1. DHS: Thousands of ghost names on Hawaii Medicare, Medicaid Rolls
2. Our Cooling Globe: June Snow in Hawaii (video)
3. BIVN: VIDEO: Summer snow in Hawaii, high on Mauna Kea
4. State Auditor quietly withholds Hawaiian Homelands audit documents from disclosure
5. AP: Hawaii tax department to hire independent auditor to review its revenue reporting, accounting
6. Shapiro: Djou makes sense on rail
7. HART budget different from City Council Budget for HART
8. Telescope has spent $100M, raised $375M
9. Hawaiian expects Japanese visitors to rebound within months
10. Star-Advertiser shortchanges Haleakala Police Complaints
11. Reapportionment: Maui Advisory Commission says Military Personnel should not be counted
12. Hearings on plastic bag ban start Tuesday
13. Luddites complain about Hydro on Kauai
14. Tam could face jail time, new charges
15. Evidence Ignored in Unsolved Rapes
16. Hawaii has Least Competition in Trans-Ocean Shipping
17. Horizon Lines, Bondholders strike deal to Save Shipper
18. Honolulu: Do You Know Where Your Mayor Is?
19. Hands Free Cellphone Law: 16,837 tickets in Two Years
20. SA: Deal humanely with axis deer
21. Vanpool Hawaii to Close Operations
22. Old Earmarks Still Kicking In: Hawaiian islands getting money for job training
23. SUPREME COURT REFUSES HAWAII BALLOT ACCESS CASE

1. $134 Million Mystery: DoTax suddenly admits “unusual reporting, systemic problems, inconsistencies”
2. Djou: City has squandered any goodwill resulting from 2008 Rail vote
3. Big Isle Plastic Bag Ban Hearings to begin June 7
4. 307th Signal Battalion returning from Afghanistan
5. Raid on Hurricane Fund tied to DoTax Reporting
6. Star-Advertiser: City Parking Meters could Point to Solution to all of State’s Economic Problems
7. BoE Recognition Diplomas drop 42%, fewer go on to College: SA Trumpets “Improvements”
8. Hawaii taxpayers could pay $5 billion more than expected for state retiree health benefits, a study finds
9. Hawaii missing its chance to promote long-term care insurance
10. Marks: Redistricting Commission still has to decide whether to Count Military Personnel
11. Will Luddites Kill Hydro on Kauai? KIUC Members to Vote June 13
12. UH Manoa Political Correctness Leaves Police Unarmed at Haleakala
13. Public Housing Authority to no longer be Flop House for Homeless?
14. Volunteers Clean up Warehouse Ruined by Homeless Camp
15. Plans to build electric cars in Hawaii stalls
16. Battle of the sex trade: Concerns over prostitution and the welfare of victims are slowly prodding a toughening of Hawaii laws
17. The monopoly newspaper ignores yesterday’s North Shore storm, flooding
18. Abercrombie signs law protecting military children when they switch schools
19. Hilo begins Direct Flights from LA, SF
20. Dopers to rally for Legal Dope at Capitol

1. Progressives: Hirono will rescue us from Xenophobic Warmonger and Corporate Shill Ed Case
2. APEC Preparations: Wealthy liberals pony up for Abercrombie’s Homeless Sweeps
3. Hanabusa backs Boehner against Obama, Hirono rejects call for Congressional Approval of Libya War
4. Redistricting: Tammy Duckworth gets Gerrymandered into Illinois 8th Congressional District
5. Hawaii Tax Director Finds Unusual, Inconsistent Revenue Reports
6. $104M in rail bonds, Tax & Fee Increases approved: The City Council headed for courtroom showdown over oversight of the new rail authority's budget
7. Council Approves Another Sewer Fee Increase: Typical Bill Will Rise 68% Over Six Years
8. When a poll goes off the rail, tax dollars pay for a new one
9. Hawaii to challenge FERC’s role in hydro
10. AARP wants to Put Pension Tax fight behind them, get back to being liberals
11. Auditor: Poor Management of Hawaii Public Housing Puts Federal Funds at Risk
12. Kailua Fireworks Update: $48,000 Left to Raise in 30 Days
13. 400 expected to march at Honolulu gay pride parade
14. Email, Website of Hawaii Lawmaker Hacked
15. Few Hawaii Senators File Disclosure Reports During Session
16. How Tort Reform helped Hawaii Accident Victims Get Medical Care
17. Taxes account for 70 cents a gallon
18. State agencies boost energy efficiency
19. KGMB’s Kim Gennaula to be next Aloha United Way president
20. Honolulu Chinatown Rat-Check: No Rodents, But Plenty Of Rat Bait
21. Virginity Inspection in 1960s Hawaii Juvenile Detention
22. Scientists to study Japanese Nuclear impact on Ocean
23. Herb Kane: The Last Interview

1. Djou: City should work harder to build consensus on rail
2. Abercrombie signs bogus Rail EIS, Enviros Sue, Carlisle Admin blames ... Lingle
3. Lim: Handouts to Clinton Movie Mogul Cronies and Windfarm Scammers are key to Hawaii’s Future
4. Reapportionment Commission Sets Public Meeting Schedule
5. New plan offers coverage to people with pre-existing medical conditions
6. Hawaii gov: 'Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Questioning Pride Month'
7. Hawaiian Geothermal Energy: A Gift from the Gods?
8. Horizon Lines, another Jones Act Failure
9. Three steps to sabotage RTTT Teacher Accountability
10. Charter school to leave probation
11. Inouye Continues push for Guam Base
12. Feds Propose Expanding Monk Seal Habitat
13. Hawaii's Local Leader in Integrated Care Achieves 5-Star Rating on Medication Safety from Pharmacy Quality Alliance
14. Dim Bulbs force Creation of Black market
15. Most Hawaii House Reps File Disclosures After Legislative Session
16. Stanley Chang Vulnerable over Parking Meter Fee Hike
17. “Concrete shortage” delays pad installation at bus stops
18. VIDEO: $1 fare for Hele-On bus reconsidered by Hawaii council
19. After Developer builds 432 Townhouses, LUC reverts project to Agricultural Zoning
20. Hawaii Gas Prices Dip While Other States Rise
21. Veteran reporter Huff to say aloha to KITV
22. UHERO Brief: The Lag in Employment Recovery

1. Abercrombie signs SB1347, gives HECO license to soak Consumers for Green Energy Projects
2. Should ratepayers pay for Big Wind Studies? Life of the Land Challenges HECO
3. HIPA Hawaii Military Spending Study Tied to Fundraiser with Military Contractor?
4. After Rejection by Mayo Clinic, US Senators ask Obama Admin to withdraw Medical Home Regs
5. National Right to Life: Medical rationing and $555B Medicare cuts in Obamacare Law
6. Lung Association: Honolulu has America’s Cleanest Air
7. Abercrombie releases funds for Capital Improvement Projects
8. Mufi sits down with Tsutsui to plan 2012 Election Strategy?
9. Abercrombie signs bill shutting Consumers out, allowing HECO to Raise Rates at Will
10. HB1000 Would Authorize Unelected Board to tax cellphones
11. Latest Rail Poll Paid for by Rail Contactor
12. Bill ending GE Tax exemptions raises Legal Questions on Construction Contracts
13. Hawaii Senate Keeps Public in Dark
14. Council, Mayor head for Courtroom Showdown over HART Rail Budget Authority
15. VIDEO: Hawaii council passes budget, mayor “outraged” by payment for Retirees health Care
16. OHA giving away more money to Buy Support from Hawaiians
17. Clayton Hee revises Financial Disclosure Statements AGAIN, may still be in violation
18. Heavyweight Lobbyists Line up to Defend Schnitzer Steel
19. No Conflict: Lawmaker by Day, Lobbyist by Night
20. Rod Tam Sentencing next Tuesday
21. Proposed Laie hotel clears another hurdle
22. Lawsuit looms as UH, consultant try to stop data breaches
23. HPD gains first female deputy chief
24. New Hawaii Law Offers Gold Star Family License Plates to Families of Fallen Soldiers
25. US House to Celebrate Kamehameha Day June 11
26. Investigators Discover Manufacturing Facility in Hawaii
27. TV Executives Admit in Taped Interviews That Hollywood Pushes a Liberal Agenda

1. RAND: Military is 18% of Hawaii’s Economy (Full Text)
2. Hirono, Hanabusa vote to increase National Debt: House rejects 97-318
3. Horizon Lines may be delisted from NY Stock Exchange
4. Hawaii Right to Life PAC Congratulates Neighborhood Board Candidates Who Advocate for Life
5. Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted May 31
6. Abercrombie signs Appropriation for Reapportionment Commission
7. Visitor arrivals rose 5.3% and spending jumped 20.2% in April
8. MRC Greenwood on Misuse of Protocol Funds: “There are many things I don’t do”
9. As Hurricane Season begins, Abercrombie signs law allowing him to spend hurricane relief fund
10. No Special Session Means Key Bills In Limbo
11. No Competition For Hawaii School Bus Contracts
12. Hawaii's Electric Vehicle Rebates Off to Slow Start
13. Civil Beat: Facts are not Facts if We Decide They’re Not
14. Paying For Honolulu News: Follow the money, the technology and the readers to try to predict the future of the news business
15. KHON2, KITV, Hawaii News Now Face Uncertain Future
16. Anti-Geothermal Protesters now Love Geothermal Because OHA will Profit
17. Toxic Waste in Hawaii
18. UH Manoa Ethnic studies to Invade New Zealand
19. Rick Hamada Five Questions. 5 Answers.
20. $2M bail for man charged in Hawaii resort death
21. Nishihara: Agricultural Renaissance? This time we mean it. Really.
22. Kuehnle Algae Replaces Oil, but costs more

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

1. Friends of Lanai Calls for Big Wind Bidding Process to be Reopened
2. 'Birther' Myth First Spread by Hillary Clinton Supporters in 2008
3. Capped Out: Conference Committee Seizes Some TAT Revenue from Counties
4. GE TAX Raised: Will reverberate throughout the economy as higher prices for consumers
5. Bill Would Raise Hawaii's Production Tax Credits by 20%
6. Proposal to start a casino in Hawaii dies
7. Foreclosure aid bills advances
8. Reefer Madness: Medical marijuana bill dies at the Legislature
9. Native Hawaiian Recognition Bill Moves Forward in 2011 Legislature
10. Homeless Hotline Tally So Far: 100 Calls, Emails
11. Supreme Court Picks Reapportionment Chair
12. Kailua High teacher charged with throwing hammer at student
13. Hauula Charter School plans under way
14. Hawaii residents victimized in ponzi scheme
15. Horizon Lines reports loss, cites Hawaii slowdown
16. Is Obama trying to anoint Trump?
17. Golden Week volunteers help earthquake victims in Japan
18. Celebration to mark Day of Prayer

1. Crisis? Arrivals up 9.1% spending up 16.9%
2. Conspicuous Gallantry: Medal of Honor for Kaho’ohanohano, Svehla
3. British Hawaii: U.K. flavor in the former 'Sandwich Isles'
4. Immigration Files: UH Manoa Counseled Obama Sr. “about his Playboy Ways”
5. Taxpayer Giveaway to Billionaire Clinton Cronies among Key Measures Being Voted Today
6. Legislators cross swords with voting seniors at own peril
7. House Wants Pension Tax, Senate Doesn’t
8. Arrivals up 11.8% despite calamity
9. Hawaii lawmakers reach deal on state budget, Required $500M in New Taxes
10. Legalized Gambling Proposal Gains New Life at Hawaii Legislature
11. HSTA/DoE Wins Big! Longer school day requirement in Hawaii delayed
12. Big Win for Obama, Enviros: Maui town faces $6 gas amid record price surge
13. Tax Set at Ten Cents, But Passage Not Yet In The Bag
14. Crisis? Kauai County declares fiscal position sound
15. City Lawyers Told Council Members What Not To Ask On Rail Fact-Finding Trip
16. Redistricting panel's rules inhibit public's participation, groups say
17. Legislators extend shield law protecting journalists' sources
18. Hope Probation Strains Hawaii Criminal Justice System
19. Lawmakers Finally Agree On Anti-Prostitution Bill
20. Working together, we can break cycle of meth addiction
21. Tsunami all clear put boaters at risk
22. Arnold’s contract ordeal points to problems at UH
23. Hanabusa Hosts Art Competition from which she is Excluded
24. Relic of 'Blessed' nun to return to Hawaii

1. Hawaii Rated Worst State to Earn a Living
2. Hawaii Anti-Trust Adventures: Investigating Big Five Control of Matson
3. VIDEO: House GOP Caucus Hosts Balanced Budget Summit
4. Abercrombie signs Six More Bills into law
5. House saves the day after Senate votes 24-1 to dishonor Polynesian Discoverers of Hawaiian Isles
6. Profitable Rhetoric: Mililani Trask signs Geothermal Deal
7. Senate Run?  Hanabusa’s got her hand out again
8. Start over on Big Wind Bidding, group tells state
9. Legislators May Finish Spending this Morning, Taxing Next
10. Will Hawaii Legislators Take 5% Pay Hike???
11. Bag Tax: Enviros Fight Amongst Themselves over how much to steal from Consumers
12. Golden Week Travel Falls 5% to 30% after Quake
13. Caldwell/FACE: Mortgage legislation should address only 'bad actor' lenders
14. Court dismisses challenge of Hawaiian Homes exemption
15. Suspect Killed by Police had long record: Would be alive today if he were in prison where he belonged
16. Helping the homeless is byproduct of preparing for APEC
17. Insurers, Contractors still arguing over who will pay Trial Lawyers
18. Hawaii Kai residents upset over proposed sewer rate hikes
19. St Francis Medical center confronts Chapter 11 Again
20. Bill would add teeth to domestic violence law
21. Peter Boy is still missing, and his case remains inactive
22. Dopers in Frenzy over Elimination of “Medical” marijuana for those who just want to feel medicated
23. State driver’s licenses, ID cards do not conform to federal rules
24. Big Foot: Hawaii County carbon footprint report released
25. Hawaii Endangered Bird Conservation Program Recognized For Propagation Achievements
26. Kill The Frogs?
27. 3 Hawaii employers among semifinalists for award recognizing support for Guard, reserve troops

1. Abercrombie: HGEA Settles “without accusations and confrontation”
2. HB1405: Lawmakers attempt an end run around the public in order to pass State Akaka bill
3. Birthers vs. Truthers: The Double Standard on Conspiracy Theories
4. White House Releases Obama’s Long-Form Birth Certificate
5. Ignored Locally: Hawaii Investigative Reporter Gets National Recognition
6. BoE says “Audit”, but No FINANCIAL Audits are planned
7. Now that a Democrat is Governor, it is Time for Legislature to undo its “mistake” on UH regents
8. Conference Committee Still Considering More Spending
9. Abercrombie to Legislature; Just Ignore my AG on Medicare Pt B
10. $150M Medicaid cuts risk care, opponents say
11. Hawaii Legislative Conference Committee Working Hard on Instant Runoff Voting Bill
12. HB688: Transsexual Agenda For Hawaii Schools
13. Trial Lawyers seek Profit from Mass Release of Criminals
14. Hawaii Human Trafficking Bill One Step From Governor's Desk
15. Japanese Tourists 'Will Be Back Soon' to Hawaii
16. Another Australian Airline to Fly Hawaii Routes
17. No Hawaii Lawmakers Disclose Dependents With Stocks, Mutual Funds
18. Josh Green finally figures out Medical Marijuana is a Scam, Pushes for Big Island Dope Dispensary
19. HGEA vote fell well short of a mandate
20. Nurses Head for Arbitration?
21. HGEA Nurses underpaid compared to Private Hospitals
22. SA: Don’t give more to nurses
23. Bag Tax: Legislators plan to screw Retailers after luring them in with Revenue Sharing
24. Coffman Screws Residential Solar Installers, Homeowners
25. Hawaii to Drain Hurricane Fund to Cover Shortfall
26. Obama Friend Titcomb Pleads Guilty In Traffic Court Case
27. He’s No ‘Birther’ but Hawaii Senator Tackles Issues Surrounding Obama’s Birth Certificate

1. Back to bargaining Table: HGEA Nurses Reject Contract, other 6 Units Ratify
2. Djou: Oahu has nation’s Highest Gas Taxes, City may raise higher
3. Honolulu Pacific Office Properties could be De-listed by Stock Exchange
4. HCR135: Special Interests hijack ALOHA Resolution
5. Abercrombie signs Eight More Bills into Law
6. Abercrombie announces Homeless Hotlines
7. Birthers vs. Truthers: The Double Standard on Conspiracy Theories
8. Panos for Mayor Again? Decision waits until after APEC in November
9. Shapiro: Sam Slom moves to the fringe
10. HSTA/DOE Join to Push Back against 180-day Law: Legislators want to fudge it
11. Legislature resists governor's 'transformation of politics'
12. Conference Committees To Focus on Tax Hikes Today
13. Lawmakers still assuming fantasy returns on Pension Investments
14. SA: Don't borrow to build rental-car facility  (Capital converted to operating!)
15. 7000 Join AARP tele-Town Hall, Protest Pension Tax
16. Department of Taxation suddenly decides cutting GE Tax exemptions will produce $41M less
17. Amazon will dump Hawaii Affiliates if Legislature imposes GE Tax for online purchases
18. The Price Is Wrong: Legislative Disclosures Undervalue Real Estate by $100,000s
19. Hawaii County Property Valuations better than anticipated
20. Kokobun’s Pork Project: State purchase of slaughterhouse key to food security
21. Morita, Coffman team up with HELCO to deny Homeowners Solar Funding
22. Slavery: Another supervisor pleads guilty, Cooperating with Feds?
23. Kalapa: Nudging Government Toward Reform
24. City & County of Honolulu Details Rail Bond Financing
25. Schatz: Homeless 90-day Plan all about APEC
26. Failed former Senator Ron Menor still out there pushing Gas Cap
27. Another Honolulu Police officer to be arraigned on another drunken-driving charge
28. Former TSA screener admits to stealing
29. Act221 Scammers look to China
30. Stockbroker Kimura Pleads Guilty
31. Hawaii Government Employees Association Negotiations Not Authentic
32. Abercrombie Rejected 2x: Selection Process for University of Hawaii Regents is Suddenly ‘Broken’
33. Caesars CEO: Poker indictments present opportunity
34. Judge halts foreclosure; others vulnerable?
35. Stalinist Media Council still trying to seize HNN Broadcast License
36. Plans for wave energy on Oregon Coast progressing
37. Carter and other ex-leaders in North Korea on 3-day visit

1. Hawaii, Other States, Form Caucus to Oppose TSA Intrusions
2. Will legislators share in the pay sacrifices?
3. Taxes On Plastic Bags, Rental Cars, State Pensions, Alcohol Considered
4. A User's Guide to Hawaii Conference Committees
5. Hawaii Disclosure Law For Government Officials Not Transparent
6. Honolulu Department's OT Jumps 49 Percent, Director Won't Talk About It
7. Real ID:  Unfunded federal mandate to increase county costs
8. Will Animal Liberation Nuts Torpedo Hawaii’s Collectivized Pork Slaughterhouse?
9. Do Native Hawaiians Have The Right To Break Rules?
10. Schools use Financial Aid to replace Family  with Government
11. Do it for the children: Hawaii's Sex Abuse Treatment Center is truly a lifeline for child victims
12. Abercrombie plans new initiative to finance Homelessness Industry
13. On-bill Financing Would Make Clean Energy Accessible to Everyone
14. Queen Lil Trust pays $100 Tax on $9.9M property
15. Indicted Scammer makes one last sales pitch … in Hawaii
16. Sun Country Airlines is Making Profit – Looking at Hawaii
17. 'Spice' traps troops
18. Forty-Four Years Later: Worthless dope smoking Bums not welcome at Haight-Ashbury
19. Why The "Birther" Conspiracy Is Great For Obama
20. Human Events: Birthers are Best thing Obama Has going for Him
21. Hawaii senator questions Obama's true birth father
22. Blessed Marianne Cope Returns to Molokai
23. Christians save Students from latest DoE Mess, 75% to graduate

1. Battery-Back Up system catches Fire at new Kahuku Windfarm—Haz Mat team called in
2. First meeting promises new direction for BOE  (promises, promises)
3. Unlike Dods, Horner gives to Dems and GOP
4. Some Worry Dead Excise Tax May Come Back
5. Deadline looms for lawmakers struggling to balance budget
6. State's spurious financial crisis has prompted legislators to look at funds previously off limits
7. Calif-Hilo flights projected to bring in $50M, begin June 9
8. New tuition hikes loom: State’s deficit delays decision on a price increase for UH  (Tax Hike Propaganda pt1)
9. Funding for dams and reservoirs should be restored
10. SA: Oahu's rail panel needs technical expert aboard
11. Utility lines to be moved for Honolulu rail
12. Federal contracts come to women and minorities
13. Your Tax Dollars At Work: Groups Sue over use of “Wailuku Main Street” Name
14. Big Isle redistricting to begin
15. Obamanomics: Teen Unemployment hits 27%
16. Fish farms struggle as DC-based Luddites try to stop them
17. As Gays lose interest, Oahu Co Democrats demand State promote Gay Sex Tourism
18. POLITICO: More than half of Democrats are 9-11 Trooothers
19. Reality: Donald Trump Is President Obama’s New Best Friend

1. Sentencing reform creates liability issue
2. No Development Moratorium in Kau
3. Romy Cachola threatens Barbers Point Park Deal
4. Habitat for Humanity accepting applications for Homes
5. Honolulu Rail isn't that much different than Wisconsin

1. About the Birth Certificate
2. Newsflash: DAGS releases comprehensive fiscal report for 2009
3. SA: Feds need to ensure integrity of Hawaii's health care law
4. HHSC Nurses rejecting HGEA Contract
5. Hawaii lawmakers to decide on taxes and spending to balance projected $1.3B deficit
6. Maui Chamber of Commerce: We’re TEA (taxed enough already); cut government instead
7. High Gas Prices: Just one more excuse to raise taxes
8. Measure seeks instant runoffs
9. Real Clean Energy: KIUC Pushes Hydro Power
10. Nonprofit Directors ask for maintained funding, restoration of grants
11. Moana Surfrider:  Two Honolulu Zoning Board Members have hidden Conflicts of Interest
12. Nanakuli industrial park dead
13. Police officer arrested after Kona Street crash
14. Herb Kane’s Wisconsin Roots
15. Gay-Atheists hijack “Aloha Spirit” Resolution
16. Chemophobia: Increasing levels of mercury found in rare Pacific albatross
17. Birtherism: Where it all began
18. Perfesser: Obama provides glimpse of future U.S. leaders

1. Killing the 180 Day School Year: HSTA caught in a lie
2. GOP: Legislature putting Prepaid Health Care Act at risk
3. Berg: Cut the Golf Subsidy, no new taxes
4. TEA Party: Support Sen Slom’s No New Taxes Budget
5. Applicants Sought for Chair of Hawaii Reapportionment Commission
6. Former California Mayor Jumps Into Hawaii Election Legislation Controversy
7. Don Horner: “Just like Walter Dods”
8. Shapiro: Legislature should democratize itself before meddling in city elections
9. Hanabusa Still hasn’t moved into District, wants District to move to Her
10. Solomon, Galuteria push State Akaka Bill in Conference Committee
11. Borreca: A balanced budget is nice but it's not really required
12. Fontaine: Conference Committee could slip 1% GE Tax hike into HB793
13. Bill would lets 1000s of Criminals out of Prison Early 
14. Green Energy Scammers offer UH $6M Bribe
15. SA: Lower barriers to solar power
16. Land officials vote to revert Aina Lea land
17. Crisis? Maui Council gives $243K to Nonprofit that has already banked $300K of taxpayer money
18. Lawmakers advance 2-year extension of shield law
19. Transit Authority: Council Must pay for What We Spend
20. New Tech School Model frees Nanakuli from DoE Failure model
21. Student Veterans At UH Snub their Own Forum
22. Suits Allege “Deplorable” Conditions at Mayor Wright Homes
23. Robert Carson Godbey to be named Corporation Counsel for City & County of Honolulu
24. Sierra Club: Bag tax Honors Our Religion on Earth Day
25. Sierra Club takes stance against Anaina Hou permits
26. VP Dan Quayle in Hawaii
27. Civil Beat Endorses Censorship

1. Shell Game: Rail Costs down, but Handi-van getting $1.15B?
2. Honolulu Council Unanimously Opposes Instant Runoff Voting
3. Slavery: Federal Suit targets A&B, ML&P Farms
4. Missile Defense: Hawaii Five-O
5. Gulen Cult trying to bribe Legislators with Free Trip to Turkey
6. Conference Committee Starting with Tax Hikes
7. SA: Don’t Count Deployed Military when redistricting
8. State tax collections fall short of prediction—or do they?  (more tax hike propaganda)
9. Golden Week loses some luster in Hawaii (more tax hike propaganda)
10. House Clashes Over Saving Hawaii Health-Care Law
11. True Colors: HSTA Freaks out over last minute Effort to save 180-day bill
12. Hawaii Leads effort to Protect Transsexual Preschool Teachers
13. Legislators should cut spending instead of increasing tobacco taxes
14. Preserve the tobacco prevention fund for its intended purpose
15. Rise in city gas tax makes it through Council hearing
16. Council members question direction of rail authority
17. Fired Honolulu Employee: Lax Oversight Led to Overtime 'Free-for-All'
18. Maui Council Member: High Taxes are used to discourage Business (and this is an argument FOR tax hikes)
19. The Right Price: A Few Favors For Neil’s Favorites?
20. Mufi Launches Column, Discovers Tourism is Big in Hawaii
21. Daily KOS: Hirono, Hanabusa start off slow in Senate race
22. US, S. Korea Sign Agreement on Missile Defense System Development: Pentagon
23. Mainland Firm Accused of Embezzling City Money
24. After Obama’s sister Hired, Administration stops trying to cut E-W Center Funds
25. HCC Chancellor Candidates Interviewed
26. DOH: Waikiki restaurant one of 55 bed bug complaints in state
27. Foie Gras Removed from Glamorous Maui Event After Animal Liberations Nuts outdo themselves in Sanctimony
28. Married and in Hawaii, paroled killer complies with parole
29. Hawaii Defense Attorney takes advantage of clients, is ordered to stop practicing law
30. City considers relaxing fireworks storage law

1. Slavery: Federal Suit targets Six Hawaii Farms, labor contractor
2. Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How they Voted April 18, 2011
3. SB99: Preserve Young Bros Monopoly on Inter-Island Shipping
4. Balance Budget Summit April 20 at Capitol
5. Shapiro: HSTA drama could win back HGEA Concessions
6. SA: Give DoE an extra $16.4M (more tax hike propaganda)
7. Honolulu Seeks $2B Bond Issue to fund Rail
8. Berg: Hawaii Profiteering Off Honolulu Taxpayers
9. Hawaii Transportation Costs to Climb Again
10. Arts Support may dull budget blades
11. Crisis? Kauai county Agency on Elderly Affairs seeks more spending
12. Tax Increases: Payback Time for the Environment
13. Arakawa reduces Tax Hike Request
14. Matsuoka, Cayetano’s Director of troubled Office of Youth Services, approved to Head Hawaii Paroling Authority
15. Inouye:  USDA-UH research aims to rein in child obesity
16. CB to Carlisle: Make HPD Obey Open Records Law
17. Hawaii's first female narcotics undercover officer shares memories, hardships in world of narcotics trafficking
18. Hawaii Legislature grants legal protection to any man willing to put on a dress
19. Enhanced solar water heater rebate program ends
20. Team of UH West Oahu students to compete in national free enterprise competition
21. Hawaii Patient Info to go online
22. Nation of Islam Visits Hawaii
23. Trump, Abercrombie team up to promote Birtherism
24. Media doing excellent Job Promoting Birther Candidate
25. Should Radiation from Japan Scuttle Spring Break in Hawaii? A Mom Agonizes