... 10,800 housing units were approved.  800 were actually built ....

... Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus, Tuesday, March 12, 2024, from 6pm to 8pm ....

... Following his arrest, Brown was placed on leave without pay pending the outcome ....

... a story that fused the tax-funded outlet’s search for niche necessities that require government funding with its ongoing attempt to defy science and pretend humans other than biological women get periods ....

... Program will house FEMA-ineligible survivors of Maui wildfires for up to 12 months ....

... the aircraft would be lifted and moved to the runway, “and it would settle onto its landing gear, which is still in good condition” ....

... a definitive agreement under which Alaska Airlines will acquire Hawaiian Airlines for $18.00 per share in cash, for a transaction value of approximately $1.9 billion ....

... Legal corruption comes in the form of special interest groups currying favor from politicians to pass laws that narrowly benefit just them ....

... green-light compacts for other medical professionals, such as nurses, physical and occupational therapists, emergency medical service personnel, psychologists, audiologists ....

... Are we going to put more pressure on our taxpayer base to dig into their pockets ever more deeply? ....

... This partnership between OHA and DHHL is a positive start, but there are other possibilities worth exploring such as ....

... States with the Most People in Financial Distress in 2023 .... 

... An analysis of average electricity prices by state shows Hawaii is easily the most expensive at 30.31 cents per kilowatt ....

... Chief Judge, Intermediate Court of Appeals, State of Hawaiʻi ....

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

... The Hawai'i GOP Caucuses will be held Tuesday, March 12, 2024, from 6PM to 8PM at dozens of voting locations statewide ....

... looking for a “win-win” result ....

... keeping you distracted while keeping housing costs high ....

... to fill the HD10 vacancy created when Green appointed HD10 Rep Troy Hashimoto to fill the SD5 vacancy created when Sen Gil Keith-Agaran, himself appointed to the Senate seat in 2013, but not wedded to it, quit to pursue lucrative Lahaina fire litigation ....

... Community Meeting to be Held at Maui Arts & Cultural Center, December 4 ....

... Removed batteries from 94 electric and hybrid vehicles and decommissioned 274 power walls in homes and businesses. Two containers with more than 30 tons of decommissioned battery material were shipped off the island ....

... In nearly every location where recreational marijuana is legal, criminal syndicates, far more than the state government, are cashing in on the "green gold rush" ....

... This is only the second time in KIUC’s 20-year history – and the first time in 12 years – that a rate increase was sought ....

... Maui: 35,526 visitors in October 2023, compared to 59,372 visitors (-40.2%) in October 2022 and 59,620 visitors (-40.4%) in October 2019 ....

... A new approach to poor classroom behavior that avoids suspensions and expulsions is being put to the test in Hawaii ....

... Smith has served since 2018 as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Criminal Division in the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Hawaii -- Park is a current state court judge and former federal public defender ....

“...China is the largest financial contributor....”

"... the Hawaii Republican Party has been brought current with the debt owed on the headquarters building, and now the lien against us will be removed ...."

... Four of 21 groundwater monitoring wells showed exceedance of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), a component of polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) ....

... Red Hill fuel-polluted soils could cost $750 million to clean up ....

... when you come home from work, you will be paying 52 cents per kilowatt-hour on Oahu, and 62 cents per kilowatt-hour on the Big Island ....

... evidence included the criminal records of the parents for assault and drug use, filed bankruptcy documents, and the absence of a record of children of their own ....

... For the last few years, drug addicts had been living in the dilapidated structure ....

... Subpoenas have been served upon the Maui Emergency Management Agency, the County of Maui Department of Public Works, and the County of Maui Department of Water Supply ....

“...Multiple sources are telling CBS News that Maui county officials, from Mayor Richard Bissen on down, are not responding to requests for interviews from Hawai`i state officials who are conducting an official investigation about the fire launched by governor Josh Green....”

... Hawaii is 6th at $7,746 per capita ....

... GreenPeace Attacks Mining Research Ship East of Hawaii ....

... U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawai'i recently reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would incentivize state and local governments to liberalize housing regulations around transit projects ....

...Other ideas presented to legislators in a Shelter Working Group were enacting a 'YIGBY' bill and allowing prefabricated housing....

... you as a taxpayer can never really know, but you can protect yourself ....

... Prospective healthcare providers need state permission before they can build new hospitals or offer other services in Hawaii ....

... how many years will depend on which path is taken ....

... the state’s lone geothermal plant on Hawaiʻi Island produces five times the amount of electricity as one of the state’s largest solar farms, while requiring 80% less land area ....

... release of the Ala Wai Flood Risk Management draft General Reevaluation Report and Integrated Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for review and 45-day public comment period ....

... “It has among the strictest restrictions on residential building in the country. And in 2022, the state worsened the problem by enacting a statewide urban growth boundary that limits land development.” ....

... vacant judgeships on Oahu and Big island ....

... Song’s complaint was filed just weeks after the FBI raid on the offices of key CNHA financial backer Dawson Companies ....

... Civil Beat Publisher Pierre Omidyar gives $500K to "a controversial right-wing think tank that has been building the policy and personnel firmament for a second Trump administration" ....

... Since 2020, Dicks and a rag-bag of co-plaintiffs have filed 13 ‘pro-se’ state suits and three ‘pro-se’ federal court suits on various complaints.  All have been summarily dismissed ....

Plymouth Colony Governor William Bradford called this system "communism", two hundred ninety six years before the Russian revolution....