Gov. Neil Abercrombie this week signed a bond issue passed by the state legislature earlier this spring that will help Hawai‘i Pacific University raise as much as $120 million for critical capital projects at its three locations around O‘ahu....

The Global Conference on Educational Robotics will be hosted in Hawaii and will include the International Botball Tournament from July 18-22, 2012....

“The remarkable growth in reading and math proficiency for all grade levels is a direct reflection of the hard work of our educators and students,” said Superintendent Kathryn Matayoshi.

The Hawaiʻi Health Connector is pleased to release a Request for Proposals for the Health Insurance Exchange Implementation Project.

NASA is conducting a nine-day field test starting Tuesday outside Hilo, Hawaii, to evaluate new exploration techniques....

Uncle Sam will start enforcing the emission control area on Aug. 1....
 

The University of Hawaii continues to publish groundbreaking discoveries from their mesothelioma research efforts. But does the precarious state of our American research universities put mesothelioma research in jeopardy?

Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico and North Dakota Showcase Latest Battlegrounds for Free Enterprise ....

Medicaid creates subpar health outcomes and unnecessary cost overruns ....

As City Councilwoman, I will continue my work with stakeholders to expedite the process to reopen the former HMC location because nothing is more important than the health and safety of our community.

LOST would expose the U.S. to international environmental lawsuits ^[6] that would harm its environmental, economic, and military interests—including suits based on alleged U.S. contributions to global climate change....

The Hawai'i Island Beacon Community (HIBC) has begun to expand the region's first health information exchange (HIE), following a successful pilot phase which began last December at North Hawai'i Community Hospital....

Hoku is so broke it doesn’t have a website anymore. Their url expired July 12 and has not been renewed....

Just released- mainstream media is afraid to cover this - they get their money from pro-rail sponsors . . . too damaging for TV stations to reveal . . . enjoy!

DTS does this every year when school begins. This year they hope you will think that they have 'restored' their recent rail-related bus service cuts. But you weren't fooled....

·       Senate: Small Business Tax Cut – 

·       House: Veterans Licensing – 

·       House: ATM Fee Disclosure – 

·       House: Hydropower Generation –

·       House: Health Care

·       House: Mining Project Permitting

The Cost of Government Day Report calculates the number of days the average American must work to pay for the full costs of government spending and regulation at all levels of government....

Strong opposition is rising in the U.S. Senate to the U.N.'s Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) that would subjugate American sovereignty to the whims of an international tribunal....

"Look, if you've been successful, you didn't get there on your own. You didn't get there on your own. I'm always struck by people who think, well, it must be because I was just so smart." -- Barack Obama

This subsidy level for Highways is approximately 8 percent, which is far less than the level of government support that is received by mass transit systems nationwide....