...Planned Parenthood Receives Overwhelming Support by Hawaii's Senators....

Candidate filing for the 2016 Elections runs from February 1, 2016 through June 7, 2016....

The Alliance for Solar Choice (TASC) is run by the lead lobbyists for the two big companies — both have obvious Democratic Party connections....

Here's what we are reading today....

... We at Hawai'i Free Press are still looking for women who really, really, want trannies in the ladies room with them .... still looking ....

The appointments are subject to confirmation by the Senate....

A federal judge refused the unions' request for an emergency stay in February, leading to Wednesday showdown in the Ninth Circuit....

...the "agricultural lands" section of the Hawaii Constitution isn't self-executing....

...Hawaii legislators received the largest compensation for any part-time or hybrid legislature in the nation....

...the Department of the Interior provided approximately $409 million to affected jurisdictions .... In contrast, affected jurisdictions estimated costs of $2.1 billion....

...Americans will collectively spend more on taxes in 2016 than they will on food, clothing, and housing combined....

Hawaii has decided it’s time to figure out....

Ancestral landowners in Guam who claim they were never fully compensated for property confiscated during World War II will have their day in court....

A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit lobbied hard Wednesday for Hawaii to pause its plan to privatize money-pit hospitals on Maui and Lanai....

...An Attempt Is Being Made To Oust Vice Chair Trustee Dan Ahuna Who Is Now In Charge....

The Hawaii State Supreme Court, in a 4-1 ruling this morning, has decided to allow Castle and Cooke to go ahead with its planned Koa Ridge development in Mililani....

Evenwel has transformed the "one-person, one-vote'" rule in reapportionment cases into more of a "one-person, one-representative" principle....

...favoritism and abuse of trust and power could lead to sexual harassment....

...on proposed changes to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands’ administrative rules....

...Mayor Alan Arakawa, Councilmember Ellie Cochran, Grassroot Institute President Kelii Akina....

Senate Bill 2954 could be scheduled for third and final read at any time....

...dozens of Hawaii County organic farmers are refusing access to State and County mosquito-eradication workers....

...contrasting state and local tax rates with the quality of the services provided....

School by school reports...

FULL TEXT: 2015 Service Efforts and Accomplishments Report and The National Citizen Survey for the City and County of Honolulu....

...Evenwel is the sleeper case of the Term, and opened the possibility that the we might finally get an answer to a question the Supreme Court has dodged for over fifty years....

"...the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands will capitalize on this momentum as we continue to work with the Legislature to close the gap before the end of this legislative session....”

None of the 47 new special and revolving funds proposed during the 2016 legislative session met amended statutory criteria....

One of the more interesting bills still alive and being considered this session, is one that would commission a study on the effects of Hawaii’s low real property taxes....

...State’s improved financial outlook leads to lower interest rates on refunding general obligation bonds....

"...if we wait until the public is panicking because they're seeing babies born with birth defects, we will have waited too long...."

...Currently, there is an appointment open with the Elections Commission for Hawaii County....

Chief Justice Recktenwald appointed Dr. Dubanoski to the Commission, replacing Dr. Phyllis C. Horner, for the remainder of her term, effective April 2, 2016 and expiring on April 1, 2019....

In 2013, married couple David and Li-Rong Radich sought firearm licenses for self-defense after Li-Rong was attacked in their home....

...retired Hawaii island circuit court judge Riki May Amano (Ret.) has been selected as the hearings officer to conduct the Mauna Kea contested case hearing....

We've reached the Second Crossover point in the Legislative Session....

Candidate filing for the 2016 Elections runs from February 1, 2016 through June 7, 2016 ....

... Monday April 4, 2016 at 9:15am ....

Interview with David Friedman, an economist and professor of law at Santa Clara University....

“The value of the Jones Act fleet: $4.6 billion?”

After Friedrichs’ legal team files the petition for rehearing, they expect the court to hold the petition until a new justice is confirmed....

...Free market think tank says study should include effects of a Jones Act exemption....

...“The smart-grid program would cost the 455,000 HECO customers on average $747...."

...Rally at Queen Liliuokalani Statue, Friday 11am to 1pm....

...long awaited Congressional legislation to address the Commonwealth’s financial crisis....

Public-Private partnerships will provide medically frail homeless discharged from The Queen’s Medical Center with a safety net for short-term homecare and housing support....

In response to recent provocative actions taken by China in the South China Sea....

Total spending by all visitors was $43.3 million per day in February 2016....

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected 157,000 acres of critical habitat for 125 species of plants and animals from the Hawaiian islands of Molokai, Maui and Kahoolawe....