...and Fitch expects them to remain so. This largely reflects the state's direct responsibility for many functions delegated to local governments in other states, particularly K-12 education....

They engage in politics to expand and protect the perks of government employees who are more likely to have attended college and garner salary and benefit packages more generous than the average private sector worker....

The cost of illegal immigration in Hawaii may be associated with several state policies which are friendly towards undocumented workers....

The 2014 Organic Production Survey conducted in Hawaii found 166 farms with 3,505 acres....

The school borrowed $32.5 million in a five-year deal at a 4.48% yield....

Why was El Faro was still on the water? And whose interest does the Jones Act protect today?

"...it is the city’s Ethics Commission that should administer the city’s standards of conduct...."

New Study Finds Excise Tax is Having Significant Impact on U.S. Employers ....

Hawaii is shown to have the 4th worst pedestrian accident rate in the nation....

In Hawaii, abortion laws are described as less restrictive than those passed in other states....

Business cannot operate without laws being enforced. Selective enforcement of laws by State, County and HPD is discriminatory. Citizens place their trust in government that Laws will be enforced equally without the need for political pressure to do so. The result of the faulty law enforcement surrounding Mauna Kea is fostering tension, aggression, racism and business uncertainty. Ambiguity surrounding the rule of law has prompted a poor economic climate....

Apo: "Ship of nationhood is about to set sail without a rudder, a captain, or a crew...."

A solid constitution cannot be drafted in only forty days, and the forty delegates who gather will not have the authority to speak for the entire lahui. Instead, the 'aha delegates should consider....

OHA Trustee Rowena Akana lost her ARM Chairmanship.  Now she spills the beans....

I’ve always been skeptical of the activists’ rallying cry....

...money meant for the rail project is being diverted to other Ansaldo divisions....

...when a child is born in Hawaii, he or she can count on $26,500 in debt that the state owes per citizen....

...Keli'i Akina speaks with Victor Geminiani of the Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice about probable solutions to homelessness and affordable housing in Hawaii....

In Hawaii annual costs for 4-year-old care are equal to 55.8 percent of minimum-wage earnings....

...maritime attorney and former merchant seamen Rod Sullivan opined that the ship was beyond its useful life and this lead to a catastrophic failure at sea....

...this documentary that will bring the voice of scientists in laboratories and farmers in the papaya fields in Hawaii and banana gardens in Uganda to the global audience....

...Deadline is Thursday, Oct. 15....

... factors were “pent up demand” for services sought by previously uninsured individuals, transitional plans and previously low penalties for ignoring ACA’s individual mandate keeping healthy populations out of the marketplace, high cost specialty drugs, and ACA taxes and fees ....

...NBC News has seen fit to call attention to an obscure MoveOn.org petition seeking to change the name of President William McKinley High School in Honolulu....

More than five years of haggling between United States and 11 other nations bordering the Pacific Rim ended Monday in a proposed agreement that has been hailed as "historic" though still not publicly released....

...NH government would not be eligible for trust or “reservation” lands. The proposed rule does not, however, discuss or allude to whether a NH governing entity has the right to sovereign immunity....

The US came in 32nd out of 34 OECD countries, topping only Italy and France....

The Hill newspaper posted an op-ed on October 2, 2015 entitled “Time to repeal the Jones Act.”....

...politicians have thrown out alternative ownership models for the transaction....

Now 41 of them say it has a major flaw that needs to be changed....

...allow customers to buy an interest in electricity generated by community renewable projects in diverse locations on their home islands without installing anything on their own roofs....

The proposed species occupy 11 types of ecosystems....

A study reveals that urban containment, or smart growth policies, have been shown to drive the price of housing up....

U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii’s Installation Voting Assistance Office will host a voter registration drive in the lobby of the main Post Exchange, Oct. 5, 10 a.m.-2 p.m....

Jamye Windsor, age 40, has been charged with one felony theft count for improperly receiving more than $50,000 in state funds from Waianae Community Outreach....

EPA, State of Hawaii negotiate final settlement with U.S. Navy to upgrade Red Hill storage tanks....

...Republicans said they are willing to consider exempting Puerto Rico from the Jones Act....

The President urged the lawmakers to adopt his domestic economic agenda at the state level because he doesn’t expect Congress to take much action for the remainder of his presidency....

Trustee Tears Were Shed & New Beginnings Promised....

There were at least 250 people there....

209 Candidates running for 40 positions as delegates to the Tribal Convention designed to approve Federal Recognition.... 

Last week one of my students asked why rail projects don't get stopped....

Hawaii AG joins amici brief supporting Texas in Evenwel v. Abbott....

including Travelocity.Com, LLP, Expedia, Inc., Orbitz, LLC, and Priceline.Com, LLP....

Witnesses from six states - California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Oregon – attended the hearing....

"The DHHL is carefully reviewing the details of the Interior Department’s proposal and will be submitting comments on the issues outlined therein."