Reapportionment Commission defends its work, asks Supreme Court to dismiss lawsuit.
Neighbor Islands
Posted inBig Island, Hawaiʻi, Hawaiʻi Legislature
New Plan for Hawaii Legislative Districts Draws Second Lawsuit
Challenge comes from Big Island attorney who successfully sued Hawaii County reapportionment plan.
Posted inBig Island, Hawaiʻi
Big Island Democrats Challenge Redistricting Plan in Supreme Court
Lawsuit claims counting non-resident military, college students in population unconstitutional.
Posted inAgriculture, Big Island, Environment
Hawaii Ag Officials Hope to Save Coffee Farms from Spreading Beetle Scourge
Infestation wreaking havoc on Big Island coffee crops.
Posted inHawaiʻi, Kauaʻi
Kapu For Kipu Falls on Kauai
Grove Farm makes “difficult decision” after lawsuits, failed attempt to censor guide books.
Posted inAgriculture, Big Island, Environment
Hawaii Coffee Farmers Call for Nationwide Boycott of Safeway Stores
Kona growers accuse grocery-store chain of mislabeling Kona blends, tarnishing their reputation.
Posted inBig Island, Uncategorized
Supreme Court Ruling Could End Public Financing Pilot in Hawaii
Ruling on Arizona law likely will halt public financing program for 2012 Big Island council elections.
Posted inEndangered Species, Energy, Kauaʻi
Slideshow: Saving Hawaii’s Rarest Orchid
Experience a “pepalicious” day in the bogs of Kauai.
Posted inEnergy, Kauaʻi
Hawaii’s Three Native Orchids
Islands have only three native orchids, and the Platanthera holochila is rarest of them all.