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... Seventeen plaintiffs are asking for $7 million ....

... Cowden had made the entire incident about herself ....

... Al Hee was convicted was criminal tax fraud in 2016, which resulted in the FCC and HPUC stripping SIC’s ability to receive USF subsidies ....

... Hilo vs Haleiwa ... or ... Kapolei vs Makawao ....

... $1 million might not be enough to get you through your retirement ....

... Hawaii's population increases by 66.4 percent during high season due to overtourism ....

... The crisis stems principally from land use policies that artificially restrict housing supply ....

... little growth among charter schools and no other choice options ....

... CIO Murdock resigned without notice May 31, 2024.  Now we know why ....

... The six lawsuits involved in the court-ordered stay requested by the government involve 2,375 people ....

... the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved a new State Plan Amendment (SPA) to cover community palliative care services through Medicaid ....

... Omidyar's massive partisan activities have flown under the radar because he prefers to influence politics through ostensible charity groups rather than direct campaign contributions ....

... Most of the pain can be traced to home purchases, which cost an astounding 313% more than average ....

... Innovation Potential: 50th ....

... Hawaii tops the list with $17,966.04 of unexpected fees on average ....

... Hawaii emerges as the state with the highest average price for a medium cheese pizza, reaching $18.99 ....

... assuming that cannabis consumers are too dangerous to be trusted with firearms ....

... What makes some states better than others for renters? ....

... There are still around 27,800 fewer jobs in Hawaii than before the COVID-19 pandemic ....

... Jamaica Osorio, assistant professor at UHM, who frequently posts and shares anti-Israel posts on her X account, spoke to demonstrators at the “Day of Action Rally” ....

... Count also finds 700+ empty shelter beds on Oahu ....

... Hawaii has lost over 41,000 people to domestic migration since 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau ....

... 'several' of the girls' relay teams at Kea'au High School had two males on them ....

... The litigation model adopted by Hawaii, characterized by suing oil companies under broad claims about their contributions to climate change, demands a national spotlight for its potential to disrupt the constitutional equilibrium between state innovation and federal authority ....

... This bill legalizes the open carry of all non-firearm weapons, including butterfly knives, switchblades, brass knuckles, swords, and spears ....

... It appears that the US Supreme Court’s upcoming ruling in Trump v. United States will stop lower courts from jailing Trump for his porn-star hush money deals ....

... the average salary in the Aloha State is $61,420, or $23.35 an hour, putting it behind 16 other states whose average employees earn more ....

... groceries cost more in Hawaii than in any other state ....

... and proposed rules changes were defeated ....

... From expensive housing to pricey food and utility costs, you should plan on boosting your budget if you intend to retire in Hawaii ....

... Trump and Biden are the two oldest presidential nominees in history. Given this reality, their understudies may be a factor in 2024 in a way they haven’t in decades ....

... Can you guess what’s going to happen as a result of Lahaina? ....

... A conference committee agreed to pass Senate Bill 2919, which would allow counties to create zoning laws regulating short-term rentals .... 

... Hilo is #1 ....

“...housing is the biggest income-eater....”

... the gold standard measurement of the Main Street economy ....

... the state is violating federal law by not having what are known as “clean” voter rolls ....

... a Council bill had proposed hiring specialized legal experts from the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence and Dentons law firm ....

... insurance costs for condominiums have risen by 100 percent to 1,000 percent ....

... late-night parties in a cramped second-floor office where lobbyists and executives seeking government contracts lined up to drop cash and checks into a metal lockbox ....

... this law firm also filed a similar suit wherein JetBlue was subsequently blocked in its attempt to acquire Spirit Airlines ....

... 11 homicides in Honolulu as of March 31 ....

... inflation 4.8% year over year for urban Honolulu ....

...a scam designed to shunt the least attentive investors -- those who do not 'opt out' -- into low return, high fee accounts run by whichever financial institution makes the most campaign contributions....

... Groceries, Gas, Electricity, Housing, Taxes, and more ....

... Gov. Josh Green addressed the tax and migration issues in his policy brief issued last month. One of his solutions is indexing the state's income tax for inflation, he said ....

... City Seeks to Dismiss Marconi Claims, Supports Move to Depose Bribery Convicts ....

... must pay fair market value for their leases ....

"It’s like Kabuki theater."

"Making ratepayers to pay for the cost of their negligence and mismanagement is not the way to go"