• DATE: Thursday, October 31, 2013
• TIME: 9:30 to 11:00 a.m.

Obamacare is keeping businesses from hiring....

...Abercrombie has asked the Hawaii State Legislature to expand the agenda....

...help us elect leaders who will provide real solutions to our state and country's difficult problems....

• DATE: Wednesday, November 6, 2013
• TIME: 10:00 a.m.
• PLACE: Conference Room 211, State Capitol

Due to circumstances that were inherited by the current administration, HTA has been held to quarterly audits for the past 20 months....

Here’s a personal account of someone who acknowledges the tactics being used....

Health plans are sending hundreds of thousands of cancellation letters to people who buy their own coverage....

...this lawsuit, while not exactly popular, is part of a long-term gambit to take the Party -- and Hawaii....

It was sunny, humid, beautiful October morning, and volunteers greeted us with event programs at the entrance to Pier 38....

Vacancy: District Family Judge, District Family Court of the Third Circuit 

Retention: Nakamura, DelRosario, Border

5:30PM October 23, 2013; Hawaii State Capitol, Room 329....

The FBI is accusing a Hawaii man of making an art form of scamming local and federal taxpayers during the past 14 years....

At the core of America is a shared belief that no matter how humble your origins, with hard work and perseverance, you can improve your prospects in life and give your children a shot at a secure and productive future....

Several days ago, the Abercrombie administration went on television and responded directly to the Hawaii Republican Assembly’s advertising campaign....

Recent Congressional Votes

• Senate: Continuing Appropriations and Debt Limit Suspension – Passage
• House: Continuing Appropriations and Debt Limit Suspension – Motion to Concur

As the federal budget debate continues to heat up, one of the contentious energy policy battles is over the extension of the wind production tax credit....

A death spiral occurs when pricing in an insurance market spins out of control....

President Obama boasted last week that he had signed legislation to lift “the twin threats” to our economy....

Legislation to fund pay raises for government professional and scientific employees will be introduced by House Republicans during the Special Session....

A couple of weeks ago, this commentary examined some of the hurdles that stand in the way of producing more affordable housing....

Now that health plans and rates are available, standard weekly reports should be made public to chart the progress of enrolling Hawaii’s 100,000 uninsured residents....

Visitors spend about $76 million a day in communities near national parks, the National Park Service estimated....

On September 6, 2013, HECO announced a change to  its rules for connecting new PV systems to the electricity grid....

This case stems from complaints concerning the possible influence of $381,000 of private donations over Mayor Kirk Caldwell and his new administration....

These “mobs” are buoyed by their self-image of “total correctness,” and the illusion that they represent “the people”....

Opposition to GMO’s in Hawaii has attracted an eclectic mix of well-worn politicians and other “characters” interested in riding the groundswell of fear and misinformation....

...student veteran leaders representing chapters of Hawaiʻi Alliance of Student Veterans (HASV) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa and Leeward Community College, testified in front of the University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents in an effort to spark dialogue over the idea of amending tuition waiver regulations....

The White House and Congress are inching closer to a conversation about serious entitlement reform....

Now that the government is whirring again, President Obama has identified three priorities for the country....

...the legislature and governor have already mandated their own interpretation of the Constitution –one which is at odds with Louie’s....

The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) will hold public hearings in all counties between Dec. 2 and 6, 2013....

Our national nightmare isn’t the government shutdown; it’s Obamacare....

The problem lies with the nature of the law itself, promising trillions in new government benefits while relying on dubious financing mechanisms. These problems were not only foreseeable, they were indeed widely foreseen....

August Ahrens Elementary, Highlands Intermediate, Pearl City High and Waipahu High schools....

Judge Tashima still has to rule on whether the Beretania Street Tunnel is a viable alternative....

HealthPocket also found that some exchanges did not allow for anonymous health plan shopping....

"With decisive advantages in money, endorsements, organization, and manpower as well as an ideology...."

Gov. Neil Abercrombie is in Washington, D.C. just after returning from vacation in France....

The following message has been sent to other House members inviting them to participate in a series of hearings on Same Sex Marriage....

The rub is that here, it is the State of Hawaii that is claiming the interest, the right to mineral and metallic mines (including geothermal rights) on several large parcels....

...while some consumers were able to view the information on plans and pricing, others continued to receive an error message....

Think small business owners really are going to get tax credits through Obamacare health exchanges? Think again....

A family-owned North Carolina-based manufacturer is calling upon the US federal government and governors from five states to probe the reasons why Hoku Corporation and its major partner in the project, Tianwei have failed to pay its debts and review its investment practices into foreign owned businesses....

...these soldiers, who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country, will return home this week to a nation that initially refused to pay their families the military death benefit....

Sorry, Hawaii is not included likely due to the last-in-the nation start for the Hawaii Health Connector....