nomination deadline is Monday, May 1, 2017....

“Due to the at-risk private capital, Public-Private Partnerships often result in lower costs, less risk, and faster delivery....

...College and Career Readiness Indicators Report (CCRI) for the Class of 2016....

"...we cannot let our personal inclinations get ahead of important, overarching principles about who gets to make decisions in our democracy...."

In Oregon, 1,749 lethal prescriptions have been written and at least 1,127 patients have died from ingesting the drugs....

All bills referred to three or more committees must be in their second-to-last committee in the non-originating chamber by March 16....

KIUC mailed 25,703 ballots and received 6,088, for a turnout of 23.7 percent, more than last year’s 21 percent turnout....

...two bills are moving through the legislature on this subject....

The city low-balled the cost and construction is five years late; William La Jeunesse has the story for 'Special Report'....

If the City does not comply with AOC schedules for completion, DOH may issue stipulated penalties of $500 per day for delays....

...Democrats from southern states expressed concern over incorporating Hawaii’s predominantly non-white population into the Union....

...Implement a forensic audit of OHA’s expenses, especially in regards to “Hawaiian Nation Building”....

Capitol Hill’s crosshairs turned Thursday on the Ninth Circuit just a day after a federal judge under the court’s purview became the latest to thwart efforts by the president to block Muslim immigration....

...the Trump administration is placing its hopes for the ban in the hands of the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Virginia....

NAIT is an unindicted co-conspirator named in the Holy Land Foundation terrorism-financing trial of 2007-08....

... but, but, but--How can we make the humans feel guilty now? ....

...bills heard this week (HB76, HB233, and HB234) attempt to amend the law passed last summer by adding new severance options for the hospital employees....

Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald has appointed Brian A. Costa, Darolyn H. Lendio Heim, and Trish K. Morikawa to the District Court of the First Circuit (Island of Oahu) ....