a federal court has ordered the government not to enforce the HHS abortion-drug mandate....

four bills related to land preservation, emergency medical services, small boat harbors and the Kahoolawe Island Reserve....

Lawsuit Seeks Transparency Before Implementation of a 'Bigger, Faster and Better' Biometrics System....

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) is reportedly pushing to split up the old farm bill and take food stamps out of it....

The US Department of Defense has released the following ‘Briefing Card’ to military officers in the wake of yesterday’s Supreme Court decision....

Senate Bill 1003 allows for periodic security audits of all Executive Branch departments and agencies to ensure that the state’s computer infrastructure and sensitive data are protected from unauthorized use....

...50--The number of states whose marriage laws remain the same after the Court’s marriage decisions....

3 beaches (1%) had more than 20% of their samples exceed state standard(s)....

...Abercrombie today signed seven bills related to agriculture....

...language in the Windsor ruling supports my position in the Hawaii lawsuit, which is currently pending in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals....

The ObamaCare law also stipulates that there "shall be no administrative or judicial review" of the board's decisions....

But let’s pretend we were able to stop emitting all carbon immediately...The Science and Public Policy Institute found that the global temperature would decrease by 0.17 degrees Celsius—by 2100.

... thankfully “Our country has changed” ....

... there is no longer a national definition of marriage ....

Gabbard steps from the dais, and audience members rush to hug her and urge her to run for governor....

Bargaining Unit 14, to represent state law enforcement officers, and state and county ocean safety and water safety officers....

Nishimura was the highest-ranking Honolulu police officer charged with a federal felony offense....

Electricity demand in Hawaii is among the lowest in the country....

If President Obama’s proposed power plant emissions controls are enacted, it will destroy utilities burning coal, hike energy costs while making zero impact on earth’s climate...

The Senate voted yesterday to advance the Gang of Eight’s “comprehensive” immigration bill....

Adding more density will cause the central road network to seize.... 

Most of these bills are potentially objectionable because of concerns, raised by state departments or agencies, reflected in testimonies provided during the hearing process...

The 2013 Manufacturing and Logistics National Report shows how each state ranks....

Terry Lock has accepted a position with the University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Education....

Saturday, June 29, at 10 a.m. at Washington Middle School, King St. at Punahou....

The KIDS COUNT index includes child-level indicators across four domains....

[M]ost of the specs have been written, but the all wiring hasn't been laid, and what will happen when they flip the switch nobody really knows....

Each year, approximately one to four sperm whale carcasses drift ashore in Hawaii....

• Senate: Froman Nomination – Confirmation
• Senate: U.S. Immigration Policy – Motion to Table Cornyn Amendment
• House: Abortion Ban – Passage
• House: Farm Bill – Passage

UNFAIR: More than 4 million people are waiting to come to the US legally....

In response to Hawaii Democrats' suit to close their primary, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, columnist David Shapiro and Luxury Resort Developer Pierre Omidyar’s Civil Beat have all editorialized in favor of Hawaii adopting California’s ‘Top Two’ primary system....

The reaction to last week’s commentary could only be described as shrill....

The Kailua High School team currently is in Federal Way, Wash., where the competition is running from June 20 to 22....