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... Fuchigami has quietly spent the better part of fifteen years moving through some of the most influential positions in Hawaiʻi government ....

... the ICC has become one of the most powerful and least transparent institutions in housing policy ....

... she’s been trying to add an additional building to run an infant-toddler center for seven or eight years, but on the island, the process is lengthy ....

"...Hawaii’s homeowners-to-population ratio (HPOP) is 18.9 percentage points lower than its owner-occupancy rate, the largest difference of any state...."

... the tax code treats different retirement dollars very differently ....

"Perhaps electrical grids are more complicated than the mandates."

...Ketanji Brown Jackson is creating a body of “KBJ law” that other judges can cite to defy SCOTUS....

"...This is nothing more than an unserious screed rather than a reasoned opinion....”

“...most of that gap is driven by just four states: California, Hawaii, Washington and Oregon....”

... The Trump administration has filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court asking the justices to stop the litigation ....

... Program provides an early warning system for emerging threats ....

... Hawaii bought gasoline from Texas ....

"...These 'explicit conversations' provoke 'strong emotions' and crying students are expected...."

... In 2024, the median home price in Honolulu was about twice what a median-income household could afford ....

"...funding challenges, especially given the expiration of the UH master lease in 2033, in addition to the obligations contained in the UH Master Plan, led to the decision to end science operations...."

... patients with complex cancers, such as leukemia and brain tumors, were most likely to require out-of-state care ....

... included in the "Big Beautiful Bill" signed into law in July 2025. It provides a $1,000 contribution from the U.S. Treasury Department to a tax-free account for babies born between Jan. 1, 2025, and Dec. 31, 2028 ....

"Trustee conduct matters. When interactions become adversarial, dismissive, degrading or demeaning, it weakens the collective ability of the Board...."

...the report compares prices for both family-based and center-based care, adjusting them relative to median household income....

“If you’re an astronomer, for example, think about where your telescope is, she says. ‘Are you part of that community? Is that telescope put there with knowledge of the people who call that place their land?’” 

...empower the counties and municipalities of the state to issue housing infrastructure growth bonds for specified public works, public improvements, and community development....

...A dispensary owner believes Hawaii’s hemp regulations are unconstitutional. He’s suing to stop their enforcement, but the law may not be on his side....

...Thirty-one surface ships, five submarines, 197 aircraft and 30,000 personnel, including 1100 landing forces will take part in the drills....

... Joseph Dutton watched over the orphaned boys of Kalaupapa for 44 years ....

... Guru Chris Butler Directs Gabbard's 2016 Shift to Join 'Total Idiot' Trump ....

...FSM’s population decreased by 26 percent between the 2010 and 2023 censuses, and RMI lost 20 percent of its population from 2011 to 2021....

... SB3025: The Legislature's medical debt relief bill creates a timely opening to discuss deeper affordability failures ....

"...scholars standing up for scholarly rigor and not letting political goals corrupt the research...."

...The Directory Is Lying to You: What ghost networks actually cost Hawaiʻi patients and why no one is held accountable....

... HMSA’s same-day denial rate is 22 times higher than Kaiser ....

...Hawaii has the second-poorest rich people, and the 10th-poorest poor people -- but the 2nd-richest middle class.  And yet middle class families still can't afford their first home and are fleeing Hawaii by the thousands. ...

... Hawaii Ranks 45th for Annual Median Household Income adjusted for cost of living ....

... the proportion of teachers holding HSTA membership has dropped only 0.32% since 2012 ....

"The department is not required to ensure the accuracy of the information in the reports"

... Wayne Graves, Director of Human Resources at Hawaii Pacific Health, sits on the Prepaid Health Care Advisory Council ....

... AG Lopez acknowledged Hawaii “could do better” with indictments and criminal prosecutions ....

... Hawaii becomes the 4th blue state this year to raise their highest income tax rate ....

...This approach has been adopted in Hawaii....

...Hawaii’s program is set to launch this year....

...Campus networks and Fil-Am diaspora groups groomed two US citizens for radical violence that led to their deaths....

... counties, to issue resilient infrastructure for shelter and equity bonds to finance public works projects and other housing and community development expenses ....

... Cities that require the highest income to afford a home ....

...they do little for housing other than to siphon off a share of affordable housing funds for themselves....

... Hawaii has the least Law Enforcement Training Requirements ....

... slowly the details began to emerge ....

... For Hawaii homeowners, the cost of housing as a share of median monthly household income is 50.02%.  For Hawaii renters, it is 62.52%.  Both figures are the highest in the USA ....

There's an initial Eden, a paradise, a state of grace and unity with nature, there's a fall from grace into a state of pollution as a result of eating from the tree of knowledge....

Ira Einhorn, Master of Ceremonies, Earth Day Rally on Belmont Plateau in Fairmount Park, Phila, PA, Apr. 22, 1970.

... WalletHub compared startup opportunities across 100 U.S. cities ....

...Hawaii has the most expensive average home price in the country, the smallest average home size of any state, and yard space that costs over 200% more than the national average....