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The Oliver Wyman consultants expect individual premiums to average $346 in Hawaii in 2014, up from an average of $231 today....

In an embarrassing move, Councilwoman Brenda Ford, whose Bill 109 would ban all GM crops outright, had former yoga instructor and anti-GMO crusader Jeffrey Smith Skyped in to the meeting to give his testimony....

Barca says. "For me, I can’t sit here and do that. It’s like seeing someone beat up a chick in a parking lot or something. Me, I’m going to go and grab them and tell them, ‘Brah, you can’t do that over here.’ Basically these guys are committing murder on our natural resources. I’m not going to let someone do that to my home. I can’t sit around and let that happen. It’s so personal to me because it’s in my backyard. There’s just no way."

patients will be asked to disclose more personal information to their doctors — including how often they have sex and how with how many sexual partners....

Approximately half of mass shootings are caused by individuals with untreated severe mental illness....

The last few months have seen 10-20 percent declines in the exchange rates of many Pacific countries against the US Dollar….

Hawaii's attorney general wants to enjoin four people he says are practicing law illegally and operating a fraudulent mortgage-relief scheme in the state....

More than 300 people attended the Joint Venture Education Forum’s 12th annual meeting, Aug. 29, 2013 at The Salvation Army’s Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center in Kapolei....

Grace’s report provides specific research and points of reference for ... The Queen’s Federal Credit Union and Aloha Federal Credit Union of Honolulu....

Starting October 1, armies of “Navigators” will begin asking Americans very personal questions....

...the IRS announced that any same-sex couple who married in a state that recognizes same-sex marriage can file a joint federal tax return, even if the state where they currently live does not recognize same-sex marriage....

It’s President Obama’s home state. Democrats have a super-majority in both houses of the legislature....

...they face both dwindling reimbursements and payments increasingly tied to outcomes....

The challenge facing Hawaii can be visualized through two charts which focus on renewable generation in 2012....

The California Republican Party’s willingness to embrace unconventional leadership may provide insights into what the GOP will need to do to win elections....

Makana breached contract by refusing to work "when planet Mercury is in retrograde ... approximately six months per year," his former manager claims in court....

Nine Women Remaking the Right....

Ceres founders and other mainlanders also funneled campaign contributions directly to Walter Ritte in 2012 for his race for a vacant seat on the Office of Hawaiian Affairs....

... Hawaii is present in the top ten of both lists, showing large unfunded liabilities compared to their populations and economic output ....

"I'm going to f*** with the environmentalists even if I don't have a dog in the fight"

"As tempting as it was to bring in extra funds to our schools, I told the Governor that such a dichotomy is simply not in our way of thinking...."

"...it is not true that Jesus embraces all the behavior of those he loves...."

"Despite the continued increase in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations, the annual-mean global temperature has not risen in the twenty-first century challenging the prevailing view that anthropogenic forcing causes climate warming."

limits vary widely, remaining unlimited in twelve states while being set as low as $160 per election to candidates for State House and State Senate in Montana....

Sherbow claimed he initially approached Gabbard because he was born into the same obscure Western-Hindu tradition as Tulsi....

Hawaii has the broadest sales tax in the United States, taxing many products multiple times and, by one estimate, ultimately taxing 99.21% of the state's personal income. This base is far wider than the national median, where the sales tax base applies to 34.46%....

The federal appeals court in Honolulu found that Act 163, which the Hawaii Legislature passed in 2010, contradicts the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)....

He said it would not have necessarily been easier to convict Deedy of the lesser manslaughter charge....

I could see that this was the first time they had stepped in mud or been to a farm. They were city boys, city girls. Two of them were even sporting dyed hair....

Esther Kiaaina may be the next Assistant Secretary of Interior for Insular Affairs....

"Congress is deemed by the Supreme Court to have exclusive and plenary power to deal with Indian affairs"

“The Humane Society is currently examining the sheep to see if it has been sexually molested.”

Hawaii's bid for it got a $5,000 donation from the global law and lobbying firm Skadden Arps....

...spokeswoman Xochitl Hinojosa stood by his comment....

Your final charges probably will be higher than shown here because the most highly variable costs are not included: title insurance, title search, taxes, other government fees and escrow fees....

Just as the GOP activists in Idaho want bad-intentioned Democrats and free-thinking independents out of “their” nominating process, so do Democratic Party leaders in Hawaii....

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered an expedited hearing for the federal rail lawsuit on August 15th....

The Examiner used the Census Bureau's 2011 Annual Survey of Public Employment and Payroll to rank every U.S. city with a population of 200,000 or more....

it may in fact require everyone who wears or eats or sells a GMO food or other product to register with the county and pay a fee....

The children of same-sex couples have a tough road ahead of them—I know, because I have been there....