... votes cast and bills introduced ....

... some health insurance programs don’t cover general excise tax that we in Hawaii impose on health care charges ....

"... Kahele ... retained new outside Board counsel (Paul Alston) without consultation, approval, or notice to the Board ...."

... is Honolulu’s building permit process so broken that fast-moving approvals are automatically suspicious? ....

...Grassroot Institute of Hawaii and Hawaiʻi Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice have teamed up with the Rice Street Business Association....

... We expect to cancel roughly 36-40 flights each day through Sunday, Nov. 9 ....

... HDOT will invest approximately $360 million in multimodal projects over the next 10 years ....

“Kekoa tried the same game here some two or three years ago.”

... OHA estimates nearly 14,000 Native Hawaiian beneficiaries may qualify for the $350 direct payment to help meet food costs .... 

... OHA C-suite officers could be subject to criminal sanctions ....

... and increasing ...

"Hawaii’s right to bring such litigation, he noted, has been threatened by the federal government's attempts to block such litigation."

... keeping up with myriad government actions is challenging ....

... The case of Pinales v. Lopez now challenges this unprecedented infringement ....

...attempt by Trump to curtail the agency’s programs and shift the burden of emergency management back to individual states, as it was before Katrina....

...the Department of Education issued a rule that threatened to remove eligibility for student loan forgiveness to anyone who works for someone with “a substantial illegal purpose.”....

... Office of Medical Cannabis Control and Regulation (OMCCR) is launching an outreach and education initiative to encourage voluntary compliance among hemp retailers and distributors, including online and out-of-state businesses ....

... monitoring to reliably detect whales up to three nautical miles away, day or night ....

... Across Hawaiʻi, many lands remain unused ....

... need volunteers for more than 30 panels, including Liquor Control Commission, Maui Planning Commission, Police Commission, Salary Commission, Urban Design Review Board, Fire and Public Safety Commission and others ....

... applications for the Kahului residency area seat must be received by the County Clerk no later than 12:00 noon on Monday, November 10, 2025 ....

... Campbell was previously convicted of burglary in the first degree in 2001 and has six prior felony convictions in the State of Hawaii ....

... having clear standards and not a bunch of hoops to jump through ....

... to revolutionize how Hawaii residents communicate with legislators ....

... Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is proposing Legislators again hike the Transient Accommodations Tax ....

... the Jones Act goblin, the budget banshee and the grasping rail ....

... votes cast in Congress ....

... since 2023 both trans and queer identification have dropped sharply within Generation Z ....

... the general excise tax (GET) has an extremely broad base that includes virtually all business inputs, both goods and services, leading to significant tax pyramiding ....

... Since March, HDOT has sent over 500,000 warnings ....

... Hawaii public pension debt is $9,784 per person ....

... there were 690,858 total visitors to the Hawaiian Islands in September 2025, a 2.5 percent decline compared to September 2024 ....

... Applications for the $250 Hawaiʻi Relief Program will be accepted beginning today, Wednesday, October 29, 2025 ....

... A Hawaii lawmaker who allegedly pocketed $35,000 in exchange for political favors remains unnamed and uncharged, despite federal court records confirming the transaction ....

... The opening of the metallic silhouette range represents the final range to be reopened at the Koko Head Shooting Complex since its initial closure in September 2022 ....

... This year’s concert features a lineup of acclaimed Hawai‘i artists ....

... Green became the first governor in the nation to declare their state’s housing crisis a statewide public emergency in summer 2023 ....

... The process would closely follow steps taken by the council in 2002 to replace Council Chair Patrick Kawano, who passed away while in office ....

... following the resignation of Chair Colleen Hanabusa on September 26, 2025 ....

... By eliminating affirmative action as a defense for Kamehameha’s admissions policy, SFA has done us all a favor ....

... Coalition Urges Court to Immediately Restore SNAP Funding Relied Upon by 42 Million Americans ....

... Kauanoe Batagan is Executive Director of the Maui Metropolitan Planning Organization ....

... Pentagon chief told purge of PLA generals was linked to Party disloyalty, as well as corruption ....

... Awa's state senate seat is not up in 2026 so he does not have to resign to run ....

... upward of 500 building permits have been issued for Lahaina residents and businesses whose homes and storefronts were destroyed ....

... Out of 94,000 votes cast during the 2025 session of the Legislature, 92,000 were “Yes.” ....

... votes cast and bills introduced in Congress ....

... DHHL's carryover balances, and these high annual re-appropriations that they have, kind of made it low-hanging fruit for the Trump Administration .... 

... HRS §134-9.1 explicitly allows people to transport an unloaded firearm in a locked, hard-sided case ....

... The 106 were a combination of motor vehicle occupants, pedestrians, motorcyclists, scooter riders, bicyclists and people on non-traditional conveyances like skateboards, foot scooters and Utility Task Vehicles ....