... A team of high school students from Maryknoll School were crowned as 2023 champions at the National LifeSmarts Championship on Sunday, April 30, in Cincinnati, Ohio ....

... On Maui, Hawaii Island and Oahu, Grassroot Institute staffers will take a look at the ups and downs of this year's legislative session ....

... the restriction was put in place before OHA chose to acquire the property ....

... every one of the tax credit enhancements has been given only a five-year life.  All of them go away on January 1, 2028 ....

... wastewater discharges that exceed the bacteria limits in its state permit on 13 days beginning on April 8, and most recently on May 4. The highest exceedances, reported on April 28 and May 1, were over six times the limit set by DOH ....

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

... The proposed budget is $668 million more than the governor requested and doesn't even include almost 30 other measures that require funding ....

"... the winners will be charged with laying out the Political and Strategic Plans for our upcoming 2024 election cycle ...."

... Apparently the Governor is becoming the appropriator--constitutionally a function of the Legislature .... 

“HTA is thankful that the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and the Legislature agreed on a funding approach that will allow HTA to continue...."

"...Green would like to thank the legislature for its collaboration...."

... how will this help Dela Cruz make money on Aloha Stadium? ....

... The Executive Director of OCP is the consumer counsel for the State of Hawai‘i ....

"Two months ago, we offered OHA $65 million for wharf repairs, $100 million in cash, and an increase to the annual ceded lands trust proceeds, in exchange for an easement to maintain open space by preserving the residential ban at Kakaʻako Makai." -- Speaker Saiki

... empower the State, county, schools, and community members to directly collaborate on efforts to make streets safer ....

... On closing day, the House passed the final version of the state budget and priority fiscal bills ....

... Governor Josh Green signed House Bill 426 to open the door for anti-gun zealots to bankrupt the firearm industry with frivolous lawsuits in order to prevent law-abiding citizens from accessing firearms ....

... county lawmakers have it in their power to prevent or at least mitigate property tax increases ....

... Solicitor General Kimberly Tsumoto Guidry served as deputy attorney general for over 20 years  ....

... Failed plaintiff Karl Dicks is a member of the Hawaii Republican State Committee and District 46 Chair.  Will he be expelled from the Republican Party for seeking its removal from the ballot in a previous lawsuit? ....

... for embezzling $96,000 while he was the Secretary-Treasurer of the Hawaii Longshore Division of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 142 ....

... a years-long scheme to steal millions of dollars from American consumers’ bank accounts ....

... Every year more than 350,000 firearms are stolen from vehicles and today state legislators added Hawaii to the list of states where leavening loaded firearms unattended in a vehicle is legal ....

... to transfer non-ag park lands to the Department of Agriculture (DOA) for agricultural production ....

... oxycontin has not hit Hawaii as hard as other states ....

... a funding scheme that would force them to hand over 20 percent of their pay to third-party at-sea monitors they must bring on their boats—a mandate that Congress never approved by statute ....

... The latest leftist fad has already become a 'deeply held cultural belief' ....

... Many of the locations that we will see initially will be in areas such as Hawaii, Guam, Japan and other locations in the [U.S. Indo-Pacific Command] theater .... 

... As measured in nominal dollars, these visitors spent $1.84 billion in March 2023, up from $1.53 billion (+20.4%) in March 2022 and $1.49 billion (+23.4%) in March 2019 ....

... Video: Brian Schatz: Hawaii Deserves ‘Fairness’ On $1 Lease By U.S. Military Of 23,000 Acres Of Land ....

... the Tax Foundation’s 2023 State Business Tax Climate Index ....

... After eight years of inaction, DoH forced DOBOR's hand by grabbing control of their budget ....

... Annual Nursing Salary When Adjusted for Cost of Living ....

... The Tax Relief Shell Game Ends, and Broad-Based Relief Didn’t Make It ....

... in Honolulu, spending on the basics is $865 higher than the monthly income for a family of three that earns $100,000 annually ....

... On April 5, 2023, the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court denied Hawaiʻi State Auditor Leslie Kondo full access to minutes of closed executive sessions of the OHA Board of Trustees ....

... Par Hawaii is the first refinery in the nation authorized to use renewable feedstock to produce renewable fuels under Foreign-Trade Zone procedures ....

... a new consequence seems to have emerged: The city recently saw its bond rating downgraded ....

... it finally became clear which big-ticket items were going to make it to the governor’s desk for signing — or hit the cutting room floor ....

... Grassroot Institute in the news ....

... Making Hawaii’s county property tax systems more simple is the best way Hawaii’s counties can provide tax relief ....

... After deferring the measure multiple times, WAM amended the bill to add two new provisions:  a section allowing tax credits for building a film studio, and a section making extensive amendments to the administration of the existing production credit.  This was done without the benefit of a public hearing ....

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

... MAY 4 – ADJOURNMENT SINE DIE ....

... I am confident that HTA can continue to operate with roughly $30 million of unspent American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds ....

... Solemsaas’ last day on campus is scheduled for June 30, 2023 ....

... set for Saturday at Aala Park ....

"EPA Region 9 Must Continue Oversight Throughout the Decontamination and Closure of the Red Hill Facility"

... drag queens may experience difficulty when reaching out to vulnerable children in the projects ....

... $101.7 million investment in the Hawaiʻi Subsea Middle Mile Program to address the subsea cable infrastructure needed to provide high-speed internet access to the islands ....