Attorney General Louie has announced that he has issued Formal Opinion No. 13-1 (Op. No. 13-1) in which he has concluded that ... the Legislature has the authority... to consider and enact a bill relating to marriage ....

Recent Congressional Votes

• House: Military Death Benefits – Continuing Resolution

Upcoming Congressional Bills

• Senate: Debt Limit
• House: Debt Limit and Government Funding

A preview of what is coming to Hawaii....

legislative action might be required to remedy an apparent effort to frustrate state open records law....

Americans are learning the reason this law’s implementation was postponed until after the presidential election....

We are within that Coalition organizing community volunteers on all the islands to support the Coalition to “Let The People Decide On Marriage” by organizing their local communities....

There are about 34,000 civilian federal jobs in Hawaii, a fraction of which were deemed essential....

HBE is a consortium of three of Hawaii's largest landowners and three venture capital companies....

The 9th Circuit heard arguments on a challenge to Hawaii's campaign finance laws, but hinted that it may delay a ruling until the U.S. Supreme Court decides a similar case....

Vermont, perhaps best known as home of the hippie ice cream company Ben & Jerry's, is 12th-best for new businesses, while South Carolina placed toward the bottom....

Most governments will need to summon substantial political will to use ObamaCare to drop retiree health care coverage....

Second year: Placement of employees on their appropriate step and continuation of the step movement plan....

The House has passed a variety of bills that would have reopened portions of the federal government, but the Senate has rejected them....

The shut down of the federal government pivots on which side will blink first....

The American Legion is demanding immediate reform with the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC)....

Acting Governor Shan Tsutsui has announced the State of Hawaii is under a temporary hiring freeze on vacant positions within the Executive Branch....

Rep. Beth Fukumoto calls for civility and kindness in ongoing debates over government shutdown, debt ceiling crisis and same-sex marriage....

On Wednesday, I introduced a Charter Amendment to eliminate the Board of Water Supply's retroactive billing policy....

Caldwell announced today that he will be taking his Cabinet around the island for a new round of town hall meetings....

Solar October 14 -- Early Education October 16 ....

The subpoena was revealed Thursday in a report obtained by Watchdog.org from the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission....

The audit objective was to evaluate the RPAD processes related to the classification, reclassification, valuation, and assessment of real property for taxation purposes....

Have you gotten a letter from your insurance company about your premiums going up? 

The web site went live Oct. 1, but those seeking health care coverage haven’t been able to review pricing or coverage information....

“These churches have not only faithfully paid all of their rent, they’ve sacrificially given much more in service and funding to the schools and communities they love,” added co-counsel James Hochberg....

McDermott formally asked Speaker of the House Joe Souki to conduct a series of House Judiciary Committee hearings on the subject of same-sex marriage....

...organizers only wanted panelists to talk about the proposed religious exemption, not things he believes are missing from the draft....

...the Pentagon acknowledged Wednesday that no honored dead were in fact arriving, and that the planes used in the ceremonies often couldn't even fly....

...this shady industry is trying to recover from a pretty good licking it received today from the FDA....

Hawaii, President Barack Obama’s birthplace, has the only online health insurance marketplace that has not yet launched....

The Hawaii Health Connector’s failed website was built under a $53M contract with the same CGI which has made a mess of the federal ACA signup website....

As the temporary slowdown in government operations enters its second week, I write to explain why conservatives have insisted on making the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act the prime source of contention....

Honolulu's public is starved for traffic congestion relief. The power elite has responded with let them have rail....

Today, Hawaii public elementary schools have a three-part report card that evaluates attendance, six general learner outcomes (GLOs), and academic proficiency, with a section for teacher comments. Only one of the GLOs is based on character....

We won’t stop working until the doors to HawaiiHealthConnector.com are wide open.....

...sign up for Obamacare before this hot introductory offer expires....

The Hawaii Jobs Explorer, the first interactive tool to be released as a part of the ongoing UHERO Dashboard Project, is now available for public use....

“HIRA Action” is sponsoring a campaign of radio advertising on multiple stations during October 2013 to educate and mobilize Hawaii citizens....

...a FREE consumer education competition open to teens in grades 6-12....

In September, Plaintiffs’ counsel was informed that the State anticipates that the earliest date on which payments can be made will be the March 5, 2014 pay date....

President Obama is needlessly scaring seniors by suggesting that their Social Security benefit checks may not arrive....

Prescription drug related deaths now outnumber those from heroin and cocaine combined, and drug overdose deaths exceed motor vehicle-related deaths....

• Senate: Continuing Appropriations Conference Request – Motion to Table
• House: Veterans Program Funds- Continuing Resolution
• House: Women’s and Children’s Nutrition Funds – Continuing Resolution