...Now every state has an income tax except for Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming. Alaska is notable in that it is the only state to repeal an existing income tax....

...Payments Under The Table To Enable Pro-Independence Groups As A Bribe To Support The Native Hawaiian Tribe....

There is no tribe — only tribal leaders who stand to gain financially....

“They are a threat to the safety and security of Afghanistan and Pakistan. It’s up to those two countries to make the decision...." -- Hillary Clinton

...some 64,000 veterans enrolled in the system for at least 10 years have yet to see a doctor....

"...I applaud the recent Senate compromise action reached between Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-VT) to allow vets access to private healthcare providers...."

...In the June 6 filing, Egan alleges that in the 1990s he was employed by the now-defunct Internet startup Digital Entertainment Network and coerced into attending sex and drug parties....

The Big Island ordinance is now being challenged in Federal Court on a number of grounds (preemption, Commerce Clause, and takings)....

"America needs good people with strong credentials and a willingness to stand up for what is right against the corrosive special interests in Washington D.C.”

Undocumented immigrant children, some as young as 5 years old and traveling with no parent or adult, are being dropped off by the busload in Arizona....

...In Kilakila O Haleakala v. University of Hawaii the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals rejected a challenge under Hawaii's environmental review statute....

...a cost of living more than 50 percent higher than the norm makes it very difficult to make a decent living....

Two of Hawaii’s top law officers are headed to Palma Mallorca, Spain, this week for the so-called “Stevie Wonder Blunder” case....

The income gap between rich and poor tends to be wider in blue states than in red states....

...several members of the State of Hawaii Land Use Commission were sued by the property owner in their individual as well as official capacities....

...between 1995 and 2000 roughly 12,000 people moved from Hawaii to Nevada, and about 1,850 moved from Nevada to Hawaii....

"...our elected leaders continually disrespect the voters by passing laws that the people have clearly said they do not want,” Bateman said....

...even a failed grab for federal money has apparently been enough for CNHA to turn DHHL and OHA inside out....

2012: Commission staff received a complaint that Employee was using city work time to stand in line to process residential building permit applications....

...4,342 registered voters in the County of Maui have signed the petition, while 5,284 signatures have been deemed invalid....

"I see that several of the points that we made in our January 31st McDermott Report are being addressed," said McDermott....

Grassroot President Keli’i Akina interviews a young man and young woman who share what it means to them to be both Native Hawaiian and a proud American....

Video from FreeHawaiiTV.com ....

The question of Hawaiian nationhood ... seems to be approaching the fish or cut bait stage....

The governor has gotten in some hot water for remarks seen as insensitive....

Mac Nut Farms of Hawaii LLC will pay the most, $1.6 million; Kauai Coffee Co. Inc. will pay $425,000; Kelena Farms Inc. will pay $275,000; and Captain Cook Coffee Co. Ltd. will pay $100,000....

Ohana Military Communities and Forrest City Residential Management are named as defendants in a lawsuit filed April 3....

The removal of and protection against “bad” and "ugly" natural capital such as invasive plants and feral animals....

...the share of income going to the “Dominant Class” increases while the share going to the “Lower Class” decreases steadily from the mid 1950s up to the present....

Nearly one in five of Hawaii’s waitlisted patients — that is, those remaining in a hospital after the need for acute care ceases — have an infectious disease....

...and the allowance was used to buy a sledgehammer for Rep Tom Brower to attack the homeless....

...Rough Seas for Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie's Obamacare Exchange....

More than 100 Soldiers from the 130th Engineer Brigade's headquarters reunited with their families here yesterday....

Since Abercrombie’s tenure as governor, hundreds of millions of dollars that should have been used to repair deteriorating highways and bridges have set untapped....

Here’s a copy of the questionnaire that they have been sending candidates....

...NFIB helped defeat three bills negatively affecting small business before the Legislature adjourned May 2....

...Hawaii ranks 49th among all states in accessing SNAP benefits with one out of every three eligible individuals not enrolled....

The public and the employees were told that county offices needed to be shut down because the county was in financial difficulty. This was not true....

Civil Beat tried to throttle and censor the work of Pritchett who has penned many stinging independent political pieces....

California is in 1st place with the highest rate of 52.89 cents per gallon, and is followed closely by New York (49.86 cents/gallon), Connecticut (49.3 cents/gallon), and Hawaii (48.05 cents/gallon)....

it would “...lead directly to government censorship of political speech...."

Azerbaijan has launched an unusual campaign to win influence among U.S. lawmakers, teaming up with a Turkish guru in exile and the sister of Texas Gov. Rick Perry....

...when the Bracy family investigated their options they couldn’t find any plan that didn’t both cover elective abortions and require a surcharge solely for that purpose....

Over 11% of Hawaii households are multigenerational, the largest percentage in the United States....