Reef and Shore Fishes of the Hawaiian Islands (560 pp.), by John E. Randall, was published in 2007 by the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program. The book covers the 612 species found within the Hawaiian Islands from the shore down to 656 feet [...] 
U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released a report today analyzing substance use and mental health patterns occurring in each state. The report reveals "that there are wide variations among the states in problems like illicit drug use and underage drinking, [...] 
LRB Library publishes the 2008 Hawaii Directory and offers pdf downloads as a complete volume or by individual agency on the LRB website.
From the Government Accountability Office (GAO):Highway public-private partnerships show promise as a viable alternative, where appropriate, to help [...]
Daniel J. Solove of the George Washington University Law School is the author of The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet, the full text of which is available online. The 205-page book was published in October 2007 by Yale [...] 
The Hawaii 2050 Sustainability Task Force issued its report on "charting a course for Hawaii's sustainable future." See post from the Hawaii House Blog. 
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) is the federal law that governs private-sector retirement and health plans. ERISA pre-empts all state laws relating to employee benefit plans, including health insurance, with exceptions under the commonly called "savings" and "deemer" clauses. (ERISA specifically exempted the [...] 
The Rockefeller Institute of Government issued, on Jan. 30, a report on recessions and state finances, providing 50-state comparisons of past recessions and their effects, using the 2001 recession as a key reference point. It notes that, in the short term, a recession does not [...] From the Government Accountability Office (GAO):A [...]
The Hawaii Legislative Reference Bureau's new study examines states' adult protective services law, gathers data on elder and adult abusive incidence in other states, analyzes possible changes to Hawaii's laws to conform to those of other states, and estimates the predicted effects of those changes on [...] 
The Hawaii Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB) reviews how respite care programs and states define "respite care." The Bureau researched other states' respite care programs, particularly those that offer respite care options to caregivers who are caring for older adults or adults with chronic illnesses. Finally, the [...] 
The federal government failed dismally in The American Lung Association's annual report card on federal and state tobacco control legislation and policies to tighten regulation of tobacco and discourage smoking. Reuters reports that the study also found states falling far short."While many states have [...]
The 13th edition of Guide to Government in Hawaii has just been published. The Guide is a companion volume to the Directory of State, County and Federal Officials. Both are publications of the Library. The Guide describes state and county departments and their organization and agencies [...] SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: Status of Efforts to Address a Range of Funding and Governance Challenges, GAO-08-250T (pdf, 32pp/1MB), December 12, 2007
A Dec. 11 news release from the Rand Corporation announced the publication of a report from the Kauffman-RAND Institute for Entrepreneurship Public Policy, In the Name of Entrepreneurship? The Logic and Effects of Special Regulatory Treatment for Small Business, on the impact [...] 
The Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) recently published its 2007 Health Confidence Survey. Its major findings:
Testimony on Approaches to Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions (pdf, 16pp/116kB), Nov. 1, 2007
In October the Tax Foundation published a report comparing states' tax systems in attracting new businesses and generating economic growth. The report says state lawmakers "are often tempted to lure business with lucrative tax incentives and subsidies instead of broad-based tax reform." If a state [...] 
On October 25, Robert Puentes of the Brookings Institution presented Congressional testimony on the funding of surface transportation infrastructure, "Not So Fast: Key Policy Considerations for Surface Transportation Investment Needs" (pdf, 11pp/64kB). His basic premise was that "we are a metropolitan nation," and [...] 
The National Woman's Law Center (NWLC) and Oregon Health & Science University Center for Women's Health (OHSU) jointly released a nation and state-by-state report card on the "current state of women's health status and health policies."First, for the bulk of indicators of the [...]
University of Maryland's Center for Integrative Environmental Research (CIER) released their report examining direct and indirect costs of climate change to America as a nation and to the many communities within.The direct costs of not taking on the challenges posed by climate change are often [...]
The New England Journal of Medicine current issue includes a study on the quality of care for children in the United States.On average, according to data in the medical records, children in the study received 46.5%...of the indicated care. They received 67.6%...of the indicated care [...]
The Washington Post (WP) reported today on the new study of state achievement tests published by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. According to WP, the study:offers evidence that the No Child Left Behind law's core mission -- to push all students [...]
The younger girls are when they get their first periods, the greater their risk of breast cancer later in life. In fact, first menstruation (menarche) before age 12 raises breast cancer risk by 50 percent compared to menarche at age 16.The Breast Cancer Fund [...]
In a press release (pdf, 6p.) issued Sept. 25, the Dept. of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) announced Hawaii's unemployment rate for August at 2.6 percent, noting that it was the 32nd consecutive month that the unemployment rate remained below 3 percent. 
The Legislative Drafter's Desk Reference, Second Edition, 583pp., updates the first edition published in 1992 by considering the impact of electronic documents and the Internet, and the role of the courts in interpreting legislation. (Ref. KF4950 F55 2007)
One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) is an education project to provide the world's children "with new opportunities to explore, experiment and express themselves.".Any nation's most precious natural resource is its children. We believe the emerging world must leverage this resource by tapping into the children's [...]
The National Academies offers a weekly series of podcasts "focusing on a wide range of critical issues in science, engineering, and medicine." Begun in early March 2007, the many podcast topics include:
Health Affairs published today their study on state health care spending, presenting "updated per capita health spending estimates by state of residence for 1991-1998 and new estimates for 1999-2004." Examining the "huge variations in personal health spending among states," (New York Times, September [...]
