...Hawaii 39.7% of free-lunch eligible students participate in free breakfast program – 2nd lowest in USA....

...For decades now, the young ones have heard this message loud and clear....

...OHA Board of Trustees approves $6 million for community grants....

... identified as having a “persistent record of poor care” ....

...In Hawaii, opioid deaths, hospitalizations, and treatment services have risen significantly over the last several years....

...low tech, low patents, low innovation....

...Thanks to the ultimate resource: the human mind....

...DOTAX justified the shroud of darkness surrounding its revenue projections with a theory, derived from federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) law, called “deliberative process privilege.”....

...Congress was not in session last week but two resolutions were introduced by members of the Hawaii congressional delegation....

...work with Dr. Troy Hutchings to make the Model Code of Ethics for Educators 'appropriate for Hawaii'....

...in Hawaii the dollar has less buying power than in any other state....

...“Unnatural Disaster: Assessing the Jones Act’s Impact on Puerto Rico”....

...the population of urban Honolulu declined in 2018 for the second year in a row....

...average daily visitor spending was down -9.2%, total visitor arrivals rose 6.6 percent to 856,250 visitors in April....

...Along with the response, we also got something else—the election results -- five days ahead of the new deadline....

...if people speak out and let policymakers know that taxes should be lowered and barriers to economic freedom removed, things could change....

...Request for Proposals: Pohnpei State Hemodialysis Project....

...“When my legislation became law, it should have solved this issue and allowed FAS citizens to obtain REAL ID compliant identification.  However, recent guidance put into place by the Department of Homeland Security has imposed additional burdens on these citizens."  -- Rep. Don Young (R-AK)

...lots of jobs sit unfilled as Hawaii has the 5th-lowest avg starting salaries (adjusted for cost of living) in the USA....

...this would apply to Veterans living in Alaska, Hawaii, New Hampshire and the U.S. territories of Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands....