...FTA will not allow Federal participation in any past, current, or future costs associated with HART's Relocation Program....

...DoTAX continues to construe the film tax credit statute to include out-of-state expenditures as “qualified production costs,” which is inconsistent with the plain language of the statute and the Legislature’s intent....

...Federal law prohibits a foreign national living in the United States pursuant to a non-immigrant visa from possessing any firearms....

...Tulsi Gabbard says she now supports impeachment inquiry....

...Perhaps of interest to the Attorney General, the OHA-funded contracts illegally place the rented equipment on land belonging to DHHL, DLNR, and HDoT....

...in order to steer federal contracts worth at least $19 million....

...user-friendly tool to assist Hawai‘i’s business community, rule-drafting agencies, business chambers and trade organizations in providing current information on the status of state and county new and proposed HARs....

...Police assigned to be in place for the TMT protestor blockade and encampment on Mauna Kea access road continued the stepped-up traffic enforcement efforts on Daniel K. Inouye Highway....

...Visitors to the Hawaiian Islands spent a total of $1.50 billion in August, 2019, an increase of 6.3 percent compared to August, 2018....

""These poll results do not deter or discourage us because we strongly believe they reflect responses to a number of issues beyond TMT."

...If the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) is not built in Hawaii, it can just go to the Canary Islands, right?  Wrong....

...“A recent enhancement that allowed new applications to be submitted online has cut Guard Employee (GDE) processing time from 15 days to two!”....

...The Commission imposed an administrative penalty of $23,106.53 and referred the matter to the Attorney General for further action....

...the likelihood of all of these projects remains speculative, and the timeframes even more so given BOEM’s decision to review the entire permitting process....

...Existing research shows USFWS doesn’t have a clue how many bats exist and or even if this species can survive their approved wind energy mortality....

...Hawaii is tied with Massachussets for 4th-highest debt per taxpayer....

...The DOE’s inconsistent and problematic implementation of the school impact fee law calls into question the relevance and appropriateness of the fees that have been collected to date....

...and teachers salaries are the lowest in USA when adjusted for cost of living....

...Between 2010 and 2018, OHA provided more than 2,000 post-secondary education scholarships, totaling more than $5.6 million....

“In the future, everybody will be Emmanuel Goldstein for 2 minutes.” – Andy Orwell....