...may the challenger institute a quo warranto lawsuit in state circuit court?

...the rebirth of an issue that should have been finished once and for all with the Supreme Court decision in Rice v. Cayetano....

...without registered voters who take the time to participate in every election opportunity, we will continue to be ruled by tiny minority who do not share our values....

"It would be an opportunity for us to within the existing resources acquire the easement." --Ige

“...investment in enhanced biotechnology is an essential component of the solution to some of our planet’s most pressing agricultural problems” -- President Barack Obama 

...SB3122 conference hearing continues Friday, April 25, 2014 at 11:30am in conference room 312 (State Capitol)....

Biofuels made with corn residue actually release 7 percent more greenhouse gas....

A new Rasmussen poll shows that 61 percent of the American public favor building the pipeline....

Hawaii has 144 structurally deficient bridges....

A student ordered by administrators to stop handing out copies of the U.S. Constitution at the University of Hawaii at Hilo has filed a lawsuit today in federal court....

Not surprisingly, they almost always report that funds spent on advertising translate into tourist spending and tax revenues many multiples of the original outlay....

Charlie Cook, a respected political journalist, ranks campaigns across the country.  On April 17th, he moved his ranking of our race....

The terms will begin on July 1, 2014 and last for three years....

Many well-known people such as Governors Lingle and Abercrombie, Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw, Blue Planet Foundation's Henk Rogers, and Hawaii's only billionaire Pierre Omidyar have Sopogy egg on their face....

A new opinion poll sponsored by solar scammers argues that Hawaiian Electric (HECO) has a significant public image problem....

...Washington cronies dole out special treatment to certain companies....

...a windfall gain for the typically wealthy households able to take advantage of the situation....

...this finding would not hold if fuel prices were substantively lower than current levels, either from falling prices or fuel-switching to lower cost products....

Establishes a rewards and recognition program (RRP) for the last two years (sort of)....

Graduation dates begin in May 18 with the ceremonies for Pahoa on Hawaii Island....

...the lack of meaningful competition between political parties can be stifling to new ideas, regardless of the underlying ideology....

...there are only 13 ships that can legally move oil between U.S. ports, and these ships are “booked solid”....

Chairman Saiki sent the letter after State Senator Sam Slom last week received contradictory responses from GAO representatives....

Here are two examples that may surprise you....

...Abercrombie today announced the release of more than $335 million for various capital improvement projects....

Under this agreement, more water will be returned to the streams of Na Wai ‘Eha, particularly to ‘Iao stream....

Here’s a disturbing new idea from some members of Congress....

Last November, this writer filled out an incomplete application for an individual marketplace plan on the Health Connector....

One of the bills now making its way through the Legislature concerns the motion picture, digital media, and film production tax credit....

Cavasso is a former three term state representative, business man, farmer, and financial advisor. Cam, a veteran, served as a US Army Captain....

...SB2633 SD1 HD1 and HB1678 HD1 SD1 attempt to amend the definition of “historic property” by exempting residential properties....

...several of our law firm colleagues also are active bloggers in their respective fields...

...residents in Hawaii took a dim view of their own schools, with only 46% ranking them as excellent or good....

To see what coverage of the delegation looks like in a newspaper which does not worship at the shrine of home-state congressional seniority, readers must turn to the Wall Street Journal....

This week the Honolulu City Council held its monthly meeting....

The Hawaii Election Commission has released its candidate report for the week ending April 17, 2014....

VICE News speaks with several of Ram’s victims for the first time, many of whom came forward with accounts of sexual abuse, while charities and child welfare agencies continued to place children into Ram’s care....

The reception afforded Gore baffled David Kreutzer, who writes about related misconceptions and myths....

Since 1980, men's wages have risen only by 6 percent, while women's wages have risen by 60 percent....

...Abercrombie spent $74 million of your tax dollars on building a website for his Health Connector....

Tonight on INSIGHTS, PBS Hawaii: "What are the races to watch in the upcoming election?" Daryl Huff will moderate this discussion....

Phase III is the middle portion of the property near the existing hotel where two additional hotels and amenities are planned....

...calling on Guam’s Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo (GU-D) to introduce federal legislation exempting the noncontiguous jurisdictions of Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico from the U.S. build requirement of the Jones Act....