While Members of Congress are arguing about defunding parts of Obamacare, the rubber is meeting the road in the states....

What is the appropriate price per ton for 'polluters' to pay? The draft contains alternative prices of $15, $25, and $35 per ton....

The average wage when adding in tips for the front of the house is $24.24 per hour....

...the public is supposed to believe that public agencies are so inefficient that a 1 percent cut in resources would trigger horrendous consequences but a 1 percent increase in taxes on individuals would be inconsequential....

The Ryan budget achieves an important improvement over last year by balancing the budget within 10 years....

Family is and will always remain the building block of civil society....

Low-income seniors will see an estimated 7 percent to 8 percent reduction in their Medicare Advantage benefits in 2014....

Does your street show up on the alphabetical list of  “failed” or “serious” streets? Find out here ....

...six criteria on which each state could be evaluated, based on six of the Ten Principles for Opening Up Government Information....

"Some of our manufacturers say they’ve seen a 15 percent increase in sales of products they have labeled."

The bill has been referred to the House Public Safety, Judiciary, and Finance committees....

The nonprofit State-based Exchange is seeking a customer service partner that knows how to service Hawai‘i’s residents, and that can bring strong capabilities that will enable a seamless customer experience....

• Senate: Committee Funding Resolution – Amendment Vote
• Senate: CIA Director Nomination – Confirmation
• House: Disaster Response and Preparedness – Suspension
• House: FY 2013 Continuing Appropriations

Drug companies have long kept secret details of the payments they make to doctors and other health professionals for promoting their drugs....

America is set to become a net natural gas exporter by 2020 and virtually self-sufficient in energy by 2035....

Question: Is Hawaii providing this information to investors?

Delegates to the conference talked about whether to “keep or dump” North Korea and debated whether China, as a major power, should “fight or talk” with the North....

It’s been four years since the U.S. had a real budget. While the House of Representatives has passed budgets, the Senate has stopped each one....

For the last two months, taxpayers heard time and time again that the “sky is falling, the sky is falling”....

...10 issues, large and small, in which government is intruding more into our lives and our businesses....