Wellness Guidelines look at nutritional guidelines, health and nutrition education, physical education and activity....

The number of commuters driving alone increased 74.2 percent from 253,680 in 1980 to 441,988 in the 2009-2013 period....

This year’s edition of the Index pulls together 23 different tax measures....

Built with your tax dollars, via crony capitalist Act 221 High Tech Tax Credits, Hawaii....

King Kalākaua was an early and ardent supporter of astronomical observation in Hawaii....

...we had a busy 2014—releasing 18 audits, analyses, and studies on everything from alternate uses of recycled glass to the regulation of medical marijuana dispensaries....

Here's the latest from the Hawaii Supreme Court....

The appointment of Medeiros fills the vacancy created by the appointment of Judge Christine E. Kuriyama to the Circuit Court of the First Circuit....

Since 2000, Maunakea has been under stewardship of the Office of Maunakea Management....

Feedback collected by the online survey through April 22 will be used to help guide calendar development for the 2016-17 school year and beyond....

Kauai is the only county in Hawaii that has taken a stand against this onrush of legislation....

Many states have a graduated system — the most complicated one is Hawaii....

...three states have ten or more tax brackets, led by Hawaii with twelve....

A&B has been diverting water from East Maui streams for more than 100 years via "complex system of ditches, tunnels and flumes" to irrigate the HC&S sugar plantation in Central Maui....

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....