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...by the numbers on just about everything else, Hawaii doesn't measure up, and not only for reasons beyond its control....

Check out today’s map below to see where your state lies on the wine tax spectrum....

Staff at the Human Rights Campaign last fall described the working environment at the nation’s largest LGBT rights group as “judgmental,” “exclusionary,” “sexist,” and “homogenous” ...

On college campuses fear of offending people now trumps the fear of losing free speech....

Our data set includes 23 key metrics, such as age, gender and income as well as household makeup and housing tenure....

...Hawaii’s employees earn 9 percent more than those in the private sector—the 3rd highest wages and salaries ratio in the country....

...the Board itself failed to properly disclose that the “opt-out” policy was once again being considered....

The median income for families (dad present) with kids younger than 18 adjusted for cost of living is two times higher in the District of Columbia than in Hawaii....

Kevin Jennings, founder of the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)....

2015’s Strictest and Most Lenient States on DUI....

Some play video games in homes littered with pizza crusts and empty Mountain Dew cans. Others watch daytime soap operas....

"...only if the student’s parent or legal guardian provides prior consent.…"

WalletHub compared each of the 150 most populated U.S. cities across 30 key metrics. Our data set ranges from crime rates to school system rankings to housing costs....

Laurie Temple Field, a former associate of the ACLU and now a representative for Hawaii Planned Parenthood, lost no time....

The idea that one’s sex is a feeling, not a fact, has permeated our culture and is leaving casualties in its wake....

...retirement in Hawaii would require $65,822 annually in disposable income, and (given Hawaii’s relatively high income taxes) pre-tax income of $91,451....

...it does not specify any penalties. It also outlines broad reasons the requirements may be waived....

Multiracial Americans are at the cutting edge of social and demographic change in the U.S....

...federal subsidies to wind power do not create investment out of nowhere; they simply distort the relative cost of producing wind energy, shifting investments from other sectors of the economy to wind projects....

Hawaii collects $2,088 per person....

...Newsflash: The Land is Moving too....

Many fossil fuel producers will benefit, while the poor—and the economy—will suffer....

The Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act now goes to the Senate....

...driving conditions for teens in the 50 U.S. states based on 16 key metrics....

"...Calvin K.Y. Say is the uncle of one of my current law clerk’s spouse, and that another law clerk, prior to joining my staff, worked on a campaign involving Respondent Calvin K.Y. Say...." -- Rectenwald

...the 14th Amendment does not guarantee birthright citizenship to unincorporated territories....

The federal government has been withholding about $70 million in grant money, but that will likely be released thanks to the board's vote, which will enable the exchange to continue doing outreach....

...I am awarding the title of “Biggest Loser” at the 2015 Legislature to families....

In Progressive World, there are at least four stages of legally becoming an adult....

...we’re all entitled to our own truth, which we can shape and color and carry around like a fashion accessory. Capital T Truth is, like, so 20th century....

...last year’s production and use of 14 billion gallons of corn ethanol resulted in 27 million tons more carbon emissions than if Americans had used straight gasoline in their vehicles....

A recent case to be heard by the Supreme Court may seem harmless on its face, but has much deeper ramifications for people of faith, and especially families....

Today’s newspaper front page reports on an offshore wind energy proposal that brings back memories of a similar plan way back in 2008....

WalletHub analyzed the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia across 20 key metrics....

...The duo has come to ask Kanahele and his group to perform a blessing at a new project's gate. This leads to wheeling and dealing, with Kanahele negotiating a land swap - and cell phone service - in exchange for performing the traditional ceremony....

In Hawaii...it seems like half the top lawyers attended the University of Hawaii....

...state and local combined individual income tax collections per person....

The university inadvertently confirmed that its Honolulu labs had been put in the performance improvement program in records it filed in January with Hawaii's Office of Information Practices, which is deciding USA TODAY's public records appeal....

Bumpy Kanahele got paid.  Walter Ritte did not.  Note to Next movie maker: Pay Ritte and avoid these problems... or don't pay any of them and reap the free publicity....  decisions, decisions.... 

Hawaii’s per capita death toll during the four conflicts combined is greater than that of any of its peers....

...almost all the hard cheese made in the United States, and in much of the West, uses a genetically engineered protein....

“...taxes are the single most expensive ingredient in beer, costing more than labor and raw materials combined....”

Several of Hawaii's campaign-finance laws challenged by a construction firm are not unconstitutional, the 9th Circuit ruled....

... the average military retirement age is 44 years old ....

The collapse of Hawaii’s state-run health exchange has observers wondering which of the other beleaguered exchanges could be next to fail....

"Chris Butler and the Foundation have worked to help many people get their lives back on track, including Patrick Bowler and will continue to do so." -- Jeannie Bishop, president of the Science of Identity Foundation

In 1987, the federal government repealed the CON mandate, and throughout the 1980s, states began retiring their CON programs--but not Hawaii....

The lowest federal share occurred in North Dakota at 19.0 percent, followed by Hawaii (21.5 percent)....