...Department of Health (DoH) officials faced scathing rebukes for doing their job well....

$104 million in omissions combine with mystery spending cuts to create unrealistic budget scenario....

... states with low levels of support tend to have higher per capita tax collections and populations with lesser reliance on federal assistance ....

One hundred and fifty years ago the 13th Amendment officially was ratified, and with it, slavery finally was abolished....

...Grassroot Institute Calls Na'i Aupuni Process an Embarrassment to the Hawaiian People....

Wednesday, January 13, 2016 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Neal Blaisdell Center, Hawaii Suite....

Hawaii's Industrial Hemp Research Project exceeded expectations in not only the quantity, but the quality....

...Added were Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustee Rowena Akana, Rosalie Lenchanko, Kalaniakea Wilson and former legislator Karen Awana....

House Minority Caucus urges NRA’s Chief Executive Wayne LaPierre to scrap nomination of Wiles Lee to their Board of Directors....

Full Transcript of Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) Floor Speech January 5, 2016....

Two of our most supportive Legislators are holding fundraisers....

A recently published study proposes a pact between the public health community and the vaping community to combat a shared enemy, Big Tobacco....

Kelii Akina and Mike Hansen discuss the Jones Act and its implications for the economy of Hawaii....

The 20th annual edition of Education Week’s Quality Counts....

If you want a crash course in Hawaii's unique (some would say weird) water law, you can't do better than this video....

"Public-Private partnerships are really hard."

The estimated cost of the removal is $3.5 million. The additional $16.5 million assigned to the project will be returned to the Harbors Division for use in other improvement projects....

...construction cost escalation for Oahu for years 2013 and 2014 has averaged 10.3% per year....

...“We are happy" -- Burning Anti-Cane Activists ....

UH now has 30 days to state its case and submit relevant documents and the NCAA Committee on Infractions will then have 30 days to respond. A final decision is expected by early summer 2016....

Whatʻs In It For Them If TMT Decides To Stay....

The nine teachers who are suing their union in Friedrichs v. CTA are doing so because they believe that many union stances taken in collective bargaining are bad for public schoolteachers and bad for the children they teach....

The rally supported what organizers claimed was the constitutional “right to travel” with no driver’s license, registration, license plates, safety stickers and motor vehicle insurance....

...Anti-GMO activists cheer New Years Eve arson attack against Waialua farmer....

Under the CPP, states have been given the choice of meeting either a rate- or mass-based goal for their existing fleet of power plants....

“We are not doing enough” to educate Samoan students in math and science....

Alaska, Louisiana Have Highest Gun Death Rates in the Nation; Hawaii, Rhode Island Have Lowest....

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration volunteers, who shot the video, called police and told them he was "sitting next to the seal and possibly was harassing the seal,"....

Hawaii was one of fifteen states that were grandfathered....

"...it seems the Aha dictatorship thus far has no seeming means of keeping participants safe from stalkers and psychos...."

Be sure to thank the frackers ....

Three IT systems that were old, unreliable and costly to maintain were replaced with modern scanning and mail-opening equipment....

...ensure a “fair rate of return” in establishing sublease rent....

...I found a total of 365 complaints made.  If you listened to the Center for Food Safety, you’d think all of them are agriculture related.  It turns out that there were 91 out of that 365 being agriculture related....

Santa came early this year for Hawaii dispensary applicant hopefuls when the Department of Health officials opted out of an official public commentary period and dispensary regulations were adopted just days before Christmas....

"the university could look to what Oyama said as an indication of what he would do once certified."

Coupon books will be sent out the beginning of February....

Tuesday, January 19th, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM....

The State is breaking ground on a new high school in Kihei....

Med-QUEST Division did not properly plan for or implement the ACA....

Report of the 13-person Working Group....

For California, the passport requirement is set to take effect May 10 ....

SUBMIT TESTIMONY NOW >>> ainalahui.com

This Thursday night, millions of Americans will celebrate the New Year with close friends, good food, and champagne....

Comments are open until December 30th at 11:59 pm EST (6:59 pm HST)....

...a labor dispute over the manning of the U.S. Flag containership APL GUAM which is scheduled to provide regular liner service between Yokohama, Japan, Apra Harbor, Guam, and Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands....

Hawaii's Green Energy Market Securitization program (GEMS) financed with $145 million in bonds....

Extends streak of nine consecutive monthly records total visitor expenditures increased 2.5 percent....

December 30 is the last day to submit comments ....