the current DBEDT forecast is slightly less optimistic than its February 2013 forecast for some of local economic indicators such as gross domestic product (GDP) growth, job growth, and visitor-related indicators...

...visitors to the state appear to be booking shorter trips and spending less at local shops, perhaps in response to higher hotel room rates....

The Commission announces the launch of its newly revamped website today....

Access, in this case is defined as, “the number of destinations reachable within a given travel time.”....

“It’s not the easiest place in the world to do business,” one market source said of Hawaii.....

The basic strategy, called Housing First, comes from a Harlem-based group, Pathways to Housing....

...transportation initiatives on the horizon that promise to reshape our travel time commute in the years to come....

...this protectionist measure is crippling the Hawaiian economy and results in Hawaii's imports being among the most expensive in the world....

...block grants to community organizations and individuals who are established as trusted resources within their communities....

...push for more separation between corporate interests and public governance....

White House spokesman Jay Carney said Wednesday he could not immediately respond to live testimony from the House hearing on the 2012 Benghazi attack....

For the first time ever, this score empowers you to make informed decisions about the safety of your hospital care....

Neighborhood Board election voting runs from April 27 through Friday May 17....

“These Top 25 innovations in government offer real, tangible ways to protect our most disadvantaged citizens, educate the next-generation workforce, and utilize data analytics to enhance government performance.”

...students requiring remedial classes dropped to 31 percent in English and remained at 36 percent for math....

Senator Sam Slom talks about the Journalism Shield Law and bill in the latest edition of “A Better Day”. Guests include Gerald Kato of the University of Hawaii School of Communication and Stirling Morita, President of the Society of Professional Journalists ....

...Shinseki has vowed to use integrated electronic records and paperless IT solutions to make health care more efficient...there has been little progress.....

...state flagship universities are a waste of time and resources for many students....

Abercrombie yesterday presented a $1.5 million check to Kauai Mayor Bernard P. Carvalho, Jr....

Built in Poland in 1988, the NATIONAL GLORY was seized and confiscated in a 2008 drug bust by the U.S. Government and later sold at auction to U.S. owners....

During his last State of the Union address, President Obama proposed a new universal pre-kindergarten education program....

Coming to Hawaii this fall....

...as far as physical health is concerned there is no difference between being in Medicaid and being uninsured....

the "private attorney general" doctrine...allows a prevailing party to recover fees and costs....

Laie Ventures LLC has been selected as the developer to replace what used to be the Laie Inn. Construction of the new hotel, which will be adjacent to the Polynesian Cultural Center, is expected to begin later this year....

...a new study due out today from The Heritage Foundation calculates the cost to taxpayers of granting amnesty to unlawful immigrants....

...the first systematic evaluation of the effects of campaign finance laws....

...the anti-biotech movement in Hawaii is fierce, loud and extreme, organizing rallies and marches instead of sharing a table and a civil discussion....

Honeywell CEO "Comfortable" Taking $25 Million from Taxpayers to Create Only Ten Jobs....