...Does the Supreme Court now have three votes to kill the telescope?....

...the William and Mary Law School awards U. Hawaii lawprof David Callies the Brigham-Kanner Prize....

...OHA will be submitting four bills for consideration this session, as well as testifying on hundreds of other measures that impact our beneficiaries....

...is spending five years of staff time on it to publish a book more important than the life of our people or their homeless plight? ...the public could easily see it as self-serving and done on the backs of our beneficiaries....

...OHA must be seen as a valuable partner, not an opponent, to the broader community....

...Tuesday, January 2 through Wednesday, January 17, 2018....

...Visitors to the Hawaiian Islands spent a total of $1.29 billion in November 2017, an increase of 4.5 percent compared to a year ago....

...lets take a look at the I and F grade projects--and guess which projects score an 'A'....

...Thomas A Allegretti is the outgoing chairman of the American Maritime Partnership (AMP), the primary Jones Act industry lobbying group....

...Boivin will assume duties as of December 22, 2017, replacing the retiring Glenn K. Y. Hong who served as the company’s president for 25 years....

...this could make Hawaii and other high-tax states less competitive for their wealthiest earners, since those residents will be less able to deduct the high local taxes....

...This week, an actress did something almost unheard of. She apologized for spreading misinformation about the new tax law....

...we assessed the division’s surveillance and response to three disease outbreaks....

...the inclusion of ASG allows approximately one third of the funds to stay in American Samoa....

...I committed myself to doing three things for the sake of the Hawaiian people:  First, ensure a full and independent audit of OHA.  Secondly, guide OHA towards financial sustainability as well as growth.  Third, watch to make sure OHA funds are not misspent but rather used to meet the real needs of Hawaiian people....

...It's turtles this time....

...American Maritime Partnership responds to Bloomberg....

...Ige is making appointments to his cabinet to fill the positions left vacant because of two planned retirements. He has also re-appointed the State Procurement Administrator....

...The Calendar for the 2018 Legislative session is now posted....

...over $50 million in bribes....