...Public Hearings November 2 and 3, 2016....

...remediation rates (retaking high-school-level coursework) among students attending the University of Hawaii System are down 8 points in math and 6 points in English in three years....

In the film, a woman was pregnant, homeless, and already caring for other children. However, I can’t remember any mention of a father....

...the project will expand by adding 6 modified shipping containers to accommodate up to 21 additional clients....

Health insurance premiums on the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces (also called exchanges) are expected to increase faster in 2017 than in previous years....

The concept of Complete Streets is to ensure that our streets and public spaces serve everyone’s transportation needs (unless) they are traveling by car....

On September 15, the Commission contacted Respondent Young to inquire about the events described in the Hawai’i Free Press article....

...MACRA imported all the worst elements of Obamacare into Medicare....

Mrs. Sandefur will be speaking on Oahu and Maui on October 24th and 31st respectively....

One ballot will contain 20 Honolulu Charter Amendment questions....

...free workshop, offered at numerous locations on Oahu, Maui, Kauai, and the Big Island this fall....

463 of the 479 active primary care practices in Oahu were contacted between 2/11/16 and 8/26/16 and questioned about current acceptance of new patients....

...OHA Trustee Haunanai Apoliona is a Director of Bank of Hawaii and BoH does substantial business with OHA....

...Four large power plants could produce as much electricity as offshore wind turbines placed side by side along the entire Atlantic seaboard from Maine to Florida....

...the tax credit program boosted California’s economy only minimally, if at all....

...HNN asked about my three decades old criminal history but didn’t bother to ask Representative LoPresti about his far more recent arrest for drunk driving....

...Only 8 states have RETAIL rates higher than the 0.145 per kwh WHOLESALE rate HECO is touting here as if it were a good price for erratic electricity....

...if a portion of Caldwell’s “beneficial ownership” in the Bank may have been in the form of stock options, such options are a “thing of value” and should be disclosed under both Federal tax and City ethics rules....

...Judge Katherine G. Leonard of the Intermediate Court of Appeals served as Acting Chief Justice for the Hawaii Supreme Court in this case. All five of the regular justices of the Hawaii Supreme Court had recused themselves....

After Hawaii’s lucrative net metering program ended last October, the solar industry in the state lost about 450 jobs. Total employment now is just above 600....

...Gabriel has been homeless in Vacaville for quite some time....

Everyone agrees that we need to do something about Hawaii’s homeless situation…and that’s part of the problem....

...Absentee ballots started arriving at homes Wednesday, October 19....

“We’ve never even heard of a publicly run hospital.”

Drive-alone remains the choice of slightly over three-fourths of all commuters....

...the writer described the location of where the Professor’s wife liked to bike, terrorizing her enough to become afraid of staying home alone. They even went to Craigslist....

Here's how the rates will compare with current residential rates....

In the last month alone, Highways Maintenance staff have removed more than 200 signs....

...This is a plastic-free event with vegetarian options available....

And here is the rationale for each "NO" vote....

...Residential A Property Tax Classification Ruled Unconstitutional....

...OHA Chair’s Charter School Gets Seven Times More Than All Other Charters Combined....

...for failure to submit payments and reports required of beverage distributors by the State’s Deposit Beverage Container law....

Galera replaces Jim Williams who resigned from the board last month....

...voters’ choices for senators in swing states hold much more power because they determine which political party controls the Senate....

...via Skype at the Voice of Farmers event held concurrently during the Monsanto Tribunal at The Hague....

...Did you make campaign contributions this year?....

From League of Women Voters, October, 2016....

...spend hours on your feet putting stickers on thousands of papayas....

42 REITs were identified operating in Hawaii....

Small Business Regulatory Review Board (SBRRB) announces the newly created “Regulatory Review Card.”....

This report provides the Honolulu City Council with an update on the activities of the Office of the City Auditor....

In March, the Honolulu Zoo was denied re-accreditation by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) for the first time in its 100-year history....

Some have argued that health insurance is “not insurance”....

Monday October 17 at 7PM, Kapolei Middle School ....

...the habit the state Department of Taxation has of keeping the money that is left over after they process the rail surcharge....

Voters should have received the 2016 Charter Amendments booklet this week....