... calling on congressional lawmakers to pass legislation requiring a U.S. Surgeon General warning on all algorithm-driven social media platforms ....

... John (Kani) Kadowaki, Maui Operations Manager of Hawaii Water Service, honored with the Living Water Award during annual Water Summit ....

... Notably, four of the top five states Hawaii residents moved to—Texas, Washington, Nevada, and Florida—forgo individual income taxes on wage income ....

... Temporary housing projects have been a priority for federal agencies while responding to the fires, yet temporary housing poses unintended consequences for the community ....

... Maui County’s extremely long wait times and high fees to obtain water meters and add fixtures ....

... The Hawai‘i and Honolulu county councils have been chock full of measures lately ....

... beekeepers on the island "have been working on this bill for almost seven years" ....

... I expect the Department’s bill to resurface in the 2025 legislative session ....

... The chances of an expensive, boneheaded precedent being set are greatly enhanced ....

... U.S. shipbuilding numbers also trail Finland, the Netherlands, and Norway ....

... Our vote is our voice and we cannot sit on the sidelines ....

... Hawaiian Electric is in the process of notifying customers nearing the end of their seven-year enrollment period ....

... States With the Best and Worst Budgeters in 2024 ....

... The Hot Dog Combo is 70 Percent Cheaper ....

... Lack of skilled nursing/rehabilitation facilities result in up to 100-day hospital stays for wait-listed patients ....

..."they ruled for us on the issue of banks and shared parking lots,” said Alan Beck, a lawyer for the Hawaii plaintiffs....

... Did you know that Tokyo even relied on a North-Shore-home-owning Nazi spy to launder money and send signals ....

... DBEDT kept its economic growth projections for 2024 unchanged from the previous quarter, at 1.3 percent ....

... under a 1997 Hawaii Supreme Court decision, (Konno v County of Hawaii) state and local government officials face enormous barriers contracting union-performed government work to private entities ....

... $4,200 on top of an additional $12,060 for the initial water meter ....

... developing communities with greater structure separation, removing combustible connective fuels and hardening properties against ember and flame exposure ....

... Hawaii ranks 45th in Schools that Offer Advanced Placement Courses per Capita ....

... The US DoJ response to an Hawai’i Free Press FOIA request says so ....

... The project is on track for its first deployment of a 50-meter array of structures near the Ulupaʻu crater, off the Kailua Bay side of Marine Corps Base Hawaiʻi in late 2024, early 2025 ....

... At a Sept. 24 luncheon in Kahului, Grassroot experts will explain how lawmakers can speed up recovery and boost housing stock ....

“...Help Maui families by allowing more small homes per lot....”

... Hawaii has a reputation for being one of the hardest states in the nation to build homes ....

... Haleakala Park saw a 27% decrease in visitors in 2023 compared to 2022 ....

... it provides a basis for the courts to get involved if there is some question as to the legitimacy of any fee or tax ....

... Let the people who have lost their properties and are bravely committed to rebuilding do just that — and enable them to do it quickly ....

... drug addicts watching porn with 5-year olds ....

... Bill 3 (2024), which greatly enhances incentives to developers to help generate rental housing projects ....

"... charge customers based on the hourly marginal cost of electricity production ...."

... it is harmless to other creatures, including people ....

... Smith allegedly collected $3,627.00 from the team members’ parents and kept the money for himself ....

... The number of visitors is down 1% from July 2023. But spending by tourists, when adjusted by inflation, is up 2.6% from last year at $207 billion ....

"The HPC expressed general disagreement with our two primary findings and noted lukewarm consideration to implement some of the recommendations."

... 100+ units in Mililani .... 

... Kennedy dropped out of the Presidential race and endorsed Donald Trump ....

... A three-judge panel found that the public has a presumptive First Amendment right to see medical and health records attached to court filings, such as mental competency examinations ....

... A Great Leader of the Hawaiian People Who Occasionally Sells Poison to their Children ....

... he takes his battle-axe on walks to raise public awareness of the new laws while also making sure police aren’t restricting citizens’ rights to openly carry unusual weapons ....

... cockfighting was officially banned in the territory in 2018 ....

... There are a lot of environmental regulations ....

... this lawsuit seeks to compel companies to cease production and sale of oil and gas everywhere ....

... Commercial debris removal operations are also progressing, with 91 out of 159 commercial properties cleared to date. The completion of these efforts remains on track for February 2024 ....

... legislative victories this year in the areas of taxation, housing, healthcare and other issues ....

... Ciara Kahahane continues to coordinate, on behalf of the Attorney General, the comprehensive review and analysis of the Lahaina wildfires of August 2023 ....

... Individuals turning in firearms received a total of 531 gift cards valued at $53,100 ....

... People with disabilities and people with low incomes in rural areas faced the biggest health differences ....