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In Washington, facts can sometimes be stubborn things. I guess that’s why some media pundits thought my comments at a governors’ association meeting last Monday—which highlighted the slow growth and failed economic policies of our President—impolitic or impolite.....

A few weeks ago this column spoke out against tax credits....

Yesterday, according to the coconut wireless, was the official last day on the Hawaii Supreme Court for Associate Justice Simeon Acoba....

Brower mentions “carts” ten times, and suggests his attacks were part of an effort to "create a better society."

Click on the bill number for Text and Status....

The Hawaii Election Commission has released its candidate report for the week ending February 28, 2014....

Mr. Yamachika discusses the state’s current tax policies and the work of Tax Foundation....

The body now stands in recess and will reconvene to take action on additional measures up for third reading next week on Tuesday, March 4th at 9 a.m....

The council consists of 10 governors appointed by the President to focus on matters of national security, homeland defense, synchronization and integration of state and military activities in the United States and matters of mutual interest pertaining to the National Guard....

Our projections for 2014 growth have been marked down....

...up until Thursday, the subsidies were only available to consumers who purchased health insurance through the Affordable Care Act's exchanges....

FACE said the increase is needed because Hawaii’s utilities are 110 percent higher than the national average, housing is 104 percent higher and groceries are 57 percent higher than other states...

...individuals have declined to bake cakes or take photos for same-sex wedding ceremonies—and government has punished them....

Average characteristic of an area over the entire 5-year time period.  Data is based on a survey....

With anemic enrollment by individuals and little interest among small-business employers, the state’s nonprofit exchange -- known as the Hawaii Health Connector -- is unlikely to have enough money to pay its bills....

Total expenditures by visitors who came to Hawai‘i in January 2014 dropped 4.7 percent (or $68 million)....

“In addition, we are moving forward with securing a facilitator to get the Joint Fact Finding Group for the Environmental Public Health Impact Study underway,” the mayor added....

Yesterday, Dr. Don Huber spoke on Maui as part of an event that kicked off a political campaign to ban genetically engineered crops from the island....

...Congressman Charles Djou will weigh his options and decide whether to enter the race next week....

Ahu describes his campaign as one that he hopes will draw together the hearts and spirits of all who want to restore Hawaii’s values....

Many education experts have concluded that beginning a child's formal education too early may actually result in burnout and poor scholastic performance later....

...like Pono Choices, there is a disproportionate focus on normalizing homosexuality....

Since its inception in 1998, the Board has reviewed more than 600 proposed rules and provided advice to state and county agencies....

Ten years after he died in a 2004 firefight in Iraq, Sgt. Rafael Peralta's death continues to ignite controversy....

...Continuing the Connector as a state-based marketplace (SBM) is necessary in order to preserve the Prepaid Healthcare Act....

Professional development programs in the field of education have very little scientific support....

“The tax code stables in Washington haven’t been cleaned out since 1986.” And it shows....

Hawaii’s political and military leaders are worried proposed cuts to the military will affect the state’s economy and national security....

...union membership rate for the state was at the series high of 29.9 percent in 1989, and at the series low of 21.5 percent in 2011....

"Aloha!" highlights the ways in which Obamacare is harming American families....

Groceries in Honolulu cost 55.6% more than the national average; utilities 67.9% more....

Matson is increasing its already high shipping rates yet again....

Not only will the soldiers, sailors, Marines, airmen, and their families be legally invisible, they might be really gone as well....

...although some funds have been repealed or are no longer active, their appropriation accounts have not been closed and balances remain....

Hawaii Health Connector had refused even to allow the state auditor to conduct a review required under state law....

I have never seen grassroots energy like I am seeing today ....

Hawaii's ranking went from #14 to #21. This drop had more to do with the aggressive changes made in other states than with any steps backward in Hawaii....

With SB 2609 moving in Senate, Grassroot Institute says it will fail in its objectives....

...Abercrombie today announced the release of more than $62.4 million for capital improvement projects (CIP) that will improve various Hawaii Department of Education (DOE) facilities....

...DBEDT economists slightly reduced the projected growth rate due to continued modest tourism growth but identified potential in construction....

NAVFAC and other federal agencies have issued more than 200 similar surveys requesting information about the potential use of PLAs on specific construction projects....

If President Obama—or anyone else—is expecting that Medicaid will be Obamacare’s salvation, look elsewhere....

“Government wants a coordinator for all of life’s risks,” Slom said. “Taxpayers should not fall for more bureaucracy.”....