Hawaii is the only state government in the nation to be recognized as part of the 2013 Federal 100 Awards by Federal Computer Week magazine....

UPDATE: SB286 Approved with Amendments Thursday March 14, House Committee on Judiciary...

This is a promising time in your Hawaii House of Representatives....

By 2021, 46 percent of all Americans will be dependent on the government for their health care....

HB200 HD1 appropriates funds for operating and capital improvement costs of the Executive Branch for the next biennium fiscal years FY2013-2014 and FY2014-2015

New Study Measures Jobs, Economic Impact and Community Service....

...it’s also possible to oppose same-sex marriage based on reason and experience....

Yesterday, President Obama nominated a new ambassador to Libya to succeed Christopher Stevens, who was killed in the terrorist attack in Benghazi last September 11....

Net loss decreased by approximately 48% to $94.7 million from $229.4 million in 2011....

“Now we’re in sequestration, we have a bill that would give ... companies an additional 5 percent, $15 million,” McCain said. “It’s disgraceful, and it’s been going on for years....

an increase to its previous projection for 2013 General Fund tax revenues from 5.1 to 6.7 percent growth....

"This is a clear sign that the House is moving in the right direction," said Minority Leader Aaron Ling Johanson, Vice Chair of the House Committee on Finance.

...the several planned LNG export terminal projects at Kitimat are probable sources of LNG for Hawaii....

The Commission is deeply concerned about press accounts of the attempts of individuals within the government to demand specific personnel actions ... legislation has recently been introduced that could interfere with the University's ability to manage its own affairs....

Richardson Law School ranked 80th among the nation’s 144 best law schools compared with 106th a year ago....

• Texas – 50.1%
• Oklahoma – 49.6%
• West Virginia – 46.8%
• Hawaii – 44.1%

The study shows that many patients believe that medical decisions should not consider financial costs but only consider health....

...It costs 30,000 pounds of carbon-dioxide emission to produce an electric car, equal to about 80,000 miles of travel....

House Public Safety Committee this Thursday, March 14 at 9:30 a.m. in House conference room 309....

Hawaii Meth Project to Continue its Focus on Meth Prevention Operating as Independent Organization and Local Member of The Partnership....

While Members of Congress are arguing about defunding parts of Obamacare, the rubber is meeting the road in the states....

What is the appropriate price per ton for 'polluters' to pay? The draft contains alternative prices of $15, $25, and $35 per ton....

The average wage when adding in tips for the front of the house is $24.24 per hour....

...the public is supposed to believe that public agencies are so inefficient that a 1 percent cut in resources would trigger horrendous consequences but a 1 percent increase in taxes on individuals would be inconsequential....

The Ryan budget achieves an important improvement over last year by balancing the budget within 10 years....

Family is and will always remain the building block of civil society....

Low-income seniors will see an estimated 7 percent to 8 percent reduction in their Medicare Advantage benefits in 2014....

Does your street show up on the alphabetical list of  “failed” or “serious” streets? Find out here ....

...six criteria on which each state could be evaluated, based on six of the Ten Principles for Opening Up Government Information....

"Some of our manufacturers say they’ve seen a 15 percent increase in sales of products they have labeled."

The bill has been referred to the House Public Safety, Judiciary, and Finance committees....

The nonprofit State-based Exchange is seeking a customer service partner that knows how to service Hawai‘i’s residents, and that can bring strong capabilities that will enable a seamless customer experience....

• Senate: Committee Funding Resolution – Amendment Vote
• Senate: CIA Director Nomination – Confirmation
• House: Disaster Response and Preparedness – Suspension
• House: FY 2013 Continuing Appropriations

Drug companies have long kept secret details of the payments they make to doctors and other health professionals for promoting their drugs....

America is set to become a net natural gas exporter by 2020 and virtually self-sufficient in energy by 2035....

Question: Is Hawaii providing this information to investors?

Delegates to the conference talked about whether to “keep or dump” North Korea and debated whether China, as a major power, should “fight or talk” with the North....

It’s been four years since the U.S. had a real budget. While the House of Representatives has passed budgets, the Senate has stopped each one....

For the last two months, taxpayers heard time and time again that the “sky is falling, the sky is falling”....

...10 issues, large and small, in which government is intruding more into our lives and our businesses....

“Many of these priority projects require matching state funds to access federal dollars, secured before sequestration...."

Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative (HCEI) fails to satisfy all three pillars of sustainability....

...direct flights to Hawaii will exceed 2.6 M for the three month period between February and April 2013. This is an increase of more than 11%....

We analyzed the data to bring you a list of the ten absolute worst U.S. cities to drive a car according to the following three questions....

In the 1990s, insurance schemes pushed managed care and restricted networks. Some evidence suggests that insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act will be equally restrictive and paltry....

Students using Army Tuition Assistance (TA) must register in GoArmyEd before NOON Hawaii Standard Time (HST) Friday, March 8 at which time it will be suspended....

Last summer, the Obama Administration gutted the successful 1996 welfare reform law by offering to waive its work requirements. Now the debate is back, as several Members of Congress are trying to restore the reforms that helped so many out of poverty....

GAO is now indicating that they will issue their long awaiting report on the economic impact of the Jones Act on Puerto Rico, on Thursday, March 14, 2013....

...the environmental lawyers upped the ante by calling Callies a liar and a sell-out....

"...however you manage that reduction, you need to make sure you are not contradicting what we said the impact would be....”