WalletHub compared each of the 150 most populated U.S. cities across 30 key metrics. Our data set ranges from crime rates to school system rankings to housing costs....

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Laurie Temple Field, a former associate of the ACLU and now a representative for Hawaii Planned Parenthood, lost no time....

The idea that one’s sex is a feeling, not a fact, has permeated our culture and is leaving casualties in its wake....

...many common vegetables contain nicotine....

“TMT and our partners support the Governor’s vision. In the past two weeks, Caltech and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences have pledged their support...."

...retirement in Hawaii would require $65,822 annually in disposable income, and (given Hawaii’s relatively high income taxes) pre-tax income of $91,451....

...it does not specify any penalties. It also outlines broad reasons the requirements may be waived....

Multiracial Americans are at the cutting edge of social and demographic change in the U.S....

This aquifer is also the same one that BWS uses to provide water to residents from Moanalua to Hawaii Kai....

...federal subsidies to wind power do not create investment out of nowhere; they simply distort the relative cost of producing wind energy, shifting investments from other sectors of the economy to wind projects....

Hawaii collects $2,088 per person....

The applicant is requesting an ITP to authorize take of one threatened and six endangered species....

...analysis reveals those who love their job enough to tweet about it in the United States live in the Western half of the country....

...Newsflash: The Land is Moving too....

...highlights of the media coverage of the decision....

These claims are separate and apart from matters being addressed in Arnold’s pending grievance....

Many fossil fuel producers will benefit, while the poor—and the economy—will suffer....

The Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act now goes to the Senate....

...Secretly Scheming For Three Years To Turn Hawaiians Into A US Tribe....

...driving conditions for teens in the 50 U.S. states based on 16 key metrics....

"It must always be remembered how cost-effectiveness works in the public sector: the cost is the benefit."

...one more organ of old-boy power is dissolved into corporate America....

"...Calvin K.Y. Say is the uncle of one of my current law clerk’s spouse, and that another law clerk, prior to joining my staff, worked on a campaign involving Respondent Calvin K.Y. Say...." -- Rectenwald

In a June 1, 2015 letter, WASC Vice President Barbara Gross Davis wrote that panel members were “extremely impressed” by Mānoa’s Interim Report and its progress....

...and this time the outgoing leadership admits it....

...directing the state’s utilities to generate 100 percent of their electricity sales from renewable energy resources by 2045....

Organization presents comprehensive policy platform to lower aviation taxes, promote airline competition and fix air travel infrastructure in coming FAA reauthorization....

...the 14th Amendment does not guarantee birthright citizenship to unincorporated territories....

Na'i Aupuni's five directors have close ties to Kana'iolowalu including Pauline Namuo, wife of Roll Commission Executive Director Clyde Namuo....

Tourism will see additional healthy gains on the Neighbor Islands for the next two years, before rising occupancy and costs begin to bring down growth rates, something that has already occurred on Oahu....

...Hawaii-specific EV and car sales data to provide a preliminary forecast of potential EV adoption in Hawaii....

...praise from the American School Counselor Association for their efforts to raise student achievement through comprehensive counseling services....

By adding a resort fee of $25 to a room rate of $125, the hotel brings in $150 per night but it can advertise a $125 room rate....

Now, appeals from both the TMT and ATST CDUPs are under review by the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court....

The federal government has been withholding about $70 million in grant money, but that will likely be released thanks to the board's vote, which will enable the exchange to continue doing outreach....

In order to further explore the possibility of Maui County running its own power utility....

...hiring and retaining qualified state government IT staff is a top priority, noting the challenge of an aging workforce and lack of millennials....

...I am awarding the title of “Biggest Loser” at the 2015 Legislature to families....

In Progressive World, there are at least four stages of legally becoming an adult....

Thursday, June 18, from noon until 1:30 at Restaurant Kenichi in Hilo....

...we’re all entitled to our own truth, which we can shape and color and carry around like a fashion accessory. Capital T Truth is, like, so 20th century....

...Hawaii continues to have high levels (93%) of household participation in giving cash, goods or time....

"With the release of the Roll, it will now be possible to answer concerns over the tens of thousands of names that have been placed on the list without the express permission of individuals."

...last year’s production and use of 14 billion gallons of corn ethanol resulted in 27 million tons more carbon emissions than if Americans had used straight gasoline in their vehicles....

A recent case to be heard by the Supreme Court may seem harmless on its face, but has much deeper ramifications for people of faith, and especially families....

...culture gone bad....