Since enabling legislation was enacted into law on May 29, 1986....

Someone needs to take remedial action before the thermonuclear bomb hits....

...CarInsurance.com ranked states on eight metrics to identify which ones are more favorable for motorists....

...the bill took effect immediately upon Ige's approval....

...held on June 24, 2016, at the William S. Richardson School of Law....

...DOH today released the scores and ranking of the applicants for Medical Marijuana Dispensary Licenses....

...omit the most densely populated, and therefore the most useful, portion of the route....

Early in the effort to determine a mass transit alternative for Oahu, city officials announced that the rail project would likely cost a little more than $3 billion....

20 years ago, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled that an agreement between the County of Hawaii and a private contractor for the operation of a county landfill violated civil service laws....

"The lawful acquisition, possession, carrying, or use of a firearm does not justify subjecting citizens to ongoing monitoring," the National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislative Action....

"If people didn't upset me, I wouldn't have to punch them...."

...it’s clear who the real oppressors are....

...the Honolulu rail system cost could now reach as high as almost $11 bil. from the original projected cost of $5.2 bil....

...spill settlement funding to support Aha Moku for the next fiscal year....

Rifle Association: “High Likelihood of Legal Action”....

All public elementary, middle, and high schools in the Hawaiian Electric Companies' service territory are receiving new, intelligent, energy-monitoring devices and software....

...a call for information and nominations to gauge the wind industry’s interest in commercial wind leases in two areas offshore Oahu....

...Council members Carol Fukunaga, Ann Kobayashi and Ron Menor on a follow-up trip to review Seattle’s homeless projects, including hygiene centers and government-sanctioned tent cities....

...according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2016 KIDS COUNT Data Book....

Danner pushing for the US DoI Office of Native Hawaiian Relations to be located in Honolulu, not DC....

...Hanabusa pointed out that the same issues underlying the disagreement over teacher travel and education trips are also involved in applying the gift provisions of the ethics code to legislators....

...in a June 16 letter, Case said she was not extending Friel's employment past his six-month probation period....

...Last week, researchers discovered the bodies of six endangered Hawaiian Petrels at a remote breeding colony in Hono o Na Pali Natural Area Reserve, Kauai....

...aerial shooting from helicopters of feral goats, feral sheep, mouflon and mouflon/feral sheep hybrids....

Tenants and landlords are being pointed to resources designed to prevent disputes from escalating to eviction....

...the state’s largest labor union, announced its endorsed candidates for the 2016 Primary Election today....

Ige today signed a fifth supplemental proclamation on homelessness, which will remain in effect until August....

Taxpayers in Hawaii spend about $1.8 billion on education every year....

This study is comprised of 2,464 offenders from the Fiscal Year 2012 cohort....

HART began talking publicly about a “Recovery Plan” only this month even though FTA rules apparently required a Recovery Plan since late 2014....

...filing an official rulemaking petition demanding that the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)  remove industrial hemp from the federal drug schedules....

Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustee Leina’ala Ahu Isa has issued a statement on her Facebook page that OHA spent $33 million on the Akaka Bill....

The newspaper characterized Caldwell's decision-making as "political expediency" driven by his re-election campaign....

They have spread misinformation on everything from GMOs, the Superferry, TMT, and now the ocean monument....

... big oil is funding these ocean closures worldwide ....

She is a new face to Hawaii politics, but she is no stranger to the arena in Washington, DC, where she served as a Congressional liaison for the U.S. Transportation Command....

Hawaii Ranked in Bottom Five States for Economic Freedom....

“We looked at the payroll from July 2014 to June 2015"

A wedding ring on Dad's finger is more than a symbol of his commitment to Mom. It also proves to be the ultimate anti-poverty weapon for their children....

Many agencies relish the ability to spend public money with little or no accountability....

leaders are making serious decisions on changing the rail route without publicly analyzing facts or figures on how the change will affect the ridership numbers....

Over the past 48-hours the mayor's policy on rail swung wildly in a display of uneven and poorly constructed leadership....

This is the third artificial rail crisis Caldwell has ginned up to push a tax hike....

...if a taking is abandoned or dismissed prior to final judgment, the condemnor is on the hook for "damages."....

...his argument allowed careful listeners to see the analogy to Jim Crow southern governments....

The implications of the court's ruling or rulings in this case will be vast....

...negotiations continue and the order still prevents the parties from actually closing the transaction....

"the elephants were recently found playing with a car battery that got in there somehow"