... a provision in the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Section 1603) allows companies to receive cash payments in lieu of tax credits for the installation of renewable energy properties ....

...union members accuse union leadership of cavorting with the Japanese Yakuza and the Chinese Triads crime syndicates....

Supporters are already working to build legislative and public support for the constitutional amendment in the 2016 legislative session....

...Comments must be post-marked, emailed, faxed, or hand delivered no later than Thursday, April 2, 2015. All comments will be kept confidential....

...A newly hired legal clerk at the Hawaii County Prosecutor's Office in Hilo can start working without the mandatory urine test, a federal judge ruled Friday....

...HB1329 has been assigned to EDT and WAM, though a hearing has not yet been scheduled....

I refuse to be intimidated by their hateful comments against me....

... The Hawaii State Constitution prohibits members of the Ethics Commission “from taking an active part in political management or political campaigns.” ....

... Schedule Q pays the “avoided cost” of oil ....

...Sand Should Return with Trade Winds....

...the Lava Tube dishonor is given for a lack of communication and keeping the public in the dark....

...scheduled for hearings this week....

Contracts with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) reveal hundreds of thousands of dollars in Kanaiolowalu “consulting” fees paid in 2012 and 2013 to Dwyer and Wong....

... Medical Marijuana; Dispensaries and Production Centers; Appropriation ($) ....

...0.25 per cent rate, beginning January 1, 2017. Amends the administrative fee for the collection of a county surcharge by the State....

... hundreds of little (and in some cases, not so little) pots of money sprinkled throughout Hawaii's departments, agencies, and other governmental units ....

"...the very discussion we are having now is illegal...." -- OHA Trustee Peter Apo January 14, 2015

...How Can the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Better Serve Its Beneficiaries?....

Even in his latest pet project: the election of the new prime minister of India, he has been eclipsed by the other Samoan in the House, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) ....

Eating Ben and Jerry’s apparently can make a person morally superior to regular folks who can only afford Meadow Gold....