The 2018 Legislative Session has come to a close. Close to 200 bills sit on the Governor's desk awaiting his signature....

...Keli'i Akina and Professor Schoolland demonstrate how free market thinking is good for the economy and our personal lives....

...affordable housing in Hawaii, how it works, whether it is legal, and how it could be done better....

...Honolulu and Pearl City tie Sta Rosa, Ca and Rancho Cucamonga, Ca for lowest monthly avg starting salaries adjusted for cost of living....

...In the case, Rizo v. Yovino, the court determined that the EPA bars employers from relying on past wage or salary history as a justification for pay disparities....

...members include Robin Wurtzel, Chief Counsel of the secretive Hawaii Civil Rights Commission which has helped cover up many sex-harassment claims....

...Supreme Court ruling could lead to sports gambling bills in Hawaii Legislature....

...ongoing disaster could have been avoided....

... Dynamic pricing = 'Voluntary' rolling blackouts or brownouts.  You agree to use at certain hours and not at others ....

... Hawaii ranks 46th ....

...June 11, 2018, 6:30pm....

...SB 2699 proposes to make “resort fees” subject to our Transient Accommodations Tax (TAT)....

...he worked with HSTA for days at the bargaining table. Sometimes he stayed up with us until 3 a.m.... 

...After the 1960 Tsunami, homeowners in the destroyed Shinmachi area of Hilo bayfront were given fee-simple lots on newly subdivided state land in Waiakea Uka.  Shinmachi is now the site of the Hilo Bayfront Park....

...Average Per Capita Property Taxes: How Does Your State Compare?....

...Today’s Presidential Disaster Declaration for Hawai‘i Island follows the Presidential Disaster Declaration for flood-damaged Kaua‘i and the City and County of Honolulu, which was granted on May 8....

...Hawaii’s Legislature did not approve a higher minimum wage this year....

...EOEL – which oversees the development of Hawaii’s only state-funded preschool program – now offers 26 prekindergarten classrooms serving 520 keiki statewide....

...Anderson will be taking over for Pressler.  He has served as administrator of the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Division of Aquatic Resources since October 2015....

"...inside these gates, we can do what we need to do...."