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Gabbard criticized Ms. Wasserman Schultz, the top officer, last month for leaving her and other party officials out of the discussions about the Democratic presidential debates....

The three most open states are Hawaii, New Hampshire, and Oregon, all of which provide an online searchable database for consumers....

US Rep Tulsi Gabbard has pointed out again and again and again the President Obama is materially aiding Islamist Terrorists....

It’s like a bad Monty Python sketch....

...Ige's office has been flooded with over 500 phone calls and about 300 emails from constituents....

True to Form: Enviros win 90% in Hawaii Supreme Court....

'Screening': Syria is 10% Christian, 'Refugees' are 2% Christian....

Deirdre Marie-Iha, a lawyer from the Hawaii Attorney General's Office, asks for help defending against a free speech case....

Hawaii Ranks 44th with a 6.3% Tax Rate....

...it will likely move public sentiments substantially in one direction and Establishment policies in quite the opposite....

...Hawaii only granted permits to U.S. citizens until a federal judge in Honolulu last year ruled that's unconstitutional.  The department is trying to get around that ruling....

...the Illinois veterans are allowed to continue voting in Illinois by absentee ballot ... if they reside in the Northern Mariana Islands (“NMI”),  American Samoa, or in a foreign country, but not if they reside in Guam, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands....

Raising a family in the Aloha State comes at a high price....

"The ratio of homeless veterans to the veteran population is 28 times higher in San Francisco than in Virginia Beach, Va"

instead of getting credited for the full retail rate for the energy they produce, customers will be credited for a fixed rate between 15 cents and 28 cents per kilowatt-hour, depending on the island....

Lobbyists thrive in land of sunshine....

The map shows the average amount of EITC taken per tax return in every county in America....

Our data set ranges from the percentage of adults and children who are overweight and obese to the sugary-beverage consumption among adolescents....

WalletHub’s analysts compared 1,268 U.S. cities....

If you’re Social Justice Warrior, you’re a liar....

Hawaii has a low business survival rate, with only slightly more businesses created in 2013 than failed that year....

...mass shootings in this country are more a reflection of problems identifying and treating people with mental health problems....

PUC Chairman Randy Iwase seems confident that the ruling will stand....

The Dole fruit and Dow chemical companies must face a lawsuit from migrant farm workers who claim they were harmed by a pesticide, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled....

Hawaii has grabbed tens of millions of dollars from Honolulu County taxpayers and diverted it to the general fund, rather than using it for a mass transit rail project as intended....

The Department of the Interior will conduct four meetings by teleconference....

Hawaii ranks 44th at $58 per person ....

...This is a question for Congress to decide, not a small band of lawyer-activists inside the Obama administration....

Sylvia Luke wants it as a slush fund to purchase Ali’i Place. Ernie Martin wants it to build affordable housing....

Faleomavaega's sister, Vaitunasa Salu Hunkin-Finau is prepared to make a bid to return the office to family hands....

NextEra reported that long-time Abercrombie confidant, Senator Brian Schatz and aide Josh Handleman, had a meeting on April 7, 2014 at NextEra Energy Headquarters in Juno Beach, Florida....

The state lawsuit also claimed Ciber used lobbyists and “exercised inappropriate political influence” to persuade the state to continue making payments to the company....

...the average property tax deduction taken on the Schedule A, per tax return, for each county....

...if you thought this was an isolated incident, you haven't been paying attention to Tulsi Gabbard....

Hawaii residents had the highest financial well-being in the nation in 2014, followed closely by Alaska residents....

"...it kind of reminds me of how high school teenagers act,” Ms. Gabbard said....

...the Attorney General’s investigative report has not previously been made public....

...KimJong Un is “on a quest for nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them intercontinentally....”

...subpoenas are going out and an investigative grand jury could hear the case later this year....

Today’s map looks at state tax collections per capita....

Several states opposed the stay, including Hawaii...

The cost of illegal immigration in Hawaii may be associated with several state policies which are friendly towards undocumented workers....

The school borrowed $32.5 million in a five-year deal at a 4.48% yield....

In Hawaii, abortion laws are described as less restrictive than those passed in other states....

A solid constitution cannot be drafted in only forty days, and the forty delegates who gather will not have the authority to speak for the entire lahui. Instead, the 'aha delegates should consider....

OHA Trustee Rowena Akana lost her ARM Chairmanship.  Now she spills the beans....

...money meant for the rail project is being diverted to other Ansaldo divisions....

In Hawaii annual costs for 4-year-old care are equal to 55.8 percent of minimum-wage earnings....