Friday, February 26th, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm....

Hawaii reports nearly 22 scams to BBB per 100,000 people ....

To illustrate how the carrot-and-stick approach can work, Satel describes the success of Hawaii’s Opportunity Probation with Enforcement program....

A group using the name the Evacuator Group and the now-suspended Twitter handles @Ev4cuati0nSquad and @SwatTheW0rld has claimed responsibility for the threats....

First in line after the 7:45 a.m. office opening in Hilo was state Rep. Joy San Buenaventura....

Senator John S. McCain (R-AZ) submitted on January 28, 2016, legislation to eliminate certain domestic build requirements of the Jones Act....

"...No, there are no helicopters, although I asked...."

Oprah Aha begins today amid continued controversy ....

NAREIT has launched a new website to inform Hawaii residents of the many benefits that REITs bring to their state....

Senate: Energy Policy – GAO Report on Energy Production....

“It’s too hard for me!"

...the story begins with poor Hawaiian farmers’ Maunawili Valley leasehold homes being bulldozed and cattle being slaughtered as Honolulu police stand by with fraudulent eviction notices....

...From Hawaii Coalition Against Legalized Gambling....

...allowing a lottery in Hawaii could open the door to other things....

...Honolulu’s inflation-adjusted land and housing prices have been highly volatile in the medium term since the 1960s....

"We are...acutely aware of the burden high electricity rates place on both the cost of doing business and living in Hawaii"

Applications for a vacant position on the State Commission on Water Resource Management are now being accepted for a new term that will begin July 1....

We don’t need lawmakers deciding what therapies should be supported or legal....

...studies invariable degenerate into preachy Gospel-like statements parroting back talking points from whichever side commissioned the particular economic study....

...featuring members of the "We the People" civic club from Kahuku High School....

The Legislature is currently involved in contesting the decision in Nelson v HHC, which has been confused with contesting funding for DHHL....

January 27, 2016 was the last day to introduce bills....

Interested persons must attend a mandatory CASA training program....

The recent rise in Hawaii's homeless population has highlighted the need for a better standard in involuntarily hospitalization.....

...at the Royal Hawaiian Golf Club in Kailua....

...retirees tend to live in rural or suburban areas with pleasant climates....

"...the federal government has imposed the most liberal immigration policy in U.S. history upon our island...."

For the fourth straight year, Hawai‘i’s tourism industry set new records....

...vacation days “not properly supported by leave application forms” are being handed out to union workers between 10% and 30% of the time....

This is the latest picture of the first four rail cars that are “expected to arrive this Spring”....

...Grassroot Institute of Hawaii offered comments before the CPC Committee deferred HB326....

Hawaii residents reach the top spot for the fifth time since Gallup and Healthways began tracking well-being in 2008...

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

February 25 on Oahu ....

Only 4 days remain before final enrollment deadline for 2016 coverage....

...HTA claimed, up to 47,000 additional tourists visited the Hawaiian islands to watch the game...analysis of flight records at all of Hawaii's airports around game time found that claim to be false....

... commissioners decided to defer Proposal 17, which would have repealed the Affordable Housing Fund, Clean Water and Natural Lands Fund, and Grants in Aid Fund as well as returned authorization for special fund creation back to the mayor with council approval ....

...a planned drop in expenditures that has not been accounted for by any significant cuts....

"...the Sanctuary will not have an expanded purpose...."

... Ige will select senator’s successor from Democratic Party nominees ....

...hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars that are being wasted on biofuels....

The cost of merchant ship construction in the U.S. is approximately five times that of building comparable ships in South Korea and Japan....

ETS is looking to formalize its reorganization of ICSD and OIMT into ETS, as well as expand its team with the addition of up to 31 new positions....

By the year's end, the utility will need to collect $7,940,691.56 more to fulfill "revenue requirements" for GEMS....

February 10 and 11, and May, 4 and 5, 2016....

...unfunded liabilities, over-estimated revenues & skyrocketing expenses....

Jack P. Suyderhoud, Professor of Business Economics and Director of the MBA Program, Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii at Manoa, answering a question about the Jones Act....