...to design, manage and install energy efficiency measures that will upgrade facilities, reduce energy usage by about 49 percent and with additional operational improvements save a total of $518 million at 12 state-operated airports....

U.S. government that it is taking steps to improve the collection of health data for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders....

...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....

Today, the Senate is set to pass the new U.S. budget deal in all its spend-tastic glory....

...American Samoa Congressional Delegate Eni Fa'aua'a Hunkin Faleomavaega, Jr has been found...

Under the majority's interpretation, a "deemed denial" is not ripe for appeal until the court affirmatively issues an order disposing of the post-judgment motion....

In the mid-1970s, she and her husband, Arthur, joined former Lt. Gov. Thomas P. Gill to form the firm of Gill Park and Park....

"Turning down 30-40% of requested calls puts our residents at a greater risk of death or prolonged injury and is unacceptable,” said Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine

Certificates of Affiliation were presented to HSTA at the biennial Hawaii State AFL-CIO Convention on November 14....

CMS recently announced that it will extend the federal programs to encourage physicians and hospitals to adopt electronic health records ....

A barrel of Brent currently changes hands for $109; WTI fetches just $98; HECO pays $132....

If you feel like you’re not paying enough, you’re in luck....

"With Pro-Rail Candidates Having Won the Primary Election, 55-to-45 Percent, the Project's Public Involvement Team Obviously Has Been Doing Its Job"

Road rage, careless driving, swerving cars: these may all be things you encounter....

The Abercrombie Administration on Monday submitted its Executive Supplemental Budget for Fiscal Biennium 2013-2015 and updated Program and Financial Plan for 2013-2019 to the state Legislature....

Western Liberty Network trains leaders and helps small government activists learn how to successfully engage in electoral politics at the local level....

... final  regulations requiring the United States Navy to implement protective measures during training and testing activities off the coasts of California and Hawaii and on the high seas ....

The 217-page manual reads like a primer for Amway....

The House is in Recess until January....

Two of the problems Obamacare promised to solve were getting coverage for people with pre-existing conditions and helping the uninsured get coverage....

We need to determine what is in the best interests of the state as a whole before this new and promising industry is literally pecked apart by local jurisdictions and activist mobs....

The Hawaii Supreme Court has issued its latest opinion in the apparently eternal metaphysical question of the circuit courts' appellate jurisdiction to review decisions under the Hawaii Administrative Procedures Act....

...the elected State Legislature has twice appropriated $618,000 of State construction and improvement funds specifically directed to the VSAS. The Governor of the State Hawaii, exercising what amounts to line item veto, has arbitrarily, for two years, withheld these funds....

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Our state’s lower-income families are faced with almost insurmountable structural challenges to escaping poverty....

... Hawaii Appleseed released a report entitled Reimagining Housing in Hawaii, detailing successful affordable housing models like microunits, ohana housing, modular housing, among others....

Now that everyone is aware that the tax increases of the last few years have allowed state government to accumulate nearly a billion dollars in surplus funds, it is time for policymakers to think about insuring that Hawaii is ready for the next downturn....

A key deadline on the election calendar passed with little notice December 3....

...the public is increasingly asking questions about his lengthy, apparent disappearance from public view....

...the “Number of Individuals Who Have Selected a Marketplace Plan” is “pre-effectuated” -- including individuals who have not made any premium payments....

A review of Pono Choices confirmed the curriculum is ... aligned with ... state law ....

Samoa News deserves credit for publishing a story in today's paper about the virtual disappearance of our delegate to Congress....

The State has hired some very big gun Supreme Court litigators at who knows what cost....

...FERC oversees all permits for hydropower plans. The process is so onerous that license-seekers sometimes have to obtain permits from up to 25 different agencies. It can take years....

...dedicated hospital observation units could lead to $950 million in national cost savings, according to a new study in Health Affairs....

...Abercrombie today announced the release of more than $3.03 million for various capital improvement grants to Hawaii-based nonprofit organizations whose missions benefit ....

...the policy recommendations are projected to accelerate current trends, reducing the HYCF average daily population by 60 percent by 2019....

Travelers are currently charged $2.50 per flight under the Transportation Security Administration’s airline security “fee.” Under the budget deal, that would increase to $5.60 per flight or $11.20 for a round-trip ticket....

“Maybe Hawaiians don’t want to be Native American Indians."

The interactive website allows users to click among multiple data streams comparing the state's Complex Areas, schools and student groups....

18th annual “Small Business Policy Index 2013: Ranking the States on Policy Measures and Costs Impacting Small Business and Entrepreneurship.”....

No reasons were given for his absence and he is still listed on the Committee's website as Ranking Member of the subcommittee....

...nonessential management employees are being furloughed three days per month for the next six months as part of a cost-cutting drive....

Some Members of Congress are using this logic in their latest budget proposal.... 

Video of the State of OHA speech delivered at Central Union Church December 10, 2013....

• DATE: Wednesday, December 18, 2013
• TIME: 1:30 p.m.
• PLACE: Auditorium, State Capitol

• DATE: Tuesday, December 17, 2013
• TIME: 10 a.m.
• PLACE: Conference Room 229, State Capitol

...amid the rush to enroll as many people as possible by the Dec. 23 deadline, there's a huge caveat that isn't getting much public attention: For coverage to take effect on Jan. 1, enrollees must pay their first month's premium....

...a web-based application that allows citizens to access a wide range of campaign financial data on any elected official....