Some of the other forums and debates that Governor Abercrombie declined participation in include, Kokua Council, KITV’s televised debate and Think Tech’s Kaka’ako candidate forum....

The pitch of public controversy surrounding cultural issues...can give the impression that we live in an intractably divided society with incompatible differences.  But the Hobby Lobby decision suggests that such a tone is overwrought....

...Hawaii's power prices are among the highest in the nation as well. Not surprisingly, one of the big reasons for this is taxation....

Pacific Energy Solutions LLC, Boca Raton, Florida, is being awarded $334,135,534 for firm-fixed-price task order....

...including four seats for immediate appointments....

I’m voting for candidates who actually take money from the seed companies because it kicks the ignorance that’s infecting and contaminating our state....

...the Future Majority Project outlined its “14 in ‘14 Races to Watch” for November....

This matter is currently under review by the State Attorney General’s office, the HTA, as well as the HTA’s contractor....

...you are both NOT about solving real problems in Hawaii, but more about contributing to the problems we have here....

The International Labor Organization says agricultural workers are among the most vulnerable....

...Vernon Char, Ulalia Woodside and Christopher Yuen....

Abercrombie today announced the reappointment of David O’Neal as well as the appointment of Melinda Wood to the State Ethics Commission....

By the end of the 1930s, 22 states had implemented a sales tax....

It’s been 14 years since the courts gave non-Hawaiians the right to vote in Office of Hawaiian Affairs elections....

Two important bills the Council is reviewing may affect these items....

...the next step is "Toss-up!"....

Approximately 60 percent of the 7.1 million people receiving public mental health services nationwide want to work....

The sky fell on Hawaii last month, all because carbon dioxide levels peeped above the much-hyped 400 ppm hurdle....

...rural roads and bridges in Hawaii have significant deficiencies and a high rate of traffic fatalities....