Entries for May 2011

1. HB838: Reapportionment Funds Held up by Abercrombie
2. Public gathers at Schofield Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony
3. Kalapa: State Limits on Tax Deductions will Hurt Non-Profit Sector
4. Duckworth not considering run for Hawaii posts
5. Hanabusa holds 3rd DC Lobbyist Fundraiser of Year
6. Hanabusa still hasn’t Moved into District
7. BoE to conduct every kind of Audit—EXCEPT the Financial one
8. Filling Up the General Fund: HVCB market blitz targets 3 cities
9. Medical home model Improves patient care
10. The Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan: Easier Eligibility Standards for Hawaii Residents
11. Senators Question Guam Base Plan
12. Hawaii may become only state where injuring or killing someone while driving without License is not a Felony
13. Act 221 Scammers still pushing Lanai Windfarm
14. What You Won't Learn From Honolulu Council Financial Disclosure Forms
15. Council Devises Escape Hatch for Recycling Subsidy
16. City might permit fireworks storage
17. NOW THE UKULELE OUTSELLS ELECTRIC GUITARS IN UK
18. Fake CO2 readings keep going up as atmosphere cools

1. Ronald Reagan, Memorial Day 1986: “They chose to reject the fashionable skepticism of their time”
2. Abercrombie’s Tough Deal: Penny-pinching Governor demands Control over decision to “Extend Life”
3. Molokai Anti-Wind Group Forms
4. Memorial Day Events:
5. Only 12 remaining Hawaii WW2 Vets of 442nd
6. Molokai Veterans Group Comes a Long Way
7. Hirono finally shows up in Hawaii to do interviews
8. DOE to tighten tenure rules: School administrators undergo "employee termination training" (but they aren’t actually going to fire anyone)
9. OHA awards $4.3M for education, health and income
10. Maui Man escapes, so soft-on-crime Judge Lets him out of Prison
11. High cost of Nursing Home Care produces Surplus of LTC Beds
12. Hawaii Gov. Abercrombie intends to veto redundant measure extending stimulus oversight
13. No Wind on Molokai (Literally)
14. HC&S: Sugar ‘at the top,’ can anything knock it off?
15. Ex-Maui officer, once called a hero, pleads guilty in theft, sex extortion
16. Costs force MEO out of senior chore service
17. Kauai Property Tax Appeals up 35%
18. Fences protect 8,000 acres of Kaua‘i wilderness
19. Enviros Panic as Huge new Oil Field opens up in Texas

1. Hawaii Family Forum: Religious Freedom takes a Beating in Legislature
2. Israel Day Hawaii Celebration May 29
3. Rep Gene Ward plans for July 4th Maunalua Bay
4. OHA behind effort to block Hydro on Kauai
5. HPD Chief Replaces APEC Coordinator Months Before Event
6. Star-Advertiser calls for Abercrombie to sign Charter School Ethics Bill
7. Star-Advertiser: Hawaii well poised to offer an alternative to the Wisconsin model of dealing with public sector unions (Raise taxes $600M and give the unions 9 paid days off)
8. Law's delay halts foreclosures until Oct 1
9. Hawaii public schools set goal of serving more food cooked from scratch in cafeterias
10. BYU officials defend hotel proposal
11. Hawaiian stilts make comeback in former Homeless Tent City
12. Pair circling isle on foot to help combat meth use
13. High-tech meters to drive new system
14. Feds slow to fund Alii Drive repairs
15. For 55 years, a Hawaii man has fulfilled a promise to tend the grave of his friend's brother

1. Complete list of Neighborhood Board Election Results
2. Berg: Support needed for Community Benefits Bills on Council Agenda
3. Association of Alternative Newsweeklies protests subpoena of Maui Time online Commenters’ IDs
4. Hawaii Workers Comp Fails Workers and Doctors—but Lawyers are given a “Raft of Protocols”
5. VA, Pentagon to combine Electronic Health Records
6. Homeless leave Waianae, move Downtown
7. WW2 Memorial Needs Paint, Abercrombie Admin blames Lingle
8. Hawaii spends $12,399 per student: DoE blames HECO for poor Student Performance
9. New 3 yr Mainland Prison Contract Overdue
10. Hunters hit back at DLNR “Propaganda”: No Axis deer on Big Isle
11. Interest in electric vehicles high in Hawaii: Honolulu creates an online permitting system for home charging stations
12. Dismissal sought in Kaho'ohalahala residency dispute
13. Maui: Ex-police officer pleads guilty in theft and sex assault cases
14. Hawaii County Cost of Gov’t Commission focuses on How to extract more money from Residents
15. County programs serving few a burden to taxpayers
16. Bicyclists protest Waialae road plan
17. Hawaii Puppy Mill Faces 153 Animal Cruelty Counts
18. Lawmakers from Both Sides Rally for Housing Counseling Funding
19. Akaka votes to Bankrupt Medicare

1. Naming names: Who are the alleged Sovereignty-mortgage scammers?
2. Maui Victims of Sovereignty Mortgage Scammers may lose home
3. Study: Hawaii Drivers rank 50th in Driving Skills
4. $600 million in New Taxes
5. Hawaii Government agencies are tops in DC lobbying
6. Tulsi Gabbard announces Democratic campaign for CD2
7. DLNR to step up enforcement against Fishermen
8. Abercrombie on CoR: No plans to call for Special Session
9. Attorney: Seizure of Molokai Ranch for Windfarm may be illegal
10. 189 Properties in Rail’s Path: Myths about Eminent Domain
11. Gov. Ariyoshi Schools Abercrombie on how to balance a Budget
12. State to sell piles of junk to fill General Fund
13. Obamacare: Medicaid cuts will cost Hawaii $150 million over two years
14. County Mayors Meet With Governor Over Contract Talks
15. Abercrombie: Special Session Unlikely, Revenues Forecast Unchanged
16. Hawaii Gov. Abercrombie signs extension of 5 percent pay cut for state leaders
17. Did Hawaii Do Enough To Fix Public Pensions?
18. Maui land sought for geothermal power plant
19. Sovereignty Activists indicted for Stealing from Hawaiians (once again)
20. Rep Herkes defends ACT 48 Foreclosure Reform
21. For Tulsi Gabbard, Serving Hawaii Means Leaving City Council Early
22. HPD Officer's Sentencing Delayed
23. UH students tell City Council about bike route disconnections
24. Hawaii health department reopens food plant
25. Queen Liliuokalani School Closes Its Doors
26. WSJ: Hawaii Hotel Sues Marriott
27. Lahaina museum to be featured in film on China’s 1911 Revolution
28. Akaka reintroduces bill to reunite Filipino World War II veterans and their children
29. Honolulu Mayor Advances Plan to Demolish Waikiki Natatorium
30. Spike in rat lungworm reported
31. HNN: Bu La`ia: The Legend Continues

1. Test of Shield Law? Maui PD subpoenas ID of online commenter who threatened Cop
2. Brookings: Muslims expel reformer from Manoa mosque, claim Arabs discovered Hawaii
3. Gallup: Hawaii residents are Least-Stressed in US
4. VIDEO: Fontaine Factor Discusses Domestic Violence in Hawaii
5. After raising taxes on poor, Abercrombie announces $13M Crony Capitalist Giveaway
6. UH Hilo to be home to NASA International Lunar Research Park
7. Akaka, Inouye join in unanimous Senate rejection of Obama Budget
8. VIDEO: Ryan: Obama, Dems "Shamelessly Distort And Demagogue Medicare"
9. VIDEO: Joe Klein: NY-26 Was A "Victory For Socialism"
10. Everyone Holding Breath for State COR Numbers
11. Clayton Hee corrects years of lies on Ethics Statements: SA blogs about it
12. Abercrombie still trying to balance budget on backs of Seniors
13. Abercrombie’s Corporate Welfare goes to OHIO???
14. Bill to alter homes tax exemption advances
15. Research facility at UH-Hilo would test gear for lunar work
16. 10 yr sentence for Filipino who liberated nearly $300K from Democrat Operatives Meheula, Winer
17. Clownish Hawaii Democrat Media Begins Running Free Campaign Propaganda for Hirono
18. APEC Calls for Seamless Free Trade across Pacific
19. Former Big Island Mayor Yamashiro Will Be Remembered as ‘Best Mayor’ and ‘Loyal Friend and Mentor’
20. Civil Beat Gets it Wrong on Democrat Money flooding into Hawaii 2010 Campaigns
21. Goodwin Liu withdraws appeals court nomination
22. After Abercrombie wrecks Budget, Aoki blames Lingle
23. State partners with NASA to work on space exploration at UH Hilo
24. Obama gives Abercrombie $13M to reward Cronies
25. Incentive reduced for solar water heating program
26. Kauai Council approves $269M budget—25% increase; Rapozo casts lone ‘nay’ vote
27. The Kama’aina Pumping Scandal Remains Scandalous
28. CB: For Filipinos, Politics Is More Than Just Numbers
29. Anti-Bullying Program introduces “Transgender Clownfish” to Elementary School Students
30. Hawaii Doesn't Require Lost Gun Reports
31. 'Speedy Trial' Violations Rare in Hawaii
32. Alleged Scam Psychiatrist came to Hawaii after losing MD license in Colorado
33. Tesoro Buys Libyan Rebel Crude for Hawaii Refinery
34. Hawaii heat source debated

Playing Politics: Kapolei Neighborhood Board Rejects $500K Community Benefit Package

Berg: Allow Mobile Home Parks to provide Affordable Housing?

Judiciary to Host new Divorce Law Seminar

1. Abercrombie’s Medical Homes: Global Budget to control your Healthcare
2. Only 53% of House Seats change hands in 7 years
3. WSJ: An Anti-Israel President: The president's peace proposal is a formula for war
4. WT: Obama’s next war -- President’s ill-considered Islamist backing puts Israel in the cross hairs
5. 4 Schofield soldiers killed in Afghanistan bomb attack
6. Inouye, Akaka stab Hawaii in back: Call for delay in South Korea Free Trade Pact
7. Senator Hee amends latest financial disclosure, questions remain
8. DePledge: Nobody cares about Residency
9. Rail Math Just Doesn’t Add Up
10. Shapiro: Public should win tug of war over control of rail authority
11. Will current controversies change public opinion on rail?
12. Critics: HPD Chief Isolated, Too Close To Union
13. Father says son found gun at Oahu middle school
14. Is Restricting Freedom of Movement a Healthcare Solution?
15. Filipinos Overtake Japanese As Top Hawaii Group
16. Hawaii can play a leading role in America's quest to explore and colonize space
17. $2.6M for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
18. Hawaii Co Water rates hiked 18%
19. Kauai to Regulate Peddlers in Parks
20. Robber Baron will not Represent Molokai
21. Hawaii Consumers #3 in Credit Card Debt
22. Council pursues Obama's library
23. Shakedown Fails for Now: Telescope foes lose bid for legal fees
24. OHA To publish How To guide for Shakedown Artists
25. Argentina: Hawaii doctor nabbed for Medicare billing fraud
26. Hawaii woman accused in $50 million Chinese company fraud
27. United States for Travel Freedom Caucus Plans to Stop TSA ‘Abuses’

1. Hirono launches Campaign by misleading public on education reform, clean energy
2. DoD raises Worldwide Force Protection Condition to Bravo
3. Abercrombie first few months: Anger, secrecy, waffling, and the birther distraction
4. AARP: Pension Tax flawed, would balance budget on backs of Seniors
5. Inouye to Micros: Get Lost
6. Progressives Continue to Obsess over Redistricting
7. Hawaii Finance Director: Moody’s GO Bond Downgrade Will Cost Hawaii Taxpayers
8. Parents Fume over DoE Response to Campus Shooting
9. Child Abuser heads Small DoE Charter School
10. Legislation seeks to shed light on operations and spending as DoE Starves Charters of Funding
11. Rail Supporters spread Conspiracy Theories about Lawsuit
12. SA: Kalihi rentals revamp right way to go
13. PVT Launches Waste-to-Energy to power 12,000 homes
14. KIUC Sets meeting for Luddites to Destroy Hydropower proposal
15. Queen’s MD: Stressed Caregivers abandon Elderly at Emergency Room
16. Guam Vets: "For major surgery we would much rather go to the Philippines than Hawaii"
17. Hawaii Planned Parenthood Celebrates Teen Pregnancy by demanding more taxpayer dollars for Abortion Mill
18. 911 tape for Fireworks blast reveals disdain
19. Maui Charter panel eyes voting powers of County Council
20. Hawaii's Best High School: Mililani High School
21. Native Hawaiian educational programs to receive more than $41M in federal funding
22. Charges against HPD officers dismissed
23. National Veterans Golden Age Games are coming to Hawaii this week for the first time in 25 years
24. Noreen Yamane new chancellor of Hawaii Community College
25. UH Manoa: Feral Cat Count In Progress (Your tax dollars at work)
26. Why is America the 'no-vacation nation'?

1. Bloody Primary: Hirono vs Case vs Hanabusa for Senate?
2. Aiona vs. Hannemann for CD2?
3. Federal Law Enforcement Foundation: Hawaii Muslims not sanctioned to use our name
4. Gulen Cult strikes out in Hawaii Legislature, School?
5. Hawaii PUC Stats show Windfarms cause Blackouts
6. DoTax still has no explanation for sudden discovery of $134M
7. Gov. Tim Pawlenty announces Presidential Campaign
8. Larry Mehau associate John Carroll to run for US Senate as Libertarian
9. Study: Humans Wiped Out Land Crabs 1000 yrs ago In Hawaii (they were delicious)
10. Abercrombie to Democrats: We’re running out of time to Survive
11. Abercrombie signs measure for SHORTER school day (180-day law killed)
12. Abercrombie teams up with Karl Rove against AARP
13. State Auditor Attacks Successful Charter School
14. Small Charter Schools kept on Life Support by KSBE in order to use up all the Charters
15. Highlands Intermediate student in police custody following gunshot on campus
16. Progressive Democrats begin to panic over Reapportionment
17. UH Manoa Ethnic Studies Fraudsters: APEC meeting a chance to promote 'Value of Hawaii'
18. SA to Council: Allow rail authority to do its job
19. ILind: Foreclosure Law will allow Condo Fee Deadbeats free ride
20. Odds Against Entrepreneurship In Hawaii
21. Hawaii technology office on course for creation
22. Groups call on students to challenge themselves
23. Special report: youth gangs in Hawaii
24. US Wind Installations Dropping Sharply
25. Korean TV show a boon for tourism
26. Tonga: Hawaiian Kingdom visa scheme is a scam

1. VOTING EXTENDED: SATURDAY was last day to vote for Honolulu Neighborhood Board
2. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels not running for President
3. Candidates sought for Hawaii County seat on UH Board of Regents
4. Reapportionment: Democrats don’t want to count Military Personnel, do want to count Felons
5. Business owner and Consultant? Clayton Hee’s False Ethics Reports
6. Maui News Who do you expect to be the Republican nominee in the 2012 presidential race?
7. No Audit of the DoE, but State Auditing Charter Schools
8. Failing Molokai School converts to Charter, now succeeds. Teachers work longer day get paid more
9. Charter School in Tents Whips DoE
10. Growth trends like in Ewa will guide reapportionment changes
11. VIDEO: Abercrombie “We don’t deserve to hold office if we can’t deliver as Democrats”
12. SA: Charities that feed homeless should stop
13. Kat Brady compares compares Halawa to Auschwitz as Fat Criminals lose weight, ACLU says system is cracking
14. Developers Pitch Hoopili development for Ewa
15. Five years after nearly closing, Kahuku Medical Center holds open house
16. Kapaia Bridge: After four years of talk and studies, Kauai County decides to do nothing
17. Ulua Hunters Needed: Fishing ban in NW Hawaiian Islands is Killing Monk Seals
18. UPI: Ultralights need more regulation?
19. Government Steps Up Repayment Of Student Loans
20. Rump Presbyterian Church votes to allow oral, anal sex for Clergy
21. Handi-Van driver accused of sexually assaulting mentally handicapped woman
22. “Pacific Gibraltar: U.S.-Japanese Rivalry over the Annexation of Hawaii, 1885-1898,” by William Michael Morgan

1. Maui Armed Forces Day Picnic TODAY
2. Israel Day Hawaii Celebration May 29
3. VIDEO: Herman Cain announces GOP Presidential Bid
4. Abercrombie signs public lands bills into law
5. Natural Resource Agencies Collaborate to Help Conserve Forestry Lands in Hawaii
6. Hirono vs. Lingle Round 2?
7. Rep. Johanson Selected for Prestigious Emerging Leaders Program
8. Senator Clayton Hee files false ethics reports for years
9. Sen Josh Green Leads Doctors into Medical Jail
10. Plata o Plombo? Electronic Medical Records Subsidy Keeps Kona Hospital in Black
11. Construction industry worries about fallout from rail lawsuit
12. Abercrombie tells Nurses it is their own fault if HGEA doesn’t take care of them
13. Honolulu Reapportionment Commission Named
14. Hawaii Ranks #3 in Homelessness
15. With APEC breathing down their necks, Honolulu Work Crews suddenly become efficient
16. State Guests “Disinvited” From Pirates of the Caribbean Screening
17. State Supreme Court issues rules to accompany foreclosure proceedings
18. Hawaii human trafficking suspect appeals civil case loss
19. FBI Adopts Waipahu School
20. Hawaii County Illegal Smokers being ticketed
21. High hopes for ignition interlock
22. Windward bike-sharing program promotes government waste
23. E-Waste Recycling program falling apart as trash piles up
24. First Wind issues $200M in notes for new wind projects
25. Latino Community Grew Almost 40% in Hawaii Over Last Decade

1. VIDEO: Abercrombie squares off with Maui Nurses
2. Djou responds to Hirono Campaign Announcement
3. UHERO County Forecast: Uneven Recovery Continues
4. SA: Abercrombie off to rough start
5. Police Roust Kenoi, Chang from Drunken Party
6. Hawaiian Home Lands Owes $2,500 for Treadmill
7. HTA: Tourism set for near-record year
8. Dead on Arrival: Obama Admin to ask for $250M for Honolulu Rail
9. District Pork Hard to Track at the Ledge
10. Legislators raise GE Tax $350M, proud of …uh… not raising GE Tax
11. Surprise, surprise: Maui hydro proposal causing controversy
12. Long-awaited Kuhio Park Terraces revamp begins
13. Castle doubles down on schools (good money after bad)
14. DoE employee arrested in first child enticement case involving 'live victim'
15. Study: HIV on the rise with Asian and Pacific Islander Women
16. Less Federal Funds: Hawaii's anti-terror funding cut despite APEC
17. Geothermal: How Much will OHA make after theft of Wao Kele O Puna
18. Were Kings and Queens of Hawaii Really Hawaiian?
19. Hawaiian Rights vs DLNR at Supreme Court
20. US judge fines contractor for human trafficking
21. Regents Split on Research Center's Future, Punt Decision to UH President
22. Cayetano: 14 years, 10 dogs, and Salmon
23. Maui Chamber needs more donations to continue Fourth of July fireworks
24. Maui selected for smart-grid demonstration
25. Castle Foundation commits $10 million to public education
26. Transsexual Farrington HS Student now edits website

1. Hawaii WW2 vet to Obama: “Shape up and start acting like an American”
2. FRIDAY Last Day to Vote for Honolulu Neighborhood Board
3. Larry Mehau Associate Mazie Hirono Announces Campaign for US Senate
4. Hawaii Judges Cannot Be Impartial About Rail Project
5. US Census: Hawaii home ownership only 57.7%
6. DBEDT: State Forecasts Remain Optimistic
7. RESULTS: Cain tops Hawaii GOP Presidential Straw Poll
8. Courthouse News: Watchdogs & Ex-Hawaii Officials Aim to Shelve Mass Transit Project
9. Not to Rule over Hawaii: Obama's 9th Circuit nominee Goodwin Liu heading for Defeat Thursday?
10. To Rule over Hawaii: Obama nominates former Planned Parenthood Board member for 9th Circuit
11. Social Security Admin releases Top 100 baby names for Hawaii
12. Your Private Information Public? HHS Audit finds massive Security Gaps in Electronic Medical Records
13. Victory: Senate Republicans Save Hawaii from Berkeley Liu
14. Cabanilla, Wooley, English among Least Effective Lawmakers
15. Neighborhood Board Voting ends Friday
16. Homelessness Industry Admits 75% would go to shelters if we stop feeding them on the Streets
17. Three Weeks After Rail Fact-Finding Trip, Still No Report
18. State forecasts increase in jobs
19. AP, ABC Weigh in on Moody’s Hawaii Downgrade
20. BOE wants single, more rigorous track to earn high school diploma
21. Common Cause Targets Instant Runoff Voting for a Comeback Next Year
22. Kauai Resort property tax hike fails
23. Kau: Modest version of Hawaiian Riviera Resort envisioned
24. Council to chop W. Hawaii golf subsidy
25. Oi: Bill to ban texting in crosswalks won't work, but changed attitudes would
26. UH Board of Regents To Vote on Major Research Center's Closure
27. "Interim" is the Title for 8 of 19 Deans at UH Manoa
28. Daily KOS Claims Lingle has no future
29. Bank Lobbyist Served on Hawaii Fore closure Task Force
30. Big Save stores sold to Times
31. Hawaii Libertarian Party Convention to meet Saturday
32. Accused Murderer Walks after Two Mistrials

1. Abercrombie’s Medical Homes scheme rejected by Mayo Clinic, other top clinics
2. HGEA to Nurses: State not Responsive to Negotiations
3. APEC Prep: Abercrombie Reveals 90-Day Homeless Plan
4. Schatz still trying to find “More Federal Funds”
5. Top Abercrombie Fundraiser Endorses Republican Presidential Campaign
6. HCDA Hearing on Future Development of Barbers Point/Kalaeloa
7. Moody’s Cuts Hawaii’s Bond Rating
8. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 16
9. Analysis: Budgets Swell for All but Two Hawaii Depts.
10. Abercrombie copies Waihee: Secrecy led to Broken Trust
11. Ward: 18 Bills which were originally Republican Ideas
12. Shapiro: Senate race a re-run of 2002?
13. Council, Mayor Threaten to Sue Each Other Over New Rail Agency
14. What if Honolulu Rail Fails?
15. Moody’s Downgrades State of Hawaii’s General Obligation Bond Rating
16. Could add 0.2% to interest rate on Bonds
17. Hawaii Pacific Health touts Financial Incentives agreement with HMSA: Make OUR patients more healthy—by throwing the sick ones out
18. Lawmakers as Bait to Lure Lobbyists
19. State aims to clear out homeless for APEC
20. Abercrombie: Don’t feed the Homeless
21. Hawai‘i federal judges look like poster kids for rail suit
22. The EA Rip-Off: Why Hawaii’s Environmental Policy is Failing
23. Hippies found Squatting in Back of Washington Place
24. Free Ride: Council rejects plan to end Free Bus Fares on Big Island
25. APEC Targets Pacific Wide Free Trade Zone in Upcoming US Summit
26. DARE Funds Cut
27. New Fraud Claim Against Missing Bank of America Employee
28. Stalled Once, Developer Returns With New Master Plan For Ewa, Kapolei
29. Breaking: Koolauloa politics heat up, physical assault alleged
30. Record number earn Native Hawaiian law certificate
31. Sun Yat-Sen’s Views About Overthrow?
32. BOOK REVIEW: Man who added Hawaii to the map

1. Moody’s Cuts Hawaii’s Bond Rating
2. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 16
3. Study: Hawaiian Islands Feudal system in 1400 AD
4. Lingle Pushes Senate Decision to Summer
5. SHOCK POLL: Labor unions ranked high in influence
6. VIDEO: Abercrombie Bickers with Maui Nurses
7. Nurses group questions MMMC rent payments for empty structure
8. HPD's 2 deputy chiefs intend to give up posts
9. Honolulu inflation ranked No. 4 in nation in 2010
10. SA: OIP has public duty to issue opinion
11. Fact Check: Abercrombie wrong about Medicaid Enrollment Growth
12. Beacon Communities' birthday emphasizes 'journey' ahead
13. HMSA, Kaiser in the black so far this year
14. Unity House tries to sell Lotus hotel
15. Wind Farms get a pass while Enviros hammer KIUC over dead birds
16. Property taxes 180% higher after Supreme Court rejects Kauai Ohana Amendment
17. Crisis? Council: $200K trash haul study waste of money
18. Kauai Councilman Votes Money for his own Non-profit
19. FACE Rallies for illegal migrants
20. Star-Advertiser makes room for Democrat Campaign Commercial
21. Obama’s sister: Private schools should share resources with Public Schools
22. Court rejects appeal of Kamehameha case
23. VIDEO: Hawaii Law Enforcement Memorial ground breaking
24. Dopers fire back at Green, Shapiro
25. Akaka introduces foreclosure overhaul in Senate
26. Hawaiian Crab Extinction Linked To Ancient Human Presence

1. Hawaii GOP sets March 13 for GOP Presidential Caucuses
2. Hawaii Republicans Pass first-ever Resolution Against Akaka Bill
3. Abercrombie: Nurses must suffer to pay for Medicaid Expansion
4. Abercrombie: I am right and people are ungrateful
5. CB: Abercrombie Says He Will 'Roll Over' AARP—Pension Tax coming back
6. Democrat Senate Primary: Hanabusa, Hirono, Hannemann duke it out over chance to defeat Case
7. If She Runs, Lingle Wants 'Strategy for Victory'
8. Poll: Concern grows over rail's cost
9. U.S. Supreme Court declines Kamehameha admissions case
10. HR: Hawaii GOP Resolutions Oppose Rail Project, Akaka Bill and All Tax/Fee Hikes
11. Calvin Say: ERS Reform is most important accomplishment
12. Medicaid Cuts to affect 50% of Molokai
13. Survey: 93% of Molokai Residents say no to Wind Farm
14. The rise in the cost of petroleum will not stop the recovery, Hawaii experts say
15. Local Psychiatrist Says Hawaii ready for APEC
16. Crisis? State peddles program for renting of bicycles
17. Traceability expert leaves Hawaii
18. Meda Chesney-Lind chosen as commencement speaker
19. Gingrich endorses Obamacare
20. ABC: Trump Not Running for President

1. VIDEO: Huckabee announces he is not running for President
2. Lingle: “Seriously considering” Senate Run
3. Poll Heavy with Democrats but Abercrombie Approval still Drops to 50%
4. Bombastic, In your face Abercrombie is Out of Control
5. Pension: Reigning in Hawaii's labor costs
6. Lawmakers Should Have Taken Own Pension Medicine
7. SA: Address costs of elder care before coping turns to crisis
8. SA: Placing needy in housing costs millions
9. Does OIP have the legal authority to “punt”?
10. Who is making these judgment calls in the Honolulu Prosecutor’s Office?
11. Telescope opponent says Hawaiian goddess will testify
12. After decades of paying $1 a year, Bowfin girds for big rent increase
13. Maui Lawmakers sorry film tax credit on cutting room floor
14. TheBus No. 1 in rides to work
15. Officers' memorial to break ground

1. Hawaii State Republican Convention to Meet this Weekend
2. HMSA: Mail-order Pharmaceutical plan losing support of Hawaii Physicians
3. Seeking Development Approval, Kyo-ya easy mark for Abercrombie’s Free Sand Shakedown
4. Legislative Wrap-up Video: Rep Ward, Sen Slom Town Hall meeting Hawaii Kai
5. If CoR cuts forecast, Abercrombie will demand Special Session
6. Transit Case Assigned To Mainland Judge
7. Hall Stepping Down as Hawaiian Homes Deputy after Treadmill Purchase exposed
8. New OIP refuses to challenge governor on judge names list (Quid pro Quo)
9. Price of Rail Environmental Study Doubled To $156 Million
10. Protesters Hound Alternative Energy Projects Statewide
11. HMSA, Straub, Wilcox, Pali Momi sign agreement to ration care
12. Hyperbole: Abercrombie promises Gov’t Spending will Cut Kauai Unemployment in Half
13. Hawaii Muslims help State Department Brainwash International Students
14. Unpaid wages mount for hundreds in job city says wasn't for rail
15. Bed bugs and superbug bacteria linked
16. $349 Million In Lost Revenue: The Economic Cost Of Violence In Hawaii
17. VIDEO: Yagong counters mayor’s budget plan
18. HOPE Probation Works: Why Choosing Research and Facts Over Sensationalism and Anecdotes Make for Better Criminal Justice Policy
19. First Wind unable to find location (so sad)
20. Reporter gets dirt on Elected Official, but does not use it
21. Hawaii's sex offenders Part 3: Protecting your children
22. Wanted for Rape in Hawaii, Fugitive busted in Oregon 11 years later
23. Deputy police chief's son arrested in alleged theft
24. 442nd vet changed Hawaii through politics and law

1. Obamacare: HMSA announces statewide scheme to cut costs
2. Honolulu Cellphone Ban: You can Walk the walk, but don’t talk the talk
3. Hui files federal lawsuit to stop rail plans
4. Council member wants 'Plan B' to raise taxes, raid Bus funds in case rail funding is short
5. Rail transit rolls forward with stops for questions
6. Abercrombie: Put Multi-Member Districts on ballot for 2012
7. Shapiro: Senatorial Pique forces Special Session
8. Say, Oshiro Best in Hawaii House at Passing Own Bills
9. Impact of New Retirement Rules: Smaller Pensions
10. PBN: ‘Frustrated’ Abercrombie is good CEO because he uses Twitter, and gave an excuse for not releasing Judicial nominees
11. Civil Beat Shares Hawaii Legislative Agency Salaries
12. Efficiency?  Cost Cutting? Hawaii's largest health insurer will raise its premiums by 3.7% in July
13. Crisis?  $4.5M for new Judiciary Building
14. Fear of being politically incorrect strangles UH Athletics
15. Aulani to hire 800 "cast members" to fill "roles"
16. Update: Nordstrom will pursue theft charges against HPD deputy chief's son
17. HNN: Sex Predators Among Us
18. Why Trial Lawyers Love Enviros, OHA—and fear Mainland
19. Psychos, race baiters duke it out on Hawaii County Council
20. Luddites, Anti-Superferry protesters prepare to defeat Hydro Power on Kauai
21. A Grandmother Speaks Against Wind Farm
22. Political Correctness Tours to begin in Honolulu
23. Last bale of Hawaiian Waste trash disposed of
24. Honolulu Mulls Phone Ban for Pedestrians
25. Hawaii's newest public school fills fast
26. Regulators lift consent order against Central Pacific
27. Omidyar won’t say how long he will pay for Civil Beat

1. Plaintiffs Seek Injunction to block Honolulu Rail Construction, Contracting
2. Brookings: Honolulu The Bus is #1 Transit System in Nation
3. Honolulu’s Frieda Takaki to head US Employee Stock Ownership Foundation
4. Porn Pastor to appear at former Wahiawa XXX Store
5. VIDEO: Newt Gingrich announces Presidential Campaign
6. Psychiatrists Boycott Honolulu Meeting Over Desmond Tutu Invitation
7. Council puts rein on rail spending
8. General Fund Deposits down 2.3% or up 2.9%, depending…
9. Hawaii’s agencies outspend private business on Washington lobbying
10. Convention Center May Not Host President, Other Leaders During APEC
11. Honolulu mayor: possible prostitution spike for APEC
12. APEC Practice Run: 10,000 Psychiatrists
13. Nanny City: Bill would outlaw holding iPads and cellphones while crossing city streets
14. Hawaii foreclosure decline is mainly due to major lenders holding back on new filings, experts say
15. Trust in supervisors cited in Police overtime scam
16. Council ends discount on tipping fees for recycling
17. Money for Candidates: 9-11 trooothers thank Hawaii Co Council
18. Lawmaker Carroll fined for late filing of reports
19. Pflueger asks appeals court to dismiss manslaughter charges
20. Abercrombie demands Turtle Bay owners give ag land to Trust for Public Land
21. Kailua Fireworks Group Seeks Support from Businesses, Residents, for 4th of July Show
22. Hyphen APA Heritage Month Profiles: Cindy Adams, Executive Director of the Hawaii Meth Project
23. Coal, Eucalyptus chip in to generate power 
24. Oi: No “screaming invective” for traditional marriage

1. Berg: Allow Mobile Home Parks to provide Affordable Housing?
2. Hawaii Nursing Home Care costs 58% more than National Average
3. VIDEO: Rep Gene Ward’s Sine Die Speech
4. SA on Hawaii ERS Debt? Nothing to see here, just move along
5. Harimoto on Rail: “There Will be Problems”
6. Hawaii to limit Medicaid eligibility, reduce benefits to save $75M
7. DoE Loses only $16M in budget
8. AG Louie, ACLU team up to allow Delivery of Medicated Marijuana
9. Their incompetence could give lawmakers a pay raise
10. Abercrombie upset after Star-Advertiser identifies him as failure
11. Federal Judge Calls Legislature’s Inaction “A Terrible Thing”
12. Legislature Fails to fund settlement for DoE rape Victim
13. CB: Hawaii Republicans Strike Out at Legislature
14. Not dissuaded by rejection of Pension Tax - Abercrombie
15. After dropping Vaccination Funding, Schatz tries to talk insurers into paying for it
16. Isles' long-term care costs high, survey shows
17. Carlisle Admin repeats Hannemann and Harris Admin calls to divest Affordable Housing
18. Berg: Put Zoo in Diamond Head Crater
19. Crisis? Counties pour money into Swampland, Open Space, Vacant positions, Reserve Fund, Swinging bridge
20. Kauai County auditor hampered by external delays, influences
21. Kam Schools is top Spender on Lobbying
22. Schatz prepares for APEC: 200,000 Japanese Hula Dancers showcase Hawaii’s legitimacy
23. Former Ag Bennett Defends State’s Manslaughter Case Against Jimmy Pflueger
24. Honolulu is Only City in America with Increasing Home Prices
25. Kakaako: Open Space preferred to Presidential Library
26. Cabanilla pushes Democrat Takeover of Public Housing Agency
27. Facebook Post blows Liquor Inspectors’ Cover
28. Dispute Over Hawaii Kai Marina Association’s Financial Management May Go to Court
29. Coming to Hawaii Soon? Fishermen Attempt Suicide after “Catch-Share” Regulations Destroy Industry
30. Alarming combo: Bedbugs with 'superbug' germ found

1. Coverup: DoE changes tests, surveys to create illusion of progress
2. UPDATE: Hawaii Right to Life PAC endorses more Honolulu Neighborhood Board Candidates
3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted May 9
4. Borreca: Abercrombie will face a day of reckoning
5. The Table of Shame - can we afford everything we wish for?
6. Nails in the Coffin: Legislature approves 252 bills this year
7. As Redistricting Looms: Abercrombie touts Return to Multi-Member Districts
8. Hawaii Ethics Commission Hasn't Issued Advisory Opinion Since 2006
9. ACT 221 Scammers on Big Wind: Governor must Seize Molokai Ranch and Give it to us!
10. Higher Electricity Sales mask Effects of Decoupling
11. Crisis? Kauai County Begins Hiring
12. Recycling subsidy in danger
13. Murkowski welcomes U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka back to work after rib injury
14. APEC Preparations: Weak start for state’s homeless initiative
15. APEC Preparations: Prostitution expected to surge for APEC
16. APEC Preparations: Free plane ticket to Texas for homeless woman in Waikiki
17. Point Panic Homeless Camp proposed as Site for Obama Library
18. Expensive Private School Brainwashes Manoa Children
19. Pot-Heads, State of Hawaii team up to soak landowner for $15,000 a day
20. Hordes of Wildly Posturing Activists block Appointment of Kauai Archaeologist
21. Sellers’ Remorse: Maori get head back
22. Hitler Poster Child Changes Life, Finds Hawaii Home

1. Medical Homes: Will Medicaid patients suffer to save HGEA, UPW?
2. Opening Pandora's Box Of Hidden Tax Increases
3. DHHL outlines plan to reduce number of leases, keep beneficiaries waiting
4. Special Session? Rep Belatti outlines Legislative Payraise Scenarios
5. SA: Students do better when they spend less time around the DoE
6. SA: Authorize and Sell Rail Bonds Now
7. JAL: Golden Week visitors to Hawaii down 41.7%
8. Aloha Cargo, part of Young Bros Monopoly, reaps benefits of Superferry’s demise
9. NYT: Hawaii Captive Insurance Laws help create “Shadow Insurance Industry”
10. Hawaii Tax Credits behind Obama Admin scheme to Tax Drivers by Miles Driven
11. Hawaii Foreclosure Law could weaken Mortgage Securities Market
12. OHA’s Robert Klein helping Gold Coast Residents make State pay for their Seawall
13. Session Wrap: Agriculture, Aina Fail to inspire Taxes and Subsidies
14. Petition to Require an EA for EA Exemption Lists
15. UH Tree Ring Study: Global Warming started in 1700s
16. Crazy Scene: 10,000 psychiatrists gathering for annual meeting in Honolulu
17. Samoa to jump forward in time by one day
18. FP: Inouye threatens Cut-off of Palestinian Aid Money if Hamas Joins Gov’t

1. Honolulu GOP Releases List of Republican Neighborhood Board candidates
2. UHERO: Hawaii’s Government Pork feeding frenzy coming to an end
3. Abercrombie to Democrats: We are to blame for all of Hawaii’s Problems
4. Huge Success: Duke Aiona’s Drug Courts 1/3 of National Recidivism Rate
5. Nonaka: New Taxes cost $2400 for family of four
6. Abercrombie Declares War on AARP, promises to bring back Pension tax
7. Abercrombie may call Special Session to balance Budget on Backs of Seniors, Employees
8. Pension tax idea galvanized potent voting bloc
9. HB865: Abercrombie doubles Freight Tax to hire more HGEA
10. Maui Budget: Spending, Taxes Both Hiked
11. Oily Characters: Robin Danner studies North Dakota Indian Reservation to learn how to set up government
12. New Hawaii law signed last week makes it harder for lenders to confiscate people's homes
13. Abercrombie-Schatz Initiative to help homeless fails to get even one person off streets
14. Environmentalists rally against proposed beach hotel tower
15. Invasive Species Control Threatens Endangered Native Birds
16. Kauai County’s energy savings flicker
17. Taiwan sponsoring exhibit on Hawaii-educated Sun Yat-sen at Honolulu's city hall

1. Feds may prosecute State employees who carry out Medical Marijuana Program
2. Abercrombie Imposes Obamacare: Medical Homes are future of Health Care Delivery
3. Inouye Introduces Bills to Imprison Fishermen, seize boats
4. SB120: Legislators authorize raid of more than $17 million in special funds
5. Abercrombie: “Political Status quo strongly in place--We did not get all we wanted”
6. Abercrombie signs Foreclosure bill, Vetoes two others
7. HGEA Hiring Re-started: Bigger state budget restores some jobs
8. Obamacare: Governor announces ‘medical home’ concept
9. State to cut funding for Ohana, Evercare
10. How Legislators will get their pay raise after voting against it
11. Ever optimistic, lawmakers hope for veto of pay-cut bill
12. More public schools drop out of summer sessions
13. Session Wrap: Hawaii Gets New Appointed Education Board, Not Much Else
14. Session Wrap: Energy Bills Pass, But Little Spark
15. Undersea cable bill sunk by lawmakers
16. Legislature votes to force Ratepayers to bail out biofuel project
17. Rolling in Dough: Kauai FY12 supplemental budget $21 million higher
18. Yagong displeased with mayor's plan to delay retiree insurance premiums
19. Hawaii Legislature passes bills to help Hilo lessees
20. Hawaii to receive more than $47 million in Title I education money
21. Install Waikiki street cams
22. Just in time for APEC, Environmentalists continue to allow Spread of Bedbugs throughout Hawaii
23. Four Castle students arrested on suspicion of burglaries
24. Clayton Hee kills effort to fix flawed DUI law
25. Kakaako homeless man is the King of Clean
26. HMA teams up with mainland company
27. Among The Truthers

1. Panos to Council: Floating Rail Bonds before federal funds are secured is dereliction of duty
2. Video: Kahuku Wind turbines don’t even turn on windy day
3. SA: Dick Rowland: The Grassroot Institute founder promotes the cause of liberty
4. High Turnout in Neighborhood Board Elections
5. How Abercrombie suckered Senate into Creating GE Tax Bogeyman
6. Will Force Special Session to raise taxes more: Abercrombie expected to veto Flawed Legislative Pay Cut Extension
7. CoR, Unfinished Business Could Bring legislature Back For More
8. Hawaii kills undersea power cable bill (For now)
9. Solar power firms fight for subsidies
10. Hawaii Lawmakers Agree to Pension Reform for New Hires
11. Freight Tax Doubled: Hawaii Consumers forced to pay for HGEA Jobs
12. Kenoi's budget cuts 2%
13. Geniuses: Kauai Co figures out that it doesn’t make sense to sell bonds and not use the money
14. Treadmill Mystery At Hawaiian Home Lands
15. Palafox gives up UH medical school post
16. Police officer found not guilty in false-overtime case
17. Law Stops Non-Judicial Foreclosures For 12 Months
18. Sen Akaka recovering after breaking 2 ribs while preparing to denounce Special Forces
19. CB Poll: Only Obamabots think Obama gets credit for Killing Bin-Laden
20. Is Councilmember a Radio-Controlled Robot?
21. Homeless Tent City in Waianae: They don’t do anything, leave loads of trash behind
22. Dopers: Obama Reneges On States Rights on Medical Marijuana
23. Visitor industry gives back to Maui County troops
24. Gambling With Hawaii: The fight over legalizing gambling
25. Hawaii hotel occupancy slips; room rates rise
26. New Deal for Hong Kong and US trade
27. 7-Eleven plans to add 46 stores in Hawaii
28. Oahu H-POWER plant expansion reaches halfway point

1. Hawaii Christian Coalition to Pray over Capitol May 5
2. Study: Hawaii has most expensive rentals in Nation
3. VIDEO: House Republicans speak up on Taxes, Budget
4. Marumoto: State becoming addicted to Marijuana Money
5. Berg on Transit Authority: Mayor, Council Leadership put Cronyism ahead of qualifications
6. Cam Cavasso: Family and the Future
7. Hawaii Right to Life PAC endorses Neighborhood Board Candidates
8. Slom: Business freeze hiring in response to Legislature, Non-Profits may close doors
9. Hawaii citizens missed some lawmakers’ bullets; bit others
10. Marumoto: Retirees have won the Day, Pension Tax is Dead
11. Political Correctness: SEALS who got Bin Laden also captured Jihadi murderer of Big Isle man—and were prosecuted for it
12. Inouye, Akaka votes: A ticket to USA for Guantanamo detainee who attempted attack on Honolulu
13. UH Medical School to lose Tobacco Settlement Funding
14. Akaka, Inouye to hold hearing to complain about ‘racist’ language used by Special Forces killing Osama
15. Hawaii Legislature poised to approve broad changes in public worker retirement benefits
16. Slom Questions If State Legislative Budget is Balanced
17. Its Party Time! Jobs Available Soon At Some State Agencies
18. Abercrombie, BoE, Obama’s Sister put on Education Reform Dog n Pony Show
19. Hawaii lawmakers to vote on massive pay hike
20. Race Hustlers Recognize State Akaka Tribe is Illegal
21. Conklin: Best for Process to fizzle once again
22. Bond sales for rail work get preliminary approval
23. Honolulu Council Learns Rail Contractor Gave A Gift — Two Months Later
24. Abercrombie sends out Lawyer to Argue for Judicial Secrecy
25. UH Manoa Perfesser gets no jail time for Rape of Child
26. Hawaii Conspirator in Thai Laborer Trafficking Case Admits Guilt
27. Hawaii lawmakers kill proposal to end Medicare Part B reimbursement benefit to public retirees
28. Hawaii Hotel Room Revenue up 19%
29. REAL ID: Hawaii Not In Compliance, Residents may be blocked from flying without Passports in January, 2013
30. Schatz: Feds Will Provide APEC Funds
31. Legislators seize Tobacco Funds, cut $4 million from medical school fund
32. After 30 Years of Failure, Legislature votes to re-fund Aloha Tower Development Corp.
33. Proposal would require developers to provide warning sirens
34. Kauai Bus Shelters $50K Each
35. Hawaii Co Ending Free Bus Fares
36. $40 Million Revenue Bond Bill Benefits Energy Venture
37. Pork Project: Inouye delivers $5.5M for Green Energy and Pig Slop
38. Guam Mayors Concerned About Possibility That Marine Buildup Won't Happen
39. Oahu elementary school accredited as International Baccalaureate World School
40. Maryland suspends Hawaii autism doctor's license
41. HPD Officer Had 2x Legal Alcohol Limit
42. Trial opens for HPD officer accused in overtime pay scandal
43. Kau: Convicted Killer Occupies Million Dollar Shoreline Parcel
44. Michigan Republicans Threaten to cut off Michigan Welfare Card use in Hawaii
45. Gambling with Paradise: Illegal activities in Hawaii
46. 'Million-dollar sharks' a boon to eco-tourism, says study
47. Legislature praised for work on Dogs, Peacocks
48. Donald Trump's lawsuits could turn off conservatives who embrace tort reform
49. SA: Championship series needs reform

1. Double-Digit Spending Increase and Taxes to Match: Senate Passes Budget 24-1
2. STATEMENT FROM ABERCROMBIE ON PASSAGE OF LEGISLATIVE BUDGET
3. Sewer Line Back Up Closes Capitol Toilets
4. Big Victory for Abercrombie’s HSTA/DoE/BoE: Legislature stalls 180 day law
5. First Item on New BoE Agenda: Take Care of Matayoshi
6. Online shopping tax bills die in Hawaii
7. ILind Looks at 14 Bills Passed by Legislature
8. State's Flu-Shot Program Threatened
9. Stanley Chang caught lying about Support for Gas Tax Increase
10. Debt Service on Rail Bonds $380M/year
11. Hawaii House-Senate committee backs health care reform conformity bill
12. FACT CHECK — HGEA: Public Nurse Pay 'Woefully' Behind Private Sector?
13. Hawaii Loses Substitute Teacher Class Action Suit, Could Owe $70 Million
14. Price of Tavares: Battle over permits doubles cost of center for Molokai veterans
15. KIUC Pursues Real Renewable Electricity, so Enviros Mount Opposition
16. Luddites push Kauai Co to Harass Seed Industry
17. Homeless Bills Miss Deadline
18. Attorney General Louie confirmed by Hawaii Senate, completing Gov. Abercrombie's Cabinet
19. Inmate sues state and prison guards fired for beating him
20. Shapiro: Green on right track to make medicinal pot rules more rigid
21. Trailer Parks for Homeless on Ag land?
22. Kahuku Village managers Ousted
23. Developers may be shut out of cash for affordable housing
24. Mid Pacific Institute Enviros brainwash Preschoolers
25. HPD Releases Cost for President’s Hawaii Security Detail
26. Book Reviews of Biography of Obama’s Mother
27. CBS chief calls 'Hawaii Five-0' next billion-dollar franchise
28. Hawaii attorney general may join BCS lawsuit
29. The Oracle Nation Of Islam Answers The Call To Hawaii
30. “Khalid Shaikh Mohammed basically gave up nothing until after he had been waterboarded”
31. Tight security at Obama granny's Kenya home

1. SB1274: Obamacare being used to Weaken Right to Appeal Insurance Coverage Denials
2. Abercrombie signature gives special rights to Men who wear Dresses
3. Nuclear Regulatory Commission looking into Depleted Uranium paperwork violations
4. Maritime Industry Leader: Throw out Jones Act requirement for US Built ships
5. Poverty Pimps Thrilled about State Akaka Bill
6. After they raise our taxes, legislators will be seeking cover
7. Pay raises for legislators not dead yet
8. Abercrombie, Obama’s Sister and Omidyar cronies to discuss how to protect HSTA/DOE/BoE from angry parents
9. Abercrombie Donor Kelly Hu Hosts Poker Tourney
10. Pork Project: Hawaii Legislature Finds Money to Help Oahu Slaughterhouse
11. Money for Inter-Island Cable, Credits For Clinton Crony Studio Dead?
12. Governor Lobbies Lawmakers to pay for dark cable to Lanai, Molokai Big Wind projects
13. Wind farm, ACT 221 scammers, push back against Geothermal expansion
14. PUC denies First Wind's request for 'Big Wind' extension
15. Michigan Welfare Money being Spent in Hawaii
16. Do you know how long I’ve been in Government? Honolulu Councilmembers shout at testifiers
17. WHT: Kenoi Campaign Manager cancels no-bid Police Services Contract after media Inquiries
18. Kyo-ya Hotel: Three of Five Zoning Board Members have Conflicts of Interest
19. Hawaii Trial Judges Worst Paid in U.S.
20. Crisis? 16.9% More Spending for Kauai Human Resources Dep’t
21. Crisis? $30M Projects for Kona
22. Hawaii homeowners threatened by foreclosure would have options to stay in homes
23. Hawaii Muslims painted as Victims by Islam Day Proponent
24. Six decades after death, Maui man receives Medal of Honor
25. State Court Employees Contribute $19,489 to Japan Relief Fund
26. Hawaii Seeks to Prohibit Sale of Intact Pets
27. With Enactment of Hawaii Employment Non-Discrimination Law, One-Quarter of U.S. States Ban Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity
28. Program nurses a need
29. Work resumes at Oahu's oldest church for construction of a multi-purpose center
30. Obama’s friend pleads no contest in prostitution case
31. Rasmussen: No Osama Bounce for Obama
32. Donald The Mole

1. Special Forces exterminate Osama Bin-Laden: Hideout was mansion next to Pakistani Military Academy
2. Legislature to vote on $350M Increase in GE Tax
3. Whirlwind legislative session draws to a close May 5
4. Abercrombie signs Eight More Bills into Law
5. Local Reaction To Osama’s Death: Relief, Worry
6. Threat Level Raised At All Hawaii Army Installations
7. How Much Hawaii Legislature’s Tax Hikes Will Cost You ($600M)
8. Hawaii Legislature Increases Taxes, Spending, but Some Controversial Tax Measures Die
9. Pay Raises for Hawaii Lawmakers Still on Table
10. Law Lets Session Draw to a Close With Few Legislators Filing Disclosures
11. Legislative Session Schedule for This Week
12. Mortgage Foreclosure Bill Makes Cut
13. Obama's close friend to appear in Honolulu court on Prostitution Rap
14. Bill to protect victims of abuse nears OK
15. Hawaii has nation’s Highest Teen Suicide Rate
16. BoE Chair Horner continues to abuse Audit word 
17. APEC conferees will see greener Nimitz Highway
18. NYT: Standing Up for Guest Workers
19. Project could help Nanakuli
20. Honolulu Should Not Give Corporate Welfare Through Favoritism in Recycling Contracts
21. Councilmember Tulsi Gabbard to drop use of Tamayo
22. Four Seasons Resort reopens, recovered from tsunami damage
23. Kauai Co Auditor surprised by county’s skyrocketing electric bill in 2010

1. Hawaii spending to increase despite down economy
2. Contractors Fear GE Tax Hikes Will Hurt Business
3. House, Senate Reach Deals on Tax Increases
4. County looks ‘OK’ despite cap on TAT: If tourism picks up, any excess will go into state’s general fund
5. Bailey: Why are we struggling so hard with the concept of the importance of instructional time in Hawaii?
6. DoE: 66% of class of 2014 won’t be taking Algebra II
7. UH pays teachers more than nearly 40% of other PH&D universities
8. Casino: Midnight at The Sausage Factory
9. SA: Panel must assure openness to Democrat groups in redrawing voter districts
10. Obama not immune from state's twisted bureaucracy
11. Failed Solar Water Heaters to be replaced by On-Demand Hot Water heaters at Mayor Wright…
12. …meanwhile Hawaii Energy to hand out more Solar Water Heater rebates with federal funds
13. It Begins: Snapshots of 1930s Japan add “context” at new Arizona Memorial Visitor Center
14. Parks Statewide Get Sprucing From Thousands Of Volunteers
15. Medical? Behind backs of Doctors, Doper slips cannabis oil into feeding tubes of cancer stricken child
16. State Health Officials Declare Latest Dengue Outbreak Over
17. Land titles expert wrote 'Mahele' book
18. Hawaii UPW was trailblazer in Communists’ quest for Government Unions
19. Republican Lawmakers push back against Democrats’ Birther scam
20. Food shortages and a frigid winter intensify pressures in North Korea