...lots of surprises as lawmakers press forward....

...this can only mean one thing--more rate hikes coming....

...Over the past 15 years, the people of Hawaii have paid 260% more for electricity than the US average, while gasoline prices consistently hover close to $1-per-gallon higher.  (But we can go even higher)....

...this budget provides $15 million to fund homeless services, $3 million more than requested by the Governor....

...Conference Committee Members Assigned....

...and 44% non-religious, 8th-least religious in USA....

...Hawaii has the seventh-smallest average gross ROI in flips at less than 30 percent. Plus, its median home list price of over $900,000, the highest nationwide, ties up a lot of your capital at a time....

...rail, during its 20 hours of daily operation, will use more energy per passenger-mile than is used today by one person in a gas-combustion automobile....

...Panos Prevedouros, chair of the civil and environmental engineering department at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, estimates that it will cost at least $13 billion....

...Randy Awo, David Kaapu, Zachary Helm....

...the islands of American Samoa were exempted from maritime cabotage by the Tripartite Convention of 1899 concluding the Second Samoan Civil War....

...Senate Bill 2046 would make it a crime to manufacture, import, sell, gift, lend, or possess certain trigger modification....

...“Let’s unite and return OHA to its true mission,” says King on announcing his candidacy....

...Office of Curriculum seeking broad input from educators and the public on the draft Secondary (grades 6-12) Social Studies Standards through April 30, 2018.... 

...The driver, who was alone in the car, used crutches to stand when he got out of the vehicle and spoke limited English....

...In the latest edition of “Rich States, Poor States,” Hawaii ranked 45th overall. One of the biggest reasons for that low ranking was Hawaii’s high level of taxation....

...Analysis Reveals Hawaii Federal Lawmakers’ Extreme Liberal Voting Records....

...Hawaii lost 1.9 percent of construction jobs between February and March....

...The funds will be allotted to the State Department of Defense for disaster relief this fiscal year for the repairs and will lapse at the end of the next fiscal year....

...The effective date of the appointment is June 8, 2018....