Hawaiian Electric Company will deactivate its Honolulu Power Plant on Jan. 31, 2014....

Brenda Ford’s bill, which would destroy Hawaii’s papaya crop and blow a huge hole in the county and state’s economy....

Ceres founders and other mainlanders also funneled campaign contributions directly to Walter Ritte in 2012 for his race for a vacant seat on the Office of Hawaiian Affairs....

Providers apply for the incentives using a secure, web-based tool from Xerox to show that they have implemented and used EHRs under federal guidelines....

The city’s Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation will resume construction this month....

... Hawaii is present in the top ten of both lists, showing large unfunded liabilities compared to their populations and economic output ....

Applications are due Sept. 30....

In just 27 days, the Obamacare exchanges are scheduled to open....

"I'm going to f*** with the environmentalists even if I don't have a dog in the fight"

$178,250 in matching funds for a scholarship which would provide full tuition for a deserving student from Hawaii....

For all the talk these days of how to revive our supposedly moribund American Dream, it took a college dropout-turned-actor to state the obvious....

A story invoking Governor Abercrombie’s war-protester past, has surfaced on Breitbart.com....

Abercrombie’s draft gay marriage bill would make Hawaii the only state in the nation to claim legal jurisdiction over divorces in which neither party is a resident of the state....

We published this in 2012.  Since both the Star-Adv (9-1-13) and Civil Beat (8-30-13) have consciously decided to lie--claiming no such study exists--we are publishing it again....

...those lost revenues resulted in lawmakers having to raise additional revenue....

"As tempting as it was to bring in extra funds to our schools, I told the Governor that such a dichotomy is simply not in our way of thinking...."

"...it is not true that Jesus embraces all the behavior of those he loves...."

The Hawaiian Electric Companies today began a search for suppliers of cleaner fuels, including ultra-low sulfur diesel....

"Despite the continued increase in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations, the annual-mean global temperature has not risen in the twenty-first century challenging the prevailing view that anthropogenic forcing causes climate warming."

some final thoughts with you as I leave the leadership of the University of Hawaiʻi....

...more than 80 percent of participants transition from homelessness to housing within three to four months....

The State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) has approved the archaeological survey reports for the Honolulu rail transit project, and cleared the way for permit applications....

Governor Abercrombie announced today that it is unlikely that a special session to redefine marriage to include same-sex couples will happen at this time....

...mandatory GMO labels would only intensify the misconception that so-called Frankenfoods endanger people's health...

Congress hasn’t passed immigration legislation, but that hasn’t stopped President Obama....

limits vary widely, remaining unlimited in twelve states while being set as low as $160 per election to candidates for State House and State Senate in Montana....

Sherbow claimed he initially approached Gabbard because he was born into the same obscure Western-Hindu tradition as Tulsi....

If hired, feel free to send Hawai'i Free Press stories about your adventures as a state-funded insurance salesperson....

A federal arrest warrant was issued after Sherbow sent an extensive email to FBI agents and the media....

...there is merely a RAZOR THIN margin in favor of homosexual marriage -- just 26 votes to 25 votes....

Resolution 13-177 initiates a proposed Charter Amendment....

Surfing the Nations is counteracting the widespread perception that surfing is only about individual fulfillment....

The Hawaii-Southern California Training and Testing Final Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement is available for download....

Sherbow was arrested on Wednesday, August 28, 2013, in Tijuana, Mexico....

The DOE listed per-student spending for 2011-12 at $11,583.  But Randall Roth, a University of Hawaii law professor who has worked on education reform issues, said the real number is about $16,000....

Hawaii has the broadest sales tax in the United States, taxing many products multiple times and, by one estimate, ultimately taxing 99.21% of the state's personal income. This base is far wider than the national median, where the sales tax base applies to 34.46%....

...the costly push to bring the numbers down is unsustainable and could doom those seeking benefits to years-long waits in appeals....

Reports are rampant that the Obama Administration will call for U.S. missile strikes against the regime in Syria at any time now....

...the lumber industry is expected to enter a cycle where production demands remain strong and increase steadily over the next few years....

With enrollment at the historic level...university officials are crediting a new four-year guarantee....

The bill is based on Senate Bill 1369....

...capital improvement project (CIP) and grant funds for priority repairs and improvements at state facilities and public schools, as well as installation of a new photovoltaic system....

The federal appeals court in Honolulu found that Act 163, which the Hawaii Legislature passed in 2010, contradicts the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)....

Like the Dalai Lama and Martin Luther King Jr, Walesa does not believe in the gay agenda.  Here are the quotes....