Over the last weeks there has been considerable public discourse about the Center.  Rather than looking backwards, we would like to share the specific steps we are now taking....

...the Give the People Hope campaign to engage and activate people across our islands who wanted to stay involved and change the way our government operates....

After weeks of bureaucratic run-around McDermott finally received a copy of the requested materials....

In lieu of paying tuition or fees, students would enter contracts to pay back the university a certain percentage of their income after graduation....

Quality Counts 2014: District Disruption & Revival....

some of the lectures are open to the public....

The 2014 Hawaii Legislature will be requested to consider passage of a resolution on reforming the Jones Act....

Abercrombie today commented on the state Council on Revenues’ revised forecast....

Abercrombie’s Executive Office on Early Learning (EOEL) today presented a symposium for the Hawaii State Legislature, the state’s multi-level educational systems and the private sector....

Annual Report of the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs....

Here are links to some of the materials mentioned at our session today on the GMO issue....

Prior to this decision, the State could remove children from their parents’ home, and parents who could not afford an attorney were often left to their own devices....

Faleomavaega got caught napping in 2007 and by the time he raced back to Washington in an effort to get us extricated, it was too late....

...the Insurance Division is now providing Hawaii’s 2014 homeowner and motor vehicle premiums comparison guides through its website....

Hawaii and the Pacific territories rely more heavily on ocean shipping....

Tuā’au Kereti Māta’utia, Jr., the only candidate to announce for Faleomavaega's seat, is an assistant senior policy adviser to the Governor....

President Johnson launched the War on Poverty on Jan. 8, 1964....

2013 was a whirlwind of action and involvement....

...Michelle Obama extended her own vacation, flying to the island of Maui, where she is spending time with family friend Oprah Winfrey....

• DATE: Monday, January 13, 2014
• TIME: 2:00 pm
• PLACE: Conference Room 329, State Capitol

...at last local radio station 93KHJ-FM has published a breakthrough article today on its talanei.com website asking about the delegate’s health....

On Monday, Jan. 6, the Honolulu Affordable Housing Partners LLC (HAHP) met the city’s deadline to respond regarding its good faith commitment....

The Times report also examines the psychology of GMOphobes ....

State retirees should be afraid, be very afraid....

Obamacare creates a new entitlement program while expanding another.....

• When:  Sunday, January 26, 2014 9:00 am -4:00 pm
• Where:  Kapiolani Bandstand, 2748 Monsarrat Ave, Honolulu

...property taxes as a share of home values ranging from 0.2 percent (Maui County, Hawaii) to 3.1 percent (Wayne County, New York)....

• Saturday, January 25, 2014
• 12:30 PM -5:00 PM
• State Capitol

See what happens when people of faith actively participate in the electoral process....

nearly three-quarters (74%) of uninsured nonelderly people in the state are eligible for financial assistance to gain coverage through either Medicaid or the Marketplaces....

Meanwhile, Hawaii’s Democrat lawmakers are also criticizing the exchange....

A group of 10,000 low-income Oregon residents who recently obtained Medicaid coverage visited ERs 40 percent more often....

It's not that people are simply and inherently crazy; they also operate from within crazy bubbles, which is arguably just as dangerous. For this reason, my guess is that over time liberal opposition to genetic engineering will fade away....

Congress is beginning its new year with a budget deal that busts right through “caps” it was supposed to have on spending....

January 11 2014, Saturday at 5:30 PM....

...But fiscal sustainability is essential; to this we remain committed....

...the bleeding baby whales are left to suffer an unknown fate in shark-infested waters....

...and a solid majority – 77 percent – supports continued military training exercises in Hawaii....

...HART came into existence in July, 2012...detailed records related to HART’s predecessor were not readily available during our audit....

"Aloha and mahalo e Sanford Dole for registering with Kana'iolowalu"

...it garnered more vocal support than any the County Council here had ever considered, even the perennially popular bids to decriminalize marijuana....

• DATE: Wednesday, January 08, 2014
• TIME: 10:00 a.m.
• PLACE: Conference Room 225, State Capitol

• DATE: Wednesday, January 08, 2014
• TIME: 10:30 a.m.
• PLACE: Conference Room 016, State Capitol

Unlike previous decades, nearly three-quarters of Americans married in the 1990s celebrated a 10th anniversary .... 

...the benefits in her new plan are better than her previous plan and cost about $30 a month less....