Act 103 authorized Maui Region to transfer its facilities to a new entity as a way to mitigate future budget deficits....

Meanwhile, ACLU fails in effort to keep the homeless on the street....

Keli'i Akina speaks with Tom and Cindy Bauer of Surfing the Nations about the incredible transformation in Wahiawa....

The remarks were made by Thomas Allegretti, Chairman of the American Maritime Partnership (formerly known as the Maritime Cabotage Task Force), the primary Jones Act maritime industry trade association....

The Commission is accepting proposals through October 31, 2015, to amend the Charter....

Using these products for more than a month could be lethal....

...whether SunEdison abused its position as the controlling shareholder of TerraForm in order to advance its own interests at the expense of TerraForm and its minority shareholders....

The Hawaii State Hospital in Kaneohe for more than a decade has been challenged with overcrowded patient conditions....

...1.1 acre property located at 85-248 Farrington Highway....

But Hawaii has 3rd lowest obesity rates....

President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Visits Hawaii for the First Time....

"Na'i Aupuni states that OHA’s intentions are consistent with the federal government’s authorization...."

...health plans are rated based on performance and quality of care....

...an "error rate," meaning payouts to people not legally entitled to them, in excess of 20% for the last ten years....

...Na'i Aupuni is the Office of Hawaiian Affairs/State of Hawai'i's attempt to relinquish my peoples' cultural and political rights....

...a Navy man told police that Whitt molested him while he slept....

The share of infrastructure expenditures funded by tolls, user fees, and user taxes ranges from 14.2 percent in Alaska to 86.4 percent in Hawaii....

The Fraser Institutes Annual report measures the degree of economic freedom in various countries around the world....

...Hawaii, California, Oregon, Vermont, Florida and Washington, which adopted some type of restrictive land-use policy over the last 30 years, all experienced some of the largest losses, in terms of home affordability....

... Finland Price, $139M / Mississippi Price $1B .....

Today in discussions with DLNR leadership, a protest leader agreed to remove the tent and to “lighten their presence” on the mountain....

Hawaii Health Connector failed to select the most qualified vendor for the best price, awarded a flawed, poorly written contract, and failed to monitor the contract....

...HART is now ginning up a new billion dollar "financial emergency" timed to justify a Honolulu Council vote to raise the GE Tax by 0.5% for the years 2022-2027....

...premiums are expected to rise further as a result of various Affordable Care Act-related fees....

The lawsuit alleges that the City violated the United States Constitution when it destroyed personal property belonging to the plaintiffs....

...The initial wave is expected at 3:11 a.m. HST in Hilo on Thursday, Sept. 17....

...Back Room Deals Theyʻve Never Disclosed....

...whether electoral districts should continue to be drawn using a state’s total population, which is the current precedent, or if the system should shift to account only for eligible voters....

The workshop is designed for landowners, developers, real estate brokers....

Findings from the 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health....

...The results show that 48 percent meet or exceed the achievement standard in ELA. In math, 41 percent of students tested meet or exceed achievement standards....

...ranking states on two measures of safer sex: sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and contraception across eight (8) indicators....

What is intriguing is that Hawaii chose to join this brief....

"This could destroy your organization and us...."

CDC Youth Behavior Risk Survey data ....

"Hedonometer Score measures personal expression of hedonism on social media"

...Mr. Montes published or approved the publication of appeals to members of the Party and others to refrain from making monetary contributions to the Party....

The ACLU has shared a copy of the settlement agreement in this case with Maui County and Kauai County, both of which have had similar pre-employment medical examination requirements....

The illegal immigration situation in Hawaii is different than the rest of the country....

...guest host Joe Kent speaks with physician Kyle Varner about the shortage of doctors in the Aloha state....

Livability.com has released its third-annual Top 100 Best Places to Live list....

Hillview, Ky. filing for Chapter 9 bankruptcy in late August, brought the national total of municipal bankruptcies to 14 since 2008....