new project's gate. This leads to wheeling and dealing, with Kanahele negotiating a land swap - and cell phone service - in exchange for performing the traditional ceremony....

Measure to protect Honolulu drinking water open to public comment....

Statement from UH President David Lassner and UH Hilo Chancellor Donald Straney....

Last week, the Hawaii Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Sierra Club v. Castle and Cooke Homes Hawaii, Inc....

Once the higher minimum wage bill is signed into law, with the exemption for unions, then organizing becomes a win-win for employers and unions....

...if you are a taxpayer with questions and you call the Hawaii Department of Taxation’s customer service line, there is a more than 50% chance that your call won’t be answered. At all....

In Hawaii...it seems like half the top lawyers attended the University of Hawaii....

Pasha and Matson both completed their acquisition of Horizon Lines today ....

...state and local combined individual income tax collections per person....

As Explained: "OHA: $2.8M Giveaway to Wife of Kanaiolowalu CEO"

European maritime industry trade groups are seeking several specific exemptions from U.S. maritime cabotage provisions....

The university inadvertently confirmed that its Honolulu labs had been put in the performance improvement program in records it filed in January with Hawaii's Office of Information Practices, which is deciding USA TODAY's public records appeal....

in the last two years, HPD made 19 arrests for promoting prostitution, more than half of which were for first-degree promoting or sex trafficking. It is important to note that none of these arrests would have been possible without the cooperation of witnesses -- who in these cases happened to be individuals arrested for prostitution....

Bumpy Kanahele got paid.  Walter Ritte did not.  Note to Next movie maker: Pay Ritte and avoid these problems... or don't pay any of them and reap the free publicity....  decisions, decisions.... 

...Grassroot Institute held an expert panel on the issue of transparency and government secrecy in Hawaii....

Buried Deep In Those Proposed Rule Changes Is Something That Could Kick Hawaiians Off Their Homestead Lands....

The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy released the annual 50-State Property Tax Comparison Study, a comprehensive analysis of effective property tax rates in each state’s largest city....

...United Health Foundation’s America’s Health Rankings Senior Report: A Call to Action for Individuals and Their Communities....

...there has been a 7.3% increase in net island area over the past century....

On June 15, when the law goes into effect, Santa Monica will see a drastic reduction in its Airbnb options, banning 1,400 of about 1,700 vacation rentals available on home sharing websites....

My father experimented with my make-up and clothes....

Ige signed the bill authorizing that final payment this week....

Host Keli'i Akina speaks with Pastor Robb Finberg about the intention/design of the Aloha Heritage Center of Hawaii....

...government has the ability to ignore market realities until systems ultimately collapse....

Hawaii’s per capita death toll during the four conflicts combined is greater than that of any of its peers....

...almost all the hard cheese made in the United States, and in much of the West, uses a genetically engineered protein....

...what actually goes into this “unfunded liability” calculation....

the Canadian government lifted an import duty of 25 percent on foreign-built ships in 2011....

Each of these races was decided by more than 150 votes....

...the reforms are a work in progress....

I’m starting to think that eating organic is correlated to conspiracy thinking and some degree of paranoia....

“...taxes are the single most expensive ingredient in beer, costing more than labor and raw materials combined....”