...An Attempt Is Being Made To Oust Vice Chair Trustee Dan Ahuna Who Is Now In Charge....

The Hawaii State Supreme Court, in a 4-1 ruling this morning, has decided to allow Castle and Cooke to go ahead with its planned Koa Ridge development in Mililani....

Evenwel has transformed the "one-person, one-vote'" rule in reapportionment cases into more of a "one-person, one-representative" principle....

...favoritism and abuse of trust and power could lead to sexual harassment....

...on proposed changes to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands’ administrative rules....

...Mayor Alan Arakawa, Councilmember Ellie Cochran, Grassroot Institute President Kelii Akina....

Senate Bill 2954 could be scheduled for third and final read at any time....

...dozens of Hawaii County organic farmers are refusing access to State and County mosquito-eradication workers....

...contrasting state and local tax rates with the quality of the services provided....

School by school reports...

FULL TEXT: 2015 Service Efforts and Accomplishments Report and The National Citizen Survey for the City and County of Honolulu....

...Evenwel is the sleeper case of the Term, and opened the possibility that the we might finally get an answer to a question the Supreme Court has dodged for over fifty years....

"...the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands will capitalize on this momentum as we continue to work with the Legislature to close the gap before the end of this legislative session....”

None of the 47 new special and revolving funds proposed during the 2016 legislative session met amended statutory criteria....

One of the more interesting bills still alive and being considered this session, is one that would commission a study on the effects of Hawaii’s low real property taxes....

...State’s improved financial outlook leads to lower interest rates on refunding general obligation bonds....

"...if we wait until the public is panicking because they're seeing babies born with birth defects, we will have waited too long...."

...Currently, there is an appointment open with the Elections Commission for Hawaii County....

Chief Justice Recktenwald appointed Dr. Dubanoski to the Commission, replacing Dr. Phyllis C. Horner, for the remainder of her term, effective April 2, 2016 and expiring on April 1, 2019....