A Hawaii court decided Tuesday to dismiss most of a renewed lawsuit against two Oahu churches....

Three previously undiscovered announcements were titled “Procedures for Reorganizing the Native Hawaiian Community as an Indian Tribe.”....

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Children are crossing the border – and they’re doing it without their parents....

Flashback 2012: "Members, Donors Threaten to Resign as Sierra Club Oahu Group Votes to Back Rail"

The director of VA's Sierra Pacific Network, Sheila M. Cullen falsely claimed in "numerous official documents" that Bernard M. Baruch College-Mount Sinai School of Medicine awarded her a master's degree she never earned....

It has been just over seven months now that Faleomavaega continues to have been absent from public view....

I was at the airport with my family on Friday evening, when we noticed Schofield-based soldiers heading for Afghanistan....

For myself and many other veterans, Memorial Day is encapsulated in one unforgettable experience....

Yesterday, Hawaii Democrats held their state convention and speaker after speaker made solemn promises to continue the status quo of one-party rule....

NOTE: Flags to fly at half-staff until noon on Memorial Day....

...the only thing standing between the bill and the rest of us is Governor Abercrombie's veto pen....

“Go NON-GMO so you have a chance with a girl like Ryelee,” reads the caption to her picture....

Let’s use the discussion over this credit to help us all determine what time it is....

...the Interior Department has quietly launched “Procedures for Reorganizing the Native Hawaiian Community as an Indian Tribe” three times since 2012....

...proposed rule-making in order to, "solicit public comments on whether and how the Department of the Interior should facilitate the reestablishment of a government-to-government relationship with the Native Hawaiian community."...

What They're Really Trying To Save Explains How They Behaved....

The Jones Act no longer fulfills its intended purpose of maintaining a dependable marine fleet for national security and emergencies....

Last year’s tourism weakness continued in the first quarter of this year, and incremental gains for 2014 will be slight....

The Hawaii Office of Elections has released its candidate report for the week ending May 23, 2014....

No Republican is now challenging corruption-tainted Rep Rida Cabanilla ....

The Hawaii Republican Party meeting in convention on May 17, 2014, adopted eight platform resolutions including one calling for Jones Act reform....

A federal court has struck down a race-based voting scheme in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands....

The six layers of land use controls ....

The problems emerging from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are deeper than corruption and mismanagement....

Yesterday, the IRS announced it would hold off until next year on new rules that would have restricted the activities of nonprofit groups....

...HECO released an RFP in March for 800,000 tons of containerized LNG per year over 15 years, beginning in 2016 or 2017....

...Abercrombie today announced the release of more than $46 million for various capital improvement projects....

The program is intended to serve 420 children who qualify based on income....

...Honolulu City Council’s Committee on Public Works and Sustainability held a hearing yesterday to discuss a proposal to expand the existing ban to include biodegradable bags....

"I join the Obama administration in urging Thailand’s armed forces to return power to democratic institutions.”

Many lawmakers would like to know why the U.S. is contributing to a lower cost of living in China, while continuing to encourage high costs of living in the non-contiguous U.S. states and possessions....

...Cabanilla – the only representative to leave the floor to avoid voting on same sex marriage – still has no real opposition....

Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony at 10 a.m., Monday, at the Post Cemetery....

Our Convention was a great kick-off to what is sure to be a successful campaign season for Republicans, and was followed by Duke Aiona's Monday morning announcement of his candidacy for Governor....

Senator Slom addresses issues facing Hawaii and our State government....

...it costs nearly twice as much to produce as natural gas....

...Parents are right to complain about curricula or tests they don’t like, Lingle said. “But that’s not what the Common Core is.”....

Several recent news stories highlight the troubling irony of so-called free speech zones....

The Hawaii State Legislature has adjourned for the year. Once again, no restrictive firearms bills passed....

...During the test, a simulated ballistic missile target was acquired, tracked and engaged by the Aegis Weapon System. At approximately 7:35 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time....

...16.0 percent of seniors with a college education are physically inactive compared to 50.2 percent of seniors with less than a high school education....

Finding the best candidates far outweighs the Regents excuses for why they are only left with two candidates....

In Malulani Group, Ltd. v. Kaupo Ranch, Ltd., No. 30509 (May 5, 2014), the issue was whether the owner of a landlocked parcel could assert an easement....

Felix Gee Wan Tom, age 40, of Honolulu, was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge Susan Oki Mollway....

The Washington Post has inside sources providing all sorts of juicy details on this problem....

...U.S. Supreme Court held that town council meetings could open with a prayer without violating the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause....