The GAO’s 2010 report concludes that the benefits supposedly derived from taxpayer financed campaigns do not occur...

... African American college-enrollment increased by 24 percent ....

HGEA’s Unit 8 membership consists of approximately 2,350 administrative, professional and technical University of Hawaii employees....

... amnesty for some 11 million unlawful immigrants ....

Caldwell said he received further assurance that federal funding for Honolulu’s rail transit project remains firmly on track...

 ... 2013 Hawaii Prayer Breakfast, held on April 12 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village ....

...the massive law that was enacted to solve the problem of the uninsured in America is more likely to worsen it....

As the country continues to reel over the attacks in Boston last week, some in Washington quickly looked for ways to use the attacks to justify their political goals ....

LOST is essentially a new world government of the sea that redistributes wealth and seeks to control supply and demand of oceanic resources....

...provisions that require any hospital in Hawaii to provide information about, offer and, if accepted or requested, dispense emergency contraception....

... conference committee will reconvene tomorrow, April 23, at 10:30 am in Conference Room 312 ....

... BRT was not considered even a reasonable alternative to be studied ....

...the $25 million taxpayer gift was specifically allocated for a biofuels demonstration plant to be built on Oahu....

• Senate: Firearms Legislation – Concealed-Carry Reciprocity Amendment
• Senate: Firearms Legislation – Background Checks Amendment
• Senate: Firearms Legislation – Republican Substitute Amendment
• Senate: Firearms Legislation – Straw Purchases Amendment
• House: Cybersecurity Intelligence Sharing

Why are states so eager to collect taxes on Internet sales?  In short, because they could grab money from other states....

Due to maneuvers by various legislative committees resulting in major changes in bills without public notice, we are petitioning the legislative bodies to defeat the following bills....

...take a moment to look back on the last 50 or so working days to see how they handled taxpayer funds....

Why would one of the state’s largest developers fund so-called anti-development groups?

... civil litigation involving Enron’s collapse, the Catholic Church’s priest abuse scandals, Bridgestone/Firestone’s allegedly defective tires, tobacco company liability and almost any product liability lawsuit ....

THAAD remains the most successfully tested Missile Defense system since 2003, with a 10 for 10 intercept flight record....

The 32 non-profit groups were selected from 146 applications for OHA grant money....

...Young is currently serving as the director of communications and acting deputy director....

"There are many changes coming to medicine that some physicians might not like."

House Bill 634, which would require the purchase of a company to hire 100 percent of the seller’s employees, is now in a conference committee....

SB535SD1HD2 would make it illegal for any Hawaii family to fire or otherwise change the employment status of nannies, babysitters, caretakers, and other domestic workers....

Both the House and Senate will present a CD1 draft of SB 642 and HB 668 that would amend the bills....

...seeking proposals from (ahem) 'qualified non-profit organizations' for $1.6 million in Grants-in-Aid funds....

Subsidies for renewable energy and energy efficiency total $23 billion over ten years....