..."Ms Sweeney is an incredibly qualified nominee," said Robin Puanani Danner....

...Michael Lilly , Former Hawaii Attorney General, joins Hawaii Together with Keli'i Akina for a discussion on the history and current state of Racial Harmony in Hawaii.... 

...Hawai’i Free Press has obtained a copy of the Fiscal Year 2016-17 Office of Hawaiian Affairs check register in response to an open records request....

...During the past few months, the Tax Review Commission has been busy at work....

...It isn't often that a supposedly controversial political issue builds to an overwhelming consensus among Hawaii citizens — especially when that consensus is in direct opposition to the official position of the state's Democratic Party....

...publisher Dennis Francis of OPI, owned by Canada-based Black Press Ltd., is insisting on slashing wages and benefits for the remaining journalists....

...The position of administrative director is actually one of the few positions created by the State Constitution....

...and this is before the legislature raised the TAT and increased the Income Tax.... 

...comparing nearly 1,000 higher-education institutions in the U.S. across 27 key measures....

...Hawaii has the 8th highest amount of taxation per capita in the USA....

...the Hawaii AG office denied the public interest fee waiver request and charged $28,396.30 to complete the document search....

...Fiscal Stability#41....

...the state Auditor has already informed OHA of its preliminary findings....

...Tuesday’s order strongly suggests that the justices will dismiss the Hawaii case once the refugee resettlement provision terminates....

...the 9th Circuit Court’s Marsh v. J. Alexander LLC decision makes life much easier for employers with tipped employees in Hawaii....

'...it continues to effectuate the President’s unrepudiated promise to exclude Muslims from the United States...."

...Expiration of Trump’s temporary Puerto Rico Jones Act waiver validates Sen McCain’s permanent exemption bill....

• Senate: Pai Nomination – Confirmation
• Senate: Quarles Nomination – Confirmation
• Senate: Cissna Nomination – Confirmation
• House: Abortion Ban
• House: Fiscal 2018 Budget Resolution

...it spent $54 million to buy Honolulu’s iconic Aloha Tower and convert it into an anchor for its downtown campus....

...Seafarers Fret Over New Assault on Jones Act in Wake of Storms....