1. Abercrombie to Conference Committee: We Must Raise Taxes!
2. Inouye: Ed Case will not be allowed to Crucify Me
3. Inouye claims Lingle supports current version of Akaka Bill
4. Carlisle nominates Horner, Okinaga, Hong to Transit Authority
5. Redistricting Committee Log jam to be Broken by Recktenwald
6. Hawaii, Yes We Can Cut Government and Stop Excessive Spending – Without Increased Taxes
7. MMMC nurses protest growing cuts in contract (HGEA Circus to pressure Legislators for Tax Hikes)
8. Medicaid cuts of $180M warned (Abercrombie’s DoHS Boss stages Tax Hike Dog n Pony show for Conference Committees)
9. State's financial woes could mean fewer options for students in the fall (So we must raise taxes!)
10. Businesses suffer from fewer Japanese flights (So we must raise taxes!)
11. Another Abercrombie Appointment bites the dust
12. 6 transit board nominees named
13. Carlisle, Caldwell, Prevedouros: Next year's mayoral race could be re-run of last year's
14. Hirono Steps up Fundraising after Akaka Announcement
15. Rally today to support HB1520 and “on-bill financing” of clean energy solutions
16. Sovereignty activist, convicted killer, faces eviction after decade of squatting
17. SA: Slaughterhouse none of state's business (your tax dollars at work)
18. State, geologists create plan to prevent climate change-induced erosion at Kailua Beach (Your tax dollars at work)
19. Kona Farmers: Coffee Bill On Gov's Desk Creates More Confusion, Not Less
20. Hawaii Bio-Gasification Project features in Corporate Buyout (your ratepayer and tax dollars at work)

1. How They Voted: House approves Pension Tax and GE Tax Hikes
2. After lobbying in Hawaii: Online Poker sites seized by FBI, execs Indicted
3. Hawaii Windfarms killing endangered Birds: After five years Mitigation Lags
4. Kabuki Over: Legislators to meet for two weeks behind closed door, make real decisions
5. Losing bidders might delay rail project
6. Hawaii tram plan to learn from Edinburgh fiasco
7. City Council Nominates Financial, Union Leaders to Transit Board
8. STEM: A Private foundation is doing the job the DoE won’t
9. SA: Campbell High is too big, so Conference Committees must Raise Taxes
10. Senate Bill 249 gives the government rights to purchase Oahu's only slaughterhouse
11. Eco-Religion Begins Warm-Up for Earth Day
12. In Nine Months, Police Dept. Arrests Just One Pimp
13. Your Tax Dollars at Work: State burns $100K on Bicycle-Sharing program
14. Hawaii County Building: Roof repair needed just two years after $27.7M renovation
15. Parents: Teacher Hit Kailua Teen With Hammer
16. Honolulu gas prices near record; Maui at all-time high
17. Tsunami flotsam reaches Kauai?
18. HNN: Republicans cause Teen Suicide (no media bias here, eh?)

1. Democrat Staffer, Obama voter heads Trump’s Birther Campaign
2. GET exemptions in peril: Lawmakers want to reap taxes by spreading GE Tax
3. Star-Advertiser: Taxes must be raised to pay for Tattoo Parlor Inspections
4. SA: Cutbacks cripple many government functions (Propaganda)
5. SA: Unions not resisting Pension restrictions for new hires (Propaganda)
6. After six months of Abercrombie, and a lifetime of HGEA:  Government Employees’ Morale is low, thousands retiring June 30 (Propaganda backfires)
7. HECO, Big Wind, Big Solar continue to obstruct rooftop installations
8. Crisis: Maui Nonprofit banks $374K from County Grants
9. Hawaii Reapportionment Commission starts work
10. Naturopathic “Physician” presides over death at Childbirth
11. Animal Liberation Nuts flood Leg with Opposition to State-Owned Slaughterhouse
12. Bill mandates 'fixing' of cats, dogs before sale
13. SA: Homeowners need shield from lenders' mistreatment
14. Scammer Steals from Homeowners facing Foreclosure
15. Enviro-Religion sees opportunity in High Oil Prices
16. Fireworks storage called wrong place to start disposal

1. HGEA Contract: Government Workers get Paid to Stay Home Three Months
2. SB756: Satellite TV Tax in omnibus Tax Bill
3. Creative Accounting 101: Special Fund Raids
4. Akaka’s Whistleblower Bill cited as example of Over-criminalization
5. VIDEO: House GOP speaks up on Pension Tax, GE Tax, Internet Tax, Fees, and Special Funds
6. VIDEO: House GOP debates Prepaid Health Care Act, Billion Dollar Cable, Foreclosures, Marijuana and More
7. VIDEO: Hawaii Tea Party movement protests slew of tax proposals
8. HGEA Contract: State creating new haves, have-nots
9. ILind: Hawaii Taxes are about Average
10. Hawaii Fires 10 Teachers for Misconduct in 2 Years
11. Crisis? Hawaii jobless rate holds at 6.3 percent
12. Hawaii’s Instant Runoff Voting Legislation – Veto Needed
13. More Federal Funds? Not!  Reality begins to settle in for pork-fed Hawaii Politicos
14. Big Wind and Big Solar continue to resist residential installations
15. Heir to Vanderbilt Fortune to Represent Molokai?
16. Cachola: Don’t Piss off the Legislature
17. SA: Tighten historic homes rules
18. Hawaii Dopers giving up on Fake Urine
19. Aina Haina gunman released from Prison in January
20. Crisis: Hawaii County Unveils $50M Government Building
21. Contractors lobby for Insurers to Cover Shoddy Workmanship
22. NYT: Waikiki Hotel using RFID Chips to track Stolen Towels

1. No New Taxes! Rally April 15--Honolulu, Kona, Hilo, Kahului, Lihue
2. HGEA Negotiators: Hide furlough days, recoup losses after Legislature adjourns
3. Birthers thank Abercrombie, Obama Thanks Birthers
4. Group: Abercrombie using ‘strong arm tactics’ to force Beverage Tax
5. Marumoto: Pension Tax is a foot in the door towards taxing moderate, low income Pensioners
6. Balance Budget Summit April 20 at Capitol
7. How They Voted: SB1329 House passes Motor Vehicle tax Hike
8. Honolulu Councilmembers reject Berg resolution, cite fear of retaliation
9. Inspecting his cattle: Jeff Stone Polls Democratic Senate Primary
10. Hanabusa: Lingering resentment toward Case among “Multi-cultural base”
11. Good economic news belies Abercrombie’s Tax Hike Pitch
12. Democrat ‘Non-Profits” Demand Tax Hikes
13. OHA strengthens grip on Non-Profit sector
14. Legislature proposes welfare for losing contractors
15. Bombardier: Honolulu Didn't Keep Its Word on Rail Contract
16. Breene Harimoto pulls back from Brink in Rail Fight
17. NYT: Hawaii Doubles Down on 'Big Wind’
18. Online Poker Sites which lobbied Hawaii Legislature Indicted by FBI
19. Abercrombie’s Priest rejects Homeless Tent Cities, looks to River Street as model
20. Times have changed for the Big Five, big labor
21. VIDEO: MauiTime Publisher Tommy Russo Assaulted By MPD, “Dog the Bounty Hunter” team
22. Maui Bag Ban: 75% Now Use Paper Bags as tree-huggers become tree-choppers
23. Auwahi Wind, Sempra proposes Wind Farm on 18,000 acre Maui Cattle Ranch
24. Senate's approval of appointed members marks a major change for school governance
25. SA: Reconsider diploma decision
26. 3 foreclosure reform bills could pass
27. King of Pork Inouye appointed to serve on bipartisan federal deficit reduction team
28. U.S. stages "most challenging" missile-defense test
29. Hawaii, Other States, Form Caucus to Oppose TSA Intrusions
30. Hawaii blast came as workers dismantled fireworks
31. Federal Pork: Bill Kills Off Program on Hawaii Whaling Industry
32. Forums to be held on 4 candidates for chancellor of Hawaii Community College

1. Crisis?  GE Tax receipts up 5.9% in February, TAT up 22.4%
2. Abercrombie keeps pounding drums for more taxes, spending
3. Senate votes to delay 180-day School Year
4. Toothless Resolution: Audit the DoE
5. Shapiro: Sen Kim really interested in House Race
6. Sixteen Abercrombie Nominees Have Withdrawn
7. SA: Legislature should not re-write Prison Sentences to release criminals
8. Senators moot requiring tax payments for online sales
9. Senate passes HB985 giving money to losing bidders
10. Engineering Firm that designed defective $1.9 water tank continues to bid
11. State Tax Credits On Chopping Block At Legislature (Plenty of money for Corporate Welfare)
12. Honolulu County: Higher gas tax advances
13. FTA did NOT require Phased-In Approach For Rail
14. Councilman loses bid to stop state from "looting" rail funds
15. Hawaii Investigates with Matt Levi: A New Television Series Begins This Week
16. Unity House files for Bankruptcy
17. Foreclosure counts expected to rebound
18. Central Pacific stock down more than 20%
19. Anti-GMO Luddites cry about their failures in Legislature
20. Fireworks blast victims died from carbon monoxide inhalation
21. WSJ: The GOP and the Birther Trap

1. New Federal Budget kills old Earmarks--Honolulu Rail, Highway, Sewage Treatment Funding in Danger?
2. Brookings: Honolulu Rail Cost Overruns inevitable
3. Berg: Council could reverse Ansaldo Rail Contract
4. POLITICO claims Sen. Daniel Inouye goes silent on Hawaii Senate race
5. House votes for Pension Tax, Bag Tax, Liquor Tax, Auto Tax and GE Tax Hikes
6. Attorney General says Pension Tax may be challenged in Court, House passes anyway
7. Carlisle: HGEA Agreement “an albatross”
8. Carlisle: Borrowing Rail Funds could jeopardize rail Project
9. Berg: Stop state from using city's rail fund as its own piggy bank
10. Shapiro: Schatz is closest thing to a fresh face
11. Crisis: City of Honolulu Personal Service Assistants make $65 per hour
12. Hawaii Lawmakers Pass Employment Protections For Males who choose to wear dresses
13. VIDEO: OHA Cronies now grub for money from Geothermal
14. OHA Connection?  Fireworks Explosion Contractor tied to Native Hawaiian Affirmative Action Contract
15. House Approves Buying Slaughterhouse
16. Instant Runoff Voting Heads for Conference Committee
17. Honolulu Council Advances Property Tax Bills
18. Honolulu Council Special Meeting on State management of Rail Funds
19. Want Lingle Back? Holter cites Abercrombie leadership on “Bee Industry”
20. APEC Preview: Travelers Review Honolulu Airport
21. FACE: Why Hawaii Needs A State Bank
22. Symphony accord reached
23. A study of single, childless urban workers between the ages of 22 and 30 found that women earned 8% more than men
24. Bill O'Reilly Debunks Obama Myths: He 'Does Have A Legitimate Birth Certificate'
25. Nearly 300 to depart Marine Corps Base Hawaii for deployment to Afghanistan

1. No New Taxes! Rally April 15--Honolulu, Kona, Hilo, Kahului, Lihue
2. Djou: Hawaii needs Civil Service Reform
3. April 11, 2011 How Hawaii’s Congressional Delegation Voted
4. Sumitomo Files Protest: Flawed Rail bid selection may cost taxpayers $900M
5. HCR71: HPV Vaccination Mandate Deferred
6. Atlas Shrugged to Open In Honolulu April 15
7. Abercrombie’s “Open” Administration lined with Campaign Donors
8. SA: Abercrombie’s OIP Raid a “preemptive strike motivated by revenge?”
9. As vote Approaches, Senators balk at Accepting Abercrombie Budget
10. Fidell: No Internet Tax
11. SA: Pay gaps that hurt women are costing isles
12. All School Construction Wiped from Budget as Negotiating Position for Tax Hikes
13. SB249: $1.6M for State-Owned slaughterhouse (pigs subsidized $53.25 each)
14. Coalition breaks ground for new senior housing
15. Lawmakers fold; poker bill fails to advance
16. Sumitomo, Bombardier file rail contract complaints
17. Mufi: Polls shows I could be Viable Candidate against Case
18. Coffman takes over as state House Energy Committee chairman
19. Borreca Touts Doomsday Cult:  Believers in 'peak oil' preparing for when a fill-up costs $100 (OHA’s latest money-making scam)
20. Kauai Council:  They already knew prior to the meeting that Kuali‘i was going to be chosen
21. Castle & Cooke strikes deal on proposed Molokai wind project
22. Prison activists brief Hawaii lawmakers about how to let even more criminals loose
23. Act 221 Scammers: Economic recovery relies on supporting homelessness Industry
24. GOVERNOR APPOINTS FIRST DEPUTY HEALTH DIRECTOR
25. VIDEO: Debris from Japan tsunami will wash ashore on Hawaii
26. Trace Levels of Radiation Detected in Hawaii Milk
27. Akaka also fails for 11 years to get Whistleblower Bill Passed 
28. Akaka Campaign Strategist found dead at 57
29. Is Donald’s Trump Birther baloney a vast conspiracy ... to get Obama re-elected?
30. And the answer is…YES! -- Trump Will ‘Probably’ Run as Independent If He Doesn’t Win GOP Nomination
31. Obama’s sister, Aunt keep talking Birtherism Up

1. No New Taxes! Rally April 15--Honolulu, Kona, Hilo, Kahului, Lihue
2. VIDEO: Ed Case Announces US Senate Campaign
3. Daily KOS: “I had really hoped we were done with Ed Case”
4. VIDEO: Sen. Slom introduces Balanced Budget with no tax hikes
5. Romy Cachola threatens Barbers Point Park Deal
6. Kalapa: Next Stop, A Tax Increase
7. Lawmakers aim to soak consumers for $122M/year by collecting on Hawaii residents' Internet purchases
8. Shapiro: Djou Back in the Saddle Again
9. ILind: Emperor Abercrombie to seize Molokai, Decapitate Residents
10. Hawaii Reapportionment Commission to Meet today
11. Council meeting today to pick Kawakami’s successor
12. Dinner held for Maui County soldiers who spent a year in Afghanistan
13. FTA will help both the U.S. and Hawaii
14. HSTA Flack demands less accountability, more money
15. UH Wants Money, Threatens Tourism School
16. FACT CHECK — Board of Water Supply Says Honolulu Has Fewer Water Main Breaks Than Average?
17. After Stalling Repairs, Abercrombie puts on Show and then lets Contractors go to work at Mayor Wright Housing
18. SA: No excuse for lack of warning signs
19. First Hawaiian Bank Signals Recovery with Business Up First Quarter
20. Central Pacific Financial Corp. Announces Commencement of $20 Million Common Stock Rights Offering
21. Hawaii Correctional Facilities to Use Electronic Medical Records System
22. Concert raises $1.6M for tsunami victims
23. Company To Be Questioned Monday Over Hawaii Blast
24. Obama Senior Advisor: I hope Birther Trump keeps on rising
25. Trump to Obama aide: I’m your ‘worst nightmare’

1. No New Taxes! Rally April 15--Honolulu, Kona, Hilo, Kahului, Lihue
2. VIDEO: Abercrombie holds fake news Conference to Announce HGEA's fake 'sacrifice'
3. Abercrombie: State could seize 1/3 of Molokai for Wind Farm
4. AP: HGEA members gain 9 more days off under contract
5. Abercrombie’s Backer Reveals himself: Kenoi Claims Hawaii County will save $3M under HGEA contract
6. Carvalho: Mayors trying to come together on HGEA agreement
7. Sen. Slom Announces balanced budget with no new taxes
8. Second Decking Deadline
9. Borreca compares Ed Case to Aaron Burr, praises Case for apologizing, dropping out
10. Homelessness Industry: State seeks to fill Moiliili Apartments with drug addicts, no treatment required
11. Ansaldo Trains to be Driverless, Company tied to Watts Constructors
12. Molester’s friend Bertram sues to seize land from Haleakala Ranch
13. The new director of the OIP says she was not directed on IDing judicial nominees
14. Crisis? Hawaii County wastes millions on Garbage
15. Last blast for the rejected elected: BoE imposes two track Diploma system on DoE
16. A&B: Ability to navigate Hawai Land Use Process one of our Core Competencies
17. Legislators propose law to convert consecutive sentences into concurrent, let thousands of criminals out of prison
18. Permitting reason for return to public service
19. 4 charged in beating death of gambling house worker
20. Death toll hits 5 in Hawaii fireworks bunker blast
21. Fukino Debunks Birther BS --- Again

1. Abercrombie’s $100M omission: HGEA settlement tied to other secret labor agreements
2. Government workers’ agreement to add more than $100 million to state deficit
3. House GOP: HGEA Settlement is expensive, unfair
4. Unity House HQ up for Sale
5. VIDEO: Heritage Foundation Leader interviewed in Hawaii
6. Tsunami: Obama signs Disaster Declaration for Hawaii
7. Bonham:  Peak tax and business revenue returns sometime in 2012
8. Maui Chamber of Commerce: 95% oppose either type of GE Tax hike
9. Shapiro: Budget is so bad….
10. After voting to Shut down Federal Government three times, Hirono, Hanabusa pretend to be against it
11. OHA to turn its operatives around on Geothermal in Puna at Meeting today
12. Kenoi profits 58% from Subdivision approval
13. Crisis? Hawaii County finds $16M for Hilo Bayfront paths
14. Crisis? $800,000 in county checks uncashed
15. Former KPD officer convicted of driving drunk
16. NYT: Explosion Kills Workers at Facility for Fireworks
17. Did Trump really send investigators to Hawaii?

1. No New Taxes! Rally April 15--Honolulu, Kona, Hilo, Kahului, Lihue
2. HGEA: Contract Agreement includes Paid Time Off
3. VIDEO: Lanai Wind Fall Out
4. Abercrombie Announces $300M in new CIP Spending—“This is just the beginning”
5. Full Results: Daily Kos Hawaii Poll
6. GOP: Abercrombie Approval rating down to 48%
7. Hirono, Hanabusa vote for Government Shutdown, stop paying troops
8. Akaka Bill Passes Indian Affairs Committee
9. How They Voted: Senate Ways and Means votes to hike GE Tax by eliminating exemptions
10. SB1363 10-cents-per-bag Tax: Greens, Big Business, Big Government team up to Rip Off Consumers
11. Borreca: Abercrombie is Tanking
12. Rebellion in the Senate Kills 1%GE Tax Hike Proposal—Exemptions to be hit
13. HGEA Agreement amounts to 1.5% Pay Hike—Carlisle
14. Star-Advertiser: Abercrombie not upfront with public about HGEA Deal
15. Contract: NOT THE “NEW DAY” PEOPLE VOTED FOR 
16. Federal Shutdown: Inouye uninterested in the kind of cutting that Democrats now see as necessary
17. State-run Superferry plan still afloat
18. Forum on geothermal energy to include OHA Cronies
19. Elected BoE sez Bye-Bye
20. Boaters bemoan lack of aid after Schatz comes back from DC Empty handed
21. Meetings will gather comments on proposed wind farm
22. Wood-Burning Power plant vote delayed
23. IRV Produces results like Berg’s Win in Council District 1
24. Hawaii journalist shield law extension advances
25. Banned Fireworks Storage:  Explosion claims Four Lives
26. Ways and Means votes against Legislators’ 5% Salary Hike
27. Judiciary Committee defers bill to convert Sick Leave into vacation Days
28. Inouye, Akaka: Let gay sex tourists give away Green Cards
29. Prison Guard gets 18 months for Gay Rape of inmate
30. University of Hawaii Wants To Close Major Research Group
31. With Tourism squeezed, Rep Roy Takumi pushes against Free Trade with S Korea
32. Ex-Reform Party Birther Trump touted Pelosi as “The Best”

1. State Reaches Agreement with HGEA
2. Unemployment rate dips to 5.2 percent in Honolulu  (oops!)
3. GE Tax hearing: Democrats demand choice between two types of GE Tax Hike, nobody fooled
4. Democrats to buy Support for GE Tax hike with $100M in tax Credits
5. HGEA: Tentative Agreement on Parameters of Contract 
6. HGEA Comp Time: Governor Just Kicked the can down the road again
7. Mayors still in dark about HGEA Contract
8. House Finances passes Tax Credits for Billionaire Clinton Cronies, Bag Tax hiked to 10 cents for middle class
9. Study: U.S. has 4M gay adults; 1.7 pct. of populace
10. Committee Approves Five Hawaii Ed Board Appointees
11. Kauai Council Rejects Biodegradable bags
12. Rush to Use Crops as Fuel Raises Food Prices and Hunger Fears
13. Hawaii County Council to burn through $56M—14 new projects
14. Case to announce Senate bid within 10 days, claims to be OK with Inouye
15. Loss of Hawaiian album Grammy greeted with dismay and shrugs
16. Obama golf pal arrested in Honolulu prostitution sting
17. Trump: I Have Investigators in Hawaii...'They Cannot Believe What They're Finding'

1. HB793: Hikes GE Tax 25%, eliminates exemptions, Hearing Wednesday
2. No New Taxes! Rally April 15--Honolulu, Kona, Hilo, Kahului, Lihue
3. GE Tax Showdown in Senate—A vote to remember in November
4. Senate Indian Affairs Committee to vote on Akaka Bill Thursday
5. Ward: 100s of alternatives to tax hike
6. House GOP Calls on Abercrombie to Cut Spending
7. SB570: Hawaii Pension Tax Bill Alive and Well
8. Recktenwald appoints Acoba Kauai District Court Judge
9. Hawaii Guard told to prepare for possible deployment
10. Senate Budget demands $650M in new Revenues
11. Sen. Sees Unions Behind Tax Increase Proposal
12. Airlift capacity nearly unchanged
13. McDonald's Hiring 1,000 New Hawaii Employees  (no crisis here)
14. Shapiro: New developments show rail project way off track
15. Civil Beat catches up to Hawai’i Free Press on Todd Apo Ethics Violations
16. Martin: No problem with Garcia’s $60K Side Job
17. Maui Green Police hunt down Bag Ban Violators –impose $1000/day fines
18. Senate Hearing Begins on Board of Education Nominees
19. Bills target isle harbors for private development
20. Insurer, hospital agree on new compensation system
21. UH advised to ‘forgive’ debt
22. UH-Hilo seeks $36M to build student housing
23. Hawaii County to buy 3000 ac of ‘open space’
24. Man Who Conned Hawaii Inmates Pleads Guilty

1. Todd Apo and KoOlina: Ethics Violation kept secret since 2007
2. VIDEO: GOP balances budget without Tax Hikes
3. No New Taxes! Rally April 15--Honolulu, Kona, Hilo, Kahului, Lihue
4. Hawaii’s Congressional Delegation: How They Voted April 4, 2011
5. Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders own 11,383 Hawaii businesses
6. Abercrombie gets around to announcing appointment of Kawakami to State House
7. Abercrombie Appoints Judge Loo to Maui Circuit Court
8. Hawaii Gun Permits hit new record in 2010
9. Kaauwai: Are you better off now than you were 2 1/2 years ago?
10. Senate Dems to Force choice between two types of GE Tax hike
11. GE Tax Hike: Tell them what you think
12. Now Where Will They Find The Money?
13. Unions Rally at Capitol, Demand more Spending
14. Ethically Challenged Apo among picks for Transit Authority
15. A State Indian Tribe for OHA Cronies
16. Loser Van Dyke on New Akaka Bill: Nothing to see here, just move along
17. Judiciary to Vote on AG Louie
18. Senate Hearings for BoE Nominees to Begin Tomorrow
19. Japan Airline Cuts countered by increases elsewhere, Charters planned for Golden Week
20. Timeshare in Hawaii: Build it and They Will Come
21. Movie stars, billionaires and corporate execs are arriving more often in private jets
22. Lawmakers give men wearing dresses a chance to strike it rich
23. Shapiro: Where was the vetting on Maui judge appointment?
24. Wildman: A DISTURBING PATTERN? 
25. Kalapa, Milks win majority on Credit Union Board
26. Kamehameha headmaster to retire after 23 years
27. Clayton Hee about to Kill Shield law
28. It's Too Early For Law Regulating Undersea Cable
29. Borreca: Global warming should be on governor’s agenda
30. Superferry Redux: Pasha Line new vessel to offer roll on-roll off service
31. State held responsible for deaths of 2 women
32. ABC News: Duckworth for Hawaiian Senator?
33. Bill Clinton: 'Birthers' will hurt GOP
34. LA Times: Why Hillary Clinton must run in 2012

1. HB793: Hikes GE Tax 25%, eliminates exemptions, Hearing Wednesday
2. Save Our Jobs—Stop SB741 Alcohol Tax
3. Abercrombie’s Board of Education: Accountability begins now, and it’s already ugly
4. U.S. Supreme Court Won't Hear Nader Hawaii Ballot Access Case
5. Abercrombie Administration delays endangering lives of Combat Pilots, soldiers
6. Hawaii Hotels posting strong revenue and occupancy rates
7. Prudential: Worst may be over for Oahu Real Estate Market
8. Senate to Hear Testimony against both kinds of GE Tax hikes Wednesday
9. Unions, Non-profits to push for more spending at Rally today
10. Governor has no clue on balancing budget
11. Tax Hikes Pending in Hawaii Legislature Might Require Cigar Smokers to Take Out a Second Mortgage
12. HD 14 Nomination raises ethical questions
13. Bill: Instant Runoff Voting
14. Rail:  Council grills Carlisle Admin on Billion Dollar Deception
15. Berg Cheapest On Honolulu City Council
16. Former news anchor ready to give her all for schools  (Another one who did not apply)
17. Council to consider county furloughs, wage cuts
18. SA: Turtle Bay reset welcome
19. California firm joins Molokai wind project: Pattern Energy Group is expected to “engage all of the community”
20. Ocean AC project is safe, firm says
21. US Rep. Hirono says she advanced measure granting $6M Hawaii airport improvement pork
22. Brockovich still pushing Hexavalent Chromium Scam
23. 175 years of boarding at LHS celebrated at David Malo Day
24. The quiet Draft of Tammy Duckworth?
25. Samantha Power to be the next Secretary of State?

1. City finally 'Sees the Light' on Lunalilo Home Rd
2. Waialua Robotics wins big in Vegas
3. Abercrombie Secretly Appoints Kawakami to replace Morita in State House
4. Hawaii Legislators Dump 180 day school year
5. Brian “I am not a clone” DeLima: BoE Policy Audit to “look at what decisions can be handled by the superintendent and her staff, and reduce our footprint”
6. Star-Advertiser: Akaka should submit bill that had Lingle’s support
7. Hawaii sees travel numbers rise
8. The drop in tourists from Japan to Hawaii may not be as severe as originally thought
9. HTA: Japan Tourism Drop Less Than Expected
10. GOP hits Garcia on conflict of interest
11. SA:  The HIPA clout
12. Respect citizenry via judicial selection transparency
13. Volokh Conspiracy: Hawaii Ban on Photographing Human Remains Older Than 50 Years?
14. Success: Homeless Sweeps push families into Shelters
15. Abercrombie's Priest calls on public to ignore child neglect and abuse by homeless
16. Progressives launch attack on MRC Greenwood spending
17. Widely implemented ‘food safety’ program hurts local farmers
18. DDT being used to wipe out Mosquitoes in Kaiula
19. HPD’s pitch for more funds: “Budget cuts slashing DARE program on Oahu”

1. GOP Files Ethics complaint over Nestor Garcia’s $60K side job
2. Abercrombie names DBEDT Deputy Director
3. HB1049: Raid on Hurricane Fund to Trigger 7.5% Tax on Premiums?
4. Panos: Wind Study doesn't answer questions about Cost
5. Abercrombie names new UH Regents, E-W Center Board members
6. Friday Night Surprise: GET Hike Back on Table
7. Maui News: Abercrombie is “pathetic excuse for leadership” we need Linda Lingle
8. Legislators prepare to gut 180 day law
9. Rail Funds: Oahu Taxpayers $623M, Congress $34M
10. Bombardier wants the city to disclose more information about Ansaldo’s Winning Rail proposal
11. Molokai expels Wind Farm, Maui could be next Victim
12. Carlisle says labor savings may have to go beyond 5 percent
13. Secret labor Agreement: Hawaii commerce department to end furlough days
14. Tax Sweeps of Vendors Begin Again
15. Obamacare Preview: Penalties for those with health risks considered in 2009 by Hawaii’s public employee health plan
16. One week after Dengue Fever, Mosquito Control becomes excuse for Tax Hikes
17. VIDEO: Prison or Youth ChalleNGe? The future fate of Kulani
18. Brewbaker resists jumping to conclusions about Japan Tsunami
19. Airport parking rates to increase statewide
20. Office of Information Practices Director Selected
21. Bankruptcies average 297 per month, down from 330
22. Canadian Hawaii Real Estate Fraud to face trial
23. US task force arrests 61 fugitives on Maui
24. Ariz. law bans abortions based on race or gender

1. House GOP releases Balanced State Budget without Tax Hikes
2. Wildman’s Firm didn’t pay Payroll Taxes 
3. Mufi on Senate race: Washington DC has always been an interest of ours
4. Hawaii House GOP Proposes Budget Fixes without Tax Hikes
5. Abercrombie Head Fake: Senate to decide between Two types of GE Tax Hike
6. More Federal Funds? Schatz returns from DC Empty Handed
7. Asselbaye: “We cannot continue cutting government”
8. Tax on sugary drinks would be discriminatory and seriously harm our economy
9. Hawaii Tax Revenues rise with Gas Prices
10. Hawaiian Airlines to DOUBLE flights to Japan (Meanwhile Abercrombie prophesizes doom)
11. Tsutsui Names Ex-Rep Amaral to judge selection panel (Crony of Danner sisters, tied to new version of Akaka Bill)
12. Lambda, ACLU drop suit, plan for next suit: “We’ll be watching closely for any signs of problems” with Civil Unions
13. Abercrombie: My relationships with Legislators are excellent, we’re not pals
14. New BOE era off to good start
15. Senate to vote on Closing School, converting to Prison
16. Former Casino Boss; Don’t Do it!
17. Legalized Bribery Bill Tabled
18. Hawaii State Bank resolution still alive 
19. The Bus: Doesn’t have the financial mobility to add routes—as Rail expenses mount
20. Stock buy foments talk of A&B breakup
21. State receives 12 more suspected cases of dengue
22. States Propose Measures to Alter, Remove CON Processes
23. Program may bring displaced citizens of Japan to stay on Maui
24. Turtle Bay project pared down
25. $45M fine tilts Horizon to bankruptcy
26. Birthers have nothing on rabid anti-Bushers
27. Found Photos: The Story of Chicago's "Little Hawaii" Neighborhood
28. With mom in hospital, “Psychic” Sylivia Brown’s son struggles to keep up
29. Sale of $100M home has Hawaii connections
30. Omidyar Accidentally Buys Hawaii

1. No New Taxes! Rally April 15--Kona, Hilo, Kahului, Lihue
2. 2011 Akaka Bill grants Tribal officials broad immunity from Hawaii Criminal and Civil Laws
3. 2011 Akaka Bill: More than 73% of Hawaiians not "Qualified" for membership in Akaka Tribe
4. Tax Freedom Day in Hawaii: April 6
5. Governor renews push for beverage taxes
6. Palafox Redux? Wildman withdraws over “unresolved situation”
7. Hawaii Right to Life: Oppose HCR 71 on HPV vaccination
8. Supreme Courts seeks Six Volunteers to Discipline Lawyers
9. OBAMA POLL HITS NEW LOW...
10. ...Hillary Nears All Time High
11. One Dead In Marine Helicopter Crash Off Kaneohe
12. Abercrombie backs GE Tax hike on Shipping, Airlines, Cellphone bills
13. New Akaka Bill Ignores Lingle Concerns
14. City's deceptive bidding process for rail contract hid $900M in costs
15. Legislators want to accept $200 bribes from unions, business, pension funds
16. Abercrombie’s New BoE to do Policy Audit, NOT Financial Audit
17. SB1284 Designed to force Disabled children back into DoE Schools
18. Shapiro: Dope Bills all about Money, not ‘Compassion’
19. Painters’ Union leader arrested at rally
20. APEC planners: Hawaii will be ready
21. Hawaii could be fallback site for firms in Japan
22. Hurricane Fund, Rainy Day Fund wiped out  Just to get thru June
23. While Abercrombie preaches Doom and Gloom, Stalled condo projects on Oahu move forward
24. Effort to Amend Kauai Plastic Bag Ban becomes entangled in procedure
25. Study: Big Isle least healthy in State
26. FERC approves Wailua hydro

1. No New Taxes! Rally April 15--Kona, Hilo, Kahului, Lihue
2. Daily KOS Polls Hawaii Senate Race: Mufi 47–Lingle 40
3. CoR: Tsunami effect smallish, Weak February tax receipts major factor
4. COFA Migrations: Field work complete, GAO Audit report due in September
5. VIDEO: House debates Retirement, Gambling, Insurance—and frozen Bread
6. HTA addressing “short-term consolidation of flights” by JAL
7. State honors sacrifice of 17 with medal
8. Hawaii Visitors Up 11.8% in Feb—so how are tax receipts down?
9. Pot, Kettle, Black: Abercrombie calls Trump Bankrupt
10. Forbes: Honolulu most expensive tourist destination, prices up 20% on strong demand
11. Media Portrays Public as supporting Tax Hikes, Lottery
12. Cayetano, Slom and Slater plan to sue over rail project
13. Akaka Bill Reintroduced to Congress
14. Precisely as Predicted: Hawaii's Race To The Top Delayed
15. ABERCROMBIE TO ANNOUNCE HIS PICKS FOR BOARD OF EDUCATION
16. Kauai Dems Name three to Replace Rep Morita
17. AARP Rallies against Pension Tax, for more spending
18. Last Appointment: Hee v. Louie
19. Two Hawaii Labor Trafficking Bills Still Alive
20. Gay Marriage: Invented in Hawaii for first time in history of human race
21. Medicaid for non-American non-immigrants?
22. Japan's tsunami debris headed for West Coast, then Hawaii
23. Abercrombie Fundraiser to be sentenced on Dope Charges
24. Punatic Dopers Sue County, demand $5M
25. Kakaako homeless: where are they now?
26. Hi Co Furloughs: Council Pressures Kenoi on bargaining position
27. Zoo accreditation in jeopardy
28. Tsutsui on Akaka: New definition of Obsequious
29. Pawlenty Calls Out Trump’s Birtherism
30. Why Liberals Love the Birthers

1. No New Taxes! Rally April 15--Kona, Hilo, Kahului
2. Hawaii Legislature to Honor 16 fallen Heroes
3. Djou: No plans to seek seat in Senate
4. Durbin's Flawed Islamophobia Hearing
5. Rep Brower: “Info Brief Your Ego”
6. Was Abercrombie Bragging about Secret Labor Settlement?
7. Delayed Refunds: Abercrombie could use Budget trick he derided as Phony
8. Senate Ways and Means Committee considers 5% GE Tax
9. Making The Tax Increase Hidden
10. State’s Finances Grim, State Agencies Asked to Cut Spending by 10 Percent, Legislators debate excuses needed for GE Tax hike
11. Soda tax getting another look in Hawaii
12. Senators seek specifics on Abercrombie's vow to remake government
13. But Administration Testifies in favor on more spending
14. Kouchi: What state services do you want to keep? (Peddling Tax Hikes)
15. DoE Advertiser claims cuts will end Education reform
16. JAL drops one Honolulu Flight for three weeks in April
17. Gaming advocates are seizing on the Tsunami panic
18. Hawaii’s public financing pilot project likely to fall along with Arizona’s campaign law
19. Alexander to preach Abercrombie to Catholics
20. “More Federal Funds” Ecos now claim “$10s of Millions in Tsunami damage” to NW Hawaiian Isles
21. Honolulu City Council Chairman: 'Don't Tell Me I'm a Whore'
22. Carlisle’s Roads Nominee is stockholder, employee of Contractor CH2M Hill—But Councilmembers approve anyway
23. Berg, Anderson: Counties being ‘robbed’, State ‘skimming’ TAT
24. Committee OKs bill to end discount on recycling fees
25. Maui residents oppose wind farm access road plans
26. Hawaii WWII Vets Mark Anniversary: Group Plans Celebration For Congressional Gold Medal
27. Japan nuclear isotope that reached Hawaii identified as iodine-131
28. Pearl City river considered a breeding ground for mosquitoes
29. SA: Stop shark tour boat violence

1. SB605: Legislators to raise Salary Caps for DoE Bureaucrats?
2. Redistricting for A Republican Hawaii
3. Abercrombie to Petty, Bogged Down Legislature: Stop bickering and pointing fingers
4. Hawaii Wind Developer tied to Largest-ever asset seizure by anti-Mafia police
5. SB1363 Bag Tax: Greens, Big Business, Big Government team up to Rip Off Consumers
6. CB: Raising GE Tax “looks increasingly plausible”
7. ACT 221 Scammers Push for Hawaii Stock Exchange Formation
8. OHA Homeless Tent City , Akaka Tribe Bills nearing final approval
9. SA: Poker Bill violates Federal Law
10. Poker Alliance “dubious” about State regulation of Internet Poker
11. Alaska looks at Tourism: “Hawaii’s success story”
12. Japan Airlines cuts flights to Hawaii and other destinations
13. SA: Palolo Elementary a model for improvement
14. Isle food stamp use rises As state gives them to families making over $48K/year
15. Keeping Hawaii Inmates' IDs Out of The Trash
16. Haleiwa businesses rally around shark tour owner
17. Senate Judiciary Committee Sitting on Human Trafficking Bill
18. 9th Circuit Panel Upholds decision in suit against Hawaii's State Historic Preservation Division
19. 2 Big Island resorts still closed because of tsunami damage
20. Bill seeks end to city subsidy for recycling
21. Revisionist History: Godless Senators now consider abolishing Columbus Day
22. Prominent Chinese blogger charged as crackdown deepens
23. Birther Trump: I want Hawaii governor 'investigated'

1. Djou: Presidential Leadership is Missing in Libya
2. No New Taxes! Rally April 15--Kona, Hilo, Kahului
3. Case: Poll shows I whip any Democrat in 2012 Senate Primary
4. VIDEO: FBI investigating Gulen Charter Schools, parents pulling kids out
5. Hawaii to keep prisoners on Mainland: Lack of space forces state to continue to bid out for incarceration
6. Robotics: Six Hawaii Teams headed for St Louis Championships
7. Still No response from Obama as Hirono, Abercrombie beg for Disaster Declaration
8. $2900/month from Ewa developer:  Nestor Garcia has ANOTHER side job
9. HECO to select Cable Contractor, Hand Ratepayers the Bill
10. Abercrombie uses Kahuku Wind Scam to pressure Lanai, Molokai
11. Louie’s Record as Chair of Aloha Tower Development Corp should bar confirmation by Senate
12. Chang: Poker Casinos don’t go far enough
13. Tsunami justifies push for State Pension Reforms
14. Hawaii may drain hurricane funds to pay for Abercrombie give aways
15. Cayetano, Dan Case back Abercrombie’s Judicial secrecy
16. Ed Case to Decide About Hawaii Senate Bid Soon
17. Only Four Legislators think Abercrombie’s pet Think Tank is worth $200
18. SA: Tsunami justifies push to diversify Tourism Market
19. Democrat Operative pushes to revive Single Casino proposal
20. Crime in Waikiki: Tourism Industry pushes back against Homelessness Industry
21. Hawaii medical (sic) marijuana dispensary bill amended—could open up in Waikiki
22. Alaska Airlines Begins Service to Lihue from Oakland and San Jose 1,000 new visitors every week
23. Diabetes Program Begins in Vulnerable Marshall Islands
24. Gay opposition rises against Israel Apartheid Week

1. Prince Kuhio: The bridge from Kingdom to State
2. Hawaii Internet Poker Bill part of nationwide effort by illegal Gambling Sites
3. Hotwire: Hawaii hotel rates jump 25%, growth tops nation
4. Side Effects: Children Face Reduced Access to Coverage Under Obamacare
5. Waialua HS takes lead in Robotics Regionals
6. Another Secret Labor Agreement Exposed: Paid Time Off given 4,900 UPW, HGEA members by Abercrombie Admin
7. Inouye Backs Obama’s Libya War 
8. Progressives want to silence debate over Senatorial race
9. Japan Tsunami now becomes excuse to drain Hurricane Fund to pay for Abercrombie Giveaways
10. Hawaii seeks to protect its unique health law?
11. Stanford Carr: “Maui Real Estate is booming”
12. Naval shipyard: “We’re Hiring”
13. Hawaii House committee chair doesn't want to hear from Ethics Commission
14. Inouye pushes Kalaupapa flight subsidy for Contributor
15. Cronies squabble over how to profit from School Closures
16. OHA’s End-run Bad For All Hawaii
17. Tobacco tops list as Ethics Commission Releases Lobbying Expense Disclosures
18. Pearl City residents asked to clean up dengue breeding grounds
19. Rep Rivere to speak out against North Shore Arsons
20. The Best and Brightest: Rep Jerry Chang Trapped in London, needs $2800
21. Maui Internment Camp: “He was treated good”
22. Plastic ‘disappears’ from garbage patch
23. Laysan Island completely covered by Tsunami, Seven workers survive

1. Conservatives lead Hawaii GOP--but will they pay for it?
2. VIDEO: “All Costs for Wind Cable are on the Ratepayer”
3. Berg, Tamayo to host Community Meeting on Emergency Preparedness, Waimanalo Gulch
4. “More Federal Funds”: Abercrombie pumps Tsunami claims up to $30.6M
5. Abercrombie reopens nominations for Commission on Water Resource Management
6. Borreca: Democrats wrong if they think U.S. Senate race is a slam dunk
7. Council Chair collects $60,000/year “salary” from Pro-Rail Developers’ group
8. TRUTH: Hawaii hotels three-fourths full, room rates mostly up
9. LIES: Hawaii's New Budget Deficit: $1.3 Billion
10. Hawaii Taxation Report outlines plan to pick your pocket
11. SB755 Gaming Bill passes Second Read
12. Online Gambling:  “A Grey, Murky, Quasi-legal Area”
13. True catastrophe is failure of state leaders
14. Ethics: Legislators Retaliation threats against Kondo alarming
15. State Jobs for Life: Hawaii Departments Fired 67 out of 14,000 in 2010
16. Myron B Thompson Nepotism: Vice principal's bonus and a $175K gift to a support group
17. Hawaii now an option for military dependents evacuating Japan
18. St. Francis to resume control of Hawaii Medical
19. Pastor of Kawaiahao Church reminds critics that the history of his congregation is that it is native Hawaiian but also Christian
20. Man raped in Lahaina Homeless Tent City
21. Kahuku Community spilt on Wind Farm as Ribbon Cut
22. SA: Sink state-run superferry idea
23. Arson suspected as another shark tour boat burns
24. Anti-plastic Luddites target food industry
25. Shinseki still forced to deny rumors spread by 9-11 trooothers
26. Dengue fever hits Pearl City
27. Parole Denied in 40-Year-Old Murder Case
28. Kalaupapa residents lobby for lower airfares after monopoly hikes price to $500
29. Honolulu TV stations claim wins and growth
30. Hawaii Parental Rights Amendment to be heard
31. Human remains found in Sand Island freezer—no foul play suspected?
32. Birthers Hound Kapiolani Hospital
33. Hawaii Reporter: World Famous Psychic, Author Sylvia Browne Hospitalized in Hawaii

1. SB218: House Health Committee may save St Francis Hospitals from Closure
2. Surprise: Gaming bill passes House Committees
3. House GOP: Democrats Support Gambling Instead of School Supplies for Children
4. Attorney General demands $170M from Online Travel Companies
5. Kapolei Shopping Center lease to generate $140M for DHHL
6. Hawaii Rifle Association annual meeting Sunday
7. Hilo, Kapaa top list of Drunkest Cities in America
8. Hawaii: The Worst State to Shop Online
9. Rep Fontaine supports SB 52 Registration of Sex Offenders
10. Slom: Gambling & Tax bills bargaining chips for GE Tax hike
11. Bad Bills Still Alive as Legislation Cross Houses
12. DoE killing 180 day law with help of Senate Education Committee
13. Star-Advertiser: Instant Runoff Needed to Prevent Republicans from Winning Elections
14. House Republicans score 5x the CIP of Dissident Democrats
15. House Committees Approve Poker Proposal --Surprise Amendment Would Allow Poker Tournaments, On-Line Hosting
16. Rep Brower gets Schooled on Gambling Law
17. Things that make you go hmmmm.....THE GAMBLING BAIT AND SWITCH
18. Council on Revenues will meet Tues to give Abercrombie the numbers he needs to justify Tax hikes
19. GE Tax Exemption bill Held, more Prep for overall GE Tax Hike
20. Prep-Work for GE Tax Hike: “Disaster's tourism impact isn't just Japan”
21. Census: Hawaii 1 of top 5 states in tax growth
22. HTA to spend $3 million to stampeded Legislature into Hiking GE Tax after Japanese arrivals drop
23. Judge rejects suit challenging rail survey (nice show for LaHood)
24. New rail lawsuit takes shape
25. Feds tout Honolulu rail project
26. SB367: HECO wants to socialize cable cost, privatize any profit
27. Electricity utility and state officials will dedicate Oahu’s first large-scale wind farm today
28. HB680: Bill would abolish Kakaako makai community panel
29. Kauai Council to Hike Property Taxes $144/year
30. Election 2012: Kenoi buying Kona Votes with CIP
31. Cabanilla Resolution: Eliminating NIMBY
32. Looser ethics bill for legislators will make influence-peddling easier
33. State Senate Honors Ronald Reagan
34. Matsumoto in smack down of Berish on ERS
35. Online Travel Companies Owe Hawaii $170 Million In Unpaid Taxes
36. MORE BAD LEGISLATION PENDING
37. Hawaii: 35% of teen Pregnancies end in Abortion
38. SA: ‘Obamacare’ not so abominable for Hawaii’s Medicare beneficiaries
39. ILWU Pushing Frozen Bread Bill to boost Love’s
40. Former GM: Scrap Yard Doesn't Need Subsidy
41. Murderer may walk streets thanks to Judge Michael Town
42. Ex-officer admits vandalizing SUV

1. Legislators, DBEDT support two casinos and Internet Gaming—Amendment violates Federal Law
2. Hawaii Congressional Delegation AWOL on Libya
3. 9-11 truthers claim Shinseki running for Hawaii Senate seat, Inouye’s office forced to deny
4. US Approaching Insolvency, Fix To Be 'Painful': Dallas Federal Reserve Chair Fisher
5. Only “modest decline” in Japan travel
6. Shapiro: Governor needs to deliver on vow to do more with less
7. Abercrombie on Rail:  “It’s all photos and photo-ops right now. I’ve seen those before.”
8. Honolulu Council plays hardball over Transit Authority
9. State Still Wants to Cap Counties' Share of TAT
10. Public Workers “comfortable with furloughs” -- May Be Offered 'Mini Furlough'
11. Legislators, Big Business push Bag Tax on Hawaii shoppers
12. First Hawaiian: $1.8M raised for Japan relief
13. Bill legalizing $200 bribes still alive
14. HCR107 to investigate secession from United States
15. SA: DoE Doesn’t need to test students (SB1282)
16. Panel tables bill over electing attorney general
17. Mysterious Abercrombie OIP pick Rejects Offer, vanishes
18. Hawaii Legislature Backs Off Punishing Tourism Publications
19. Developer: Maui Windfarm to be dead in 25 years
20. Akaka teams up with 47 Senate Dems to protect Green Energy Scammers
21. Resurrected: Gambling Inserted into Shell Bill
22. County mum on felon fire captain
23. Former Maui officer charged with sex assault, kidnapping
24. Despite Furloughs, Overtime Down in Most City Departments (Oops!)
25. Other Cities Report Problems with Honolulu Rail Contractor
26. County hearing officer recommends Hu Honua permit approval
27. Hawaiian Elec. in Solar Power Pact
28. Developer gets approval for new mall on DHHL land in Kapolei
29. Tsunami, Power Outages Still On Minds Of Many Ewa Residents
30. Hawaii’s #6 Tax Delinquent ensnared in Calif. building dispute

1. Kucinich, Nader: Obama could be Impeached for Libya War
2. Tsunami Roulette: Are Kahului fuel tanks and sewage plant at risk?
3. Regime Change is goal of Obama’s Libya War
4. Hanabusa still lives at Ko Olina
5. Subcontractors, airlines, others would pay the GET
6. UHERO: We still think the economy is going to recover
7. Borreca Joins Abercrombie’s Doom and Gloom Brigade
8. Delta: Japan travel decline a 6 to 9 month one time event
9. Hawaii’s February unemployment holds steady at 6.3%
10. SA: Reject Abercrombie’s assault on travel media
11. Is Wildman a Pay-to-Play Judicial Appointment?
12. Hawaii reapportionment commission forms
13. SB367: Oahu electric customers would pay for undersea power cable under pending legislation
14. Green Energy Scammers Panic over 2016 Sunset (HB1270/HB566)
15. Honolulu Contracts for 80 rail cars at $574M
16. City Says Rail Contracts Coming in Under Budget; Critics Not Convinced
17. House Has Approved Government Purchase Of State-Run Superferry
18. Luddites Frantic as First Application For Factory Fish Farm in U.S. Waters Poised for Approval
19. BoE Chair Toguchi calls for suspension of 180-day law
20. “Worse than Furloughs” DoE, BoE promise chaos if Legislature Cuts Budget $110M
21. Legislature pushes plan to close school, convert to prison
22. Still Celebrating Islam Day on September 11, Muslims give away shoes in Kalihi, SA helps them raise money
23. Hawaii County Cuts Spending, Holds line on taxes
24. OHA $329K buys favor from Hawaiian Orgs
25. GRASSROOT INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES 2011 PORK REPORT COVER DESIGN CONTEST
26. Hokulia Plaintiff: “My Mom, an Eighty Eight Year Old Bar Fly in Kailua-Kona”
27. Officer probed for crash Sunday after license was revoked
28. Hawaii Doper Church defeated: Idaho Supreme Court rules against claim that marijuana is a religious sacrament
29. HMSA applies to raise plan premiums by 4.2%
30. NLRB: OK To Spy on Your Boss
31. Threat to internet links? “We need to go out and find out what the hell is happening in Hawaii”
32. 125th Anniversary of ILWU
33. Mufi: 'CNMI could learn from Hawaii strategy'
34. Pacific troops get new leader: The crisis in Japan is a top priority as Francis Wiercinski takes charge

1. The plan to Overhaul Straight Hawaii
2. Hawaii 2011 Reapportionment Commission includes Jeff Stone's Wife, Hannemann Staffer married to Rail Contractor
3. Hanabusa, Hirono vote for Government Shutdown—Oppose Afghan Withdrawal
4. HECO: IBEW got raises, we got two-tier Pension Plan
5. Rep Fontaine interviews Bishop Silva, Darryl Vincent on Homelessness
6. Excuse: Senate Money Chairman: Hawaii House Budget 'No Longer Valid'
7. Visitors still arriving from Japan
8. Intent: Anything that is rented or shipped will pay GE Tax under House Scheme to extract $729M from Hawaii residents ($521 per person)
9. Tax The Peasants: GE Tax to hit Shipping, Phone bill, Airline travel
10. SA: Approve city gas tax increase
11. SB367: Committees to discuss $1B undersea Cable Scam Today (Give our money to billionaire wind-scammers)
12. Number of bills alive in Legislature shrinks
13. HPD Officer Salaries: A Tale of Confusion and Contradiction
14. Chairman of ERS Board Responds to George Berish Series on Public Pensions
15. Businessman offers plastic bag alternative
16. Tipping Fees: Should Private Scrap Yard Get $1.9 Million Subsidy from Honolulu?
17. Hawaii burns $2.35M on “Open Space”
18. AT&T to buy T-Mobile USA for $39 billion
19. Four Hawaii Borders bookstores will close
20. Hawaii Small Businesses Absorbing Soaring Gas Costs

• What Did Rep Brower say about “intolerant” Hawaii?
• Ministry Group Buying out Porn Shops in Wahiawa
• HB548: Trespassing Liability Taskforce to Exclude Publishers
• Tom Berg saves Barbers Point Ewa Stables

1. SB1282/HB1055: Bills would “repeal norm-referenced testing” in the DoE
2. Hawaii’s Bernard von NotHaus Convicted of Minting His Own Currency—could get 15 years
3. Borreca: Hirono vs Hanabusa for Senate?
4. Schatz in DC to Cash in on Tsunami
5. Japanese tourists still coming to isles –strong Yen is factor
6. Ratepayers to be stuck with bill for $1B cable project to bring wind electricity to Oahu
7. Clayton Hee: Sustainability=State Ownership  (PUBLIC)
8. Clients burn over kitchen's closing by State (PRIVATE)
9. Captain Admits Young Bros causes extensive unreported Coral Reef Damage
10. District Cooling in Hawaii—Importing a ready-made Profitable, Politically Connected, Non-Profit
11. Enviro scammers: Bag taxes are Fun! (SB1363)
12. Union Bosses continue to Loot Unity House Assets
13. BOE chief pitches ads on campus--Toguchi proposes selling advertising space at public schools as a way to raise cash
14. Kauai Budget climbs as tax assessments fall
15. Hawaii Dope Doctors giving Medical Marijuana to Minors
16. MELE minds music's business
17. Legislature, Landed Aristocracy seek to silence discussion of PASH rights
18. Kawaiahao burials dispute a defining moment for Hawaiians
19. Protecting the Kona name
20. KIUC Voters reelect incumbents

1. Case: Inouye not in control, won’t be able to designate next Senator
2. Abercrombie picks Wildman for Circuit Court, refuses to name nominees
3. HB638--New Voting System for Hawaii: Round up as many candidates as possible, gang up on the front runners
4. Enviros win 90% in Hawaii Supreme Court
5. Defeating Assisted Suicide: Four Victories - One to go
6. Full Text: Pacific Commander Admiral Willard Q&A on Search and Rescue in Japan
7. Ghouls: Do Japan's woes make hiking GET more palatable?
8. Abercrombie thrilled about new Spending
9. Abercrombie has to be living in Cave
10. Another Step Taken To State-Owned Slaughterhouse
11. Ethics: Is Rail worth $36.75 to Legislators?
12. CONFIRMED: DoE Bullying Policy Serves Transsexual Agenda for Hawaii Schools
13. Scientists Predict Japan's Tsunami Trash To Hit Hawaii Shores in 18 mos
14. Abercrombie to join wind energy scammers at Grand Opening
15. VIDEO: Hawaii Council chair “deeply concerned” with Kenoi budget
16. More Revisionist History hits bookstores Next Week

1. UN authorizes Military action against Gaddafi, airstrikes could begin within hours
2. Day One of Obama’s War, Airstrikes Don’t Begin: Gaddafi forces shell west Libya's Misrata, 25 dead
3. Hillary dumps Obama over refusal to act in Libya: “Not happy with dealing with a president who can’t decide if today is Tuesday or Wednesday”
4. The Future of the Grassroot Institute
5. HB1300: Legislature takes its time abolishing a law that it says is ‘devastating’ to business
6. House Republicans Introduce Welfare Reform Act of 2011
7. Hurricane Shelters: Hawaii Still Counting on a Lucky Miss
8. Abercrombie’s dismissal of nuclear fears tied to Mainland Tourism
9. Japanese Arrivals drop 86%
10. Hawaii Council on Revenues Can't Regroup for Another Month
11. Town hall meeting by Hawaii House Republicans to discuss proposal for state's 1st pension tax
12. Oshiro Punts budget: “Now it's up to governor and unions”, hints at lower Pension Tax Threshold
13. Senate rushes $18M to pay for Abercrombie’s Government Union Giveaway
14. Abercrombie thinks Unions are going to give back $88M/year
15. HSTA, UPW Collective Bargaining Bills Hit Glitch
16. Green Energy Scammers Claim they can provide 25% of Hawaii Electricity (Ratepayer Beware)
17. Richard Lim confirmed as DBEDT Boss
18. Honolulu City Council Battles Administration for Control of Rail Agency Budget
19. Transparent? Mayor Makes $44M Disappear
20. Anderson, Berg Speak Out Against Fuel Tax
21. Hanabusa appeals to Congress in Hunt for “Sand Lady”
22. SA: Close nepotism bill loophole
23. CENSORSHIP: Aila threatens SA, KITV over photos of Pearl City graves
24. CENSORSHIP HB548: Civil Beat finally figures out that Hawaii is like Cuba
25. CENSORSHIP: Stalinist Media Council continues to harass HNN
26. Dissidents’ Bills shut out of Legislative Committees, but not as badly as Republicans’
27. Foodstamps: 78% of eligible persons use them in Hawaii
28. Kauai Mayor delivers 3rd State of the County address, burns up Reserve Fund
29. HHSC has new CEO
30. Owners of tsunami-damaged property should call 2-1-1
31. Newly released tsunami video shows waves sweeping through Kailua-Kona store
32. Hawaii County's 32 hurricane shelters can withstand no more than Category 1 hurricane

SB218: Will Legislature force St Francis Hospitals to close over forced abortion?

Abercrombie to open new State Information Technology Department with donation from dot.com Billionaire (No conflict of interest there, eh?)

Blabercrombie: “The war of each against all, which has an iron grip on our country, is coming to an end in Hawaii”

Mercado Kim says Hannemann is Godfather as ‘divisive’ Democrat Primary goes from crowded to jam-packed

Is Linda Lingle Competitive? Cast your vote as PPP considers poll on Hawaii Senate Race

Hawaii presents the most decisive defeat for assisted suicide and euthanasia to date

Dismissed in Federal Court, Convicted Felon Keanu Sai fails in effort to seize control of Hawaii

House OKs $21 billion draft budget—GE Tax hike on Horizon

Abercrombie Now 'Flexible' On Raising GET

Abercrombie During the campaign vs. post swear-in

Abercrombie launches Office of Information Management and Technology with Donation from dot.com Billionaire (No conflict of interest to see here, just move along.)

Ethics Commission Opposes Bill; More Free Invites for Lawmakers

Kauai Budget hikes spending 12%—property tax hike still on table

No Budget Approval Needed for Rail at this Time, City Council Told

Abercrombie’s Sales Pitch for Hawaii Tourism: “A drug cartel is not going to murder you here."

Tsunami cripples 2 Big Isle hotels, one may never reopen

Tsunami claims 8 homes on East End Molokai

Hawaii Lawmaker: Nuclear Energy Still 'Viable Option'

Slom gives rundown on Morita

Dopers not pleased with Single Dispensary on Maui

Homeless removed from Kakaako lot—25 finally choose to go into shelters

Taxpayers, Ratepayers forced to subsidize Unwanted Solar Water Heaters

Mandatory Spending Now Exceeds all Federal Revenues

Desperate Luddites: GMOs make you fat

Abercrombie: 100 Days, 10 Broken Promises

Ward: Budget does not account for COFA, CoR Revision, Japan tourism dropoff

Ewa Community to discuss Emergency Preparedness after blackout, Tsunami

Abercrombie Administration advises Public to Avoid Ingesting Potassium Iodide

Shapiro: Schatz, Hirono, Hanabusa may push Case, Hannemann out of Senate race  

Abercrombie’s Mitsunaga: We occasionally got contracts honestly  

Abercrombie’s first 100 days reveal worrisome inconsistencies  

SA: Release judicial nominee names  

Furlough Fridays Forgotten by Abercrombie?  

Abercrombie finds “More Federal Funds” in Tsunami  

Budget Outburst: Calvin Say scared, full of fear, Storms out of hearing  

Pension Tax: “A lower threshold is the ultimate goal”  

Carlisle proposes 36% Gas Tax Hike  

Furfaro not seeking vacant HD 14 Seat  

Two-Thirds vote needed for Bond Issue: Turn one vote and Kill Rail  

Rail hearing to be continued  

Maui: Committee holds off on putting end to furloughs

WSJ looks at Japanese travel after Kobe, SARS outbreak  

Obama: Japan Radiation Won't Reach Hawaii (VIDEO)  

Fukushima: Mark 1 Nuclear Reactor Design Caused GE Scientist To Quit In Protest  

Kauai Dam Breach Killed 7 Five Years Ago, But Criminal Charges Against Dam Owner are Still Pending  

UH Richardson School of Law drops 23 spots  

House Committee: Potheads to get marijuana ‘dispensary’ on Maui  

Hawaii’s Physician Discipline is Poor  

Hawaiian Schools Threaten To Boycott State Test  

Hawaii Legislature Should Honor Ronald Reagan  

After being rousted from Kakaako Park, homeless man threatens to leave Hawaii  

HECO sends thousands of outage customers apology, $50  

Free Two-Part Program for Non-Lawyers on “Online Legal Resources”  

Puppy mill bill advancing  

Former SDS Leader Todd Gitlin to speak at UH Manoa  

Don Ho's children evicted by Trustees

Did Sen Mike Gabbard get hoaxed by fake Turkic President?

Supreme Court extends Big Isle Foreclosure Mediation Project

Hawaii Gov. Abercrombie marks 100 days in office Tuesday as state recovers

Hawaii Lawmakers Expected to Raid Special Funds to Close Gap

Seven Tax Hike Bills in Legislature

Stakes going up in legal fight over O’ahu rail

ILind: Abercrombie’s Pay-to-Play Contract Coordinator?  So What?

Daniel Akaka Explains Why He Won't Step Down Early--Retiring Mid-Term Would Allow Governor To Appoint Democrat

Hawaii Public Compensation: $40,000 = $64,000

The Paychecks of Hawaii Public Union Leaders

Abercrombie seeks eight more BoE appointees who will not Audit The DoE

NYT: For Honolulu’s Homeless, an Eviction Notice

REALITY: No Elevated Radiation Detected in Islands

Japanese groups cancelling travel plans to Hawaii

Economic damage from isle tsunami spreads, becomes Abercrombie’s latest argument for Tax Hikes

Djou Staying in the Game

Donna Mercado-Kim considers Senate Run

Hawaii becomes first state with $4 gas average

Star-Advertiser: General Public is just as dangerous as Criminal Lunatics

Anti-Superferry Protester Morita confirmed as PUC chief

Hawaii Human Trafficking Bill Revived

Omidyar gives more Megabucks to Kanu, Nature conservancy

Starwood and union agree on new contract

Will Abercrombie kill Rail to establish Pay-to-Play monopoly?

Cabanilla staffer, on the job at Capitol, “also works for an attorney”

Waialua HS, Sacred Hearts win East Coast Robotics Competitions, head for Championship

The Japanese won’t be back for carefree vacations any time soon

Governor’s Office is in considerable disarray

Star-Advertiser wants blank to count as “no” on Constitutional Amendments

Anti-Superferry Protesters to face Confirmation today

Bill Watch: Hawaii Human Trafficking Bills Appear Dead

Big Wind, Banks again sabotage financing for residential solar installers

44 people killed by Wind Energy projects

Nuclear panic

Nuclear Reality: Hawaii Legislators are already Radioactive

Hawaii, Guam raise profiles in Pacific as China expands Navy

HB1070: Senate to unleash lunatics to balance budget?

Abercrombie to sign bill to appoint Board of Education members

Hanabusa named to House panel on fisheries

Tsunami destroyed two or three houses in Milolii

State’s ‘horrendous’ hurdles block retired officers who want to carry firearms

Socialists succeed in blocking land sale, look towards County-owned farm

Symphony group sees 'endless opportunities'

On the trail to Hawaii Islam Day: Libyan assassins

Death toll likely to top 10,000, as 170,000 flee nuclear crisis

Hawaii Family Forum wins vs Suicide, Gambling—Healthcare Right of Conscience still pending

Hawaii Red Cross Helping Local Victims, Taking Donations For Japan

Pay to Play figure “Will be key in initiating Abercrombie’s Contracts"

Star-Advertiser backs Abercrombie against Inouye

$21M budgeted for rail authority, Council will not Oversee

OHA, Counties, DoE at war over profits from School Closures

Save our Jobs Hawaii: Higher alcohol tax will destroy restaurant and hospitality jobs

Solid Waste overtime raises red flags

Nonprofits squeezed by Spending Cuts, Obama Attack

Meth Project captures attention of Teens

Reimbursements control mental health services

Hawaii Medical Marijuana License Bill Faces Tuesday Hearing

Coast Guard: Kailua Pier condemned

Sopogy thrives by thinking biga (With our ACT 221 Dollars)

Japan-Hawaii Relief Fund set up at First Hawaiian Bank

Photos, Video: Explosion at Fukushima Nuclear plant

Japanese officials say the container housing the reactor was not damaged and that radiation levels have now fallen

9,500 unaccounted for in Miyagi's Minamisanriku: local gov't

Tsunami Statements from Governor’s Office

VIDEOS: Hotels, Businesses in Kona, Kohala, Wailuku, Kauai flooded

State Senate cancels committee hearings, House does not

Legislature's backwash flush with antics on ethics and pay

Hawaii House Passes Instant Runoff Voting Bill

Hawaii’s Marijuana Bills May Die in Committees

HECO union workers approve new contract

Maui Land is back in the black after killing off pensions

Lunalilo Freeway is 26th-most congested in nation

It's mediation for Barr, her Honokaa neighbors

Third U.S. Tsunami Center May Be Headed to Puerto Rico

Holes in Hawaii's Tsunami Evacuation Zone

European Union Official blames Quake, Tsunami on Global Warming

Marumoto: Pension Tax threshold could be dropped to $75K at end of session

$550M tax increases among 710 Crossover Bills

Recktenwald seeking comment on Judicial Nominees for First, Fifth Circuit

Hope Probation Launched in Hilo

Obamacare Subsidizes Health Benefits for State and Local Government Retirees

Anti-Superferry Protester to head PUC: Nomination approved 6-1, heads for full Senate

House Budget “only” boosts spending by $740M

Oshiro Echoes Abercrombie’s attack on Council on Revenues

Carlisle guts CIP $300M to pay debt, pension, healthcare

Hawaii Co Council members say plan doesn't save money, just delays costs

DoE Demands $359M gift to contractors

SB 715: Senate votes to repeal Ethanol Requirement

HB546: Men can get hired if they put on dress, threaten to sue

Much of Abercrombie’s non-fiscal Legislative package still on the move

Witchhunt: Sen Kim calls for prosecution of Lingle Admin Officials

Substitute teachers' suit in court to determine back pay

Hawaii Files Brief in Virginia Supporting Obamacare

PUC refuses to stick it to the peasants: Biofuels ruling could hurt Aina Koa Pono (so sad)

Secret Nominees? Recktenwald shows Abercrombie the sunshine

Rep. Colleen Hanabusa tours Guantanamo Bay, seeks “balanced process”

Workers not electrified by tentative deal

Chemophobia Alert: Arsenic found in Kilauea

HOPE probation provides freedom on a short leash

Sovereignty scammers target Grand Wailea, Bloomberg News falls for it

Kamehameha III ordered Iwi be moved to build Church

After groveling before Hu, Honolulu Council insults Sun Yat-sen by “honoring” him

Crews Clean Up Keaau Beach Park: Homeless Forced To Leave During Project

Democrats need their dope: Pass 5 Marijuana Bills

Hawaii to spend $2M upgrading international arrival area at Honolulu's airport

Flush: Hawaii County to fully fund 2% “Open Spaces Fund”

Memminger: States should lure others’ welfare tourists to revive economies

North Korea Nears Completion of Electromagnetic Pulse Bomb

Turkey and the Restoration of the Caliphate

Taxes, Spending, and Bans: Kona Meeting to focus on Legislature

House Raids Highway Fund, Raises Vehicle Taxes

VIDEO: House Republicans defend Prepaid Healthcare Act against Obamacare

Hope Probation Launched in Hilo

Recktenwald seeking comment on Judicial Nominees for First, Fifth Circuit

State Akaka Tribe, Instant Runoff Voting, Elected Attorney General, Healthy Dope all Crossover

Pension Tax Passes: “One day, with inflation, all pensions will be taxed”

Contract Settlement: HECO and IBEW put the people first

Senate Finance Ctte: Obamacare will cost Hawaii $30M

Yoshioka Confirmation: The Missing $700M, screaming, lying, and slander

Gallup: Hawaii No. 1 in U.S. for Wellbeing

Congress to Investigate Islamic Radicalization in the US

Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How they voted March 7

Star-Advertiser: Kym Pine was right

Nine Tax Measures to be voted by House Today

Move Afoot To Raise Taxes

Its Baaack: Legislators amend bill to allow $200 “gifts” from unions, business orgs, HIPA

Clayton Hee stalling as Five Abercrombie Cabinet appointments await hearings

More money for them: Green Energy Scammers fight against counting residential installations toward goal

Nothing escapes the unwavering gaze of our legislators

UH Perfesser complains not enough dopers among student body, Demands Legislative action

Abercrombie looks in Mirror: “We have become all too used to a style of dealing with our problems that does not reflect Hawai‘i”

HECO: Tentative labor deal reached--A vote on the contract could come by week's end

United, Continental scrap expansion plans because of oil

Hilton Worldwide reaches tentative deal with Unite Here locals

Homelessness Industry: Meth Addicts being used to grab land in Kakaako, Cooke Street

Judge: Officer ‘coerced’ accused child predator into statement

Bishop Street Trial lawyer found in Contempt, pays $300K Bail

On Trial: Kona woman accused of theft from Hospital Foundation

Animal Liberation Activist Sued for Fraud

Happiest Man in America: "Religion is very important. It grounds you. It makes you humble."

Tautofi Escapes Hawaii: “If I stay here, I can never get out of this dump”

Star-Advertiser: Give Sand Island to Homelessness Industry—and lots of money too

Officials balk at renewing 3-strikes law

Honolulu Residents To Pay Hawaii's Highest Gas Tax under Carlisle proposal

Ewa Blackout Causes medical emergencies: One person in Serious condition

Abercrombie “No Comment” On Palafox firing

Shapiro: Don’t cross Abercrombie with independent thought

AtomicMonkey: Transparency in Government means making people Disappear

Admin seeks Eight BoE Nominees

SB1195: LWV Claims blank votes are not really counted as “No” votes

POLITICO: Will Senate ever vote on Liu to Rule over Hawaii from 9th Circuit? 

Obama Admin pushes for Human Trafficking law in Hawaii

Socialist Superferry system shelved

Fishing cut off before quota reached: Scientists have no idea about actual fish stocks

Consumers cry foul over overdraft fees

UH Manoa Richardson Law School Dean claims Obamacare is Legal

L.A. community colleges' green energy plan proves wildly impractical. The blunders cost taxpayers $10 million

The £25,000 eco-classroom that can't be used because solar panels don't provide enough heat

Gulen Cult: Legislators to welcome “Ugly Unionbusting” to Hawaii schools?

VIDEO: New Volcanic Fissure erupts in Hawaii

Panos on Geothermal: Can Hawaii catch up with Philippines and Iceland?

Report: 92% of Nursing Homes Employ Convicts, Hawaii has not implemented background checks

Pine: HECO replacement workers put in 17-hour days

With Power Restored, Rep Pine drops State of Emergency request

Gay marriage activists plan strategy to put Civil Unions in Court

RETALIATION:  Did Gov. Abercrombie exceed his legal authority in making OIP staff appointment, blocking Takase from returning to Civil Service?

Carlisle budget boosts Taxes, Fees 

Boylan: "What if the hope and change isn't realized?"

Senate race: Mufi is “Gleefully Opportunistic”, Case “Impudent”

How Akaka built up the Old Boy System

AARP: Retroactive pension tax would be unfair and legally flawed

Hawaii may raid savings for budget

Hawaiian Electric & IBEW Union Leaders Meeting With Federal Mediator

Pot, Kettle, Black: Abercrombie speaks out against Grandstanding

GOP: IBEW WALK OUT ILLUSTRATES NEED FOR POLITICAL REFORM

Hawaii Homeless Caucus Held to push Tent City, develop revenue stream for Homelessness Industry

Earmarks ban won't halt Saddle roadwork

Commentary: Free trade pacts will benefit Hawaii

21 airlines fined for fixing passenger, cargo fees

Feds restrict total Bottomfish take to about 5,000 fish per year statewide

Anti-Plastic Brainwashing film to be shown at UH Manoa

Rep Pine calls for State of Emergency after Strike, Storm leave Ewa, Leeward in dark

Republicans field over 60 Neighborhood Board Candidates

RCP: Akaka's Seat a Longshot for GOP

Abercrombie Admin caught in lie as OIP director is fired

Perry & Price: Abercrombie digging a hole, just keeps digging

Highest in Nation: Hawaii Underemployment hovers between 21-25%

SB8: Abercrombie Will Sign Legislation to Appoint Board of Education Members

Human Error? “Somebody threw a wrong switch”

Abercrombie: “My thought….”

IBEW Business Manager Accuses HECO Of Stalling

KHON: Big money expected for Akaka’s seat

WaPo: The GOP's tough path in Hawaii

Hawaii ponders moratorium on home foreclosures

Groups' anti-gambling efforts pay off

Hawaii excise tax revenue climbs, but general fund is down compared to last year

Things that make you go hmmmm.....TIMING, REALLY?

House Bill 853: Most Dangerous at the Hawaii Legislature copied from Most Corrupt State in the Union

Public safety, defense and accounting heads unanimously confirmed by Hawaii Senate

Kauai NIMBYS follow in OHA’s Footsteps, block drug treatment

Police, Fire Chief Want Pay Raises; Mayor Opposed

Park Concessions could help offset cost of repairs — Arakawa

Star-Advertiser Sunday circulation off projections by 10%

Fire chiefs want sprinklers in all new single-family homes

Oahu Landfill Set To Reopen

Hawaii state farm fair will not take place this year 

Bill to recognize bat stalls

Kona TEA Party Rally: No New Taxes, Audit the DoE

Abercrombie, Inouye fought over Akaka Retirement—Palafox connection?

Djou: Lingle would make an outstanding US Senator

Hanabusa, Hirono, Akaka: Make way for Captain Kirk

D.C., Hawaii Top the Rest of the Union in Economic Confidence

Pine: Hawaii hands out the most welfare dollars, food, and benefits in Nation

VIDEO: Reps Fontaine, McKelvey against HB141 weakening Repeat Offender sentencing

HB1529 Government Planning? Leg considers bill asking Governor to convene task force to write report 

Oppressed by Taxes, Utility Bills, Land Monopolies, Hawaii works 24/7, never sleeps

Perriera troubled by Abercrombie’s plan to grow Government

Lawmakers Scramble to Meet First Decking

Leg advances $116M Tax hikes, Abercrombie wanted $540M

Measures to start various forms of gambling in Hawaii fail to advance

Race Hustler Clayton Hee calls William Aila Dickless

Dickless men in dresses to become new protected class

Transsexual Prostitutes Prey On Downtown Middle School Students

Abercrombie: New BoE to be seated by April Fools Day

Clayton Hee: Bipolar, egotistical, quick to anger, boorish, dysfunctional, brutal, racist

Sen Brickwood “Buzzy G” Galuteria earns place in hall of shame

Honolulu Budget to be available online

DoE Maintenance Solution? Close schools and sell land

Landed Aristocracy, Labor unions advance bills

Hawaii Legislature Weighs Controversial Adoption Bill

HB638: Instant Runoff Voting

CNN: TSA Polygraph Tests for Honolulu Baggage handlers

Legislature spends all day on Homelessness Industry

Recycling War: PVT, Waimanalo Gulch vs Schitzer Steel 

Students in Free Enterprise help Tuvaluans Build Businesses

Attorney general sues animal rights activist

SA: Open-ocean aquaculture needs more scrutiny

GM sells just 281 Chevy Volts in February, Nissan only moves 67 Leafs 

American Samoa tells more than 100 businesses to stop distributing plastic bags

Akaka not running in 2012, will not let Abercrombie choose successor

NPR: Senate Exit By Hawaii's Akaka May Open Door For Lingle

Akaka never cast one vote in favor of legal protection for unborn children in 22 years

How Inouye sabotaged Akaka Bill

Ed Case: “I remain interested in U. S. Senate”

Mufi: “Plenty of time to discuss my plans”

Lingle, Djou comment on Akaka retirement

Extortion, Criminal Conspiracy: FBI investigating Gulen Religious Cult behind Mokapu STEM School, Pacifica Institute

Hirono, Hanabusa reject Obama, vote for Government Shut Down

Jamie Story leaving Grassroot Institute

Honolulu 40 Days for Life Rally at Capitol

Souki: “They're probably all jumping for joy right now . . . The field's wide open”

Solomon: Clayton Hee for US Senate

First Open Senate Race since 1976

“A moment of silence for Tort Reform” Tommy Waters, Portnoy named to Judicial Selection Commission

No pain for HGEA, No savings for State: Medicare Part B cut only for hires after July 1

Bill takes step toward elected attorney general

No Shortfall, But Carlisle Still Wants Higher Taxes

Honolulu has already “encumbered” $338M on rail Project

Paauilo DoE Principal headed for jail, rehab after DUI conviction

No plea yet from DoE Teacher accused of tying child to toilet

Big Isle  Bag ban bogs down -- More public hearings slated

Kauai Residents torn over bag ban

Airline maps out China-Hawaii runs

Eco-Frauds claim Rate Hike Isn’t

Oi: Wind energy shows lack of prudence

Democrats Talk, Give Aila Nomination Green Light

‘Recused’?  In Decades no Senator has been found to have a conflict

Keith-Agaran turns away anti human trafficking supporters

Maui Charter Panelists will pretend to be Objective

Kauai Charter amendment sets higher limit on Charter Amendment petitions

VIDEO: Payroll Lag Gimmick to balance Hawaii County budget

Mesa Air emerges from bankruptcy

Waikiki getting pre-APEC facelift

Waikiki hotel workers authorize strike

After Legislators attack, Hawaii Car Audio Dealers Organize

Hawaii's Homeless: Transitioning out

Kaiwahine Village moves forward

Enlightened, Conscious, and Progressive Commune-dweller pleads guilty in killing

Missouri welfare benefits being spent in Hawaii

9-11 trooother Rosanne Barr attacks neighbors in Hamakua

Kona TEA Party Rally: No New Taxes, Audit the DoE

HB853: State-Owned Bank to be run by Takamine, Abercrombie

Legislature seeks to tax music, book, movie writers working in Hawaii

Slom on Taxes and Pensions: “I don’t think this Governor is going to wink-flinch”

VIDEO: Abercrombie blames elderly living longer for increasing debt, spending

Local Leaders Donate $732,278 to Stop Meth Use

HB1407: Abolishes Adoption privacy, requires names of birth parents be public record

Shapiro: Abercrombie’s Opponents were right

SA: Approve bill on appointed BOE

Hanabusa, Hirono vote for Government Shutdown in fight for pork

Things that make you go hmmmm.....MAKING A BAD IDEA WORSE

AP: Plan for tax on pensions would affect ‘wealthy’ only

Senate WAM Approves Tax-Raising Bills

Senators pass bill raiding fewer funds, UH Athletics to become Special Fund subject to future raids 

Bill to enhance film tax incentives in Hawaii advances

‘Meticulous organizing’ won Gay Civil Unions

Greene Energy Scammers to make Ratepayers foot bill for Undersea Cable?

Enviros force yet another Electric Rate Hike

Clayton Hee continues to wage war on Aila

Senators dismiss idea allowing $200 gifts

Bill Limiting Disclosure of Public Employees Information Dies

SB205 Amends Hawaii Write-In voting laws

At Least 27 Honolulu TSA Officers Under Probe: Some Checked Luggage Went Un-Screened For Months, Sources Say

DoE Estimates 3000 homeless Children

Hawaii Co Fire Department reopens investigation into Fire Captain’s Fatal Hit-Run

UH top three factory: 113 of 114 applicants get Promotion, 114th sues

Groups seek to protect fish from aquarium trade

Housing in Hawaii: What's holding it up?

PPP Considers a Hawaii Poll

1980s Flashback: Judicial Corruption corrupts Sherriff, Legislature