State of OHA: Money, power top agenda

SB: Hawaii leaders must lead: End Furlough Fridays now

Shapiro: HSTA can't expect to sacrifice nothing

Honolulu prepares to slash funds for programs

State proposes major revision of election rules (anti-Superferry protesters in driver's seat)

Chinatown rats: Manufactured chaos (Homelessness Industry at work)

Foreclosures on neighbor isles continue to fuel statewide rate

Kenoi looking to freeze county execs' pay (no cuts here)

Hawaii Co. Property taxes could be on the rise

Saddle Road western route up for public review (DU again not found in soil samples)

Power plants make top 10 polluters list

Sashimi Christmas canceled? International quota could halt U.S. bigeye catch this month

Mayor Defends Magic Island Name Change (public rejects cult of personality 92%-8% in online poll)

Legislative leaders want teachers to back the governor's proposal before lawmakers return

ADV: Government must improve fiscal efficiency

Ariyoshi: "We can no longer rely upon the growth of tourism"

First Wind offers plan for second Maui site

Manpower: Only 6% of Honolulu employers to hire in Q1  (and this is the good news)

Study says rail will increase pollution

New chief says officers might have to fill in for furloughed employees

Hawaii nonprofits reeling from cuts as they slash staff, services

UH Students protest budget cuts

Draft report for water strategies in Central Maui to be discussed (OHA water grab)

Renaming Hawaii beach park for Obama not a slam dunk idea  (Cult of personality rejected by public)

4 routes identified for undersea cable

Affordable-rental $2886/mo project gets a lift

Lingle renews push to revamp schools

Hawaii's teacher furlough crisis can be (political) opportunity, federal official says (Still campaigning with the hippie from Buffalo)

ADV: Dysfunctional labor talks will harm public

Lingle: Charting our course in the final stretch

Shapiro: Let the competence Lingle-bashing begin

Koller: Changes would keep child care subsidies

SB: Don't blame escape on budget

Kalapa: Still Waiting for a Better Response to Hawaii's State Worker Furlough Fridays

Plan for Mauna Kea summit draws little interest (forget the details, just send us the $50M)

Kauai County Ethics Board searching for clarity

Burris: New B&B law rewards the unlicensed

Birth information request clarified (wanted to leave race blank)

Captured Fallujah Terror leader:  Accused SEALs arraigned, vow to defend charges

SB's choice for Pearl Harbor Day:  Exhibit shows the harsh life of Honouliuli internment camp

Hotel take down more than falling occupancy

SB: Enforcement key to B&B bill

Hawaii County eyes worker furloughs

But...Now hiring - Kenoi admin keeps on keepin' on

Climategate not in media 

Nonprofit Director:  "I am part of the 'Homeless Industry'"

Read the Fine Print

Anderson’s Bill Aimed to Reward Illegal Operators

Honolulu B&B Hotel Bill 7 is Shady Legislation!

John Waihee's looted graveyards to be auctioned

Old Hawaii airport contracts tie up more than $6 million in funds (funds the Leg wishes it could raid, part 1)

Budget Cuts blamed for ... (insert here)

HSTA president counters Lingle

ADV: Lingle must keep rail review well focused

Maui Planning process hits the . . . home stretch

Hawaii Co. Drywell contract will cost less thanks to removal of crony-protecting bid specs

SB: HSTA is accused of blocking deal by Seitz

ADV: Teachers' Union staking out hard-line position over planning days

Hawaii hosts VEX Robotics Pan-Pacific Championship

Memminger: Did scientists trade science for faith when global warming became a religion?

Shapiro: Abercrombie called on pork spending

Mehau associate Brian Schatz stepping down as Democratic Party chief to run for LG

Tam to run in mayoral race

Oceanic vs. Raycom?

Democrat Burris: Elections system in turmoil so put it back in control of next LG

SB flacks for Homelessness industry: "Better 'homeless' policy needed"

Maui Council will weigh in on streams case (OHA vs A&B)

Ocean activity businesses seek right to sell permits

Hamakua plan seems to be stuck in mud

Sergeant saves lives of four soldiers by stopping suicide bomber

Abercrombie defends $3.5M earmark after being nailed by CBS

ADV: State must balance needs of business, jobless

Rewarding Failure: BOE chairman re-elected by board to top post

Succeeding in spite of BoE/DoE/HSTA: More Schools Modify Schedules to Increase Class Time

BOE gives up on bus request

Hawaii high school football title games will be available on pay TV

Families could pay more for child care

Gun registrations in Hawaii on record pace

Accused child molester on the loose from State Hospital

Bad weather reduces taro production

Kauai Court rules in favor of Lady Ann Cruises

Maui Work force housing policy to change

Hawaii Co. Trash fee is on junk heap, for now

Hawaii Co Councilwoman Ford drops suit against councilors

Public outcry leads to about-face on land commission

Isle beach law must prevail

Obama expected to vacation in Islands Dec. 23-Jan. 2

'Gap' in HSTA talks remains

SB: Afghan troop surge is security necessity

National GOP to meet in isles

Delay urged in child care cuts

More home-tax relief stalls

Honolulu Transit authority on track

Waikiki curbside campers must go

Vandals strike at shuttered school in Wailupe Valley

Oahu single-family home, condo sales skyrocket

ADV: Panel, leaders must avert elections crisis

Hawaii parents still can spank

Lingle frees $36.9M for major Inter-Island terminal expansion

Hawaii Co. Council looks to tackle budget deficits

Hirono, Abercrombie oppose Afghan troops

Hawaii troops accomplished 'great things' in Afghanistan

180 in isle Army Guard to go to Afghanistan

Kauai: OHA Lawsuit seeks environmental review before highway widening (test run for rail suit?)

Obamacare: Overall health care bill trumps anti-abortion amendment, Hirono says

State's election chief to resign

Honolulu homeless moved for cleaning of Kapiolani Park

Moanalua parents say sixth-graders exposed to a talk on rape, abortion, Obama

Unsafe practices prompt FDIC alert to isle bank

Bill could allow 1,275 new B&B homes

Isles' late auto payments soar (Hawaii 5th in US)

Library staffs furloughed, too

Billy Kenoi's friend Malu Motta sentenced to life without parole for Pali Golf Course killings

Education official: Hawaii should not balance budget on 'backs of children' (Obama flunkey's flunkey campaigns for Abercrombie)

CBS News Nails Abercrombie for giving multi-million dollar earmarks to campaign donors

SB: Don't raise jobless fund tax too fast

Waikiki: First half of 2010 lacks big events; corporations may be shying away from Isles (thanks, Obama/Biden)

Media Council is claiming small victory over Raycom

State bankruptcies decelerate

Honolulu's city auditor to retire

KPD works to recruit officers, bust drug dealers

Kauai: 2 commissioners resign over ethics opinion

Vog triggers ag loans; Second disaster declaration made

Catholic and evangelical Protestant leaders hope to use the civil unions issue for political gains

Cayetano: Rail system still faces many hurdles

SB: Global warming treaty would be major success bad joke (Lord Gore threatens us with 'hurricane-force winds")

ADV: Hawaii State budget to suffer major hit from Obamacare

Car thief suspect was guilty in the past

Beach ownership is still in question

Education must be in battle plan

ADV: State must not let furlough talks flounder (We need to shift blame back to the Governor)

SB: Jobless insurance deficit to spark tenfold tax hike

Reviews by state may delay Honolulu's rail transit plans

A Ponzi scheme for Hawaii: How the public can invest in our future

Kalapa: Vanquish the special fund

Homeless family finds language, new culture additional barricade

Kauai County Manager: Let the people decide

Kauai Police chief welcomes ‘constructive criticism’

Hawaii furlough deal still on table, governor's adviser says

KGI: Unemployment tax hike undesirable but inevitable (Government stifling business)

Permit issues delay long-awaited dredging project at Kauai harbor (Government stifling business)

Housing worker suspended

Shapiro: Sorry, wisdom's gone on furlough

ADV: Visitor data signals value of promoting Isles (Government stifling business)

Kamehameha increases grants: Public charter schools received $7.2 million to help Hawaiian students

Fewer kids found with guns in school (actually only 2)

Your rubbish will cost cash (Government stifling business)

Mauna Kea CMP subplans released

Bill would regulate aquarium fish harvest (Government stifling business)

UHERO analysis calls Act 221 a 'mistake'

Honolulu appeals state decision to close city landfill in 3 years

Honolulu official accused of faking low-rent eligibility

Teachers without time to plan would be baby sitters

Exhibit to focus on portraits of gay families

Christian church, Native Americans reconcile begin reparations process in NY

Hawaii teachers' union details concerns about furlough plan (suddenly unions don't want to change furloughs)

Jobless rate tops 9% on Neighbor Islands

Life of the Land: Proposed oil tax a barrel of trouble for Hawaii

Lawsuit Tackles Tax Break For Hawaiian Homelands  (OHA thrilled)

Ranch donates 12,000 acres for easement to Maui land trust

New Honolulu police chief popular with rank and file

Pictures of alleged drunken drivers posted on Web site

Rail: Harbor plan would expand waterfront

Settlement reached in Sunetric case

Hawaii County renews "Golden Bulldozer" contract

LINK>>>Jihadi murderer of Big Island man captured in Iraq: Navy Seals face prosecution

Hawaii teachers union hesitant on plan to reduce furlough days  (exactly as predicted)

Legislators cancel party plans  (its tough everywhere)

Shakeys' Stimulus: $675,000 for a non-existent Honolulu pizza parlor?

State on track to have 6.5 million tourists this year

Matson to hike shipping rates 3.8%

Mayor weighed SHPD letter in path decision (OHA: Evolving Sacredness)

LINK: Saddam Hussein's 1982 Honolulu Attacker flushed from Iraq: FBI announces $5M reward

LINK: Gay Civil Unions coming back in 2010 session, protest planned

LINK>>>Lingle defends Chinese trade initiatives against criticism

Mufi demands rail go the way of the Superferry

Hawaii Corrections Officers File Complaint Against United Public Workers Union

Keep lid on crime, fears

Parents against cut in child-care funds

Public workers now have until Dec. 7 to select medical insurance plan

Mayor seeks fine for bulky trash left out early

Mayor bucks OHA recommendation

Obamacare Advertiser: Doctors still hold reins in women's health

Alleged scientist spy fit to stand trial

The worst-case curve  (CO2 increases while Earth cools!)

Day TWO of ZERO coverage on Furlough negotiations: $50M ransom offered, but unions balk at releasing hostages

Hawaii counties see budget crunch ahead (adventures of the three mini-Mufis)

UCOMP: Hawaii May Back Off Big Business Tax Hike

Honolulu officials faulted for rejecting ground-level trains (KS wants train out of Kakaako KS re-development area)

Publicly Financed Elections Bolster Big Government

Lawmakers to examine use of federal stimulus money

Troubled bridges over island waters

Swine flu vaccine gets hogged

Hawaii Department of Education - Cutting Necessary Services Before Cutting the Fat

Lawyers' magazine rates UH law school 166th of 180

Tread carefully with Web site of DUI shame

Environmental Council needs better support

OHA appoints 4 new directors

Hawaii man sought for two killings in Philippines (victims both tied to Arroyo)

Kekaha’s Aipoalani says now is time to restore (Kauaian) kingdom

Kauai: Expert panel downplays need for county manager

KGI: Unions Back to the table

Hawaii lands coveted APEC meeting with concerted effort

Shapiro: Par for the Course

75% of city workers on flu shot list

Isles, nation demand focus on joblessness

Even though the state's crime rate is at a record low, the public has the perception that it's worse than usual

All's very well with Hawaii's healthy rank 

SB Oi: DUI 'shame' Web site probably won't work

Maui County moves to settle on landfills

Maui News: Out of touch with reality

Hawaii platoon leader died for his comrades at the battle of Wanat