...State tax hikes taking effect January 1, 2020....

...The estimated number of persons experiencing long-term, chronic homelessness increased 8.5 percent between 2018 and 2019. This increase was concentrated on the West Coast, with the largest increases in California....

...The first bill would reduce the ocean shipping companies’ capital and operating costs and the second place a hard cap on ocean freight rates. The third bill would be a failsafe alternative....

...for a criminal to possess a "ghost gun" and use it for crime,  they must have violated eight separate laws....

...First they came for the owners of million-dollar homes, but I didn’t speak against it because I didn’t have a million-dollar home....

...examine the difference between science and opportunistic activism....

... Respondents reported a monthly charge of $14.65 to Netflix on 6/19/18, 7/17/18, and 8/17/18 for “online research” ....

...8 contributors who each gave the $6,000 maximum amount to Respondent, also gave to another candidate committee.  However, Respondent reported that these 8 contributors had Hawaii addresses while the other candidate committee reported that these 8 contributors had out-of-state addresses....

...the following 7 bills have been drafted for the Commission’s consideration for the 2020 Legislative Session....

...The state’s population has been declining for the past three years, in part because of outward migration....

...“My three bills aim directly at one of the key drivers of our astronomically high cost of living in Hawai‘i and other locations in our country that are not part of the continental U.S,” said Case....

...Well-designed UI tax systems emphasize greater stability and predictability....

...The project is the largest capital improvement project in Hawaii harbors history....

“...This is (only) the third NOVO that we have issued against illegal care homes this year in response to complaints we have received....”

..."Failing States" do not meet even basic standards of online spending transparency for economic development subsidies....

...Now that the Telescope is off the table. "The police are going to come heavy handed Dec 26 with enforcement and they going to clear all the tents from the highway."  The police will only be allowed to do this because it does not settle the telescope issue .... 

...For us, this dates all the way back to our groundbreaking in October 2014 and subsequent attempts to begin construction in April and June 2015 and in July 2019....

...on the access road about 30 protesters chanted and danced....

...Beverly Hills, California authorities are requesting extradition....

"...He's the only one that got the forensic audit done...."