... The idea seems to be gaining steam now since our federal court has struck down Honolulu’s recent ordinance clamping down on transient vacation rentals ....

... delays, missing emails and bureaucratic difficulties ....

...  the Hawaii Department of Human Services spent seven years litigating against an honest doctor in Hilo.  They lost ....

... Until March 16, 2022, the Judicial Selection Commission Rules had prohibited the Judicial Selection Commission from sharing the names of applicants applying for judicial positions ....

... Hawaii’s unemployment insurance (UI) program is funded exclusively by employers via state and federal payroll taxes on wages ....

... The Joint Task Force – Red Hill is currently in the third phase of the original defueling plan, which involves contracting out infrastructure repairs ....

... In addition to his sentence, Saffeels must also register as a sex offender ....

... These ATM devices will monitor and count the number of pedestrians and bicyclists who pass over the sensors ....

... deliveries to the victims’ home, including a preserved fetal pig, a bloody pig Halloween mask, a funeral wreath, a book on surviving the loss of a spouse, and pornography addressed to the victims but delivered to their neighbor’s homes ....

... Thaxton pled down 2009 pimping and child rape charges to felony assault then came before Judge Steven Alm on HOPE violations 13 times between 2010 and 2015 ....

... A proposed certification scheme for community health workers would burden the workers and raise prices for everyone, according to a new report by Hawaii Office of the State Auditor ....

... Hawaii spent $1 million on a sea urchin hatchery and $300,000 for an engineering assessment of the now-condemned Aloha Stadium. …

... more transparency is required to ensure plans account for our local culture, and not simply copying a California plan for Hawaiʻi use ....

"Republican Candidates who do NOT support all of our Family Values"

... tourism is environmentalism ....

 ... Wednesday from 3:30pm to 5:00pm on Zoom, a panel discussion on housing in Hawaii with three Hawaii housing legends ....

... The Navy is looking to potentially reuse the tanks ....

“...Powerful members of our community engaged in wrongdoing…various official watchdogs engage in willful blindness....”

... Bill 56 Would Eliminate Lengthy Permit Requirements for Home Repairs ....

... Formerly known as Bill 41, the new law was supposed to go into effect this week, but a federal judge temporarily blocked it until its provisions can be hashed out in court ....

... the “dedication” of the funding source is often porous ....

... a 2% increase in resident tuition rates at the three UH universities in AY 2025–26 and a 2% increase in AY 2026–27 ....

... UHERO Executive Director Carl Bonham participated in a panel on supply-side constraints to expanding residential housing at the Hawaii Economic Association’s 2022 Annual Conference ....

... This JSC announcement seeks a replacement for Associate Justice Paula Nakayama who turns 70 next October.  It is separate from the October 14, 2022, JSC notice seeking a replacement for Associate Justice Michael Wilson ....

... United States District Judge Jill A. Otake today sentenced Victor Aguilar, 66, of Kauai, Hawaii to 168 months of imprisonment ....

... Maui rapist and drug dealer now in a Louisiana jail on $505,000 bail ....

"...The problem has been implementation...."

... Certification permits have long been required for surf and sailboard instructors, catamaran and canoe captains and second captains, and commercial motorboat operators, operating in Waikiki ....

... accounting for inflation, the actual dollar increase in tourist spending is a paltry $30M ....

... how much your individual vote counts ....

... if your state is on a navigable river or an external coast you have been missing out on massive amounts of economic activity for decades ....

... Doula defendants take the stand against a fellow birth worker they accused of enticing women into creating maternity and breastfeeding porn ....

... a warning letter Kugle sent Oct. 21 to Honolulu officials about how they should be cautious that their publicized intent to 'aggressively' enforce the law doesn’t violate the judge’s order ....

... The Tax Foundation’s State Business Tax Climate Index enables business leaders, government policymakers, and taxpayers to gauge how their states’ tax systems compare ....

“If we exempted medical care from the general excise tax it would save doctors and patients more than $200 million [a year]. And that would help keep doctors in our state, rather than having to flee the state to earn money elsewhere...."

... The result is exactly what we have in Hawaii: a lot of talk about lowering the cost of housing, but very little effective reform ....

... a decade-long scheme to defraud investors of millions of dollars in connection with Semisub Inc ....

... Draining the pipelines, which have approximately 1.16 million gallons of fuel split between them, is the first step in completely defueling Red Hill ....

... The worst performing students are now chronically absentee, so we aren't testing them.  So these 'steady' test numbers actually show that the top DoE students have dropped to the pre-COVID level of the average students ....

... kauhale communities are already thriving in Waianae and Waimanalo, with the ten more intended for Oahu ....

"...I know many parents are concerned that this recommendation can lead to schools mandating it...."

... we gained a few high-income individuals but lost more of those folks scraping to make ends meet ....

... the new ordinance is likely to do more harm than good by discouraging more homebuilding ....

... the petition, which can be viewed here, calls on lawmakers to exempt medical services from the state’s general excise tax ....

... In March 2020, a maritime shipping advisory panel offered a simple suggestion to the government: Charge all past and current members of two libertarian think tanks with treason ....

... two illegal large capacity cesspools at the Wailuku Professional Plaza in Hilo and one cesspool at the SKS Management LLC self-storage business in Kailua-Kona .... 

... but, on the bright side, the lack of wind will save bats' lives ....

... The Navy was supposed to start unpacking fuel from three pipelines Monday, but the Friday water main break affected the systems that would be used for removing the fuel ....

... There are 48,373 students currently enrolled at UH, down from 49,773 students in 2021, a 2.8% decrease ....

...Job gains occurred in Leisure & Hospitality (+2,700); Education & Health Services (+500); Construction (+400); and Professional & Business Services (+200)....