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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....

Starting October 1, armies of “Navigators” will begin asking Americans very personal questions....

...the IRS announced that any same-sex couple who married in a state that recognizes same-sex marriage can file a joint federal tax return, even if the state where they currently live does not recognize same-sex marriage....

It’s President Obama’s home state. Democrats have a super-majority in both houses of the legislature....

...they face both dwindling reimbursements and payments increasingly tied to outcomes....

The challenge facing Hawaii can be visualized through two charts which focus on renewable generation in 2012....

The California Republican Party’s willingness to embrace unconventional leadership may provide insights into what the GOP will need to do to win elections....

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

Nine Women Remaking the Right....

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....

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

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

"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...."