Entries for March 2012

1. Overworked Doctor Commits Suicide at Tripler
2. Honolulu Tea Party Rally, Monday April 16
3. Bailout: $60M Loss as Feds Sell Interest in Central Pacific Bank
4. HTA: Visitor Arrivals up 2.5% from Year Ago
5. Hawaii NRA Instructor Liability Bill to be Heard in Senate Committee
6. Applicants Sought for Chair of the Elections Commission
7. Kealakehe Selected as Site of Future Judiciary Complex in Kona
8. DLNR Snares Slowly Torture Pigs
9. April 22 is Deadline for Reapportionment Litigation
10. Tires Slashed, Signs Stolen: Cayetano's Campaign Targeted Again
11. Spending Billions on Rail, City Now Cuts Back on TheBus
12. Aging Flower Child Abercrombie Morphs into Spiro Agnew
13. After Decades, Kamaoa Wind Farm Finally Being Torn Down
14. After Kamehameha – DHHL Deal Fails, Jeff Stone Sells Golf Course to Firm Headed by Micah Kane
15. Data Mining May Penalize Doctors Who Help Poor, Homeless
16. Bag Tax May Not Be Heard in House?
17. Frankel: “Big money’s at stake” on Haleakala
18. HSTA Will Resume bargaining April 5
19. Sunshine Law likely to be amended by several pending bills
20. Amid gold rush to recruit veterans, concerns over rankings of "military friendly" colleges
21. Medicare Paying $15,000 to Save Old People’s Vision
22. NAACP sunset vigil to honor King and victim of Florida shooting
23. Council approves $10K for Police Commission counsel

1. Barney Frank on Maui: Hirono Raises Funds with Man Who Caused Housing Collapse
2. NRA: Immediate Action Needed on Hawaii Instructor Liability Bill
3. Abercrombie: We Need to Move Past Self-Appointed Hawaiian Organizations
4. OHA Cronies Will Get $200M worth of Land to Personally Profit From
5. Abercrombie: I delayed Capital Improvement Projects for 20 Months
6. Laura Thielen, Former Lingle appointee, to run for SD25 as Democrat
7. Hawaii Legislature Advances Law in Hopes of Deceiving US Department of Education
8. Plan to Let Criminals Out of Prison Stripped from Bill after Ala Moana Work Release Arrests
9. Mandatory Sick Leave: Another Made in San Francisco Pipedream
10. Property Management Firms Behind Non-Resident Vacation Rental Owners
11. Inouye Behind Firing of Haleakala Hearing Officer
12. Bag Ban Littered With Confusing Exemptions
13. Who Speaks for the Abercrombie Administration?
14. Losers: Hirono, Hanabusa vote against House Budget
15. Josh Green Lines Pockets as State Health Connector Nears Approval
16. Wooley, Hooser Bob and Weave as Dirty Dozen Near Approval
17. SB2927 Will Help Line Up TOD Developers for Rail
18. The Navy will withdraw from service three ships at Pearl Harbor in the next two years
19. Change state Constitution if you want to rein in debt
20. Star-Adv Desperately Looks for Justification of $100K Gift to Atheist
21. Split in trade groups lobbying for Hawaii’s solar/PV industry
22. Hawaii one of Only 8 States to Raise Cigarette Taxes
23. Waste to Energy Proposals Sought in Maui, Hawaii
24. Maui Resident Appointed to National Taxpayer Advocacy Panel
25. Hawaii becomes 20th state to certify Americans Elect on November general election ballot
26. Hawaii leads nation in electric vehicle charging stations
27. Profitable Non-Profits Drive Expanding Definition of Autism
28. Hamakua Resident Roseanne Barr Publishes Address of George Zimmerman’s Parents
29. Zoo Suspects Crazy Bums Freed Tawny Frogmouth

1. Rail Plaintiffs to FTA: We suspect that you are no longer shocked by the City’s deceptive practices
2. Abercrombie: Environmental Critics Are 'Apocalyptic Naysayers'
3. Hawaii's fallen heroes remembered in medal of honor ceremony
4. Abercrombie Rambles at Medal of Honor Ceremony
5. Hawaii Is Tops in Cronyism, Nepotism, and Patronage
6. Hawaii: Highest State Debt Per Capita
7. State Owned Bank: $4B at Risk to Reward Cronies
8. Out-of-state workers already on the rail job
9. Star-Adv: We Want Our $75M--Use HB2527 to Pressure HSTA on RTTT Settlement
10. Lingle Campaign Slaps Down Democrat Attack on Republican Jewish Coalition
11. Hawaii Charter School Overhaul Looks Likely
12. Pay raises suggested for top City and County jobs
13. Civil Beat Loses Chief Editor
14. Kailua, Urban Honolulu are Top Communities for Divorced Persons
15. Census: Honolulu and San Diego Swap Residents
16. Nearly $3.9M award from jury over Molokai ‘campaign of intimidation’
17. Feds Bust Airline Workers Allegedly Moving 300 lbs of Meth to Hawaii
18. Prison Guard Arrested for Allegedly Shooting Up Pearl City

1. Lingle Commends US Chamber for Tourism-Focused Senate Testimony
2. Life of the Land Releases Hawaii Energy Report
3. State, County Projects Exempt from Environmental Review? Thielen, Rivere Rip SB755
4. Teacher: DoE Allows Students to Take and Re-Take Tests until they Pass
5. SB1332: Kobayashi UH Exemption to be Continued?
6. Is Honolulu Rail Debt Causing Budget Cuts?
7. Grabuskas: Rail Funding not Guaranteed
8. Sen. Roz Baker Blasted Over Hearing Conduct
9. Slom: Health Exchange Lacks Sunshine, Ethics
10. HMSA seeks rate boost
11. HB2175: Task-Force Lobbyists to be Exempted from Ethics Code
12. Hawaii Adds 1,200 Gov’t Jobs, Loses 33,800 Private Sector Jobs
13. Paid Sick Leave Mandate on Today’s legislative Agenda
14. Young Brothers’ President Nominated to Board of Ag
15. Hawaii GOP 'Still Looking' for Candidate to Run in Congressional Race
16. New guns for Hawaii sheriffs packed up & shipped back to Smith & Wesson
17. Horizon Lines' debt restructuring puts future in limbo
18. Gay Waikiki Murder Trail Continues
19. State says condo funds must be deposited locally
20. Vandals strike Honolulu Zoo, exotic birds missing

1. Report: HSTA not to Blame for All Delays in Race to the Top
2. Hawaii GOP Appoints New Executive Director
3. Obama Whispers Away America's Security
4. Banks to Pay only 20% of Mortgage Settlement
5. Giant radar returns to sea as N. Korean launch looms
6. Abercrombie’s Medical Plan: Iowa Senator Pushes Hawaii to Dump Psychiatrists off Medicaid
7. New health board is off to an uncomfortable start
8. New Secret Weapon in Federal Anti-Rail Lawsuit in Honolulu: University Law Students
9. Performance Evaluations front and center as RTTT Squad Arrives
10. Criminal UPW Boss Gary Rodrigues on the Loose in Honolulu, Looking for a Job
11. Cyberbullying, Kiddie Porn on Legislative Agenda Today
12. Abercrombie Victory: No Plans being made for 2013 Pro Bowl
13. Can Abercrombie be Held Accountable for his Actions?
14. City Down to ‘only’ 150 Sewage Spills a Year
15. Higher Electric Bills Ahead: PUC Gives Go-Ahead to Biofool Scammers
16. Sex Offenders on the Loose
17. HPD investigates 100,000 missing police reports
18. Ritte Demands Boat Visiting Molokai Hand over Cash
19. Lawmakers question UH Manoa Chancellor's necessity
20. Certified Hawaii CEO Fired – Was Allegedly Stealing from Homeowners Associations
21. What delayed news of theft by CEO of major property management firm? 
22. 9th Circuit Voids Hawaii Foreclosure Sale
23. 9th Circuit Rules on Waikiki Coral Damage Fine
24. $65,000 to preserve WWII Japanese-American internment sites in Hawaii
25. Taro task force looking for members

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