... PRO Housing to reduce barriers to affordable housing production by helping local communities address restrictive zoning, land use, and regulatory policies. It also expands financing for affordable, energy-efficient, and resilient housing, and promotes commercial-to-residential conversion ....

..."minors 14 years of age or older" can "consent to outpatient mental health services without the consent, knowledge or participation of their parents or legal guardians, upon consultation and agreement of their licensed therapist."....

... especially the many “whereas” justifications for why the emergency order was issued — which states many of the points I’ve been making for years regarding the bad policy and inaction that have characterized Hawaii’s approach to homebuilding ....

... asks the court to stop the City’s targeted enforcement actions—including sweeps, citations, and arrests—that disrupt and disenfranchise houseless people, unless and until there is adequate shelter ....

... Between 2020 and 2021, the most recent years of available data, carbon emissions in Hawaii increased by 16.2%. Over that period, energy related carbon dioxide pollution went from 14.9 million metric tons to 17.3 million metric tons ....

... Hawai‘i’s LPDLs are not exclusively issued to those without a legal presence in the U.S. ....

... Hawaii Community College paid at least $100,000 in ransomware attack ....

... The continuing shortage of qualified school bus drivers statewide will suspend bus transportation services at ten of Oʻahu’s 24 high schools and four schools on Kauaʻi when the new school year begins ....

... A national expert and a leading local doctor will take a deep look at how Hawaii will benefit from working together with other states ....

... private shipping companies cannot exclude shipments to Hawai’i and other non-contiguous parts of country and cannot charge inflated costs ....

... a bill creating the 20-year Red Hill Epidemiological Health Outcomes Study overseen by the U.S. Department of Health of Human Services ....

... OIP also found, sua sponte, that the PCSC executive session minutes did not convey a true reflection of the matters discussed at the meeting ....

... Folks on the Neighbor Islands:  Don’t laugh. You might be next! ....

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

... the highest per-passenger cost among light-rail systems in the nation — by far ....

... The purpose was to bring awareness to initiatives to modernize our public safety facilities, disrupt pathways to prison, and reduce recidivism ....

... major technological advances, especially in sustainable fuels and carbon-capture, and reaching consensus on land-use policy are some of what’s required for Hawaii to fully decarbonize ....

... back-to-back record hauls in extramural funding ....

... 140 months for conspiracy, wire fraud, and embezzlement from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1260 and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $209,391.72 ....

... Dave Swann and Keli‘i Akina were among winners at this year’s annual journalism awards ceremony presented by the Hawaii chapter of the national Society of Professional Journalists ....

... but the number of jobs decreased ....

... Camp Blaz is being outfitted to host thousands of U.S. Marines, a plan said to threaten more than a dozen species with extinction ....

... relating to the installation of fire alarm systems at eight public schools ....

... The proposed critical habitat areas include the states of California, Florida, Hawaiʻi, North Carolina and Texas; the territories of American Samoa, Guam, and U.S. Virgin Islands; and the commonwealths of the Northern Mariana Islands and Puerto Rico ....

... in state court they would have been sentenced to probation ....

... The industry supports about 5,000 jobs in American Samoa, chief among those a StarKist Co. tuna cannery ....

... 0.5% county surcharge to the state’s 4% general excise tax for the purpose of funding “housing infrastructure” ....

... The Hawaii Police Department has responded to 6,479 calls for service/incidents in the area from September, 2018, to April, 2023, with an estimated cost for responding to these calls ranges from $319,000 to $459,000 ....

...“This emergency proclamation is one of the largest state-level housing actions anywhere in the country in years, if not decades," said Senator Stanley Chang, chair of the Senate Committee on Housing....

"...It is crucial for the well-being and security of Leeward Coast residents that this area remains cleared and safe...."

... Just two months after being elected at the abortive May 6, 2023, Republican state convention in Hilo, latest Chair, Tim Dalhouse, has resigned ....

... 4,000 is a little short of the number that HART projected it would attract once the system is completed: 84,000 people a day ....

... facilities geniuses at our DOE came up with the idea ....

... Based on the high error rates, we concluded that DHR’s data was unreliable and insufficient to conduct further analysis .... 

... Multiple bills have already passed, and many council members have asked for more information about how to reform the property tax systems in their counties ....

... votes cast and bills introduced in Congress ....

... City to accept applications for a second tranche of relief funding for non-profits affected by Covid-19 ....

... Hawaii’s recently-enacted public nuisance law will allow frivolous lawsuits against members of the firearm industry for the criminal and negligent misuse of firearms by remote third parties ....

... 85.1% of residents haven't smoked weed in the last year ....

... “Taxpayers are already paying an enormous amount to build the project, but now are paying even more to run it nearly empty” ....

... residents had their accounts locked without warning or were victimized by scams and couldn’t recover their money ....

... Green issued 11 vetoes on July 7, due to serious legal and programmatic concerns ....

... grant of summary judgment means that the defendants won the lawsuit without the need for a trial ....

... The review highlights progress on achieving the six Aloha+ Challenge goals, which are the state’s local implementation of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Hawaiʻi stands as the sole state in the United States to have submitted a Voluntary Local Review (VLR) ....

... It applies to almost all state employees (except those working for the legislative or judicial branches) ....

"...Thank you for giving a heads up to legislators about accepting a book from Hawai’i’s social workers because it might be an Ethics Violation...."

... Hawaii Department of Health gave conditional approval to U.S. Navy officials to defuel surge tanks next to the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility ....

... in recent decades visitor spending stopped growing while the number of tourists continued to increase ....

... barriers to farming in Hawaii .... 

... Emails and other records provided by UH Richardson Law School show justices in the program--currently co-sponsored by Case Lombardi--often met with local dignitaries and frequently dined at private clubs or the private residences of prominent UH Law School donors ....