... The latest foster parent arrested for child torture is a university instructor, social worker, DoE behavioral health specialist, and UH Manoa PhD student ....

“...Hawaii doesn’t have a scarcity of land. We build housing and urban development on only 5% of the land mass....”

... the remaining gun control bills have now crossed over between the House and Senate ....

“NIH’s proposed drastic reduction of our facilities and administrative rate would result in the elimination of approximately $16.5M in funding that the University of Hawaiʻi uses...."

... the House draft of the budget bill (HB300), will now proceed to the House floor for third reading and are expected to cross over to the Senate on Wednesday, March 12 ....

... The wording of SB350 does nothing to protect contraceptive access if federal authorization is withdrawn or denied ....

... The downward adjustment was mainly due to the expected slowdown in tourism growth, higher projected consumer inflation and increasing policy uncertainty at the national and international levels ....

... OHA introduced three failed bills SB534, HB605, and SB211 this legislative session ....

... Every Hawaii-based company that ships its goods outside of the state has come up against the Jones Act ....

... The bill was RECOMMITTED to the JDC committee. It is dead for this session ....

... Harry Kauhi cooperated with the prosecution, testified against a crime boss and apologized for his actions ....

... SB222, SB227, SB1324 .... 

... the act intentionally disadvantaged the ports of Hawaii and Alaska ....

... allegedly CWS and PACT informed four times but did nothing before death of Sarai Perez-Rivera ....

... Trump speech to joint session of Congress, March 4, 2025, 4pm HST ....

... Vacancies on both commissions are appointed by the Governor from a list of nominees submitted by the Judicial Council ....

... assisted living cost up 21% since 2023 ....

... March 11, 13, 20 ....

... the City’s $3.93 billion Operating budget proposal represents an increase of 8.4% over the adopted $3.63 billion budget for the previous fiscal year. The proposed $1.21 billion Capital Improvement Project budget for FY 2026 is 15.8% more than the adopted $1.05 billion CIP budget for FY 2025 ....

... Kobayashi ruled there was sufficient circumstantial evidence to support conspiracy and state law claims ....