In 1979, around the time that imprisonment rates began their sharp uptick, 314,000 people sat behind bars in the United States. As of mid-2013, that number stood at about 2 million....

a thick new blanket of North American oil cushioning the markets....

DOH has acquired an adequate supply of purified protein derivative solution used for tuberculosis skin testing and will resume providing the test....

to hire 21 additional workers, who will assist 21,516 people with enrollment into affordable health insurance coverage....

Today is a pivotal day in the immigration debate....

The Governor this year signed a total of 269 bills into law, and Lt. Gov. Shan S. Tsutsui this afternoon will sign seven as Acting Governor. Twelve other measures will become law without signature....

DLNR is seeking new projects for its Hawai‘i Forest Legacy Program....

Christians across the country are increasingly becoming targets because of their "intolerance."  In Hawaii, it is already happening and it could get worse....

it is difficult to argue against empirical evidence....

Tsutsui will sign the following bills passed by the 2013 Hawaii State Legislature....

Dr. Christopher B. Happy has been selected as Honolulu’s Chief Medical Examiner....

turning to President Barack Obama's health care overhaul could become a road map for cash-strapped cities....

Even Democrats have admitted the law has turned into a massive “train wreck,” with delays, glitches, and problems aplenty....

"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."

On April 12, 2013, OHA Trustees were surprised to learn that the loan we got from Bank of Hawaii was not a secured loan and that it had to be backed by Trust dollars....

On this date 115 years ago, the U.S. began absorbing an island paradise....