29% Disapprove ...

...the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project site is the last new area on the mountain where a telescope project will be contemplated or sought....

...Just the idea of three letters will make people willingly spend some 30% or more on groceries all in the name of fear....

The deadline to submit proposals is Friday, December 18, 2015 at 4:00 p.m....

...500 acres of land on the southern flank of Haleakala for wind power generation....

The top rates of 9%, 10%, and 11% go away at the end of 2015. The top rate effective as of the beginning of next year is 8.25%....

Violent crime was a primary factor in our analysis, but we also looked at other measures of safety, such as motor vehicle accidents, drug use and excessive drinking....

...how high school graduates are prepared to meet the HIDOE’s Strategic Plan Goal that all students demonstrate they are on a path toward success in college, career and citizenship....

"...our efforts to overthrow Assad has increased and will continue to increase the strength of ISIS and other Islamic extremists...." -- Rep Tulsi Gabbard

24/7 access to real-time data on medical marijuana inventory, sales, and other tracking information....

Open enrollment began on Nov. 1 and concludes on Jan. 31, 2016....

Maui County continues to require drug tests as a condition of employment....

During sweeps of Kaka’ako homeless persons, the City seized and disposed of over 134,000 pounds of 'property'....

At the direction of Fair organizers, an MPD officer ordered the Goodhues to leave not just the Fair area, but other nearby public sidewalks as well....

As of 10AM Friday November 20, 2015, 1,848 persons have signed....

Plaintiffs Plan to Appeal 9th Circuit Ruling to Supreme Court....

...students on 110 campuses across the nation rallied and marched as part of a movement called  the Million Student March....

97% of poll respondents support more rooftop solar....

Hawaii small businesses wait 95 days on average to get paid on invoices....

The report indicates a shift in the visitor market....

Lying, Cheating, Stealing, Bribery—Na’i Aupuni Makes it all Legal....

...the ability to track their bus in real-time....

It’s like a bad Monty Python sketch....

This is the second time Turkish Muslims have disrupted a moment of silence for victims of ISIS....

...Ige's office has been flooded with over 500 phone calls and about 300 emails from constituents....

Much of the alleged fraud focused on the defendants’ claims that their products were made from natural plant extracts.  In truth, as one defendant put it, “lol stuff is completely 100 % synthethic [sic]”....

True to Form: Enviros win 90% in Hawaii Supreme Court....

The cause of HC&S’s operating losses were poor growing conditions with too much rain and expenses relating to their elderly sugar-carrying vessel....

Senator Sam Slom wrote a letter to Governor Ige, urging him to reconsider his position....

State falls to #31 in national ranking....

'Screening': Syria is 10% Christian, 'Refugees' are 2% Christian....

Deirdre Marie-Iha, a lawyer from the Hawaii Attorney General's Office, asks for help defending against a free speech case....

"Commercial aquarium fish collecting, in fact, does not occur to any great extent off most of the Hawaiian Islands...."

Of 19 departments and agencies surveyed, 14 said capital improvement projects (CIPs) should not be handled centrally by the Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS)....

According to the NYT, so far no Syrian refugees have been resettled in Hawaii....

Hawaii Ranks 44th with a 6.3% Tax Rate....

House and Senate proposals to rewrite No Child Left Behind are set to head into conference early next week....

Offshore wind is 2.6 times more expensive as onshore wind power and is 3.4 times more expensive than power produced by a natural gas combined cycle plant....

...it will likely move public sentiments substantially in one direction and Establishment policies in quite the opposite....

...we at Hawai’i Free Press tried a novel approach—actually contacting FTA spokespeople in Washington to see what they had to say about it....

It’s bad enough having a state hold an election that is racially discriminatory. Now we have a judge willing to allow it to move forward....

Four responses have been filed before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in opposition to last week’s “Urgent Motion for Injunction”....

Hawaii-West Coast products deliveries have to be done by costly Jones Act tankers....

...the FTA has not reached out to HART and officials were not aware the money was in jeopardy....

Residential time-of-use rates would be most beneficial for customers who are able to use more electricity during the middle of the day until 4 p.m....

In Hawaii there are more than 14,000 women veterans; only 4,300 access their benefits and health care through the VA....