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"...I flew to Hawaii recently to shoot a film, fresh on the heels of being labeled a homophobic bigot by Andrew Sullivan, Anderson Cooper, and others in the Gay Department of Justice...."

...residential electricity rates are three times the national average....

Reactions to the announcement yesterday that former Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann has formed a "Hawaii Independent Party" which has now been certified for the ballot....

...if you read SB2521 carefully, it is all spelled out there on how they are going to enforce such a law....

SB2131 covers veterans' college tuition at the UH’s colleges and universities up to the in-state tuition amount...

...keep an eye on Hawaii, where a surprising poll result showed Gov. Neil Abercrombie (D) trailing former Lt. Gov. Duke Aiona (R).....

Hawaii held the top spot for the previous four years, but fell slightly last year....

...A (mainland) legislator considering an assisted suicide law asked me this question:  "Is there a way to allow a person to end his life without making someone else a criminal?"....

Aiona's remarkably popular earning a 58-26 favorability score....

This ranking is based on the lowest cost of a “silver” plan.... 

Many consumers already resent Comcast for its poor customer service, as cataloged by the American Customer Satisfaction Index....

The Obama administration gave Hawaii $205 million in grants over the past three years to set up its state-run exchange....

If the legislature is serious about fighting poverty in Hawaii, a broader and more comprehensive discussion is essential....

...90% of the exposures occurred in a residence, 4.4% in the workplace and 1% in a school. The remaining 4% consisted of miscellaneous locations....

The Hawaii legislature publicly debated and then rejected a pair of Azerbaijan-initiated anti-Armenian measures....

If he loses their August showdown, Schatz will be the first appointee spurned in a primary since 1996....

"He specifically targeted troubled and special-needs children...."

93 percent more liberal than the rest of the Senate on economic issues, 73 percent more liberal on social issues, and 71 percent more liberal on foreign policy issues....

"Last month, the Republican National Committee filed public-records requests in Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Oregon seeking information about compensation and vacation time for the exchange directors, four of whom have resigned."

The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) Jin-class nuclear ballistic missile submarine is set to begin patrols in 2014 — armed with the PLAN’s new Ju Lang 2 (JL2)....

With retread opposition and the wind at his back, don't be surprised at yet another landslide win for Abercrombie....

We found no small irony in Gabbard quickly taking the seat Faleomavaega waited years to earn....

...the creator of the "Lifetime Stand," a prison rehabilitation program that stresses work ethic, perseverance, discipline and personal responsibility....

"Well, I’m always pleased to share credit when people realize they can’t avoid their responsibilities anymore...." - Abercrombie

...Hanabusa is doing little to show she'll be able to close the gap....

Faleomavaega was one of Obama’s earliest backers while then Gov. Togiola Tulafono endorsed then-Sen. Clinton....

Currently, we only have three primary races featuring incumbents running for re-nomination where the incumbent is not at least rated “likely” to win....

NOTE: Hawaii HB1789 is a Therapy Ban modeled on the laws discussed in this article....

The Governor's $850 million Surplus is imaginary, given his $9,000 million Retirement System Deficit....

Pono Choices offers little to no information on sexual harassment, Sexually Transmitted Infections, their symptoms and consequences or single parenthood....

...Abercrombie indicated that his administration issued a Request for Information (RFI) for the rehabilitation of correctional facilities statewide....

The United States is home to some of the most counter-productive land use regulation....

...there’s no “latte loophole,” since any quantity of added sugar makes a drink fall under the ban. Indeed, the only way to get more than a pint of drink at a time is to add booze, as adult beverages are excluded ...

... National Journal has published an article titled “How Lobbyists Still Fly Through Loopholes” and it should not surprise anyone that our South Pacific flyboy is among the Members of Congress featured....

In 35 states, welfare, housing assistance and other benefits pays more than a minimum wage job....

Bumble Bee chief executive Chris Lischewski has called untrue the Delegate’s assertion that Bumble Bee tuna is processed by child labor....

...we have a handful of states that can only be described as the laughing stocks of Obamacare....

He broke the news in a call this morning to 95.5 the Fish with Dawn O'Brien....

The Pentagon's top commander for Asia said outright this week that U.S. military dominance in the Pacific is on the decline and that Washington should get used to the idea of having its superiority challenged by China....

Planned Parenthood’s noxious sex education rockets across the country at unprecedented rates—propelled by millions of dollars in Obamacare PREP grants....

The Hawaii state legislature opens today at 10 a.m....

... state budget challenges have far outlasted the Great Recession ....

We thought the media had turned the corner on the issue of how to handle the disappearance of Faleomavaega....

"...he provided a very valuable voice, especially in this town where you don't have too many people speaking out on anything."

Residents of Alaska ($40,000 per resident) and Hawaii ($33,000) have the highest levels of state debt on a per capita basis, followed by Connecticut ($31,000), Ohio($28,000) and Illinois ($25,000)....

...This explains Billy Kenoi signing the Hawaii County Anti-GMO bill....

...the first newsperson in Washington, D.C. to address the question of Eni Faleomavaega’s prolonged absence from the Nation’s Capital....