States are not held to the same accounting standards as most businesses and publicly traded companies. Therefore, states do not use the proper tools to balance their budgets....

...On September 9 Hawaii became the first state to post a draft waiver proposal for public comment....

There are two approaches to meeting the needs of the least advantaged in society....

Keli'i Akina speaks with Hawaii District 42 Representative Sharon Har about a different approach to Democratic Party politics in Hawaii....

...customers in deregulated states and areas can shop around for electric plans....

There were 1,074,914 total air seats to Hawai‘i in August 2015, up 5.4 percent from the same month last year....

WalletHub analyzed the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 13 key metrics, ranging from average starting salary to unemployment rate to the projected number of teachers per student by 2022....

Hawaii had not met targets on some key items in the Notice of Non-Compliance corrective action plan....

President Obama may follow the example of his predecessor George W. Bush and unilaterally designate large swaths of coastal America as “national monuments.”....

Hawaii laws require Fundraisers that solicit contributions on behalf of a charity in Hawaii to register with the Attorney General....

...the IRS has added a new item to its “Dirty Dozen,” a list of tax scams....

...there is a tipping point, when a community moves away from being a family friendly environment and begins a steep decline towards drug use, crime and gang membership....

On Tuesday, September 29, beginning at approximately 11 a.m., Phase V enforcement of the sidewalk nuisance and stored property ordinances will take place....

The center of the system is located about 455 miles southeast of Hilo and continues to move slowly in a northwest direction....

“Only someone with a great misunderstanding of the First Amendment or an axe to grind against religion would claim that such a slogan poses a threat or is in any way unconstitutional."

...slanted perception created by the misinformation, wishful thinking, naiveté and downright ignorance of some of our present day “Hawaiian leaders"....