...The domestic build requirement for tanker ships, in particular, has been identified as contributing to higher costs in moving domestic crude oil along the coasts....

...our state has veered off course over the past four years with entrenched politicians who cater to special interests....

... OHA sends out an old-news press release while the Trustees hash it out with Crabbe .... 

Turtle Bay vividly demonstrates the difference in problem solving between gubernatorial candidate Senator David Ige and Governor Neil Abercrombie....

...journalists in the group — including Ian Lind, Denby Fawcett, Ikaika Hussey and Daryl Huff — had to agree not to report about what was said or who said what during the entire process....

"there are other issues we should be working on rather than building this government that is not going to work.” -- Oz Stender January, 2014

...should the government expand from providing old-age entitlement benefits to controlling personal retirement investments as well?

"...we wrote to our congressional delegation and were told, in no uncertain terms, that we would not be able to secure it...."

SHAKA posted the voter registration of Maui voters online.  It included people’s names and addresses....

I propose that OHA abandon its role in nation building. That means cancelling the proposed ‘Aha and reducing the scope of activities of our Washington D.C. office....

...something remarkable happened in the last days of our legislative session....

GOP Candidates were center stage at the Hawaii Republican Party State Convention at Kaneohe's Koolau Ballroom Saturday....

Of the 54 bills harmful to business that were introduced this session that we tracked, 23 bills were stopped....

The Grassroot Institute called for the trustees to take responsibility for their part in creating the atmosphere that led to the letter....

The Hawaii Election Commission has released its candidate report for the week ending May 16, 2014....

...Sen. Malama Solomon’s office has turned in the most for allowance reimbursements at more than $21,000....

...the last four years have done nothing to restore my trust in government....

State House Majority Whip Romy Cachola, D-Kalihi, has hired Honolulu criminal defense attorney Michael Green to represent him....