...Bills Introduced and Votes Cast for the week ending June 29, 2019....

... a vacant home fee of 5% or 10% ....

...present your claim by September 30, 2019, or be forever barred from succeeding....

...OHA seeks non-profit to administer $1.66 million emergency financial assistance grant....

...Acreage harvested for all seed crops is expected to total 2,530 acres during the 2018-19 season, down 17 percent from the previous season....

...Hear how Jones Act has cost Puerto Rico dearly, and Hawaii, too....

...Neal Miyahira starts as Budget and Finance director on July 1. His appointment is subject to Senate confirmation....

...“Let’s not kill the goose that lays the golden egg”....

...The governor is threatening to veto reform of a police practice that abuses individual rights....

...It is universally acknowledged that Hawaii residents need more homes. So why is it so hard to build them?....

...a new nationally representative survey reporting on the experiences and opinions of over 1,200 active-duty military families. ...

...“Losing this case raises questions as to whether the OHA Board is acting in the best interest of its beneficiaries when it comes to transparency and their right to know how their trust funds are spent.”...

...Wagdy A. Guirguis was sentenced today to five years in prison for conspiracy to defraud the United States....

...Hawaii residents have been moving away from the islands in droves in recent years; in fiscal 2017, more than 13,000 people departed — the highest negative net migration ever....

...Hawaii’s property owners now have many more options for fighting back against oppressive government regulation of property than they did last week.... 

...This week’s opening round of Democratic Party presidential debates threatens to fall short on science and is likely to be dominated by ideological talking points when it comes to food, farming and agricultural biotechnology....

...The activists could not get the results they wanted in a scientific study and instead went to the courtroom to make their case....

...The absence of long-range planning has left the Land Division staff without the expertise, resources, and options to actively and effectively manage its land portfolio....

...John Topasna Mantanona aka 'Boom' was arrested today, June 26, 2019, and charged with obstructing justice by endeavoring to influence a juror and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine hydrochloride....

... average daily visitor spending was down 4.2% -- Total visitor arrivals increased 4.6 percent to 841,376 ....