...the Schatz and Hanabusa camps seek to outdo each other in hare-brained schemes to invent the Akaka Tribe.  And the Star-Advertiser editorial board has been suckered by the rhetoric....

...any law or set of laws that work against the public interest will give rise to chink-in-the-armor attacks by other, competing special interests....

...a refrigerated food warehouse in Honolulu occupied by Unicold Corp. and nine tenants....

Ninth Circuit Appeals Court hearing will last about one hour or less....

For decades, a specter has haunted the U.S. economy: surging gas prices....

...taxes are rising faster now under Obama than they have under any other president since WWII....

...the President has shown a distinct contempt for the legal limits on his power....

Closing date for applications is August 30, 2013....

the Judge ruled that the FTA and the City undertake the following....

During this last legislative session, Monsanto and associates sought to pass SB727....

...the case for defunding Obamacare....

The Akaka Tribe hasn’t even formed yet--but the expulsions have already begun....

...it is not the cost of the tax that adds to the price of locally grown products as much as it is the external factors such as the cost of land, labor, and regulatory compliance....

Other services include financial assistance with asset-building strategies, such as Individual Development Accounts, which are special savings accounts....

the prevalence of preschool obesity ranged from 9.2% to 17.9%....

Musto discusses with Grassroot Institute’s president Keli’i Akina the similarities and differences between Detroit and Hawaii in light of Detroit’s recent declaration of bankruptcy....

Just as in Hawaii, the Obamacare Exchanges in other states are not attracting insurance competitors....

...submit applications to the Department of Customer Services by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 30....

...results of a feasibility study on the proposed adolescent residential drug treatment and healing facility are now available online....

...could lead to revocation of as much as 20% of permits....

When Obamacare’s health insurance exchanges open, your data could be exposed to shysters and hackers, thanks to serious vulnerabilities in the system....

In 1993, President Clinton's Executive Order 12866 laid out the fundamental requirements that have governed regulatory analysis and review ever since....

MARAD could not provide documentation showing who developed the various port project estimates or explain why they doubled over time....

... Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi sentenced Eric Ford, age 45, to 20 months in prison today ....

“The Humane Society is currently examining the sheep to see if it has been sexually molested.”

Hanabusa is the target of a Federal Elections Commission complaint filed Tuesday by Daniel Hempey....

Last year, Hawaii spent more than $175 per person — $244 million in all — just to fund its interest payments, the third highest rate per person in the country....

Here's the latest on the federal court action....

Hawaii has 750 linear miles of coastline....

Congress is well on its way to solving its Obamacare problem—for Members of Congress and their staffs, that is....

Awakuni has served as chief counsel for the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) since 2011....

DCCA issued a Preliminary Order to Cease and Desist and Notice of Right to Hearing against a Hawaii businessman, David T. Low, and his company, Hawaii Capital Management, LLC...

The FDA estimates that first-year compliance costs could be as high as $537 million for all regulated businesses covered under the rule....

Artates is also executive director of the Hawaii Operating Engineers Stabilization Fund...Sentencing hearings are scheduled Sept. 23....

the day rail is operative your sewers, water, bus, roads, and parks get bled dry ....

U.S. wind turbines kill 1.4 million birds and bats every year, while producing just 3 percent of U.S. electricity....

During the August congressional recess, a pro-amnesty coalition of business and union interests is putting the squeeze on members of the House....

Hawaii's bid for it got a $5,000 donation from the global law and lobbying firm Skadden Arps....

...Hawaii is at the forefront of modern, high-output agriculture: biotech farming....

Friday, August 16, 2013 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. HST...