...After discussions with VA, DOH has determined that water catchment systems may be made safe for domestic use....

Modeled after the Maile Amber Alert, the Silver Alert uses the same voluntary partnership between local broadcasters, civil defense, police departments, and other state agencies....

...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?"....

...from 34.5% to 39.5% for its Hawaii service, and from 36.5% to 41.5% for its Guam/CNMI and Micronesia services, effective March 23....

In Hawaii, the top 1 percent captured 70.9 percent of all income growth between 1979 and 2007....

This notification is to inform the public of a growing trend of dietary supplements or conventional foods with hidden drugs and chemicals....

Record 18% of electricity used by Hawaiian Electric customers was from renewable sources....

Shhh…keep quiet, or you’ll wake Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius....

The Board spent nearly one year working with stakeholders to craft policy revisions....

Oppose SB 2521 as it's a Food labeling bill that Supports Food In-Equality....

Judge Wilson, 60, ... was a chairperson of the Hawaii Board of Land and Natural Resources and Commission, commissioner for the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission and executive director for the state Division of Consumer Advocacy.....

• Senate: Debt Limit – Passage 
  
• House: Debt Limit – Passage 

The only thing that we’ve been able to define as an American flag vessel would take us a month to get the salt here....

...the panel held that the FTA and the City did not go wrong when it did not adopt the "Managed Lanes Alternative" or the "bus rapid transit" alternative....

For the third year in a row....

Just 3,614 people enrolled in the state’s exchange, but the report does not disclose how many of those who registered also paid for their health care policies....

"...send me legislation that protects taxpayers from footing the bill for a housing crisis ever again...."

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

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

Discussion of pending bills relating to the State Ethics Code, Haw. Rev. Stat. chapter 84, and the Lobbyists Law, Haw. Rev. Stat. chapter 97....

The value of Pilaa beach, bay and reef includes use value, option value, commodity value, existence value, bequest value, cultural values, including value to indigenous people, and intrinsic value....

New states considering online travel agency taxes should consider the harmful effect on tourism and the potential for legal battles they're likely to lose....

Over 42 million tourists visited the United States in 2012 after completing the required visa process. The process, however, is unnecessarily difficult....

What a contrast to President Barack Obama’s “I can do whatever I want” attitude ....

The poll, conducted by The Mellman Group, has Schatz leading by four percentage points....

... Demetra Demonte, Secretary of the Republican National Committee  provided special training on grassroots organizing to a capacity crowd ....

All Recent Polls Consistently Show Unfavorability for Current Administration Remains High....

It is expected to cost consumers $800 per year in higher food prices and many products could simply disappear from Hawaii shelves, but SB2521 is on the move thanks to Senator Clayton Hee....

Flashback: Senate Ways and Means Chairman David Ige rained rhetorical bombs on the Department of Education for what he called a "Cadillac" system to evaluate teacher performance....

Interested persons should submit an application, a resume and three letters of recommendation (attesting to the applicant’s character and integrity) postmarked by Friday, February 28, 2014....

When you and I pay our taxes, we probably expect that the money we pay in will be used toward any and all legitimate financial needs of the state....

Caldwell's Garbage Tax Would Hit Nonprofits, Small Business Hard....

The Hawaii Election Commission has released its candidate report for the week ending February 14, 2014....

The Candidate Advisory Council (CAC) for the Board of Regents of the University of  Hawai’i has presented a list of candidates to Governor Neil Abercrombie to fill three City & County of Honolulu seats and one Student seat....

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....

The landmark decision came in the NRA-supported case of Peruta v. San Diego County....

...topics as varied as the illusory nature of the state budget surplus and the demands of rail....

Almost immediately after the World Wide Web made its debut some folks were hard at work figuring out a way to tax it....

...property rights and the rule of law are vital to reducing poverty around the world....

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

You file a crap brief with an appellate court. Shame on you....

...flags of the United States and State of Hawaii shall be flown at half-staff at all state offices and agencies, as well as the Hawaii National Guard, from sunrise to sunset on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, the day of his memorial service....

Dr. Rosen’s appointment is subject to state Senate confirmation....

...18 voted to bring the bill to a floor vote and 28 voted to recommit the bill to the committee where it is dead for this session....

Same sex marriage opens a Pandora Box of activist pressure on our schools....

It turns out they never needed the battery system in the first place....