...I have decided to run and will be making a formal announcement within the next week," the Hawaii Democrat told CNN's Van Jones during an interview slated to air at 7 p.m. Saturday....

...DLNR Chair Suzanne Case remarked, “Jason has stepped in and stepped up on multiple occasions to fill leadership voids when previous chiefs have retired or resigned...."

...The economic boom of the last few years allowed them to continue spending at high levels, and many of them would like to keep it that way....

...Hirono asked, “If confirmed, do you intend to end your membership with this organization to avoid any appearance of bias?”....

...meanwhile Senator Brian Schatz serves on the Appropriations Committee in the U.S. Senate....

"...The chairwoman also said the BOE needs to review other past executive-session actions to ascertain whether or not they also should be invalidated...."

"...Eighty percent of those forcibly initiated into prostitution via sex trafficking also prostituted without a trafficker at a later point...."

...On the first pay date of the year on Jan. 4, 2019, the PeopleSoft Payroll system issued 70,771 payments to 66,182 employees, as there are individuals issued pay for multiple positions....

...designed to make refusing shelter easier....

...We found that, as the Honolulu Rail Transit Project progressed and costs swelled from $5.122 billion in 2012 to $9.188 billion in 2018, HART began reporting information to the public that often contradicted its own internal projections or differed from what it was telling the Federal Transit Administration....

...featuring nationally famous criminal justice journalist Radley Balko....

...The Hawaii Supreme Court declared a Republican victory for Senator Kurt Fevella in the 2018 General Election for State Senate District 19....

...The Real Cost of Smoking by State....

...OHA Beneficiaries Need More Than Unity Amongst Trustees....

...The Case for Inclusion 2019 Ranks States on Policies and Programs that Encourage Employment and Community Living....

...to prove the Navy could turn the more than 40-year-old deck gun design into an effective and low-cost weapon against cruise missiles and larger unmanned aerial vehicles....

...24 hours later, at 9 AM on January 2, the video had 278,000 views and about 1,300 Likes....

...a recent report on Oahu suggests that a Styrofoam ban is unlikely to reduce litter and increase recycling....

...The company has been ordered to pay a penalty of $230,000 and construct a new wastewater treatment plant....

...Trump made the case Tuesday night for the $5.7 billion he wants Congress to approve for a wall expanding the physical barrier along the southern border to stop the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs. The Daily Signal examines five of the president’s claims....