...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....

There are thousands of ICAC leads in the state of Hawaii trafficking in sadistic images and videos of children being raped and tortured....

...how we can move the aerospace industry forward in Hawaii....

Beginning in fiscal year 2015, the distribution of tobacco settlement funds for tobacco prevention and control will return to 6.5 percent after being redirected into the general fund to offset budget deficits for the past several years....

...the first in the nation to have a statewide, pedestrian-only focus....

...alleged victims of homosexual child molestation who give a very clear description of how homosexual child molesters single out and groom boys....

February 5 from 7:00-8:00 p.m....

HAWSCT: Triggers To Administrative Appeals Must Be Clear And Noticed....

"the governor is not getting high marks for performance from real people.”

...even Americans who oppose abortion may be forced to support it—through Obamacare....

The Kuakini project is part of Metrus' $75 million commitment to the White House's Better Buildings Challenge....

...“best practices” for a healthier state economy. Listen to the entire interview....

Areas Where the Transformation Effort Fell Short in 2013....

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....