... On a per capita basis, the Aloha State reported 88.7 average daily cases per 100,000 people, the most of any state ....

... The Cost of Dying: Average cost of funerals, cremations, and medical care ....

... the high cost of living makes Hawaii nurses the lowest-salaried nurses in the nation ....

...Will Hawaii Republicans manage to field a credible candidate for Governor?....

... HB2024 HD1 SD2 CD1 assumes that UH Real Property Agreements become property owned and controlled by the MKSOA by legislative directive ....

... It would have increased the state sales tax and would have eliminated many tax credits and deductions.  The legislature, predictably, tossed out these offsets ....

... How much money will Hawaii private school boards be willing to pay lawyers for the ‘privilege’ of pushing this latest pseudo-intellectual academic fad on their students? ....

... Over 1,300 climate lawsuits have been filed in the U.S.  None has yet succeeded ....

... it’s technically easier to build a house for Oprah than it is to build houses for average families ....

... HART's recovery plan was shipped off to the FTA today with revenue projections that I think are too high ....

... HB2075 (Act 030), restoring part of a previous gun law that was struck down by a federal court last year ....

... DOH received a Notice of Cessation from the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) International Observatory for its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit ....

...  Jordan is listed in HPD’s 2021 annual discipline report that is shared with state lawmakers. The department accused Jordan of criminal conduct, “promoting intoxicating liquor to a minor.” He resigned “prior to discharge” ....

... six major layers of housing regulation: the state Land Use Commission, county plans, community plans, county zoning, special management area permitting and the historic districts ....

... contract for a comprehensive range of brand management and visitor education services for the Hawaiian Islands in the United States market, as well as support services shared by Hawai‘i’s brand management teams worldwide ....

... this is what happens if you try to build affordable housing in Hawaii ....

... As of December 31, 2021, there were approximately 134,000 Hawai‘i consumers who transacted over $800 million in digital currencies through participating companies in the DCIL .....

... “Symbolic of Widespread Corruption in Hawaii” ....

... Seventy-three percent of surveyed firms report they are currently bidding on federal construction projects valued at $35 million or more. Yet the same percentage, 73 percent, report they would not bid on those projects if a project labor agreement were required....

... plaintiffs claim that their state DOT’s active operation of a transportation system that results in high levels of greenhouse gas emissions is causing significant harm ....

... It would well surpass the size of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, which was the world’s largest protected area when President Barack Obama expanded it in 2016 ...

... These hearings --Chaired by Sen Schatz-- were not announced anywhere.  Not by OHA, DHHL, CNHA, nor by any member of the Congressional delegation, nor by any news release from the Senate Indian Affairs Committee ....

...$23.2 million in back pay for just one group of convicts.... 

... “Houston, we have a problem.” ....

... The Honolulu City Council approved Ordinance 21-7, hiking fares ....

... despite U.S. economic growth projections being revised downward ....

... Stacker compiled a list of states where people from Hawaii are moving to the most using data from the U.S. Census Bureau. ...

... red states effectively lost at least three seats in Congress while blue states effectively gained them ....

... Anti-Vaxxer Shannon Matson Campaigns for Party Chair, Loses ....

... Hawaii’s gross domestic product is down by 4.43% since 2019, yet even as the economy suffers, all four counties seem determined to spend like crazy ....

... the good, the bad and the ugly ....

... Fat chance of the Feds giving us that much now ....

... Have you been renting out a room to help pay your mortgage? ....

... The Hawaii State Department of Education is paying tens of millions of dollars to feed Hawaiian school children due to a flaw in the funding method used by the federal government ....

... to ensure that children continue to receive balanced nutrition during the summer break ....

... bills introduced and votes cast in Congress ....

... overtime cards, which document overtime requests and approval for payroll purposes, are managed manually, increasing the risk for human error, abuse, and fraud ....

... It just so happens that these repairs are also the repairs needs to continue using the facility. What a coincidence! ....

...  a Kahele representative said Kahele had a meeting with kalo farmers on Maui and could not attend ....

... sponsored by Hawaii Christian Coalition ....

... 818,268 visitors in April 2022, representing a 96.3 percent recovery from April 2019 and the highest recovery rate since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in Hawaii. Visitors spent $1.6 billion, an increase of 21 percent compared to the $1.32 billion reported for April 2019 ....

... Hawaii is among the first states in the nation to be approved for participation ....

... Eighty-seven percent of over 2,000 survey participants reported at least one new or worsening health symptom following exposure to JP-5 jet fuel in the Navy water system. Thirty-seven percent sought medical care and 17 people reported being hospitalized overnight ....

... By 2021, the team relied on the locally tailored model developed by UH Mānoa Professor Monique Chyba ....

... Brun, who was indicted with 11 other defendants on drug trafficking offenses, an assault on a federal law enforcement officer, witness tampering, evidence tampering, and firearm offenses, pled guilty to ten of those charges ....

... Recktenwald today appointed two individuals to fill judicial positions in the District Family Court of the Third Circuit and one individual to fill a position in the District Court of the Fifth Circuit ....

... the latest example in a long history of bottom-up federal fishery management through the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council ....

... 71 new cases per 100,000 people over the last two weeks ....

... Logan said he planned to talk to Vanic about making him his third-in-command as a deputy chief ....