There were southern politicians who were concerned about adding the territory’s multiethnic population to the Union....

Hawaii celebrates 56 years of statehood with Admission Day this Friday, August 21, 2015....

...light winds have limited production from the two wind farms on the North Shore....

"...we haven’t seen the 5.0 to 6.0 percent economic growth rates experienced during the previous business cycle...."

Legalization is supposed to take marijuana out of the hands of organized crime....

...transitional housing for up to 83 persons in 25 containers by the end of the year....

..."mission creep" could well set in....

... Aug. 26 is Women’s Equality Day ....

"She gave me the scissors and told me that I had to cut down the middle of the face."

"Community-based nonprofit organizations are increasingly becoming key economic development drivers...."

100 Kauai voters participated ....

Both Schatz and Hirono support the Iran nuke deal ....

The Hawaii defendants are members of the Campaign Spending Commission....

Normally she keeps her cult connections under wraps, but Butler's need to assert himself in internal Krishna politics likely forced her hand on this....

The Travel Technology Association supports formal regulations that legalize short-term rentals....

Our data set ranges from the percentage of adults aged 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or higher to the attainment gap between women and men....

...assisted-suicide groups are preparing to spend big money in Hawai'i to establish doctor-assisted death next legislative session....

...the survey was undertaken the week of August 3....

With zero experience in getting families off the street....

Students in Hawaii will be subject to sex-ed classes with an emphasis on pregnancy prevention rather than abstinence, whether they or their parents like it or not....

...straight out of a Michael Bloomberg gun-ban training manual....

Reports on the cost vary, with estimates as low as $2 million and as high as $20 million....

"The laws ... do not apply to Na‘i Aupuni" 

Live-Streamed Starting at 2PM today....

...Alvin Katahara said his former boss, UH Foundation Vice President Janet Bullard, ordered him to make thousands of dollars in payments to a company headed by her husband....

...And there aren’t that many shipyards left....

According to a recent PEW survey, 25 percent of people in the last year have change their opinion to a favorable view of vaccines....

...protecting our people from false information espoused by you and your attorney....

If the Gov’s team wants to learn why Hawaii should try Housing First, they can start with Google and actually learn a lot....

...the Obama Administration is preparing to bypass Congress and administratively recognize a fake Hawaiian Indian tribe, if OHA cronies can create one in time....

Hawaii has the lowest effective rate at 0.28%....

The initial focus of the center will be in the areas of health, education, housing and homelessness, as well as labor. It is centrally located at St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church in Honolulu....

DBEDT today released the 2014 edition of the State of Hawaii Data Book....

The U.S. Army managed Yellowstone and other national parks until the National Park Service was established in 1916....

Their position supports that of the Hawaiian Homes Commission which earlier submitted testimony against the proposed rule change....

...six available options for teaching sex education to middle school students....

...states could easily offer more data to their citizens....

A joint resolution of Congress made Hawaii a U.S. territory on August 12, 1898...

...the due date for comments is August 12, 2015....

A Celebration of Life for Colleen will be held Saturday August 15 ....

Public comment period opens for NOAA’s proposed rule to protect marine mammals in international fisheries....

...SIG grants enable eligible schools in Hawaii to improve the quality of instruction and increase the academic achievement of students for a Strive HI Priority status school....

...renewables have a low capacity factor because their power sources are dependent on the elements....