The industry is expected to grow for many decades as the proven reserves of America's shale gas formations continue to grow....

• Senate: Internet Sales Tax – Final Passage
• Senate: Water Infrastructure Projects – Amendment Vote
• House: Private Sector Comp Time – Final Passage
• House: Debt Payment Prioritization – Final Passage

The Internet sales tax passed the Senate, but a growing chorus is pointing out that it would hurt many to help the tax man....

...it makes it necessary for Jacksonville, Florida, to bring in coal from Colombia rather than from American mines; it requires Maryland and Virginia to bring in road salt from Chile rather than Ohio; and it makes it cheaper for livestock farmers to buy feed from grain farmers in Argentina and Canada....

... a new-media, information age repressive technique aimed at physicians ....

Those who are implementing Obamacare in Hawaii are now putting themselves on the record predicting disaster....

When Obamacare’s individual mandate takes effect in 2014, all Americans who file income tax returns must complete an additional IRS tax form....

...dismay that their current mayor, Billy Kenoi and lobbyists like Mililani Trask, claim to speak for them....

...Abercrombie signed more than 70 Bills into law before the end of the 2013 Legislative Session.  The Legislature passed 293 bills....

...a paradigm shift in the approach taken to complete the work of the legislative session....

...delegates will be electing a new county chair after a long tenure by former chairperson, Tony Gill....

...to address concerns raised in the Audit of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands’ Homestead Services Division and other related Department of Hawaiian Home Lands issues....

...urges Governor Neil Abercrombie to add a USW Local 12-591 member to the Hawaii Refinery Task Force and to broaden the issues the task force will review....

...her sainthood validated that their suffering and sacrifice have not been in vain....

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....