“inadequate, unable to support the office’s growing portfolio nor any future land involvements”....

Makana breached contract by refusing to work "when planet Mercury is in retrograde ... approximately six months per year," his former manager claims in court....

... I'd like to hail my fellow law bloggers who, like me, make the time to share thoughts about the legal issues of the day ....

The Golden State is at the top of the list; fellow oceanfront states Hawaii (2) and Florida (3) round out the top three, followed by Texas (4) and Colorado (5)....

...the Obama Administration has rolled out new policies that disregard states’ authority over marriage....

Yesterday, President Obama made headlines by saying that the red line wasn’t really his, but the whole world’s, and that “Congress’s credibility is on the line” now that he has punted....

As of February 2013, OHA owned or leased 28,206 acres, making it Hawai‘i’s 13th largest landowner....

The regulation from the IRS formally codifies the fine charged to people without insurance....

The Obama Administration’s Syria policy has been disturbingly ad hoc and reactive....

Lambda Legal began preparing the ground for Abercrombie’s proposed gay marriage  “religious exemption” as far back as 2007....

Nine Women Remaking the Right....

Abercrombie will be using the state's top law enforcement officer, Attorney General David Louie, to turn up the heat on their fellow liberal Democrats by holding a "private caucus"....

The TPP has been behind closed doors for a long time. The wait will be more than worth it if a sound agreement is struck....

On paper it may appear Hawaii has a "low sales tax," but that is not the case....

Hawaiian Electric Company will deactivate its Honolulu Power Plant on Jan. 31, 2014....

Brenda Ford’s bill, which would destroy Hawaii’s papaya crop and blow a huge hole in the county and state’s economy....

Ceres founders and other mainlanders also funneled campaign contributions directly to Walter Ritte in 2012 for his race for a vacant seat on the Office of Hawaiian Affairs....

Providers apply for the incentives using a secure, web-based tool from Xerox to show that they have implemented and used EHRs under federal guidelines....

The city’s Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation will resume construction this month....

... Hawaii is present in the top ten of both lists, showing large unfunded liabilities compared to their populations and economic output ....

Applications are due Sept. 30....

In just 27 days, the Obamacare exchanges are scheduled to open....

"I'm going to f*** with the environmentalists even if I don't have a dog in the fight"

$178,250 in matching funds for a scholarship which would provide full tuition for a deserving student from Hawaii....

For all the talk these days of how to revive our supposedly moribund American Dream, it took a college dropout-turned-actor to state the obvious....

A story invoking Governor Abercrombie’s war-protester past, has surfaced on Breitbart.com....

Abercrombie’s draft gay marriage bill would make Hawaii the only state in the nation to claim legal jurisdiction over divorces in which neither party is a resident of the state....

We published this in 2012.  Since both the Star-Adv (9-1-13) and Civil Beat (8-30-13) have consciously decided to lie--claiming no such study exists--we are publishing it again....

...those lost revenues resulted in lawmakers having to raise additional revenue....

"As tempting as it was to bring in extra funds to our schools, I told the Governor that such a dichotomy is simply not in our way of thinking...."

"...it is not true that Jesus embraces all the behavior of those he loves...."

The Hawaiian Electric Companies today began a search for suppliers of cleaner fuels, including ultra-low sulfur diesel....

"Despite the continued increase in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations, the annual-mean global temperature has not risen in the twenty-first century challenging the prevailing view that anthropogenic forcing causes climate warming."

some final thoughts with you as I leave the leadership of the University of Hawaiʻi....

...more than 80 percent of participants transition from homelessness to housing within three to four months....

The State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) has approved the archaeological survey reports for the Honolulu rail transit project, and cleared the way for permit applications....

Governor Abercrombie announced today that it is unlikely that a special session to redefine marriage to include same-sex couples will happen at this time....

...mandatory GMO labels would only intensify the misconception that so-called Frankenfoods endanger people's health...

Congress hasn’t passed immigration legislation, but that hasn’t stopped President Obama....

limits vary widely, remaining unlimited in twelve states while being set as low as $160 per election to candidates for State House and State Senate in Montana....

Sherbow claimed he initially approached Gabbard because he was born into the same obscure Western-Hindu tradition as Tulsi....

If hired, feel free to send Hawai'i Free Press stories about your adventures as a state-funded insurance salesperson....