"...Quality of Education -- 36th...."

...A blast over Honolulu would be catastrophic. That doesn’t mean the government shouldn’t help the public prepare for one....

...Ige said Monday that one of the reasons it took so long to inform the public that a ballistic missile alert in the state was in fact a false alarm was because he couldn’t remember his Twitter password....

...Jones Act supporters in Congress are angling to require petroleum and liquid natural gas produced in the United States be exported on only so-called Jones Act ships....

...Rep Hanabusa also voted in favor of the same continuing resolution, so logically all of this rhetoric should apply to her as well.  Do Hawaii progressives become 'outraged' only when instructed?....

"...Hanabusa looks forward to sharing a clear vision for our state’s future in the months ahead....” (or whenever)

...The Minority Caucus identifies 5 issues that Ige fails to discuss....

...a celebration is planned on Thursday, January 25 9:30am at the State Capitol....

"...We often need to be reminded of what makes us so special. ..."

"...General Hara is a close personal friend of General Miyagi and under the command of General Logan.  General Logan serves as the Director of the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency, so how can he be evaluated by his Deputy Director, General Hara?"

...and Hawaii ranks 48th for Small Business Lending per capita....

...members of the Subcommittee are virtually all strong supporters of the Jones Act and typically receive industry backing in turn....

...Measures student success (dilutes failing test scores--Editor) with 14 indicators including chronic absenteeism, inclusion rate, teacher retention, facility repair and maintenance backlog, and family engagement....

...lawmakers will be asked to conform our Hawaii income tax law to the federal changes that have taken place in 2017....

...Hawaii’s Democratic congresswoman, Tulsi Gabbard, was among the first to blame the president. She said that Mr. Trump was “taking too long” to defuse the North Korean threat adding, “He’s not taking this threat seriously. There’s no time to waste.”....

...adds e-liquid to the definition of “tobacco products”, which would make all provisions of the cigarette tax and tobacco tax law that relate to tobacco products applicable to e-liquid....

...Within five minutes of the erroneous missile alert, Iolani School student William Heyler had tweeted to the world that it was a mistake....

...The assisted suicide bills from 2017 are still alive and we expect new bills to be introduced....

"...the only thing accomplished today was more unanswered questions and the announcement that we must wait and see what the Governor's study-report by General Hara turns up...."

...a series of community workshops to provide project information and gather community input....