... The Virtual State Competition takes place on Saturday, February 12, 2022, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. ....

... ACP provides up to $30 a month off internet service bills ....

... Using the Honolulu rail project as an example, the New York Times wants to know why so many infrastructure projects suffer from such large cost overruns ....

... Images from ‘Gender Queer’ book checked out of Waianae High School library should help make underage boys more readily available to older homosexuals ....

... these debates are meaningless ....

... votes cast and bills introduced to Congress from GovTrack.us ....

... The Judicial Selection Commission is extending the deadline for accepting applications to fill the judicial vacancy ....

... The Delta and Omicron variants are highly transmissible. It is likely anyone who tests positive will have infected household members by the time they get test results. Therefore, they are advised to self-isolate at home ....

... without telescopes, who will be left to pay OHA rent? ....

...  Ige said there were no backlog cases in the 797 infections reported today ....

... Economic recovery resumed with the end of Hawaii’s COVID-19 wave. Now Omicron is a new threat .... 

... not a peep from the anti-GMO activists ....

... SHOPO Elections End In Shake-up For Union Leadership after Alm endorsement backfires ....

... Honolulu travelers spend a minimum of $754 for a rental car Christmas week ....

... but Hawaii has the 2nd worst transmission rate .... 

... The District Family and/or District Court of the Fifth Circuit is accepting applications from attorneys interested in serving as per diem judges ....

... unemployment rate for November was 6.0 percent compared to the revised rate of 6.4 percent in October ....

... the bill would require the piping system to ultimately be submitted to strengthened and more frequent inspection and repair requirements ....

... Five of the 27 results, located in the Iroquois Point and McGrew Point communities, detected trace levels of petroleum product well below the DOH Environmental Action Level.  Samples collected from twenty-two locations did not detect petroleum products ....

... Honolulu gives three times less than first place Tulsa, Memphis, Atlanta, Wichita ....

... As Crisis Intensifies, Union Dons Push For Even More Spending ....

... There were an estimated 268 fatal overdoses in Hawaii over the 12 months ending in April 2021, compared to 252 over the same period the year prior ....

... 2,439,075 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Hawai‘i. DOH estimates 73.2% of the state’s population has received either two doses ....

... In Hawaii, the median amount of debt in collections fell from $1,999 to $1,926 between February and October, 2020 ....

... This proves there is much more corruption to be ferreted out--and the crooks know it ....

... big fat property tax bills coming next ....

... a small apartment complex for low to moderate income renters being managed by the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement ....

...Translation: The Legislature took the counties' share of the state TAT away but let them impose their own TAT.  I'm giving it to rail -- so, in effect, other city services have been cut to fund rail but -- like a shell game -- with so many moving parts, the public has been deceived....

... Navy: State has no Authority over Red Hill Tanks ....

... There were a total of 41 murders in Hawaii in 2020, or 2.9 for every 100,000 people -- the seventh lowest murder rate among states ....

... Hawaii has experienced a net outflow of residents to the rest of the United States since at least the beginning of the past decade ....

... DC’s Civil Lawsuit is the First Filed by a Government Entity Against Proud Boys and Oath Keepers; Seeks Damages Caused by Violent & Deadly Attack ....

... Honolulu Board of Water Supply, Emergency Medical Services, Queens Hospital also report cyberattacks on employee data ....

... we can grab for 21 hours of 'professional development' or college loan relief or something ....

... HSTA, employer file arguments on HSTA’s prohibited practice complaint decision pending by the Hawaii Labor Relations Board ....

... Teleworking UH Faculty will be exempt from requirements to submit work plans through June 30, 2022 ....

... produced fictitious bids in order to make the procurement process appear legitimate ....

... DoTax wants years of back GE Taxes ....

... Hawaii colleges and universities saw a 3.3% increase in students transferring to their institutions amid the pandemic ....

... Votes in Congress and bills introduced for week ending Dec 11, 2021 ....

... Mayor Michael Victorino has signed Bill 118 -- the ʻAina Kūpuna bill -- that establishes a mechanism to provide long-time Maui families with tax relief for inherited real property in a Special Management Area ....

"... NextHealth was operating without a CLIA Certificate of Waiver and a State of Hawaii Clinical Laboratory Class I Permit ...."

... All patrons who visited Scarlet Honolulu since December 3 are advised to get tested ....

... DOH samples were analyzed by Eurofins Laboratory in California. Eurofins found 140,000 parts per billion (ppb) of TPH-d. The DOH EAL for TPH-d is 400 ppb ....

... the right to exclude is not "universally applicable" in the 808. Let that one sink in ....

... The Master Plan serves as a framework for aligning land-use decisions ....

... Monsanto Company agreed to plead guilty to 30 environmental crimes related to the use of a pesticide on corn fields in Hawaii ....

... The chatbot named Akamai is equipped to deliver quick voice or text responses to more than 100 questions primarily related to motor vehicle and personal ID services. ...

... 38 states had unemployment claims last week that were lower than before the pandemic -- Hawaii isn't one of them ....

... Billionaire Omidyar helps solar developers sharpen up their sales pitch to overcome community resistance to the solar grab for agricultural lands ....