Mr. Fortuño wants to convert the island's oil-fired plants to cheaper, cleaner natural gas....

Last week, America erupted in protest against one of those actions -- the White House's determination to force all insurance plans to cover, at no charge, contraceptives, abortion-inducing drugs, and sterilization as part of Obamacare.

The management team at Nicolites announce their delight at the passing of an amended electronic cigarette bill in Hawaii, which will ensure that e-cigs are not taxed similarly to tobacco products yet will not be sold to minors.

The sales tax in Hawaii ... has a base that includes many services, and as such are not strictly comparable to other sales taxes.

For 2011, Hawaiian averaged a 92.8 percent on-time performance ranking #1 in 11 of the 12 months and exceeding the industry average for the year by 13.2 percentage points....

...the damage and loss of documents or information is not nearly as severe as has been reported....

• Senate: FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act
• House: Budget and Accounting Transparency Act
• House: Expedited Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act of 2011
• House: STOCK Act

Hawaiian Airlines has earned the first-ever aviation based carbon credits, having reduced its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by nearly 22,000 metric tons over the past six years using an innovative, eco-friendly engine washing technology developed by Pratt & Whitney.

Retired Fire Chief Donald Chang, the President of the Honolulu Fire Department Retirees Association, announced today that the organization of more than 800 members is endorsing Governor Linda Lingle for Hawaii's open U.S. Senate seat....

The HSTA Board has voted to take these immediate steps in response to what we believe that consensus is....

Nearly 3 out of every 10 workers in Hawaii (29.7%) work for federal, state, or local government.... 

... the six states with the highest percentages — Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Hawaii, Vermont and California — also skew Democratic. In each of these states the percentage of childless women exceeds 55%....

Yesterday, the newest White House chief of staff, Jack Lew, took to the Sunday talk shows to get a head start on promoting President Barack Obama's FY2013 budget....

• DATE: Monday, February 13, 2012
• TIME: 1:15 p.m.
• PLACE: Conference Room 229, State Capitol, 415 South Beretania Street

in order to either scare Togiola to the sidelines or bolster his own popularity, Faleomavaega made his next and even more cynical move: promise citizenship to nationals and national status to aliens....

The court held that "parents have a constitutional right to discipline children...."

the Schools Repairs check-off garnered $66,406 during fiscal year 2011 which was down from the $72,200 it picked up in the previous fiscal year 2010. Designated check-offs for Domestic Violence and Child Abuse dropped from $134,445 in fiscal 2010 to $129,045 for 2011.... 

His problem is with the "prohibitively high cost" of US-built ships and the impact of those costs on freight rates. The high costs of other aspects of a US-flag operation, such as the cost of an over-manned US-citizen crew with all its fringe benefits, get no mention....

• Romney - 39% (2,190 votes)
• Paul - 36% (1,996 votes)
• Santorum - 18% (989 votes)
• Gingrich - 6% (349 votes)
• Other - 1% (61 votes)

UHPA's board acted on the recommendation of its political endorsement committee, who interviewed Case and Mazie Hirono extensively....