Last year’s tourism weakness continued in the first quarter of this year, and incremental gains for 2014 will be slight....

The Hawaii Office of Elections has released its candidate report for the week ending May 23, 2014....

No Republican is now challenging corruption-tainted Rep Rida Cabanilla ....

The Hawaii Republican Party meeting in convention on May 17, 2014, adopted eight platform resolutions including one calling for Jones Act reform....

A federal court has struck down a race-based voting scheme in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands....

The six layers of land use controls ....

The problems emerging from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are deeper than corruption and mismanagement....

Yesterday, the IRS announced it would hold off until next year on new rules that would have restricted the activities of nonprofit groups....

...HECO released an RFP in March for 800,000 tons of containerized LNG per year over 15 years, beginning in 2016 or 2017....

...Abercrombie today announced the release of more than $46 million for various capital improvement projects....

The program is intended to serve 420 children who qualify based on income....

...Honolulu City Council’s Committee on Public Works and Sustainability held a hearing yesterday to discuss a proposal to expand the existing ban to include biodegradable bags....

"I join the Obama administration in urging Thailand’s armed forces to return power to democratic institutions.”

Many lawmakers would like to know why the U.S. is contributing to a lower cost of living in China, while continuing to encourage high costs of living in the non-contiguous U.S. states and possessions....

...Cabanilla – the only representative to leave the floor to avoid voting on same sex marriage – still has no real opposition....

Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony at 10 a.m., Monday, at the Post Cemetery....

Our Convention was a great kick-off to what is sure to be a successful campaign season for Republicans, and was followed by Duke Aiona's Monday morning announcement of his candidacy for Governor....

Senator Slom addresses issues facing Hawaii and our State government....

...it costs nearly twice as much to produce as natural gas....