...Estimated prevalence rates of food insecurity during this 3-year period ranged from 7.4 percent in Hawaii to 17.9 percent in New Mexico; estimated prevalence rates of very low food security ranged from 2.9 percent in Hawaii to 7.1 percent in Alabama and Louisiana....

...After months of delay, OHA and its LLCs will be audited for fraud, waste and abuse....

...Will Justice Brett Kavanaugh become the ‘critical’ 8th vote against racially discriminatory OHA elections?  Could Kavanaugh become the ‘decisive’ 10th vote against the Hawaii Supreme Court’s Ceded Lands Decision.  Or maybe Hirono is afraid Kavanaugh will be the fifth vote against Nai Aupuni....

...Watchdog Groups Use Sharp Knife of Litigation to Curb “Gut and Replace” Tactics, Restore Public Voice in Democracy....

...After amended complaints were filed, the state Office of Elections said the ballot will not have a title....

...Support legislation for disclosure for private property and public offerings located in areas with potential exposure to sea level rise....

...A Grassroot Institute FOIA request reveals that 320 employees spiked their salaries ahead of retiring....

...Pearl City also has the 2nd lowest divorce rate and the 3rd-lowest percentage of families in poverty....  

...“I cannot count how many homeowners told me that their insurance agents told them to not worry about their lava exclusion, because everyone knows that fires burn houses during an eruption”....

...according to The Chronicle of Higher Education’s 2018 Almanac diversity rankings....

...Hawaii ranks #19 overall, #27 for wage policies, #16 for worker protection policies; and #1 for right to organize....

...on August 11, of 286,041 ballots submitted, 41.3% were left blank in the race for the OHA Trustee Oahu seats, and 49.6% were left blank in the race for the OHA Trustee At-large seat....

...GovTrack Update for Sep. 1....

...How long do you think it takes between buying a home on Kauai and having the “home exemption” effective for real property tax there?....

...Understanding the constitutional amendment questions on the ballot....

...public and private stakeholders involved in developing the Honolulu Rail Transit Project attended the event, as did a number of directors from the HART Board....

...An "education tax" proposal similar to Hawaii's was held back from voters for being vague....

...In Hawaii, we are now looking at one of the most popular of all tax solutions: passing the costs to a nebulous “other.”....

...The Employee has been privately employed by the (profitable) Non-Profit for a number of years.... 

...Employee A admitted that the testimony given was not based on a fair and thorough examination of the facts. Employee A’s testimony was offered to counter the recommendations given by Employee A’s own agency and bolster the client’s arguments in the underlying court proceeding....