... The Governmental Accounting Standards Boards is considering letting states count loans as "revenues" to balance their budgets ....

... Guilty, Guilty ....

... Hold on to your wallets, folks, because this year’s great legislative adventure has just begun! ....

... Car Loan Debt-to-Income Ratios for 16 Hawaii towns .... 

... Lottery, Casino, Suicide ....

"... those payments came with a 3.5% convenience fee — higher than any other vendor taking electronic payments ...."

... Federal District Court Judge Derrick K. Watson ruled in County of Maui v. Chevron that the federal court does not have jurisdiction over the case and remanded the action back to state court ....

... it’s the start to a very important year. ...

... Jeoffrey Cudiamat, Natalie Iwasa, J. Roger Morton, Joseph O’Donnell, and Dean Uchida ....

... DLIR announced that it has completed system updates for the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program that was extended by the Continued Assistance Act ....

... The Working Group’s questions about the lawsuit filed by OHA against me and the office – a lawsuit that is ongoing – are also wholly inappropriate and can only help OHA in the litigation .... 

... increasing Hawaii's tax burden at a time when its economy is in its worst depression ever ....

... COVID-19 is affecting the mental health of all Hawai‘i residents, but especially for young adults and those whose household income is less than $50,000 ....

... tax-related bills pending at the Legislature, including legalizing gambling, new conveyance taxes, new rental vehicle taxes, new carbon taxes, new proposed constitutional amendment ....

... They Only Had To Look At OHA To See What A Failure It Would Be ....

... 23.3% of Hawaii tax collections come from income taxes ....

... He explains his vote in detail ....

... According to the survey commissioned by the Hawai‘i Department of Health, 55% plan to get vaccinated as soon as they are eligible and 36% will wait before receiving their vaccinations ....

... General Excise and Use Tax (GET) collections are down by 21.8% from last fiscal year ....