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This may explain why Hawaii’s insurers were so eager to grab seats on Abercrombie’s Hawaii Health Connector Board....

In today’s Star-Advertiser readers discover the Editors toying with yet another shiny electoral object—same day voter registration....

“We are a small movement, so it might be very important for some men and women to find a partner who shares their beliefs,” said Maggie Ardiente, director of development for the American Humanist Association....

...disability ranks will likely continue to swell: in just the last month, almost 275,000 people put in applications for disability benefits....

The new policy guts the federal work requirements that were the foundation of the Clinton-era reform ....

Akaka’s Committee will “examine the process of recognizing tribes through the Administrative and Congressional processes.”

As Hawaii’s next U.S. Senator, I commit to you that while the Jones Act issue is being fully studied, I will explore other ways to reduce the costs of living in the State of Hawaii.

...this is only the second time the House will have voted to fully repeal the law....

Whether she will admit it or not, Mazie Hirono is leading the charge for big cuts to Medicare....

This is a practical, realistic and workable form of universal coverage....

According to liberals, either the 2008 financial crisis and its attendant recession, or the sluggish recovery -- and maybe both -- can be attributed in large part to the high level of economic inequality in the United States....

The lawsuit filed in Pulaski County Circuit Court alleges that Ope Saaga, who operated Performing Hawaii Tours, violated the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act by failing to provide the travel services paid for by the Fort Smith Southside High School and "Spirit of Arkansas" marching bands....

the U.N. and global gun banners have markedly stepped up their attack on our Second Amendment freedoms by including civilian arms in the proposed Arms Trade Treaty....

China’s attempt at a high-speed rail network is fraught with corrupt officials, impossible costs, and deadly safety failures. But U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood wishes America would follow it as a model....

One of the few bright spots in the Supreme Court’s ruling on Obamacare was its 7–2 decision striking down the Obama administration’s attempt to blackmail states into going along with a massive and costly expansion of Medicaid....

Congressman Scalise is strongly opposed to a Federal Takeover of … (Drumroll please) … Local Building Codes....so Hanabusa says he must be shunned and anyone who meets with him should be disqualified in the eyes of voters....

According to their projections, by now, unemployment should be at 5.5 percent. Instead, of course, it’s 8.2 percent—and has been above 8 percent for 41 straight months....

replace the current system of tax and spending subsidies with a system that offers everyone a uniform, fixed-dollar tax credit for the purchase of health insurance....

The U.S. Navy has spent $26 a gallon for 900,000 gallons of biofuels mixed with petroleum for use in a training exercise, and Republicans in Washington aren't too happy about it

Alan Bloom's The Closing of the American Mind is still an important work after 25 years, despite some unforeseen events....

The problem of college affordability is recognized on both sides of the aisle, but sadly, most efforts to abate the problem - such as increasing federal subsidies - have only exacerbated it. 

Opponents have vowed to repeal it, citing the nearly universal popular revulsion with the Court's majority decision in Kelo v. City of New London as an example where one side lost the battle, but might have secured the upper hand in the long run....

"all that Progressives ask or desire is permission…to interpret the Constitution according to the Darwinian principle"

... a Government Accountability Office report, requested by U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., the chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee on states' implementation of the teacher quality portions of Race to the Top....

A recent study by Harvard Research Fellow Leonardo Maugeri found that the United States' incredible shale reserves represent "the most important revolution in the oil sector in decades."

Obamacare ends Medicare as we know it, including severe physician reimbursement cuts ....

Some fear the administration’s proposal is an effort to increase enrollment in the state-run insurance exchanges mandated under the president’s controversial health care law.

Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, Waimanalo Health Center, the Hilo Bay Clinic, West Hawaii Community Health Center, Hana Community Health Center, and Malama I Ke Ola Health Center on Maui....

We're starting to appreciate the Chief's "functional" approach. What say we apply that same test to a legislature's statement regarding the "public use" for which it is condemning property?

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision sets the stage for an historically unprecedented confrontation between Roman Catholics and the federal government over whether Catholics remain free to exercise their religion ....

This decision will energize freedom-loving Americans to once again take matters into their own hands....

The last thing we need is another tax, especially at a time when the people of Hawaii and our nation desperately need jobs....

... It creates a debilitated, inoperable version of health-care regulation ... a jumble of now senseless provisions ....

...questionable policy judgments in the PPACA such as the decision to create unelected Independent Review Boards, the punitive tax on medical device manufacturers, and the elimination of Medicare Advantage programs deserve meaningful bipartisan discussion....

"But having read more of the opinions, I'm much relieved about individual rights and the states' rights within the constitutional structure."

flames of ignition light up the black night and shake the grounds of the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) as a medium-range missile accelerates out of its launch pad ....

ADF is challenging the Obama administration’s abortion pill mandate in several lawsuits because it unconstitutionally requires faith-based employers to provide or pay for insurance coverage of abortion-inducing drugs and devices ....

history and timeline of the operation and subsequent scandal....

By a 5-4 vote, the court held the mandate valid under Congress' constitutional authority "to lay and collect Taxes".... Conservatives wanted to see the Supreme Court put a limit on the commerce power, and Thursday it did.

The policy landscape will change dramatically after 10 a.m. today. If the Supreme Court does not strike down Obamacare in its entirety, Congress should move to repeal it....

"Either you or your most senior advisors were involved in managing Operation Fast & Furious and the fallout from it, or ... "

The RAISE Act would lift the ceiling on unionized workers' wages by allowing employers to pay individual workers more—but not less—than the union contract specifies.

The claim that coordinated care will save money without degrading quality is a common belief behind almost all mainstream health reform efforts....

The very public failure of energy company Solyndra has focused a lot of attention on the Department of Energy's loan guarantee programs....

Hawaii Republican Candidate Takes Big Third Step to Achieving ‘Young Gun’ Status....

"That means police statewide can immediately begin calling to check immigration status—but federal officials are likely to reject most of those calls," reports Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times.

The unwillingness of Congress to make tough decisions could seriously harm our country's future and the American people. This was one of the key messages Governor Linda Lingle and her colleagues on the Governors' Council of the Bipartisan Policy Center heard during two days of extensive meetings in Washington....

• Senate: Motion to Proceed; Disapproval Resolution – EPA Regulations
• Senate: Farm Bill – Final Passage
• Senate: Cloture – Flood Insurance Reauthorization
• House: Land and Water Projects
• House: Domestic Energy Policy
• House: Motion to Instruct Conferees – Highway Bill

The Supreme Court will hand down its verdict on Obamacare this week, making it a timely occasion for Americans to show their support for religious freedom....