Even in Honolulu, housing affordability has deteriorated markedly, with the Median Multiple rising 0.6 points in just the last year. Honolulu was less affordable than all but Hong Kong and Vancouver...

Residents of Hawaii, along with those living in the District of Columbia, were most likely to approve of President Barack Obama in 2012, according to an analysis of Gallup Daily tracking for the year....

...school choice advocates—including parents, teachers, schoolchildren and administrators, and many others—will come together to promote educational choice, with more than 3,600 events taking place nationwide....

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...see the list of 1,000 well-known prison reform activists, elected Democrats, Hawaii County Prosecutor, sovereignty activists, religious leftists, green mailers, and current inmates who have signed on to this effort....

"This guy's been operating (as a commercial enterprise) for two or three decades." .... In other words, he's a drug dealer.

...elected officials desperate to make-up the budget shortfall selectively raised taxes, resorting to increases that weren’t visible to the general public in order to avoid mass resentment ....

Auto commutes will be made more cumbersome to promote public transportation....

Census data strongly suggests that Hawaii, and Oahu in particular, are stable communities with very mild growth....

...a "zoning verification" by the Director of the City and County's Department of Planning and Permitting is not a "decision of the Director"....

Candidate filing is open through February 15, 2013 (date corrected) for Honolulu Neighborhood Board elections. Candidates may register online at the NB election webpage.

...continued attempts to legalize same-sex marriage, gambling and physician-assisted suicide....

State ranks third lowest in the country for adult smoking and second lowest for youth tobacco use....

Let me warn you in advance that I plan to talk big picture here tonight, and I plan to say some things that may challenge your assumptions....

Request for Proposals (RFP) for 50 MW of Dispatchable Renewable Geothermal Firm Capacity Generation on the Island of Hawaii....

The NRA will be actively fighting proposed anti-gun measures while keeping you updated on scheduled hearings and any action taken. While each bill has been assigned to a committee, most have not yet been scheduled for hearings.

In its proposal, HSTA seeks to:

• Increase teachers’ base pay by 48.1 percent over the next four years,
• Delay implementation of the new Educator Effectiveness System,
• Gain veto power over development of each step of the system.

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Later today, hundreds of thousands of people will descend on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., for the annual March for Life.

...there is much more that can be done to help ensure that new teachers are “classroom ready.” ...