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In Hawaii, there were 995 drunk driving episodes yearly per 1,000 people....

The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission has set formal evidentiary hearings and public listening sessions on NextEra Energy Inc.’s $4.3 billion acquisition of Hawaiian Electric Co., according to public documents....

...but 2nd highest student debt as a percentage of income adjusted by cost of living ....

...attractiveness of the largest U.S. cities in terms of livability, the quality of their health and education systems, economic growth and tax rates....

Sex trafficking became a prosecutor’s priority when I returned to office in 2010.    That year, exactly one pimp was arrested, and in 2011 the respected Polaris Project ranked Hawaii among the worst states for anti-sex trafficking efforts....

...Meanwhile -- 3,500 astronomers converging on Waikiki....

...it was possible that plaintiffs could establish standing if they amended their complaint, any amendment would be futile because plaintiffs’ Commerce Clause challenge to the Jones Act would fail on the merits....

...an economic study for commissioned by the state recommends Hawaii raise taxes on gasoline by $.85 per gallon....

...Conflict of interest....

For singles in Honolulu, the highest lifestyle-related costs are clothing and housing....

The certified list is shorter because it omits the names of people whose Hawaiian ancestry has not yet been verified....

Hawaii 45.1 cents per gallon, plus federal 18.4 excise tax, plus GE Tax....

Hawaii is among the states with the lowest rates in the country of foster children who were re-abused within six months of being reunited with their families....

...and Detroit ranks 14th....

...Kaiser policy said it would cover 80 percent of the cost of medically necessary emergency transportation services, Kaiser denied most of it, leaving him with a $36,000 balance due....

“On Dec. 1, Hawaiian sovereignty activists lowered the American flag on the single pole at the front entrance to the UH-Hilo campus and hoisted the Hawaii state flag that previously flew beneath."

...the deeper you dig, the more fraud you find in the case against GMOs....

...the threat of losing NEM has led some in the PV industry down the path of hyperbole, exaggeration and self-interested fear-mongering....

The average monthly consumption of electricity per housing unit in Louisiana is triple that in Hawaii....

Hawaii taxes many products multiple times and, by one estimate, ultimately taxes 99.21 percent of the state's personal income....

Only in Washington DC is $100 more worthless....

Today’s map shows how spirit excise taxes in your state compare....

Hawaii ranks 40th among US states for its fiscal health, based on its fiscal solvency in five separate categories....

Across all metro areas, Urban Honolulu, Hawaii has the highest cost of living, while Danville, Illinois is the least expensive place to live in the country....

Why? Cost of living is the main issue....

If California is America’s future, then that future is overrun with poverty....

Study also finds that alcohol consumption is a salient predictor of marijuana use....

For example, the Aina Koa Pono project....

Comprised of four UH Community College campuses, Project Imua involves a joint faculty-student enterprise for designing, fabricating and testing payloads....

"...concealed carry licenses held by more than 11 million citizens across the country should now be valid in every state without question...."

...it is instructive to note the ways in which marriage and “same-sex marriage” remain distinctly unequal in those states that already have extended recognition to same-sex couples....

This is a conflict between OHA and the University of Hawaii over control of public land revenues....

The Hawaii exchange is collapsing....

The Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling by the end of June in King v. Burwell....

...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....