In another first, Gov. Neil Abercrombie today at Hilo Yacht Club enacted measures....

The law makes it legal for voters to register to vote – and to vote – on Election Day beginning in 2018....

The filings launch FIRE’s new Stand Up For Speech Litigation Project, a national effort to eliminate unconstitutional speech codes through targeted First Amendment lawsuits....

...For all OPR combined, the prescribing rate in Alabama was 2.7 times the rate in Hawaii....

...the U.S. Supreme Court handed down an important victory for participants in home-health care programs....

This year, the state says project enrollment is about 10,500. Last year, enrollment was about 16,600....

...Abercrombie today sent a letter to Senate President Donna Mercado Kim and House Speaker Joe Souki stating that he will let the measure become law without his signature....

Abercrombie today signed House Bill 2590 (Act 166), a measure that will allow voter registration at absentee polling places beginning in 2016 and late voter registration, including on Election Day, beginning in 2018....

Cayetano sued to clear his name after PRP Hawaii spent $2 million on a media campaign against him....

...the justices ruled the government will not be able to force Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties to provide coverage of four drugs and devices that can end the life of a human embryo....

Both chambers are in recess until the week of July 7....

The new VA Secretary needs to quickly understand the serious depth of the problems facing the VA in Hawaii....

"I, Liliuokalani Dominis, do solemnly swear in the presence of Almighty God that I will support the Constitution, Laws and Government of the Republic of Hawaii...."

...when the Managing Director appeared before the Commission ... her comments focused on the employee grievances that might result from finding that personnel had misused City resources....

• Dole Cannery 18 Honolulu
• Pearl Highlands 12 Pearl City
• Keauhou Cinemas 7 Kailua Kona
• Maui Mall Megaplex 12 Kahului

...in 1978 when Hawaii adopted its present system of conforming to the federal Internal Revenue Code, inflation adjustments were left off the table....

dozens rallied Saturday at the capitol to promote voter registration in churches and to defend religious freedom....

A published analysis by a senior political reporter for the Honolulu Star-Advertiser rates Andria Tupola as the GOP’s best young prospect....