Today the United States Senate approved the Agriculture Act of 2014, also known as the “Farm Bill,” which includes legalization of industrial hemp for research purposes....

...Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee is scheduled to hear three different pieces of firearms legislation....

"Well, I’m always pleased to share credit when people realize they can’t avoid their responsibilities anymore...." - Abercrombie

"Across the country voters have been misled by attempts to win elections by keeping people from the polls. We can’t let that happen here."

...the conservatives in this survey may be disproportionally counted among the non-voters....

...nearly a century after the generating station first started providing electricity to the people of Oahu....

Any change, as the bill proposes, would require a change to the current collective bargaining agreement with the HSTA, which runs through 2017....

...the bottom line is that things might not be what they seem....

New advertisements, online tools and events have been designed to encourage uninsured residents to set appointments....

...McDermott, who enrolled his eight children in Hawaii’s public schools, doesn’t want his 11-year-old son exposed to a controversial taxpayer-funded sex education program....

...Hanabusa is doing little to show she'll be able to close the gap....

Recent Congressional Votes

• Senate: Federal Flood Insurance Premiums – Passage
• House: Federal Abortion Funding – Passage
• House: Farm Programs Conference Report – Passage

The law imposes new costs and mandates on employer sponsors of health and welfare trust funds, but leaves irresponsible companies free of any obligation to contribute towards their employees' health insurance....

On January 30, nearly 300 people honored former Congresswoman Pat Saiki at the Waialae Country Club....

A candidate may obtain the Application for a Nomination Paper and receive and file his/her nomination paper at the locations listed below....

... at Grace Bible Church, 635 South Hina Avenue, Kahului on Friday, February 7th, 2014 starting at 5:30 PM....

Recently the mayors of our four large counties all got together in what has been described as their annual pilgrimage to the legislature....

On January 29, 1999, exactly 55 years after its launch, the Battleship Missouri Memorial opened in Pearl Harbor ....

Board of Education (BOE) Hearing Tuesday, Feb 4th, 2014, 1:30 PM....

Caldwell today announced the appointment of Linda Chu Takayama to lead the Office of Economic Development as Executive Director....

Faleomavaega was one of Obama’s earliest backers while then Gov. Togiola Tulafono endorsed then-Sen. Clinton....

The new poll, commissioned by Hawaii’s Drug Policy Action Group showed voter support for reform of Hawaii’s policies on marijuana trending upward....

Eighty-seven percent of respondents to a recent study in Hawai'i want to see a decrease in the number of feral cats in the Hawaiian Islands....

The specialized court began last year with three defendants and has now grown to ten defendants....

...the Hawaii Attorney General argued that even if voters were tricked in 1998, they had no say in their family structure and that the legislature and governor were within their rights to force a new one on the people....

Attorney General David M. Louie joined 46 fellow state and territorial attorneys general in signing a letter sent to the U.S. Trade Representative....

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on November 26, 2013 to review two lawsuits challenging the Obama administration’s abortion pill mandate....

...$20 million for various capital improvement projects (CIP) administered by the state Department of Land and Natural Resources....

House Republicans say they are ready to move forward with an immigration reform plan....

...sit in on a policy discussion with a few  of the staff and scholars of the Grassroot Institute....

Currently, we only have three primary races featuring incumbents running for re-nomination where the incumbent is not at least rated “likely” to win....

...informational meetings about the 2014 Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan ....

...the cost of auto insurance varies depending on the month you purchase a policy....

On average, 204,120 visitors were in the state on any given day of 2013 (average daily census) a 1.4 percent gain compared to 2012....

We are listening to your concerns and, as promised, would like to address some of your questions regarding pesticide use....

Congress is very fond of two things: throwing a bunch of stuff into one bill and rushing bills through while Americans are focused on other news....

NOTE: Hawaii HB1789 is a Therapy Ban modeled on the laws discussed in this article....

Hawaii is the only state without any form of referendum, recall and initiative on a statewide level....

..."Obama’s national priorities echo those I’ve outlined"....

...a bill that would mandate labeling on all foods with genetically engineered material...would increase the cost of food in Hawaii even more....

...the suspect's mother describes the revolving door of mental health facilities and half-way houses through which her son has passed in the last year....

This past weekend, the Star-Advertiser's Richard Borreca used the Governor's State of the State as the opening trumpet call for the 2014 governor's race....