In 2011 Colleen worked with Senator Akaka and the rest of the delegation to author and introduce the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act....

...a “glaring problem” with Mr. Asquith’s motion was that it did not include the PUC....

We must address the unfunded liabilities of public employees before we can truly begin talking about a surplus in the budget....

...some of the worst-performing buildings in the country have received LEED's highest scores....

Today, tens of thousands of people from around the country will gather in Washington to brave the cold for a cause they believe in....

The event, called "Better Choices - Better Schools," was intended to raise awareness about how expanding educational choice can help America prosper....

...approved fees were charged for services before the services existed....

Pono Choices offers little to no information on sexual harassment, Sexually Transmitted Infections, their symptoms and consequences or single parenthood....

The Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) Nominating Committee has confirmed 11 candidates for its Board of Directors election on March 8, 2014....

...Abercrombie indicated that his administration issued a Request for Information (RFI) for the rehabilitation of correctional facilities statewide....

The United States is home to some of the most counter-productive land use regulation....

HECO enjoys full revenue decoupling, fuel and purchased power pass-through recovery, rates based on forward test years...and recovery of increases in certain operating expenses and capital investments between rate cases through riders....

...there’s no “latte loophole,” since any quantity of added sugar makes a drink fall under the ban. Indeed, the only way to get more than a pint of drink at a time is to add booze, as adult beverages are excluded ...

I believe we may be able to reduce taxes in key areas....

...the Court's order ends the case....

...in the real world, war doesn’t end until both sides stop fighting....

... why should an ever-expanding list of business risks be transferred from the utility to its customers? ....

...five bills aimed at recognizing the impact of hunting on Hawaii’s outdoor heritage and focusing on ways to help strengthen and improve hunting activities....

... National Journal has published an article titled “How Lobbyists Still Fly Through Loopholes” and it should not surprise anyone that our South Pacific flyboy is among the Members of Congress featured....

...high-income and low-income filers had large tax expenditures, while middle-income taxpayers had smaller expenditures....

In 35 states, welfare, housing assistance and other benefits pays more than a minimum wage job....

...prominent Democrats have expressed interest in joining our party and running for office as a Republican....

Sound financial management required making tough decisions and hard choices. All with NO furloughs** (this is a lie, Abercrombie continued Furloughs, renamed as DLWOP Days)....

... each year OHA submits a package of proposed bills to the Hawaii State Legislature, and the agency’s Board of Trustees also votes to take positions on a wide variety of legislation ....

This is the first combined House-Senate Majority package since 2008....

HSLDA advocates in state legislatures, at the invitation of state homeschool organizations....

Bumble Bee chief executive Chris Lischewski has called untrue the Delegate’s assertion that Bumble Bee tuna is processed by child labor....

...we have a handful of states that can only be described as the laughing stocks of Obamacare....

Recipients are automatically renewed for another year if they don't respond to the annual query....

...elect officers and delegates, submit platform proposals for consideration the 2014 State Convention this May....

One of Hawaii's least known very historic sites is the former Ewa Gate (Gate Two) of former NAS Barbers Point. It has a history going back to 1925....

AARP Hawaii will ask lawmakers to support a bill requiring hospitals to formally acknowledge a patient’s family caregiver at the time of admission ....

...any church or religious organization holding services at a state or county facility (such as a public school cafeteria or auditorium) could not deny services such as a same-sex marriage....

Rep Cynthia Thielen recently drafted and co-introduced HB1520, HB1521 and HB1542 which will change the way our judicial system punishes repeat offenders....

He broke the news in a call this morning to 95.5 the Fish with Dawn O'Brien....

You can use Hospital Compare to find hospitals and compare the quality of their care....

The Pentagon's top commander for Asia said outright this week that U.S. military dominance in the Pacific is on the decline and that Washington should get used to the idea of having its superiority challenged by China....

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) paid $33.2 billion as a result of fraud or mistake....

Thirty-six states (including Hawaii) require that health care providers seeking to offer or expand their services obtain what are known as Certificates of Need (CON)....

Today, riskier investments appear to improve public pension funding. Current accounting rules mean that riskier investments are given higher expected rates of return....

An explosive intelligence report made public this week revealed that officials knew it was a terrorist attack that killed four Americans on September 11, 2012—and they knew right away....

...Charge against John Doe, a maintenance supervisor employed by the Department of Education....

...although some funds have been repealed or are no longer active, their appropriation accounts have not been closed and balances remain....

Learn more about the DOE's budget, including budget breakdown and cycle, supplemental requests, per-pupil funding and more....

A total of 2,709 individuals have enrolled in a health plan and 350 businesses have applied for a health plan through the Hawai‘i Health Connector as of Jan. 11....

This morning, the House voted to approve HR2, which details changes to committee assignments as follows....

Perry Artates, a former Maui Hawaiian Homeland commissioner and prominent labor leader, will spend 45 days in federal prison for his role in a mortgage fraud case that left a Maui family homeless....