... In the Urban Honolulu metro area the median monthly rent price is $1,779 - 62.3% higher than the national average ....

... Hawaii per-capita pension liability $39,939.43 ....

... the first month of long-term monitoring (LTM) drinking water data ....

... urging Governor Ige to veto HB 1567 HD1 SD1 CD1, which eliminates the use of monetary bail and requires defendants to be released on their own recognizance for certain nonviolent offenses ....

... Securities fraud, insider trading, $26.7 M in hidden executive stock awards?  Yes.  Hawaii’s high-tech tax credit schemers are at it again ....

... all the ways HSTA is working to recruit your son ....

... the program’s first graduating class in Hawai‘i to graduate with a 100% post-program employment rate, and official accreditation status ....

... 1st place Kentucky has 69x more NCIS background checks per capita than 50th place Hawaii ....

... Nearly 30 years ago, in our 1992 report, we had raised concerns about the quality of the data used by the department (and nothing has changed since) ....

... Property owners maintain that pre-existing rental properties shouldn't be subject to a new ordinance changing minimum lease length ....

... Despite misinformation circulating on social media, the importation of “incompatible-male” mosquitoes to control populations of wild mosquitoes and to save four native bird species from extinction, does not involve the use of any genetically modified organisms (GMOs) or genetically engineered (GE) organisms ....

... capping the amount of any single renewable energy source to 45% per island ....

... Council Dist 2: Makua Rothman vs convicted cocaine dealer Chad Tsuneyoshi ....

... filing closed Tuesday, June 7, 2022, candidates have one day to withdraw ....

... Cultural appropriation by the Polynesian Voyaging Society is robbing me and my Micronesian brothers of our heritage, history and truthful place in the world ....

... Hawaii improved significantly in 2021 after initially being hard hit by the pandemic ....

... data compares the difference between white and black Americans in areas such as high school and college degrees, test scores and graduation rates ....

... ‘Hawaii zoning atlas’ will identify barriers to housing ....

"...In the largest sector (government), the Hawaii economy added 400 jobs between January 2021 and April 2022...."

... once again the Feds doing the job the State won't do ....

... 2022’s Best & Worst State Economies ....

... Average Closing Costs for Purchase Mortgages Increased 13.4% in 2021--CoreLogic ....

... 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 ....