• HB 2169 Act 212  Relating to Social Workers
• SB 2811 Act 213  Relating to Parental Rights
• HB 1726 Act 214  Relating to Murder

U.S. Vacation Timeshare Industry Shows Increased Growth in 2015: Another Year of Substantial Growth....

“You don’t want rules made entirely for people that have something, at the expense of people who don’t,” said Jason Furman, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers....

...this race will soon get ugly.... 

The sales taxes in Hawaii and South Dakota have bases that include many services and so are not strictly comparable to other sales taxes....

Honolulu faces a crisis of old-boy crony-leadership, a mismanaged railroad, homelessness, and deteriorating public facilities....

“It’s unusual now, only because they haven’t done it in a while,”....

“There are ... concerns about the legality of 2015’s Act 204.... It is our hope that Governor Ige will allow HB 1850 to become law...."

...the CEO has banned Trustees without committees from having direct contact with Administrative staff....

BILL SIGNING CEREMONIES for the following....

On my mind today is 1LT Timothy Steele....

... Another scandal for Kamehameha Schools? ....

...the Department has been raking in the retail rate GET from both the charities and the catering providers....

...we will be able to file an exceptionally strong fundraising report that demonstrates the strength of our campaign and message....

Since 2007, Mr. Gluck has been employed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii....

...the missiles have been in service for more than 25 years, and each of them is able to carry ten megaton class nuclear warheads at a distance of more than 11,000 kilometers....

...the Hawaii Supreme Court clarified a point of appellate procedure that has been unnecessarily vague -- and therefore dangerous -- for a while....

“Here in Hawaii we don’t have trailer parks–they’re not legal.”

... Average daily spending by Japanese tourists is down 10.1% ....

Hawaii has the lowest effective rate at 0.28 percent....

...HB 2569 (Act 176) which aims to expedite the goals of the Department of Education to cool Hawai‘i’s schools, reduce energy costs, meet Hawai‘i’s clean energy goals....

...the Republican National Convention will be held in Cleveland, Ohio at the Quicken Loans Arena from July 18-21....

...Homeless growth on Maui and Oahu less than 1%....

And the 'fortunate sons' of John F Kerry and Joe Biden are involved, too....

...Iwase said he is hopeful a decision could come by next week--but not in the next two days....

...the violation itself was caused by a glitch in CSC software....

...the costs can add up to as much as $57,772 per year in Hawaii....

...this act allows for the use of state special purpose revenue bonds to be used to finance publicly owned energy cooperatives....

...OIA has simply withheld the money, or routed funds to projects outside the FAS. Predictably, this has fueled the exodus....

...single-payer advocates are focusing on individual states....

...The facility has since served 173 individuals, 61 of which have successfully transitioned into stable housing situations....

Compact Impact: Why Pacific Islanders are Fleeing to Hawaii - Neil Mellen...

State Capitol, 5th floor, Governor’s Ceremonial Room....

...An average household in Hawaii County spent an average of $51,700 in 2014....

... Justice Department has demanded the arrest, condemnation and sale of the tugboat Maulani, which snagged an undersea cable in Hawaii's Pearl Harbor and shut down the Electronic Harbor Security System ....

...HB2501 provides time to transition to a process that ensures water is distributed fairly in accordance with the public trust doctrine....

"Hawaii has…80 schools where 90% of teachers are absent ten days or more."

...meetings are set between now and July 7....

Tuesday, June 28, 2016 11:30am

With this new service, Matson will be competing with several shipping companies offering direct services from the USWC to South Pacific Island destinations....

...The unions endorsing Djou were the first unions to support Kirk Caldwell for mayor in 2010 and backed Caldwell again in 2012....

On July 12, any measure that has not been signed or vetoed by Gov. Ige will become law with or without his signature....

Since enabling legislation was enacted into law on May 29, 1986....

Someone needs to take remedial action before the thermonuclear bomb hits....

...CarInsurance.com ranked states on eight metrics to identify which ones are more favorable for motorists....

...the bill took effect immediately upon Ige's approval....