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

The Hawaii Health Connector’s failed website was built under a $53M contract with the same CGI which has made a mess of the federal ACA signup website....

As the temporary slowdown in government operations enters its second week, I write to explain why conservatives have insisted on making the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act the prime source of contention....

Honolulu's public is starved for traffic congestion relief. The power elite has responded with let them have rail....

Today, Hawaii public elementary schools have a three-part report card that evaluates attendance, six general learner outcomes (GLOs), and academic proficiency, with a section for teacher comments. Only one of the GLOs is based on character....

We won’t stop working until the doors to HawaiiHealthConnector.com are wide open.....

...sign up for Obamacare before this hot introductory offer expires....

The Hawaii Jobs Explorer, the first interactive tool to be released as a part of the ongoing UHERO Dashboard Project, is now available for public use....

“HIRA Action” is sponsoring a campaign of radio advertising on multiple stations during October 2013 to educate and mobilize Hawaii citizens....

...a FREE consumer education competition open to teens in grades 6-12....

In September, Plaintiffs’ counsel was informed that the State anticipates that the earliest date on which payments can be made will be the March 5, 2014 pay date....

President Obama is needlessly scaring seniors by suggesting that their Social Security benefit checks may not arrive....

Prescription drug related deaths now outnumber those from heroin and cocaine combined, and drug overdose deaths exceed motor vehicle-related deaths....

• Senate: Continuing Appropriations Conference Request – Motion to Table
• House: Veterans Program Funds- Continuing Resolution
• House: Women’s and Children’s Nutrition Funds – Continuing Resolution

State Rep. Karen Awana is out as Democrat House majority leader....

The United States is overtaking Russia as the world's largest producer of oil and natural gas, a startling shift that is reshaping markets and eroding the clout of traditional energy-rich nations, says the Wall Street Journal....

The biggest problem with Obamacare is that there are going to be layers and layers of government bureaucracy that will try to tell me how to treat patients I’ve helped for over 25 years....

Last week’s partial shutdown of the federal government broke records on the airwaves of twitter and other social media with much of the criticism....

The Commission is an independent, bipartisan agency established by Congress....

Grassroot Institute has been spreading the word about the results of the Reason Foundation’s poll....

A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block 1B guided missile is launched from the USS Lake Erie, and successfully intercepted a medium-range ballistic missile target off the coast of Kauai....

Of that amount $166 million was for professional services and that was likely all for Parsons Brinckerhoff....

Do you feel rich? The Wall Street Journal claims you are, as a fiscal watchdog group says the opposite, citing crushing amounts of government debt....

The authors attribute the reduction in crime to two factors. The first is a lack of "concentration" allowing for less opportunity to engage in criminal activity, and the second is possibly increased monitoring by parents....

Ecological non-use benefits and the costs of eradication and control programs are often difficult to quantify....

Under their current small-business group coverage they are paying $810.56 per month.  Their new price effective July 1, 2014 will be $1,166.24 per month....

Past classes of Rose Fellows have tackled challenges including revitalization of Detroit’s Livernois Avenue....

The Insurance Commissioner will discuss concerns regarding new insurance requirements of the ACA and its impact on rates and populations groups ....

...reduced funding is likely just the beginning of a new reality of diminishing federal support for states and municipalities....

Forty-three percent of major roads in the Honolulu urban area are in poor condition, costing area drivers $598 each year....

About 10 percent of the utility's 30,000 customers have opted not to use the smart meters. KIUC estimates the cost of reading and servicing those 3,000 meters to be about $340,000 a year....

...the U.S. military lacks the resources necessary to implement such strategies....

The Connector logged 19,457 unique visits to the site, completed 1,181 applications, and received 1,257 calls connected at the contact center on the first day....

Several popular Jones Act notions circulating around Hawaii simply are not true....

The enrollment gains can be partly attributed to the large number of births in 2008 and more students staying in the state’s public schools....

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

...the furor over Washington furloughs will only take you so far in the rest of America....

The House has continually been reaching out to the Senate Democrats and President Obama to pass a resolution to ensure everyone receives equal treatment....

Attorney Jim Hochberg is Senator Sam Slom’s guest on the latest edition of “A Better Day” which airs on Olelo Public Access TV Channel 54....

State senators have, at last count, gotten 1,539 emails from residents about the spill and 272 emails from supporters of gay marriage; 602 in opposition....