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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....

Hawaii currently plays an important role in the global food supply – one far more important than that of its historical sugarcane and pineapple industries....

Sue and Settle process has left Hawaii burdened with an EPA mandated ‘Regional Haze’ plan which forces human emitters to make up for emissions from Kilauea Volcano....

Jacksonville, Florida, brings in coal from Colombia rather than West Virginia.....

The airline industry, whose largest expense is fuel, is also behind the structural change in the legislation that would allow foreign-made vessels to transport on U.S. waters....

There are plenty of people out there telling us what we should eat—and worse, trying to use public policy to make us live by their opinions....

fraud has flown under the radar. And as sales have boomed and the stakes have risen, the scale of deception has broadened....

“Botched Abortion” project designed to hold abortionists accountable for medical malpractice....

Here are some short key points regarding the impact of the decisions....

the RNC is putting its time and money into California AP communities....

No hospitals in Hawaii are nationally ranked. Three hospitals met standards for strong performance within the state....

Businesses don't just look at their own costs when deciding where to set up shop. They also look at the costs for their employees....

The effects of same-sex civil marriage in Canada—restrictions on free speech rights, parental rights in education, and autonomy rights of religious institutions....

For this list, we looked at six pieces of criteria....

I was once a libertarian activist....

Judge Susan Oki Mollway's letter to HART and federal transit officials....

Full text of today's ruling....

identify changeable policies so that Hawaii can move off the bottom of this list....

Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., sent a letter to JPAC’s commander, demanding information about that internal report and the military’s efforts to suppress it....

"The Director continues to assert that this is a priority for the Bureau, but at this point, there's little evidence to suggest that this probe is on the fast track."

To pressure political decision-makers for more resources, SHARE has hosted mandatory camp-outs on council members’ lawns, at the mayor’s home and at the King County Administration Building....

testimony outlining the scientific, legal, and economic issues....

Biotechnology innovators rescued the Rainbow papaya in Hawaii from extinction. Now activists want to strangle this innovation....

Evacuation time, 10 hours....

five states, on average, showed the smallest percentage premium increase by adding a teen driver to an existing auto policy: Hawaii — 18%, North Carolina — 59%....

At the bottom were Alaska, Rhode Island, Hawaii, California and New Jersey....

The number of veterans waiting more than a year to receive benefits jumped from 11,000 in 2009 to 245,000 by December 2012....

Gabbard steps from the dais, and audience members rush to hug her and urge her to run for governor....

Electricity demand in Hawaii is among the lowest in the country....

In response to Hawaii Democrats' suit to close their primary, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, columnist David Shapiro and Luxury Resort Developer Pierre Omidyar’s Civil Beat have all editorialized in favor of Hawaii adopting California’s ‘Top Two’ primary system....

The Council dealt with the imbalance by “cutting approximately one-half of the funding that is required to fill vacant positions”.....

According to The Guardian, 98 percent of the 32 million displacements were due to climate change....

...it actually wouldn’t be as big of a political risk within her own party because of his first-term troubles....

daily usage was only 492 gallons when he says the Board of Water Supply's estimated usage was pegged at 2,500....