...Hawaii has the broadest sales tax in the United States, but it taxes many products multiple times....

... weekly update from GovTrack.us ....

...we are starting to see laws passed in the 2019 Legislature take effect....

...Bress will fill the seat vacated by Judge Alex Kozinski, who stepped down in 2017 amid sexual misconduct allegations.... 

...WalletHub compared 300 cities of varying sizes across 27 key indicators of market attractiveness, affordability and quality of life....

...Student Debt as % of Income, Adjusted for Cost of Living  (3rd-lowest)....

...Ige has appointed Linda Chu Takayama as his chief of staff, effective Aug. 1 an Keith Yamamoto as chief operating officer.... 

...Several domestic shipping and maritime interest groups, alongside unions, are backing lobbying efforts to keep the Jones Act on the books....

...To rank CNBC's 2019 America's Top States for Business, we put all 50 states through a rigorous test and graded them based on more than 60 measures of competitiveness in 10 broad categories....

...For almost three decades, the handyman exemption in Hawaii was capped at $1,000, a limit that includes the cost of labor and materials....

...A proposal to Build Solar Farm on Hawaiian Home Lands turns ugly in Kapolei....

...activists have scared parents into believing that they must fear pesticides but ignore other real safety hazards....

...The Hawaii Shippers’ Council (HSC) recently reviewed its 1997 estimates of the cost of the Jones Act on Hawaii....

...Hawai‘i’s Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC) has violated the federal Clean Water Act by polluting ocean waters along Kauaʻi’s West Side without a permit, a federal court ruled yesterday....

...The State Department of Transportation announced that Mauna Kea Access Road will be closed and there could be lane and other road closures associated with large equipment movement beginning July 15....

...Ige signed the final remaining anti-gun bill awaiting his consideration, Senate Bill 600. This comes on the heels of him signing Senate Bill 1466 on June 27th.... 

... Ige boosts film tax credit and allows condo associations to conduct non-judicial forclosures ....

...“If you want to maintain your aircraft there are not a lot of options up there because the state won’t allow it.”...

...invited to present a Best Practices session on its apprenticeship program and how it could address employee shortages....

... Really Obvious Question: Has Winer received a target letter or a subject letter in the Lyon investigation? ....