February 10, two anti-gun bills are scheduled to be heard in the Hawaii State Legislature....

...meanwhile Obama is seeking $1.8B in Zika funding....

...require the state to disburse funds to an exclusive bargaining representative pursuant to a contract between a union and the state's department of budget and finance....

The State removed the civil rights lawsuit to U.S. District Court in Honolulu....

Representative Yamane indicated that this effectively kills both bills for this session....

This is just the latest example of the Department of Education attempting to shortchange Hawaii’s special needs students....

Temporary tax increases expired in Hawaii. The three top rate brackets were eliminated, and the top marginal rate fell from 11 percent to 8.25 percent....

This “licensed therapist” loophole is something that liberals would use to dictate what religions can and cannot believe in....

• Senate: Energy Policy – Cloture
• House: Affordable Housing – Passage
• House: Health Care Repeal Reconciliation – Presidential Veto Override
• House: Iran Sanctions – Passage
• House: Reduce SEC Regulation of Small Companies – Passage
• House: Financial Institution Customer Protection – Passage

... Videos leaking out of closed Aha meeting ....

...tons of junk flown from the camps by expensive helicopters will be stored for 30 days and unless rightful owners reclaim their items, they will be discarded....

HB 1902 adopts a victim-and-survivor centered approach to prosecution of sex trafficking crimes....

...HART did not address the issue of the error....

Apparently GEMS is an attractive target for raiding because a 2014 bond issue raised $150 million for the program and little, if any, capital has been deployed to date....

Whether it be the fire ants or dengue fever, that is or no concern to them.  They continue to manipulate people’s fears around pesticides and GM technology.....

...Grassroot Institute Legislative Update....

A complete list of all candidates for public office who have pulled papers as of Friday Feb 5, 2016....

"DLNR is withdrawing this news release which concerns an ongoing investigation"

A total of 66 applications were received....

...the USNS Puerto Rico is the ship being considered by Bay Ferries....

...Abortion Group “Worded” Fetal Specimen Line Item as “Patient Consent” to Skirt Law....

... How much more can government do to intrude upon one's beliefs, parental duties, responsibilities, and rights? ....

The bill is unabashedly simple and seeks to reduce both possession of drugs and the distribution of drugs from felonies to civil violations....

"Implementation of the selected action will not result in significant impacts."

... just when you thought you were seeing a glimmer of leadership ....

...the state’s economy will continue to suffer until the regulatory barriers and crippling tax rates for businesses are removed....

...Sai Hansen was a big contributor to Tulsi Gabbard ($5,000)....

...Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake (R) and Rep. Matt Salmon (R) introduced legislation that would split up the 9th Circuit and add a new 12th Circuit....

According to Gallup, Hawaii is the 2nd most Democrat state but conservatives outnumber liberals by 1.3% and Hawaii is 3rd in self-described moderates....

22.1 -- 21.8 -- 20.4% ...

...in Honolulu, health records indicated that more than a third of outpatients were not evaluated at least four times in the 30 days after being flagged as high risk for suicide, as required by facility policy....

A message from the Kam Schools CEO....

...as a result of a collaboration between and the Department of Veterans Affairs Pacific Island Health Care System, Partners in Care, and the Homeless Veterans Task Force....

Applications Submitted: This includes a consumer who is on a completed and submitted application ....

In January, renewable resources met an average of 77 percent of Kaua‘i’s energy demand during the peak solar hours, spiking to 90 percent on four separate days....

Solar leases and no-money-down contracts can lock homeowners into making payments for years, sometimes for more than the average monthly electric bill without solar....

A lawsuit against Petrobras for hiding a bribery scheme for years while selling $98 billion in securities....

Though often thought of as a major tax type, corporate income taxes account for just 5.3 percent of state tax collections nationally ....

...updated with Governor David Ige's 2017 Executive Supplemental Budget released in December 2015, and the Council on Revenues forecast from January 2016....

...Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucuses -- Tuesday, March 8 -- 6pm to 8pm....

...We think the Republicans are going to win, so we need to whip the students into a frenzy as we did when Bush was President....

...the company was hopeful about the prospects of a bill in the Hawaii legislature....

Hawaii, with our population of just over 1.3 million spread across 7 islands, is apparently a great place to divide and conquer....

There were 243 Acts signed into law in 2015; four bills became law without the Governor’s signature. Here are the highlights....

...Repudiate Na‘i Aupuni‘s false claim to be the representative voice of the Kanaka Maoli....

...statewide on-demand channel....

...Meanwhile, an HRC leader is busted for homosexual child molestation in Oregon....