... an inside look at the 2023 Hawaii legislative session ....

... on May 9, Recktenwald disclosed that he engages in “educational presentations relating to environmental, energy, and natural resource issues” and has worked with the Environmental Law Institute ....

... the agency or employee explain and furnish proof of why they need to be exempted from the nepotism law ....

... US Coast Guard Permanent Presence Also Emphasized ....

... no meaningful correlation between so-called empty homes and housing or rental prices ....

... “Choose Aloha” Program teaches keiki to choose love not hate, bullying, self-harm or suicidal ideation ....

... Senate Bill 821 passed the Legislature, with only one legislator voting no for the final floor vote across both chambers ....

... new rules designed to rein in the offensive language motorists want to affix to their Hawaiʻi license plates ....

... opportunity to review and comment on the proposed two-year core budget that begins on July 1, 2023 ....

... Hawaii has used $1.2 billion from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law on roads, providing internet service to thousands and updating the state's airports and ports, according to a report released Monday from The White House ....

... Since bad bills tend to outnumber good ones, that means we played a lot of defense ....

... A $2 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit brought by six women who were the victims of sexual assault and sexual harassment by former Adult Corrections Officers (ACOs) at the Women’s Community Correctional Center (WCCC) .... 

"...Hawaiian Electric’s modeling shows that...energy rates may rise in the near-term transition to clean energy...."

... 2023’s Best & Worst Places to Start a Career ....

... cadets who participated in all four years of the program are more likely to graduate, have higher rates of attendance and lower rates of suspension ....

... Red Rock routinely and repeatedly charged mark-ups ranging from approximately 100% to 130% ....

... We ranked states based on the number of distracted driving car crashes as a percentage of total fatal car crashes ....

... States Where Alzheimer's Is Expected to Soar by 2025 ....

... Hawaii residents can reasonably expect to spend, on average, $1,501,762 over the course of their retirement starting at age 65, the highest amount of all states ....

... Officers are more likely to be attracted to police departments that steer clear of scandal and corruption and that are transparent with their communities ....

... The bill containing the fee proposal, Senate Bill 304, did not survive the conference committee process. ...

... Bills of interest introduced in 2023 ....

... the Legislature approved a bill authorizing the state to join the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, which will help alleviate the state’s doctor shortage, but shelved other licensure compact bills that would have applied to nurses and other healthcare professionals. It also failed to exempt medical services from the state’s general excise tax ....

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

... “The budget is increasing by 30% this year,” Kent said, far exceeding last year’s record increase of 17% and breaking the state’s constitutionally mandated spending limit as well, which can be bypassed by a two-thirds vote .... 

... Fernandes has distinguished herself as a leading expert in the areas of reproductive and LGBTQ+ rights, and as one of the State’s top litigators defending Hawaii’s gun laws against Second Amendment challenges ....

... A national recession will weigh on Hawaiʻi later this year ....

... The Department had a successful legislative session, with five out of the seven administrative bills we advocated for being passed ....

... higher property taxes could make homeownership unaffordable for some residents; landlords might have no choice but to increase what they charge their tenants; and businesses might have to raise prices ....

... If approved, Angelos would start Monday, June 5, succeeding David Matlin ....

... In a 2014 investigation, the division discovered the employer failed to pay overtime when required and recovered $33,612 ....

... high levels of vaccination, widespread population immunity, and available treatments have significantly reduced the risk of severe COVID-19 disease, hospitalization, and death ....

... Restaurant Co-Owner Sexually Harassed Male Employees, Federal Agency Charges ....

... 4,028 people experiencing homelessness on O‘ahu on the night of January 22, 2023 ....

... A mass shooting at known illegal cockfighting venue outside Honolulu demonstrates that the violence from animal-fighting enterprises spills into communities, harms people ....

... two Sunshine Law amendments ....

... $104,052 Household Survival Budget drops to $85,812 when CTC (Child Tax Credit) and CDCTC (Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit) are applied ....

... Honolulu resident opinions about community and city services in the 2022 National Community Survey (NCS). These results were compared with results from other communities ....

... The Legislature's proposed spending plan for fiscal 2024 could result in a state budget deficit of $45 million by fiscal 2028, if OK'd by the governor ....

... On today’s episode of 'Hawaii Together,' host Keli'i Akina speaks with Mayer about the state of Hawaii’s meat industry ....

... Washington uses the name “Bentley” online and allegedly had women under his control tattoo the emblem of the luxury car company on their bodies to show his ownership ....

... The Birds, Not Mosquitoes program looks to curb the mosquito populations by implementing the “incompatible insect technique” as a form of birth control ....

... The parties will convene over the next three to four months to develop a blueprint to achieve the shared goal of clean water for the future ....

... under this soon-to-be law, service members are going to be denied their basic fundamental right to bear arms for lawful purposes ....

"... they wanted to pass a bill that was as extreme as they thought they could get away with ...."

... More than half of these populations now reside in the continental United States and an estimated 43% are U.S. citizens ....

... a complete visual map of TheBus and Rail system ....

... The occurrence of plastic waste was positively correlated with the abundance of three groups of floating sea creatures: by-the-wind sailors (Velella sp), blue buttons (Porpita sp) and violet snails (Janthina sp) ....

... headlines confirm the Jones Act drives up shipping costs for aluminum cans, oil and gas, wind energy and just about everything else ....

... the Governors have requested a meeting with President Biden to discuss the affect of his announced plan to place 777,000 square miles of Pacific waters off limits to fishing ....