The justices ordered the latest round of briefing after the 9th Circuit ruled for Hawaii June 12....

...2017’s Most & Least Independent States....

...According to Nature and Scientific American, claims of coral damage from sunscreen are a bunch of hype....

Pasha faces the more immediate need to renew its fleet, which still has four steamships over 30 years old....

Honolulu raked in over $50 million in property taxes last year, from the top 10 taxpaying properties alone....

...no specific dates have been set for the special session and no rail funding mechanism has been agreed upon....

"The department has made every effort to find solutions to cooling our classrooms in ways that are not only cost-efficient but also energy efficient..."

“Our study shows...it takes very little warming for conditions to turn deadly in the tropics.”

Stuck in traffic? Panos Prevedouros will share traffic solutions that will free up our state's gridlock and get traffic flowing again....

• Senate: Rapuano Nomination – Confirmation
• Senate: Saudi Arms Sale Disapproval – Motion to Discharge
• Senate: Iranian and Russian Sanctions
• House: Health Insurance Tax Credit Verification
• House: Veterans Affairs Department Accountability
• House: Health Care Tax Credit Expansion

Decisive Endorsement? Gay Thief Approves Fukumoto for Democratic Party membership....

States that expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act (the ACA) saw 2.5 emergency department visits more per 1,000 people after 2014....

...None of the 65 Special Funds proposed in the 2017 Legislative session met criteria....

The Department of Health, which administers the Program, has been aware of this flawed payment system since 2006 but has done little to address it....

...The County Finance Director’s travel was presumed to be to attend an Association of Certified Fraud Examiners in Nashville, TN, relating to “bribery and corruption”....

...the HPD and PAT (Office of Prosecuting Attorney) lifecycle for domestic violence incidents can result in reclassifications and decisions that affect the case....

...economic security of women and men aged 65 and older in Hawaii, including their marital status, poverty, and various sources and amounts of income....

...Check out today’s map below to see where your state lies on the wine tax spectrum....

...negotiations with the public employee unions take place mostly at the state level, but the counties nevertheless are on the hook....