1. Prince Kuhio: The bridge from Kingdom to State
2. Obama to Russia: ‘After My Election I Have More Flexibility’ on Missile Defense
3. Hirono, Hanabusa Vote Against Tort Reform
4. US House Report: Funding for Kahuku Windfarm is ‘Junk’, Industrial Solar Failing
5. Did Hawaii Geothermal Developer Benefit from Illegal Bailout?
6. On the Money: Abercrombie's RTTT deal with HSTA
7. Tax credit for renewable energy faces reductions, curtailed caps
8. Big solar firms said to hog potential HECO megawatts
9. HECO Feed-In-Tariff (FIT)
10. Fuddy: Pension Spiking is Written into Union Contracts, Cannot be Outlawed
11. City called lax in collecting land tax
12. House Judiciary Ctte Votes to Give $100K to Atheist, $231K to Criminals
13. 43% of DoE Employees are not Teachers
14. Hawaii State Salaries 2012: Pay Per Pupil By Complex Area
15. US Supreme Court declines to hear Pacific Beach Hotel case
16. Court lets bankrupt owner sell local TV station KIKU

On the Money: Abercrombie's RTTT deal with HSTA 

1. Report: Hirono Campaign Funds Enrich Husband's Lawfirm
2. Lingle Campaign: BoE ordered Furloughs, Not Governor
3. Lingle Campaign: Superferry Decision Was Major Departure from Precedent
4. Yellow Light: Caution when you file your State Taxes
5. Lawsuits, Workers Comp Claims Detail Violence, Retaliation at State DoT
6. Robotics: Waialua, Baldwin and Island Pacific Academy Crowned Regional Champions
7. Pentagon Budget Slashes Military Construction 29%
8. Abercrombie, Greenwood Team Up to Steer $260M in UH Contracts to Bert Kobayashi Inc
9. Even if Obamacare is Overturned, Abercrombie will Destroy Prepaid in Hawaii
10. Cayetano: Since when is telling the public the truth a disservice?
11. Kakaako is THE crony capitalist hot spot — but devil will be in details
12. DoE Makes Excuses as 12,000 students miss 15 days or more
13. Professional Protesters Use Months-Long Protests to Swipe Land, Academic Positions
14. Kenoi, UPW Take over Dragstrip to Rally Dopers to Get Out the Vote
15. Federal Judge Rejects Hawaii Concealed Carry Suit
16. ‘Green’ Scammers Employ 2.7 percent of isle workers
17. State Land Board gives nod to culling of sharks
18. Criminal with 37 Priors, Out Wandering the Streets, Wanted Again
19. Liliha revitalization in works after HMC Closure
20. Kailua Water Main Breaks three times in two weeks
21. Back to business at Police Commission
22. KIUC Elects Three to Board

1. Lingle Campaign Launches Fact Check Site
2. Accountability: DoE Prepares to Fake It as Feds Arrive on Inspection Tour
3. Hawaii: NRA Instructor Liability Bill Awaits Hearing
4. Day One: 1,000 high school students battle robots in annual competition
5. Rail Transit Jobs - Myths and Facts
6. Senate Committee OKs Insurance Industry Reps On New Board
7. Abercrombie: I can Guarantee HCDA Continuity on Kakaako for Next Seven Years
8. Hawaii Lawmakers Revive Vacation Rental Bill
9. Hawaii Stands to Lose $45 Million in Non-Defense Federal Funds in 2013
10. Military’s construction budget cuts could be felt in Hawaii
11. Judge upholds ban on 'pay to play'
12. Cachola for State House Dist 30
13. Molokai Wind Developer now called ‘Hawaii Interisland Cable’
14. Complaints As Hawaiian Teen Prepares to Give Birth
15. UH Manoa Perfesser Says Porn is Good for You
16. $100,000 Reward for Screaming Atheist
17. Four Parks Employees Arrested for Smuggling Meth to Prisoners
18. Council members: Kenoi must enforce Kawa Bay eviction
19. ‘Huge projects’ in $558.2M Maui Co budget pitch
20. Maui's Liquor Commission to lift cap on hostess bars
21. Electric Car Scammers Enthuse About High Gas Prices

1. Hanabusa: I am not a Loan Shark
2. Case: Hirono Fears Debate, Hides Behind Handlers
3. FACE: Bumpy Kanahele is Inspiration for State-owned Bank
4. Race to the Top team to arrive in Hawaii next week
5. Hawaii Sets up Insurance Exchange to be Exempt from Sunshine laws
6. Star-Adv: Redo health exchange model
7. SB755: “Environmental devastation” or minor streamlining? The jury is still out
8. Borreca: Case Stubborn, Overly Ambitious, Too Conservative
9. ‘Power Play’ -- Injunction makes Queen's share its radiation facilities
10. Kakaako: Caraway pushes Green Roofs
11. Will BLNR Throw Another Roadblock in front of Haleakala Telescope?
12. Decrepitude: Enviros Fight to Stop First New Waikiki Hotel in 30 years
13. Old Hawaiians took Two Times More Reef Fish than Modern Fishermen
14. Hawaii Poised to Become the First State to Adopt a State Microbe
15. Hoku Solar to Build 7MW Solar Energy Facility on Kaua'i
16. Potholes have silver lining for contractors
17. Earthquake Risk? VA must move Hilo, Kahului clinics
18. For decades, Liberty House served as isle retail's 'fat cats'

1. Van Jones at Abercrombie State Bank Rally: Obama Opponents ‘Hate Everybody In America’
2. Socialists Cheer 'Potential Champion' Hirono--Single out her Support for Windfarm Scammers
3. SB2492: Hearing Looms on Hawaii Dog Ownership Ban
4. International visitor spending in US hits all-time record of $153 billion
5. FOCUS Act May Save Fishing Crews from Prison
6. Rebound Rumble: Robotics Meet to Bring 1000 Competitors to Honolulu
7. Council Votes to Spend Half Billion on rail
8. Cayetano: Mayor Cut Police, Fire
9. Thielen: '‘Gut n Replace’ SB755 Disgraceful
10. SA: Lets Spend $7416 per Semester per Student to Bring Illegals to UH Manoa
11. Hold onto your wallets: Bill would bypass competitive bidding for airport concessions
12. Schatz Emerges as Point Man for Green Energy Scammers
13. Union OKs Tesoro Hawaii refinery labor contract
14. Haleakala geothermal energy plan progresses
15. Children Used to Push State funds for KSBE
16. Worth Every Penny: 'Extraordinary Costs' In Occupy Honolulu Raids
17. Two Super PACs Register to Back Cayetano
18. Cost of Cronin: $1.2M
19. City Council Bill Will Force Horse Owners Off Ag Land
20. UH Wants to Build Faculty Housing on Ag Land
21. Las Vegas reporter Oskar Garcia named as news editor for Hawaii and the Pacific Rim
22. ‘Corporate Personhood’ drivel Laughed out of Court

1. GOP's Lingle May Keep Senate Pro-Choice Next Year
2. Abercrombie's nervous communist Czar: Cap and Trade, and the cost to Hawaii
3. Banks, Brokerages to Reap Profits from Kawailoa Wind Project
4. SA to HSTA, let Members vote on Abercrombie’s Offer
5. Carlisle: We will Raise Taxes to Build Rail Without Federal Funds
6. Gabbards get no-bid contract from Dept. of Health
7. Van Jones joins Abercrombie, Espero and the Gabbards at Rally for State Bank
8. While OHA Settlement Advances, Bill to Grant Development Rights Maybe Deferred
9. SB2858: Abercrombie Attacks OIP, Public Records Access
10. Lacking Illegals, Hawaii Legislators Propose In-Sate Tuition Incentives
11. Ultimate Christmas Tree Bill Gives $20M to ‘Free’ Clinics
12. Solar's 80% Plunge Hurts Utilities From Hawaii to Spain
13. Hee: Churches Must be forced to Conduct Gay Union Ceremonies
14. House Discusses Giving Atheist $100K payoff
15. Atheists Demand ‘Islam Day’ Proponent Remove Samoan Church from Building in Housing Project
16. Lifelong Crook with Fifty Convictions Runs Rampant in 10th Floor of Courthouse until Tackled by Judge
17. SB2155: NGA Rep Backs Charter School Reforms
18. Hawaii Senate Passes Travelers 'Bill of Rights' Resolution Aimed at Curbing TSA Abuses
19. Mosquito revisiting Oahu can spread dengue fever
20. U.S. Imposes ‘Measured’ tariff on Chinese solar panels
21. Honolulu Again Pretends to Identify ‘Important Agricultural Lands’
22. UH Manoa Faculty: No Confidence in Vice Chancellor for Research
23. Schofield team likely will not be sent again to Afghanistan

1. Faking it for the Feds, Abercrombie Prepares to Impose Another ‘Last, Best, and Final Offer’ on HSTA
2. SB755: Poker Bill Gutted and Replaced with Language from 'Dirty Dozen'
3. Enviros ‘Unequivocally’ Protest Gutting of Environmental Laws, Open Government Laws
4. Hawaii Superferry Headed for Okinawa
5. Honolulu Joins National Rally for Religious Freedom
6. Borreca to Abercrombie: Quit, Fool
7. Hawaii insurers excluded from health insurance exchange
8. SB755: “Gut & replace” bill poses broad threat to environmental regulation
9. SB2785 Big Wind: Still The Same Old Bill With A New Number
10. Not So Public: Recipients of Hawaii Film Tax Credits Under Wraps
11. US Chamber Backs Lingle with $249K Vote of Confidence
12. Usual Crooks, Cronies Join Rep Takumi for Fundraiser
13. Criminal? Rep. Awana Still Tardy With Election Filings
14. Gaming Industry Mourns Failure of Internet Gaming in Hawaii, Looks to McKelvey for Salvation
15. HB2569: Churches Will not be Forced to Perform Gay Unions
16. ACLU: Abortion Trumps First Amendment
17. After Decades of Indolence, Water Board Finally Getting Around to Developing Downtown Acreage
18. SA: Landfill pick will test our ability to Assign Blame While Avoiding Solutions
19. Lawsuit seeks to stop Kauai smart electric meter installations
20. ‘We got it done’: Maui Charter panel wraps up
21. Timing Traffic Lights Cheaper than Rail
22. Remnants of Washington Mutual Reincorporate in Hawaii
23. Maritime Surveillance, Fuel Efficiency Top U.S. Pacific Command's Wish List

1. Broken promises: The rusting wind turbines of Hawaii
2. Honolulu Joins National Rally for Religious Freedom
3. Study: Hawaii Scores 'C' for Corruption
4. Trans-Pacific Carriers Unlikely to Serve Hawaii and Guam
5. Honolulu Loses 600 jobs as Road Construction Lags
6. Feds Hit Rail over 'Lousy Practices of Public Manipulation'
7. 'October Baby' Showing in Hawaii
8. Trickle-Down Regulation: Environmental Maze Becomes "Stumbling Block" For The Little Guys
9. March 22 Deadline: Will Keith-Agaran Hear Human Trafficking Bills?
10. Windfall: Documentary Nails a Corporate Scam
11. HRA: Only One Firearms Bill Survives Crossover
12. Ackerman Exit Boosts Faleomavaega
13. Romney wins 83% in Puerto Rico Primary, Completes Sweep of Territories
14. Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted March 19
15. Hawaii Small Businesses Burn $20K a month on Electricity
16. Teachers Rejected Contract because Union didn’t give them Enough Info
17. Justice Reinvestment: Soft-on-Crime Crowd Attacks Kaneshiro
18. GOP delegates won in Hawaii: Romney 9, Santorum 5, Paul 3
19. Nahale’a 12th to Jump off Abercrombie’s Sinking Ship
20. KSBE Launches Trustee Search
21. Condo owners being squeezed by foreclosure process
22. Geothermal test wells planned for Maui
23. SA: Invest upfront for better roads
24. Rep. Ward Addresses SB 2655 - Portable Electronics Insurance
25. Legislature turns away bill on safety rules for zip lines
26. Lawmaking 101 – Hawaii Style
27. King of Tonga Dies in Hong Kong

1. North Korea vows satellite launch, with rocket that could reach Hawaii
2. Shots Fired at Cayetano Banners Along Freeway
3. Yet Another Way to Spend Your Hard-Earned Tax Dollars
4. Hawaii GOP Announces Vote Totals, Presidential Delegate Allocation
5. Lava Tube Award: Abercrombie Keeping Public in Dark
6. UHERO: Abercrombie's CIP Plans Fizzled
7. Chicago Tribune: Romney's "island strategy" pays off in delegate race
8. York: Why do islands play key role in GOP race?
9. Abercrombie Appoints Insurance Execs to Control Your Health Care
10. Lingle Questions Abercrombie’s Grab for Health Control
11. Aiming at Pre-Determined Outcome Gay Marriage Plaintiffs hope to Face only Fuddy
12. Star-Adv Attacks Cayetano for Releasing FTA Emails
13. ILind: S-A wrong in cheap shot at Cayetano and rail critics
14. Oshiro on Budget: Spending Billions and Getting Nothing is ‘Prudent’
15. Gov. Abercrombie’s reversal on Ho’opili development may rebound to Lingle’s political benefit
16. Ornstein: We never would have launched Go! if we knew….
17. Hokulia CEO De Fries moving on
18. Thielen: Short-sighted bills endanger our environment
19. MECO Pushes Biofuel, Windfarm Scams
20. Child Molester’s Advocate Pulls Papers for Re-Run At Lost Legislative Seat
21. Media Flails About Trying to Explain Why Hirono’s Mailer is Different than Mufi’s
22. Campaign Spending Commission looking into possible “criminal misconduct”
23. RIMPAC's naval war games will feature high-tech arms
24. CBO: Exploding debt under Obama policies

1. Djou: What I learned in Afghanistan
2. HART: Cheaper to Build Rail and Tear it Down than to do nothing
3. Nahale-a Resignation Linked to DHHL Infighting
4. Since Ecos, Business Both Back Bag Tax, We can Screw Consumers
5. Waimanalo Gulch advisory panel will recommend one of the choices to the mayor by April 5
6. Caucus Gives Local GOP Turn in Spotlight
7. Hawaii Among last States for Solar Bubble to Burst
8. State To Pay $15.4 Million Legal Settlement
9. Audit Finds Serious Management Problems At Aloha Stadium
10. Hilo Real Estate Broker Not Liable for Frogs, Hookers
11. Newspapers ‘Fastest Shrinking Industry’
12. North Korea rocket launch plan sparks US threat

1. Molokai Cheers as US Senate Kills Windfarm Tax Credit
2. Hawaii Republican Caucus Count Finalized
3. GOP caucus breathed new life into isle politics
4. HHSC to Buy HMC East?
5. Patient load puts squeeze on Oahu medical centers
6. Index to recently disclosed rail documents now available
7. HART: Cheaper to Build Rail Columns and Tear them Down
8. Rail project still needs permits, OKs
9. Case Tries to Shake Up Quiet Senate Race
10. 'Hot' Alexander Emails: Atheists, Civil Beats Search for Months, Find Nothing
11. New Security Co Takes over at Mayor Wright
12. Auditor Takes Aim at Swap Meet Vendors
13. New Trick to Force Waimanalo Gulch Extension: Choose Federal Sites as Only Alternatives
14. Mold: $31K Study Creates Need for $100K Contract
15. Charlie Maxwell Dies
16. North Korea plans to launch long-range rocket
17. Pool-mageddon avoided — for now

1. Romney Win in Hawaii Credited to Volunteers' Hard Work
2. House Republicans Speak up on State Bank, Mortgages, and the General Fund
3. Marumoto Resolutions Push Workers Comp Reform
4. Turnout a 'game changer' for isle GOP
5. Slom: Hawaii Republicans Front and Center
6. Star-Adv Editors back Study of State Bank
7. Ceded land measure proceeds without amendment
8. Queen's hospital celebrates 1st organ transplants
9. ACLU: "Let the State force Catholics to Provide Abortion Pills"
10. Geistling teams up with HIPA, attacks Prepaid: Doctors Should Become Employees of Obamacare System
11. Overcrowded ERs turning ambulances away
12. Bush-Era Law May Save Hawaii from Offshore Wind Farm Idiocy
13. Sunetric: You Must Be Our Slave
14. Case Slams Mazie’s ‘Compare and Decide’
15. Another Honolulu Liquor Commission Corruption Conviction
16. Kauai assistant police chiefs also return to work
17. Landfill selection committee Considers Waimanalo Expansion
18. Lead, Mold Contaminate Honolulu Hale
19. Maui Man Considered for Appointment to Agency He Seeks to Abolish
20. Arrests Turn Up No Trafficking Victims
21. City impounds property of protesters at Thomas Square
22. Study: 90% of Young People Not Environmental Whackos

1. Slom: "I've Never Seen so Many Hawaii Republicans"
2. Romney Delighted by Hawaii Caucus Victory
3. Over 10,000 Voters Turn out for Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucuses
4. Lingle is Youngest Senate Candidate, Dem Candidates Prepare Hawaii for Invisibility
5. Lingle won't say who she's backing in Hawaii GOP caucuses
6. ILind: Legislative Crossover ‘Prime Time for Politics’
7. Who should govern Hawaii’s first health insurance exchange?
8. Feds: FTA Should not be Associated with Mufi’s ‘Lousy Practices of Public Manipulation’
9. Democrat Cayetano Will not be attending GOP Caucuses
10. KITV: Romney's Son Stumps For Candidate In Hawaii
11. Senators upbraid officials for overpaying employees
12. Hawaii Ranks in Bottom Half of States for Spending Transparency
13. House Committees to Reconsider OHA-Kakaako Bill
14. Schatz: If We Pay Trask off, We Can Get Geothermal
15. Taxes: State Vacuums 10% More out of Your Pocket
16. Kobayashi Proposes Property Tax Increases on Business
17. Kauai Mayor, chief shake hands
18. Atheist ‘Pleased’ With $100K State Settlement
19. Tour Company Uses DLNR Board Position to Attack Competitor

1. LINK: March 13 GOP Caucus Voting Locations
2. Romney Sweeps Pacific: Wins Alaska, Guam, CNMI, heads for Am Samoa, Hawaii
3. Romney Wins Backing from Ward, Hemmings, Rohlfing, Djou, Saiki
4. Romney, Paul, Santorum Campaign in Hawaii Monday
5. Hirono, Hanabusa Vote Against Hydropower, Inouye, Akaka Vote against Keystone
6. Department of Health Fines Eight Businesses
7. Unemployment 6.5% in Hawaii
8. Photos, Reports from Hawaii Republican Caucuses
9. Slom Backs Santorum, Paul Wins Support of Bar Owners, Romney Announces Hawaii Endorsements
10. Abercrombie Admin Gives Atheist $100,000 Cash
11. House Approves Budget Even Larger than Abercrombie’s Proposal
12. Cayetano: The People of Honolulu “Don’t Like Being Conned”
13. Abercrombie, Legislators agree: Big Cable to be forced on Lanai, Molokai
14. After Report of Collusion, Legislators Threaten to Cut School Bus Funding
15. SA to DoE: Just Ignore ‘60 Minutes’—Avoid Successful Private Online Classes and Keep those Federal Bucks Flowing
16. Hawaii Jobs: Outlook for Jobs in Education, Government, Military and Tourism
17. Latest Storm Brings Federal Megabucks
18. Budget Bill Advances; Doubts Raised About OHA Settlement deal
19. House Shelves Hawaii Vacation Rental Bill
20. Reso 12-59: Berg Pushes for Repeal of HART
21. HPD Arrests only One Pimp Per Year
22. ‘Unable to make a Fist’ Criminal Sues State, Wins $25K
23. How Are 'Good Government' Bills Faring at the Ledge?
24. DRHorton Defends Hoopili Water Usage
25. Hawaiian reaches tentative agreement with flight attendants” union
26. Child's Fingers Found In Dumpster

1. LINK: March 13 GOP Caucus Voting Locations
2. Romney Sweeps Pacific: Wins Alaska, Guam, CNMI, heads for Am Samoa, Hawaii
3. Romney Wins Backing from Ward, Hemmings, Rohlfing, Djou, Saiki
4. Romney, Paul, Santorum Campaign in Hawaii Monday
5. Three GOP Presidential Candidates Dispatch Their Children to Hawaii to Rally Voters Before Tuesday's Caucus
6. State Republicans to choose favorite Tomorrow
7. DoTAX: Hawaii Tax Rates Are Now Secret—Low Staffing Blamed
8. Hirono Refuses To Release Tax Returns
9. Bag Tax to Create 150 UPW Make-Work Jobs
10. Mayor: Kauai police chief reinstated after leave
11. SA: Community input key to developing Kakaako properly
12. Lingle in HBO ‘Game Change’
13. Digging Hawaii's Public Pension Fund Out of $8 Billion Hole Will Hurt
14. Invest in Hawaii: Dem Senators Tout Latest Pork Barrel Project
15. Obama Admin Cuts Back on Tsunami Warning System—Star-Adv Says No Big Deal
16. Water Commission Exec Evades Hoopili Questions
17. Cops, Prostitutes and Pimps: No Arrests on a Saturday in Honolulu
18. Six DUIs finally Gets 1 Year Jail

1. Romney, Paul, Santorum Campaign in Hawaii Monday
2. Dempsey Details Fiscal Concerns Facing DoD at Hickam Town Hall
3. Yes, Houston, Hawaii has a Problem
4. Rail’s Broken Trust: Randy Roth Speaks
5. LINK: March 13 Caucus Voting Locations
6. Abercrombie Wife Behind Cayetano in Mayor’s Race
7. After Working With Obama to Kill Inouye Earmarks, Abercrombie says Lingle is “A Body Blow to Hawaii”
8. Danger: Abercrombie predicts productive session
9. Star-Adv: How to Spend the 12% Increase in Revenue
10. Schatz Eyes your Electric Bill: Smart Grid is all About Solar, Wind (No mention of Geo, Hydro, Waste to energy)
11. DoE: Closed School Fills With Desks, 180 Desk Jockeys
12. Senate’s Answer to Traffic? Get out and Walk
13. Red tape ties up groups' fishpond restorations
14. Kiewit, Kobayashi Split Contract on Waipahu Rail Yard
15. Stronger visitor activity offers hope after Abercrombie Ruins Pro Bowl
16. Tsunami Great for Business, Money flows to Islands
17. Hanalei Bridge Reopens
18. New president 'coming home' to Filipino Community Center

1. Romney Sweeps Pacific: Wins Alaska, Guam, CNMI, heads for Am Samoa, Hawaii
2. Djou Predicts March 13 Romney Win in Hawaii
3. Attorney: Discrimination Against 'Non-Residents' is Unconstitutional
4. Willard Passes Pacific Command’s Reins to Locklear
5. "Concerning Public Lands" Nine More Executive Orders Suddenly Appear on Abercrombie Website
6. Abercrombie Signs Unemployment Insurance Bill into Law
7. Public Invited to Review State Homelessness Strategic Plan
8. Star-Adv: March 13 Caucuses Focus Welcome Attention on GOP
9. Civil Beat: Local Democrats Nervous About Hawaii Republican Caucus?
10. Big Q: Do you plan to participate in the upcoming Hawaii Republican or Democratic caucuses?
11. Romney reaches out to Hawaii ahead of caucuses
12. Shapiro: Inevitable that State Bank Will Be Screwed Up
13. Slom: Projects not as ‘Shovel Ready’ as Claimed, Gambling Not Dead Yet
14. Soft On Crime: Molester gets ‘Deferred Acceptance’ in Hawaii, Molests two More Girls in California
15. Pothole Damage Proves Costly For State, City
16. Guam PDN: Give noncontiguous territories exemption on U.S.-build requirement
17. Guam PDN: Territorial Legislature ties Jones Act to USMC Buildup
18. Well Known North Dakota Columnist Rips Off Memminger’s Humor Columns
19. Thank Sen. Gabbard for New Plastic and Paper Bag "Fee"
20. Ka Pua Initiative Hosts Waianae Coast Community Education Forums
21. Saint-to-be was a hero in her own right to Hansen's disease patients, an expert says

1. Campaigning in Hawaii: Liz Santorum, Ronnie Paul, Matt Romney
2. Feel Safer? Abercrombie Blocks Seed-Laden 'Lorax' Markers
3. 1,358 Turn Out for Hawaii Democratic Caucuses, 42 Reject Obama
4. Moore: Reapportionment Disenfranchises Too Many Voters
5. Marks: Reapportioned Dissidents’ State Lawsuit Will Fail
6. SB2571: Gays Grab for Other People’s Children
7. Are Honolulu Rail Backers' New Radio Ads Accurate?
8. Abercrombie, Mitsunaga, OHA Sharpen Knives to Cut up Kakaako
9. Mitsunaga Again: Abercrombie campaign worker seated on development authority
10. Larry Mehau Associate Draws Council Lines, then Announces Campaign for Seat
11. No new taxes? OK, we'll just tack on some new fees
12. Hundreds of Retiring Public Workers "Spiked" Their Pension Benefits
13. Insurers push docs toward performance-based pay
14. Horner Optimistic that Hawaii Will not lose Race to the Top Dollars as HSTA Submits Latest Offer
15. State to Take Galbraith Estate as part of Hoopili Deal
16. New Rules for Non-Hawaii Owned Vacation Rentals Advancing In Legislature
17. NFL Pro Bowl generated $25.3M impact for Hawaii
18. State GOP to Re-Vote National Committeeman Position
19. HuffPo: Hawaii Lacks Windmills because of Christians
20. Star-Adv: Let Iran Get Nukes or You’re a Warmonger

1. Djou goes from Washington to Afghanistan vetting suspected Taliban
2. Rothenberg: Lingle Faces Tough Fight for Senate
3. Week of March 13: Ron Paul Launches Hawaii TV Ad Campaign
4. House Passes 286 Bills--Ward Hits 'High Risk Financial Decisions'
5. Senate Passes 372 Bills
6. Hawaii Republicans and presidential candidates prepping for state's first caucus March 13
7. Chamber Spends $236K on Lingle Ads
8. Civil Beat Poll - Cayetano Tops 50% In Honolulu Mayor's Race
9. Mitsunaga Daughter Oversees Kakaako Redevelopment
10. Is Sewer Plan ‘On Track’?
11. Star-Adv Editors Back Unconstitutional Redistricting Plan Which Excludes 108,000 Military
12. Hawaii Diverts Millions In Tobacco Settlement Funds
13. Former Hawaii Planned Parenthood Director Arrested, Charged in Maryland
14. Electric bills up in March on all islands
15. DoE Still Trying to Worm Out of 180 Day Law
16. A bill aimed at preventing disruptive behavior at the Legislature heads to Hawaii Senate
17. Building full of Crooks and 64 Police Cameras Don’t Work
18. Trial begins for Occupy protesters caught in park after hours
19. Civil Beat Loses Two Top Reporters
20. Hatch Act Reform Bill Introduced
21. When Not Playing Slots, Nevada Welfare Bums Spend Taxpayer Handouts in Hawaii, Guam
22. 'Dirty 8' Erode Three Decades Of Landmark Environmental Law
23. Child abuse study gives kupuna a voice

1. Lingle Campaign: Hirono Rhetoric Embarrassing Hawaii
2. Super Tuesday: Romney Wins 6, Santorum 3, Gingrich 1
3. HB2227 Fake Hawaii Birth Certificate: Allows Male to Claim Female Without Surgery
4. Hawaii lawsuit shows civil unions help redefine marriage
5. Trustees See Dollar Signs as Kakaako Settlement Passes Senate
6. Emergency Repairs to Kuhio Hwy, Hanalei School Flooded
7. New voting districts retain incumbent pairings
8. 350 Ward: Prominent Local Lawyer Controls Building Full of Massage Parlors
9. Prosecutor: Do proper groundwork before bringing prisoners back to isles
10. Civil Beat Poll - 44% of Honolulu Voters Perceive Bias in Rail Coverage
11. Less Pressure for Tax Hikes: Council on Revenues increases growth forecast to 12%
12. Linda Lingle, Hawaii GOP Senate Candidate, Comes Out Against Blunt Amendment
13. Rush Listeners Complain to KPUA
14. Hawaii Republicans ‘Excited’ About March 13 Caucuses
15. Hawaii Democrats to Hold Presidential Poll
16. Put time limit on short-term hires
17. Governor, union leaders, to Control State Bank ‘Green’
18. DOE must upgrade thinking and implement laptop plan
19. MD: Death with dignity bill goes against medical ethics
20. Dopers Want Medicated Marijuana for ‘Pain’
21. House Passes "Official Microbe" Bill
22. HGEA announces endorsement of Mufi Hannemann for U.S. House of Representatives, District 2
23. Hearing scheduled on Hawaii employee overpayment
24. DoE Hires Private Investigator to Look into Waipahu Molestation Charges
25. Hawaii Air National Guard to cut personnel numbers

1. Video: Anti-Rail Thugs Plan Disruption of Meeting
2. Applicants Wanted for Ethics and Campaign Spending Commissions
3. China's Military Rising
4. Local GOP voters prepare for first-ever caucuses
5. Borreca: It will be a miracle if next Hawaii election isn't a mess
6. SA Looks at Crossover Bills
7. SA: Don't rush into tech spending
8. POLL: Lacking Support, Can Rail Backers Turn The Tide?
9. Sen English votes for Lanai, Molokai Cable, Bill Crosses Over
10. Washington Place Reserved for Top Gov Donor's Family
11. Dela Cruz Holds a $500 Per Head Fundraiser
12. Waipahu student describes alleged assaults by teacher
13. Only HECO and regulators are permitted to know the comparative costs of different types of energy
14. Plastic Bag Ban: Politicians Gone Wild
15. Hawaii soldiers will train Afghan forces
16. Proposal to cut U.S. nuclear weapons by 80 percent is asking for trouble
17. Escape Across China: Wife of WW2 POW to Speak at Maui TEA Party Meeting March 8
18. Shift of UH fisheries program to Hilo worries Manoa faculty
19. Rep. Gil Riviere speaks with artist Bill Braden
20. Cato Institute and Koch in rift over independence

1. Conference: Abercrombie Admin Renews Push to Impose Medical Homes
2. Hawaii Credit Unions: State Bank ‘Enormous Risk’ to General Fund
3. Race to The Bank: HSTA Gets 36.9% Raise, Threatens Suit to Block Accountability
4. Hawaii Industrial Jobs Up 0.5%
5. HB2121: End State Solar Tax Credits for State-Funded Projects
6. Homeless tent cities: Seattle’s decade-long nightmare coming to Honolulu?
7. Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted March 5
8. SB2267: $100M in Bonds for Al Hee’s Sandwich Isles Communications Scam Company
9. Complete List of Bills Up for Third Reading Friday
10. LWV: 8% of State Population Extracted –We need Reapportionment Reality Check
11. 89-day pacts let retirees return to city, state jobs
12. Too Busy with RTTT, DoE Skips NCLB Waiver Application
13. Public access TV officials object to laptop funding source
14. While the world changes, Civil Defense still stuck in Cold-War 1950s
15. CENSORSHIP: KPUA Hilo Drops Rush Limbaugh From Air
16. State Launches Audit of Student Transportation Program
17. Why is my electric bill so high?
18. Is Avoided Cost to blame for high electric rates?
19. Imiloa Panics – Earmarks are 50% of Revenue
20. HB2859 Fails: No Union for Grad Students
21. Hoopili Symbolizes Direction of Oahu's Future
22. New drivers license requirements go into effect Monday
23. Three Occupy Oakland protesters charged with hate crimes
24. White House to Congress Dems: Expect no money

1. Yearning for a Way to Collect Tax on Out-of-State Vendors
2. Secret Federal Report Reveals Half-Billion Dollar Annual Shortfall: 19% of Honolulu General Fund to Subsidize Rail Operations
3. Hawaii Credit Union League: State Bank is Extremely Dangerous, Puts Taxpayer Money at Enormous Risk
4. Clayton Hee Has Conference Ctte Plan to make OHA Settlement not be Final
5. No Money for CIP: Abercrombie Admin Kills Airport Cargo Building
6. Building slump cuts lending by isle banks
7. Shakedown: DoE Officials Threaten to Cut GED Programs Unless Legislators Fork over More Money to Failing System
8. SB2594: Lawyers Renew Push for Homeless Tent Cities
9. Democrats to caucus Wednesday
10. Star-Adv Hits Rail over Seat Secrecy
11. WSJ: E-Cigarettes Draw Fire From Legislatures
12. As House Burns, Man Vents Anger at Hawaii County Planning Department
13. Seniors face unique issues caring for grandkids
14. Marshallese making a new life in Spokane
15. Star-Advertiser carefully sidesteps Five-0 star’s drug addiction
16. Kailua Begins Fireworks Fundraising Push

1. VIDEO: Cayetano to 'Go Rail Go' Protesters: Use Facts Not Force
2. Djou Home From Afghanistan
3. ILind: Secret Whistleblower Settlement Violates OIP Rulings
4. Attack on Community TV: Does $50K+ job with Oceanic Time Warner create conflict of interest for Tokioka?
5. Anti-Superferry Protesters Leave State Holding $63M Debt
6. Green energy means higher rent for seniors
7. OHA to Build 200’ Rental Towers at Kakaako
8. Senate tries to give Koloa Camp tenants stay of eviction
9. Star-Adv: Don’t Give Teacher’s $500 Raise Disguised as Tax Credit
10. HB466: Lets Make Workers Comp Even more Fraud-Friendly
11. 20 for the Next 20: People to Watch 2012
12. Concerns raised over new election boundary maps
13. UH strikes technology commercialization agreement with Pono Corp
14. ‘Illegal’: City Bureaucrats Order Volunteers to Remove Park Improvements
15. SB2422: Massive Tax Increase on Loose Tobacco
16. Billions for Green Energy Scammers, But Obama Cut Tsunami Warning Buoys
17. BankOH’s O’Neill to Take Helm of Citibank
18. After Blocking Fee-Simple Sales, Ignorant Socialists Stuck With Biofool Scammer as Top Bidder for Hamakua Ag Land
19. Hokulia Bypass: Hawaii County Accepts $20M in Land at Bankrupt Hokulia Project

1. Pro-Family Lawyers Move to take Defense of Marriage out of Abercrombie's Hands
2. VIDEO: PBS Insights Features Hawaii Republican Caucus
3. Hawaii Christian Coalition Encourages Turnout for March 13 Caucuses
4. John Carroll Endorses Ron Paul
5. Wallbuilders -- Hawaii: Exercise Your Right to Vote
6. Maui Friends of the NRA to Host Meeting
7. Kona Kampachi Successful Harvest in Federal Waters off Hawaii
8. Berg: Anti-Rail Meeting Hits a Nerve
9. Lingle Backs Bipartisan Medicaid Reform Plan
10. HSTA’s Okabe: We Put Furloughs on Instructional Days to Hold Parents Accountable
11. Key Arguments: Democrat Borreca Spins Snowe Retirement against Lingle
12. Hike in jobless insurance tax put off 1 year
13. If Dissident Map is Rejected, Elections Office Prepared to begin Accepting Nomination Papers
14. Rep Rida Cabanilla Fails to Report Income on Ethics Disclosure Forms
15. Civil Beat still Struggling to Substantiate Atheist Claims
16. Rail is Only Improvement Project in Carlisle Budget
17. Grabauskas OK'd As Rail Chief Despite Soft Spot For Toru Hamayasu
18. HMSA, Kaiser improve bottom lines
19. 9th Circuit Gives DoE Big Victory over Disabled Girl
20. State Auditing Student Transportation Office
21. DLNR Fires Whistleblower
22. Wife of Kauai police chief defends him before Council
23. Murderer Gets New Trial in Molestation of 12-yr old
24. W. Oahu to get large VA clinic
25. Can we handle 8 million visitors a year?
26. Hawaii County Mayor Billy Kenoi proposes $365M budget
27. KIUC Announces Big New Industrial Solar Project
28. VIDEO: Biofuel crops destined for Hamakua land leases?

1. Lingle Salutes Retiring Sen Olympia Snowe
2. State Bank to Fund Green Energy Scammers, Toxic Mortgages
3. Hawaii State Bank: The Hee-Haw Bill
4. Vote redistricting delayed over House dissidents’ allegations
5. Solomon, Roehrig Celebrate Exclusion of 108,000 Military personnel, students
6. Maui Republican Party Convention, March 3
7. Not A Single School Complies with Instructional Hours Law
8. Grabauskas Nomination Belies Carlisle's Commitment to ‘Transparency’
9. Chin: Carlisle Was Not Notified of Debt Increase Letter
10. Hawaii Ranks 47th in Economic Growth
11. Will Legislature Authorize Union for 1300 More Gov’t Employees
12. Bill Lifts Development Restrictions On Office of Hawaiian Affairs Settlement Land
13. Pele Defense Fund is Back: Drug Dealers and Socialists Protest Against Geothermal in Hilo
14. Bag Ban Passes Honolulu Council Committee
15. Science, Technology Teaching Dies in House, Senate Committees
16. HPD officer charged in alleged overtime pay scam granted deferral
17. Hanabusa to be Assistant Whip
18. Census data track Marshallese population in Ark.
19. Guam, NMI Consider Reunification
20. HECO Wants to Delay ‘Big Wind’ RFP
21. Chu, Wind Scammers, Bio Fool Developers to get more Big Handouts as Utility Bills Soar
22. Americans Elect Qualifies for Hawaii Ballot

1. Trashing Tricare: Obama to cut healthcare benefits for active duty and retired US military
2. Romney Sweeps Michigan, Arizona
3. HB2874: House Finance Votes to Freeze Community TV Funds
4. Mission Houses Archive puts 19th Century Hawaii Journals, Newspapers Online
5. Union: Build Rail or You Will Die
6. HGEA Scores $5M and more to come as First ‘Favored Nation’ Payoffs Go To Union
7. Slom: Lawsuits Still Possible over Reapportionment
8. Legislators Consider Creating Gaming Commission
9. Finance Ctte Defers Bill Exempting Gov’t Projects from Enviro Review
10. Charter School Reform: Crooks, Cronies, Social Climbers all gather around for today’s vote
11. A Plan to Return Hawaii's Mainland Inmates
12. Carlisle Speech Outlines Campaign Message
13. ‘Organic’ Food should be labeled for E Coli, Rat Lungworm
14. Geothermal: OHA Cronies Present Cash Demands
15. Stolen Valor: ‘Vote Vets’ is Actually Front Group for Sierra Club
16. Cayetano, Waihee, Hee Line Up Against Hoopili
17. Non-Hawaii Owners of Vacation Rentals in Uproar
18. Senate committee approves resolution to sell Kauai land to tenants
19. Hawaii nonprofits want caps on tax deductions repealed
20. SA: Give Tax Credits to Billionaire Movie Moguls
21. Committees Pass Measures to Change Regents Selection
22. Bargaining Begins Feb. 29 for 18,000 CWA Members at AT&T West
23. Joanne Georgi Running for KIUC Board
24. Bynum, 40 others Face Misdemeanor Ag Zoning Violations
25. Kaua‘i County will approve 252 TAU certificates over next 5 years
26. Isle parks generate $122M

1. Revised 2012 Reapportionment Plans Posted Online
2. Hawaii: NRA Instructor Liability Bill Granted Hearing
3. National GOP race sparks interest in Hawaii March 13 caucus
4. Ed Case: I’m No Conservative
5. New Honolulu Rail Chief Was Late, Over Budget on His Biggest Project
6. Hawaii Pacific Health Exec: Low Reimbursement, Lack of LTC Beds Behind HMC Crisis
7. Tax Credit Fight: Hawaii Solar Energy Leader Voted Out
8. SB2111: Legislators Debate How to Give Millions of Dollars to Hollywood Moguls
9. Legislator: HI Tech Tax Credit Scammers Only Want Things, $1B in Tax Credits Could Have Gone to Affordable Housing
10. Hawaii House Democrats Consider Establishing a State Bank
11. Gambling gets another lease on life
12. House Finance to Hear Bills Exempting Government Projects from EIS, SMA
13. One in Eight Spikes Pension
14. House Finance to Discuss EUTF Fixes
15. Bank of Abercrombie on Wednesday Agenda
16. After Burning Treasury, Obama Proposes Cuts to Tsunami Warning System
17. City Cuts Horse Ranchers out of Ag Tax Rates
18. Haleakala Findings Released
19. Insurance Exec now Claims to have ‘Discovered’ that Assisted Suicide is Legal in Georgia
20. Smart meter installation rolls out
21. Military readies to open Tropic Care Kauai
22. Nine Weapons Confiscated from Marijuana Church
23. Faleomavaega’s Sister to Run for Governor of Am Samoa

1. Alternatives to Rail: Cato Institute, Local Leaders Speak Out
2. Is the IRS Attempting to Intimidate Hawaii TEA Parties?
3. SB2226: $25M Internet Tax
4. 10-cents-per-bag Tax: Greens, Big Business, Big Government team up to Rip Off Consumers
5. Ban Would Favor Clayton Hee's Irish Opihi Monopoly
6. Gallup: Hawaii #1 in Health, Wellbeing
7. Study: Hawaii Tops Country for Highest Number of Services Taxed
8. Hanabusa’s answer to High Gas Prices: Give More Money to Biofool Scammers
9. Assisted Suicide Activist Claims Death Prescriptions Are Already Being Written In Hawaii
10. Vote on Hawaii's Redrawn Reapportionment Maps Set for Monday, But Many Unhappy with New Boundaries
11. Dozens of retired public workers get Secret Pensions over $100,000/year
12. HB2253: Legislators to Boost Disability Parking Fees?
13. SB2422: Boosts Tobacco Tax 70%
14. $150K Contract to Analyze Hawaii Tax System
15. Ledge: Let’s Study Gambling
16. AP: Hawaii GOP Caucuses Testing Advisory
17. The Rise of Intermarriage: Rates, Characteristics Vary by Race and Gender
18. Prayer Should Open Legislative Sessions
19. Honolulu Named one of 100 top Communities for Young People
20. Green Police Nail Photographer for taking Pictures of Sharks Eating Whale
21. Kauai: Does Chief Report to Mayor or Police Commission?
22. SB2304: Reforms Police Identification Line-Ups
23. Senators to Discuss How to Let Lots of Criminals Out of Prison
24. Honolulu-Based Coast Guard Relies on 42-year Old Cutters
25. Gay Marine's homecoming kiss in Hawaii shared on Facebook

1. Secret Tax Breaks Fund Hawaii Film Production
2. Windfall of Tax Revenue to be Had Without Tax Increase
3. DBEDT Energy Update Projects 537MW of Industrial Wind
4. HB2874: DoE Laptop Bill Will Freeze Public Access TV Funding
5. Case, Hirono toe line: Lingle is the Anti-Rail Senate Choice
6. Pensions: 14 Legislators Double Dipping—Abercrombie is Triple Dipping
7. Exclusion of Military May Not Withstand Federal Constitutional Scrutiny
8. David Chang: Key to material progress is making sure we have equality of opportunity
9. Star-Adv: Abercrombie Lacked ‘Courage’ on Gay Marriage in 2010 Campaign
10. Gay Agenda: Bill Could Classify Workplace Bullying As Safety Violation
11. Ex-T boss poised to land Hawaii gig
12. Honolulu Rail CEO Pick Comes With Track Record That Raises Concerns
13. Aila: Bag Tax Needed to ‘Save our Water’
14. Former Insurance Exec Continues to Claim Assisted Suicide Legal in Hawaii
15. Carlisle's speech was another day in the same old brown shoes
16. KIUC forums address community
17. Volunteers Do the Work UPW Will Not, 150 Public Housing Units made Ready for Occupancy
18. Abercrombie approves EIS for new Kona courthouse
19. E-W Center: US territories suffering due to debt crisis
20. Three Years of Hawaii Monitor Now Online

1. SB212 to be Heard Monday: Would End Discrimination Against Military
2. Ron Paul’s son, Ronnie, to campaign for dad in Hawaii
3. Proposed HART Chief Leaves Trail of Political Discord
4. Triple Albatross: HSTA endorses Hirono, Hanabusa, and Hannemann
5. Secret Rail Debt: Council wants answers over waived budget rules
6. $8B plus $15B = State Debt to Retirees
7. Usual Crooks, Cronies Show Up for Hanabusa Campaign HQ Opener
8. HSTA Going to Court to Overturn Laupahoehoe Charter School
9. Toll roads a possibility for Oahu transportation future
10. Mainland Lobbyist Backs Public Bank
11. 2nd Marine found not guilty in hazing trial
12. Hawaii Hot Spot for Human Trafficking
13. OHA Cronies seek to line pockets, bring geothermal power to state
14. Forged Female Convicted of Further Forgery
15. Hummer defaced by racial slur near school raises alarm
16. Enviro Assaults Turtle Photographer
17. Ex-Palma employees accused of abuse

1. Washington Times Reporter heads to Hawaii for March 13 Presidential Caucus
2. Transportation Bill With Honolulu Rail Funds Postponed
3. Full Text: State of the City Address
4. Caldwell: ‘I will Work Harder to be Transparent and Honest’
5. 'Descendants' based on Case Family Grab for Grove Farm
6. HB2193: State Bank to be Controlled by Abercrombie, Insured by Taxpayer
7. VIDEO: Ilya Shapiro (Cato Institute), In Hawaii Speaking About Obamacare Supreme Court Cases
8. Book Review: Callies, Regulating Paradise (2d ed. 2010)
9. "Nonresident" Property Owners Must Employ Property Managers For TVRs?
10. Rail: Hidden Debt Ceiling Exposed
11. City asks judge to dismiss rail suit
12. WSJ: Honolulu Hopeful Has No-Track Mind
13. Carlisle, Abercrombie demand Taxpayers Pick Up Wife’s Travel Tab
14. Kokua Line Features Hawaii Republican Caucuses
15. Hawaii tops Nation: DoE is #1 in Drug Availability
16. HI hotels’ gross pre-tax profits total $928.2M
17. Abercrombie has trouble adjusting
18. DHHL Only Assigning 150 leases a Year
19. Legislation takes aim at human trafficking
20. Fake Drivers Licenses: Admitted Fraudster Still on Honolulu City Payroll
21. Sexting: ACLU Court Victory helping to Legalize Kiddie Porn
22. Geothermal Possibilities Explored at Ulupalakua
23. Law Students to Debate Hawaiian Recognition
24. Rep. Ward Discusses the UH Library & Information Science Program
25. Former Waimea principal will return to Hawaii Prep Academy
26. Update: OHA Salary Commission’s Final Report
27. Growth, Big growth Projected for Hawaii Tourism
28. Bill Calls For 5-Year Moratorium On Opihi Picking
29. Wanted: Ethics, Campaign Spending Commissioners
30. Mainland Gang Member Indicted in Isle Drug Case
31. EA Required to land a Helicopter
32. Sears Will Close Ala Moana Store
33. Honolulu Police Department, Hawaiian Airlines now hiring
34. James Kimo Campbell, activist and college trustee, dies at 65

1. Abercrombie: I will not defend Marriage
2. Kauai Chief Perry Victim of Retaliation by Corrupt Mayor?
3. Hawaii: NRA Instructor Liability Bill Needs Your Immediate Help
4. Thielen Criticizes HB2417 Limits Solar Tax Credit to One Per Property
5. House Democratic Dissidents Consider State Reapportionment Lawsuit
6. Hawaii Lawmakers Again Aiming to Tax E-Commerce Sales
7. Same sex marriage likely heading back into legislature
8. Deadline For Reapportionment Approaching
9. Civil Engineer Debunks Civil Beat ‘Fact Check’
10. Coffee: Counting The Ways Obama Hurts U.S.
11. Hawaii lawmakers take five-day recess
12. Abercrombie Heads to DC to Beg for RTTT
13. Hawaii tourism spending should be up 6.4% in 2012
14. SA: Privatization plan can help tenants
15. ‘Clear and Convincing Evidence’ that Sovereignty Activists were Scamming Dorcy
16. SB2221: Kiddie Porn to become Type B Felony?
17. Abercrombie’s Latest Water Commission Nominees Don’t Quiet Uproar
18. Police chief spends Wednesday at work, but controversy continues
19. Kauai Police Shooting While Chief Kept from job by Mayor
20. Biotech Reduces Pesticide Use
21. Pregnant F-M Trans is Ego Tripper Bent on Being Famous at Children’s Expense
22. Bill allowing dogs in restaurants alive in House
23. Local newspapers face another likely competitor for lucrative legal notices
24. Smart Meters on Kauai Are a Public Health Hazard
25. Hawaii AG: Marley Sons Raise Money for Fake Charities
26. Head of anti-slavery alliance to speak

1. Kapolei Tesoro Refinery Workers Reject Labor Contract
2. Rail: The Biggest Wager in Hawaii’s History
3. Kauai Police Chief says he's going back to work without Support of Mayor
4. Solomon Supporters Demand that Inouye be Drawn out of District
5. $500M construction package passed by state Senate
6. Star-Adv: Don't sidestep rules for jobs
7. Bag Tax Back from Dead?
8. Inouye's support could mean little for candidates
9. Rail Suit: New Delaying Tactic From City
10. Act 221 Scammers to Ratepayers: Pay Us More, Get Used to It
11. BoE Approves Teacher Evaluation Negotiating Position
12. Oahu at risk—little ER capacity if disaster strikes
13. Civil Beat Greets Djou With Bogus already Debunked Questions about Campaigning in Uniform
14. Another Pro-Abortion Group Backs Hirono
15. Returning military members allege job discrimination — by federal government
16. Kenoi’s campaign sponsors have plenty to gain
17. Honolulu Officials Reviewed ORI’s Financial Records
18. Fired head of state's largest charter school under scrutiny for spending
19. Mainland Solar Installers Rake in $212M
20. Armed forces will vet hydrogen-fueled SUVs on Oahu
21. Convicted Pimp Sentenced To 40-Years In Prison
22. New York Welfare Spent in Hawaii
23. For First Time, Most Hawaii Moms Under 30 Are Unmarried
24. Hawaii Most favorable State, California Worst
25. Hawaii looks at banning bear gallbladder imports
26. HB2228: Requires Employers with 20+ Employees to Set Up Breastfeeding Room
27. HPU To Take over Aloha Tower Marketplace?

• House Bill 1707: “We will be forced to sell”
• RTTT: The Chicago Way?
• HELCO Blames Solar Users for Latest Rate Hike
• Kauai Chief Perry Victim of Retaliation by Corrupt Mayor?

1. Charles Djou on his way home from Afghanistan
2. Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted Feb 21
3. Legislators: Abercrombie Unstable, Rambling
4. Cayetano: Inouye ‘Irresponsible’, ‘Gambling with Public Money’
5. No Action to Stop Massive Unemployment Tax Hike
6. Inouye: Federal Judge David Ezra To Retire In June
7. 4000 Okinawa Marines Heading for Hawaii
8. OHA ‘Settlement’ Talks Leave Homeless Shelter in Limbo
9. H-Power Recycles Plastics into Electricity for 28,000 Homes
10. Pono Chong killed ‘Feeeel Good’ Bag Ban Bill
11. Hawaii State Salaries 2012: Hawaii Health Systems Corp.
12. HSTA Blocks 180 day law so DoE is Going to Redefine ’instructional time’ to fake it
13. Abercrombie Pushes Hard to Fake Accountability, Snag $75M from RTTT
14. Waimea principal's dismissal still unexplained
15. SA: Kick Principals out of HGEA
16. HART and UH, More Secrecy
17. Former police officer admits to ID theft and forgery
18. Fair share system under scrutiny
19. Organic Huckster Hypes GMO Labeling

1. In Hawaii, it’s 1984 all over again
2. Ten Tax Increases on the Move in Legislature
3. ECONOMY Survey -- The Economist and Hawaii Results
4. Hawaii Homeschoolers Speak up Against Mandatory Kindergarten
5. Bag Tax is a Business Deal between State, Stores, Enviros
6. HB1511: More High Tech Tax Credits for the Act 221 Scammers
7. Obama’s War on Inouye Earmarks ‘Not A Deathblow, but….”
8. Former Member of Charter School Panel Speaks out
9. Felony Child Abuse is Now Politically Correct: Sex-change treatment for kids
10. HB2742 Would Exempt County Councils from Sunshine Law
11. A Creeping Attempt To Shut Down Hawaii Court Records
12. Not So Public: Auditor Stonewalled On Prison Job
13. Governor's Emails Auto-Deleted After 60 Days
14. Independent Expenditures Tough to Track in Hawaii Elections
15. KIUC: Industrial Solar gets go-ahead, but homeowners denied
16. Pearlridge to give away Free Electricity to Electric Car Drivers
17. Omidyar Money Buys Five Local Nonprofits
18. Hawaii: 8 years to rebuild a Boat Ramp

1. Wishing We Didn't Have to Pay the Piper
2. Abercrombie Picks Insurers to Control Hawaii Health Insurance Exchange, Hospitals to get Boot
3. Law aimed at bullying in schools poses threat to freedom of speech
4. DoE Looks Other Way as Alleged Child Molesters Run Rampant
5. HB2527: Star-Adv Complains that BoE won’t have Ability to Fake Teacher Accountability
6. Tax Collections Running 2.6% lower than CoR Projections
7. Construction of Honolulu's rail project will begin next month
8. A Falling Out Amongst Thieves: Wind Scammers take aim at Solar Scammers and Biofool Scammers
9. Kenoi Pushes for Geothermal
10. Kauai Crackpots Obstruct Hydro, Babble about RF Radiation
11. To help Hirono, Marian Higa Tells Us that Anti-Superferry Scumbags were Right
12. Hirono a Show About Nothing
13. Ho'opili opponents gear up offensive
14. Kyo-ya Hotels' Waikiki plan deserves support
15. House adds floor sessions to video archive

1. HSTA Agrees to Longer Days, 20% Raise
2. Alternatives to Rail: Cato Institute, Local Leaders Speak Out
3. Abercrombie Appoints Transsexual Activist to Civil Rights Commission
4. JSC Names 11 Candidates for Honolulu District Court
5. Reapportionment Public Comment Meeting Wednesday
6. Marumoto Cheers Passage of ATV Safety Bill
7. Hawaii: NRA Instructor Liability Bill Advances
8. ‘Green’ Energy Scammers Push Hawaii Inflation rate to 4%
9. Bag Tax 'accidentally' Killed by House — Senate Bill Still Alive
10. Mother Marianne's Sainthood Date Set Oct 21
11. Past controversies hound 2 charter school panel picks
12. "Barack Obama requests $250M for Honolulu's rail project"?
13. Air Australia's grounding a blow to tourism
14. Officer hits pedestrian in road, cited for DUI and negligent injury
15. Progressive Blogger Cheered by GOP Dispute
16. Rep. Pine's Town Hall Meeting - Hawaii Medical Center Closure
17. Rep Bob Herkes to Run for Senate
18. Campaign signs irk some over early start, but law is on candidates' side
19. City Steps Closer To Finding Buyer For 12 Affordable Housing Projects
20. Hoku reaches agreement with Idaho Power Co.
21. U.S. focus on the Pacific could avert military cuts in Hawaii
22. Hawaii welcomes sailors returning from tough deployment
23. Dalai Lama to visit Oahu in April
24. Law would protect driver's license data
25. CN: 9th Circuit Seems to See Thru Title IX Claims
26. Nevada Approves Regulations For Self-Driving Cars

1. Senate Health Committee Shelves Beverage Tax
2. HFF: Good News HB2788 Waikiki Casino Deferred
3. House Republican Caucus: For the Record
4. Abercrombie Appoints Heather Giugni to the State House
5. Insurance Institute: HB2358 Would Weaken State Building Code
6. EUTF, Mortgage Fraud, and Toll Roads -- House Republicans Speak Out
7. Study: Lower income workers do not appear to rely on transit
8. 9th Circuit Hears Sides On Sea Turtle Rule
9. House panel rejects measure to end state 'pension spiking'
10. BoE Votes Tuesday on Changes to Teacher Tenure, Accountability
11. OHA Promises to stop shaking down Hospitals and Affordable Housing Projects in Exchange for Kakaako Settlement
12. Anonymous Finalists for rail mass-transit’s top job Secretly arrive for interviews
13. Legislation to Create Another Government Employees Union?
14. KSBE, Schatz, Morita to Join in Groundbreaking for Mafia Wind Project
15. More Windmills Coming, But Not All Island Residents Approve
16. Plastic Bag Tax: Retailers, Enviros Bicker Over Loot
17. Queens Still Trying to bar Cancer Center Doctors
18. Cayetano Decides to Dump Civil Beat from Media List
19. VIDEO: Waimea rallies around departed middle school principal
20. Inouye Wants to Revive Interisland Ferry
21. Hanabusa Fails in Effort to Direct More American Money to OPEC
22. Residential rents up 13 percent in past 2 years
23. Hawaii PV installers brace for tariff
24. Death Penalty Sought In Arizona Prison Murder of Hawaii Inmate
25. Disturbing Complaint Against Private Prison
26. Killing renews calls for abuse interventions
27. Dopers Take Cannabis Claims to 9th Circuit

1. Rep Pine: Reapportionment Lawsuit Says Military Personnel Don't Matter
2. IBHS Applauds Defeat of Hawaii Legislation to Abolish State Building Code Council
3. Voters Angry over Reapportionment Plan
4. 106,000 Residents Disenfranchised to Satisfy Malama Solomon
5. House and Senate close to Legalizing Bribery of members of advisory boards and task forces
6. Star-Adv: We Don’t Know Where Big Cable is Going, But get Started With It Anyway
7. Democrats Fail to Find Supporters of Soda Tax
8. Hirono is a Creature of the Hated House of Reps
9. Kulani Prison to Be Transformed into Resort for ‘Healing’ Prisoners
10. HCDA Gives Secret Raise to Exec Director
11. Coffman, McKelvey Support Bill to Gut Environmental Protections
12. City needs to give more substance, not PR, to rail
13. Feds Approve More Delays in Hawaii RTTT
14. Will DoE Begin Earlier Brainwashing Efforts?
15. Dope Doctor Appeals to Abercrombie’s ‘Integrity as a Politician’
16. $487B in Defense cuts would take 2 cruisers from Pearl Harbor
17. City resumes tagging property in public areas
18. Sugar is Josh Green’s Latest Excuse to Raise Taxes
19. Burial removals draw protesters to church
20. Multi-Billion Dollar Estate Lays off 13 After Inouye Fails to Come Thru with Earmark
21. Hawaii GOP Still Wrangling over National Committeeman
22. January foreclosures reach 6-month high
23. Cannibal Monk Seal Murders Two, Wounds 11

1. HB2103 Should Hawaii Borrow $3.2B to create Bank of Abercrombie?
2. Thielen: HB1893 "Demolishes Environmental Law"
3. Puerto Rico = Hawaii? Another Island Eyes Natural Gas as Substitute for Oil
4. Schatz Working on Obama Library
5. Hawaii: Important NRA Instructor Liability Bill to be Heard
6. Honolulu Prosecutor Sharply Criticizes HOPE Probation Program
7. Abercrombie Secretly Appoints Young Bros President to Water Board
8. New Reapportionment Maps Set Up Face-offs on Big Island, Oahu
9. FTA: Feds Won’t Pay for Rail Without ‘Strong Local Partner’
10. Djou 52% Favorable in poll larded with Democrats, Obama Supporters
11. CD2 Hannemann leads by big margin
12. Honolulu Prosecutor Sharply Criticizes HOPE Probation Program
13. Hawaii is only State where Charter School Employees are State Employees
14. Parents Deserve Answers After Firing of Waimea Charter School Principal
15. As Kakaako Deal Comes up, Donovan DelaCruz Suddenly Hosts Fundraiser
16. ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS LOCAL 126 ENDORSES CASE FOR SENATE
17. Heide & Cook plans acquisition by Alaska Native Company in bankruptcy filing
18. Newspapers Keep $1 Million Legal Ad Revenue For Another Year
19. Stop Mitch Kahle Bill to Be Heard by House Ctte
20. Family Of Murdered Inmate Sues State, Private Prison
21. 170,000 to get bank refunds
22. Applicants Sought for Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection Board
23. Representative Cynthia Thielen - I love Kailua Town Party 2012
24. Federal funds flow to clean-energy firms with Obama administration ties
25. Hunters Speak Up Against DLNR

1. Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted February 13
2. UH: Most Financial Records Recoverable After Fire
3. Hawaiian Airlines First to Receive Carbon Credits
4. Hawaiian is Nation's #1 On-Time Airline for 8th Straight Year
5. GE Tax: 'Low' rate belied by Broad Base
6. Senate Committee Drops Plan to Impose Tobacco Tax on Tobacco Substitute
7. Even With 69% Obama support, Star-Adv Can only find 39% Approval of Abercrombie
8. Cayetano Promises Focus on Oahu's Budget, Infrastructure Needs
9. Cayetano Run could Boost Case’s Chances in Primary
10. Obama’s D.O.A. Budget has $250M for Rail
11. One in 12 Oahu commuters take the bus to work, study says
12. Lingle Speaks up for Legal Reform, Against SLAPP Suits
13. Lingle on Furlough Fridays: Shouldn’t Have Trusted BOE
14. ‘Most favored nation’ HGEA Grabs for 60-40 on Health Insurance
15. Star-Adv, Abercrombie Ignore ‘Tutu and Me’
16. Sex Assault Case Raises Questions About DOE's Protection of Students
17. Progressives Frantic over UHPA Endorsement of Ed Case
18. HB2788 Waikiki Casino Tabled
19. Radcliffe, Brower: Gambling Opponents are ‘Theocrats’ Trying to Impose Religious Law
20. Council will take up measure requiring retailers to use only biodegradable bags
21. Attack on Free Speech: Cyberbullying Bill to Regulate Internet Comments?
22. HB2396: Legislators to Outlaw Shell Collecting?
23. Hawaii Agency Wants $123,000 To Review Records
24. Representative Gene Ward Addresses H.B. No. 1699, - Meals
25. Representative George Fontaine supports Move Over Bill H.B. No. 2030 - Traffic Safety;
26. Maui Council to Get 4-year Terms
27. Ex-State Harbors Official Charged With Theft, Forgery
28. Rapist Could've Got 40 Years, Gets Probation
29. Hawaii and East Carolina: Together at Last
30. Navy Wave-Powered Buoy Produces 400 Watts
31. Obama eyes more gay rights in Military
32. Pentagon May Oust Troops Involuntarily to Meet Reductions in Budget Plan
33. Hawaii Reporter Celebrates 10th Anniversary
34. Interview with Jamie Story

1. SB3019: Soda Tax to be Heard Today
2. Gallup: Hawaii #1 State for Gov't Jobs
3. Childless Women Make Hawaii Democratic?
4. HSTA to Return To Bargaining Table
5. Am Samoa: Faleomavaega Tries to Create New Citizens to Win Election
6. Supreme Court Decision Clarifies Line Between Discipline and Abuse
7. Star-Adv Lards Poll With 69% Obamabots and Finds Hirono Ahead
8. VIDEO HNN Interview With Linda Lingle
9. Poll: Cayetano 44%, Carlisle 35%, Caldwell 16%
10. Just How Deep Will Honolulu Rail's Debt Be?
11. Calvin Say Speakership Cost $53K
12. CN: Mysterious Abercrombie Executive Orders Tied to OHA Kakaako Settlement
13. Senate Committee expected to OK OHA settlement today
14. SA: Time to spike spiking practice
15. Woman Hospitalized After Assault, Kidnapping At Kuhio Park Terrace
16. 17,000 Students Could Be Without School Buses Next Year
17. $63M for free Laptops
18. UH Loses Financial, Payroll records in Fire
19. Marines under fire—Congressional pressure led to an unnecessary court martial
20. Maui Profitable Nonprofit Soaks Up Grants, Can’t Account for Money
21. Some teachers and students at Big Island charter school plan a boycott
22. Ruling on Kawaiaha'o iwi appealed
23. Kahikolu Congregational Church celebrates its 190th Anniversary
24. If Mr. Ah Fook and the Maui Revolutionaries Did Not Exist, There Would Be No Modern China
25. UH Porn Site for Sale
26. Whitney Houston's Kona Marijuana Bust

1. Will to Set Priorities for Tax Dollars Absent
2. UHPA: Case shows “ability to draw connections”
3. Romney Wins Maine Caucuses, Paul Second
4. Lay Off the US-Build Requirement!
5. Star-Adv Poll: Rail Opposed 53% to 43%
6. National Democrats ‘Raise Eyebrows’ by Backing Hirono
7. UHPA Endorses Case, Hannemann
8. DLNR: “Impacts” Are Excuse for Latest Fee Increase
9. Star-Adv Praises ‘Hawaii Solution’
10. Occupy Whines About Bill 54
11. Bone marrow drive inspired former anchor's donation
12. Lawmakers push to mandate insurance coverage for autism
13. High court clarifies discipline defense
14. Child maltreatment exacts huge cost
15. Principal's exit linked with charter schools
16. Documentary on Internment in Hawaii to be Shown Today
17. Suicide Tourism? Hemlock Society to Visit Three Hawaiian Islands
18. Dopers Upset by Requirement that they See only One Doctor per Prescription
19. Pepper Spray Is A Nonlethal Weapon Worth Having
20. Haleiwa land might be auctioned
21. Disaster aid drifts in with vog
22. Mayor Carlisle to promote Honolulu in Philippines
23. Japanese Whalers Send Maui Man Swimming

1. HB2788 Waikiki Casino to be Heard Monday
2. Hirono Attacks the US Chamber of Commerce
3. Guam should join Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico for Jones Act reform
4. Thielen, Rivere: The Real Green Legislators
5. Rep Marumoto's ATV Safety Proposals to be Heard Monday
6. Diabetes Bill Moves Forward Through Health Committee
7. ‘Unrepentant Liberal’ Abercrombie Promises to Raise Taxes, Give Money to other Liberals
8. Key Abercrombie Insider Behind Effort to Legalize Bribery
9. UH economists paint bleak picture of Hawaii’s recovery
10. Saint Francis Healthcare System asking lawmakers for $80 million in special purpose revenue bonds
11. State to Take Over HMC East?
12. Price Controls Create Shortage of drug Which threatens isle cancer patients
13. Sovereignty Activists Claim Big Score in $90M Estate Settlement
14. Backpedaling! Hawaiian Electric says no rate increase for solar lost revenue
15. Abercrombie pushes for bill establishing undersea cable framework
16. Hoku loses $10.6 million as it seeks more loans for plant
17. Problems cast shadows of doubt on solar project
18. Isle child abuse report rate twice statewide rate
19. DoE Did Not Report Statutory Rape to Police, Keeps the Accused Supervising Alleged Victim
20. Former Private School Principal Increases Charter School Performance, then Suddenly Vanishes Without Explanation
21. UH Can’t Stand Competition from Porn Site
22. Council Chair Floats Plastic Bag Ban for Honolulu
23. Lack of Riots Means City, state came in under budget on APEC spending
24. Hawaii's Pro and Anti Legalized Gambling Forces Step Up Lobbying Efforts
25. Lawmakers to probe salary overpayments revealed by Hawaii News Now
26. Alexander hired at IHS
27. Development around rail stations gets stuck in park
28. Jerry Chang Pushes to Weaken Hurricane Shelter
29. Larry Mehau Associate Draws Council District then Announces Campaign
30. 4,700 Marines to Guam confirmed
31. Maui Marine ‘happy to be home’
32. Hawaii Has Lowest Home Ownership Rate in Nation
33. DHHL to develop Mauna Kea
34. Prisoner Gets Pig to Bite, Scores $25K from State
35. Fate of many tip lawsuits still in limbo

1. DoE Contractor Touts 'Remarkable Growth' at Nanakuli Elementary School
2. Abercrombie Makes Third Error on Hurricane Fund
3. Hawaii to Receive $71M from Mortgage Settlement
4. Hawaii: Anti-Gun Bill Deferred by Senate Committee
5. Legislators think Act 221 Scammers are Mentally Ill
6. Abercrombie Bows to pressure, Abandons Plan to retaliate against Champley
7. Big Cable Shifts Focus to Geothermal, Big Island
8. HELCO Gains Decoupling Approval
9. Lee: Mazie’s Lack of Substance Speaks for Itself
10. Melanie Bailey: Does a School Field Trip Count as Instructional Time in Hawaii?
11. Union Members Push $500M in CIP
12. HGEA: Nine Mandated Sick Days Would Apply to Us As Well
13. Off-Duty Narcotics Officer Robbed of Gun, Badge, Handcuffs at Hostess Bar
14. Mayor told to repay wife's trip costs
15. Bag Tax to Fund DLNR Make Work Program
16. Future of sandalwood trees gets attention at Legislature
17. Accountability? DoE to Demand Waiver from NCLB
18. Leaders Split on Lawmaker Disclosure Deadline
19. Hawaii Tax Review Commission Seeks Extension
20. Representative Barbara Marumoto Discusses Quarantine of the Brown Tree Snake
21. The 89-Day Plan: How Retirees Collect Full Pensions Plus New State Salaries
22. Gay-Atheist Activists in Abercrombie Administration Targeted Alexander
23. UH student paper prints "how to" guide to sexual positions
24. Marine sergeant not guilty in hazing case
25. Representative Barbara Marumoto Support Adult and Community Education Funding
26. Supreme Court Denies Challenge to Honolulu Council Redistricting Plan

1. VIDEO: US Chamber of Commerce Backs Lingle for Senate
2. Legislature to Impose 70% Tax on Tobacco Substitute?
3. Catholic Bishops Rep: Obama Mandate 'Hawaii Compromise' Maybe Worse
4. Prediction Wrong: Electric rates down—not up
5. Aina Koa Pono Up to Its Eyeballs in Retaliation Against Champley
6. Hawaiian Electric Industries earns $138.2M in 2011, up 22%
7. HB2689: Shake-Down Operators Split over How to Extort Money from Geothermal Development
8. Senate Committee Advances Anti-Spiking Bill
9. Matsumoto: We must deal quickly with underfunded retiree health fund liability
10. Honolulu Council Budget Chair Questions Rail Department on Cost, Reasons, for Radio Blitz
11. Fighting to Stop Honolulu's Proposed Rail Debacle
12. DoE: Accused Child Molester Supervises His Victim During Trial
13. Working at School Could Be Solution for DoE’s 180-day law
14. Inside Hawaii's Juvenile Detention Home
15. SA: Cybercrime Legislation Raises Free Speech, Privacy Issues
16. Rep. Ward Addresses Internet Sales Tax HB1634
17. House Defers OHA-Kakaako Bill, Will Follow Senate’s Lead
18. Clayton Hee Pushes for Creation of Another Hawaiian Studies Center at UH Manoa
19. HB2703: State to Mandate Agricultural Production Double?
20. Time with Kymberly Pine - Chef Edward Kenney - Hawaii's Local Farmers
21. Fine could rise for texting while driving
22. Occupy Protesters try to Beat Rap
23. Ex-police officer found guilty of sex assault is a fugitive in Morocco
24. Porn site prompts UH to ask for tougher computer crime law
25. Sexting could become a crime
26. Hawaii Should Publish Government Legal Notices On the Internet
27. Hazing trial of Kaneohe Marine so far fails to make points necessary to convict
28. Global Cooling: Himalayas have Lost no Ice in 10 years

1. Rick Santorum Wins Three States -- CO, MO, MN
2. Hawaii Catholic Conference: Obama Admin Threatens Religious Liberty
3. Advisory Council Gives Abercrombie 12 Nominees for UH Regents
4. Kamehameha Schools Jumps in With Act 221 Scammers
5. Without FTA Rail Approval City Would Have Faced $9M monthly Cost Overruns
6. California same-sex marriage ruling Gives Abercrombie Even More Excuses to Present Weak Defense against gay Marriage Suit
7. Religious Freedom: Obama Admin May Adopt Hawaii Model as State Legislature Considers Discarding it
8. Healthcare industry interested in reviving closed hospital facilities
9. Representative Kymberly Pine comments on HB 1953
10. Sick of Work? Legislature Considers Ordering Businesses to Give Everybody 9 Annual Paid Days Off
11. Redistricting Plan May be Ready Feb 23
12. Hawaii Lawmakers, Abercrombie Aim to Dilute Gift Rules — Again
13. Kauai Mayor Testifies Before Closed Meeting of Police Commission
14. Hanabusa, Hirono, Akaka Travel Log Published
15. Hawaii Law Allows Students to Work in Schools
16. Accountability for DoE Principals: Eight Years of Empty Talk
17. School Bus Watch: Ed Board Establishes Action Group to Examine Costs
18. Hundreds pay respects to fallen police officer
19. Hawaii Land Development Corp Still Controversial
20. Okinawa Marines going to Guam, Australia, Hawaii and Philippines
21. Hazing trial is attributed to influence of politician
22. $3M Emergency Appropriation for APEC Security Expenses
23. State Proposes Absurd Tax on Electronic Cigarettes
24. Pretending to act, Lawmakers consider Less rigorous inspections of zip lines
25. Star-Adv Gives Space to Another Socialist UH Prof.
26. Hawaii’s Really Scary Development Bind
27. Penn State Child Molestation Perjurer Helped NCAA Dump Oahu Bowl
28. Desperate Hawaii Democrats try to Make Issue of Michigan Advert
29. Rep. Hirono Introduces Bill to Direct Feasibility Study of Ka'u Coast Designation as National Park System Unit
30. Roseanne for Pres: A chicken in every bucket, a pie in every face