...the extraordinary losses from the 2023 wildfires in Lahaina and Kula continue to dampen tourist numbers....

...total spending by visitors in February 2026 was $1.91 billion, an increase of 10.3 percent....  787,024 total visitors came to the Hawaiian Islands, up 3.6 percent...

... Do No Harm v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services et al. ....

... multiple people take the guy down to the ground and they wail on him with fists and feet ... including one woman who kicks him in the face several times ....

... The Sierra Club’s favorite Hawaii carbon credit scheme is run by a former penny stock tout listed in the ‘Panama Papers.’  It isn't going well .... 

... Schatz received at least $131,500 from organizations that oppose the bill ....

... Somebody needs to rewrite this bill or put it out of its misery ....

... taxpayers seem to be the only ones expected to make a sacrifice ....

... the state has secured 80 rooms through April 30, 2026 at the Inn at Schofield ....

... votes cast in Congress ....

"... what is occurring here is a calculated and organized effort by sitting politicians ...."

... upgrade cost jumps from $20M to $67M ....

... The bill now moves to the Senate Judiciary Committee ....

“(T)here is no question that the legislature was ‘prompted to make a change' by the Hawaii Attorney General’s endorsement of HB2075 of 2022 ….” 

... The state doesn’t have a budget crisis. It has a spending crisis ....

...the homestead associations he championed in his first decade of service were multi-ethnic groups seeking the fee-simple ownership of land promised in the Hawaii Organic Act....

... the declaration would unlock critical federal support from the Federal Emergency Management Agency ....

... State Senators, July 29, 2021, rejected the nomination by a 6-17 vote after critics openly complained about Gluck’s ethnicity and gender.  ....

...an Uzi Submachine gun, a pistol with an installed machinegun conversion device, at least two firearms with obliterated serial numbers, two short-barreled rifles, an AR-style pistol with an installed suppressor/silencer, and one firearm suppressor/silencer....

...The court held that the U.S. Constitution and federal law preempts state claims arising from out-of-state and international greenhouse gas emissions....

“FEMA remains fully prepared to provide support as needed.  While the shutdown impacts some routine operations, immediate response needs are not affected.”

... and 2nd-highest taxes per capita ....

... On Wednesday, March 25 at 2:00 PM, the House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs will hear Senate Bill 2575 ....

... A single new condominium tower in Honolulu may have opened up hundreds of additional housing opportunities across Oʻahu ....

... to increase the bill of a typical residential customer on Oʻahu by about $3.62 per month ....

... Kennedy had stated “sex-rejecting procedures” — such as puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgeries — are unsafe and ineffective ways to treat children and adolescents experiencing gender dysphoria that “fail to meet professional recognized standards of health care.” ....

... this week's votes cast in Congress ....

...BIPC is awarding its Lava Tube dishonor to “Legislator X,” the elected official caught on tape accepting a paper bag containing $35,000....

... Any bill that hasn’t crossed over is dead for this session ....

... HB1875 passes Senate HHS, JUD next ....

... five nominees for Kauai, none for Maui ....

... foreign ships were being chartered to carry goods between American ports within 24 hours of Trump’s recent Jones Act waiver  ....

...For 23 of the past 25 years, more residents have left Hawaiʻi for the continent than have arrived....

... Eric Yeaman has been selected by the state Probate Court as the newest member of Ke Kula ʻo Kamehameha’s Board of Trustees ....

... 2023: Same Commission on Water Resource Management denied firefighting water for Lahaina .... 

... Aircrews assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point in Kapolei, Hawaii, conduct overflights and assess flash flooding impacts in Waialua and Haleiwa on the north shore of Oahu March 20, 2026 ....

... Japan’s downturn hit Hawaiʻi harder than almost anywhere else ....

... Hawaii’s highways rank 50th in Urban Interstate Pavement Condition, 48th in Rural Arterial Pavement Condition ....

... The bills together generated more than 300 testimonies from both individuals and organizations opposing the bills ....

... going through the budget with a fine-toothed comb is long overdue, and it would likely net more than enough savings to preserve our tax cuts ....

...an online platform that imposes multiple additional fees on top of those authorized by Hawaiʻi law....

... Over the next several days, we will be releasing all 14 documents in this set ....

...The Eisenhower Presidential Library will host the Lunch & Learn program, "Alaska, Hawaii, and the Politics of Statehood," on March 26, 2026, at 12 p.m. CDT (7AM HST)....

... Environmental Impact Statement Preparation Notice for the Sand Island Wastewater Treatment Plant Secondary Treatment Phase 2 ....

... a bill Hawaii lawmakers are considering that would free natural hair braiders from burdensome cosmetology licensing requirements ....

"...Should Hilo Circuit Judge Henry Nakamoto grant deferred acceptance of Kenolio’s no-contest plea, the conviction will be erased from his record if he stays out of further trouble with the law for a year...."

...On March 19, 1959, Congress approved Hawaii for admission to the union as the 50th state....

...The suspension of the law would allow foreign tankers to transport oil around the country....

... The federal suit, filed in the Northern District of California, hinges on guidance issued last year by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ....

...Park permanently enjoined a Hawaii law criminalizing the reckless distribution of “materially deceptive media” that “risk[s] ... harming the reputation or electoral prospects of a candidate in an election or changing the voting behavior of voters in an election.”...