...this week's votes and bills introduced....

...the Big Apple has sent local homeless families to 373 cities across the country with a full year of rent in their pockets....

...Office of Inspector General has selected the NOAA’s Western Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Fund grants awarded to the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council for an audit....

...State's Amicus Response....

...When supply can’t keep up with demand, prices go up....

...In the period between now and when Bill 37 becomes effective, the mayor will work with interested parties to rectify the issues concerning this bill....

...Steve Petranik, editor of Hawaii Business Magazine, and Kam Napier, editor-in-chief of the Pacific Business News, share their insights about Hawaii's business climate....

...if the power is to be shut off to more than a handful of customers statewide, the power must also be shut off to the homes of both the responsible utility execs and the state legislature and executive office buildings....

...state laws requiring the transportation of a firearm to the police station to register it have already been ruled on by the D.C. Circuit Court and were found unconstitutional.  We expect the same to be found in this situation....

...We discuss the common issues of the Golden State and the Aloha State – affordable housing, high poverty, a pension crisis, and the high cost of living."....

...Hawai'i is the ONLY state without any municipal governments below the county level....

...The combined total for 10-weeks: 5,461 citations issued and 51 persons arrested for 84 offenses....   

... Wesleyan University Professor J. Kēhaulani Kauanui .... 

...Hawaii ranks 37th on business tax climate, down 11 places since it re-imposed 3 'temporary' income tax brackets—with a top rate of 11%—and rolled back estate tax reforms....

...the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday upheld an injunction barring enforcement of rules that let employers opt out of covering birth control on religious and moral grounds....

...teachers union says state should ban flavored vape products....

...the federal production tax credit for wind is scheduled to be phased out at the end of 2019....

... Its hard being a tweeker ....

...Gun pointed at police during shooting was registered to Ebersole's attorney....