Ed Case: "You may not like 100 percent of what you get from me….”

• Senate: Emergency Supplemental Disaster Relief Appropriations Resolution, 2011
• Senate: Surface and Air Transportation Programs Extension Act of 2011
• House: Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act
• House: Protecting Jobs From Government Interference Act

Scandals involving cheating by teachers and schools to pump up ever-more-important student test scores swept the country this summer....

It's a "glut the beast" strategy the President has employed before--increase spending as much as possible, and then argue that the only answer to the massive deficits is to increase taxes.

When it comes to avoiding questions, even a Parisian Vacation is part of the strategy for Neil Abercrombie.

This is actually the fifth time in modern history that we've seen widespread fear that the world was running out of oil.

...all 5 official data sets show global cooling since 2002 while a third of all stations sustain a long term cooling trend for their entire history....

...people who would otherwise be considered at poverty level are paying Hawaii state income taxes on what little taxable income they receive. One would think that the Tax Review Commission would be the perfect venue for a discussion of that anomaly....

President Obama has tried to spin yet another one half billion dollar mistake but his own green friends won't let him: Solyndra bankruptcy was a disaster waiting to happen. Neil has been informed multiple times about Sopogy. What’s he going to do about it?

Hawaii has one of the healthiest economies in the country, bolstered by a large number of wealthy retirees and a robust tourism industry....

"[W]e can see the positive impacts [of the stimulus] right here at Solyndra." -- Barack Obama

Al Gore treated the globe to “24 Hours of Reality” Wednesday and Thursday, but before the finale, Mother Nature stepped in with a show of her own.

Of Hawaii’s $308M in Unemployment Compensation payments, “only” 3.1% were paid wrongly.

Even theoretically, returning Hawaii to a prehuman existence would be impossible. Ecosystems change over time, with or without the involvement of mankind, so no one can tell what Hawaii “should” look like.

Perhaps the very unfortunate and deadly crash on Farrington Highway on the night of Tuesday, September 13, 2011 will serve as a major wake up call for HPD accident scene handling and investigation.

1. When did Sunshine Topping resign?
2. When does Ms. Topping’s resignation take effect?
3. Why was there no announcement of her resignation earlier?
4. What was the reason for Ms. Topping’s resignation?
5. Are there any controversies regarding her conduct in the position of Human Resources Director or her previous employment?

It's been one week since President Barack Obama announced his latest "stimulus" plan, and despite a cross-country road show aimed at selling his proposals to the American people, the commander in chief is finding that his message of more taxes and spending isn't hitting home.

Less than a week after the President presented his jobs plan, Americans voted to send two new Republicans to Washington—an overwhelming rebuke of the Obama Administration and its policies!

The origin of gun control laws in America had little, if anything, to do with controlling crime; the laws were intended to prevent slaves and freed blacks from defending themselves or rebelling against the state and local governments which persecuted them relentlessly....