... for two vacancies in the District Family Court of the Third Circuit (island of Hawaii), and one vacancy in the District Court of the Fifth Circuit, (island of Kauai). ...

... Oahu tightened the screws in 2019. Yet, housing prices still went up. Even when vacation rental usage declined during the lockdowns, it didn’t result in a significant drop in housing costs....

... Honolulu business environment ranks 84th of 100 large cities in USA ....

... The extent of astronomy’s economic impact on the state goes well beyond the standard economic measurements when “spillover” effects are included ....

... Lawmakers can be very crafty and propose things that don’t look like taxes ....

... What one hand might be giving, the other might be taking away by spending money on things that could come back to haunt us ....

... OHA LLCs make hundreds of payments to Amazon, Best Buy, Home Depot and other retail outlets and hundreds of payments directly to named individuals ....

... Bills Move to Conference Committees ....

... respecting the State religion by celebrating our efforts to get closer to the goddess Gaia ....

... a statutory exemption to Hawaii’s open records law ....

... Two Leaders Of ‘We Build The Wall’ Online Fundraising Campaign Plead Guilty To Defrauding Hundreds Of Thousands Of Donors ....

... over 83,000 people have moved away from Hawaii between 2011 and 2020 ....

... In Hawaii, a family of four can expect to spend an average of $14,042 on food in 2022, the highest amount among states ....

“...People have been abandoning vehicles in an area about ¼-mile off the pavement and it’s been happening for 6-7 years...."

... For more than a century these streams were almost fully diverted and often dry ....

... Federal Jury Convicts Big Island Pain Doctor Rudolph B. Puana of Conspiracy and Distribution of Oxycodone and Fentanyl ....

... commemorating National Crime Victims’ Rights Week ....

... Kahele is cosponsoring legislation and taking action as a committee member that directly affects his outside employer, which is further evidenced by Hawaiian Airlines lobbying on the bills Kahele cosponsored ....

... inflation has not been over 7.5% since 1991 ....

... on December 3, 2021, Saffeels contacted the online profile of what appeared to be a young female ....

... Hawaii voters can sign up now to receive notifications about their mail ballot .... 

... On Maui, it's 90% ....

... FDIC-supervised institutions’ prices equal or surpass payday lenders’ in Hawaii ....

... a new web-based software designed to support planning and permit processing ....

... but Masks Still Required Indoors for Hawaii Public School Students ....

... When a couple of penny-stock touts, one of whom is listed in the Panama Papers, team up to sell timber futures and carbon credits what does the Legislature do? ....

... six Hawaii towns compared ....

... A newly released report examines the tax burden and economic climate of all 50 states ....

... Governor Dorothy’s two bills died in the Legislature ....

... Delays, zoning rules and a long pathway to approval make homebuilding difficult and expensive ....

... Karamatsu Bonds have been a legislative perennial ever since he got two DUI’s while spiraling down from Vice Speaker of the House to working in Keith Kaneshiro’s corruption-riddled Honolulu Prosecutor’s office and promoting rave parties ....

... Assisted Suicide Bill Passes Final Reading ....

... residents’ opinions across 10 facets of the community: Economy; Mobility; Community Design; Utilities; Safety; Natural Environment; Parks and Recreation; Health and Wellness; Education, Arts, and Culture; and Inclusivity and Engagement ....

... This amount reflects both housing and utilities costs for a modest two-bedroom rental ....

... In order to identify the states whose unemployment rates are bouncing back most, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia ....

... total nonagricultural jobs decreased by 300 over-the-month ....

... One of the factors that may explain Hawaii’s high home prices are government regulations that limit the ability of the housing market to create the units necessary to meet demand ....

... 13,690 more people moved out of the metro area than moved in over the last year ....

... retirement of the AES coal plant at the end of September ....

... found little health benefit of closing schools or businesses ....

... These funds were released in February and March of 2022 ....

... H.R.3587, as introduced by Grijalva on May 28, 2021, does not mention Alaska Native corporations or Native Hawaiian organizations.... But Grijalva planned to unveil a new version of the RESPECT Act with Alaska Native corporations and Native Hawaiian organizations on the morning of the April 6 markup ....

... A bill to limit the governor’s emergency power is nearing the legislative finish line ....

... auditors found 20% of case files where the state, FBI, and/or child abuse and neglect clearances were missing ....

... To eliminate waiting period physicians need only to "believe" the time period is too long ....

... On March 7, 2022, Co-Vice Chair of Honolulu Liquor Commission, Darren Y Lee, resigned ‘effective immediately’ .... 

...Increases salaries by 14.35% compounded over the three years, not including the one-time 1% bonus--99.1% vote to approve....

... Senate Bill 514 would pay one-time tax rebate checks of $300 to people making $100,000 a year or less and $100 to those making more than $100,000 a year .... 

... Simply allowing the market to operate helped create a windfall in state revenues ....

... Draft EIS 60-day public comment period April 8 through June 7, 2022 ....