...2012 was another year of strong tourism gains for Hawaii’s counties....

...recapitalizing the Rainy Day and Hurricane Relief Funds, addressing unfunded liabilities and eliminating many vacant department positions....

Just as in Canada or Britain, we are going to experience rationing by waiting...

In his speech, he promised to do even less and make the less more transparent....

Aloha Council, Boy Scouts of America (BSA), released a statement following the national vote ...

“I am overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from people throughout the district, urging me to run for Congress" -- Sen Wil Espero

Will Hawaii’s soft-on-crime Judiciary allow an insanity plea to a Muslim claiming a religious justification for acts of violence or terrorism?

ALEC-Laffer study measures the impact of state policies in 15 key areas....

A soaring golden eagle slams into a wind farm's spinning turbine and falls, mangled and lifeless, to the ground...

the Gang of Eight’s immigration bill will go to the Senate floor after the Memorial Day recess....

...If substantiated, Senator Mercado Kim must be held accountable....

The idea is to talk about it, not to pass it....

...many people are exempt from the mandate, and so the IRS has to know a lot about you in order to decide whether you are in compliance....

A Senate subcommittee accused the company of “shifting” profits from the U.S. to other countries and avoiding paying taxes....

Marjorie Manuia was appointed a part-time district judge in 1982 and served two terms as a Family Court district judge from 1984 to 1996....

...they are scheduled Wednesday in the Senate Committee and Thursday in the House Committee....

On October 1, millions of Americans are supposed to be able to go online and acquire health insurance on electronic exchanges in the states where they live....

...Thursday, June 13th 6PM at Kalama Heights Senior Center, 101 Kanani Rd, in Kihei....

...at the Conservative Forum for Hawaii, Sunday June 2nd, 2:00 pm, at the Naniloa Hotel Crown Room in Hilo....

...average medical charges were nearly tripled among those who did not use seat belts ($11,043), compared to restrained passengers ($3,817)....

... Hawaii Republicans from across the state gathered in convention on Saturday, May 18 ....

 Amina and Sarah Said, murdered in Dallas, 2008.... 

...inflation-adjusted income for recent college graduates actually declined between 2000 and 2011....

the median salary of public university presidents rose 4.7 percent in 2011-2012 to more than $440,000 a year....

• Senate: Water Resources Development Act – Passage
• Senate: CMS Nominee – Confirmation
• Senate: Energy Department Nominee – Confirmation
• House: Obamacare Repeal – Passage
• House: SEC Cost-Benefit Analysis – Passage

One of the largest hospitality unions in the nation will protest President Barack Obama’s commerce secretary nominee on Thursday, the first day of her confirmation hearings....

Honolulu Councilmember and Congressional candidate Stanley Chang has lost his right to practice law in Hawaii....

...the signs are treated by visitors less as warnings and more as centerpieces of funny photographs to show the folks back home....