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....

For 2014, the penalty for not purchasing insurance will be either $95 or 1 percent of your annual income (whichever is greater)....

The downward forecast means that the state has now fewer projected revenues that could be used to fund some of the proposed spending initiatives....

...Executive Office on Early Learning Director GG Weisenfeld was joined by state legislators, preschoolers, community groups and business representatives....

Here are the tax highlights from the 2014 Legislative Session....

...leases which may be essential for Par Petroleum’s refinery operations....

The decision to cease operations in Hawaii follows significant growth in the Company’s flight operations on the mainland and was a strategic decision....

Every major poll shows small-business owners the most highly regarded group in America, and every elected official claims to be your friend....

The Hawai‘i Health Connector and Planned Parenthood of Hawai‘i today announced a joint effort....

The House and Senate will be in recess until March 24....

...the housing entities’ “profits paid to the Treasury in 2013 alone have resulted in federal spending and deficits being underreported by more than $100 billion....

Video March 17, 1959: Eisenhower signs Hawaii statehood bill....

Because of the lack of transparency, it’s not totally clear who actually selected the three candidates from a field of nine....

This bill is still alive and it represents probably the largest TAX INCREASE still moving.....

In this policy brief, we identify the existing PURPA-based contracts in Hawai'i ....

$27,695,000 – Kamamalu Building Renovation, Oahu....

The Hawaii Election Commission has released its candidate report for the week ending March 14, 2014....

...based on the County’s efforts to restrict what Neldon Mamuad may say on his prominent “MAUIWatch” Facebook feed....

IRONY: PUC Commissioner Hermina Morita, adored by environmentalists, is facing fines for violating Hawaii conservation and zoning laws....

For more than a decade, the college has made it into the top 50 to 100 teacher preparation schools....

Along with a full-time load of law school courses, she’s a full-time realtor, and also spends one day a week on an externship with Senator Sam Slom’s Minority Research Office....

... McDermott says the payment of "stipends" to Hawaii teachers, for delivering SPLC's version of "Tolerance Training" breaks the law ....

Ukraine is an independent country. Its people voted overwhelmingly (90 percent in favor) to declare independence from Russia in 1991....

In Hawaii, Obamacare has disrupted a health-coverage system that had seen 98 percent of the population insured before the recession....

...Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico lawmakers say the U.S. ship build requirement of the Jones Act is a major contributor to the high cost of living in their locations....

...Judge A. Wallace Teshima’s truly final order in the case: the Order on Objection to Notice of Compliance, which coincidentally (or perhaps not) was issued on the same day (February 18, 2014) as the Ninth Circuit opinion....

...to continue efforts to turn around their persistently lowest-achieving schools....