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“He is an active registered voter. He resides in District Precinct 48-01.”

... Central Pacific is discussing raising $1 billion to help facilitate the deal from investors ....

... Hawaii's high cost of living drives down teachers' earnings ....

... States With the Best and Worst Budgeters in 2024 ....

... The Hot Dog Combo is 70 Percent Cheaper ....

... Did you know that Tokyo even relied on a North-Shore-home-owning Nazi spy to launder money and send signals ....

... under a 1997 Hawaii Supreme Court decision, (Konno v County of Hawaii) state and local government officials face enormous barriers contracting union-performed government work to private entities ....

... Hawaii ranks 45th in Schools that Offer Advanced Placement Courses per Capita ....

... The number of visitors is down 1% from July 2023. But spending by tourists, when adjusted by inflation, is up 2.6% from last year at $207 billion ....

... he takes his battle-axe on walks to raise public awareness of the new laws while also making sure police aren’t restricting citizens’ rights to openly carry unusual weapons ....

... this lawsuit seeks to compel companies to cease production and sale of oil and gas everywhere ....

... Driving under the influence, speeding, texting .... 

... the dye emerged at a shoreline spring, telling us that the wastewater from at least one home, and possibly more, is flowing out into Kahaluʻu Bay ....

... The time period for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to complete its regulatory investigation has expired ....

... Federated States of Micronesia loses 0.73% of its population every year ....

... the forces of segregation and racism in Congress effectively derailed statehood for more than a decade ....

...Gallup first polled Americans on their support for Hawaii's statehood in 1940....

... 62% of Hawaii hospitals are at risk ....

... Hawaii has the 3rd-fewest invasive plants ....

... 4.5% increase vs 1 year ago ....

... Best & Worst Community Colleges in 2024 ....

... This spring, Hawaii joined the growing list of states that have loosened restrictions on Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) to alleviate the housing shortage ....

"...without a court order that shifts the subrogation claims risk away from the defendants and back to policyholders...."

... based on the ten most common household bill categories ....

On August 12, 1898, the United States and Spain reached a cease-fire agreement in its brief conflict over Cuba and the Philippines....

August 6 and 9 have been made into International Days of Anti-American historical revisionism.  So here is a look at reality as seen from first-hand sources instead of whining activists.

At the Marquesas Islands, Herman Melville and his friend jumped ship....

...in so doing, the state court may have placed itself on a collision course with the Supreme Court of the United States....

... state pre-K program, number of pre-K quality benchmarks met and total reported spending per child enrolled in pre-K ....

“The Department of Justice is unlikely to approve its planned $1.8 billion sale to Alaska Air. The antitrust regulator is preparing to challenge the combination.”

... The Hawaii State Teachers Association says more than 60,000 of Hawaii's children are not taught by a certified teacher ....

"Wow, your kids are not even afraid of you.”

... The Clintons endorse Harris -- Obama does not ....

... the whole plan is predicated on insurance companies walking away from $1.4B.  It may fail ....

... how does your hospital rank? ....

... A University of Hawaii instructor is calling on the institution to cut ties with the U.S. Navy and Israel ....

... Mental illness is a central driver of the homelessness crisis ....

... One course conducts an ‘[a]nalysis of imperialism, colonialism, gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, and queer(ed) relations and identities in Hawai‘i and the Pacific’ ....

... Article Five is only applicable if the attack occurs at a location north of the Tropic of Cancer ....

... there’s a troubling trend by state officials to write Second Amendment freedoms out of the island state ....

... Hawaii lawmakers enacted a large income tax cut this year, and major budget reform will begin next year to ensure it stays in place, Gov. Josh Green said ....

... The entire world is anxiously awaiting whether Biden decides to stay in the 2024 presidential race ....

... Kitashima's associates helped him buy, ship, and transport methamphetamine between California, Oregon, and Hawaii ....

... put Horton’s life at risk by ordering the man to rush into traffic at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport to stop a moving vehicle while on foot ....

... a ‘blank check’ to shut down all electronic media ....

... This is the only election cycle in the last 10 years in which a district is not open ....

... NVRA requires statewide voter rolls to be accessible to the general public ....

"...There's going to be some pain...."

... Sinaloa and its rival, the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación, known as CJNG — run drug pipelines through California and Nevada to flood Oahu with meth and other drugs, including fentanyl ....

... The settlement provides benchmarks for a greenhouse gas reduction plan that will be overseen and enforced by a court through 2045 ....