“My family is getting very desperate and deciding whether to leave Hawaiʻi.”

... Hawaiian Electric claims it first began developing its Wildfire Safety Strategy in 2019 ....

... The Resilience Office is engaging in fifteen islandwide programs in the first half of November ....

... DOH convened more than 250 stakeholders, advocates, and visionaries across the state to discuss the Healthy Hawai‘i Strategic Plan 2030 ....

... The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations ....

... absenteeism drifts from 37% to 30% as some students age out of system ....

... Due to our "sensitive places lawsuit," Honolulu is no longer able to enforce parts of its sensitive places ordinance ....

... Since 2019, Ferreira has served as budget chief of the Hawaiʻi State Senate ....

... the parents, who are Muslim, Roman Catholic, and Ukrainian Orthodox, filed their lawsuit on religious freedom grounds .... 

... Bill 102 best of three bills but should be retroactive ....

... FEMA requires that states must have an approved hazard mitigation plan to qualify for numerous federal assistance and mitigation grants ....

... SD5 is now up for election in 2024 cycle ....

... While initial media reports suggested the couple were Russian spies, that narrative melted away as the trial approached ....

... The greatest needs identified by the community included financial recovery (26%), finding permanent residence (24%), and finding employment (9%) ....

... Sunday November 5, 2023, at State Capitol ....

... Based in Michaels' Hawai'i Office, Ms. Har will oversee all aspects of development on the Island ....

... body cam video from Lahaina Fire ....

... Hawaii is the only state where a six-figure salary is required to live comfortably — and no other state even comes close ....

... spending on Maui down more than 50% in September ....

... meet the monster’s creators ....

... One of the longest running court cases in modern history is Kalima v. State ....

... votes cast and bills introduced ....

... releasing incompatible male mosquitoes to try and stop the near-certain extinction of at least four species of Native Hawaiian honeycreepers ....

... Coalition members say repealing Section 23 is an important step in securing marriage equality for the LGBTQIA+ community in Hawaiʻi ....

... filing false tax returns, wire fraud, money laundering and structuring related to her fraudulent application for unemployment assistance due to the COVID-19 pandemic ....

... The committee advanced Shanlyn Park and Micah Smith, both appointed to the District of Hawaii ....

... adaptive reuse as a possible solution to two pressing issues in Honolulu: downtown office vacancies and Oahu’s housing shortage ....

... testimony to the Honolulu, Maui and Kauai county councils about measures that could increase the supply of housing ....

... The families and individuals who owned homes and businesses in Lahaina should not have their property rights arbitrarily stripped away from them to satisfy the grand plans of some bureaucracy ....

... 99 agricultural parcels, totaling 21,672 acres ....

... fully and finally resolving all outstanding challenges in the Kalima litigation ....

... all boards involved in an affordable housing project covered by the proclamation should comply with the Sunshine Law’s requirements ....

...Public comment for a 2022-23 waiver request under Section 8401(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended, due the Maui Island wildfires....

... Hawaii ranks third-highest with a $223 median student loan payment ....

... Roughly 80% of solar components are manufactured in China using slave labor ....

... A buyer says the product's label is misleading because it claims the product is "Reef Friendly" despite including chemicals known to harm coral reefs ....

... the state’s property tax system ranked 31st and its unemployment insurance tax ranked 41st. The state is 42nd overall ....

... Fallow agricultural lands now comprise approximately 40% of all agricultural lands or 25% of lands across the state ....

... Results from this survey will help the city allocate resources to better support the business community ....

... Legislative experience is not required ....

... alleging that the company knowingly designed and deployed harmful features on Instagram and its other social media platforms that purposefully addict children and teens ....

... inform the Department of the Attorney General if their landlords are illegally raising rent or threatening them with eviction ....

... Greater than $5bn Gross Written Premiums ....

... following a protest by the incumbent service provider that was not selected, American Medical Response (AMR) ....

... raised in the boiler room of Hawaii local politics ....

... Not a single building permit has been granted within the Lahaina burn zone since the August 8-9, 2023, disaster .....

... fat, dumb, and happy ....

... All permit applications are equal, but some are more equal than others ....

... Hawaii Bar Association discusses Lahaina fires .... 

... under a pair of landmark U.S. Supreme Court rulings expanding gun rights, the prohibition on semi-automatic rifles ownership is unconstitutional ....