President Obama says this is a “year of action”—and last night he made it very clear whose action he was talking about....

...a package of bills intended to help the Hawaii Health Connector improve transparency and reliability and ensure the agencies financial stability....

...the state has seen an overall improvement in proficiency levels with 79% of fourth graders reading below proficiency in 2003 compared to 70% in 2013....

Senator Slom and Representative Aaron Ling Johanson and his fellow House Republicans are introducing companion legislation that includes financial relief for every taxpayer in Hawaii....

HUD determined that the city’s median income for a household of four is $82,600, down from $86,300 last year....

... Reuters' Jack Kemp looks at the Jones Act and the national security arguments used to defend it ....

...after five years of promises, what do we have to show for it?....

Let’s make this a year of action....

Hawaii P-­‐20 Council established a goal for 55 percent of Hawaii’s working age adults to have a two-­‐ or four-­‐year college degree by the year 2025....

This brief analysis is a simple case of a picture is worth one thousand words....

As every middle school student is taught, the legislative branch makes laws, as the executive branch executes those laws....

CMS plans to save $144 million a year with these measures between 2015 and 2019....

This so-called protest movement is really a new kind of ad campaign....

While there has been a lot of discussion about Monsanto, there seems to be little understanding about our operations and what we do....

Minors, incarcerated criminals and illegal immigrants are represented in the 2012 Hawaii Reapportionment Plan. Military members and their “attached” spouses, as well as non-resident students, are not....

Today, the Hawaii Supreme Court issued an option in Diamond v. Dobbin....

The nominating committee for the state Commission on Water Resource Management (Water Commission) is still accepting applications for one (1) position on the commission....

This Wednesday, January 29, the House Committee on Water and Land is scheduled to hear several important hunting bills....

...for the impending vacancy in the judicial office of the Associate Justice, Supreme Court, State of Hawaiʻi upon the mandatory retirement of Associate Justice Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. in March 2014.... 

The meeting to discuss the East Kapolei and UH-West Oahu rail stations is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 28, at the Kapolei Middle School....

Mr. Damas was arrested at the Halawa Correctional Facility where he was employed as an adult corrections officer....

...Lisa Stevens wasn’t satisfied with her child’s school. Then she heard about charter schools and discovered she could get a group of people together and start one....

The Governor's $850 million Surplus is imaginary, given his $9,000 million Retirement System Deficit....

$9,694,000 – Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii (NELHA) Frontage Road and New Intersection Connections, Hawaii Island – Construction of a 0.8-mile frontage road....

Hundreds of young people turned out Saturday for a ‘March for Life’ commemorating the 41st Anniversary of the Roe v Wade decision....

This past week I was in our nation's capital for our Republican National Committee Winter Meeting....

...Along with our own State Representative Beth Fukumoto, the Daily Beast website named Colonel McSally as one of the "Nine Women Remaking the Right."...

KIUC has charged $10.27 a month to customers who choose not to use a wireless smart meter....

There was only one Lowell Kalapa, and he is now in a place where there are no taxes....

Senator Hee introduced a bill to “generally” reenact Hawaii’s Shield Law.  So has Senator Ihara and a host of others....

Initial mentions of the economy, the recession, budget deficits and jobs have fallen from a high of 52% in 2010 to just 22% at the end of 2013....

During this quarter, the status of the Office of the City Auditor projects is as follows....

House Bill No. 1200, House Draft 2, is not needed to comply with the Higher Education Act of 1965 and other flaws in the bill do not warrant its enactment....

Students, parents, teachers and community leaders across Hawaii will rally this week in support of school choice at 30 “School Choice Week” events across the Aloha State....

...the administration filed a proposed ordinance seeking approval for a new Request for Proposals....

...the facility will reopen at 8 a.m. tomorrow, Saturday, January 25....

Xtreme Power...announced today that it filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11....

A total of 17,609 solar installations with more than 129 megawatts capacity were added....

Three states had union membership rates over 20.0 percent in 2013: New York (24.4 percent), Alaska (23.1 percent),and Hawaii (22.1 percent)....

The bill also discontinues the requirements for the minimum number of student instructional hours effective at the end of the 2014-2015 school year....

SB 2982 proposes a constitutional amendment to exclude certain retirement benefits from income taxation....

During her recent visit to Maui and the home of close family friend Oprah Winfrey, First Lady Michelle Obama was escorted by Maui police....

Please contact members of the House Committee on Water and Land and respectfully urge them to support House Bill 1907....

“This state would turn into a manufacturing state." -- Rep Rida Cabanilla

Would this actually help the entry-level workers it is supposed to help? ....

Annual Economic Cost Due to Motor Vehicle Crashes in Hawaii: $655 Million....

...NOAA has quietly elevated its tsunami warning center in Alaska by relegating its Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii to secondary status....