House Republican floor speeches ....

Senators Russell Ruderman, Glenn Wakai, Lee Ihara, Mike Gabbard and Gilbert Keith-Agaran voted in the affirmative but with reservations.  A no vote at this stage serves to exclude the person voting no from participating in the Conference Committee....

...one campus (Honolulu) classified a 2011 graduate of an Accounting program as employed in the field based upon a food service job she started at Taco Bell in June 2006....

A majority of the bills will go into conference committees where the House and Senate conferees will convene to settle differences....

...the DBC Program paid $2.6 million in deposit refunds for approximately 3.5 million pounds of recycled materials that cannot be accounted for....

The state House of Representatives passed today nearly 150 Senate measures....

Facts learned during the course of the investigation will determine whether the attorney general’s office pursues or recommends criminal charges....

When I hear the slogans used by protests calling to “rise up,” I have a different concept in my mind....

HB134 will be voted on this Tuesday - 4/14 - in the State Senate....

Smoke produced by burning incense and candles can be worse than the pollution found next to a busy road....

...legislators from Hawaii, Guam and Puerto Rico came together for a videoconference forum to discuss legislative developments on the Jones Act for their respective jurisdictions....

HB1075 concerns the creation of a public-private partnership for the Maui Hospital System....

Having farms in Hawaii helps speed up the process....

With Suzanne Case being the Chairperson of DLNR there will be no animals to harvest because of fences and eradication....

In 1991, my father died of AIDS. None of my father’s partners/ex-partners are still alive....

Former Attorney General Michael Lilly has requested DCCA and DAGS review the expenditure of over $800,000 on two vendors by the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission without public bid....

...Hawaii State Capitol Auditorium on Thursday, April 16th @ 7 PM....

...we are getting closer to a resolution on the two bills that are seeking to extend the life of the 0.5% Oahu county surcharge on our general excise tax....

NewsHour special correspondent Mike Taibbi reports....

Senator Slom says, "We should have learned something from the Kamamalu Building."

OHA leaders have emphasized the need for all parties to address the unresolved legal matter$ while the TMT construction moratorium remains in place....

Today is 2nd Decking, which means that all bills must be in their FINAL FORM so that the chamber they are in can vote on them....

The Nature Conservancy uses aerial shooting of ungulates, fencing and eradication, and supports eliminating non-native animal populations....

...this type of rent-seeking activity is at the root of Hawaii’s high cost of living and lack of economic diversity....

The prior two years we had protests of A’ole GMO and now it’s moved onto the TMT....

...bills relating to leave policy, workers’ compensation, and workplace complaints/protections....

Formerly, the resolution only considered the Washington State ferry as a model, but now it has been expanded to other possible jurisdictions as well....

...in Hawaii, the cost to receive long term care services at home with a home health aide has increased over the past five years....

"UNITE HERE Local 5 is attending municipal public meetings and speaking directly with elected policymakers."

As part of the on-site assessment, the public is invited to phone in comments....

House Finance Chair Sylvia Luke provided only one hour notice for a 14-bill hearing she was holding this afternoon....

"It is another example of our state failing to be transparent."

...an important step toward solving health cost issues as well as the state's physician shortage....

...5-year strategic plan for outdoor recreation....

The only way to contain costs is to force HART to live within its current means....

...MapOahuAgLand.com, provides information on the legal basis for IAL, the city’s process to map IAL, upcoming community meetings and announcements, and resource maps that show various characteristics of potential IAL....

...Ige today announced his nominations to lead the Department of Land and Natural Resources and Labor and Industrial Relations and the Office of Information Management and Technology....

How a Roll Commissioner funneled over $600K to a company headed by his girlfriend....

Yesterday, Hawaii legislators voted to take bill Senate Bill 1280 into conference....

The Hawaii GET taxes many products multiple times and, by one estimate, ultimately taxes 99.21 percent of the state's personal income....

"Affordable Housing Maui Style" - from NewGeography.com....

...Unlike all other states in the union Hawaii has a go-it-alone policy and lets the attorney general’s office keep a running tally....

"I thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney."

“State of American Well-Being: 2014 Community Well-Being Rankings” examines the comparative well-being of the largest 100 communities in the United States....

Suzanne Case is a 28-year veteran of The Nature Conservancy and has served as its executive director since 2001....

...details for the House Finance Committee to work out in a hearing now set for Wednesday April 8 at 2pm in room 308....

...attorney Lance Collins lodged a complaint on behalf of two of his clients regarding the actions of Rep. Karl Rhoads while he was chair of a special investigating committee looking into former Speaker Calvin Say....

"The people of Hawaii need us more than ever before."