...The number of visitor days remains below last year’s peak, with more worrying signs from falling visitor spending. Job growth has largely stalled and income gains have receded....

...Hawaii’s contradictory approach to short-term vacation rentals hasn’t been doing much to make anybody happy, and could, in fact, just be making things worse....

...amended sprinkler requirements....

"Improve recordkeeping to prepare accrual basis financial statements"

"...There is more to be done, and we will use this interim to develop priorities for next year...."

...It's been over two years since the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees unanimously approved an independent audit of OHA and its limited liability companies for fraud, waste and abuse....

...Alabama and Hawaii raise the smallest portion of their state and local tax revenue through property taxes: 17.1 percent and 17.6 percent, respectively....

...Raby provided the contractor with sensitive, internal U.S. Department of Defense procurement information, and otherwise used his position to benefit the contractor in securing U.S. Army contracts....

...Natural Gas rich Reno, NV is waaaay cleaner than Honolulu....

...Gross Domestic Product by State: Fourth Quarter and Annual 2018....

...“America first.” This is the phrase we hear repeated by President Trump more than any other—the simple yet powerful promise that our government will “buy American and hire American.”....

...Hawaii Firearms Coalition Today Filed Suit in the D.C District Court Seeking Information Regarding Hawaii's use of the FBI Rap Back Service for gun owners....

...three helicopter crashes since October....

...The University of South Dakota determined that a student group naming its party “Hawaiian Day” did not violate the school’s policy....

...This case – COMPL-C-17-00112 – is separate from the Commission’s Decision in COMPL-C-15-00236, issued on February 5, 2019, which imposed an administrative penalty of $23,106.53; Ms. Akana has appealed that Decision....

... prompted by community concerns brought to HDOT by Senate President Ronald Kouchi, Representative Nadine Nakamura, and Mayor Kawakami ....

...2019’s Best & Worst States for Nurses....

... Randy Roth discusses key issues in the rail controversy and gets his insights from having watched the project since its beginning ....

...Michael Hansen on ThinkTech discusses a blanket Jones Act waiver for LNG Tankers....

"...In an effort to eliminate the predictive nature of expected targets, EES will focus on student-centered growth that assesses what is valued in the school or Complex Area rather than on Student Learner Outcomes (SLOs)...."