• DATE: Thursday, November 14, 2013
• TIME: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
• PLACE: Conference Room 229 State Capitol 

• DATE: Thursday, November 21, 2013
• TIME: 9:30am to 11:30am
• PLACE: Conference Room 329 State Capitol

...our race is virtually tied, 38-36, with a little more than eight months to go before the start of early voting....

• DATE: Monday, November 25, 2013
• TIME: 1:30 pm
• PLACE: Conference Room 329, State Capitol

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...he was subpoenaed to testify in New York in a terrorism case against a friend he met in a Hono­lulu mosque....

One of the ways that the health reform is being funded is through cuts in disproportionate share funding for hospitals....

In the next 31 days—starting today—the budget conference committee will try to accomplish something Congress has failed to do for the past four years....

The interview contains a valuable introduction to what the Affordable Care Act is and clearly explains the “Hawaii Healthcare Connector,” which Lim initiated as its start-up executive director....

...anonymous 'Informal Advisory Opinions' which clearly refer to questions raised over the practice of giving UH Regents free athletic tickets....

The total number of homeless clients served by the Shelter and Outreach Programs has dropped for the third consecutive year....

Abercrombie has scheduled a signing ceremony Wednesday November 13 at 10AM at the Hawaii Convention Center....

...parents, not formal education, that make the difference for young children's readiness for school and success once they get there....

In more than half of the counties in the U.S., people have only one or two insurance carriers offering coverage on their exchanges....

By comparison, when Medicare Part D began, two-thirds of people who voluntarily enrolled in a plan did so after coverage began....

Hawaii is a special case.  Republicans could actually die there if they were ....

Recent Congressional Votes

• Senate: Employment Nondiscrimination – Passage

Come down to the Senate Chambers before 9:00 a.m. Tuesday with your LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE ON MARRIAGE signs....

Today we thank all of our veterans who have fought and continue to fight for freedom around the world....

At least one organization didn’t even ask to be funded....

The net cost of electricity that will be generated by the array will be at 10 cents and 13.5 cents per kilowatt hour....

As a Native Hawaiian Christian, allow me a response....

Whew, we dodged the bullet, sighed many beneficiaries of the federal largesse....

At the State Capitol 3pm to 5pm ....

The purpose of the study is to review three recent reports and determine what changes are needed in the law so as improve the island’s economy....

Rep Sharon Har debunks all the lies ....

...smashed buildings and completely defoliated trees, with widespread looting and unclaimed bodies decaying in the open air....

Dominant market power increases the risk of anti-competitive behavior by big health insurers and can place physicians at a significant disadvantage since most work in small or solo practices....

The Senate will convene Tuesday November 12 .... 

what will happen in the future when a newly-created, now state-sanctioned right of same-sex marriage conflicts with constitutional rights that have been enshrined in the 1st Amendment....

...magnesium melts at 1202 degrees Fahrenheit and antimony melts at 1166 degrees Fahrenheit.....

Twenty-five people in the state Department of Taxation were put on leave in December 2011 for unauthorized access to tax records....

Rouse is now managing the office of Rep Karen Awana, D-Nanakuli....

...beginning at 10 a.m., the full House will take a final vote on SB 1 HD 1 for Third Reading....

The Obama Administration has indicated it will propose a new regulation that could give many unions a break from one of Obamacare’s new fees....

U.S. candy makers are expanding production in other countries as federal price supports and a global glut of the sweet stuff give an ever-greater advantage to foreign rivals....

...we won’t be back because the state already seems to be choked with haoles like us....

The gallery will be evenly split down the middle with an equal allocation of space for both sides....

Board of Water Supply’s (BWS) unfair billing practices  forced thousands of O‘ahu residents to subsidize the errors caused by BWS' own faulty billing system....

Hit men, Yakuza, Hells Angels, the Chinese crime syndicate and Hawaii politicians....

Sakamoto said he would hear a challenge if the state Legislature passes and Abercrombie signs a law allowing gay marriage....

It did not cover dependents in the manner set out by the law, and it did not cover pediatric dental....

Government policy should respect those who believe marriage is the union of a man and a woman....

While the Democrats in the legislature were ignoring their constituents, here at the HRP we were listening....

The amount of money necessary to buy a 1,000 square-foot apartment in Dallas would only buy a 460 square-foot apartment in Honolulu....

“If you like your plan, you can keep your plan.” -- NOT!