19 open seats on Neighborhood Boards .... 

...and Fitch expects them to remain so. This largely reflects the state's direct responsibility for many functions delegated to local governments in other states, particularly K-12 education....

They engage in politics to expand and protect the perks of government employees who are more likely to have attended college and garner salary and benefit packages more generous than the average private sector worker....

The cost of illegal immigration in Hawaii may be associated with several state policies which are friendly towards undocumented workers....

The 2014 Organic Production Survey conducted in Hawaii found 166 farms with 3,505 acres....

The school borrowed $32.5 million in a five-year deal at a 4.48% yield....

Why was El Faro was still on the water? And whose interest does the Jones Act protect today?

"...it is the city’s Ethics Commission that should administer the city’s standards of conduct...."

New Study Finds Excise Tax is Having Significant Impact on U.S. Employers ....

Hawaii is shown to have the 4th worst pedestrian accident rate in the nation....

In Hawaii, abortion laws are described as less restrictive than those passed in other states....

Business cannot operate without laws being enforced. Selective enforcement of laws by State, County and HPD is discriminatory. Citizens place their trust in government that Laws will be enforced equally without the need for political pressure to do so. The result of the faulty law enforcement surrounding Mauna Kea is fostering tension, aggression, racism and business uncertainty. Ambiguity surrounding the rule of law has prompted a poor economic climate....

Apo: "Ship of nationhood is about to set sail without a rudder, a captain, or a crew...."

A solid constitution cannot be drafted in only forty days, and the forty delegates who gather will not have the authority to speak for the entire lahui. Instead, the 'aha delegates should consider....

OHA Trustee Rowena Akana lost her ARM Chairmanship.  Now she spills the beans....

I’ve always been skeptical of the activists’ rallying cry....

...money meant for the rail project is being diverted to other Ansaldo divisions....

...when a child is born in Hawaii, he or she can count on $26,500 in debt that the state owes per citizen....

...Keli'i Akina speaks with Victor Geminiani of the Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice about probable solutions to homelessness and affordable housing in Hawaii....