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• 50th – Avg. Starting Salary for Teachers (Adjusted for Cost of Living)
• 51st – Avg. Salary for Teachers (Adjusted for Cost of Living)

“President Trump is the first president in history not to have a single nominee confirmed by voice vote or unanimous consent”

... Educational innovation plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of jobs and communities ....

... Over the years, very little detail has been brought to light as to the cause of the fire ....

... providing unified recommendations on immunizations to residents ....

... Turning Hawaiian’s story into a morality play might make for easy headlines, but it does little justice to the reality ....

... The Trump administration directed 46 states and territories to remove gender ideology from their sex ed materials or else face possible termination of federal Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) funding ....

... Mainland Lawyers, Local Leaders, and the People Left Behind ....

... The 11% surcharge violates the US Constitution’s Tonnage Clause, which prohibits states from imposing taxes on vessels for entering and docking at ports ....

...Samuel Elbert and Mary Kawena Pukui give credit to Lyons for helping save the Hawaiian language....

... U.S. Code (49 U.S.C. §41703), says foreign airlines cannot sell tickets between two U.S. cities ....

... Hawaii has the highest cost of living in the USA ....

... On August 21, 1959, Hawaii officially entered the Union as the 50th U.S. state when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the proclamation admitting the islands ....

... WalletHub compared the pet-friendliness of the 100 largest U.S. cities across 23 key metrics ....

... Arnold Palacios, the 10th governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, died unexpectedly .... 

... Hawaii: Recent college grad earnings gap -$11,840 ....

... how does your community college stack up? ....

... If history is any guide, the City will end up right back where it started: extending Waimānalo Gulch ....

... 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....

... attorneys representing people who said they were sickened by the November 2021 Red Hill jet fuel spill had added more than 6,000 additional plaintiffs ....

"He is our first born, in America he entered the church of Jesus, he is the one who came with the first teachers."

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.

... approximately 400 miles south of Guam ....

... One of President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed to eliminate certain transgender medical procedures for youth under the age of 19 ....

... Green, meanwhile, is up for re-election next year and indicated he’d run for a second term. But that didn’t preclude him from entertaining the idea of a run for higher office soon thereafter ....

... Energy companies being sued by the city of Honolulu over climate change accusations have motioned for summary judgment, stating that Hawaii’s two-year statute of limitations makes the plaintiffs’ case unsubstantial ....

... The only cited support was a comparison of empty non-owner occupied second homes in one phase of the Wailea Palms property to another phase that allows short-term rentals ....

... single-wall construction is considered structurally inferior in hurricane-prone areas ....

... New Evidence from the Ke Kumu Hawaii Newspaper ....

... It is unclear how far offshore the Chinese vessel was, as is the mission it was pursuing ....

... while the names may change, the pattern — unfortunately — hasn’t ....

... This “stay-put penalty” is locking up inventory and making it even harder for new buyers to break into the market ....

... Something is off about the math in Honolulu’s police department corruption scandal, and taxpayers will be left shortchanged ....

... No other states have a specific law establishing birthright citizenship there ....

... she personally addressed a conference hosted by India’s foreign ministry and Observer Research Foundation, a think tank that openly employs former R&AW director Vikram Sood ....

“... Hope you’ve got a good banker for bridge loans—because we might not pay you on time ....”

... Maui is averaging just under 21 approved permits per month ....

... with just $489 left over each month after covering essential living expenses, residents are left with little room to save ....

... in Hawaii investor buyers outnumber investor sellers more than any other state .... 

... submitting claims multiple times before they’re paid is necessary and sometimes claims are completely ignored ....

... This is up 9.48% from just a year ago ....

... Hawaii has only 2.5 registered boats per 100 residents--dead last in USA ....

... 70.6% of third graders in Hawaii experience tooth decay—the highest rate in the nation ....

“The height restriction … is wrongfully preventing Honuaʻula from completing the construction of an approved affordable housing project…"

... Sulla is set to be sentenced on October 21, Zamber on October 7, and Budhabhatti on October 8 ....

... 49th for innovation, 50th for high-tech jobs ....

... The following firearms related bills were passed in Hawaii in 2025 ....

... Multiple Chinese nationals have been indicted ....

... delegates elected Art Hannemann party chair over the incumbent Tamara McKay by a vote of 164 to 147 ....