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...it could fire rockets on Guam, Hawaii and the U.S. mainland in retaliation for American bomber sorties....

In Hawaii, the Fair Market Rent (FMR) for a two-bedroom apartment is $1,671.... 

All we have to do is pass the bill unamended, and we can move the PLDC repeal along to the final step. And then Senator Solomon announces she want to amend the bill....

... they did ask to become a part of the country ....

David Chang, 33, state chairman of the Hawaiian Republican Party, is a second-generation Korean-American....

On this date in 1959, President Dwight Eisenhower signed the Hawaii Statehood Bill ....

Last year, Australian police reopened inquiries into the 1982 bombing of the Israeli consulate in Sydney and a Jewish club, after finding links to Rashed....

Hawaii gets a greater percentage of its electricity from solar than any other state....

...it’s also possible to oppose same-sex marriage based on reason and experience....

“Now we’re in sequestration, we have a bill that would give ... companies an additional 5 percent, $15 million,” McCain said. “It’s disgraceful, and it’s been going on for years....

• Texas – 50.1%
• Oklahoma – 49.6%
• West Virginia – 46.8%
• Hawaii – 44.1%

The average wage when adding in tips for the front of the house is $24.24 per hour....

Does your street show up on the alphabetical list of  “failed” or “serious” streets? Find out here ....

Drug companies have long kept secret details of the payments they make to doctors and other health professionals for promoting their drugs....

Delegates to the conference talked about whether to “keep or dump” North Korea and debated whether China, as a major power, should “fight or talk” with the North....

Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative (HCEI) fails to satisfy all three pillars of sustainability....

...direct flights to Hawaii will exceed 2.6 M for the three month period between February and April 2013. This is an increase of more than 11%....

We analyzed the data to bring you a list of the ten absolute worst U.S. cities to drive a car according to the following three questions....

"...however you manage that reduction, you need to make sure you are not contradicting what we said the impact would be....” 

Leopold served in the Hawaii State legislature 1970-78.  He was also the State Director for Planned Parenthood while in Hawaii.  He then relocated to MD....

UH boosted its annual bite on students 108%....

It’s devastating to the nation’s economy, environment, and defense capability....

They enter the store with reusable bags and can more easily conceal items they steal.  It's tough to tell what a customer has paid for and what they may already have brought with them....

Transcript of letter from State employees attacked by Rep Faye Hanohano....

Between 2011 and 2012 Hawaii jumped from 44th to 1st in “Work Environment” but fell from 4th to 14th  in “Basic Access"....

When you ram ships; hurl glass containers of acid; drag metal-reinforced ropes in the water to damage propellers and rudders; launch smoke bombs and flares with hooks; and point high-powered lasers at other ships, you are, without a doubt, a pirate, no matter how high-minded you believe your purpose to be.

SSI, SNAP, Medicaid, TANF, or other government assistance....

About 38 percent of all nursing homes in Hawaii earned an overall five-star rating....

Defines "permanent resident" for legislative reapportionment as any individual counted as a usual resident in the last preceding U.S. census within the State of Hawaii....

Obama personally approved of the plan for Lew and Nabors to propose the sequester to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). They did so at 2:30 p.m. July 27, 2011....

The reduction in foreclosure sales helps sustain Hawaii sky high real estate prices, thus benefitting the large landowners' development schemes....

Senior U.S. administration officials held secret talks in North Korea on at least three occasions in 2011 and 2012....

Making them grovel over less than a 2% increase (when health care costs are factored in), while at the same time proposing an expensive new preschool program is breathtakingly insulting....

...cases of voting fraud are more likely to be through absentee ballots, The New York Times reported last fall, citing comment from some election officials. Compared to in-person voting, an absentee ballot also is more likely to be rejected....

... he only selects his friends from a pool of hundreds of qualified Architects and Engineers in Honolulu ....

...Greenpeace is already protesting that “the next ‘golden rice’ guinea pigs might be Filipino children.” The 4.4 million Filipino kids with vitamin A deficiency might not mind so much....

...Hawaii also is looking to boost its use of natural gas, and it will need a Jones Act exemption as well. It's time to strike on this issue now!

...summary of the major project components, including the gas pipeline, gas treatment facilities and the liquefaction, storage and terminal facilities....

...Hawaii could see layoffs and reduced income growth, which in turn would weigh on economic growth....

“A coterie of insiders run the program, with a handful of doctors and others deciding what the public may know." -- The Oregonian

Jeff and his wife Laurie Stone contributed $3000 to Kirk Caldwell's recent Mayoral campaign....

On a hillside in Hawaii sits a lavish home — a six-building estate that looks out over dark lava fields, the Pacific Ocean and a championship golf course....

In 2004, Nopphon Fuchumpa was promised a great opportunity in the United States.... 

Selected details from SunshineReview.org review of State, County, and DoE websites....