...In light of this, we’re shifting this contest from Toss-up to Leans Democratic....

...OSHA and HIOSH have shared regulatory responsibility for Hawaii per an Operational Status Agreement that went into effect in September 2012....

...the chamber assigned grades to each state in 11 separate measures, ranging from the state's marketplace for varying school options, such as charters, to the state's pension-funding situation....

...Students can begin receiving an Autism Scholarship as early as age 3....

...Galuteria pushed legislation helping large developers at the community’s expense while doing little to advance affordable housing....

...Politics should end at the water's edge....

...we have conducted more than 150 successful airstrikes in Iraq....

“A single person can earn as much as $54,850 and qualify for housing assistance on Oahu. For a family of four, the cut-off is $78,300...."

Djou's opponent failed to attend today's candidate forum and also missed a candidate forum last night in Mapunapuna....

...recent events in the Middle East make it painfully clear that our war with Muslim extremists is far from over....

Case to be heard by Judge Mollway on Friday, 9/19/14, 9 a.m....

...HART is throwing out three bids for the first nine stations in the city’s $5.16 billion rail transit project....

...use your EBT card at marijuana dispensaries in states such as Colorado that have legalized pot....

BWS claims that the billing charge is justified to defray administrative costs associated with billing and cost recovery for installing the new billing system....

...Hawaii ranks as the worst place to make a living in 2014....

...the mystery of Faleomavaega’s whereabouts and physical condition remains....

...The Environmental Protection Agency released an assessment today 'documenting' the hazard that plastic pollution poses to wildlife on Tern Island....

"Hawaii has America's highest cost of living and I am committed to reducing this burden...."

...as you get older, you forget birthdays....

...Mayor Caldwell, Councilmembers, Hawaii Bicycling League representatives, and city workers applied green paint to a “conflict zone” near the Alapa‘i Transit Center....

...A new report over the weekend on the growing doctor shortage is just the latest sign that the Abercrombie-Ige policy agenda is not working....

...The Dispensary System Task Force will submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including proposed legislation to the 2015 Legislature....

Cult members laboring for the Imam under "Tuzuk contracts" are obligated to kick back all of their salaries beyond a bare minimum needed to survive....

...State governments, including ours, are increasingly using targeted benefits, such as tax credits and exemptions, to attract companies....

Even over the last 40 years, the Hilo, Kahului, and Lihue regions all show non-significant trends with negative – cooling – correlations....

From the point of view of shipping, there are several issues which will impinge on HECO’s planning to transition from liquid petroleum fuels to LNG....

Every few years, an intervention bursts upon the scene, is heralded as having special crime-reducing powers, and is enthusiastically implemented....

...At the meeting the CNHA, SCHHA and AOHCC proposed that they, as a consortium, take over the education and nation building aspects of federal recognition....

"This is a great win...that puts the lie to the claim that it is inevitable the US Supreme Court will redefine marriage. To the contrary, we believe they will leave this issue with the states."

...[T]he pause [in global warming] has now lasted for 16, 19 or 26 years—depending on whether you choose the surface temperature record or one of two satellite records....

...PUC rules give the utility authority to shut off the system and lock it to prevent interconnection....

All names on OHA’s Hawaiian Registry Program are allowed by law to be added to the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission’s Official Roll of participants for the nation-building process....

The Hawaii Council On Revenues Now Forecasts The State Will Have $100 Million Less In Tax Revenues Because Of A Slowing Economy....

Scuba divers and aquarium fisherman have noted throughout the islands have noticed that there has been major increases in new juvenile fish populations over the past months....

...the program for middle school students will include some key revisions....

...B+ grade in e.Republic’s Center for Digital Government’s (CDG) biennial Digital States Survey. The grade is an improvement from a B- in 2012....

...in 2017, two significant ACA provisions -- which keep insurance costs down by giving taxpayer dollars to insurance companies -- expire....

Rep Gene Ward discusses “Drones” with Lawrence E. ‘Larry’ Osborn, DreamHammer, Inc....

City grants are very competitive and the City’s Department of Community Services (DCS) strongly recommends that interested non-profits attend a grant workshop....

...to help Hawaiian Electric meet more stringent federal Environmental Protection Agency air emission requirements known as Mercury and Air Toxics Standards....

The updated Pono Choices curriculum is one of seven sexual health education programs available to DOE middle schools. Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, all parents must sign an opt-in form permitting their children to participate....

...for the advancing lava flow in the Wao Kele O Puna area after the flow extended to less than a mile from the edge of the Ka‘ohe Homesteads subdivision....

...in 1991, no state was above 20 percent....

...your dollars go the furthest in Mississippi, where the relative value of $100 is $161.03. Your dollars get you the least in Hawaii, with a relative value of $62.89....

... holding the Research Institute for Hawaii USA (RIH), and its CEO Christopher Damon Haig, liable for religious and sexual harassment ....

This Week We’ll Tell You About Three Individuals Who Betrayed & Got Paid....

The housing requirement is a promise Hughes made in order to gain approval for its massive, 22-tower Kaka’ako luxury high-rise condominium development....

The median adjusted salaries in the 60 metro areas range from $32,312 in Honolulu, Hawaii to $73,078 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin....