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... 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"

... Hawaii's move to mandate a journalist group to vet news sources for "ethics and objectivity" ignites debate on misinformation and freedom of the press ....

... a huge rush to poison the population ....

... Overall Tax Burden 11.80% ....

... The legal ownership of a firearm inherently includes the right to carry it ....

... Total salary needed for two working adults with two children $299,520 ....

... there's a price to be paid for preening and posturing .... 

... Joint Task Force – Red Hill transferred authority of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage to the Navy Closure Task Force – Red Hill ....

"... Pro-Israel supporters at UHM planted Israeli flags in a common space to express their support for Israeli Jews following the Oct. 7 massacre ...."

... The Hawaii Senate committee’s approval of S.R. 168 and S.C.R. 196 is another example of how the Left supports an Article V convention and would use one to push radical, anti-American revisions to the U.S. Constitution ....

... it "harms the legal system, the profession, and the public" while fostering "a perception of privilege and arrogance" ....

... City suspends enforcement of a city ordinance that’s driving several restaurants in Waikiki out of business ....

... Hawaii boasts the lowest percentages and costs in several key metrics ....

... The Hawaii properties of Black Press were hit by a January ransomware attack that froze crucial computer systems ....

... states with the Best & Worst Taxpayer Return on Investment in 2024 ....