... The newly awarded contract will focus on completing the build-out of one loft space on the second floor to house the investigations section....

... “These bills will bring to bear the authority and power of City agencies to aggressively attack the illegal and insidious game rooms that are so harmful to our communities,” said Mayor Rick Blangiardi ....

... The protectionist law’s defenders claim U.S. shipbuilding would be virtually nonexistent without it, but it would be hard to do much worse ....

... U.S. Navy and NASA release Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for proposed, continued use of state lands on Kauai ....

... with just $489 left over each month after covering essential living expenses, residents are left with little room to save ....

... A federal judge is deciding whether the U.S. Navy should be held liable for 543 Clean Water Act violations at its Red Hill fuel facility ....

"Dr Ekins-Coward, an academic researcher, was seriously injured when her laboratory experiment exploded on 16 March 2016."

... Attorney General Lopez also announced the official transition of future wildfire analysis, mitigation and coordination efforts to the new state fire marshal and the Hawaiʻi Wildfire Management Organization (HWMO) ....

... in Hawaii investor buyers outnumber investor sellers more than any other state .... 

... in Hawaii, rent for a one-bedroom unit costs 46% of beginning, bachelor-degree-holding teacher salary ....

... Hawaii Democrats remind us why they are more repulsive than Donald J Trump ....

... Nearly half of participants are still in temporary housing ....

... submitting claims multiple times before they’re paid is necessary and sometimes claims are completely ignored ....

... On May 30, 2025, a federal court in Washington, D.C., awarded over $573+ million in total damages to victims and families affected by terrorist attacks in Iraq that were enabled by Iran’s support for extremist groups ....

“...you need to be more on my team....”

... The practice worked well and safely during the COVID-19 crisis and could do so again, the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii says ....

... BOR unanimously approved the appointment ....

... votes cast and bills introduced in Congress .... 

... lower courts had ruled against the family’s claim for damages, despite finding the school had fallen short ....

... two tax bills are on the list ....

... Democrats favoring Jones Act reform include U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres of New York, who introduced a bill in early May to exempt oil and other energy products transported to Hawaii, Alaska, Guam and Puerto Rico from the Jones Act ....

... This is up 9.48% from just a year ago ....

... Hawaii has only 2.5 registered boats per 100 residents--dead last in USA ....

Hawaii was the last place in the US to abolish indentured servitude....

"...they have grandparents who just passed away recently or moved into assisted living, so now they can move back home and live in that house....”

... After being frog-marched out of the building, former HTA VP of Finance Isaac Choy is spilling the beans ....

... "If (the $2.19M fine is) upheld by the hearings officer it will mean the closure of these two urgent care facilities." ....

... Speaker Nadine K. Nakamura today announced updated leadership and committee appointments in the Hawaiʻi House of Representatives ....

... residents in the most expensive states like California, Hawaii, and New Jersey paying up to 39% more than the national median, while those in the most affordable states like West Virginia, Mississippi, and Oklahoma pay up to 44% less ....

...Hawaii serves just 5% of its four-year-olds and 2% of three-year-olds in state-funded preschool programs, dead last among Pacific states....

... Hawaii taxes beer at $0.93 per gallon .....

... Increasing 11% per year over a 5-year period -- The Honolulu Council apparently used this as a model. ....

... questions that could reshape insurer-provider contracts statewide ....

...The states accuse the Trump administration of hiding violations of federal law prohibiting the possession of machine guns in a settlement agreement with manufactures of forced reset triggers....

... The Lahaina fire is an opportunity to exploit.  The hotel unions and the hotels want the TVR business all for themselves ....

... 70.6% of third graders in Hawaii experience tooth decay—the highest rate in the nation ....

... Hawaiʻi ranks 24th in overall children’s well-being in the Data Book, as well as 33rd in the economic well-being ....

... votes cast and bills introduced ....

... overall, Maui taxpayers will still see their tax bills go up in 2026 because of a combination of higher tax rates and assessments ....

... Truth about Jones Act makes big leap forward ....

... an estimated 3,120 students in 4th grade likely cannot perform skills like adding and subtracting multidigit whole numbers, fractions, and decimals ....

... money chairs’ macabre tradition ....

... Two bills that would relax some of these regulations passed out of a Maui County Council committee just this week ....

... Green informed legislative leaders and stakeholders of his intent to veto 19 bills ....

... oral arguments will also be livestreamed for public viewing ....

... regulations that allow community groups to essentially kill projects after they’ve been approved are the biggest hurdles to clear ....

... Missing Rep Elle Cochran found -- on ‘Tin Foil Hat Tuesday’ .... 

... Most recently, he served as the UCLA Bruins’ Chief Strategy Officer from 2022 to 2024, where he led the department’s transition from the Pac-12 to the Big Ten ....

... ADF attorneys represent popular satire site, state resident in legal challenge to censorship law ....

“The height restriction … is wrongfully preventing Honuaʻula from completing the construction of an approved affordable housing project…"