The U.S. Supreme Court is now considering that question in a Texas case in which Hawaii’s decades-long exclusion of active-duty military and families from the body politic is front and center....

The PBN did not disclose the source of the newly “reported” Inouye letter....

At a time of dwindling inventory and rising prices, housing affordability has once again become a hot topic in Hawaii....

• Senate: Budget Reconciliation 
• Senate: Surface Transportation Reauth
• House: Fiscal 2016 Intelligence Authorization
• House: EPA Existing Power Plant Rule Disapproval  
• House: EPA New and Retrofitted Power Plant Rule Disapproval
• House: K-12 Education Reauthorization 
• House: Energy Security and Infrastructure Overhaul
• House: Surface Transportation Reauthorization

Tomorrow, the US Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in two election law cases, Evenwel v. Abbott, No. 14-940, and Harris v. Arizona Ind. Redistricting Comm'n, No. 14-232....

The FEC claims authority over regulating press coverage of elections....

Former Hawaii PUC chair Morita vies for Kauai utility board seat....

U.S. Soccer has cancelled the U.S. Women’s National Team Victory Tour match scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 6, at Aloha Stadium....

...Uncle Sam is giving us money. But we are not spending that money so the federal agencies are saying, “Looks like you don’t need this, so why should we give you any more?”....

NASA has published a study in the Journal of Glaciology showing that overall Antarctic ice increased by 112 billion tons per year....

Court finds state illegally denied DHHL adequate funding for over two decades....

Fitch has maintained Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (HEI, IDR 'BBB') on Rating Watch Positive. Fitch expects to resolve the Rating Watch on the conclusion of the merger transaction with NextEra Energy, Inc....

The U.S. Census Bureau released its 2010-2014 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates on December 3, 2015....

Leading anti-GMO, anti-Vaxxers, and anti-pesticide activists and politicians are supporting the GMO, vaccine, and pesticide application being used to fight dengue.  They are hypocrites and need to be called on it....

... $7.7 million was collected in criminal actions....$2.3 million from civil actions ....

To make matters worse, both of the OHA Employees have also run for a seat in past OHA Board of Trustees elections....

...rail proximity was not an independently significant predictor of auto ownership....

Memo to candidates for Congress next year:  If you are seeking signatures for your nominating petition, you might start in the DOE director's office....

Representatives Bob McDermott and Marcus Oshiro discuss things you need to know about medical Marijuana dispensaries....

...the vote on this emergency injunction application was 5-4, with Justices Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan dissenting....

TASC’s efforts in defense of NEM in Hawaii have incurred a similar response....

The Hawaii State House and Senate are accepting applications for the 2016 legislative session....

More than half of these victims are underage, with the average age of entry into prostitution being 12 years old....

"Self-determination initiatives such as ACT195 need to come from the people, not the government"

New Study by Travel-Hawaii.com Reveals Rush of Hawaii Hotels to Implement the Fees....

“The Office of Hawaiian Affairs respects the court’s decision."

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the decision of Justice Anthony Kennedy to halt the counting of ballots or certification of results in Hawaii's race-based Native Hawaiian election....

Na`i Aupuni Has Suffered A Huge Blow With A New US Supreme Court Order Affirming The  Injunction....

Total arrivals to the Hawaiian Islands reached a new record for the month of October, with a 4.8 percent growth to 692,930 visitors....

17 megawatts of solar facilities on three separate military installations on Oahu....

In the wake of a violent tragedy, Planned Parenthood has redoubled its efforts to silence its critics....

...Gabbard suggested that Obama’s decision to place American fighter jets equipped “to target Russian planes” on the border between Turkey and Syria, and his stated opposition to Russian-backed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, could lead the U.S. into a nuclear war....

"We ... examined a number of active charter schools whose financial data were similar to Hālau Lōkahi’s.'

...this includes the acquisition of rapid deployable emergency shelters....

Six veterans are now enrolled in the Hilo and Kona Veterans Treatment Courts since the program’s inception in November 2014....

The state is converting a 5,000 square foot maintenance shed, formerly used by the Hawai‘i Community Development Authority, into a shelter fronting Kaka‘ako Waterfront Park....

Henry Curtis is Executive Director & Vice President at Life of the Land Hawaii, a Hawaii-based, Hawaii-focused environmental and community action group founded in 1970....

Current controversies unfortunately overshadow the remarkable advances made in the stewardship of Maunakea....

Judicial Watch today responded to a Supreme Court order temporarily preventing the State of Hawaii “from counting the ballots cast in, and certifying the winners of” a race-based election....

More Than 25 Organizations and Companies Across Hawaii....

The “Residential Home Sales in Hawaii” report summarizes home sale activities in Hawaii recorded for the period from January 2008 to September 2015....

By acting now U.S. can avoid Puerto Rico becoming the next version of Greece....

Kirk Co., an Oregon shipper of Christmas trees, spends about $7,000 to send its trees to Hawaii, while it costs it just $3,500 to send them twice the distance to Singapore....

This video is a condensed version of the Jones Act Business Forum held November 13th, 2015....

...Caldwell announced today that veteran journalist Andrew Pereira will be joining the Managing Director’s Office as an information officer and part of the Mayor’s communications team....

In Hawaii, all agricultural users combined account for only about one-third of total restricted use pesticide (RUP) sold in the state....

The 9th Circuit held the ban satisfied exacting scrutiny....