1. OHA Audit in Jeopardy
2. A Stunning Revelation at OHA
3. Ige Appoints Clare Connors Attorney General
4. New Insurance Commissioner Appointed
5. Ige Reappoints Directors at Ten Departments
6. House Republican Package 'A Better Tomorrow'
7. Hawaii Republican Chair Sums up 2018
8. Government Shutdown: Hawaii 4th-most Affected
9. Insiders Try to Talk Down Zero-Based Budgeting
10. Lobbyist Tries Legal Suicide by Text Message
11. 8 Honolulu City Council members take seats without choosing a leader 
12. More interesting legal cases re government secrecy
13. Waikoloa Highlands Kim Admin Cancels Kenoi Development Deal
14. Development Takes 20 Years--May Take Another 20 Thanks to SHPD
15. Soft on Crime: Feds Step in Because State Just Can’t Get the Job Done
16. Bum Patrol: After 600 Acts of Vandalism City to lock up 18 more Oahu parks at night starting Friday
17. Price of Solar Energy in Hawaii Hard to calculate Thanks to ‘Lump Sum’ payment
18. Newsflash: Marijuana Causes Global Warming

1. Hawaii Rankings: Either the Best or the Worst
2. Feds say explicit photos led to Big Island firefighter in Kealoha case
3. Wind farm impacts worry Leeward Oahu residents
4. Lawmakers Must Resist Any Effort To Undercut Hawaii’s Public Records Law
5. Hospitals to Become More Like Used Car Dealerships 
6. Not Many Doctors Want to Prescribe Death
7. Hooser Having Difficulty Rounding up Support for Minimum Wage Hike
8. State attorney general opposes Abigail Kawananakoa trust changes
9. Water bill spikes prompt warning from Pearl City residents
10. Junk Cars: Can Technophiles Control the Little People?
11. Addicted To Airbnb: Hawaii’s Tourism Economy Depends On Illegal Vacation Rentals
12. Fireworks ban as ineffective as temperance

1. Photo: Ship Burns 1800 miles off Oahu
2. Ige Reappoints Directors at Eight Departments
3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted December 30, 2018
4. Will Supreme Court Act Before Council Sworn In?
5. Doctors, Pharmacists to be Targeted: Eight Line up for Death in 2019
6. Maui Strategies 360: New Farm Operator Hires Activists (so nobody is protesting)
7. Maui Anti-GMO King: We are Just Like Old Boys—but more Secretive
8. Star-Adv: Marijuana Not a Cash Cow
9. New Laws for 2019

1. OHA CFO: We Keep Trustees in the Dark About LLCs
2. House Finance Committee Sets Budget Hearings
3. Auditor: Styrofoam Ban Doesn't Reduce Litter
4. Campaign Spending Violations? Eric Ryan Attacks Republicans Again
5. Disaster dollars: Hawaii County Council asked to add projects for eruption, hurricane damage to budget
6. Great New Year Resolution: City Forcing More Homeless to Accept Shelter
7. 10 Squatters Arrested--Residents of lava-ravaged Leilani Estates drop lawsuit
8. Hawaii Supreme Court rejects appeal in nonjudicial foreclosure case
9. Hawaii County Finally Figures out how to Open New Landfill—Call it ‘Organic’

1. OHA’s $500K Cookie Crumbles
2. No, Killing a Special Fund Doesn’t Kill People
3. JSC Seeks Nominees for Maui Circuit Court
4. Commissioners Sought for Legacy Land Conservation Commission
5. Star-Adv: Other Departments Should Copy DoE ‘Maintenance Backlog’ Scam
6. Like Homeless who Refuse Shelter, Lots of Criminals Prefer Prison
7. Judge: Letting Lots of Criminals out of Jail would boost justice
8. Soft on Crime: Tweeker with 14 Convictions Skips out on Bail, Makes Most Wanted List
9. Federal Prosecutor: We will hold you accountable for these crimes
10. Seabirds Keep Kauai Free of Windfarms
11. Hawaii’s biosecurity plan lags in funding, implementation
12. Dusty, dull bureaucracy revealed in time capsule
13. Border wall-fund founder lived in Hawaii
14. Mazie Hirono Reminds us Democrats’ leaders are snooty supercilious snobs

1. Obamacare Waiver: Hawaii Only State to Skip Reinsurance
2. DoTax Report Reveals Tax Credits Claimed by Hawaii Taxpayers
3. Climate Change and all the Brainwashing
4. Dirty Little Hands
5. Nancy Pelosi Vacations at Fairmont Orchid During Government Shutdown
6. Maui Woke? Hindus urge Hawaii firm to withdraw Lord Ganesha shoes
7. Trevor Ozawa and Kurt Fevella victories called into question by Hawaii Supreme Court
8. Kaneshiro no-show at impeachment conference—Stalling Tactic Gets Delay to Feb 14
9. No Tent Cities—Use domes for ohana zones
10. High-Tax State Exodus
11. Linda Lingle is urged to re-enter Hawaii politics
12. Officials: Nearly 7,000 people registered to vote on Election Day
13. ACLU Responds to DoE Pledge to Upgrade Female Athletic Facilities

Climate Change and all the Brainwashing

1. Mazie Hirono mum on charity invitation from Catholic group she criticized as 'extreme'
2. Why are residents leaving Hawaii?
3. Zuckerberg Tries New trick to Grab Kuleana Plots
4. OHA Wants A Lot More Ceded Land Money From The State
5. Workers Comp Reform on Legislative Agenda (again)
6. Trevor Ozawa to be new Honolulu City Council chairman
7. Over $61 Million From FEMA For Hawaii County After Eruption, Hurricane
8. ‘Top Secret’ Clearance Expected For UH Lab Doing Navy Research
9. Pacific Spaceport Complex Eyes East Hawaii Launch Site
10. Soft on Crime: Escaped Lunatic Slasher Has Log Rap Sheet
11. Here’s a look at some of the laws set to take effect in the new year

1. The Latest Bad Joke for Hawaiians
2. Hirono Demands Judicial Nominee Quit Knights of Columbus
3. Ed Case Congressional Staff Includes Ethically Challenged Rail-Monger Nestor Garcia
4. Ige Reappoints Directors at Three Departments
5. LifeSmarts: Four High Schools Head to Finals
6. State Robotics Championship Set for January
7. Navy Approves EIS for Hawaii-So Cal Training
8. November: Visitor Arrivals Up, Spending Flat
9. Report: Airguns once again dominate ‘firearm’ violations at public schools
10. Hospital patients in Hawaii soon to be able to price compare health care online
11. Hawaii Low Tip Credit Obstacle to Raising Minimum Wage
12. State House GOP agrees with many against ‘gut and replace’
13. HUD Sec 8 Official Faces Federal Charges for Self-Dealing
14. Fraud alleged in local trash company bankruptcy
15. $5M for jail study looks wasteful
16. Activists Spend $500K to get Poor to Buy $45K Worth of Fresh Fruit and Veggies
17. Hawaii Failing to Exploit Natural Attractions
18. Forced out of Business, Dairy Has a Special X-Mas Gift for Ookala TVR Owners
19. Court Cases Open Window Into Marshallese Adoptions
20. How UH Professors Get Away With Sex Assault

1. CAFR: State Pension Debt Grows faster Than Tax Revenues
2. Schatz: My Bills Designed to Trick Public into Accepting Socialized Medicine
3. Star-Adv: If OHA Wants Control of Mauna Kea it will Have to Dump Anti-Telescope Protesters
4. Homeless efforts improving, official says
5. Medicaid Dollars Will Help Hawaii’s Homeless Find Housing
6. Progressives’ Annual Refrain:  If Hawaii is a Democrat State Why Can’t We Implement our Platform?
7. Foreign investment in Hawaii properties soars
8. Sports and girls' success in life: ACLU explains why it's pursuing Title IX lawsuit against DOE
9. Rail 10 Times More Expensive Than Musk Tunnel
10. Ed Case Names Top Staffers

1. How Christmas Came to Hawaii
2. Al Hee Sues Water Board Because Rail Project Not Rerouted to Protect His Tax Scam
3. DoT Lets Highway fall into Sea to Push $15B Sea Level Rise Scheme
4. State Hospital overtime raises safety concerns
5. Soft on Crime: Kahaluu Shooter 54 arrests, 20 convictions in 23 years—But he’s out on the street to do it again
6. Soft on Crime: Maui Man Shot by Police had Long Criminal Record, Little Jail Time 
7. Church domes in Kahaluu provide sanctuary for homeless single mothers
8. Hawaii officially down to one refinery
9. Anti-Frackers Fail to Squelch Gas Co Rate Hike

1. How Christmas Came to Hawaii
2. Lawsuit: Lloyd's of London Kickback Scheme Steered Lava Victims to Worthless Coverage
3. Criminal Prosecution for DLNR staff?
4. Copying UH: DoE Magically Triples its Deferred Maintenance, Grabs for $868M
5. OIP error allowed government agencies to withhold public records for decades
6. Fighting at the Public Utilities Commission
7. Bum Patrol: Hawaii County Parks Hires Security Guards

1. Carbon Tax: Will You Fiddle While Paris Burns?
2. Charitable Deductions--Hawaii Ranks 48th
3. Grassroot: Our Santa wish list for Hawaii
4. Environmental Council Completes Rewrite of Environmental Review Rules
5. Hawaii Becomes the Second State to Shut Out Wild-Animal Circuses
6. Ige Approves Rule Changes for Small Boat Harbors
7. The Big Squeeze: An analysis of tax and fee increases island residents are expected to pay
8. The problem with rail isn’t PR
9. Can Team Hanabusa Take Revenge by Cutting $125M for Ala Wai?
10. Ige seeks $5 million to study financing options for new Halawa jail
11. Kaneshiro Should Step Down to Avoid Impeachment
12. City Gives X-Mas Gift to Homeless Children—Forcing their No Good Parents to Accept Shelter
13. Road Open to Geothermal Plant -- May Restart in 18 Months
14. Anti-vaccination message barely worth printing
15. Maui Styrofoam Ban Begins Dec 31  
16. Obamacare’s fines are not the big stick many had expected

1. Hawaii Democratic Party Announces Priorities for 2019 Legislative Session
2. Senate Updates Committee Assignments
3. State Now Accepting Grant-in-Aid Applications
4. Congressional Delegation Not Eager to Push New Akaka Bill
5. Aloha Stadium Authority Tries for $25,000 Junket, Fails
6. Hawaii Supreme Court Overturns 30 Years Of Government Secrecy
7. Nearly one year after Hawaii missile fiasco, emergency reforms are still on the table
8. Homes Needed for 175 Criminals

1. Report Renews Push to Turn Hawaiians into Fake Indian Tribe
2. Supreme Court Releases Opinion Striking Down HSTA Property Tax ConAm
3. Surfboards count as 'vessels' under the Jones Act, and it's creating big problems for workers' comp
4. HC&S Land Sold to Real Farmer
5. Trump Signs Farm Bill Legalizing Hemp
6. Hawaii Population—First 2yr Decline Since Statehood
7. 68 Oahu Homeless Dead after Lifetime on the Streets
8. Caldwell ‘Seriously Considering’ Excluding Prosecutor from Public Safety Meetings
9. Hearing set for petition on Kaneshiro impeachment
10. Honolulu Meets Federal Demands On Rail Project
11. With Pre-K Sales Pitch Needed, DoE Suddenly Wants MORE Testing
12. Homeless shelter for young adults rapidly expands thanks to state’s ‘ohana zones’ plan
13. The Hidden Cost of Shipping Your Holiday Package
14. Oahu Democrats to Discuss Big Island bioenergy power plant
15. Maui: Enviros Prepare for All-Out War Against Agriculture
16. Maui Enviros will Grab for Water to Destroy New Farm
17. Quack Anti-Vaxxers Mobilize for Kauai Hearing

1.  Ethics: DLNR Manager Steals Equipment, Funnels Money to Contractor
2. Auditor: DAGS Funds 'Do not meet Criteria'
3. What's Not Adding up at OHA?
4. DLNR, Animal Liberation Nuts Imagine Aquarium Poachers--Post Reward
5. Trump, Schatz Team up to Release Thousands of Criminals
6. DoH Fines Hu Honua Biofuel Plant for Water Pollution
7. Internal audit of UH managed Maunakea lands finds no irregularities
8. UH Study: Tweekers 15.1% of Emergency Room Traffic at Hawaii Hospital
9. UH Budget request breakdown for 2019 Legislature
10. Biofuel: How HECO, Enviros Teamed up to Destroy Rainforest
11. Police chief expresses concern about embattled prosecutor’s potential impact on cases
12. Green: Reclassifying drug treatment as ‘primary care’ could help more addicts into recovery
13. Hawai'i Interagency Council on Homelessness Legislative Priorities: $218M
14. Star-Adv, Legislators: We Want Massive Festering Homeless Tent Cities
15. Senators Put UH Finances Under A Microscope
16. University of Hawaii athletics considers raising student fees
17. HPD officer hit with more domestic abuse charges while out on bail
18. Public Paychecks: America's police and fire chiefs have big jobs, and big salaries to boot. Here's Honolulu's breakdown 

1. Cato: Ige 3rd-Worst Governor in USA
2. Cato Institute’s Jones Act Conference
3. Economic Security: In Hawaii it Costs $96K
4. Homelessness: Hawaii has 4th Largest Increase and 4th Largest Decrease
5. HAWSCT's Latest Water Case Isn't About Water
6. Petition Filed With Court To Impeach Prosecutor Kaneshiro
7. Josh Green uses old power playbook
8. Some Grumbling Over Senate Committee Posts
9. Bloated rail lost public trust long ago
10. The cost of living just got more expensive for homeowners
11. Minimum-wage hike Leads to Restaurant Closures
12. OJ Simpson Innocence Project Fights Retired Judge in Effort to Free Rapist-Murderer
13. Thousands of Hawaii teens admit to injecting illegal drugs
14. Terrified BoE Members to Counter Luke Push for ‘Zero Based Budgeting’
15. Delays, Denials, Wasted Tax Dollars: DOE’s Troubled Treatment Of Injured Workers
16. Settlement reached over alleged gender discrimination within the Maui Police Department
17. Big Fat Salary Hikes for Top CWS Officials
18. Goodbye Kona, homeless situation too aggressive to enjoy stay

1. Ige Introduces Executive Budget for Fiscal Biennium 2019-2021
2. Maui County Pays Vendors Ripped Off by Anti-GMO Activist
3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted December 16, 2018
4. National Report: Hawaii Ranks 13th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
5. 2019 Summer Journalism Internships
6. Zero Based Budgeting on Table as Legislators Seek to Trim Governor’s Power
7. Ige Proposes Spending $125 Million For Ala Wai Canal Flood Control
8. Ige proposes major expansion of ‘free college’ program for low-income students
9. Ige: Spend $38.2 million on girls’ locker rooms
10. Kaneshiro Impeachment Suit to be Filed Today
11. Queens Spends $2.25M to Convince 84 Homeless to Accept Housing—And its a Money Saver
12. Waianae Homeless Camp: Trust a Tweeker with $150K?  Trust Bumpy with $150K?
13. Dimwits Finally Figure Out Huge Barrier For Trapping Plastic Waste In The Pacific Isn’t Working
14. Hawaii AG to oppose Obamacare ruling
15. Puna Subdivisions Divisive Internal Politics
16. HSTA Member ‘Terminated’ After Sex With Students, Paid Vacation
17. Witnesses describe seeing a ‘drunk’ officer hitting utility pole

1. Hawaii: Gun-Carry Ban Legit Because It's Century Old
2. Who's Running in My District? 2019 Neighborhood Board Elections
3. How Much Would Carbon Tax Add to Price Per Gallon?
4. Rail: “No Public Trust in our Organization”
5. Maunakea financial audit completed
6. The history of Title IX compliance in Hawaii's public schools
7. You aren’t born a leader, says Lingle, you become one
8. Study: Chuukese Patients In Hawaii Often Face Discrimination
9. Biocontrol: $35M Building to House More HGEA ‘Positions’
10. Help Count the Homeless
11. 2 Windward churches aiding the homeless get different results
12. Tourist Sues Expedia for False Advertising of Hawaii TVR

1. The County Strikes Back (part 4)
2. Judicial Vacancy – District Judge, District Court of the Third Circuit
3. 1988: Kaneshiro Brought in to Save Mafia Godfather Larry Mehau
4. Hawaii Minimum Wage Workers Make $50K/year
5. Proposed Hawaii Carbon Tax Would Add $0.88 per gallon of gasoline
6. Title IX 46 Years of DoE Hypocrisy
7. Assisted Suicide ‘Uncharted Territory’
8. A Tale of Two Mauis: Newly released census data reveals growing inequality
9. Kona Homeless Tent City Site Still a Swirling Vortex of Shelter-Refusers
10. Caring efforts are energizing the fight against homelessness
11. ‘Modern Hawaii was built on human trafficking’
12. Can Tulsi Gabbard Revitalize Birtherism?