As the temporary slowdown in government operations enters its second week, I write to explain why conservatives have insisted on making the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act the prime source of contention....

Honolulu's public is starved for traffic congestion relief. The power elite has responded with let them have rail....

Today, Hawaii public elementary schools have a three-part report card that evaluates attendance, six general learner outcomes (GLOs), and academic proficiency, with a section for teacher comments. Only one of the GLOs is based on character....

We won’t stop working until the doors to HawaiiHealthConnector.com are wide open.....

...sign up for Obamacare before this hot introductory offer expires....

The Hawaii Jobs Explorer, the first interactive tool to be released as a part of the ongoing UHERO Dashboard Project, is now available for public use....

“HIRA Action” is sponsoring a campaign of radio advertising on multiple stations during October 2013 to educate and mobilize Hawaii citizens....

...a FREE consumer education competition open to teens in grades 6-12....

In September, Plaintiffs’ counsel was informed that the State anticipates that the earliest date on which payments can be made will be the March 5, 2014 pay date....

President Obama is needlessly scaring seniors by suggesting that their Social Security benefit checks may not arrive....

Prescription drug related deaths now outnumber those from heroin and cocaine combined, and drug overdose deaths exceed motor vehicle-related deaths....

• Senate: Continuing Appropriations Conference Request – Motion to Table
• House: Veterans Program Funds- Continuing Resolution
• House: Women’s and Children’s Nutrition Funds – Continuing Resolution

State Rep. Karen Awana is out as Democrat House majority leader....

The United States is overtaking Russia as the world's largest producer of oil and natural gas, a startling shift that is reshaping markets and eroding the clout of traditional energy-rich nations, says the Wall Street Journal....

The biggest problem with Obamacare is that there are going to be layers and layers of government bureaucracy that will try to tell me how to treat patients I’ve helped for over 25 years....

Last week’s partial shutdown of the federal government broke records on the airwaves of twitter and other social media with much of the criticism....