...the Obama administration already has the authority to pay for a Zika response from existing agency budgets, but chose not to....

...But only if Gov Ige signs SB2954, now sitting on his desk, into law....

...Will HGEA/UPW $40M Shakedown stand up in court?....

...neighborhood boards represent grassroots democracy in its purest form....

...part of a larger initiative to transform medical care for serious illness in the state of Hawaii....

...ratios of pre-retirement income that seniors are replacing range from a high of 72.59% in Hawaii to a low of 48.22% in Massachusetts....

...For the sixth year in a row Hawaii was named the worst state to make a living for its 68.6 percent higher cost of living than the national average....

Hawaii’s four counties are moving steadily forward, accommodating new visitors, restoring lost jobs, and growing household incomes....

At $2.9 billion this extra cost is nearly $3,000 for every man, woman and child in Honolulu. It is more than $8,500 per household....

Every day, ten men go out for dinner....

Over 300 boisterous Republican delegates met at the Philippine Community Center in Waipahu....

The HSTA recommends the following candidates....

If there's one thing that makes lawyers sit bolt upright in a sweat at 3 am, it's the prospect of missing a jurisdictional deadline....

...the unanimous Hawaii Supreme Court threw out the conviction of the farmer, tagged by Officer Fuiava of Five-O for transporting a load of cabbage uncovered....

...to dispel the myth that all Native Hawaiians oppose the project....

...at the Filipino Community Center's Casamina Flores Ballroom in Waipahu....

Tuesday June 7 is the last day to file ....

Hawaiians have spent this week meeting with U.S. federal officials to oppose a longstanding plan to put Hawaiians into tribal nation status, much like American Indians....

Floating turbine foundations cost about eight times more than seafloor-based supports for their conventional counterparts....

...despite having secured state funding since 2012, the chairperson of the Board of Agriculture has neither re-established nor filled the branch’s program manager and inspector positions....

...While serving in his capacity as President of Local 5 Plaintiff was suspended from his office in retaliation for criticism of Gill....

Licensees were selected based on the scoring of 13 merit criteria....

... How many high-tech tax credit scams must we suffer before legislators and the governor shut off the flow of taxpayer dollars? ....

...I had truly hoped to aggressively fight this cancer while seeking re-election, but I recently learned that my cancer has spread....

"Discarding standardized testing in teacher evaluations"

...Who Would Robin Evict If She Was Head Of A US Federally Recognized Hawaiian Tribe?....

...the lawsuit was meritless and the plaintiffs' post-settlement claims are inaccurate....

Keawe Ryder, a 37-year old Kona musician, was found dead in a South Kohala lava field in 2013. He had been shot and hit with a hammer....

Today’s order lasts only until September 30, 2016, unless sooner terminated by the Court. The Court also ordered the parties to the lawsuit to file a joint status report on or before June 30, 2016....

...he diverted client money to his own personal use over a 17-year period....

The dispute began when the painters and glazers’ union complained to the State Contractors License Board that the contractors hired to renovate Lanakila Elementary School in 2005 were installing jalousie windows....

...Until FTA receives and approves a revised project cost estimate, schedule, and financial plan which includes a commitment of all of the local funds needed to cover that cost estimate, FTA cannot award the FY2015 or FY2016 increments....

...Follow-Up on Recommendations Made in Report No. 13-09, Audit of Major Contracts and Agreements of the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority....

The Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) has released its Annual Financial Audit for the 2015 fiscal year....

...He has been in touch with Sam on almost a daily basis, and said, “Sam is doing just fine and will file his papers tomorrow; his “P & V” numbers (“p…..and vinegar”) are escalating daily and he’s up for his Senate race.”....

If we don’t speak up now and take action, Hawaii’s future will be in jeopardy....

In Hawaii, this is the first year the Executive Office on Early Learning’s pre-K program was included in the report....

Fifteen veterans have now successfully completed the First Circuit program since it was initiated by Judge Edward Kubo in 2013....

The Department of Interior published the following rule in the Federal Register....

...a spate of new regulatory restrictions that have affected Hawaii....

...and we haven't seen the half of it yet....

"Why not just send it straight to the justices, if they are going to decide it eventually?”

Over 30,000 Hawaii registered voters are now card-carrying members of the Hawaii Republican Party....

If this credit does indeed become law, expect to see a lot of begging and pleading....

Puerto Rico’s recent bankruptcy, the Jones Act, and how this could affect us here in Hawaii....

... Tuesday, June 7 is the last day to file ....

Jennifer Kajiyama and Carol Feinga are part of Keep Laie Cool, an initiative working to solve the crisis of Hawaii’s hot classrooms....