...politicians focus on flashy topics and grandiose declarations....

Hawaii students, communities to hold over 60 events as part of nation's largest-ever celebration of school choice....

Hawaii State-Local Tax Burden as a Percent of State Income is 10.2%, ranking 14th....

The U.S. Supreme Court today denied a request by challengers to an election of Native Hawaiians to find the nonprofit organization conducting the election in civil contempt of the court’s prior injunction....

Water flow and sediment monitoring on coral reefs off the island of Lāna‘i provides conservation projects with guide for Ridge-to-Reef Management....

• Senate: Auditing the Federal Reserve – Motion to Proceed
• House: Delay Mountaintop Mining Valley Fill Rules -- Passage
• House: Disapprove "Waters of the United States" Rule -- Passage

That breakdown results in a paltry $186 of leftover income, or less than 7 percent of each paycheck — the only state in single digits....

...no one in the Senate or the House was ever consulted by leadership's terse "Notice to Intervene"....

Best-selling author and radio talk-show host Larry Elder answers this controversial and even divisive question....

Friday, Jan. 22 6pm at J. Walter Cameron Center Auditorium, 95 Mahalani St., Wailuku....

... more independence with respect to investigation of waste, abuse and fraud? ....

Comedian Tom Shillue, host of Red Eye on Fox News Channel....

Consider These Facts....

The low bidder for the Kamehameha Highway Stations Group appeared to be Watts Constructors, which bid $112.7 million for the project. The job went to Nan Inc., which bid $115.8 million. Why did that happen?....

There would be little physical infrastructure that would need to change hands, and as such the capital costs for this approach are relatively low....

The 2016 Legislative Session Starts Wednesday, January 20th at 10:00 a.m....

...January 22, 2016 from 2:30pm to 8pm at the State Capitol....

US Virgin Isles committeeman tells Republican colleagues in a closed-door meeting....

The Hawaii Senate 2016 Legislative Session will get underway on Wednesday, Jan. 20....

A Hawaii court recently found that the State has a constitutional trust responsibility to support some of the functions of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands....

...CDC found "widespread regulatory noncompliance" in the university's labs that use biological agents and toxins....

...the House Republican Caucus priorities for the upcoming session....

West Oahu is currently drowning under exigent overcrowding....

Families on the mainland are coming forward, saying their loved ones are among the missing Marines....

Girls Court is the Judiciary’s innovative effort to stem the rising tide of female delinquency in Hawaii, where the proportion of female juvenile arrests has been significantly higher than the national average....

First & Third Circuit Seeking Applicants for Independent Grand Jury Counsel....

...VOTE: Tuesday March 8 from 6pm to 8pm....

2004: Newly elected Mayor Hannemann asserts that 34 miles of rail will cost $2.7 Billion....

The contempt motion is on the Court's January 15, 2016 conference calendar, so we should know the results soon after that....

...transferring the operation and management of the HHSC Maui Region health care facilities from the state to Kaiser Permanente....

Real farming, not those 2 acres of various things you’re growing....

Cong Perluisi stated there “. . . . are eight constructive steps the federal government could take,” including the need to “update the Existing Jones Act LNG and LPG Exemption in Puerto Rico” ....

"...a vision of a brighter American future...."

"...expectations for what we will achieve this year are low...."

Last year we were 42nd ....

...the loan would be repaid through revenues generated by a special assessment on the borrowers' real-property tax bills....

To have their coverage effectuated, consumers generally need to pay their first month’s health plan premium. This release does not include totals for effectuated enrollments.....

The legislative session has yet to even begin, and House leaders are already poised to fast-track a set of blanket exemptions for power producers....

State-backed Loans: $89M to Companies Tied to OHA Chair Robert Lindsey....

... DoI Adds 2,000 Pro Fed-Wreck Testimonies -- Many Dated After 12/30 Deadline ....

Statewide, about 18.5% of two-adult couples with no children and 45.5% of two-adult couples with two children had incomes below the self-sufficiency standard....

DHHL pushes funding parity, urges no further delay in funds to beneficiaries....

A case that we've been following with some mild amusement has reached the Hawaii Supreme Court....

...a net increase of $297.6 million in FY 2017, an increase of 4.4%....

AUL’s 2016 Life List Ranks the 50 States Based on How Well Women are Protected from Abortion Industry Abuses....

"...students will learn core principles of science and will see the relevance of community initiatives, such as moving to solar energy, limiting waste, encouraging recycling and reducing water usage with low-flow toilets...."

...the new law incorrectly lumps e-cigarettes and lower-risk smokeless tobacco products in with the much more harmful nicotine cigarettes....