A record total of 22,765 personal/private firearm permit applications were processed statewide during 2013....

The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that it is unconstitutional to limit the total amount of money someone can give to political candidates....

The 536th SMC conducted a number of unique missions during their deployment, to include partnering with multinational forces in Regional-Command East...

The Connector's customer support center staff is making more than 1,000 calls per day to reach out to consumers who have started, but have not completed, the enrollment process....

...Obama has inserted himself into local politics a number of times, most recently in December by endorsing Abercrombie in his race for a second gubernatorial term....

Top officials from six state health insurance exchanges will testify Thursday, April 3rd in a House Oversight and Government Reform joint subcommittee hearing....

HELCO rates are consistently more than 37 cents a kilowatt-hour, and often well over 40 cents, despite nearly half of the island’s electricity being generated from renewable sources....

These types of offenses include truancy, running away from home, incorrigibility, curfew violations, and alcohol and tobacco consumption....

That might explain why they’re grasping for new members in stunts like unionizing college athletes....

THE ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL OF THE INITIAL WAVE IS 0324 AM HST WED 02 APR 2014....

...its net positive macroeconomic impacts are small....

...the Pentagon is eliminating the Hawaii-based Joint Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Command and the Washington-based Defense Prisoner of War Missing Personnel Office — and creating a new single agency....

In this policy report, the Annie E. Casey Foundation explores the intersection of kids, race and opportunity....

Hawaii Health Connector sign ups still come in at less than 1 percent of the state’s population....

...the Kobayashi Group is an investor in a hui that plans to build one or more luxury developments in Kaka’ako....

...sometimes the Legislature feels like a Whack-a-Mole game, where you knock down a bad bill, only to find the contents pop up again in another bill....

Residents identified homeless and/or homelessness as a priority for the City to address....

The Office of the City Auditor is pleased to present its fourth annual Service Efforts and Accomplishments (SEA) Report for the City and County of Honolulu....

...The new (to the State) application is expected to save money, improve security, and enhance sustainability (everybody else has been doing this for years, but hey) ....

Hawaii’s public schools can be a model for the nation, according to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan...

...Obamacare as the ultimate April Fools’ Day punchline....

Upcoming Congressional Bills

• Senate: Medicare “Doc Fix”
• Senate: Unemployment Benefits
• House: Ukraine Aid
• House: Health Care Reform

"...OHA is not seeing resistance from Kamehameha Schools and Howard Hughes Corp., the two major developers in Kaka'ako Mauka, as suggested in the editorial...."

Today is kinda-sorta the deadline to sign up for Obamacare....

At June 30, 2013, ERS had an “unfunded actuarial accrued liability” of about $8.4 billion. For EUTF, the number was about $18.2 billion....

...If you are not politicized, you are not Hawaiian....

“Numerous food truck owners have written to say that if this bill were to become law, they would not be able to operate within the capital special district."

$38,213,000 – Honolulu Community College Advanced Technology Training Center, Oahu....

...highlighting those bills that champion taxpayers and residents; and bills that affect our rights and freedoms....

...highlighting education proposals, spending, and reforms....

The Hawaii Election Commission has released its candidate report for the week ending March 28, 2014....

New condo towers in Kakaako are spurring double-digit growth in permits for residential construction. A sharp rise in commercial construction, much of it in resort areas, is on the horizon....

...request for the Government Accountability Office to review the taxpayer dollars used to fund the Hawaii Health Connector....

It’s a world where we can’t act like we did yesterday....

Despite the high risk and Hawaii's inability to open its exchange for two weeks after October 1, 2013, CMS allowed Hawaii's exchange to connect to the data hub....

"This is going to be a party of diversity and inclusion where those who are not at the extreme left or right of the political spectrum can come and voice moderate views that they feel will move Hawaii forward."

...as amended by the Senate Water and Land Committee, it has now been stripped of its purpose and instead only creates a hunting advisory council....

“At the present time, Chair Morita has business before the Board of Land and Natural Resources, which must be addressed...."

"The extremely high cost of utility power in Hawaii has made it one of the most attractive markets...."

Regulation: It’s a mostly hidden drain on the economy....

The Obama family 2013-2014 vacation to Honolulu cost $210,877 per hour for travel alone; at 36.9 total hours....

...350 individuals and 17 businesses last week signed up for the Hawaii Health Connector with one week to go....

...in households spending a high share of their income on medical care....

The life of Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana'ole tells the story of how Hawaiians came to be Hawaiian-Americans.

Working in secret and overflowing with liberals....

...pushing it beyond this year's congressional elections....

There was no delay…until there was. The Washington Post reported last night that March 31 is not, in fact, the final word....

The federal civil case against Global Horizons has dragged on for years....