...the state has a constitutionally mandated “balanced budget requirement,” but that’s based on “an outdated cash-based accounting model that recognizes expenses when they are paid instead of when they are incurred”....

the food stamp program has doubled under the Obama Administration....

7:00 – 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 25 Kapolei High School Cafeteria....

There are currently nine youths between the ages of 13-17 in the Wrap Hawai‘i pilot program....

...it actually wouldn’t be as big of a political risk within her own party because of his first-term troubles....

Combined, the projects have committed to sell electricity to Hawaiian Electric at an average price of 15.9 cents per kilowatt-hour. This is ... the current cost of generating electricity from oil....

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has set August 15, 2013 as the date for oral arguments in our appeal of Judge A. Wallace Tashima's rulings....

within 5 years, half or more of them will be out of business....

The recipients named today independently developed the science of modern plant biotechnology, opening doors to improved agricultural crops that can feed the world more effectively and sustainably...

Here’s how they do business. A piece of legislation is going to cost trillions of dollars, but Members of Congress don’t want the public to see that....

Here are the Complaint and the Motion for Partial Summary Judgment and Preliminary Injunction, filed yesterday....

Tuesday, June 25 6pm at Waipahu Intermediate School, 94-455 Farrington Hwy....

Joe Trippi – heralded on the cover of The New Republic as the man who “reinvented campaigning” – is widely recognized as one of America’s leading and most influential political strategists....

CNN/ORC poll showed a dramatic 17-point decline in the President’s approval rating among 18-34 year-olds....

the National Council on Teacher Quality 2013 Teacher Prep Review has bad news for Hawaii Universities' Schools of Education....

Hawaii will receive guidance and technical assistance from NGA staff and faculty experts, as well as consultants from the private sector, research organizations and educators....

As a part of the 2011 settlement, Maui County had to issue the permit, pay the veterans $200,000 and the mayor was required to issue an apology....

U.S. crude oil production grew by more than 1 million barrels a day last year, the largest increase in the world and the largest in U.S. history....

Yesterday, the Supreme Court handed down one of its first major decisions of this term, striking down Arizona’s measure requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration....

What's the difference, if any, between a "cemetery" and a burial....

to ensure Democrats are elected at the primary stage by ONLY their fellow Democrats....

RealtyTrac today released its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report....

• Senate: Farm Bill – Passage
• House: FY 2014 Defense Authorization – Passage

daily usage was only 492 gallons when he says the Board of Water Supply's estimated usage was pegged at 2,500....

Nearly a year and a half ago, a commission appointed by the Honolulu City Council to study some of the inequities in the real property tax ordinance dropped its findings on the desks of Council members....

Despite this assurance, the record also reveals that the parties also made jokes about being “locked up” because of these games....

State Land Conservation Fund to support the protection, through acquisition, of lands....

the State of Hawaii's attempted land grab would have undermined the sanctity of all Land Court titles....

Sen. Sam Slom was the guest speaker at the Tea Party Maui meeting Thursday where Jim Wagoner was elected president of the organization....

The Chief Justice, with the consent of the Senate, shall fill a vacancy in the district courts....

Asian American population rose by 530,000, or 2.9 percent, in the preceding year, to 18.9 million....

By 2017, Hawaii is facing Medicare Home Healthcare payment at least 11.7% below cost, and up to 27.8% below cost....

the City will be awarding non profit Grants in Aid, totaling about $5.5 million for this upcoming fiscal year....