Hawai‘i Health Connector is urging individuals and families to submit applications for health care coverage in a final push before the March 31 deadline....

Watch our six minute movie and decide for yourself....

Lloyd Lim details the pitfalls of organizing a 'Single Payer' healthcare insurance system in just one state....

Since his call for transparency, McDermott says the secrecy has gotten worse....

In 2004, Judge Steven Alm had a Howard Beale moment in his Honolulu courtroom....

Kobayashi cited examples of physical abuse, exploitation, and barbaric security measures at Maui Pineapple Company's historic pineapple plantations and old worker dormitories where the Thai workers were forced to live and other abuses throughout Hawaii.

Video traces a bill through Hawaii's legislative process....

Like price fixing, 'thought leadership' is a pretty good gig...until you get caught....

Obamacare is now four years old. But unlike most 4-year-olds, it still can’t walk on its own....

Your first reaction may be "well, duh." But....

Two dozen civil lawsuits have been filed during the past two years in what state lawmakers initially intended as a one-time opportunity....

If they do not have the votes, they will keep deferring the bill until they get the right mix of senators to pass the bill....

Once in a while people fight with taxing agencies about their taxes....

Under an agreement announced on March 17, AnsaldoBreda will take back all 16 V250s ordered by NS and return €125m to the operator....

If you're not ready to serve your constituents on a broad range of issues, you will lose.  Your defeat will advance the gay agenda....

Speaker brings anti-bullying message to isles: Nick Vujicic, born without arms or legs, will stop on Oahu, Maui and Kauai to begin a national tour....

Sen. Paul spoke about his class-action lawsuit against the Obama administration and the National Security Agency....

interview with Chuck Boller, Director Emeritus of the Hawaii International Film Festival....

The Hawaii Election Commission has released its candidate report for the week ending March 21, 2014....

Only 5,394 enrollments in the individual marketplace....

We also found instances where multiple funds were combined as a single fund in reports and did not include specific details of individual funds or accounts....

Mr. Thornton notes that the decision is one "of national importance for transit and highway projects" because....

...Rep. Bob McDermott has asked the Alabama State Bar Disciplinary Commission to investigate the Southern Poverty Law Center’s top administrators....

President Obama recently admitted that Obamacare will cause some Americans to lose their doctors....

The case is Baker v. Kealoha (9th Cir. Mar. 20, 2014) ....

Hawaii is the third largest retailer of ivory and ivory products in the nation....

To date Hawaii has failed or refused to release information pertaining to the grants citing “”a potential threat”....

Students in grades 3-8 and 11 at 91 schools statewide will participate in the field test of the new Smarter Balanced assessments....

The long-term unemployed have problems finding work wherever they are, even in states with the lowest unemployment – Hawaii....

“Renewable Watch” for Oahu, Maui and Hawaii Island, online displays that show the daily contribution of solar and wind generation on each island and how energy from these resources changes throughout the day....

...an AHW was launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii, and arrived 30 minutes later at the Reagan Test Site, U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands -- a distance of about 2,500 miles....

Obamacare has caused seemingly endless problems, and one of the big—and very personal—ones will be on display at the Supreme Court next week....

the Hawaii Republican State Committee voted 37-8 with one abstention to elect former US Rep Pat Saiki Party Chair....

Representatives Aaron Ling Johanson, Minority Leader and Beth Fukumoto Minority Floor Leader present a mid-session legislative report for 2014....

It’s a lot of bad news, says one Hawaii Democrat....

...34,000 uninsured Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPIs) in Hawai‘i are likely eligible for no cost health care coverage (such as Medicaid or CHIP)....

...rates and rankings of all 50 states on 39 different measures of tax and fiscal policy....

Is it a loss of wealth by the rich or an increase in wealth to the poor? The latter, according to research....

SB 2609 would provide for a gradual increase in the minimum wage with a provision for an unspecified tip credit....

...the bill, as written, will have a chilling effect on citizen participation in government....

Two messages from the Medical Cannabis Coalition of Hawai‘i indicate that its going to be a lot harder to get medicated courtesy of just any old doctor....

In the past month we have put together our campaign team and developed our campaign strategy....

The Hawaii State Department of Education (DOE) is receiving high praise from the U.S. Department of Education....

A judge on Hawaii's Big Island last week halted enforcement of part of Hawaii's flawed anti-GMO law....

The hearing—with decision making to follow--is set for March 20, 2014 at 9:35am in the State Capitol Auditorium....