Regarding E-Cigs, Hawaii should defer to the FDA for guidance on this regulatory framework....

The Barack Obama Foundation announced today that the future Barack Obama Presidential Center will be located on Chicago’s South Side (which is nowhere near Hawaii)....

...the League of American Bicyclists has released its 2015 Bicycle Friendly State rankings....

In 2014, the State Office of Planning, on its own accord, initiated an examination of the State land use system....

The merger agreement requires 75% approval by shareholders, so far it only has 70% approval....

...it would take over 7 years before the savings would cover the cost of the Powerwall....

Honolulu Ranks 101st: 95th for 'Professional Opportunities' and 107th for 'Quality of Life'....

The HI State Legislature 2015 Session adjourned on time May 7, with a flurry of gun bill activity over the “Deedy” bill, HB888....

Labeling food that contains GMO is illogical because genetic engineering is a process and not an ingredient....

...rules proposed May 8, 2015 by the US Department of the Interior (DoI), at the urging of Robin Danner's Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, create a path to federal recognition in three steps....

"Where is all the money going?" -- OHA Trustee Rowena Akana

The Guam legislature passed a law that allowed only “native inhabitants of Guam” to vote in an upcoming plebiscite concerning Guam’s political relationship with the United States....

A double standard on an important issue like this is a great way to breed derision and distrust of government....

Real choice and genuine market competition could spark the real health care change America has been waiting for....

When I keep hearing a’ole over and over, it really gives me the sense of constant fighting but no semblance of a possible alternatives....

...CNHA gets $348,740.... 

...Millennial women experience depression 10.7 more days per year than Millennial men....

Due to the passage of recent legislation, Kaiser Permanente is preparing to submit a letter of interest to participate in the process for the selection of a partner for Maui Memorial Medical Center....

Senate 21-1-3-0 / House 37-0-14-0

"We were high-fiving." -- Robin Danner

...CEOs favor states that foster growth through progressive business development programs, low taxes and a quality living environment....

...Estate and inheritance taxes have large compliance costs, have been shown to suppress entrepreneurship, and are among the most harmful taxes to economic growth....

"Barnes told TASS that the group would seek assistance from Russia for their cause."

Senate: 21-3-0-1 / House: 26-10-13-2

The Heritage Foundation offers a seven point recovery plan for the next president of the United States....

...none of the nine bills proposed by the State Ethics Commission were passed by this Legislature....

The Hawaii State Senate today announced a new line up of committees and committee chairs as part of its recent reorganization....

Using Vog from Kilauea to Estimate the Health Consequences of Particulate and SO2 Pollution....

"... Financially Valuable Lands .... "

At least two concrete columns have developed cracks and have had to be replaced....

...teachers are in essence nomads with no classroom to call their own; they must float to any open space....

...earnings for small business employees adjusted for cost of living are three times higher in the Houston metro area than in the Honolulu metro area....

Eligible voters were mailed passcodes they may use to access their digital ballots; they have until May 15 to submit them....

These states could struggle to secure prosperity in the coming decade....

...The Senate says 'yes' to marijuana and 'no' to anti-GMO protesters....

Outshipments of seed are projected to total 7.97 million pounds during the 2013-14 season, down 3 percent from the revised 8.25 million pounds shipped during the previous season....

...legislative priorities are out-of-touch with reality....

Senate 21-4 : House 39-12

...If you come home from a party after drinking, or you are on narcotics recovering from surgery, and go to bed with your loaded self defense gun in a bedside drawer or lockbox, you could be charged....

This public comment period runs from May 4, 2015 through May 15, 2015....

Hawaii ranks 50th – Monthly Median Starting Salary for Nurses, Adjusted for Cost of Living....

...once you tally up the separate appropriation bills the current spending plan is almost identical to the Governor's initial budget request....

...provide a total of eight dispensary licenses statewide, three in Honolulu, two on Maui County and Hawaii Island, and one on Kauai. Each dispensary licensee would have the option to open up to two retail locations.... 

... July 1, 2011 through July 9, 2013, Sasao collected eleven payments from various probationers that had been assigned to him and kept the payments for his own use....

"In total, Mr. Waikiki’s schemes scammed up to 21 victims for more than $100,000.00.”

...The median women’s salary (adjusted for cost of living) is two times higher in Virginia than in Hawaii....

• House: Fiscal 2016 Military Construction - VA Appropriations - Passage
• House: D.C. Reproductive Health Law - Passage
• House: Fiscal 2016 Energy-Water Appropriations - Passage

...Total federal income tax breaks from 2008 through 2012: $4.2 billion....

A few days ago, the United States Tax Court decided a case that is important to small business owners....