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...Bill 113 would ban the cultivation of genetically engineered plants in the open air....

Buried in rules issued last week is the disclosure that the administration will propose exempting “certain self-insured, self-administered plans” from the law’s temporary reinsurance fee in 2015 and 2016....

We have numerous horrific historical examples of periods of mass hysteria....

Gary Hooser advises anti-GMO activist how to cast multiple votes in online surveys ....

Meet the activists of Kauai and see how they treat their leaders....

1,032 oral testifiers found 895 in opposition and 137 in support ....

...our picks for the 10 most tax-friendly and the 10 least tax-friendly states in the U.S....

Thank goodness for the cogent and thoughtful questions being asked, both pro and con, by members of the House Judiciary and Finance Committees....

Early on the morning of Oct. 21, more than 250 soldiers from the 65th Engineer Battalion (CE), 130th Engineer Brigade and the 307th Engineer Battalion (C) (A), 20th Engineer Brigade gathered on Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan....

...Union of Operating Engineers cavorts with international crime syndicates, spends union dues illegally and intimidates dissenters with threats of violence....

Rep. McDermott demanded the Minority Party give back their Vice Chair positions, calling them "polluted"....

Hawaii's dishonest anti-biotech activist campaign....

White guilt plus political correctness equals restricting free speech and religious liberty in the name of civil rights....

VT, MA Others ask Federal Court to Impose gay marriage on Hawaii....

Among folks in the Hawaii chocolate-making community, where Walsh once worked, the 62-year-old is known as a smooth talker with a string of failed businesses and debts....

California prohibits any school material or instruction that reflects adversely on homosexuality, bisexuality or transgenderism, while prohibiting parents from removing children from classes....

CGI Technologies and Solutions, Inc., another subsidiary, had been responsible for overhauling the IT systems for the Hawaii tax department....

Here’s a personal account of someone who acknowledges the tactics being used....

Health plans are sending hundreds of thousands of cancellation letters to people who buy their own coverage....

Visitors spend about $76 million a day in communities near national parks, the National Park Service estimated....

Opposition to GMO’s in Hawaii has attracted an eclectic mix of well-worn politicians and other “characters” interested in riding the groundswell of fear and misinformation....

The White House and Congress are inching closer to a conversation about serious entitlement reform....

"With decisive advantages in money, endorsements, organization, and manpower as well as an ideology...."

A family-owned North Carolina-based manufacturer is calling upon the US federal government and governors from five states to probe the reasons why Hoku Corporation and its major partner in the project, Tianwei have failed to pay its debts and review its investment practices into foreign owned businesses....

"There are two reasons for our opposition: First, it attempts to redefine marriage. The church is firm in its belief that marriage as the union of a man and a woman is essential to the well-being of children, families, and society. Second, the protections offered in the current draft are completely inadequate to safeguard constitutionally guaranteed religious freedoms...."

The 9th Circuit heard arguments on a challenge to Hawaii's campaign finance laws, but hinted that it may delay a ruling until the U.S. Supreme Court decides a similar case....

...the Pentagon acknowledged Wednesday that no honored dead were in fact arriving, and that the planes used in the ceremonies often couldn't even fly....

Hawaii, President Barack Obama’s birthplace, has the only online health insurance marketplace that has not yet launched....

Ritte and activist organizations have collected more than a million dollars from anti-GMO advocacy groups on the mainland....

GMOs are likely saving tens of millions from starvation in underdeveloped countries....

It is amazing how pages like this will have such vile, hateful commentary and then always end it with truth, love, peace, and unity!....

Last night I got a tweet from Christy Demuth, biotech opponent on Kauai.  She's always a delight.  She says that she's found the link between me and Monsanto....

Reps Hanabusa and Gabbard voted against funding the Federal Government....

As the Hawaii County Council considers an anti-GMO bill which would require farmers to "register" the locations of their GMO crop fields, another GMO Papaya field in Puna has been attacked by machete-wielding vandals....

The Oliver Wyman consultants expect individual premiums to average $346 in Hawaii in 2014, up from an average of $231 today....

In an embarrassing move, Councilwoman Brenda Ford, whose Bill 109 would ban all GM crops outright, had former yoga instructor and anti-GMO crusader Jeffrey Smith Skyped in to the meeting to give his testimony....

Barca says. "For me, I can’t sit here and do that. It’s like seeing someone beat up a chick in a parking lot or something. Me, I’m going to go and grab them and tell them, ‘Brah, you can’t do that over here.’ Basically these guys are committing murder on our natural resources. I’m not going to let someone do that to my home. I can’t sit around and let that happen. It’s so personal to me because it’s in my backyard. There’s just no way."

patients will be asked to disclose more personal information to their doctors — including how often they have sex and how with how many sexual partners....

Approximately half of mass shootings are caused by individuals with untreated severe mental illness....

The last few months have seen 10-20 percent declines in the exchange rates of many Pacific countries against the US Dollar….

Hawaii's attorney general wants to enjoin four people he says are practicing law illegally and operating a fraudulent mortgage-relief scheme in the state....

More than 300 people attended the Joint Venture Education Forum’s 12th annual meeting, Aug. 29, 2013 at The Salvation Army’s Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center in Kapolei....

Grace’s report provides specific research and points of reference for ... The Queen’s Federal Credit Union and Aloha Federal Credit Union of Honolulu....