...Rail boss Grabauskas blames "red hot" construction market for rail cost overruns, but....

...WalletHub assessed the affordability of homes as well as the conditions of the real estate market and community environment in the 300 largest U.S. cities....

...The OHA grant is expected over the next year to help the 17 Hawaiian-focused charter schools, which make up the Nā Lei Na'auao...

...On average, it takes CMS 190 days to approve a waiver, though it can take up to 1,637 days (more than four years!) to receive approval....

...None of the 45 samples had detectable levels of glyphosate....

“Bravo!…to HSMA for taking the lead in pulling out of the Health Connector...."

Candidates would have until this Thursday to file a complaint. The Supreme Court would then have four days to make a ruling....

Airline passengers are considered an easy group to tax....

...Insurance Division also outlined resources and advice for affected families and businesses dealing with their insurance companies....

...the last thing the state needs is another tax-and-spend liberal in the statehouse....

...Lawmakers would have to round up 17 Senate and 34 House members willing to do it, and they’d need five days to move any bills through....

...mainland super PACs have spent considerable money getting to the final result....

...Grassroot Institute President Keli'i Akina gives strong message of unity on Hawaii Statehood Day....

"... Yay Good.  Mahalo Iselle for washing us clean of those GMO ...."

...With Puna voting completed and 800 mail-in absentee votes 'found' on Maui....

House Majority floor leader Rida Cabanilla is out of a job....

A young man living in a future where complacency is valued above all else discovers the sinister secrets that hold his fragile society together....

...four members of the Western collaborative -- Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon and Washington -- agreed to share educational and workforce data....

The state’s Data Book is the most comprehensive statistical book about Hawaii in a single compilation....

...25 percent of education expenditures going to non-teacher salaries and benefits....

...Chief Justice Recktenwald is soliciting applications from residents of the County of Maui....

...Puna residents have been shamelessly made the latest pawns of Progressives as they desperately attempt to hold on to power after a stunning rebuke at last Saturday’s primary elections....

...legislation that will make it legal for a terminally ill patient to access investigational drugs....

...Washington has incentivized the militarization of local police precincts by using federal dollars to help municipal governments build what are essentially small armies....

...Though the judge in the case had numerous problems with holding a hasty election without proper notice, he ruled that "the court is not supposed to interfere with an ongoing election process even if it is unconstitutional."....

...Saturday August 23, Kapiolani Bandstand, 3PM -5PM....

...The motion for preliminary injunction asserts that holding the postponed election on Friday is just too soon, essentially because the two precincts are still a mess....

...the DOE's implementation of Pono Choices violated several safeguards contained in the Federal Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA)....

"Hawaii residents now pay approximately 60% more than mainlanders for many foods and goods, in addition to paying three (3) times more than mainlanders for electricity...."

...we’re paying a premium not because of the distance from commodities that can be sold, but because of taxes and hidden costs of transportation....

"If someone doesn't value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide that they should value it?"

....accepting proposals for help with drawing up a master plan that sets out a vision for 30 acres in Kaka‘ako Makai over the next 20 years....

Field Operation Supervisors

• Current: $70,692-$80,388
• New: $89,860-$102,185

...To ensure unbiased counsel through the remainder of this election, the Office of Elections should not continue to receive legal advice from Mr. Louie....

...Just last week it was announced that the activists groups, the Center for Food Safety and Earthjustice (formerly known as the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund) joined on to sue these same farmers....

...New Age seekers, Hawaiian sovereignty activists, organic farmers and the odd pakalolo grower....

...Hawaii Army and Air National Guardsmen partnered with civil authorities and went through neighborhoods hit by the hurricane....

...Labor Compliance Advisors -- appointed by each government agency -- will decide whether the contractors have shown a "lack of integrity or business ethics."....

...we'll see soon enough how the challenge is framed, in what court it is brought, and what relief it seeks. Stay tuned....

Abercrombie’s defeat by 36.1 points is the largest primary loss by of any sitting governor in U.S. history....

On August 12, 1898, the United States and Spain reached a cease-fire agreement in its brief conflict over Cuba and the Philippines....

...This repeated change in the date, location and method of the election; 3 times in 3 days, twice within hours of each other, is a violation of the election laws....

...ACA enrollees may also be sicker....

“We’ve taken literally hundreds of inquiries over the past three weeks and have explained to each taxpayer in great detail why their taxes may have increased....”

... News Release from PRP Frontgroup "Forward Progress" ....