... As a state Representative from 2004 to 2023, Yamane chaired various committees including Health, Human Services, and Homelessness ....

... (he got probation after being) found with methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia, and an unconscious minor who had no pants and displayed physical indications of sexual assault. At that time, Kinoshita was out on bail for two state felony cases ....

"... the executive session minutes did not convey a true reflection of the matters discussed at the meeting ..."

... we are halfway through the 2024 legislative session, the State Office of Information Practices (OIP) is providing this update of Sunshine Law and UIPA bills that have survived and crossed over ....

... Hawaii students in the COVID cohort can expect on average 3.7 percent lower lifetime earnings ....

... projects seeking FEMA reimbursement could be subject to an Office of the Inspector General’s (“OIG”) audit ....

... the County recognized over $56.9 million of MCTAT revenue on its financial statements. However, as of June 30, 2022, only $40 million (1) was actually deposited ....

... A total of 1,563 votes were cast statewide, with Biden receiving 1,032, or 66%, while uncommitted took 455 votes, or 29% ....

... if a person who voted for Nahale-a gets ticked off enough to try and flip at least one of the votes that voted against, then they could have a shot at reorganizing the Senate ....

... supporting HB 1675 as the first step in getting rid of GET for medical services ....

... CPRs and accessory dwellings units, and how the state’s housing regulations have evolved ....

... Though visitor spending decreased by 4.5 percent in January 2024, state general excise tax (GET) collections were up by 2.4 percent during the same month, an increase which can be attributed to household spending ....

... Senate Bill 3196 and Senate Bill 2845 were passed in the Senate and now have been transmitted to the House for further consideration ....

"This vote is about abuse of power."

... SB3335 will move to the House for further consideration ....

... $6,360,465.69 was collected in criminal actions and $278,322.42 was collected in civil actions ....

... "My Vote Is For Sale" ....

... Beginning Thursday, March 21 ....

... HB2802 HD1 proposes a constitutional amendment to repeal the Legislature's authority to limit marriage to opposite-sex couples ....

... a new “administrative directive” that requires all state construction projects worth more than $1.5 million to be performed under so-called project labor agreements ....

... “Congress must approve the recently renegotiated Compacts of Free Association as soon as possible,” said Case ....

... to phase out short-term rentals and impose higher taxes on them ....

... NSF discuss with the Board during the May 2024 meeting its plan to select which of the two candidate telescopes the Agency plans to continue to support ....

... regulatory costs $387,000 per unit ....

... “Because the Constitution makes Congress, rather than the States, responsible for enforcing Section 3 against federal officeholders and candidates, we reverse,” the court wrote in a per curiam opinion ....

... Figures don't lie, but liars figure ....

... The new programs, originally scheduled to launch March 1, will now be available to customers starting April 1 ....

... clean energy procurements aimed at stabilizing rates and advancing energy equity ....

... DOH conducted a full safety and security review of the State Operated Specialized Residential Program (SOSRP) and Hawai‘i State Hospital (HSH) facilities ....

... Republicans cancel four Oahu caucus locations due to their inability to find anybody to staff them ....

... votes cast and bills introduced to Congress ....

... Here’s how the strategy works ....

... Honolulu's procedures for issuing CCW permits unduly delay and obstruct law-abiding citizens' ability to obtain them ....

... “There’s not been a lot of transparency” regarding how wildfire relief funds are being spent ....

... Short-term rental owners in Hawaii could hardly find a better spokesperson for their cause ....

... what we need is “the collective will to share the Mauna” ....

... proposed $3.63 billion Operating and $919 million Capital Improvement Program (CIP) budgets for the 2025 fiscal year ....

... DPR planted a new Monkeypod tree ....

... to retire on November 5, 2024, at the end of his present term ....

... After Hurricane Iniki struck Kauai in 1992, the Kauai County Council adopted an ordinance similar to this bill to foster the reconstruction of old, nonconforming structures ....

... reform the County’s emergency housing permitting policies to help facilitate a quicker recovery for the residents of Lahaina ....

... January 2024, total visitor arrivals to the Hawaiian Islands (763,480 visitors, -3.6%) and total visitor spending measured in nominal dollars ($1.81 billion, -4.5%) declined compared to January 2023 ....

... UH is working with MKSOA to transfer its leases, conservation district use permits, and an easement for lands on Maunakea to the new authority ....

... Public comment on Sanctuary draft proposal requested through May 7, 2024 ....

... The Supreme Court previously declined energy companies’ request to consider whether the claims should be heard in federal court ....

"...a more fair, equal and sustainable capitalism...."

... for middle income earners, taxes take 13.62% of income--highest in the USA ....

... turnover of the temporary King Kamehameha III Elementary School in Lahaina to the Hawai‘i State Department of Education Feb. 27 ....

... the study from Washington, D.C.-based Smart Growth America commissioned by AARP Hawai‘i didn’t account for numerous affordable-housing projects ....

"... to advocate for the construction of one-thousand permanent FEMA-built housing units to house the wildfire survivors ...."