... civil litigation involving Enron’s collapse, the Catholic Church’s priest abuse scandals, Bridgestone/Firestone’s allegedly defective tires, tobacco company liability and almost any product liability lawsuit ....

THAAD remains the most successfully tested Missile Defense system since 2003, with a 10 for 10 intercept flight record....

The 32 non-profit groups were selected from 146 applications for OHA grant money....

...Young is currently serving as the director of communications and acting deputy director....

"There are many changes coming to medicine that some physicians might not like."

House Bill 634, which would require the purchase of a company to hire 100 percent of the seller’s employees, is now in a conference committee....

SB535SD1HD2 would make it illegal for any Hawaii family to fire or otherwise change the employment status of nannies, babysitters, caretakers, and other domestic workers....

Both the House and Senate will present a CD1 draft of SB 642 and HB 668 that would amend the bills....

...seeking proposals from (ahem) 'qualified non-profit organizations' for $1.6 million in Grants-in-Aid funds....

Subsidies for renewable energy and energy efficiency total $23 billion over ten years....

SB1084 proposes a constitutional amendment to allow the appropriation of public funds for private early childhood education programs ....

Watson will be the only Native Hawaiian serving as an Article III judge ....

Retailers would be forced to act as tax collectors for states in which they have no voice....

... 999-year homestead leases to be assigned to trustees of land trusts that are created for managing and holding the homestead ....

...anticipating a time when the forces of Islam, led by the Mahdi, the Guided One, will conquer the world prior to the Day of Judgment....

Department employees were initially told to expect to be furloughed for up to 22 days, but that was reduced to 14 days....

On April 8, 2013, EarthJustice secured a court order to resume aerial eradication on Mauna Kea....

Each enforcement action costs the city about 15 thousand dollars.  Bill 7 will cut that expense in half ....

The Democratic Party of Hawaii will file a lawsuit in U.S. District Court to seek an injunction against the state of Hawaii over its primary election laws....

...an unfair bidding advantage for those contractors who do not provide health coverage to their workers....

...They are now trying to convince governors and state legislators that a series of state-level “grand bargains” could produce “savings“ in exchange for expanding Medicaid....

A comprehensive amnesty bill was tried before and it failed....

...the case seemed like a good vehicle for the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit the pretext-in-eminent-domain issue it teased us with in Kelo....

Meanwhile ... Hawaii Health Insurance Rates to Rise 12% to 21% Next Year....

As of June 30, 2011, there were 9,922 homestead leases statewide and 26,170 applicants waiting for homestead leases. In FY2011, the department issued 177 new homestead leases....

Gosnell, who was considered a pioneer in the abortion industry, began performing abortions in New York City in the late 1960s....

...State of Hawaii flags at all state offices and agencies as well as the Hawaii National Guard are to be flown at half-staff....

Under the Affordable Care Act, children up to the age of 26 years can stay on their parents' health insurance plan....

• Senate: Interior Secretary Confirmation
• Senate: Gun Control – Cloture Vote
• House: Limit on NLRB Activity
• House: Hydropower Facility Development – Suspension Vote

In a typical year, Hawaii conducts about 50,000 tuberculosis skin tests and treats 120 people found to be carrying the bacteria. The state anticipates suspensions of TB clearances to last for 120 days....

Mayor Kirk Caldwell today announced that City contractors have repaved 77 lane-miles of deteriorated roads since he took office....