...The bipartisan group will focus on issues critical to the Indo-Pacific region Alliances and relationships, defense, trade and environmental challenges top the agenda....

...Hawaii is No. 1 in the country when it comes to residents whose consumer debt, not including mortgages, outweighs their yearly salary....

...Federal Transit Administration Could Improve Information on Estimating Project Costs....

... The administrative rules were previously scheduled to be heard at a BOR meeting on July 18 and was rescheduled to August 22. The August 22 meeting was rescheduled in an effort to accommodate increased public interest on the proposed rules ....

...Bill Would Block 2/3 of Contractors from Bidding on City Contracts.... 

...Communicating public policy is challenging when you want to raise awareness on an idea without having people read a 20-page study.... 

...Geothermal is both cheap and reliable, that is why it is constantly being blocked in Hawaii....

... To date, the U.S. Interior Department has not implemented the 6 recommendations we previously made to address the risks to the funds' ability to provide income after 2023 ....

"...Officially, OHA takes no position on the site or construction of the TMT.  Accordingly, OHA should affirm the rights of all Hawaiians to express themselves, both those who oppose the TMT and those who support it...." 

...Regardless of your position on the Thirty Meter Telescope....

...TMT supporters must be patient, but start taking action....

...BBB release Military Report on Marketplace Challenges....

...On June 28th, 2019 in the immediate hours following the first Democratic Presidential debate, millions of Americans were searching online for information about Tulsi Gabbard.  In fact, according to multiple news reports, Tulsi was the most searched candidate on Google.  Then, without any explanation, Google suspended Tulsi’s Google Ads account....

...HDOT will continue to work with law enforcement to address illegal actions by protestors on neighboring islands to impact the daily lives of commuters on other state roads such as the H-1 Freeway....

...The Rural Utilities Service loaned millions to Sandwich Isles Communications to finance the installation of a telecommunications network in the state....

...The PUC spans from Wai‘alae-Kāhala to Pearl City....

...Conflicts and protests on the mountain in 2014 and 2015 frame our expectations of 2019, and perhaps beyond....

...Board of Regents to consider proposed Maunakea administrative rules at August meeting....

...Court’s suspension of governor’s emergency proclamation applies only to one Person....

"...The problem is the data we provide is based on an accounting system that is more than two decades out of use...."