...Obviously this is a negotiating position. OHA is demanding decommissioning but wants rent money.  UH offers decommissioning but no money.  Now they have to trade to settle....

...there is no paper that is so dreadful that it cannot be published somewhere....

...a proposed policy in Honolulu may prevent nonunion employers from bidding on government projects....

...There are 25 emergency shelter beds available in the initial phase. At full operation, the shelter will provide 50 emergency shelter beds for single men....

...In 1996, under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (Welfare Reform Act), COFA migrants living and working legally in the United States under the Compacts were deemed ineligible for most federal public benefits. Hawaii, as a U.S. port of entry in the Pacific, has directly borne the cost of public services related to migration under the Compacts....

... age 10-17--obesity rate 11.5%....

...Hawaii had the lowest percentage of Millennial-owned businesses -- 3.65%....

...Vernon Char, Wesley “Kaiwi” Yoon, Christopher Yuen....

...some cities know the key ingredients for long-term prosperity better than others....

...SCOTUS Oral Argument Hinges On Internal Dispute Over Who Can Settle....

"...it feels like they're trying to smoke us out, that they're trying to slightly force us into leaving this building...."

...We need this to stop....

...Cities and States with the Highest and Lowest Uninsured Rates....

“...She seems very Trumpian....”

...The heat and high humidity are driving increased demand for air conditioning at the same time overcast skies are diminishing solar output and wind resources are minimal....

...Nine of the 10 UH campuses saw reductions in enrollment....

...Ige has appointed Brig. Gen. Kenneth S. Hara to be the Adjutant General for the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Defense effective Dec. 6, 2019. He replaces Maj. Gen. Arthur “Joe” Logan who will be retiring....

...The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations to fill the following anticipated judicial vacancies in the State of Hawaii....

...a task force of eminent Hawaii business and other community leaders has just issued a warning that Hawaii’s current rate of government spending is not sustainable....

...The combined total of the 8-week long Daniel K. Inouye Highway enhanced traffic enforcement efforts by Hawaii Police Department stands at 4,632 citations issued and 46 persons arrested for 74 offenses....