Whenever Congress throws too much into one bill, special interests profit....

Michelle Kauhane, senior vice president of CNHA and former deputy director of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, will succeed her....

FACE continued claiming to represent residents through its support group OH-NO as late as the October 2012 Budget Cmte meeting, four months after the state administratively dissolved OH-NO....

....special use permits – with specific use conditions -- for non-commercial recreational use of kayaks, stand-up paddle boards and one-person canoes....

In order to properly greet Huffington to the Isles, we present readers with some of the best material out there on this very strange bird....

First Solar, one of the United States’ biggest manufacturers, has set aside $271.2 million to cover the costs of replacing defective modules....

In 2011, public education spending dropped for the first time in more than three decades....

There is no federal law that requires health insurers to accept all forms of payment, including credit cards or the cash-loaded, pre-paid debit cards that people without bank accounts often rely on....

Carroll’s lawsuit was dismissed on standing, but he filed an appeal Thursday, May 23....

• Senate: Farm Bill – Amendment Vote
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• House: Student Loan Interest Rate Reform – Final Passage

...over 90 percent of patients who would have been committed before deinstitutionalization are now out in the world....

Here’s what you need to know about our appeal....

The letter is being sent to all of Hawaii’s congressional delegation as well as all members of Congress....

...lawmakers are beginning to shy away from adopting tax credits....

Statewide list of Memorial Day ceremonies Sunday May 26 and Monday May 27....

...bills that HFA submitted testimony on....

...2012 was another year of strong tourism gains for Hawaii’s counties....

...recapitalizing the Rainy Day and Hurricane Relief Funds, addressing unfunded liabilities and eliminating many vacant department positions....

Just as in Canada or Britain, we are going to experience rationing by waiting...

In his speech, he promised to do even less and make the less more transparent....

Aloha Council, Boy Scouts of America (BSA), released a statement following the national vote ...

“I am overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from people throughout the district, urging me to run for Congress" -- Sen Wil Espero

Will Hawaii’s soft-on-crime Judiciary allow an insanity plea to a Muslim claiming a religious justification for acts of violence or terrorism?

ALEC-Laffer study measures the impact of state policies in 15 key areas....

A soaring golden eagle slams into a wind farm's spinning turbine and falls, mangled and lifeless, to the ground...

the Gang of Eight’s immigration bill will go to the Senate floor after the Memorial Day recess....

...If substantiated, Senator Mercado Kim must be held accountable....

The idea is to talk about it, not to pass it....