Lingle: Power plant ban a critical step forward

DOE budget discord fails taxpayers (Advertiser pines for return of one-party rule)

Lingle's lack of plans spawns speculation

Arrivals down 13th consecutive month

Hawaiian Air parent posts profit

Gloomy forecast for Isle auto sales

U.S. Trustee calls for Hilo Hattie liquidation

Biotech seed company to plant crops on Kauai

Summit has been marred, Rep. says

3 Native Hawaiians finalists for trustee of Kamehameha Schools

Lawmakers restore protect DoE spending cuts from accountability

State leaders no closer to reducing budget shortfall

Maui Panel upholds budget, rises ‘to the occasion’

Young Bros.: Pasha’s aim is cherry-picking (INTER-ISLE BARGE COMPETITION!)

Power plant ban splits environmentalists

Sierra Club: City water moves must respect isle's unique ecosystem

Kauai County employees get to the heart of customer service

Hawaii County furloughs gaining traction

Hawaiian Home Lands and County of Hawai‘i Partnership Dedicates Keanalehu Drive

Colleagues fear Inouye may get rolled by Obey

No swine flu in Hawaii: DoH issues health alert

Legislators struggle to deal with failing state hospitals

Advertiser: Audit of DBEDT demands serious response

Sword-slashing lunatic escaped before

Recession drives rise in crowded homes

Police chief considers the future

Duke Bainum:  Street-level rail worth a look

ACLU: Uphold students' pushers' right to privacy sell drugs to your kids (And make sure those sniffer dogs don't find the teacher's roach clip)

Measures would enable MMMC to call the shots

SB: Tax bills, layoffs near face-off

Hawaii County workers "Thriving in Tough Times"

Ford calling for county furloughs

Developer lowers affordable housing units, fails to produce

Kalapa: Opportunity missed if downsizing ignored

OHA gets zip from Senate (no funding for the next Hokulia)

Hawaii plans 16 new schools while others are consolidated, shut

Cataluna: Voters sent a message to Felix

Meetings outline strawberry guava 'danger'

Tax-Delinquent List: Athlete, Capitol Lawyer, Doctors

Maui: Pared-down budget gets preliminary OK (no TAT)

DBEDT: A high-tech agency might be the target of another state audit

Hawaii unlikely to ban new power plants

Residents question new wind turbine site

Bills would avert Kahana Valley evictions

Las Vegas airline studying Isle flights

Officer's use of Taser on Keaau High student was caught on video

State to build new Waimea-Kawaihae road

Suit looms in procurement snafu

Habitual criminal gets prison instead of drug treatment

Hawaii State Legislature Set to Raise Taxes by $1 Billion

Hawaiian Ceded Lands Dispute Nearing Settlement

Hawaii income tax increases aimed at state's richest

SB: Don't raid tobacco fund

Anderson wins Council seat

UH Law school to pioneer new type of Eco-Lawsuits

UH Hilo cheers eco-terrorist pirate

Eco-Snobs whine about Lanai windfarm

Judge cites fraud in rejecting workers' suit against Dole

Task force united in vote to shutter Wailupe school

Reserve $90M for schools bureaucrats, board chairman tells Lingle

Poll: State wants tourists back 

Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism Under Fire – Again (Dem. Leg vs Gov, part 479)  

Legislature: $300M in tax hikes to avoid a few days off for HGEA

Police respond to Maui Rep Bertram’s criticism of drug programs

Plummeting revenue and profits leave isle businesses reeling

Hawaii Reporter: More Court Drama Expected from Pflueger's Attorneys

Mufi's push to amend state water quality standards dump O`ahu's poop in the Ocean

Hokulia Bypass: Both sides claim win in latest ruling

Council one step from suspending 2 percent contributions

Big Isle cattle shoot draws criticism

SB: Ready, aim, time for firearms control

Honolulu City Council passes ban on drivers' cell phones

New law allows couple to reunite

Borreca: "Local GOP poised for mix of religion into politics"

Sides brace for tourism-tax vote

Don't dismantle DBEDT

Maui Mayor: Removing TAT sends wrong message

Hawaii County sells dozer then rents it (your tax dollars at work)

Senate Bill 199 Would Kill Act 221

Sword slashing lunatic escapes state hospital: Kahaluu Resident Helps Nab (soft on crime) 

Judge hears 2 manslaughter motions in Pflueger case

Fort Barrette Road's name becoming a heated issue (secessionists seek to trample military road-names) 

Hawaii GOP sees spirited race for top spot

Advertiser: Felix business, civic records set him apart

Rasmussen: 51% View Tea Parties Favorably, Political Class Strongly Disagrees

Taxing Old Hawaii: Firework fees could skyrocket 50%

Pflueger motions to be heard today

DBEDT takes heat (Leg vs Gov round 47...or is that 48?)

Hawaii rail transit will create jobs but estimates of how many vary (rail vs highway construction)

Conference Committee makes early agreement on improvement projects

Maui Council omits TAT revenues from 2010 budget planning

OHA to dole out money to secessionists

Lowell Kalapa analyzes Hawaii Internet Tax

Are Hawaii homes at risk?

State to begin posting names of tax scofflaws online Friday

SB: Isle students should not expect locker privacy (next target of ACLU and Mr Kim Coco Iwamoto)

Bill to ban pit bulls in the islands dies

Looming cuts renew debate on size of Hawaii education system

Hawaii Pension tax plan worrisome

Vote for Council seat comes down this week

Praise for Obama splits along party lines

Tourism: Cleaning needed

Kapi'olani homeless will have to find new digs beginning today

Subaru donates to 'Imiloa

40,000 to begin recycling (propaganda of the deed)

Charter School Battles State Over Land

Tax Increases: Hawaii lawmakers attack tourism, productive people

Lawmakers: TAT proposal won’t make it (County tax increases coming?)

Hawaii's largest retailers may be required to redeem containers

Outdoor Circle opposes transit blight

Molokai Ranch: A year after closure, times are hard but spirit is alive

69 old burials dug up in construction for Kawaiaha'o's $17.5M center--project halted

Hawaii State Senate Passes Massive Tax Hikes, Card Check Bill

State Senate passes taro bill

Taro: Council weighs sunshine issue against expediency

Kenoi confirms Internet investigation, Yagong seeks reports

Big Island: Rally for Education Stimulus Money

State concerns lead homeless shelter to suspend director

Hawaii GOP Promotes Republican Candidates Running for Honolulu City Council Seat

Oahu police no longer blocking sign-waving but urge caution

After Rebranding, Small Business Hawaii Gets Name Change

Bankruptcy judge OKs $6 million in bonuses at HawTel (158% increase in bonuses for next year)

Mark Dunkerley, received $3.3 million in total compensation last year

U.S. nuclear monitors leave N. Korea

Hawaii jobless rate 7.1% in March — highest in 31 years

NPR: Higher hotel taxes may come with aloha

Memo to Legislature: Pay cuts better than no job

Hawaiian Airlines Traffic Up while U.S. airline traffic drops 10 percent

State can divert funding for schools

SB: Hawaii no small-biz paradise

Tavares reports ‘sobering’ tax assessment total

Commissioners find Coco Palms extension a tough nut to crack

Waiawi control ban fails to move

Hawaii Tea Party Updates: 100s at Capitol, 250 at Kahului, 300 on Big Island

KITV Exclusive: City Workers Accused Of Bogus OT

Hannemann says rail route won't be altered to bypass 'Banana Patch'

Hawaii foreclosures soar 503% in March

GGP Bankruptcy: Ala Moana Center and Ward Centers will continue operating

SB: Budget showdown demands sane deal

HR: Honolulu City Council Proposes Substantial Tax and Fee Hikes

Maui: County preps for loss of TAT

Hawaii Legislature passes $4 Billion in new taxes and fees ($13,000 per family of four)

Card check bill goes forward at Capitol

Maui Proposal includes some fee increases

EPA wants Honolulu to change rail route to save tiny community ('Banana Patch')

Hawaii Retail Vacancy Highest Since 2007

Lawmakers Debate Limiting Funds To Abstinence-Only Programs

Head of Hawaii homeless shelter put on leave amid complaints

Kauai Council debates solid waste strategy

Election financing delay sought

State rejects notion that special law was written solely for the Superferry

Borreca: Abercrombie anxious for campaign Swan Song to begin

Spending way up in race for Honolulu council:  Felix, Holmes, Anderson top list

Movement to possibly ban herbal hallucinogen

Oahu: Hawaii land fund may conserve 5,700 acres

Hawaii Co: Second hearing on new housing impact fee held

Kauai: Council questions Planning Dept.’s planning progress

Tax hike on 'inevitable' track

Economy puts seniors on edge

WHT: SB1622 card-check upends level playing field

Advertiser: Stimulus requires reform (Obama tougher than NCLB!!!!  BoE/DoE squirming)

Don't block preschool funds

Unhappy Hour: Chinatown residents try to shutter a bar they say is ground zero for the area's crime woes

Maui: Ray of hope in gloomy isle real estate

Effort to get docs hangs in balance 

PUC considers Sierra Club Plan to quadruple cost of electricity

OHA Water grab: Plan could strangle last sugar plantation

Borreca: Legislature meets Lingle in a battle of the budgets

Price of Obama: Hawaii should be a gathering place, even in recession

Volunteers overcome Government (again): Hana dialysis center dedicated 

MMMC gets $10 million loan from state

MMMC expands heart options:  (Socialism: Capital consumption to fund operating expense)

Pork Dreams: Land prices for Hawaii rail route jump $100 million since 2006

Campaign signs: Lawmakers Outdoor Circle can't contain themselves

Cataluna: Cayetano memoir a candid tell-all

Mauna Kea plan is approved (years to go until activists can be bought off)

GMO bill sidelined by Mike Gabbard (legislature chooses to allow Counties to attack the fastest growing sector of Hawaii Agriculture...for now)

Lingle-Aiona Dividend: Child welfare system gains have cut foster-care numbers

Proposed budget includes funds for emergency center  ($19.2M to backup computers???)

Price of Obama: Bishop Museum cutting hours, laying off and furloughing staff

Maui police officer describes beating outside his home

Soft on Crime: Makiki man is charged in second shooting

Honolulu takes steps to clean up Chinatown crime problem

End of a Column: Church people worthy of regular coverage

Election fund plan in peril

Police block sign waving by Honolulu City Council candidates

Advertiser: Hawaii civil unions bill, hike in sales tax unlikely to pass (Tort Reform also dead)

SB: Sales tax proposal a way for legislators to pass the buck  (No GE increase, but .....)

Business leaders oppose raising excise tax, check card, bankruptcy jobs rules

(Trial lawyer) Legislators Kill Bills Requested By Law Enforcement (Leg refuses to overturn Supreme Court's 1998 Con-Con vote counting trick)

Hawaii unemployment fund in good shape despite high demand

Advertiser: Ceded-lands pact can help defuse conflict

Midweek's Bob Jones blasts HRA

Maui: Nonprofits ask to keep pieces of pie

Lingle vows veto on taxes

Senators aim to cut pay from top

Bertram, GOP spar over child abuse ad

SB: Maui legislator has entrapped himself in online sex issue

Mauna Kea plan draws mixed reactions: OHA backs CMP

HB 444 - Civil Unions Bill- Dead for The 2009 Legislative Session

Settlement proposed in battle over Hawaii ceded lands

HMSA seeks major rate hike

SB: Sonar's effect on dolphins minimal

Water rate hikes on Molokai 

Laupahoehoe considers Charter School status 

Parents urge panel to save small school

Hawaii County Council delays action on GMO bill

Kona: Target expects flood of applicants

Maui: Off-duty detective was struck 19 times with baseball bats

Layoffs and Taxes -- Senate budget proposal raids hotel tax, foresees counties imposing sales levy

Chances weaken for passage of altered civil union measure

LA Times: Hawaii, suffering tourism drop appeals to Obama

Be careful in listing tax delinquents' names online

Pork Dreams: More than $100M in earmarks for Hawaii sought in U.S. House

Broken Trustee still not going to jail: Lanikai man (Jervis) gets probation for car chase of Hawaii teen vandals  (soft on crime)

Land fund raid step closer to reality

Hidden tax increase on outsiders?--New value allocation approach applied to Kaua‘i condominiums

Parents rally to preserve Wailupe Valley school

Hawaii civil-union bill revision is proposed

Lingle: Stick with me to keep TAT (option 1)

Transient accommodation tax payment bill sent to Senate (TAT increase offered as option 2)

Legislators Consider Internet Sales Tax Collection

KITV Report Shows 9 Transit Jobs Make More Than $100,000/Year

Police Union will not sway Correa's evaluation, panel leader says

Residents on Kauai work for free to fix road to Hawaii state park

February occupancy rate for Hawaii hotels worst since 1991

Shakedown: Future of aquaculture discussed in Kawaihae (activists keeping Hawaii's economy in the tank)

State-funded clubhouse centers for Hawaii's mentally ill are at risk (push for tax increase, rinse, wash, repeat)

Honolulu hiring for rail transit division (why taxes are increasing)

SB/Haugen: Akaka Bill: Hawaii could become No. 1 in Native American population (If Hawaiians become reservation Indians)

Ceded Lands OHA, DHHL: Heen vs Kawananakoa

ACLU to defend school drug pushers again--as Schools chief may get more power (to close your school)

SB: 150 Kaneohe Marines leave for Iraq

AP: GOP legislators struggle with little political clout

Kaneohe man arrested after attempted rendezvous with 14-year-old girl

NK missile launches: Not shot down (Obama calls for US disarmament)

Omnibus tax measure likely unless public employees give

SB: Ceded Lands commentary

Colorado groups fund both sides in Civil Unions debate (SB headline only calls attention to anti-civil unions funding)

Extinction crisis?  East Maui survey finds unknown plant species

Hawaii will post list of biggest tax scofflaws on new state Web site

Honolulu's Chinatown residents want more police to cut violence

Sentenced to 20 years; Thief to serve at least 40 months (24 priors)

N. Korea set for launch

Hawaii Lawmakers Consider New Sales Tax (this is where they've been aiming all along)

Hawaii governor urges pay cuts for herself, lawmakers, judges

Oshiro apologizes for deleting disability board

Hawaii drug gang dispute linked to Chinatown murder

Zippy's lays off 47 workers on Maui amid recession

SB: Instructions to Democrats,"Place Stevens' cloud over Bush prosecutors"

Gang Cesspool violation hamper home financing

U.S. on alert to protect Isles

AP: More on Rep Joe Bertram (D-Maui) defending molester

Damage done to Hawaii by Obama: $97.6 million--and counting

SB: Legislator offers proposal to raise taxes on the rich

UH cuts may jeopardize jobs (case for tax increase)

School board opposes governor's budget plan

Bottom? Oahu home prices continue to slide, down 4.5% in March

HMSA, Medicare squeeze suppliers

Civil union supporters hopeful despite failure

Woman, 35, shot after allegedly threatening police in Pawaa

Audit finds state IT department lacking

Rep Joe Bertram in court supporting Maui child molester

Supreme Court asked to clarify Superferry ruling

North Korea Fueling Long-Range Rocket

SB: Raid Hurricane fund, raise taxes (global cooling?)

Views on school funds unchanged (DoE fears accountability)

SB: Accused Chinatown gunman was free on bail at time of shooting

The Price of freedom: $10 a week

Tourist numbers and spending down

Economic recovery for Hawaii may depend on tourism

Economist: Hawaii Tourism 'In Crisis Mode'

Hawaii health centers brace for rise in uninsured patients

SHOPO Finds More Officers Want Chief Ousted

Sovereignty activists disrupt Maui ATV park meeting

Ruling leaves state among defendants in Kaloko suit

Charley Foster: Ceded Lands Debate - What Next for Hawaiians?

Ted Hong: Hawaii v. OHA We’re All in This Together

OHA's Ceded lands grab shifts to Legislature

SB: HGEA demands Tax Increase: Legislators reject Lingle's bid to cut salaries of state workers

Advertiser: Higher taxes, massive layoffs would be the alternative (HGEA busted lying again)

Taking sides on superstore ban

Police get to weigh in on chief

County departments could be cut

Hawaii Medals of Honor remember 23 troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan

Report: Chinese kill weapon can destroy aircraft carrier

North Korean missile-launch news

Expert: North Korea has several nuclear warheads

Union power play: 4 mayors oppose state pay cuts

SB: No quick fix from Asia in tourism promotion

Hawaii State Hospital faces budget shortfall

SB: Cigarette tax hike comes at right time during recession

(Old-boy managed) Hawaiian Telcom's bonuses opposed by U.S. trustee

Deadbeats rejoice: Bill would block credit checks by employers

Soft on Crime:  Felony charges dismissed for 6 of 7 arrested in Iolani Palace takeover

Chinatown Murder Suspect in Police Custody

Rivals fight to fill Aloha void

Transit Brings In High-Paid Positions

Rail stations may be short on parking

Lehman Brothers bankruptcy plagues Kau development

Car agencies cut fleets with tourists on decline

Gates: US may shoot down missile if headed for Hawaii, says probably not nuclear

Lawmakers reluctant to rely on assumed cuts to labor costs (would rather rely on assumed revenues from tax increase)

Proposal would put drug-sniffing dogs in Hawaii's public schools

HGEA backing Anderson for Council

Fukunaga: Hawaiian Telcom service is vital; it cannot be allowed to fail (old boys still milking it)

Ex-manager: Life is good outside Aloha

Bills would ax business-related agencies

State's next hurdle is working with Procurement Code

SB: Who won and who lost in battle over civil unions

Case announces latest bid for Congress

SB: Legislators should stop their assault on Hawaii business

Advertiser: Tax hikes would strain a weak economy

Alakai leaves Hawaii to find job

Interisle shipper seeks big rate hike

More than 8,000 Turn Out for Pearl Harbor Job Fair

Big Islands Kona Blue Water Farms Cuts Production

Earth Hour: Dim bulbs at Honolulu Hale

Election results: KIUC heads in new direction

‘No HUD’ OK: Discrimination bill fails

Hawaii Card Check Bill Advancing

Lingle: ‘No possibility' of public schools shutting down early  (Liar Hamamoto busted second day in a row)

Superferry workers, supporters hold rally in Kahului

Alakai heading for Alabama

Hawaii joblessness at 30-year high: 6.5%

OHA, Enviros vs Water for Maui residents

Hawaii mayors oppose proposal to divert all hotel tax to state

Experts Gather to Save (take control of) the Ocean

Molokai Dispatch: On health and safety, GM foods’ record speaks for itself

Shuttle astronauts stimulate students

Case's email to disclose his plans

Hamamoto: Panic Monger Busted by Kawamura

SB Editorial repeats Hamamoto's lies 

Contractors lining up to bid for Honolulu rail's $550M first phase

Maui wind power plant looks to grow

Gay marriage effort shifts back to New England

Military denies involvement with fish kills

Hotel tax coveted by state

Lawmakers aim to rein in biocontrols

Civil-unions bill stuck, likely dead

Gambling: Akaka Bill amended (again)

Hawaii budget move could end school year 24 days early

Hawaii DOE's Special Education Report Raises Questions

Hawaii students prepare to face off in fierce robot competition

Governor plans to cut state workers' pay to ease Hawaii deficit

SB: Economic recovery requires affordable health care system (Hawaii HHSC & HMSA is Obama's model)

Young Bros. refutes challenges Superferry claims

New law opens up possibilities near rail transit stations

Water supply uses its resources to pay the bills

In face of cuts, nonprofits lobbying to protect grants

Pork Dreams: Hawaii receiving $15M in stimulus money for energy, conservation

Hawaii County Council considers delaying raid on 2 percent fund

Honolulu Council candidates profiled

Isle GOP proposes election changes

Governor plans to use school funds to close Hawaii deficit gap

Hawaii state Senate panel OKs urgent funds for health services  (note use of the word 'urgent')

State House Budget Taps $379m For Big Isle Projects

Taniguchi leaning against reviving Hawaii civil-unions bill

Rookie MPD officer fired after federal charges surface

SB: Curbing Oahu recycling program isn't an option

Pahoa charter school struggles to obtain permit

Hawaii County Council prepares to review and cut budget

Large condo project clears development hurdle

Shorthanded Kauai Planning Commission defers action

Kauai: Hundreds rally against civil unions

Civil union standoff

Save the Hawaii Superferry Petition

Rail ridership in U.S. a 'good sign' for Hawaii?

Karen's Law Hearing Set for Today in the Hawaii Senate

Hawaii governor hails Iolani School champs

Hawaii has best health coverage record

State releases $2.5 million to design biosafety lab at UH medical school

More Korean, Chinese visitors expected in Hawaii

Maui mayor warns 'hard road ahead of us'

Oahu Council Candidates debate B&Bs on Hawaii Public Radio

Hawaii County: Yagong submits more budget ideas

State failed to protect rare bird, groups say

Ben, A Must Read, Typos and All

Former Gov. Benjamin Cayetano Gives His Take on Ceded Lands, the Akaka Bill, Obama’s Job Performance and the 2010 Governor's Race

So who pulled the restriction on excessive AIG bonus payments out of the stimulus bill? Sen. Inouye knows

No sale! Hawaii continues to slam door on business

Again, Hawaii ranks low for business

Hawaii incomes fall short

Anti-Superferry spin in Latin

Kona Kampachi - 60 Times Less Impact on Stocks than Wild-Caught Fish

Pot advocates exhale after AG signals policy shift

Natatorium pool may go

Groups vow protests if civil-unions bill advances

SB: Public needs wider view of Isle stimulus spending (argument for Hawaii Tax increase)

Kenoi associate Motta: Guilty on all counts in Pali shooting (Waihee named in article)

Motta defense plans appeal on technicalities

Legislature Considers 17 Tax Increases: "Honolulu Tea Party" Set for April 15

State Diverts On Superferry Environmental Study

More than 1,200 Hawaii jobs lost in February mass layoffs

GM Taro ban: Maui Council pushes back in the name of home rule

Rat Lungworm: Big Isle parasite victims emerge from their comas

Bill would enable couple married 63 years to live in same care home

Superferry Ruling May Impact Rail Tax

Few opponents turn out to see exit

Superferry Pulling Ship Out Of Hawaii

Superferry economic fallout begins

State visitor arrivals seen falling 5.2% in '09

More Eco-harassment: Fish farm may leave Kona

Hawaii County Council fast-tracks bills for stimulus qualification

Bankrupt Hawaiian Telcom plans to pay $6M in worker bonuses

Dodd Blames Obama Administration for AIG Bonus Amendment

Undersea volcano erupts 6 miles off main Tongan island

Canceled show costs Rain $8M

SB: Create system for distributing medical marijuana

Sex predator could get probation

ILWU backs Anderson's Council bid

Governor, Legislators to ask court to reconsider ruling on Hawaii Superferry

Hawaii Superferry opponents "feeling glee"

Hawaii’s diversity applauded at statehood celebration

Payment stalemate leaves medical benefits in lurch (tax increase?)

Domestic slayings on rise despite Isle efforts

Maui: Probation for sex assault of teen

Hawaii County Council Puts Off 2 Percent Fund Raid, For Now

Police break up cockfight

Hawaii Superferry to start laying off workers as of tomorrow: Leaving for Guam?

Ending Superferry service would be a blow to Hawaii

Hawaiian recognition bill slipping into obscurity

Trustee Pay Revisited

KSBE announces Hawaii Executive Conference canceled

State educators favor longer school day for students

Pork Dreams: Bill in Legislature pushes to put Hawaii medical records online

ML&P loses more than $70 million in 4th quarter

Big Island Stimulus list released

Hawaii County Public Works PIO criticized

Hawaii County Budget: "Spend $2M now"

Ilind: Army reports describe gang-related incidents at Schofield

Superferry law unconstitutional: Supreme Court decision causes shutdown, orders enviro-lawyers to be paid

Loss of Superferry would be 'devastating,' Lingle says

Unions-Police-Meth-Gambling linked in case

Hawaii ranked on personal freedom

State's DOT List To Use $246 Million Stimulus

Pork Dreams: Waipahu folks urged to speak up about rail

Judge lets child enticement suspect return to Arizona

SB: How to increase taxes

Kauai Mayor trims budget blubber stresses "sacrifice"

1,000 rally against Gay Civil Unions, for spending

Angling for tax increase, officials warn budget cuts could unleash a litany of social ills

W. Maui Hospital developer ‘ecstatic’

SB: Tort reform will lure more physicians to Hawaii

Residents often kept in the dark by OIP

Akaka bill waiting for breathing room

Defending Imiloa Earmark: "DC delegation brings home the bacon"

Red Tape: Some projects get held up in tangles, snags

Japan tried 2nd Pearl Harbor attack on March 4, 1942

Former reporter details problems at West Hawaii Today

Geothermal plant's expansion on track

March 13, 1959: Rev. Abraham Akaka's sermon on Hawaii statehood

The day the Aloha State Was Born

Kauai Council considers backing Hawaii secession

Hundreds of Oahu Republicans pack County Convention

Buck stops with Hawaii taxpayers

Hawaii gets average rating for care of mentally ill adults

SHPDA Approves West Maui Hospital

Requests for loans raise eyebrows amid talks on restructuring the HHSC

House Budget strips DBEDT

Kauai: Mayor proposes $154M budget (2.5% cut)

Pending bills, rules would help 'green' energy

Ethically challenged, but back in the game

Pork Dreams: Communities invited to help plan rail hubs

Hawaii graveyard desecrated by off-road racers, vandals, dogs

EPA cleans up toxins at illegal Hawaii dump

Big Island cutting some car privileges for county workers

Papaikou subdivision application withdrawn

Abercrombie's governor bid starts political guessing game

Guard drives 'friendship' mission to Saudi Arabia

Aiona to protest 'SNL' Hawaii skit

Mayor: Motta's comments 'absurd'

Mark Recktenwald Confirmed to Hawaii Supreme Court

Budget: Pay cuts vs Tax Hikes

Ceremony honors Mauians killed in Iraq, Afghanistan

Two GMO bills survive crossover

Global Cooling hits Hawaii Hard

Widespread Flu in Hawaii

Hilo police find 111 pot plants, repeat offender 

Maui Judge: Removal of councilman not up to court

Maui: Mayor’s budget avoids tax hikes

Hawaii County: We can raid 2 percent fund

Kenoi budget comes under fire

SB Editorial reflects HSTA push back on Obama Ed reform 

Hawaii budget gap widens by $90M as revenue forecast sinks lower

Maui: $800,000 fine for "erotic fun" Vacation Rental, home to "World Peace Association"

Hawaiian Telcom wins extension for turnaround plan

Pearl Harbor destroyer on "escort" duty near China

Soldiers return confident that Iraq is on the right track

Monsanto cuts all jobs on Kauai 

SB editorial comes up with sly new argument for Trial Lawyers over Doctors

State mental health division has no funds for Democrat's mental health non-profit

Emperor, empress of Japan to visit Hawaii (no Pearl Harbor visit) July 14-16

Huge Kapolei mall project on track despite Hawaii's economy

UH-Manoa does its share

Hawaii hotels only 66% full in January

Bloggers (temporarily) blackballed in Hawaii County 

State Senate votes to abolish secret ballot for workers

Wall Street Journal warns of broader consequences on ceded lands case

Star-Bulletin covers Pali shootings case again 

9-11 Troothers demand taxpayers fund Bob Jacobson's council re-run

Proposed Hawaii budget would cut 374 state jobs to ease deficit

Hawaii jobless rate hits a 25-year high and may get worse

Mourners pay their respects to a slain teacher

Maui: Ethics complaint dismissed

Cock Fighting Gaff Ban Proposal Gets Reluctant Support in Hawaii Senate

Crossover: GE, oil, hotel tax increases to save rail, two medical reform bills pass

Advertiser: Malu Motta says he's entrepreneur, not mobster (Kenoi finally gets a mention)

Porkfest: U.S. Senate passes spending bill with $372 million for Hawaii projects

Abercrombie campaigns on Big Island

Tavares: No layoffs for county employees

Maui: "Reinstated" sovereignty activists finally get tickets after months of illegal camping

House voting on dogfight bill