... Hawaii taxes 5th highest in USA ....

... 40 percent of businesses did not pay rent in full versus 50 percent in the third survey ....

he “...had previously attempted to divert federal grant funds to his bank account”....

... Accident Involving Inadequately Trained Pilot Leads to Call for Better Monitoring of Flight Instructors ....

... The House voted for a suspension running through December 31, 2022 ....

... House Bill 576, allows advanced practice registered nurses to do first-trimester abortions either with abortion drugs or by the surgical aspiration method ....

... This is the messy reality of politics that must be acknowledged .... 

... Joe Uno, HART Board member, speaks in his private capacity as a citizen to host Keli‘i Akina about whether a ‘Plan C’ may help salvage the troubled project ....

... Scathing ‘audit’ of Hawaii state auditor Les Kondo is met with scathing rebuttal ....

... it is premature to commit funding for major new rail transit projects before we have some idea of the extent of transit ridership in the first several years after nationwide vaccinations ....

... The state where people are most likely to face an expected loss of employment income is Hawaii, at 26.5% ....

... Today, the White House released state-by-state fact sheets (crony dreambooks) that highlight the (allegedly) urgent need in every state across the country for the investments (pork projects) proposed by President Biden in the American Jobs Plan ....

“...Requiring so-called COVID-19 vaccine passports for taking part in everyday life — such as attending a sporting event, patronizing a restaurant, or going to a movie theater— would create two cases of citizens based on vaccination....”

... States With the Most Pandemic-Proof Small Businesses -- Hawaii 50th ....

... “The true intent of this effort is to create a façade of regulation that will allow the TNC’s to bypass all the current rules, regulations and taxes that Hawaii based operators must comply with.” ....

... After the Great Recession, it became clear that more people needed to learn financial literacy ....

... For the U.S., the Pacific Islands are critical to the Indo-Pacific strategy and its status as a resident power in the Western Pacific. ... 

... Federal regulators are probing financial reporting discrepancies stemming from an effort to funnel $75 million through state Republican parties to the national GOP effort to reelect Donald Trump ....

... our lawmakers are not stopping at just one Frankenbill ....

... Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act: We Need your Kokua ....