...Ridership has been hovering around 81 percent since September, 2024, and it doesn’t appear likely that it will increase much in the foreseeable future....

Bill 2987 would reduce the risk of farmers and ranchers paying more in property taxes than they should for having certain commercial structures on their lands, including food processing facilities or slaughterhouses.... 

... flash flooding ....

... still only no-name candidates for LG ....

... The legislative session ends May 8, 2026 .... 

"... the real decisions will likely come during conference committee between April 16 and May 1 ...."

... A 1950 Supreme Court ruling prohibits service members from suing the federal government for injuries arising from military service ....

... two on Oahu, one on Big Island ....

... tax hikes starting at $175K annual income ....

... Being recognized as a major disaster is significant because it opens the door for additional federal resources and establishes a shared responsibility between the state and federal government to support our communities ....

... 555 households remain in FEMA Direct Housing ....

... the predictable result of policy choices that prioritize climate symbolism over working families’ budgets ....

... the legal basis for regulating CO2 emissions from motor vehicles, power plants and industry under the Clean Air Act ....

... Hawaii averages 134 annual school bus crashes from 2021 to 2024 ....

... It might get resurrected this session if it, in Frankenstein fashion, is grafted onto another live bill ....

... This Week at the Capitol: Resolutions, Resolutions, Resolutions ....

... Daylyn Harris, 34, and Chelsea Johnson, 32, of Honolulu, Hawaii, were arrested on July 15, 2025 ....

"...the FSA issued the woman a payment of $65,745, to which she was not entitled...."

... approve automatic mass replacements of 50% benefits for residents of ZIP codes of 96712 and 96791 ....

...All of Hawaii’s county mayors have released their proposed budgets for the next fiscal year, and most appear to be fiscally responsible....

... The decision is now on appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ....

If you ask how "a religious holiday observed primarily by Christians commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary" squares with the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, let us explain ....

... The Hawaii Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection voted 2-2, leaving the recommendation to ban commercial aquarium fishing on Oahu unadopted ....

... too Trumpy for Hawaii roads? ....

... Vladimir Devens to serve as Chief Justice of the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court ....

... The Nine-Year Scheme Defrauded the Military of $37 Million for Information Technology Contracts Serving U.S. Air Force Installations Across the Pacific ....

"...After the Storm: Keli'i Akina & Lance Luke discuss The Hidden Threat to Hawaii's Homes...."

... Hawaiian Electric is forecasting that typical residential bills may rise between 20% and 30% over the next several months. Oahu customers will start seeing higher April bills, followed by Hawaii Island and Maui County customers who will see increases in May and June. ...

... Oregon enacted virtually identical legislation along party lines in 2025, and the Freedom Foundation filed a federal First Amendment lawsuit challenging it. ... 

... For a pregnant mother on Molokaʻi, giving birth can mean having to leave home weeks before her due date ....

... graduation ceremony dates, times and locations for the Class of 2026 ....

... the law only prohibited counseling conversations in one direction. It allowed conversations that push young people toward a gender identity different from their sex ....

"...to waive the Jones Act to try to hold down skyrocketing fuel and other energy costs is a blanket admission of the Jones Act’s crippling effects on our economy...."

... officials say past spills ended and sweeping fixes have made recurrence unlikely ....

...In the coming weeks, Hawaii voters will receive their voter registration notice in the mail. The notice confirms that you’re properly registered....

... Following rigorous assessment of public water systems impacted by 2021 Red Hill fuel release, EPA issues final drinking water report ....

... Judge Annalisa Bernard Lee, Maui and Judge Michael Soong, Kauai ....

...the extraordinary losses from the 2023 wildfires in Lahaina and Kula continue to dampen tourist numbers....

...total spending by visitors in February 2026 was $1.91 billion, an increase of 10.3 percent....  787,024 total visitors came to the Hawaiian Islands, up 3.6 percent...

... Do No Harm v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services et al. ....

... multiple people take the guy down to the ground and they wail on him with fists and feet ... including one woman who kicks him in the face several times ....

... The Sierra Club’s favorite Hawaii carbon credit scheme is run by a former penny stock tout listed in the ‘Panama Papers.’  It isn't going well .... 

... Schatz received at least $131,500 from organizations that oppose the bill ....

... Somebody needs to rewrite this bill or put it out of its misery ....

... taxpayers seem to be the only ones expected to make a sacrifice ....

... the state has secured 80 rooms through April 30, 2026 at the Inn at Schofield ....

... votes cast in Congress ....

"... what is occurring here is a calculated and organized effort by sitting politicians ...."

... upgrade cost jumps from $20M to $67M ....

... The bill now moves to the Senate Judiciary Committee ....

“(T)here is no question that the legislature was ‘prompted to make a change' by the Hawaii Attorney General’s endorsement of HB2075 of 2022 ….” 

... The state doesn’t have a budget crisis. It has a spending crisis ....

...the homestead associations he championed in his first decade of service were multi-ethnic groups seeking the fee-simple ownership of land promised in the Hawaii Organic Act....

... the declaration would unlock critical federal support from the Federal Emergency Management Agency ....

... State Senators, July 29, 2021, rejected the nomination by a 6-17 vote after critics openly complained about Gluck’s ethnicity and gender.  ....

...an Uzi Submachine gun, a pistol with an installed machinegun conversion device, at least two firearms with obliterated serial numbers, two short-barreled rifles, an AR-style pistol with an installed suppressor/silencer, and one firearm suppressor/silencer....

...The court held that the U.S. Constitution and federal law preempts state claims arising from out-of-state and international greenhouse gas emissions....

“FEMA remains fully prepared to provide support as needed.  While the shutdown impacts some routine operations, immediate response needs are not affected.”

... and 2nd-highest taxes per capita ....

... On Wednesday, March 25 at 2:00 PM, the House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs will hear Senate Bill 2575 ....

... A single new condominium tower in Honolulu may have opened up hundreds of additional housing opportunities across Oʻahu ....

... to increase the bill of a typical residential customer on Oʻahu by about $3.62 per month ....

... Kennedy had stated “sex-rejecting procedures” — such as puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgeries — are unsafe and ineffective ways to treat children and adolescents experiencing gender dysphoria that “fail to meet professional recognized standards of health care.” ....

... this week's votes cast in Congress ....

...BIPC is awarding its Lava Tube dishonor to “Legislator X,” the elected official caught on tape accepting a paper bag containing $35,000....

... Any bill that hasn’t crossed over is dead for this session ....

... HB1875 passes Senate HHS, JUD next ....

... five nominees for Kauai, none for Maui ....

... foreign ships were being chartered to carry goods between American ports within 24 hours of Trump’s recent Jones Act waiver  ....

...For 23 of the past 25 years, more residents have left Hawaiʻi for the continent than have arrived....