The law is set to go into effect on Dec. 31, 2018....

Housing First Increment III will provide permanent supportive housing to 100 households experiencing chronic homelessness at a cost of $2.2 million....

...The irony that the biggest discrepancy of rich and poor I've ever seen - existing side by side before my own eyes - is located in a Democratic Party fiefdom did not escape my notice....

At $10,670, the average in-state tuition and fees are by no means the highest in the nation. However, the cost of necessities is higher here than in any other state....

...37 key safety indicators grouped into five different categories....

...The number of Hawaii residents commuting 90 minutes or more increased 63 percent from 2010 to 2015, to almost 17,000....

Civil Beat June 5, 2016: "Not all anonymous sources are created equal. Some do benefit you, and those should be protected...."

...urging the justices to reinstate key provisions of President Donald Trump’s executive order....

...48th – Percentage of Jobs in High-Tech Industries....

...This is an important development for many shippers in Hawaii and Guam because it further places the supposed opportunity to take advantage of these international services to the islands out of reach....

...E Hana Kakou with Keli'i Akina, "Sam Slom, Hawaii's Opposition Voice"....

...More sweetheart contracts to buy overpriced electricity from campaign contributors....

...fifteen senators wanted to stick their thumbs in the Governor’s eye....

...Transforming the Health of Native Hawaiian Men, a 45-page report on the well-being of Hawaiian kāne....

...progress report on efforts at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa to improve student recruitment and retention....

...The SAMOANA is a fully cellular containership built in 2015 in China....

Guess who owns Makaweli poi mill now?

...it's something we should have done a long time ago....

...Meals will be served at select locations Monday through Friday, except June 12 and July 4. Most schools will serve breakfast and lunch....

...Hawaii has he lowest Median Annual Income (adjusted for cost of living) of all 50 states....

"...rulings from other courts across the nation (enforce) a fundamental principle that protects all of us from government condemnation of our religious beliefs,” Omar Jadwat said....

...Tax Foundation of Hawaii v. State of Hawaii on Thursday, July 6, 2017, at 11:15 AM at the Supreme Court Courtroom....

...policies like those resulting from the Paris agreement will have little impact on global temperatures....

...Hawaii Legislators pledge to Keep Shoveling Money to Silicon Valley Billionaires like Elon Musk....

As case number 15 of rat lungworm disease came to light last month, my blood boils a bit because of what has happened over the last several years....

Just for fun, trace the path of the 'Interceptor' from Vandenberg.  It continues right into downtown Pyongyang....

...Does anybody really believe that 90% of the public has even heard of the aquarium fisheries issue--much less have an opinion on it?

Plaintiff Mililani Trask, a former OHA trustee, does not have the legal standing to sue Apo, First Circuit Court Judge Dean Ochiai ruled....

The State Attorney General Steps In and ....

...for 4 years from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2021....

...provides supplemental awards “to school districts that agree to adopt weighted student funding combined with open enrollment systems that allow Federal, State, and local funds to follow students to the public school of their choice...."

...boom over, Honolulu down 300 jobs....

...Local shipyard Marisco Ltd. said the ship and its cargo — a dry dock 454 feet long and 150 feet wide — are expected to arrive today....

Senate: Branstad Nomination
Senate: Sullivan Nomination
Senate: Thapar Nomination
House: Pesticides Regulations
House: Prosecution of Child Pornography
House: Child Abuse Reporting

...take a moment to remember all our fighting men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice so that the rest of us might live free....

...If there is a position taken by a committee chair on one bill or one issue that is not reflecting the wishes of the committee, why can't the committee simply reject the chair's recommendation?....

“passage of Bill 20 may result in a challenge to the legitimacy of the Sit-Lie laws, which are clearly intended to maintain pedestrian access over sidewalks in business and commercial areas and which have been extremely effective in the areas in which they have been enforced.”

"The Honolulu County Republican Party is confident that your influence will be instrumental in making Oahu better in each of your neighborhoods."

...Complete un-certified results from the 2017 Honolulu Neighborhood Board elections....

My testimony today focuses on what I perceive to be OHA’s misuse of wholly owned LLC subsidiaries to avoid laws applicable to OHA and OHA trustees.....

...During law enforcement efforts over the past two years more than 200 people have been arrested....

...Honor and Respect: We Will Remember....

...more opportunities for local high school students to use Maunakea Observatories for their innovative research projects....

...Despite multiple attempts to stop or derail it, things keep chugging along. And come July 1, it looks like Maui residents are finally going to start getting the care they deserve....

...17% of US newlyweds were married to someone of a different race or ethnicity in 2015 -- in Honolulu is was 42%....

...Hawaii continues to support only a few hundred children in public preschool....