| Crooks and Cronies: Who's Getting Paid from the FY 2016-17 OHA Check Register |
...Hawai'i Free Press has obtained a copy of the Fiscal Year 2016-17 Office of Hawaiian Affairs check register in response to an open records request....
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| Chief of Staff: Fuchigami Taking McCartney's Job? That's what the Constitution Says |
...The position of administrative director is actually one of the few positions created by the State Constitution....
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| Medicaid: Ige Claims Cost not Soaring |
...The numbers quoted by the senator are not technically wrong....
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| Secret Public-Private Hawaii Energy Group is Plotting Our Future |
...The organization has lobbied for 15 years but has never complied with mandatory state lobbying laws....
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| How Resignation, Recusal Allow Caldwell to Pick Next HPD Chief |
...Caldwell will make his picks just as soon as he sees how the votes are lining up....
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| Honolulu Rail Deal Fallout: Neighbor Islands Want A More Open Legislature |
...After Rail ripoff, Sister Isle Counties demand the Legislature apply the Sunshine Law to itself....
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| Workers Protest as Star-Adv lays off 25% of Newsroom |
...publisher Dennis Francis of OPI, owned by Canada-based Black Press Ltd., is insisting on slashing wages and benefits for the remaining journalists....
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| The Atlantic: Aloha Tower Deal Makes HPU Poster Child for College Debt |
...it spent $54 million to buy Honolulu's iconic Aloha Tower and convert it into an anchor for its downtown campus....
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| Recent Federal Court Ruling Affects Hawaii Tip Credit |
... the 9th Circuit Court's Marsh v. J. Alexander LLC decision makes life much easier for employers with tipped employees in Hawaii ....
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| Hawaii AG Obstructs Requests on How Much Taxpayer Funds Are Being Spent Fighting Trump's Travel Ban |
...the Hawaii AG office denied the public interest fee waiver request and charged $28,396.30 to complete the document search....
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| Chin, Muslims Sue to Block Travel Ban 3.0 |
"...it continues to effectuate the President's unrepudiated promise to exclude Muslims from the United States...."
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| Can Hawaii AG Help Muslims Obtain US Classified Info? |
...The government on Friday told a Hawaii federal judge who demanded disclosure of the report that it's classified and should remain off-limits as evidence in the court battle....
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| SCOTUS Backs Trump, Dismisses Travel Ban Challenge |
...Tuesday's order strongly suggests that the justices will dismiss the Hawaii case once the refugee resettlement provision terminates....
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| OHA Trustees Reject CNHA Grab for Charter School Funds |
... the Resource Management Committee opted to instead give the grant funds directly to the charter schools, instead of to the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement ....
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| State of Hawaii Auditing OHA |
... the state Auditor has already informed OHA of its preliminary findings ....
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| Obstruction of Justice? Arakawa Allegedly Asked Nonprofits Not to Cooperate with CSC Investigation |
... Ann Arakawa, contacted nonprofit and community groups to get them not to cooperate with the commission's two-year investigation into the mayor's campaign expenditures....
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| Rep Andria Tupola to Host Hawaii Tax Conference |
...with speakers from the Reason Foundation, Tax Foundation, and Pew Charitable Trusts to inform the public on ways we can solve many of our fiscal problems and make our economy better....
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| Kiplinger: Hawaii Taxes 7th Highest in USA--Before Rail Tax Hikes |
...this is before the legislature raised the TAT and increased the Income Tax....
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| State and Local Taxation Per Capita: Hawaii Takes $5,705 |
...Hawaii has the 8th highest amount of taxation per capita in the USA....
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| Incentives for Retirement Savings |
...During the past few months, the Tax Review Commission has been busy at work....
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| Best Colleges? UH Manoa Ranks 484th -- UH Hilo 729th |
...comparing nearly 1,000 higher-education institutions in the U.S. across 27 key measures....
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| Ominous UH email: 'In the event of a nuclear attack' |
..."In light of concerns about North Korea missile tests, state and federal agencies are providing information about nuclear threats and what to do in the unlikely event of a nuclear attack and radiation emergency,"....
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| Hawaii politicians missing the boat on Jones Act reform |
...It isn't often that a supposedly controversial political issue builds to an overwhelming consensus among Hawaii citizens - especially when that consensus is in direct opposition to the official position of the state's Democratic Party....
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| Trump Refuses to Extend Jones Act Waiver for Puerto Rico |
...Expiration of Trump's temporary Puerto Rico Jones Act waiver validates Sen McCain's permanent exemption bill....
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| Jones Act industry anxiety increases with Hurricane waivers |
...Seafarers Fret Over New Assault on Jones Act in Wake of Storms....
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