"...DPP should convert from its inefficient plan-review operation to an inspection-driven model...."

...Hawaii Family Advocates intends to monitor the Hawaii Legislature and testify and otherwise weigh in on bills....

...“Inspiring Nationally Vibrant Economies Sustaining Tribes (INVEST) Act"....

...When you’ve dug an $88 billion hole, you need to stop digging....

...This week, the Honolulu Police Commission ousted vocal Kealoha critic, Loretta Sheehan, from her Chair position. Additionally, it was reported that the Federal Public Defender for 24 years, Peter Wolff, who originally exposed the crimes of former City Prosecutor Katherine Kealoha and former Chief of Police Louis Kealoha, will also be ousted from his job....

...from Tyler Trent, Native Hawaiian physics student....

...tax assessments were inconsistent and inequitable, exemption and dedication property requirements were violated, and taxes assessed did not reflect the highest and best use of the properties....

...an ineffective communications system that sometimes prevents riders from making reservations, drops calls, and does not record voicemail complaints....

...Grassroot Institute of Hawaii urges the Legislature to rein in spending and taxes....

...video takes on Hawaii's high cost of living, with some quick examples, then some suggestions advising how to help fix it....

"...We found that the Department of Planning and Permitting does not effectively manage the permitting process for timeliness...."

...Hawaii women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $797, or 82.6 percent of the $965 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts....

...The New Year's Barely Started & There's Already A Cover-Up at OHA....

... The lawsuit could have far broader implications for the AG’s office given the large number of national cases the Hawaii AG’s office involves itself in.  How many of those cases are driven by the profit interest of private law firms? ....

...the administrative asset forfeiture rules will become effective on January 17, 2020....

...We at Hawai’i Free Press only needed 30 minutes to write this point-by-point rebuttal.  Yes.  It is that easy....

...from 2014 to 2019, Tong used an alias to act as property manager and landlord for five properties she rented to Section 8 voucher holders....

...Alaska professor compares Jones Act to other forms of cabotage....

...Notice of Anticipated Judicial Vacancies – Two (2) District Judges, District Court of the First Circuit and District Family Judge, First Circuit (island of O’ahu)....

...Will we see the same issues arise in 2020 or will there be new ones?....