...our monthly premium is going up over $200 – an increase of 34%. To be able to afford health insurance, we are downgrading our health care plan....

...according to United Health Foundation’s America’s Health Rankings® Annual Report....

Big Island customers could save as much as $113 million on the existing HELCO rate base and up to $234 million including investments to modernize the grid over a four-year period....

The bill will be introduced during the upcoming 2016 legislative session....

Why They Now Deserve Everyone’s Thanks....

The Office of the Governor is looking for individuals who are dedicated to continuing the State of Hawaii’s momentum toward a strong and sustainable future....

...nearly a third of all annual giving taking place in December....

...teaching Cronyism 101....

...held Dec. 12, 2015 at the Pearl City High School cafeteria, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m....

This year’s report measures state progress against a set of 32 policy goals....

The U.S. Supreme Court is now considering that question in a Texas case in which Hawaii’s decades-long exclusion of active-duty military and families from the body politic is front and center....

The PBN did not disclose the source of the newly “reported” Inouye letter....

At a time of dwindling inventory and rising prices, housing affordability has once again become a hot topic in Hawaii....

• Senate: Budget Reconciliation 
• Senate: Surface Transportation Reauth
• House: Fiscal 2016 Intelligence Authorization
• House: EPA Existing Power Plant Rule Disapproval  
• House: EPA New and Retrofitted Power Plant Rule Disapproval
• House: K-12 Education Reauthorization 
• House: Energy Security and Infrastructure Overhaul
• House: Surface Transportation Reauthorization

Tomorrow, the US Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in two election law cases, Evenwel v. Abbott, No. 14-940, and Harris v. Arizona Ind. Redistricting Comm'n, No. 14-232....

The FEC claims authority over regulating press coverage of elections....