... 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 ....

... the new WHIAANHPI is housed within HHS, returning this initiative to the Department where it was first launched under the Clinton Administration in 1999 ....

... Navy officials expressed increasing confidence that the cause of the water contamination could be traced to two leaks at the Red Hill facility this year ....

... Valerie M. Kato has been selected as the new First Deputy Attorney General ....

... DPP delays will not impact storm recovery ....

... The Agency employs the relevant employees at state-run facilities. Recently, it has allowed some employees to become employees of the Non-Profit, which can offer additional benefits beyond those typically offered to state employees ....

... Residents on Hawaii island are voicing their concerns about the shortage of healthcare, according to Lisa Rantz, executive director of the Hilo Medical Center Foundation ....

... WHO says no deaths reported from Omicron yet as Covid variant spreads ....

“...With a combined effort of increased enforcement, as well as partnerships with third-party platforms such as Expedia, the Kaua‘i Planning Department estimates that illegal vacation rentals on Kaua‘i have gone from roughly 1,500 in 2017 down to less than 50 today....”

... Applications due January 21, 2022 ....

... a “state of emergency,” which causes the Governor’s powers to kick in, is supposed to terminate automatically after sixty days ....

... OHA is seeking a new ‘Auditor’ willing to generate a report that will condemn the CLA Audit as “inflammatory statements” and “lies” ....

... Please come join OKH, IfA and NOIRLab for solar observations, star-gazing and Makahaiki Games December 4, 3pm @ Magic Island ....

... ‘Worry and hope’: Producing students to save the world ....

... Road Map to Prosperity ....

... projected revenues from the tax fall short of what the project needs to cover its budget shortfalls ....

... DBEDT revised its economic growth projection for 2021 to 3.9 percent, up from the 2.7 percent projected in August  ....

... The minimum income to be in the top 5% in Hawaii is $150,863; that is second only to California among West Coast states ....

... Exhibit C of the latest Proclamation suspends the Sunshine Law to enable boards to conduct meetings without any members of the boards or the public physically present in the same location ....

... But Wait, Because There's An Unexpected Turn Of Events ....

... It is hard to miss the possibility that the result of the Nov 20 incident in the fire suppression system has somehow ended up in the Hickam water system ....

... Father Damien, who had just been diagnosed with leprosy, needed an assistant to help him carry on his work after he was gone. Dutton threw himself into the work ....

...“Riding a motorcycle in Hawaii is a mixture of absorbing breathtaking views and then nearly dying by driving into a pothole big enough to be a bomb crater”....

... 2021’s States with the Best Elder-Abuse Protections ....

... Zip codes with a high concentration of Native Hawaiian residents became “hot zones” ....

... Ige is recruiting qualified and dedicated individuals from Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island who are interested in serving on the State Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) ....

... 2020: Insider Cacao Scheme: KSBE out $4M -- but OHA Dodges Bullet ....

... While this slightly lowers Hawai‘i’s percentage of completed vaccinations from 72.5% to 71.1%, it provides a more accurate picture of the state’s vaccination effort ....

... A total of 550,781 visitors arrived by air service to the Hawaiian Islands in October 2021, mainly from the U.S. West and U.S. East. ...

... 13,000 employees in the Executive and Legislative branches, and the Office of the Hawaiian Affairs produce 90,000 electronic leave records each month ....

... Once upon a time there were some property developers on Oahu ....

... How Does Your Legislator Rank? ....

... Hawaii is the 4th most Vegan state ....

... but Hawaii has the highest transmission rate in USA ....

... Honolulu Walmart prices were on average 14% higher than in LA ....

... the Reapportionment Commission will be conducting its public hearings remotely using interactive conference technology ....

... Honolulu is improving the Safe O‘ahu Response Plan to allow more flexible operations for businesses, while still requiring Safe Access O‘ahu for higher risk activities ....

... As of Dec. 1, the counties will no longer be required to obtain the approval of the governor or the director of the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency (HIEMA) prior to issuing county emergency orders ....

... in yet another failure of leadership, Schatz misses an opportunity to put the rail nightmare behind us ....

... Court Strikes Down ‘Gut and Replace’ -- Legal Expert Robert Thomas Weighs in ....