Entries for the 'Kauai Politics' Category

Smart Business Hawaii PAC endorses Carroll for Governor, King for LG

SA: Aiona sees danger if Hawaii returns to one-party rule

Moneyed Hippie stays broke: Abercrombie raises most money, burns it

Candidates submit final money tally before primary

State supreme court: blocking furloughs was premature

Shapiro: Democrats: Rules made for ignoring?

Thai workers describe being lured into slavery in U.S.

'Transparency' applies to rail

Alternet: Mufi IS less moral

Hawaii Islam Day leader speaks out against Koran burning

Missile programme raises concern in Hawaii (Anti-Americans begin campaign)

Release of refunds leads to 22% drop in Hawaii's August tax collections

Hawaii hotel tax revenue jumps 25%

Bored of ed?

Regulators guarantee Hawaiian utility’s ‘green’ profit

Coffee parasite discovered in Kona

University of Hawaii presents state's first-ever higher education summit

Cert Petition In Hawaii Beach Takings Case: Is The Right To Accretion A "Property" Interest?

More Candidate profiles:

Will Obamacare kill HHSC?

Gov Lingle appoints Figuera and Kouchi to Senate

Small Modular Reactors: Creating Energy Independence for Hawaii

VIDEO: Rep. Djou hosting job fair with 40 employers Thursday

DoE high schoolers have nation’s highest suicide rate

Mufi promises to “discuss possibility of increasing GE Tax” Star-Advertiser lies about it

Panicked desperate national Democrats, unions pour money into Hanabusa campaign

CB: Aiona did build Hawaii drug Court system

RNC chair Steele hopes to rally Hawaii Republicans with visit

SA Hypocrites: Stop using religion to divide (repeats Abercrombie Episcopal lie)

Abercrombie Slams Hannemann For Using Religion To Divide: In New Ad, Christians Urged to Vote Hannemann, Not Aiona

Shapiro: Hannemann's tactics ungodly

SA Profiles Hannemann, leaves out arrest, MMLG

Abercrombie: Vote early before you find out the truth about me

Complete list of Consolidated polling stations 

Honolulu Magazine: Trains Kill Buses

City: "Idiot" version for rail EIS is award-winning

HHS regional director Schultz visits Hilo Medical Center and talks reform

AP: Hawaii brothers guilty of ill-treating Thai workers

NYT: Forced Labor

The Nation: Federal Indictments in Human Trafficking Scheme

Lingle fills vacant senate seats

Education Week provides the arguments HSTA will be using to neuter RTTT even more

Honolulu inflation rises 2.5%: Gas and electricity increases are cited for the jump from the first half of 2009

Hawaiian Airlines' traffic jumps 5.5%

Lehman Estate Files to Foreclose on Ritz Kapalua

Rush Limbaugh, The Haney Project and Hawaii

Old Farmer's Almanac: Global cooling to continue

More Candidate Profiles: Meet your Kauai County Council candidates

Hilo, Kona, TEA Party events to mark September 11 attacks

Schatz, Hirono, Hanabusa, Hannemann, ineligible for Democratic Party support

VIDEO: Djou releases new commercial

Abercrombie frames himself as an agent for grubbing pocket change from military industrial complex

RTTT to fund teacher bonuses (No accountability here)

Finnegan: “If we were truly supportive of charter schools, we would have equal funding by now”

Borreca: “This year there is a strong and vocal Republican minority”

RAIL: Kobayashi nails Mufi’s EIS “idiot version” costing $33,022/month

Case family Star-Advertiser: Human trafficking must stop (hypocrisy must stop first)

Green Can Have Dear Economic Price 

24 apply to be next schools chief (as BoE prepares to pick Matayoshi)

Panos Prevedouros winning PBN online poll 

Birds of a feather: Lyla “Islam Day” Berg endorses Neil Abercrombie

Atheists, others attack Tulsi Gabbard over non-profit

Shapiro: Where are the leaders in Election 2010?

More candidate profiles:

Indigenous groups gather to heal

ILind prepares gay atheist lobby for Fall Campaign 

Early Voting sites open now across state

Cardines: “Improve the future of Hawaii’s families by voting”

Adrienne King’s pro-life conversion

Aiona: Hawaii’s economic recovery being slowed at federal level

Aiona: Democrats ‘two peas in a pod’

Arakaki: Abercrombie is not for Christians

Hannemann’s Venture Capitalist Splinter cell

Honolulu Mayoral Candidate Caldwell Launches Negative Ad

Quitting erodes public trust (Ko Olina’s Apo management reshuffle)

KITV: Judge Dismisses DUI Charges Amid HPD Investigation

Human trafficking suspect surrenders

Sierra Club forces fish farm to withdraw application

Maui News: Bogus Ocean temperature sensors record sea ice in Hawaii

Kauai night football shutdown by Federal Department of Eco-Religion

Kauai: Nabeshima-Costa pleads guilty to sexual assault of a minor

Council OKs condominium tax rates bill

Governor Lingle applauds confirmation of Mark Recktenwald as Chief Justice

Use your Maka’i Card to donate to Hawai’i Right to Life Education Fund

Study: Hawaii roads #1 in potholes, #47 in cost effectiveness

SA endorses Schatz, Finnegan for Lt Governor

Gary Okino endorses Charles Djou for Congress

Star-Advertiser Gaian Religionists demand submission while complaining about Jesus

Indictment: Case, Omidyar’s ML&P used alleged slavery contractor (Eco-slavery)

No fuss, no muss: Senators unanimously approve CJ Recktenwald

Kaua‘i a second stop, today, in Aiona’s ‘Connecting’ campaign

SD25 Faulty ballots raise election concerns

Rod Tam hungry to be Mayor

Kauai Mayor candidate pushes hemp

Hawaii County Council candidates woo ag votes

Leaving Hawaii to go from Homeless to Homeowner

VIDEO: Arrogant Olbermann calls Hawaii GOP Chair “Ka-u-away” anti-Semite

Hawaii DLNR gives 11 acres to 9-11 truther group

New RGA Ad: Duke Aiona will grow Hawai‘i’s green economy

9/12 Taxpayer March on Washington

Alan Cardines to direct Hawaii Family Forum

Aiona dedicates new Shriners Hospital for Children in Honolulu

UPDATE: Senate’s Key Republican Akaka Bill backer CONCEDES Alaska primary

Congress.org rejects Abercrombie’s “front group” claim

Duke Aiona Launches Connecting Communities Initiative

Darwin Ching for Prosecutor releases new TV Advert

Honolulu’s aging water mains: One break per day

Djou: Heroes in uniform deserve credit for success in Iraq

Ninth Circuit: Nader should have been allowed on Hawaii ballot in ‘04

Disclosures: Aiona only candidate with children and debts to go with them

Seeking the Business Vote: Top candidates for governor explain how they would make it easier for businesses to succeed

State Senate To Vote On Recktenwald Nomination

GOP’s Ka‘auwai raises national eyebrows

Ka'auwai Says Churches Now Refusing To Let Mufi Campaign (Neil kneels in joyful prayer)

Oi tries to hang scarlet letter around Aiona’ neck

SA Begins endorsements

Voters to decide on housing office

Rep. Oshiro: Carlisle's No Donkey, Either

Ballot error distresses candidates: Three Democrats from District 25 find their names mistakenly left off absentee forms

Waimea-Ni‘ihau state House race: Westside issues at forefront

Civil Beat Shares University of Hawaii Salaries

Telescope plan advances: Mauna Kea board sends application to UH-Hilo chancellor

More Abuse in Long Term Care: Wahiawa man charged with sexually assaulting a Queen's patient

CODA to Launch All-Electric Sedan in Hawaii

Proposed coal ash rule would impact Hawaii

Island birds vulnerable to global warming

Maryland hostage-taker listed Maui as hometown (Here’s what happens to people who believe in the Cult of Gore)

Early voting sites open Friday

Hilo debate: Hannemann applauded for smack down of Abercrombie on Akaka Bill

Hawaii GOP Chairs Tells Christians To Shun Hannemann

Inouye: “Rail is just a promise”

Finnegan: Education a passion

Cutting out the middleman: HSTA boss Takabayashi running for School Board

Campaign law limits rights, suit says

City Councilman Apo resigning to work for new Disney resort

Kauai Senate Candidates address parks, hospitals

WHT: District 7 and 8 candidates take on impact fees and ag issues

Prevedouros' aim is stopping rail

Carlisle draws multiparty support

Kelly “GTMO” Greenwell to face trial Oct. 26

Candidates rate drugs as top issue

Enviros: Our latest scheme will jack up Hawaii electric rates

Absent worker, alleged thief still got paid by the state

Army study: Radioactive residue is not a hazard

Neighbor is charged under hate crime law

Hawaii visitor arrivals jump for eighth straight month

Police investigate two cases of children assaulting teachers (Just another day in the DoE)

Abercrombie says he made a mistake accusing website of being a Republican front

Judge rejects challenge to Kauai Republican's candidacy for a House seat

Candidate questionnaires designed to protect union bosses against complaints about endorsements from union members 

NPR: Trouble In Paradise: Hawaii Waits For Drought Relief

Sierra Club Vice Chair: “Killing TMT will cause another drop in Sierra Club membership and stature; it is the Superferry all over again”

Rep. Djou to host Honolulu Job Fair Sept. 9

Shapiro: Mufi and Neil debate like Big Time Wrestling

Cachola and Kobayashi helping Abercrombie attack Hannemann?

Recktenwald a solid choice

Settle DOE autism case now

Can Hawaii Student Test Scores Be Trusted?

Aiona responds to email calling him the only 'righteous' candidate

AP: Aiona is lone "righteous" candidate

ILind: Be very afraid: Campaign Spending law faces major legal challenge

Homeless Safe Zones were a disaster in Honolulu 20 years ago

A new national policy promises to untangle the maze of laws and regulations that currently govern our precious marine resources

Students given chance to remove names from schools' list given to military recruiters

Developer feuds with Kauai County over huge Kealia project

Prevedouros: Fiscal irresponsibility, not the Governor, is blocking Rail

Senate’s Key Republican Akaka Bill backer failing in Alaska primary

Full Text: Hawaii DoE submitted error in first round of Race to The Top application

RTTT “farce”? HSTA, progressives already scheming to fudge accountability requirements

CJ-Appointee Recktenwald's ICA Opinions

ILind Flashback: Hannemann arrested for assaulting police officer

ILind: Neil Abercrombie’s 1977 “F*** You” letter

RTTT: Consequences for failure unclear

Recktenwald tells judiciary committee he 'embraces' strength of Hawaii constitution

Lingle says rail approval may have to wait for next governor

“Don’t look at me” Inouye set to deflect blame for Rail failure

U.S. visa process gets easier

Poll shows many interested in interisland ferry

Hannemann's Honolulu Hale Examined

Ill-timed negative ad a step backward for Hannemann

Business Exec Disavows Anti-Mufi “Smear” Letter As Forgery

Abercrombie wants Feds to pick up tab for Malpractice Insurance

Waikiki man charged with forcing a girl into prostitution

About-FACE: After Hannemann’s departure, Honolulu is doing a 180 on housing issues

Kauai Democrats sue to oust GOP candidate

Hawaii Ethics Commission seeks new director

Chief Perry wants to keep leading KPD

Kahana Valley families living in limbo

Boat owners on Hawaii's Big Island protesting new fees

Community college enrollment rises 7 percent

Wherever it lands, UH must pony up travel subsidies

Two recent escapes from state hospital draw concern

Honolulu agrees to accept tons of trash

Rush Limbaugh Touts Benefits of Hawaii made E-Cigarettes, Slams FDA

Judicial Committee Unanimously Confirms California's First Filipina-American Chief Justice

Gaza Flotilla participant brings terrorist agit-prop show to Hilo

Liberal activist allegedly flips out, stabs Muslim Cabbie 

Ground Zero Mosque Developer: Mosque Could Accommodate 1,000 Worshippers

Democrats make up 70% of poll respondents—But Aiona #1 in favorability

Hannemann Campaign: Abercrombie is 2 points ahead

Djou: RTTT “is just the beginning”

Lingle: RTTT “would not have been possible without Matayoshi”

Aiona: RTTT selection result of shared commitment to education reform

Meet the “moderate” Muslim behind the Ground Zero Mosque

Inouye goes negative on Ed Case for going negative on Hannemann 

Abercrombie fundraiser: “I would come see the devil for Willie Nelson” says attendee

Police: Naeole-Beason complaint filed (The magnificent and glorious Hawaii County Council)

Former Student Member of Education Board 'Can't Sugarcoat Toguchi's Horrible Leadership'

Caldwell, Hannemann smarting from Kalihi tax flap

New flood maps may force Hawaii residents to purchase insurance

Public input sought on Senate vacancy

Leader of Calif-Hawaii drug ring gets 27 years

Hawaii man sues: claims video game is too addicting

Hawaii receives grant to control health insurance premiums

Dem Moneyman buys Winter White House: Obama planning to retire to Kailua?

Voters react to Abercrombie, Hannemann personas: "I'm just really tired of all of this BS"

SA: Abercrombie gets backing from Case

HNN/SA Poll reports Lt Gov numbers (It’s Schatz vs Sakamoto)

SA: Ruling on burials highlights need for careful planning (could kill rail)

State cuts 97 polling places: Some worry that fewer sites will sink voter turnout even lower

Hawaii Has 6th Lowest Unemployment Rate: Hawaii Labor Force Fell By 1,700 In July

Hotel revenue up for first half of 2010

Panos Prevedouros: ‘A civil engineer is the perfect professional for the job’

7 vie for Djou's old Council seat

Republican Beth Fukumoto tries to find a middle ground with Hawaii voters

OHA considers legal action to protect cultural sites against Army Stryker vehicles?

Kauai Utility offers millions to protect seabirds

Hawaii Passes on Chance of Female Chief Justice

Ed Case: Abercrombie, Aiona “both honest, independent, experienced candidates”

Abercrombie has edge (49-44 over Hannemann)

Holding course: Recktenwald likely will not alter the high court's direction (Nomination approved by SA)

Obama, Djou deliver dueling addresses

Poll about the Poll says: More residents leaning toward absentee voting

Emily Naeole’s husband flees state, alleges domestic violence, threats

State attorney general accepts Rego case

Secret meeting yields ad hoc committee: Board creates group to determine clinic's future

Hannemann Plan To Revive Superferry Sinking Fast: Federal Government Expects To Outbid All At Ferry Auction

Forced farming in DHHL’s new “Green” project

Are you paying your neighbor to cut his electric bill?

Rep. Djou Statehood Day address carried nationwide: “We can cut $1.3 trillion right now”

Hawaii Statehood: Tiny 1959 opposition was anti-Japanese, not anti-American

Prince Kuhio: The bridge from Kingdom to State

Our American Triumph: Civil Rights and Hawaii Statehood

After 6 years: Newspaper Guild signs contract with Tribune-Herald

Nonaka: Republican Poll for Carlisle Doesn't Exist

Djou meets with small businesses

Maui, Kona TEA Party groups back King for Lt Governor

Debate: Hannemann hammered over negative mailer 

Debate: Hannemann blames others for Kalihi tax hikes

Hannemann still waffles on Civil Unions

HNN profiles Duke Aiona

CB: Hannemann = Aiona in Hawaii Family Forum Survey

Gay Palimony Suit Filed In Hawaii: Lesbian Couple Fights Over Assets

HGEA Neutral on Say, AFL-CIO backs Synan as labor, gays team up for revenge

Hospital governors meet in secret to discuss taxpayer loans to Alii Health Center

$11,000 in tax credits: Are you buying your neighbor’s electric smugmobile?

Honolulu Harbor gets federal stimulus money

Civil Beat Shares Hawaii State Employee Salaries

Bedbugs Challenge Homeless Shelters

Kauai County plans to refile 32 counts of incest

Overseas Filipino Workers in Islam Nations to Suffer Anew in Month of Ramadan

Senate sets day to consider Recktenwald appointment

Property tax quadruples for needy families in Kalihi (Thanks for the $13,000 tax bill, Mufi)

Mufi’s Friday the 13th Attack

Hannemann’s Claims Don’t Match His Record

Mufi’s fake “Brown Guy”?

SA on HD32 Race: 4 making initial run at elective office

Caldwell get it wrong on Hawaii Constitution, Nuclear Power

Council sets fine for haste with big trash

Lights Out: Birds Trump Friday Night Football

Political underdog John Carroll complains he is being ignored

Djou in WSJ--“Birthright Citizenship: A GOP Achievement”

Hawaii Progressives target Gabbard, express “enthusiasm” for molester’s buddy Rep. Joe Bertram

Great news: Rep. Lyla Berg still taking grief for “Islam Day”

Mufi: “Candidate of corporate and political elite”

Legislators and their greasy palms

Campaign 2010: top mayoral candidates face off

City Council member will ask the Outdoor Circle to support a ban on campaign placards larger than 8 square feet

Dog bite victim not pleased with police response

Lawmakers to question Sheriff Division

Three Hawaii Pacific Health hospitals earn AHA recognition

Persistent drought draining Big Island residents' wallets

Anti-GMO fraudsters gather on Kauai

Flotilla Survivor Criticizes Israelis: Hawaii Woman Claims Attack Was Act Of Piracy

Carlisle Skips Salt Lake Forum: “Something about demographics”

Democratic gov candidates off to an uninspiring start

Massive failure hidden in DoE’s recent test score improvements

Hannemann still dogged by Pittsburgh fundraiser

Another Hannemann Lie: “I Alone Went to Public Schools”

Floating nuclear plant stirs interest and apprehension

State bar's evaluation process for judges is inherently unfair

Officials To Move Kakaako Homeless: Illegal Campers On The Move Again

Enviros try to force Bunda off the Ballot

Election Season on Kauai: Bynum and Asing trade barbs over unfairness and half-truths

VIDEO: Kohala Middle School rallies against consolidation

Hawaii video game industry added $23M to economy

FBI agents bust 14 in mortgage fraud

Foreclosures finally drop in Hawaii

Justice delayed for military voters: Department ignores states' likely refusal to comply with ballot rules

Mufi’s Republican Army: The Bush Family Connection

Leonard Appointment: How they voted

The 'Birthers' Began on the Left

Djou on MSNBC: “We’ve lost 2.5 million jobs since the stimulus package was created. That’s not progress.”

Borreca: “Lingle stumbles in effort to remake state Judiciary” (How Recktenwald lost favor)

Kauai prosecutor prosecutes former boyfriend for crime she is implicated in

Looking at the Bar Association Board

Hanabusa promises to raise your taxes

Democrats scrap over ads; Aiona stays upbeat

Abercrombie: “Confrontation, finger-pointing and name-calling”

State agency clears Honolulu rail contracts (decision backs Hannemann over Abercrombie)

Anti-Superferry protesters target Navy sonar (again)

Costs piling up two years into Molokai water lawsuit

Juror: Without DNA evidence, Makanani walks on sex assault

Seed money: A koa plantation on the Big Island courts investors to buy tiny trees and then reap rewards over 25 years

UH professor helps boost Vietnam's clinics

Congress.org: "Abercrombie is a follower"

FULL TEXT: Federal Judge rules Calif. gay marriage ban unconstitutional

Lingle pushes for Leonard

SA EDITORIAL: Confirm Leonard nomination

Leonard appointment: Lingle prepared to bust Democrats stalling tactics

Pelosi endorses Abercrombie, Responds to Mufi commercial

Labor King: Another Mufi Lie busted by Omidyar’s Abercrombie lovin’ CB

Taking over: Steve Case’s ownership in ML&P now at 62.8 percent

California's Proposition 8 ruling to affect Hawaii's fight over civil unions

Shapiro: No marriage right spelled out in Constitution 

Ruling energizes civil-union advocates: Both supporters and opponents look to a possible Supreme Court decision in the case

Homosexual assault on Calvin Say to be tried August 9

SHOPO endorses Pacarro for prosecutor

WaPo: FedEx, Northrop Grumman give to Inouye’s pet projects

DoE Targets Molokai school for closure -- 16 miles to next school

Hawaii census worker due back in federal court today

National Review plugs Hawai`i Free Press

Omidyars join others in donation pledge

"JOBENOMICS" Author in Hawaii to pitch Paakea Quarry expansion(???), foreign investor tax credits

A tropical fish collecting ban?

State Rep. Denny Coffman named Legislator-in-Residence at UH-Manoa

County challenging candidate's residency claims

Runway Under Water? Honolulu Planners Seek Study of Climate Change Impacts on Transportation

NYC: Abandoned elevated rail system transformed into magnificent park

Hawaii 3rd most indebted state

Even with furloughs, Edison curriculum turns around 14 failing Hawaii DoE schools

Hawaii Right-to-Life announces 2010 Political Endorsements

Bank bailouts: Maxine Waters faces ethics charges—Inouye next?

Caught on VIDEO: Thief steals Arakawa for Mayor signs in Wailuku

Leonard's ability to lead is doubted by Taniguchi (Dems continue to prepare the “We don’t like you” excuse)

Shapiro: Katherine Leonard: Judgment by character assassination

Hawaii Progressives attack Leonard

Hannemann busted on another lie:  Endorsements by Business Groups

Shapiro: Mufi=Kim jong Il?

Big isle Incumbents Fuel Campaigns With Off-Isle Money

Kauai County manager proposal killed

Rod Tam's Meal Expenses Drop 60% Amid Probes

City ending trash contract

Small isle charities risk losing IRS status

Anti-Superferry commission unable to waive EIS for enviro projects, SA complains bitterly

PUC nears decision on Pasha request for interisland service

Parking fee thief sentenced to probation

Smart Grids Stumble in Hawaii, Baltimore

Hawaii to help Alaska with foster care

Abercrombie, if defeated in primary, refuses to endorse Hannemann

ILWU supports Kirk Caldwell in his campaign for mayor

CB busts another Mufi lie: “Only Candidate Who's Lived and Worked on Neighbor Islands” -- FALSE

Political Radar Puna HD 4: “Hapai could be competitive”

Dems running for Lt. Governor rev up campaigns (Sakamoto vs Hooser?)

BoE: Furlough moms campaign, face off with union boss and transsexual foster parent seeking reelection

$18K in Unreported Gifts: Lobbyists feeding legislators, staff throughout session

HECO’s Green Energy scam to take 2.3% more ‘green’ out of your pocket

Steve Case boosts investment in ML&P: AOL founder could have majority stake after stock sale done

Most of state's alleged stimulus jobs fall outside the private sector

Estimate of daily rail riders rises 21,300

Curfew time's up at public housing

SA takes another swipe at Hawaii Meth Project

School's eviction stands

Three Hawaii Diploma mills target of expose

Hawaii 90-year old robbed by ‘power of attorney’ scammers

Marine monument named World Heritage site

SA: A step forward for all Hawaiians (Eliminates one of the excuses for the Akaka Bill)

The Rundown: 17 competitive Legislative Races

Shapiro: CJ nominee Katherine Leonard faces the first blades

Judicial appointments will define Lingle's legacy

National Democrats reserve TV time in Hawaii to attack Djou

Firefighters back Caldwell for mayor

BOE Explores Bullying Solutions

DOE Lays Off 40 Workers: Education Officials Look To Cut $142 Million

Lawsuit seeks to raise age for public special education

Hawaii DoE “surprise pick” for RTTT

Diagnostic Laboratory Services: Amphetamine use up 70%

Grove Farm operates quarry at heiau site, “few rocks remain”

Smart grid rollout stalls in Hawaii

Public asked to comment on proposed lawsuit settlement without seeing it

Kauai: Planning Department employees hold second jobs

VIDEO: Police, Greenwell discuss Kona councilman’s arrest

GTMO Greenwell hopes to overturn 'Sunshine Law'

Big Island police seek witnesses to assault in a Hilo bar

Ex-officer gets 30 months in gun case: A history of violence has led to a federal term for Rik Orton

Shapiro: Aiona is “the one who isn’t covered in mud yet”

Borreca: Abercrombie in audience throwing tomatoes

Surprise Lingle appointee Leonard will be looked at closely by the state Senate

City Lawyers Reluctant On Whether Mayor Violated Ordinance

DoE Immersion schools want to abandon English-language standardized tests

Kamehameha Litigants anonymity claim may get “en banc” hearing

SA: Tent cities for homeless could be stopgap solution (for a decade or so)

Man Accused of Deadly Shooting in American Samoa has Hawaii Connection

State's biggest public housing complex tries to close the door on bad perceptions

Foreclosures: Hawaii 1874 law seen as helping lenders, hurting consumers

$32 Million Earmarked For Green Energy Work

KGI: First ‘foul’ called in 2010 elections

Few UH officials disclose protocol spending

The public option

Will rail plan collapse before November?

Supreme Court: Zoning Statutes Are "Environmental" Laws – individuals can now sue to enforce

Hawaii Leads in Wellbeing; West Virginia Ranks Last

Katherine Leonard picked as next Hawaii chief justice

Honolulu Special Elections To Be Held With Primary Sept. 18

Council chair: criminal probe into Tam's spending "unfortunate"

GOP fields candidate for Kauai seat: A law invoked that allowed for extra filing time did not apply, Democrats complain

Democrat Borreca: In Hawaii, ethnicity plays unspoken (sic) role in politics (Aims at Mufi, nails sovereignty movement)

Healthcare Bill Will Cost Hawaii Taxpayers $204 Million

CB: Big Wind Fuels a Torrent of Big Questions

Unemployment Extension Benefits 10,000 In Hawaii

Union workers arrested during Hyatt protest

Michael Savage Cannibal Comments Criticized (he’s too skinny)

Pentagon Faces Intensifying Pressures to Trim Budget

Retaliation: Kapa‘a man ‘traumatized’ after 3 KPD officers deliver warning for trespassing

Hawaii Co Council seeks Kohala consolidation reconsideration

Sovereignty Activists visit Grover Cleveland birthplace

Abercrombie denies membership in Democratic Socialists of America, blames ‘birthers’

Djou “Rapidly becoming one of most active and outspoken US Reps”

Cayetano, Waihee, Progressives speak up for slavery:  Call for lenient sentencing

Boylan: “I think the Republicans have a shot at Governor”

CB: No, Mufi, That Wasn't "A Right Thing To Say"  (Mufi plays several race cards)

Honolulu Mayor: Carlisle tops poll, Panos second--Captain Kirk tries to stall Mayoral election ‘til November

Elected BoE member supports Appointed Board

Gallup: Obama 68% approval in Hawaii

Inouye hinting at new round of funding for Sandwich Isles Communications? 

Attacked by OHA, Kauai County: Kaua‘i Springs struggling

Nanakuli parcel needed for a construction landfill, not a park

With curfew rule expiring, officials will meet residents

Private tuition rises 'the bare minimum'

Seed Corn, Not Food or Fuel, Is Hawaii's Biggest Crop

Shapiro: UH sports fee wakes up students

U Hawaii Data Breach Echoes 2009 Incident

$400M Medicare/Medicaid scam run by parent of Ohana Health Plan

KHON: Vote on Native Hawaiian government may come soon

Star-Advertiser plugs Mufi’s “Tent city for homeless?”  (Seattle's disaster pitched as model!)

Gubernatorial rivals court carpenters union

Carlisle Wins Carpenters’ Endorsement

Data cast some doubt on Act 221's benefits

Hawaii Cannabis Ministry founder ordered held without bail

Big Island Mayor's claim of frugality falls flat

Kauai Council refuses to post agendas, minutes, testimony online

Prevedouros: Ten Billion Dollars and Counting Spells MISMANAGEMENT

Featured on Glen Beck: Wallbuilders’ David Barton to speak in Kahului

VIDEO: Djou calls for peace in Thailand

Gov. Lingle appoints Charlie Jencks to LUC

VIDEO: Djou on CNBC Worldwide Exchange

Djou co-sponsors “Hawaiian Home Ownership Opportunity Act”

Hannemann would veto civil unions (finally takes a position)

Abercrombie accuses Hannemann of holding "an orgy of self-promotion."

Lingle to appoint replacements as Bunda, Hooser resign

Hawaii Politburo Political Report to make big Media Splash (What progressives expect Abercrombie to do?)

Rail tax collections reach record high

Trash might sail in 2 weeks — cross your fingers

UH Computer Hack Likely Affected 53,000 Members

Big Isle farmer now tallies papaya loss at 13,000 trees

Maui Chamber endorses anti-Superferry Protesters’ Single-member districts Scam

Anti-Superferry protesters complain about Jencks appointment

Brewbaker: Real estate at low; hard times gone

GTMO Greenwell pushes to halt export of aquarium fish

Meth Dealer arrested by Feds after hunting accident in Hilo

Furloughs cause dramatic improvement in test scores

Djou ahead of the pack in campaign fundraising  (Old boys running out of cash)

Fulfilling sewer pact to cost city $4.7 billion (Almost as much as another Rail System)

SA: Stay on track on rail funding

City Council To Set Special Mayoral Election

Shapiro: Carlisle gets SHOPO’ed

How Green is Abercrombie? He Won't Show (But he drives a ‘93 Tercel)

Ward heeler Geo Yokoyama Lionized by Star-Advertiser  (he backs Abercrombie)

Power Struggle in Judiciary?  Moon rescinds all administrative orders

OHA supports changes to Hawaiian recognition bill

A few words from Djou and trash export is approved by Feds

Mayor imposes trash shipping deadline

Hawaii's first-time unemployment claims down by 6.3%

CB: Is the Bluest of States Bleeding Red?

Questions asked of Gov Lingle by media after HB444 Veto

Civil unions supporters launch 'buycott' campaign

New Report Shows 81.3 Percent Of Hawaii Small Businesses Eligible For Health Care Tax Credits

UH Board of Regents approve student athletic fee

'Resignation' bogus, musicians contend

Climate theory holds up despite some bad data (Hilarious)

Founder of ‘THC Ministry' seeking bail on marijuana charges

Hawaii County Ethics Commission declines to block Hamakua land sales

Midweek takes a swipe at pedophiles, ignores their friends in Legislature

Aiona files for Governor: Talks jobs, education, clean energy

Djou campaign raises $935K in 2nd Quarter

Djou: “If our nation continues down this fiscally reckless path, what is happening in Hawaii will be writ large”

Djou backs line item veto to cut waste

Mauna Kea Recreational Users Group says “Whoa” to Kulani Prison land deal

Ugly insults? Or a plot to embarrass a state lawmaker?

CB: Are Student Test Scores Overrated?

Mufi Hannemann endorses homeless camps

Decades of sewer fee hikes: Mufi’s going-away present

Oi: This island's trash snafu is no political treasure for mayor

Veto of HB444 continues to reverberate

Honolulu Weekly Editor threatens to close paper

UH Manoa Teach in which launched Save our Schools immortalized in book

Hawaii leads nation: #1 in Credit Card debt, #2 in Mortgage debt

Police DUI program cut almost in half by internal probe

Lingle nominates three to Circuit Court judgeships

Moon appoints 4 lawyers to district bench

Marijuana minister compared to Jimmy Swaggart, Jim Jones

Honolulu Residents Don't Want National Recognition

City Council Moves Forward With Fireworks Ban (Snobs)

Where did $115 million go?

Hawaii County sells $60M worth of 20-year bonds

Maui Aquarium fish bill advances in council

Anti-Superferry Protester LaBedz pulls papers to run for Kauai mayor

HSTA demands candidates oppose funds for disabled students

Sen Fred Hemmings endorses Lynn Finnegan for Lt Governor

Kam Schools non-Hawaiian student Kalani Rosell to be subject of book, movie

Hanalani School Team wins robotics World Championship

Star-Advertiser continues Gay Atheist war on Hawaii Family Forum finances

CB: GOP Aims To Field Candidates in Most Local Races

Waihee speaks up for appointed BoE

Candidate says campaign signs stolen

Shapiro: Some candidates for governor we can like

No more excuses, Hawaii: Just do it via absentee voting

Maui groups challenging water commission in court

CB: State Has Huge Bill Coming Due for Retiree Health Care

$100 million traffic center gets moving

Mathew Higa Speaks About Death Of Cyrus Belt

ILWU reiterates its support for Hamas headchoppers, refuses to hear Israeli Consul

SA: Isle fireworks ban is overdue (snobs)

Top UH administrators, Elected Officials report receipt of gifts

Stalled River Street Housing Project May Be Dead

Ulupono Initiative Participates in ClearFuels' Bridge Financing to Accelerate Hawaii Biofuel Market

Master Navigator Mau Piailug Dies

Census looks at Micronesians in Hawaii, Mainland

Inouye: Senate Dems may not have time for Akaka Bill

Ilind: Mufi cronies control Honolulu Ethics commission

Civil Union Support Could Affect Elections

Mufi quicker to comment on LeBron James than HB444

Borreca: Majority rule is not always best for society

Federal Judge rules DOMA Unconstitutional (Gay Marriage to be exported across state lines)

Gay-Atheist Lobby:  Trouble In Paradise?: Religious Right Organizes In An Unlikely Place – Hawaii

McCully, Moiliili residents speak out about homeless problem

Toughen safety penalties (Case family’s SA launches another attack on Darwin Ching)

Kamehameha admits another non-native Hawaiian student

Ban on shark-finning brings Hawaii international notice

Federal agency sides with environmentalists opposed to nuclear irradiator at airport

Lingle vetoes Democrat Boss’ biofuel financing plan: Calvin Say refuses to rescue Dante Carpenter’s $40M bond

Central Pacific Financial Signs Written Agreement With Regulators

VIDEO REPORT: Aina Lea development in trouble?

Trial for Suspected Pimp Continues Without Him

Corporation Faces Sex Discrimination Suit in Hawaii

‘Exceptional’ Drought Worsens

House Finance Chair Weighs In On Frozen Funds

Could force Hannemann out of race: Admits AtomicMonkey site produced by Mufi campaign worker

Rep Pat Saiki endorses Ramsay Wharton for Congress--District 2

Maui, Big Island TEA Party rallies July 3, 4 and 7

Shapiro: Abercrombie, Hannemann grapple over AtomicMonkey

Civil Beat launches attack on America for July 4

Hannemann acknowledges poll showing Aiona in lead—but Star-Advertiser continues censorship

Late donations save Kailua fireworks for July 4th

Aiona calls for Education Department audit

Molokai Ranch Attempts to Legalize Water System after being robbed by Hawaii Supreme Court

Kauai Mayor: Drug-treatment facility to be sited in 2010 (after being blocked by OHA)

House Democrats use war funding bill to gut RTTT education reform

Former Hawaii PTSA president sentenced for $34,000 theft

Cataluna: Hannemann copies Jeremy Harris’ Sewer policy

Waimanalo homeless await rumored sweep

HGEA job trust continues assault on tax collection contractor

Inouye to hold Hawaii hearing on stimulus spending

CB: Djou Explains 'No' Vote On Campaign Finance Bill

Moon's involvement in Broken Trust cited in naming of new court

Anti-GMO activists attacking Hawaii Papaya farmers?

Pacific Garbage Patch: There's a what?

School impact fees postponed: Hawaii County won't cooperate

County deal revives stalled Molokai veterans center

Poll Panic: Star-Advertiser censors poll showing Aiona in lead, rushes out phone survey on wrong Senate candidate

Stacked Star-Advertiser poll claims Aiona does only 3% better than John Carroll

Team Aiona responds to results of Advertiser’s robo-call polling

Djou: New Wall Street Bailout Bill will hurt Hawaii

50 Reps, Djou co-sign bipartisan letter for free trade with S. Korea

Charity shake-down artist Mike “pay-for-play” Magaoay will run for Wahiawa-North Shore state Senate seat

Civil Beat continues gay hunt of Business Roundtable members

Alleged gay rape: Prosecutors will challenge appellate court reversal of murder verdict

SA: Stop bickering over homeless (doing its part for Neil Abercrombie)

Hawaii, Honolulu jobless rates fall in May

Tax on Cigarettes to Increase July 1

Criticisms of telescopes atop Mauna Kea are 10 years out of date (appeals for Sierra Club members to stop attack on telescope)

Big Isle police probe destruction of 8,500 papaya trees

Hawaiians Activists want bridge work stopped, claim ‘obfuscation”

New Law To Reign In Hiring Of Illegal Workers  (Half of the Arizona law, with union support)

City Council committee recommends approval of proposed sewage settlement

Maui resident W. S. Merwin to Be Named Poet Laureate of the US

Lanai residency suit will go to trial

Army official: We never meant to clean up DU (why would they, it is not a serious hazard)

THAAD: In Space no one can hear you surrender

'Little Obama': Indonesia Premieres Movie Despite Obama's Absence

Democrat Borreca: Oshiro's future linked to HB 444 (Pressuring House to vote on override)

Criminal defense lawyers accuses Lingle of “Stacking the Court’ if she nominates Nakamura Chief Justice

SA: Legislature should override veto of DoE Sup’t salary hike

Thanks to anti-Superferry protesters, Harbor users will pay tab for Superferry work

CB: Numbers Don't Add Up at New Star-Advertiser

Look who’s “Facilitating Justice for All”

Former Sierra Club Leader supports Telescope

Overcoming meth addiction

Public Meeting Set To Discuss State-Funded Youth Homes

Kauai Residents discuss meaning of ‘ha`ole’—and get it wrong

Sierra Club/Rep Chris Lee: Gulf disaster is the clearest sign yet we must move beyond our crippling dependence on oil  (Democrat campaign ads #1 & 2)

State not enforcing night noise-limit law (Democrat campaign ad #3)

Fireworks to light up hearing

To some, complaint blackout bill unfair; to others it's anti-consumer

Building Permit tracking system delayed

North Korea squanders 60 years on belligerence, bravado

SA Oi: 'Cost' of war includes priceless American lives

Byrd Dead: Inouye now President Pro-Tempore of Senate

Aiona: Funds released for Rural Residency program

Time to Ship out?  Congressman Djou revs up the debate on a Jones Act waiver for Hawaii  (More back-handed support from the Case family paper)

Hawaii Congressman Backs McCain Bill on Jones Act

Diploma distress

Isle ethanol efforts stall: The two surviving ventures face high hurdles

‘Modest job growth’ predicted

‘CJ’ brought Hawaii the ‘Golden Age of Law’

Homeless camps cover 50 acres, from Waipio Point, around Middle Loch to Pearl City

"Taylor Camp" tells the story of idyllic youth of the '60s who found brief respite on Kauai  (Formative experience of progressives)

Church of marijuana: Religious use of pot seen as legal refuge

KGI: Attitudes on meth changing, survey shows

NYT: Hawaii to Test Public Money for an Election

SA: Refine fireworks bill before next election

Next president elected by just 15% of voters? Rapidly advancing movement to eliminate Electoral College shifts control to coasts

Small businesses set up shop in storage lockers

HNA is Chartered by OPEIU, AFL-CIO

Hawaii joins hands to protest off-shore oil drilling

No birth certificate needed to verify Obama's old Arcadia job

CNBC: Jones Act may be hindering Gulf Oil Response, Dutch ships blocked

Tokyo: Lingle meets with Japanese travel writers, Tourism Minister

Hawaii-Okinawa Clean Energy Partnership Agreement Signed

Djou joins in call to allow global aid for oil cleanup (Inouye, Akaka, Hirono demand the oil be left alone to pollute Gulf)

Civil Unions To Go On Potential Veto List

Hawaii Business Roundtable stands by call for a veto of the civil unions bill

HNN: Djou using taxpayer funds to make 'robocalls'

SA: Ethics agency harmed by Mollway dismissal (Democrats afraid a real investigator will be appointed)

Hawaii Ethics Commission will discuss recruiting executive director

Energy partnership features Hawaii and Okinawa

Hawaii gets new tool to target foreign investment

Lingle urged to veto tax credit bill

Hawaii’s jobless rate drops to 6.6% in May

4,171 on Oahu have no homes

How Hawaii Lawmakers Balanced the State Budget

CB: New York Human Trafficking Law Points To Holes In Hawaii Proposal

Storied stone taken away

Hawaii Schools’ Best Friend

Preserving Hawaii’s resources: More than a career

Medical heavyweights team up for new approach to quality health care

Lawyers praise beach land ruling

VA official gets big pay, little work: A retired Navy captain who has filed several discrimination suits sits in limbo

Firefighter gets duty change after accusation of beating

Hawaii Family Seeking Answers About Inmate's Death

Kauai County employees face furloughs next month

Lihue Airport First In State To Use Body Scanner

The man who’s tutoring Bill Gates … actually has a brain…

RCCC to focus on reelecting Djou, Liberal website calls Hanabusa “untainted”

HNN: More speed bumps for Honolulu rail project (Its not just the Governor)

Shapiro: Mayor uses rail failings as boost to governor bid

Mayor Mufi Hannemann announces 24 furlough days for 2010-11 fiscal year

Hawaii passes law mandating 180-day school year

Democrat Borreca: Isle GOP banking on 'down-ticket' contests

SA: Not protecting civil unions hurts Hawaii's competitiveness

As HSTA Negotiations open, Civil Beat begins flacking mercilessly  (no surprise here)

Big Kauai project going forward despite slowdown

Rep. Djou calls for free trade with Philippines

Acting Gov. Concerned Over Inmate Deaths

Sen. Inouye marks a milestone

Meth ads may be changing attitudes

Kaneohe car dealer is charged over laundering pimps' money

Hawaii Hates Science, Tells Thirty Meter Telescope to Go to Chile

ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. Signs MOU With McCandless Ranch to Develop Hawaiian Carbon Offset Projects

PUC OKs Hawaiian Electric's test of biofuel blends

Molokai Dispatch: Undersea Cable Moving Forward

Windmill sought for Waikoloa area

County again considers hauling trash to Kona

Kauai Volunteers help finish new dock

Hannemann Pittsburgh fundraiser: Campaign Spending Commission not notified until after event

Aiona rejects call to act on HB444 while Lingle is out of state

Lingle talks visas and biofuels in Beijing

Djou’s first Legislation: Resolution calls for Free Trade Agreement with Philippines

Hanabusa to get same kind of National Democrat help Ed Case got

NRCC: “Colleen Hanabusa and her Washington friends have pushed the economy into a jobless recovery”

TEA Party leader launches campaign for Maui Mayor

House votes to annex Hawaii, June 15, 1898

HB444: Gay Lobby and Hawaii Media seek revenge against Business Roundtable

Federal Transit Administration approves EIS for Oahu's $5B rail project

IT company's relationship with the state Tax Department is being questioned (by HGEA-owned legislators seeking to reverse privatization)

UPW salivates as State to investigate killing of island inmate in Arizona

Bloomberg: Hawaii gov discusses tourism, energy in China (APEC-Green Energy connection?)

Hawaii ignition interlock bill signed into law

Don't combine schools in Waialua and Haleiwa

Dozens of Vietnamese immigrants might have to leave the country over falsified documents

Obamacare: Those laid off when the recession started will soon lose subsidized health insurance benefits

Plenty of beachside in Ooma plan (30 years work is now juicy new shakedown target)

Construction Workers Abandon Big Island

EPA issues penalties against County of Hawaii, Johnson Resort Properties

Ormat share rises as Hawaii geothermal plant reaches full production

Hawaii Biotech to be sold at auction

Lahaina News: Voters support change in council election system

U.S. commander blasts Chinese navy's behavior

Offshore oil rigs are out of U.S. government's reach (Marshall Islands safety inspectors?)

Scientists (sic) study shifting attitude to climate change

Jaws drop as Maui TEA Party walks into Abercrombie HQ opening

Hawaii could lose tobacco funds in $1.1B arbitration

Honolulu “peace activist” caught lying about Gaza Flotilla

SA Interview: Hannemann plans to “walk lock-step” with DoE Bureaucracy, again refuses to answer on HB444 

(Pretending to) Take on Tenure

AP: Hawaii gov consults with rabbis on civil unions

Thielen: Need to be efficient in finding new water sources

Na Wai Eha: Decision in but dispute lingers (1 of 2)

Linked: Felix-Hannemann-Donohue

Veterans Today: Sen. Akaka trying to screw vets on Agent Orange

Medicare pay cuts worry isle officials

Queen's and HMSA working to improve quality, lower costs

Korean Visitors to Hawaii Up 91% in 1st Quarter

Kalapa: Economic future depends on improved business climate

Anti-Superferry protester Joan “Cow Pies” Conrow fired by MidWeek

U.S. under pressure in Asia-Pacific trade talks

Free Speech: Smart Business Hawaii  joins protest against HR5175 “Disclose Act”

Hawaii Ballot access lawsuit to be heard June 17

Saudi Arabia gives Israel clear skies to attack Iranian nuclear sites

Full Text: Hawaii Business Roundtable calls for veto of HB444 Gay Civil Unions

Bloomberg: Hawaii will run out of pension funds in 2020

Study: Hawaii ERS to go broke in 2020

Hawaii Democratic Convention renews call for closed primary

Aiona: AECOM selected to conduct EIS for undersea cables

VIDEO: Djou floor speech “We need to put our fiscal house in order”

Lingle: Strengthening Partnerships in Guangdong Province

Gov. Lingle to host 7th Annual International Women’s Conference

Fed Chair Calls Dems’ Spending ‘Unsustainable’ As Hanabusa's Party Refuses to Budget

Abercrombie surrogates question Hanneman's Pittsburgh fundraiser

Lee Donohue: Mufi’s Pick

Shapiro: Principals are going to have to put their money where their mouths are on accountability

Boylan: Dem Convention “like college faculty meeting run amok”

Hero's welcome: 150 Kaneohe Marines return after seven months spent in Afghanistan

Hawaii's state tax collections up 1.8% year to date

CB: Controversial Landfill Expansion To Receive Trash Soon

HNN: State moves ahead with undersea interisland cable for energy

Panel: Restore some water to Central Maui streams

Kalapa: Hawaii Voters Need to Encourage Change for a Better Government

High court lets stand shoreline land ruling (Could cost State millions)

Census: Hawaii population changing

Hawaii makes change to appeals process permanent

Kamehameha Day: OHA continues delusions about Akaka Bill

Letter to Senate: Usual gaggle of Hawaii activists demand carbon tax, claim to represent 100,000

Fake Farmers Markets: “No local produce at all”

Brush Fire Destroys Big Island Homes

Man asks to build barn instead of mansion in Kilauea

Isle inmate's death sparks investigation

SA: Meth project hits hard, true

Nanakuli Park: Hannemann pounds Hanabusa in proxy fight between Waimanalo Gulch and PVT landfill

Shanghai: Governor Lingle opens “Hawaii Week” at 2010 World Expo

Acting Governor Duke Aiona signs Monk Seal Protection bill

The Hill: New members Critz, Djou start off in campaign mode

It's lobbying, not charity: (Star-Advertiser joins gay-atheist lobby in attack on Hawaii Family Forum)

Civil union pairs might face taxes (HB444 creates new basis for litigation to re-invent Gay marriage)

Star-Advertiser: Making sense of island politics (look good) is still our goal

Council ready to fill empty slot and send budget to the mayor

Not enough tax hikes: Maui Budget will take effect without mayor's signature

DoE admits it has no curriculum (Civil Beat misses story) 

CB: Department of Education Says It Doesn't Have Contract With Teachers

State prisons warn of possible unrest due to food shortage

UPW tops list of high-spending lobbyists during second half of the legislative session

Ethics Director could face termination at Wednesday morning meeting

CB: Day 1 Of The New Star-Advertiser

Contracts for 6,000 statewide hotel workers expire June 30

Hawaii census effort totaling big numbers

UPDATE: New Auditor's Report Finds Inefficiencies (but no fraud) in State's pCard Program

Survey finds graphic ads reducing first-time meth use among young people

Ka Iwi: You Take It, You Bought It

Kauai: Judge: Highway widening project may proceed

Even For Deaths Of Rare Birds, Criminal Charges Extraordinary

Hawaii Kai’s Controversial Lighting Project Detailed

Investigation of Big Island Department of Water Supply to Begin

Venue Shopping: Lawyers come to Hawaii, claim pesticide injury

Advertiser closes out by considering self-censorship

Star-Advertiser planned over 15 months ago

Neil Abercrombies struts his Gay Pride in Waikiki Parade (complete list of politicians in attendance)

SA: Gays, Atheists in court attacking Hawaii Family Forum finances

Mark Recktenwald appears to be the leading choice for chief justice

Star-Advertiser editors launch new paper by begging government to buy them out

SA confirms: Purchase of Advertiser over one year in the making

CB: ADV died because of WW2 “Japs”

HC&S Manager: No Plans To Develop Sugar Lands

Military families are asset to isle schools

KGI: ‘What does it mean to be haole in Hawai‘i?’

ADV: Mufi and Neil might “persuade the voters to hate both of them”

Aiona promoting summer job program for teens

5 political veterans vying for Honolulu mayoral seat

Candidates Scramble For Ed Case's Voters

SB: Case leaves race with sound advice

Hawaii health plans back 'game-changing' reform

Deadline nears for city council applicants

Slom: Hawaii Council of Revenues Economic “Turn Around” Prediction May Be Premature

Opposition speaks out on TVR bill

WHT: Feds intervene after Hawaii Co.Police arrest Census taker  (DRUDGE now linking to this story)

Israeli forces capture Hawaii activist attempting to smuggle supplies to Hamas head choppers

Kaauwai: Hannemann supports HB444 gay civil unions

Lingle: Hannemann was AWOL on Superferry

Rep. Djou joins House Budget, Armed Services Committees

SB: How far can Hawaii Democrat Convention go without blowing up?  Dem Chair worries party is about to shoot self in head

CB: Mufi v. Neil in 1986: The Bloody First Round

Mayoral Election Sept 18, Prosecutor Nov 2

Councilman Rod Tam Under Campaign Probe

Council to fill seat Thursday

Dems seek to change election law after Djou wins

Hawaii Dems 2008 Resolution: US Reps should live in their own district

Senate confirms Miyamoto as U.S. Marshal for Hawaii

Prosecutors say new Hawaii sex trafficking law unnecessary

SB: U.S. must help improve Pacific islanders' health

Hawaii ranks 44th in driver knowledge

Snobs: Honolulu Council To Consider Total Fireworks Ban

Last day for St. Joseph School

Kauai Farm-worker housing abuse discussed

WHT: Feds intervene after Hawaii Co. Police arrest Census taker

VIDEO: Djou introduced to Congress by Rep. Hirono, sworn in

Ed Case: “Colleen’s goal was not to beat Charles….We can expect far more of the same”

National Democrats portray Dan Inouye as Republican plaything

Campaign message strategy: How the Case was closed

Unique deal brings an end to Hawaii's school furlough crisis

DoE at work: School may close despite academic turnaround

Principal hailed for turnaround at Maui Waena

At least 5 seek to succeed Djou (includes gay marriage activist)

Rego: Civil Unions= Gay Marriage

Governor hears from supporters of civil unions bill

Sexy dance after $40 drinks was not prostitution, high court rules

4,000 fridges sell on first day of $250 stimulus rebate program

SB: Investigate Hale Kipa

Vandals Cut Down 400 Papaya Trees

Yagong: Revoke authority to sell Hamakua land

Kauai CRC weighs questions for 2010 election (term limits for Council?)

American Thinker: Hawaii Republican Djou Heads for Congress: 67% Reject Inouye Machine

HFP: Special Election Polls vs Reality: Measuring culture of retaliation?

SB: Djou win reflects unrest of voters

Djou wins 17 out of 24 Districts, many outside traditional GOP areas

ADV: Election results show Djou's appeal outside East Honolulu

Analysis: Civil Beat Poll Points To Dems' November Dilemma

Hours Until Hawaii Congressman-Elect Djou Sworn In

The Price Tag Of A Seat In Congress: $12.31 Per Vote

Shapiro: Economic turnaround feels close

Hawaii economic agency slow to spend stimulus: Sluggish procurement processes, complexity of energy reform blamed

Hawaii's Medicaid switch produces mixed results

Honolulu ranked near bottom in housing affordability

Honolulu Police officer to make initial court appearance

Co-op provides update on seabirds, legal costs: KIUC rates to go up next month

Molokai vets rankled by county's delay of center  (4 years to get permit)

It's a no-brainer to preserve surfing

67% of voters reject machine candidate Hanabusa: Djou heads for Congress with bright prospects for November reelection

Honolulu: Chris Wong announces bid to take Rod Tam’s Council seat

State Water Commission to decide if OHA destroys State’s last sugar cane plantation

Charles Djou elected to Congress: Hawaii’s first Republican in 20 years

Republican candidate Duke Aiona opens Oahu headquarters

ADV: Looking for some more heft from Aiona (Democrat Advertiser prepares new anti-Aiona riff for use by Abercrombie, Hannemann)

Council to pick Djou's successor

Kauai: Mayor signs open density bill

Isle condo boards get creative to obtain fees

Honolulu airport's old commuter terminal will be replaced in modernization plan

City delays cleanup of its debris in stream

WSJ: Paradise Lost? A Project in Hawaii Stumbles (Hokulia to be auctioned)

Hawaii Week in Shanghai: Governor to lead delegation to China, Japan

Special Election Polls close Saturday: Djou pushes voter turnout

AtomicMonkey responds: “Some of us work for the City…we proudly stand by description of Abercrombie as ‘flailing gasbag’” 

Hawaii's state tax refunds will start going out today

Factcheck.org hits Djou ad

UH Professors Guaranteed Raises Despite Economy / UH considers tuition hike

Half Of Lawmakers' Children Attend Private Schools

Hawaii could get $91M for school jobs under bill now in Congress

CB: 2 million acres of windmills for Hawaii?

Special-election turnout at 48% as deadline looms

It's punishment that doesn't fit the crime

Secrecy: State won’t release name of isle school in H1N1 outbreak

Aina Lea wants 2,722 units, lodge and commercial OK

Kauai: New increased fees take toll

Hawaii surf reserves proposal may be revived by governor

Tea Party stir over remarks on civil rights by Rand Paul

Lt Gov Aiona announces 1,000 summer jobs for youth 

Vote counting begins as candidates make final pleas

ADV: Reviewing rail, jamming up the mayor (Abercrombie rag tries to pit Mufi vs Lingle after Cayetano attacks)

City Re-evaluating Parking Practices

Hawaii Charter School Review Panel Lifts Moratorium on New Charter School Applications

DOE officials say public schools safe despite Kalani High stabbing

The state of meth: Hawaii's ice epidemic has been driven down

SB: Health-subsidy jobs initiative full of positives

OHA’s Water shakedown: USGS releases report on Na Wai Eha

Astronomic cash cow?  OHA’s $50M shake-down continues

CB: Clean Energy Splits Environmentalists

KIUC indicted for endangered species law violations

CB: Civil Unions will make us rich, rich, rich!!! (well not quite)

Legal threat delays ethics vote

Pickup truck resolution rejected

Abercrombie team: Hannemann admin “intentionally violating Public Procurement Code”

Mufi site alleges Abercrombie’s chief fundraiser at center of Harris’ “pay-for-play” scandals

VIDEO: Aiona, Finnegan team up on electric vehicles, refrigerator rebates

Lingle: Revenues up, State to issue tax refunds early

Full Text: Hawaii GOP resolution calls for veto of HB444

EIS, cost concerns could derail construction plans

Honolulu rail tax revenue falling short of predicted growth

It ain't over until it's over — twice

SB Hypocrisy: Voter turnout must rise

Shapiro: Lingle shows a card on civil unions

Parents' triple tragedy informs plea for civil unions law

DePledge: Reserved

HMSA lands back in black for 1st quarter

Gov. Lingle's New Plan Expected To Provide Jobs Help Unemployed

Student's poster draws Tea Party's ire

Hawaii school board considers closing Haleiwa Elementary

Is the Hawaii Government Really Helping Hawaiians?

Lingle signs bill to draft Waianae disaster plan

Allegiant buys six 757 jets, announces plans to enter Hawaii market

'Give us a break': Council urged to freeze tax rates, find another way to balance budget

Maui Council votes on tax hikes

Wailua path project delayed amid Hawaiian protest

Registered Guns In Hawaii At All Time High

Duke Aiona challenges “old guard” -- convention speech a huge media hit

GOP Convention: Djou’s leadership builds enthusiasm for fall campaign

State running out of money?  Kawamura: “I cannot tell you what happens July 1”

Burris: Three former governors like Democrats. OK, and then....?

Broken Trust Levinson: State Constitution denies same-sex couples right to marry

SB: Crime should not pay

Transit Plan Out of City Hands

Six Years Later, Principals Still Don't Have Performance Contracts (Civil Beat becomes more creative in flacking for HSTA)

Hawaii to start seeing effects of health act

Seed industry growing strong

Hawaii jobless claims drop sharply

Court: Sexually Dangerous Can Be Kept In Prison

Kalani HS: Poster trashes TEA Party as “evil”

Hawaii governor says bill's civil unions may be same-sex marriage

GOP conventioneers urged to counterbalance Dems' 'rubber stamp'

The state Republican Party Convention touts Djou's lead in election

Hawaii congressional win for GOP would be political hay

SB Oi: In Novemebr Dems will get same result vs Djou

SB: President's sis stays mum on congressional seat pick

Appointed Ed Board Proposal Will Complicate Elections (Civil Beat still flacking for HSTA)

SB: Even with fee increase, A+ program still great deal

ADV: Our homeless, and now their homeless, too

Hawaii preparations for fall elections behind schedule

On windward side, higher taxes proposed -- public hearings, not so much

Straney selected as new UH-Hilo chancellor

Another suit challenges Hokulia Bypass bonds are invalid

Convert County Band to nonprofit: Band director unhappy with mayor's latest proposal

Has Kaua‘i seen the recession’s end?

Police raid Nanakuli cockfighting ring

Communist Frida Kahlo retrospective a self-portrait in (self-imposed) suffering of a ‘progressive’ activist

Hawaii Republican Convention meets today

Democrats denounce Djou

Djou or Hanabusa victory would initiate search for replacement

Charges to stand against Hemmings (enforcers of the one-party state)

1,842 Nonprofits in Hawaii Must Take Action today to Preserve Tax-Exempt Status

OHA Upset about uncounted criminals: Hawaii prisoners held on Mainland skew census results

Many isle youth will miss time off school despite negative effects

HSTA shills outline plans to continue using furloughs to help Abercrombie

UH Manoa Professor who admits arson reveals mental illness battles

Local Jobs bill to face court challenge

Studies of sun linked to understanding weather (or … ahem … climate)

October opening set for W. Hawaii's first adult shelter

Harbor fee collection called 'illegal'

Waianae Landfill operator 'shocked' by fine

Scavengers raiding Honolulu curbside recycling bins

GTMO Greenwell: End war on drugs

“Malicious Prosecution”  Kauai County continues war on Lady Ann

Gay Civil Unions: Mufi still refuses to oppose HB444

CQ: Democrats May Get the Blues in Hawaii

Republican Charles Djou Holds Cash Advantage Ahead of Special Election in Heavily Democratic Hawaii District 

Name in the News: State GOP Chair Jonah-Kuhio Ka'auwai (must read)

Djou clarifies that race not over

Hidden Tax Hike Likely to Dent Hawaii Non-Profit Fundraising Efforts

Hawaii school board may cancel next year's furlough days

POLITICO: Inouye's sway may cost Dems a seat

Adrienne King: My Quest to Become Hawaii's Next Lieutenant Governor

WSJ: Congressional Special Elections: Show of Horrors

WHT Polls Abercrombie’s fake DoE reform proposal

Hawaii County told to make more cuts

How Kaua‘i got to keep hotel-room tax

Arson is suspected in Hilo Church blaze

Warehouse fire consumes Kauai paper's newsprint

ML&P’s ‘survive to thrive’ plan passes

Hawaiian Electric seals 20-year deal with Kahuku Wind Power

Marines show how to be 'lean, green'

Hawaii Tourism Authority gets expanded authority to meet behind closed doors

Law firm will advocate for Hawaii children

Hawaii recycling plan offers $250 in cash for clunker refrigerators

Kawamoto selling Kahala houses

Honolulu landfill operator, city fined $424,000 for berm violation

Degrees of difficulty: World War II internees finally will get diplomas

SB: Djou, Hanabusa lead money race with backing from big party donors

Wharton to file for congressional race vs Hirono Wednesday

Hawaii’s $1.3B annual Pension Bomb (State running out of time to fix budget)

“Civil Beat” now flacking for HSTA (No surprise here)

County fuel tax hike would hit rural Oahu hardest

Sit-In Protesters Fight Ban From Gov. Office

BOE just one vote away from increasing after-school program fees

SB: $4B Guam deal benefits Hawaii

Land in failed koa logging venture heads for auction

MCCC probing prisoner escape (43 priors)

Oahu cracking down on counterfeit bus passes

Police: Fetus In Kapolei Restroom An 'Unattended Death'

Homeless migration to Hawaii straining social services

Kauai Mayor’s budget proposal tweaked

Supreme Court Nominee Kagan Backs Limits on Speech That Can ‘Harm’

National Dems give up on Obama’s home district

Finnegan announces candidacy for Lt Governor

Finnegan: Legislative progress stifled by the real ‘Party of No’

Full Text: Hawaii GOP Platform proposed in two parts

Primary, General Election: Hawaii to allow overseas, deployed military voters to fax-in ballots

UPDATE--Jihadi murderer of Big Island man captured in Iraq: Navy Seals acquitted after facing prosecution

Race for Congress has some real chops

In-person voting begins today for Congressional race 

1000s of Oahu homes on ag land could be declared “nonconforming’ -- “Biggest government land grab”

Homelessness Industry: Placing a Legislative expiration date on common sense

Hawaii public schools' repair backlog chopped 50 percent

3 claim furloughs caused harm: Autism students file court records on negative effects

Honolulu public workers agree to two furlough Fridays each month

Socialized Hawaii Medicine: Short 500 doctors

Soft on crime claims a victim: Shot by FBI agt, Man allegedly brandishing gun was out on $100 bail

Hawaii's jobless seniors forced to tap Social Security early

Hawaii Department of Health Cites Hawaiian Waste Systems for Solid Waste Storage Violations

All-electric cars driving Hawaii into the future

Hawaii County plans May 20 meeting to discuss Hamakua lands

Kauai: Waimea residents fight development

Mass Neurosis: Path debate a sign of growing pains

Aquino leads in Philippines presidential race

Green hypocrites: Case & Omidyar’s Maui Land & Pine tied to human trafficking case

Case “voted for the Bush tax cuts before he voted against them”

Congressional candidates tone it down in latest debate

Elections Officials To Test Ballot Counters

$425,000 gift saves state science fair

Hawaii 'surf reserves' bill hits sudden wipeout in Legislature

Meheula, Winer lawfirm scammed out of $300K

Mililani Restaurant Owner Attacked: Suspect Accused Of Rape, Robbery, Assault (38 priors)

Maui officer surrenders on drug charges

CT&T's Hawaii manufacturing plant could generate 400 jobs

Is Alii Parkway project dead? No funds, more burial sites and little initiative point to yes

30-meter telescope inching closer to reality

Residential tax rates rising: West Hawaii districts to be hit hardest

Kauai:  Furloughs still on table

SB: Welfare services reform should still be pursued

About $10M in food stamp money goes unclaimed by needy

800 more soldiers will serve in Iraq

National Democrats to 're-evaluate' participation in Hawaii Congressional race—Advertiser: “So what?”

WaPo still desperately trying to come up with excuses for Djou victory

Taxes and Insurance make Hawaii most expensive State to own a car 

Hawaii-based 307th Signal Battalion deploying to Afghanistan

Abercrombie in “Danger Zone” due to atheist attack on Aiona

Feds: Union Wrong, Teachers Can Work Legally For Free

Hawaii Democrats' Power Focus

News Flash: Rep. Hirono Elected to Third Term

CT&T, an electric vehicle manufacturer, hopes to build a plant, theme park and resort on Oahu

Lawsuit contends hotel's lights put rare Hawaiian birds at risk

Waste mismanagement

Maui:  $19.4M bottled up in tax appeals

State plans to auction ancient fishponds

Kaua‘i hosts National Day of Prayer

Kenoi's proposal cuts $11M from budget, boosts property tax rates 31.5%

Brenda Ford: “Somebody's going to make a lot of money off the fund. The people said 2 percent to buy land."

Ooma hearing draws strong opposition

Water rate increases for ag users fiercely opposed

Hawaiian Air gets tentative OK for Honolulu-to-Haneda route

Aiona: “We have the resources to end furloughs”

Aiona campaign debunks Advertiser poll

Djou “Tele talk story” reaches thousands

Abercrombie missed 136 votes: Congress’ 18th-worst attendance record

State Budget: Time running short for Medicaid help

GM papaya wins approval in Japan

Hawaii Republicans are pinning big hopes on a Djou victory

Democrat Borreca: 2 candidates' split vote puts Democrats in a bind  (Mufi for Congress???)

Aiona calls on gov to halt furloughs

Atheists, Democrats coordinate media attack on Aiona

SB: Lt Governor denies desire for State faith  (Atheists, Democrats, hand in hand) 

SB: Let's end bias over same-sex unions

President Obama sends phone greeting to thousands of voters

Dilemma: hating oil but fearing the wind

State GOP platform controversial

Minority Report: GOP and the 2010 Hawaii Legislature

Hawaii homelessness still rising in wake of recession's job cuts

Nonprofits Can't Escape GET, Despite "Tax-Exempt" Status

Honolulu Advertiser employees receive notice

Hawaii bankruptcies soar 56 percent

Hawaii wise to tap China

Maui Budget with job cuts, furloughs OK’d

‘Why do we need a furlough?’ Kauai Councilman asks

Pollster claims 66% of Hawaii residents favor recognition for Native Hawaiians (even though 73% of Native Hawaiians are excluded from Tribe)

After civil unions: Gay divorce

Governor Lingle reacts to end of legislative session

Kalapa: Don't think the fiscal crisis is over just yet

Shapiro: It's BOE, HSTA's move on furloughs

Families Threaten Lawsuit Over Care For Autistic Children

Obamamedia claims Stimulus brings 2,566 more jobs to Hawaii  (Can you find them?)

1-stop center for abuse victims a 'done deal'

Economy slowing residency program

Kauai Electric bills to increase

United, Continental boards OK merger: sources

Akaka Bill: Aiona still concerned about Abercrombie’s new version

Hannemann Won't Take Position On Civil Unions Bill, Abercrombie calls him wimp  (Aiona is only anti-444 candidate)

Hanabusa challenges Case's voting record while Dems target Djou  (Djou is only anti-444 candidate)

SB: Gov holds civil unions' fate

Businesspeople speak up on potential impact of civil unions in Hawaii

SB: Hold line on tax hikes, even past election year

Oahu rail project back on track after airport plan approval

Advertiser Editor Mark Platte moves to TV, ADV terminations begin Monday

Psycho Obama Birth Certificate Critic Visits Hawaii

State stepping in to help Naalehu school (Failure rewarded with $11M)

Mayor ‘upset’ with handling of ’11 budget, termination of vacant positions

Union asks Legislature to probe worker's death

Oahu moves into final phase of curbside recycling expansion

Housing discrimination exists on Kaua‘i

Union to hold rallies in Hana next week

Hawaii Legislature: Sgt at Arms called to protect visitor from Rep. Cabanilla’s child molester

Sources: Legislature to vote on Gay civil unions

John Carroll: I believe Larry Mehau supports me for Governor

Taxed Enough Already? Maui protest vs. property tax hikes April 29

Congressional debate May 3rd on Hawaii News Now

“Liberty first” (This is the only coverage on the Special Election in any print publication today)

Furlough solution gains passage

PBN: Hawaii lawmakers kill tech tax credits

Doctor shortage keeps Shapiro out of Hilo

ADV: Hawaii passes bill to curb clamor for Obama birth certificate

Have unions outlived their original purpose?

Consolidation of 2 newspapers scheduled to begin next week

Gaps found in fire inspection records

Pit used to burn prison records

Kaua‘i developer gives county 138 acres of oceanfront property

Councilor eyes ban on riding in truck beds

Special Election: Dozens of articles in national media -- nearly none in Advertiser, Star-Bulletin

Shapiro: "Machine" Dems go for all the marbles in 2010

Sen. Akaka: "God willing, I Plan to Run Again in 2012"  (Inouye: Take me out when I’m crazy.)

HSTA: Hawaii teachers can't legally work the 3 furlough days for free

Civil-unions bill gets last-minute lobbying

Fidell: Aquaculture's the new target of Isle activists

DePledge: Urgent action

Lingle vetoes 'local workers' bill but legislative override is expected

Mayors credited for saving TAT – property tax hike coming anyway

Hawaii's Census return rate of 65% one of the lowest in the nation

Rapozo: Turning off stadium lights for native birds is for the birds

Implications of Turtle Bay ruling are both narrow and wide

Lingle calls on teachers, principals to reopen schools over HSTA/BoE objections

Honolulu Special Election: "Democrats petrified, going nuts"

Akaka may quit in 2012: Ed Case talks about Senate “opportunity”

With federal law at stake, Paid activists attack Hawaii fish farmers

Bill requiring number of public school days heads for final votes

Civil unions bill must be voted on  (Another religious leftist)

Democrat Advertiser: The high cost of economic optimism

Obama's sister glad to be back in Hawaii after long visit to D.C.

Voter numbers up 9,000 in advance of special election

A timid rewrite of campaign spending law

SB: Tobacco fund needs to be kept healthy

Capitol Round Up - April 26, 2010

Soft-on Crime Appeals court rules out evidence in murder of pregnant woman

Kawaiahao Church: Leader accused of theft resigns

Developed in Hawaii: Corn that can resist drought a 'blockbuster'

Maui Land & Pineapple names new CFO

Farm-worker housing bill hits home stretch

In Hawaii, the Most Powerful Waves Can Be Found at the Side of the Road

ACORN brought poor pimps into domestic politics (by Piven of Cloward-Piven fame)

TOMORROW April 22 is voter registration deadline for Special Election -- register >>> here

Civil-union backers seek to resurrect bill

Obama stomps Inouye in Dueling fundraisers: Abercrombie beats Hanabusa 6-1 as Dem donors are “sucked dry”

SB echoes DCCC: Charges accumulate in Djou ads

TEA Party activist is first GOP candidate for Hawaii lieutenant governor

Your tax increases at work

ADV: Loan could make UH-West Oahu a reality

Kawaihae Harbor expansion stymied by coral: What once was destroyed must be preserved

Accord reached on ban of shark fins

Honolulu's park recreation programs may get slashed: Recreational activity funds may be eliminated to help balance budget, Garcia says

Hawaii Co Council defers measure to fund repairs of private subdivision roads

Complete furlough plan unavailable: Frustration wraps up Kauai budget review

Hawaii teen whiz creates new math formulas

London TIMES: NATO investigates defence threat from wind farms

Hawaii unlikely to pass bond plan for clean-energy home loans

Anti-'birther' bill moves forward

'Local jobs' bill might backfire

Honolulu Civil Beat makes online debut

Inouye urges review of newspaper sale to company partly owned by Ed Case’s family

SB: Hawaii stifling charter schools

Waters of Life looks to future

Union Shills’ plan to launder HSTA demands into Gubernatorial campaign

CQ: New Filings Give Glimpse of Candidates’ Special Election Funding

PA-12: Burns/Critz 44/41 (PPP)

More Obama Admin lies: Stimulus bill adds destroys 11,000 Hawaii jobs

Latest data suggest auto sales decrease 1% in 1st quarter—lowest in over 20 years

Bank of Hawaii CEO to retire: Peter Ho will replace Allan Landon

Canceled contract cost keeps rising

Aid cut proposed for aged, disabled

Hawaii's A+ cost will probably hit $80: Parents expected to have to make up for $2.1M cut in funding

2 charged in murder over pakalolo

City ban on tents goes into effect

Controversial “Lanai” Council member eyes top Maui job

Council again grapples with concurrency

Kauai Administration trying to improve project accountability

Jack in the Box begins selling BLENDED Kona coffee

Advertiser Endorsement: More Case family media manipulation?

POLITICO: Kos poll: Djou leads by three

Case, Hanabusa live outside the 1st District

Hawaii's Neighbor Islands could play big role in race for governor

SB: Efficient services is goal

To rule over Hawaii? Kyl: Liu's writings 'vicious'

Permanent curfew considered for Hawaii public housing project

Two bills to ban shark finning fishing must be merged into a final version

Killing is tied to pot farm

City to Enforce Removal of Homeless Tents, Carts from Parks

Hawaii curbside recycling falls 15% as print newspapers decline

Aloha Tower Development agency poised for success

Failed former Kauai Mayor & anti-Superferry snob, Joann Yukimura draws papers to run for Council

Socialist Hawaii forced to import lava rock

Loyal Democrat? Hanabusa helped GOP against Hirono in ‘06 

Advertiser Endorses Case—says he’s a Democrat and he showed up for votes

TAX HIKES: Hawaii's green efforts not cheap, but will pay off, hucksters say 

Barrel Tax: Democrat Burris demands State tax gas solely to raise price

SB: Taxpayers can't bail out health fund

CHARTER SCHOOLS: Furlough free  (Amazing what can be done by escaping the system)

SB: Union Shills defend motives

Kalapa: Bluff needs to be called in teachers contract

WHT Polls Union Shills’ Furlough Circus

UH Regents: Female leaders laud Gov. Lingle's record

UHM vs UHWO over bonds

After years, plans for old Navy station on Oahu taking shape

Senators’ Proposed DLNR cuts would run deep 

Kauai: Don’t furlough county public safety officers

Kauai: Trash collection fee on the horizon ($144/year or more fee increase)

Food Fight: Hawaii Food Bank muscles its way onto Kauai Food Bank’s territory

SB: Djou closes gap on rivals

ADV: Tight race for seat in Congress

Hawaii gas prices about to get pushed up by added taxes

HSTA shills’ plan now called “people’s plan” or “parents’ plan” by media

Hawaii gains jobs again in March, unemployment steady

DoE to begin extorting money from Developers

Gambling loss tax deduction reinstated in Hawaii

Proposed Hawaii law would prevent gun seizures during emergencies (passes Senate 21-0)

Homeless prepare for tent and shopping cart bans

Repairs on College Hill keep Greenwood in rental

UHH chancellor hopefuls named

UHWO nears deadline on campus project: West Oahu plans could hinge on bond financing

Charter Commission's proposed changes are headed for council review

Big Island hotel workers vote to strike

High cost of travel may be keeping visitors away

'Green' building code raising concerns ahead of vote to delay implementation

Scam Expands--A 2nd garbage patch: Plastic soup seen in Atlantic

National Democrats: Hanabusa “unelectable”

Inouye buys off DCCC with $100,000

Debate: Djou stands for tax cut--Case, Hanabusa call for higher taxes and Advertiser spins

TPM: AFL-CIO Mailers Back Hanabusa, Slam Ed Case In HI-01 Special Election

How Many DOE Employees Does it Take to Mow the School Yard? (DoE employs 13 plumbers per school)

SB: Lingle meets with protesters

SB to HSTA:  Get back to the table and settle this thing

Union Shills: Sit-in Protests Over School Furlough Days Only 'The First Step'

ADV: Mākaha plan a winner

ADV: EUTF Trust-fund remedy left to lawmakers

TAXES: The Cost of Living in Paradise Slated for Sharp Increases

Keep Kauai Jammed: Obstructionist fires lawyers Murakami, Frankel

Hawaii Co Property values fall by $3 billion

ADV: An orchestra set to scale is reasonable

Study finds benefits in modified crops, warns of overuse

Poll: Djou tied for lead in Congressional race

Is your church ready to vote May 1-22?

HB444: Civil Unions supporters continue push for gay marriage

Hawaii tax plan raises $75M less than hoped (Homeowners Association tax dropped from plan)

Revised Akaka bill unsettles Isle GOP

Focus on HSTA, Lingle tells rally

Atheists, Gays push City, State to Tax the Church?  (No separation of atheism and state?)

Nominees for regent face confirmation hearings tomorrow

SB: Settlement rightly favors Maui players

ADV: Trash pact with HWS reeks

Changing mindsets key to reducing plastic bottles, residents say

With biofuels, burning of cane may go up in smoke

Council confronts nonprofit cuts

Big Island hospital to cut 13 workers

Hawaii losing some enchantment as wedding site for nonresidents

ADV: Is Hanabusa a lackey?

Tax hikes mean Hawaii state job cuts drop to only 689, 1% of total

Empire Builders at DoE--Staff change alarms parents (Hundreds of new Gov’t employees)

High-tech tax credits under fire: Budget plan defers Act 221 for 3 years, raises tobacco levy  (Dems can’t afford welfare for rich)

Room 309 (The Legislature now moves to get its real business done, in secret with only lobbyists and activists watching)

Abercrombie and Hannemann vie for attention at convention (Study the meal plans for clues)

Residents voice concerns over aquaculture project

Furloughs sit-in moves to Washington Place, protestors vow to stick around

Waters of Life School faces closure  (HTH, ADV play catch-up to Hawai’i Free Press)

State investment practices to be curbed: Law getting rewrite because $1.1B got tied up in market

Burris: Shifting prisoners to Mainland at best a short-term solution

Former Kauai courts manager denies allegations: Barreira accused of sexual harassment

Chair also questions legality: Asing: Furloughs equal savings?

Gendercide: China's shameful massacre of unborn girls means there will soon be 30m more men than women

Missile Defense: Obama's False START could leave Hawaii unprotected 

Inouye to beg Pelosi not to support Case

The squeeze is on: Taxing bills gain momentum

Hawaii Legislature Tackles Controversial Public Education Issues

School fixes engage gov candidates

25 Parents, kids stage Lingle office sit-in

Land gift initiates aid to leeward education (Hanabusa gets plug from Jeff Stone)

Federal APEC funds could be 'tens of millions'  Ca-Ching!

Log Cabin Republicans Endorses Charles Djou for Congress

Hawaiian Telcom seeks initial public offering

Council kills Tam's proposal to end fund that he misused

More info on possible Star-Bulletin Buyers

ADV: Maui water ruling should favor HC&S

Biofuel scam: After century of private sugar operation, HC&S to become ward of State (“Funding could determine future”)

Baldwin girls’ softball will get new field: Under settlement, state releases $1M to build stadium

GTMO Greenwell opposes Kenoi's stringent restrictions

Enviros to use Garbage Guilt to squeeze millions from Hawaii Co Taxpayers

Enviros continue to harass Kona fish farm operators

EPA fines Gay and Robinson, Kula Lodge for cesspool violations

Kauai solar project 'pretty well stalled': Renewable power firm, utility break off talks over disagreement on costs

Fire Commission against allowing Kauai mayor to pick chief

Another Government–controlled market

Hannemann cancelled speed bumps for Kailua’s fatal Wanaao Road

National Democrats want DC to select Hawaii’s next member of Congress

As “momentum shifts to Djou”, Hanabusa’s “boldly deceptive” campaign implodes: Ads, mailers pulled

National Dems Consider Backing Case

Djou, Case, Hanabusa to debate April 13 Moiliili

OHA Trustee: Rice decision “really not all that bad”

SB: Act quickly to protect state health care law

SB on Probation HOPE: Budget cuts imperil justice in Hawaii

Same-sex union backers picket for vote on measure

Puna’s Fred Blas honored with Ola Pono Award

Generations rally to back LHS ‘history’

HCC to wrap rail station into campus plans

'Shared sacrifice' applied unevenly: Mayor wants to raise taxes, spend more on travel, lobbying

Shrimp farm committed to sustainability, official says

What does economic recovery mean for Kaua‘i?

Bill might bite shark tours

Sign-waving tradition returns for House race

Maui News nails climate fraudsters

As “momentum shifts to Djou”, Hanabusa’s “boldly deceptive” campaign implodes: Ads, mailers pulled

Dems Wary Of Hawaii Special Election

April 15 No New Taxes Five Rallies on Four Islands: Honolulu, Hilo, Kona, Maui, Kauai

National Democrats to dump Hanabusa? (Obama to retaliate against Inouye?)

ADV on RTTT--Lesson learned: We can still win this thing (No we can’t, and here’s why….)

OHA trustees may face tougher path to election

Police chiefs pressured legislators on pot bill

State Historic Preservation agency urged to shape up

Support dwindles for “Birther” bill limiting access to records

Spike in Hawaii home prices on the horizon: Also, drop in building permits hints at Oahu housing shortage

Student housing gets face lift

E-W Center: Political Attitudes under Repression

Kenoi pushes ethics changes again

Pierces’ mercy mission didn’t end when they got on Mainland plane

Hanabusa pulls “deceptive” ads, mailers

Full Text: Governor Lingle on ‘Island Insights’

Ed Case: “A reliable vote for imposing higher taxes on middle-class families and small businesses”

Case highlights time in Washington, forgets to mention ineffectiveness

Lingle estimate on health bill criticized as incomplete

EUTF's $1M/month losses could result in reduced benefits, higher premiums

Maui News polls School Reform

Terms sway furlough debate

Lingle’s aide criticizes union for plan that ‘will not be implemented’; Maui teachers give their takes on vote

All Kaua‘i SNAP offices to close

Maui News: ‘One-on-one’ cut out of DHS

House panel chairman resurrects shark fin bill

Councilman suggests Big Isle police officers, firefighters forego raises

Hawaii crops, algae may get funded for military biofuel

Powerful question: Would Big Isle ocean thermal electrical plant make economic sense?

A time for timeshares

Hawaii barrel tax may rise nearly 3,000%

Socialist Hawaii 49th in charitable giving

SB: Car-seizure bill an empty gesture

Affordable housing project in revival: State assembles EIS notice in attempt to develop Leiali‘i (After 16-year war with OHA)

200 rally against proposed homeless lunatic project

Maui mayor proposes cutting helicopter air ambulance service  (Washington Monument Gambit to make case for tax increase)

Naeole-Beason calls to delay new energy standards: Postponement could cost county federal 'green' money

Bird Kill hypocrisy: Environmental groups sue KIUC

Eco-scammers blame fake coral extinction on fake global warming

Legislature hones in on the big issues: State resolution touts cockfighting as cultural activity

Kauai County manager proposal dormant, but not dead

Shipment of Honolulu's trash delayed until end of April

Catholic policy toward gays misguided

SB: Hawaii a natural place for Obama library site

Shapiro: Local TV news lacks serious reporting

Aiona’s Akaka Bill statement spins out of control

Rasmussen survey shows Aiona losing to Democrats

Health care hovers over race: Three U.S. House candidates debate reforms at a forum

Lingle Calls HSTA Vote ‘An Insult’ (HSTA to vote on fake deal Wednesday—even Leg has not signed off)

Lingle demands apology of Mizuno

Governor lashes out at lawmakers: claims they 'lost focus'

One frog in Manoa and Hawaii lawmakers vote to support eradication

House, Senate Committees Propose $1 to $5 Barrel Tax Hike on Petroleum

Hawaii close to raising car rental fees

Hawaii legislators considering 'safe zones' for homeless

Mauna Kea plan wins approval: Astronomy backers turn out in force

Grove Farm prepares to launch Wailani subdivision as 'green' neighborhood

Amid budget crunch, Hawaii County spends $400K for new furniture

Central Pacific CFO Hirata resigns (5 days ‘til possible FDIC takeover)

Medical marijuana in Kau: Pot guardian gets 20 years for slaying

Proposal for special cemetery section draws opposition

SB demands censorship: Hawaii-based general out of line on gay issue

Molester’s former employer Sen. Roz Baker Blocking Flag Pole Bill: Veterans to return medals

Goodwin Liu: Obama’s Most Radical Judicial Nominee

Lingle considers joining lawsuits against federal health care law

Special election offers 3 distinct candidates

Aiona: State needs to boost efficiency, encourage business  (Efficient Government candidate #1)

Finnegan: Republicans offering common-sense ideas (Efficient Government candidate #2)

Central Pacific Bank shares continue to fall: FDIC could seize bank March 31

Survey: Hawaii ‘09 tax collections fell 8.4%

HGEA, poverty industry urge tax increase

Plan to end Hawaii teacher furlough days tied to constitutional amendment

State audit to delay rail project by 3 months

Hawaii Senate Considering Conveyance Tax Hike to Fund Homeless Housing

Fallen Heroes Honored At State Capitol: 28 Families Receive Medal Of Honor

Army, Native Hawaiian community to sign symbolic accord

Hawaii pitching Google for super-fast internet

Cigarette? Not in front of the kids

31% of Honolulu residents embroiled in “organic” cult

Baby boom drives population as exodus continues

County, UPW reach automated-trash deal (union jobs now depend on recycling)

Nurses union endorses Hooser