...there's not a lot of wiggle room on timing, especially when it comes to piloting the new evaluation and compensation systems....

After nearly eight months of working on the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI), Governor Neil Abercrombie today endorsed the JRI Working Group’s policy recommendations to improve the state’s criminal justice system.

Ms. Lindsey will serve on an interim basis until November, when a special election will be held to fill the remaining two years of Mr. Mossman’s term.

...the overarching themes and priorities set forth align with Governor Abercrombie’s “A New Day in Hawaii.”

Last year, the Obama Administration took aim at Boeing when the Seattle-based company sought to build a new assembly plant in Charleston, South Carolina, in order to produce the 787 Dreamliner....

In Hawaii, we are fortunate to have such a diverse melting pot of cultures where that familiarity breaks down walls of distrust, suspicion and even malice that exist in other parts of America. Unfortunately, the current political climate is still upside down....

Reports from Reuters news agency of a billion dollars in cost overruns on construction of the USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier at Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. (HII) demonstrates how uncompetitive major U.S. shipbuilding yards have become under the protectionist shield of the Jones Act

Today I am suspending my campaign and supporting the candidate who is best-equipped to defeat the president and return conservative leadership to the White House: Governor Mitt Romney.

It is to recognize and support those who are working to carry out his vision, those who empower those facing the greatest obstacles through personal relationships that restore the fabric of civil society—without the need for federal government intervention.....

There are so many layers of ignorance and stupidity in Halperin’s first paragraph that it is difficult to know where to begin....

Hawaii’s small gaggle of atheists have suddenly been put to work by Hawaii’s elites ....

Probably the most controversial recommendation that the Honolulu Real Property Tax Advisory Commission has made in its recently submitted report is to repeal the tried and true exemption for homeowners.

• WHEN: Monday, January 23, 2012 4-6 pm
• WHERE: Kilauea & Aupuni (new courthouse)

The court concluded the ICA has appellate jurisdiction because the Acting Deputy Director to the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources certified the Water Commission minutes by signing them....

Hawaii GOP Chair David Chang said: “Speaker Gingrich has campaigned personally in Hawaii and will be on the March 13 ballot. We look forward to all of the Republican Presidential candidates competing for Hawaii’s 17 GOP Convention delegates.”

Word comes from state Sen. Josh Green, a doctor who had asked for the opinion from Attorney General David Louie....

...a long-suppressed government report finally released by the Obama administration is shaking the foundations of Head Start, and the news isn’t coming from right wing conservatives but from Joe Klein at Time magazine....

Attorneys general in California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Vermont, the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court on Friday supporting Congress‘ authority to pass the sweeping legislation, arguing that health care is a national concern because the industry constitutes nearly one-fifth of the U.S. economy.

Chair Âila will be joined by officials from the state Department of Transportation, the Maui County Police and the U.S. Coast Guard who oversee and ensure environmental, public and navigational safety in the harbor.