During my tour of duty, I had the privilege of serving with several Afghan translators. One translator in particular stood out for me. This translator regularly went out on the most dangerous patrols with our U.S. soldiers and took enormous risks to help our mission succeed....

European Data Protection Supervisor warns 'massive collection of personal data' could be accessed without safeguards ....

This Executive Order was quietly posted on the www.Hawaii.gov/gov website with no public announcement....

The Strategic Plan aligns the three main DOE goals with three BOE committees (Student Achievement, Human Resources, and Finance and Infrastructure) to increase both accountability and efficiency.

"all that Progressives ask or desire is permission…to interpret the Constitution according to the Darwinian principle"

America's independence must be 'celebrated by succeeding generations, as the great anniversary festival' and be 'solemnized with Pomp and Parade' and 'Illuminations from one end of this Continent to the other from this time forward forever more.'

... a Government Accountability Office report, requested by U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., the chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee on states' implementation of the teacher quality portions of Race to the Top....

A recent study by Harvard Research Fellow Leonardo Maugeri found that the United States' incredible shale reserves represent "the most important revolution in the oil sector in decades."

...trapped in a protected and proscribed market, surrounded by customers who don't like paying its exorbitant rates and unable to afford modern ships....

Come Celebrate the 4th of July with the Hawaii Republican Party!

He failed to tile conflict of interest disclosures for 38 rail transit bills and resolutions and for 12 other matters such as rezoning from agriculture to commercial and residential uses around Kapolei....

• Senate: FDA User Fees – Final Passage
• Senate: Highway/Flood Insurance/Student Loan Package – Adoption of Conference Report
• House: Contempt Resolution
• House: FY13 Transportation-HUD Appropriations – Final Passage
• House: Highway/Flood Insurance/Student Loan Package – Adoption of Conference Report

The company estimates a typical residential customer using 600 kilowatt-hours a month will receive a refund of 85 cents, which includes interest since July 2011....

Case welcomed Congresswoman Mazie Hirono's acceptance of at least one statewide televised debate....

Obamacare ends Medicare as we know it, including severe physician reimbursement cuts ....

"Is PRP implying that Mazie Hirono who also received illegal contributions did any wrongdoing?" -- Ben Cayetano

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Please click on the following file to view student transportation bus routes being discontinued....

Taxpayers are being set up for a tax increase, make that several tax increases as a result of the work of the latest Tax Review Commission.

The Court has denied certiorari in Corboy v. Louie....

The effects of an eruption would be more profound as the geothermal power development increased in size....

Judge, Circuit Court of the First Circuit (Oʻahu)

Judge, Family Court of the First Circuit (Oʻahu)

The Constitution of the State of Hawaiʻi empowers the Commission to determine whether Judge Kibe should be retained in office for an additional term of six years.

"...repeals junior kindergarten programs at the end of the 2013-2014 school year...."

 Act 221 Tax Credits paid for this mess and Hawaii media covered for this scam company all they way through .... 

"If Hanabusa wants skip out on doing her job, we encourage the voters of Hawaii to help Hanabusa by voting for a new representative who actually wants to work for Hawaii in Congress."

Some fear the administration’s proposal is an effort to increase enrollment in the state-run insurance exchanges mandated under the president’s controversial health care law.

...the operating subsidy for transit has been increased by $600 million over the next 18 years to a total of $6 billion dollars....

... Many gathered again in the parking lot as more police arrived and flaring tempers were separated by additional HPD officers ....

Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, Waimanalo Health Center, the Hilo Bay Clinic, West Hawaii Community Health Center, Hana Community Health Center, and Malama I Ke Ola Health Center on Maui....

We're starting to appreciate the Chief's "functional" approach. What say we apply that same test to a legislature's statement regarding the "public use" for which it is condemning property?

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision sets the stage for an historically unprecedented confrontation between Roman Catholics and the federal government over whether Catholics remain free to exercise their religion ....

This decision will energize freedom-loving Americans to once again take matters into their own hands....

The last thing we need is another tax, especially at a time when the people of Hawaii and our nation desperately need jobs....

... bureaucrat-focused, DC-centered approach based on bigger government is not what is right for Hawaii, or the nation ....

The Senate Minority voted “NO” on 7 of these measures—often casting the lone vote in opposition— and on one bill “with reservations.”

... It creates a debilitated, inoperable version of health-care regulation ... a jumble of now senseless provisions ....

Abercrombie’s campaign platform portrays abandonment of the Prepaid Act as a step to “Develop a System of Universal Healthcare.”  It is exactly the opposite.  In the fine print, Abercrombie focuses squarely on managing the State’s finances so “costs are controlled so that we can collectively afford the system and pay for it in a way that is fair and sustainable. We need to create efficiencies out of the current incoherence in our system, create incentives and opportunities for cost-effective preventive healthcare….”

It’s all about the money.

"...it's time to put the political histrionics aside and work to implement the law...."

In Hawaii 84,130 will be added to Medicaid. Many will first lose their existing private health insurance.

...questionable policy judgments in the PPACA such as the decision to create unelected Independent Review Boards, the punitive tax on medical device manufacturers, and the elimination of Medicare Advantage programs deserve meaningful bipartisan discussion....

"But having read more of the opinions, I'm much relieved about individual rights and the states' rights within the constitutional structure."

“Here in Hawai'i, we already have our Prepaid Health Care Act, which enables a vast majority of our residents to be insured...."  (Then why is he trying to dismantle it?)

Fitch believes HPH's strategy augurs well for sustained financial performance in a pressured reimbursement environment....

flames of ignition light up the black night and shake the grounds of the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) as a medium-range missile accelerates out of its launch pad ....

ADF is challenging the Obama administration’s abortion pill mandate in several lawsuits because it unconstitutionally requires faith-based employers to provide or pay for insurance coverage of abortion-inducing drugs and devices ....

history and timeline of the operation and subsequent scandal....

By a 5-4 vote, the court held the mandate valid under Congress' constitutional authority "to lay and collect Taxes".... Conservatives wanted to see the Supreme Court put a limit on the commerce power, and Thursday it did.

The policy landscape will change dramatically after 10 a.m. today. If the Supreme Court does not strike down Obamacare in its entirety, Congress should move to repeal it....