The nine-member Native Hawaiian Justice Task Force today presented its findings and recommendations to the Hawaiʻi Legislature....

Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald today appointed Kevin A. Souza to the District Family Court of the First Circuit (Oahu). 

...just days left for President Obama and lawmakers in Congress to avert a major tax hike, sequestration, and other major policy changes....

“This does not make any logical/political sense, so therefore it must be personal.” --Washington Post

Obama spent most of the speech describing his own impressions of Inouye....

Matson will continue to provide service to Reef's historical core trade lanes from Auckland, New Zealand and Fiji to the island nations of Nauru, the Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Samoa, Cook Islands, Niue, Tonga, Wallis and Futuna, Vanuatu, Tarawa and Majuro ....

...it will administer college and career readiness assessments to all middle and high school students statewide in grades 8, 9, 10 and 11 beginning next spring....

Inouye's chief of staff, Jennifer Sabas, says despite the disappointment, Inouye's office wishes Schatz "the best of luck."

"For me, personally, I believe global climate change is real, and it is the most urgent challenge of our generation," Schatz said.

"The lesson for everybody is you don't want your town to turn into this."

...will increase the average cost of a new car by $3,000 by 2025....

Matt Kibbe, President and CEO of FreedomWorks is speaking January 6-9 at events throughout Hawaii.

Heritage will be entering a new chapter with the new year. Not only will we celebrate our 40th anniversary, we will have new leadership as Senator Jim DeMint succeeds Edwin J. Feulner as president in April....

When Saul of Tarsus set out on his journey to Damascus the whole of the known world lay in bondage. There was one state, and it was Rome. There was one master for it all, and he was Tiberius Caesar....

With time running out for President Obama and Congress to reach an agreement, this Christmas Eve we bring to you 2012 twist on Clement Clarke Moore's famous poem....

"Our Hawai'i has never faced such a precarious position on Capitol Hill"

Of course, we disagreed later over how to ensure Hawaii's representation in the Senate in a post-Inouye world, and that cost me dearly....

The fight between Hanabusa and Hirono over Inouye’s seat is the latest flare-up of the battle between old-boys and progressives within the Democratic Party....

• Blake v. County of Kauai Planning Comm'n,
• Kanahele v. Maui County Council

The notion that religion belongs in the realm of governance has its origins in the host culture, said Lilikala Kame‘eleihiwa, professor at the Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies....

In Hawaii, hunting has had a long tradition that for political reasons is being eradicated....

...this year the tax scramble is not so much for shifting income and deductions from one tax year to the next as much as it is about getting one’s solar energy device installed....

...first joint enforcement action against a nationwide debt-relief services company that illegally charged advance fees for its services....

No taxpayer money will be used for construction, operation or maintenance....

 Under the law, the reductions are due to take place Jan. 2, 2013

January 3 - 15, 2013

Friday January 11, 2013 at 1pm 

Personal income is a key economic indicator that measures the aggregate income received by all residents from all sources....

...a design flaw in Farrington High School’s 58-year-old auditorium contributed to its roof collapse....

A major dock strike could shutdown work on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts when the current longshore contract covering container cargoes on those coasts expires at midnight Saturday, December 29, 2012....

Our coalition has over 2,300 individual members, over 8,000 Facebook fans and more than 320 business members....

The wind lobby is working overtime to convince Congress to pass an extension before the clock runs out on December 31st....

The Healthcare Association of Hawaii (HAH) invites the public to participate in the Hawaii Community Feedback Survey.

If Hanabusa is appointed senator, you can take the names of most of the folks listed above as possible candidates in the special election ....

Lacking votes from his own party, Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) called off consideration of “Plan B” last night....

On Saturday, Dec. 22, Senator Inouye will lie in state from 5 p.m. to midnight in the State Capitol Rotunda. A short program will commence with the arrival of the senator’s casket....

Review of the Revolving Funds, Trust Funds, and Trust Accounts of the Departments of Human Resources Development, Labor and Industrial Relations, Public Safety, and Taxation....

...Such a framework is necessary to preserve the availability of federal student aid funding under Title IV of the HEA....

12/17/2012: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 568.

...this bill will allow eligible state, local, and D.C. government employees to run for elective office. The bill also provides greater flexibility in disciplining federal employees charged with minor violations of the Act....

“This bill provides key improvements to the way self-governance works in the Department of the Interior...."

10th annual Ready or Not? Protecting the Public from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism report, Hawaii scored 4 out of 10 ....

Operation Southern Fist II near Shor Bak, Afghanistan....

Later today the Republican-led House of Representatives will vote on “Plan B” .... 

Litigation is nearing the "end game" regarding the adequacy of the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) and record of decision (ROD)....

The new barge is being specially designed and built to service the Hawaii market and will be larger, more efficient than its predecessor....

...this tax bill contains no tax increases of any kind—in fact, it permanently prevents them....

“…we’re electing our next senator-for-life in this process….”

The case involved a challenge to the charter's requirement that a candidate for public office be a resident of the district in which she intends to run for at least 90 days ....

...thank you for your support and patience as we continue to process all the confusion of the past few months....