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FACE said the increase is needed because Hawaii’s utilities are 110 percent higher than the national average, housing is 104 percent higher and groceries are 57 percent higher than other states...

Hawaii’s political and military leaders are worried proposed cuts to the military will affect the state’s economy and national security....

“Government wants a coordinator for all of life’s risks,” Slom said. “Taxpayers should not fall for more bureaucracy.”....

Hawaii’s children may be adored by their parents, but all Hawaii government sees is their “body fat”....

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....

How vibrant Hawaii’s fiscal health is depends on who you ask....

...Hawaii has some of the most generous welfare benefits in the country, and one man took full advantage of them....

Several House Democrats want the state to take over the Hawaii Health Connector, set up last year as a private, nonprofit....

...McDermott, who enrolled his eight children in Hawaii’s public schools, doesn’t want his 11-year-old son exposed to a controversial taxpayer-funded sex education program....

Hawaii is the only state without any form of referendum, recall and initiative on a statewide level....

Minors, incarcerated criminals and illegal immigrants are represented in the 2012 Hawaii Reapportionment Plan. Military members and their “attached” spouses, as well as non-resident students, are not....

During her recent visit to Maui and the home of close family friend Oprah Winfrey, First Lady Michelle Obama was escorted by Maui police....

“This state would turn into a manufacturing state." -- Rep Rida Cabanilla

"the governor is not getting high marks for performance from real people.”

Perry Artates, a former Maui Hawaiian Homeland commissioner and prominent labor leader, will spend 45 days in federal prison for his role in a mortgage fraud case that left a Maui family homeless....

Of Hawaii’s 30,000 small businesses, 296 registered for insurance through the Hawaii Health Connector by the Dec. 25 deadline....

...Michelle Obama extended her own vacation, flying to the island of Maui, where she is spending time with family friend Oprah Winfrey....

Meanwhile, Hawaii’s Democrat lawmakers are also criticizing the exchange....

The FAA this week that the University of Alaska is one of several educational institutions selected to test drones, and Hawaii and Oregon are included in the university’s plan ....

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi had her own Hawaiian vacation this month....

...the exchange will be expected to fund its $10 million to $14 million in annual operations through fees on local insurance companies....

...McDermott said he should be able to get a copy of the 10-hour curriculum from either the state Department of Education or the University of Hawaii Center on Disability Studies, which developed the $800,000 pilot program....

...The president and his friends pay rent for the 17-day trip, about $25,000 per week.  Taxpayers pay for most everything else, about $4 million....

Gov. Neil Abercrombie, one of the state’s most vocal advocates of Obamacare, predicted at a news conference Sept. 17 that the state’s 100,000 uninsured, plus thousands more, would sign up for insurance once the Health Connector launched Oct. 1....

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating  the Hawaii State Hospital, hospital administrators have confirmed....

...the AG told the league the health connector is not required to provide voter information on its website because it is an independent, nonprofit agency....

...to ship a 40-foot container from Los Angeles to Shanghai is $790. Matson, Hawaii’s largest carrier, charges $8,700 to ship that same container from Los Angeles to Honolulu....

As of Nov. 15, just 257 individuals have secured health care through the exchange....

Assaults on workers at the Hawaii State Hospital are all too common, and taxpayers are picking up the tab for the cost of treatment and workers compensation....

Hospitals may have to invest between $2 million and $5 million, and large health care organizations could spend as much as $20 million....

The state Department of Taxation paid CGI Group more than $87 million over 12 years....

Twenty-five people in the state Department of Taxation were put on leave in December 2011 for unauthorized access to tax records....

Hit men, Yakuza, Hells Angels, the Chinese crime syndicate and Hawaii politicians....

This Halloween, the Chicago-based government watchdog group, Truth in Accounting, issued what its authors call a “haunting” report....

...people on both sides of the gay marriage debate say the current draft of Senate Bill 1, which would legalize same-sex ceremonies, infringes on religious liberty....

Hawaii’s Legislature appropriated $2.75 billion for fiscal year 2013 and $2.83 billion for FY 2014 — or about 20 percent of the state general fund budget — for “social services” operating expense....

The FBI is accusing a Hawaii man of making an art form of scamming local and federal taxpayers during the past 14 years....

...while some consumers were able to view the information on plans and pricing, others continued to receive an error message....

Think small business owners really are going to get tax credits through Obamacare health exchanges? Think again....

The subpoena was revealed Thursday in a report obtained by Watchdog.org from the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission....

The web site went live Oct. 1, but those seeking health care coverage haven’t been able to review pricing or coverage information....

State Rep. Karen Awana is out as Democrat House majority leader....

Do you feel rich? The Wall Street Journal claims you are, as a fiscal watchdog group says the opposite, citing crushing amounts of government debt....

State senators have, at last count, gotten 1,539 emails from residents about the spill and 272 emails from supporters of gay marriage; 602 in opposition....

She was angered when she got an inquiry from the IRS in 2012 demanding she provide detailed information on Honolulu tea party activities, materials, pictures, videos, names of speakers and attendees, as well as copies and recordings of speeches made during events....