...for his participation in a money laundering scheme involving bribes made to corruptly secure engineering and project management contracts from the government of FSM....

...case echoes Rice v Cayetano....

...Akina focused on how the protectionist federal shipping law known as the Jones Act has financially hurt Hawaii....

"...contamination is most often associated with military bases, firefighting training centers, civilian airports, and industrial facilities...."

...State Gasoline Tax Rates as of July 2019....

...The Manufacturing Scorecard shows how each state ranks among its peers in several categories that are of particular interest to site selection experts for the manufacturing and logistics industries....

...Is there something to hide?....

... IMUA TMT RALLY -- This Thursday August 1 @ 5pm, STATE CAPITOL ....

... the McDermotts were named Parents of the Year 2019 in the Civic Leadership category in a ceremony at The Washington Times newspaper in Washington, DC ....

...The Chief Justice has 30 days from his receipt of the list today to make his appointment....

...TMT now represents a huge source of friction in our work to become a model indigenous-serving university and Hawaiian Place of Learning....

"...Disasters provide critical windows of opportunity and funding for improving resilience to future disasters and changing conditions with climate change and sea level rise...."

...This morning, at the request of TMT, the University of Hawaiʻi asked for a two-year extension of the Conservation District Use permit deadline for the initiation of construction. The Department of Land and Natural Resources granted this extension until Sept. 26, 2021....

...Really Obvious Question: How will Clayton Hee exploit his leverage over Hawaii criminals?....

...Hawaii Visitor Statistics Released for the First Half of 2019....

...The confirmation of Trump nominee Daniel Bress in July gave the president his seventh judge on the court. It also brought the once lopsided appeals court to 16 Democrat appointees and 12 Republican appointees, with one remaining vacancy.... 

...Ige has until Aug. 28 to make his appointments, which are subject to Senate confirmation....

...Current director Linda Chu Takayama to take chief of staff position in Ige Administration August 1....

"...the Legislature should have fully and seriously considered HB 1586 and allowed the public to weigh in on the measure, given the major financial effects on the State, instead of using the ‘gut and replace’ practice currently being challenged in court....”

...In 1999, the state offered OHA $250 million and ownership of revenue-producing lands to settle the claims, but bickering trustees turned it down....