Ige comes under increasing scrutiny for supporting tax hikes while misleading attacks on Duke Aiona fall apart....

To Galuteria, gambling on Native American land offers "a lot of great models" that "the Hawaiians can follow" ....

...the election being conducted by Defendant Nago and the State of Hawaii Office of Elections is unconstitutional under the Seventeenth Amendment....

Omidyar...seemed not to realize what he had gotten into....

The renewable mandates make Hawaii more unaffordable and the mothballed interisland cable is yet another boondoggle....

...covered under a homeowners, renters or business insurance policy, according to the Insurance Information Institute....

The Hawaii Health Connector Is The Most Expensive Obamacare Exchange In The Country....

Why did David Ige sign Grover Norquist's pledge not to raise taxes only to break it later? He's not the only one....

But combined enrollment for grades 1-12 continues to grow, with 823 more students in 2014-15....

Hawaii Army and Air National Guardsmen were called to support Hawaii County Civil Defense....

The meeting will be held at the Waipahu District Park in Waipahu on Thursday, November 6, 2014 at 7 p.m.....

David Ige Once Promised Hawaii Taxpayers He Wouldn't Raise Their Taxes, Then Promptly Broke It....

Takai actually ran a TV commercial claiming he opposed the pension tax “every time.”  This is false and Takai knows it....

...gains/losses on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) fourth and eighth-grade reading and mathematics exams from 2003 to 2013....

November 28 and November 29, 2014 at Moanalua High School....

Nationally, the combined net income of sole proprietors, LLCs, Partnerships, and S corporations has increased fivefold and now accounts for more than 50 percent of all business income....

We score all 50 states on 56 measures of competitiveness, developed using input from business groups, economic development experts, companies and the states themselves.....

“Solar energy comes and goes. You need something fast to fill the gaps.”

...140 individuals are targeted to move into IHS shelters or homes and an additional 120 transient individuals will be returned to their homes outside Hawaii....

...a tax that has been described as the largest tax increase in U.S. history....

New Jersey, New York and Illinois have imposed mandatory quarantines for health care workers who treated Ebola patients in West Africa....

A Secret Deal Has Already Been Struck Between The Obama Administration & The US Dept. Of Interior....

"The Department of Education has a constitutional mandate to establish a statewide public school system that consists of, among other things, a comprehensive Hawaiian education program...."

...the Aloha state should not be lead by those who want gain by invoking FEAR, but by leaders who can cast a vision and implement a plan that brings HOPE to our islands....

...Coburn's newly released “2014 Wastebook” has only one sad and lonely reference to federal spending on “silly, unnecessary, and low priority projects” in Hawaii....

...yes I did look at the pension tax as an option. I did look at raising the GET tax....

Takai voted to raid the state retirement fund and to institute a pension tax....

North Korea now has the ability to produce a miniaturized nuclear warhead that can be mounted atop a ballistic missile....

...the State Business Tax Climate Index, released this morning by the nonpartisan Tax Foundation....

Keonepoko and Pahoa High School will remain as election polling sites for the General Election on Tuesday, November 4....

...Faleomavaega neither resigned nor retired and finally has returned home just a few days short of a year after his medical evacuation last October....

Must See: Anti-GMO activist stops his Volvo in middle of busy highway....

Maui Weekly competed with Maui Time which continues to publish an independent bi-weekly print newspaper on Maui....

...The tax shall be levied and assessed against the gross income of each graduate for the first ten years of employment....

...he and others were kidnapping and keeping Afghan boys as sex slaves, trafficking narcotics and providing munitions to the Taliban to "facilitate insider attacks on Marine and other coalition forces."....

... but 13th in Total Political Contributions per Adult Population ....

The flow has advanced approximately 170 yards since 9:00 this morning and presently located approximately 600 yards from the Pahoa Village Road....

Senator Ige Leaves Door Open For More Excise Taxes, Jokes About Hot School Crisis....

...to seek resignations from the present department head members on HCDA’s board....

...Furlough Fridays, as they ACTUALLY happened, including David Ige's role....

...it almost worked, until Goldman Sachs taught them all the meaning of "preferred stock"....

... it’s one of the reasons that Hawaii has the highest cost of living in the nation ....

Weak tourism and federal downsizing are holding down growth.  Construction has disappointed this year....

...Hawaii fell eight rungs from last year, tying the great state of New Jersey for the honor of being the least improved state....

"Hawaii's medical doctors understand the need to reform healthcare in America the right way and I am honored to earn their support," commented Djou....

...America’s largest small-business association today endorsed Duke Aiona for governor, citing his superior record on Main Street, Hawaii issues....

With just 10 days left, the race is a dead heat and Senator Ige is on defense....