1. SB286: Solomon Decision Allows Legislature to Define 'Permanent Resident'
2. Could Repeal of the Jones Act Actually Happen?
3. VIDEO: Why does Hawaii oppose Jessica's Law?
4. Another Homosexual Child Predator busted? This Time at Kamehameha
5. Solomon: Hawaii 'On The Verge Of Bankruptcy'
6. PPPC: Counties Will be Able to Exempt Projects?
7. Mayor pushes gas tax hike, pegs average cost at $21.45 a year
8. GMO crops could trigger another Green Revolution
9. Only 28% Would Vote for Abercrombie for Governor
10. CB: At The Legislature Today
11. Counties Skeptical About Election Day Voter Registration
12. House Judiciary Approves Marijuana Decriminalization Bill
13. Corruption Studies: Potential Growth Industry for Hawaii
14. More than 2,000 teachers protest lack of contract at Capitol
15. Community key to creating programs in middle schools
16. Broken Trustee Joins Ritte in Atrazine Hype
17. Advocates urge lawmakers to adopt preschool bills
18. Prisons chief wants new tests to gauge guards
19. Honolulu Rail: A Textbook Case Of Poor Planning, Denial And Diversion
20. Kauai Dam Breach Tragedy Still Not Resolved 7 Years After 7 People Were Killed
21. Hawaii’s Favorite Gun - Who Owns It and Why
22. New health insurer to set up shop

1. Dick Rowland: 83 Years Young and Still Fighting for Liberty
2. House GOP: "Many Bad Bills Did Not Pass"
3. House approves $23.25B budget
4. McCain: OHA Cronies Milk Defense Budget for Millions
5. Republican Caucus Commends Fiscally Conservative Hawaii House Budget
6. Chevron Drives Kitimat LNG Export Project Forward
7. WAC: Legislature Endangers UH Accreditation
8. Report: Hawaii Beer Distributors Generate 850 Direct Jobs, $200 Million
9. Horizon Lines Loses $94.7M for 2012
10. Hawaii ranked seventh in U.S. for solar energy
11. Feds Investigating Hawaii Blind-Deaf School Homosexual Rape Gang
12. Council on Revenues Upgrades Hawaii Fiscal Forecast as House Passes Budget
13. $66M -- Legislators permit raise in jobless tax
14. Ending state-worker over payments proving tough and costly
15. Hawaii DoE to Participate in Maine Laptop Contract?
16. Solar: Nine Months and Still No Inspection
17. Josh Green Calls Other Doctors Corrupt
18. Non-Apology, Apology: Is Rep. Hanohano Really Sorry for Her Racist Rant?
19. State prisons suspend correction officer recruitment, delay training class
20. Bills would help rein in school bus costs
21. House committee advances solar tax credit bill
22. Hawaii Shield Law: Journalists Struggle To Hold On To Legal Rights
23. Hawaii Senate Stiffens Adult Care Home Online Inspections Bill
24. Hawaii House committee advances foster care bill
25. Hawaii House committee OKs e-cigarette youth ban
26. PGV outage triggers alarm
27. Spaceport skepticism
28. Hawaii population up 1 percent, to 1,392,313 residents
29. Former Hawaii State Planned Parenthood Director: 30 days in jail
30. Hui wants developer's permits to be revoked by city for good

1. Argentine Jorge Bergoglio Elected Pope—Will be Pope Francis
2. WAC: Legislature Endangers UH Accreditation
3. UH Mānoa Law School leaps 26 points in rankings
4. Kauai County Smacks Down Hype: "No Atrazine in Water Supply"
5. SB286: Solomon Decision Allows Legislature to Define 'Permanent Resident'
6. Schatz Proposes $180 Billion Carbon Tax
7. Hawaii Gun Registration Bill to be Heard this Thursday
8. Hawaii Meth Project Foundation Joins The Partnership at Drugfree.org
9. Hawaii Had Lowest Election Turnout in Nation – 44.1%
10. HR29: Gambling tries to Slip in Via Resolution
11. Hawaii's state revenues 12% higher than last year
12. Thousands of Hawaii Teachers Expected to Rally at Capitol Tomorrow
13. University of Hawaii Procurement Under Fire for Wasting Millions of Dollars on Fraud and Corruption
14. Shapiro: Souki-led House majority has delivered solid agenda
15. Cash Call: Tsutsui, Kidani 
16. SB51: Sand Island Land Swap
17. CBAs an Alternative to PLDC?
18. Question study on gay tourism
19. Star-Adv: Leave GMOs to the Feds
20. Native Hawaiian Filmmaker Asks Lawmakers to Extend Journalism Shield Bill
21. $26.6 Million to Settle Lawsuits Against the State
22. Rock Climbers vs Trial Lawyers
23. Bill: Prohibit ‘Biased-Based’ Policing
24. HB1481: Bigger Welfare Payments for Wanna-Be Politicians
25. SB573: Back-Door Pay Hike for HSTA
26. Lax military in Hawaii led to California cops' deaths
27. Sen Sam Slom on The O'Reilly Factor 
28. Steven Tyler on Hawaii's 'Steven Tyler Act': 'Now I Can Walk Around Naked'
29. Caldwell: Keep Waimanalo Gulch Open
30. City suspends Jeff Stone’s Aina Haina permit
31. Electric Car Chargers Have only 700 Customers
32. Hawaii Supreme Court to decide whether a ‘medical’ marijuana user can be stopped at the airport for carrying his ‘medicine’
33. I Aloha Molokai -- Celebrate Our Way of Life
34. Small Business Day at the State Capitol is March 27
35. Commander Of U.S. Pacific Forces Says Global Warming Is Our Top Threat

1. SB286: Solomon Decision Allows Legislature to Define 'Permanent Resident'
2. Sunlight: Hawaii Scores 'C' for Transparency
3. Organic Profiteers: 15% Sales Boost from Anti-GMO Hype
4. Hawaii: Gun Registration Bill Passes the Senate
5. RFP: Hawaii Health Connector Seeks Seamless Customer Experience
6. Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted March 11, 2013
7. Naming Names: Big Pharma Pays $3.2M to Hawaii MDs
8. Honolulu Pavement Condition: Is Your Street Serious?
9. How Hawaii Minimum Wage Workers Earn $24.24 per hour
10. Poll: Hanabusa Beats Abercrombie by 27%, Beats Schatz by 22%
11. Still No Prayer in the Hawaii Senate
12. OCC: Cells Empty While Prison Overcrowded
13. State Pays Thousands to Prisoners Kept Beyond Sentence
14. Should Suspended Cops Be Identified? Hawaii Records Office Says Yes
15. Its Legal: Legislators Can Sell Influence and Access With Impunity!
16. Souki, Kouchi, Tokioka Hold Fundraisers During Session
17. The bills that made the cut
18. Give labor board resources it needs so it Will Deliver HSTA Decision
19. Restaurants and food businesses weigh in on the minimum wage increase
20. SB472HD1: Reduces Marijuana Ticket to Piddling $100
21. Hawaii Online Poker Bills Fold
22. Hawaii Senators: Strengthen Early Childhood Education
23. HB321: ACLU Pushes Same-day registration
24. Free Clinics Push for More Medicaid Spending—200% of Poverty Line
25. Obama Kills Tsunami Detection Funds, 1/3 of Buoys Dead
26. Hawaii Jihadi Heads to Trial, Lawyer Asks Judge to Ban Jews from Jury
27. Conklin: “Racial Entitlement Bills in the 2013 Hawaii Legislature”
28. Hirono Apology for Not Being Gay Goes Viral
29. History shows N. Korean pattern: Wait, then attack
30. Japan’s New PM May Reduce Hawaii Gas Prices
31. Contractor Wastes 18 Mos, $600 cost overruns fined $26K
32. Bereavement Pay For Inouye’s Widow In New Senate Budget
33. Allegiant Cancels Multiple Hawaii Flights over Mechanical Issues

1. China Debates Whether to ‘Keep or Dump’ North Korea
2. Abercrombie for Monopolies?
3. SEC Charges Illinois for Misleading Pension Disclosures
4. Anahola Rejects Danner Sisters’ Biomass Plant
5. Hawaii Commercial-Scale Solar Installations Lose Key Part Source
6. Kahuku wind farm safety called into question
7. No cause, no answers 7 months after Kahuku wind farm fire
8. Agency bumps up rebate for solar water heaters
9. Shine a light on political finances
10. Great News: Hawaii Gun Control Measures Dead for Season
11. Labor Board Blames Lack of Staff for Slow HSTA Decision
12. Mainland Homosexuals Target Hawaii for 2013-14
13. Gabbard Joins Rand Paul Drone Protest
14. Civil Beat Joins Atrazine Hype Squad
15. Hawaii Would Lose Influence if Electoral College, Senate Reformed
16. Investigation on disposal of county records produces no results
17. Deedy Drops Dismissal Motion, Clears Way for State Murder Trial

• Abercrombie for Monopolies?
• ERS: USS Titanic Hawaii Headed for $8.4B Iceberg
• Hanohano Should Resign

1. SB286 Ends Reapportionment Discrimination, to be Heard Tuesday
2. Knock Off the Theatrics and Get Down To Business
3. Hawaii Legislative Watch: People vs. Government
4. LINK: How major bills fared at the Capitol
5. Legislators Fail to Act--Can Still Legally Profit from their Actions
6. SB66 Would Require Disclosure from State Commission Members
7. 25% Tax Credits for Hollywood Movie Moguls?
8. Hawaii Scores Five on Fed-Up Index
9. Star-Adv: $1000 Marijuana Ticket Could Boost General Fund
10. Brewbaker: Tourism Maxed Out, Need More Hotels
11. Affordable housing remains a dire need across state
12. Ing Fails, Panel includes Only half of request for high school in Kihei
13. Under Attack by Luddites, Seed Industry Growth Stalls
14. Following Crook Ritte, Kauai Idiots March against GMOs
15. HB1388 Gives $1.3M to Shrimp Farm Operator
16. Gabbard Joins Republicans in Criticism of White House
17. Caldwell Claims “Fuel tax hike is investment in the future”
18. Hawaii Co. Police officer reprimanded following misconduct complaint
19. Inmate dies after fight at OCCC

1. The Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative: Watt, Me Worry?
2. Airlines Bet Big On Hawaii With 275,000 Additional Seats
3. Governor Releases $46.39 Million for Capital Improvement Projects Statewide
4. “Harassment and intimidation” Clayton Hee Challenges Wil Espero to a Duel on Senate Floor 
5. HGEA/AFSCME Fundraiser for Schatz
6. House finance committee approves $23 billion budget--$590 million shy of governor's request
7. DoE abuse of Disabled Children prompts calls for federal intervention
8. Star-Adv: Only Now is it time to Get Serious About HSTA Negotiations
9. DHHL, Solar Scammers Split Profits, Ratepayers Stuck with $108/barrel for 20 years
10. House passes bill to create night parking lots for homeless Tent Cities
11. State: It'll Take 4 More Years To Clear Elevator Inspection Backlog
12. Soft-on-Crime Policy Gets Burglary Suspect Shot
13. Union employees at The Modern vote to authorize strike
14. Star-Advertiser owner a very busy man these days

1. GAO Jones Act Report to be Released Next Week
2. Sequestration: Army Tuition Assistance Ends Today
3. Honolulu Ranked 8th-Worst City for Drivers
4. Rail Fail: Ansaldo Breda, Finmeccanica Financial Report Shows Negative Net Worth, Massive Losses
5. Crossover at the Capitol
6. HPD makes a push for, and against, new laws
7. Crossover News:
8. PPPA: Hot Exchange Before Senate Passes Development Bill
9. Senate bill seeks more fairness in election financing
10. Military to lawmakers: Cuts will hurt state
11. Tomorrow's pensions put pressure on today's needs
12. Alleged Killer Cop Gets off Easy
13. Answers due for cost overruns in county contracts Some as high as eight-fold
14. State Denies Teachers Claims, Pays Prisoners
15. State hires private firm to defend against expected Federal indictment over seabirds
16. City brings back permit fees for solar installations
17. Fontaine is elected to lead Maui County GOP
18. Hokulia developer files bankruptcy with debt over $500 million

1. Akaka Tribe Could Receive Legal Jurisdiction Over Non-Tribal Members
2. Kalaeloa: Hawaiian Burial Caves to Be Bulldozed for Solar Farms?
3. Occupy Honolulu Points Finger at City over Deaths, Threatens ‘300 Instant Criminals’
4. Enviro Lawyers Off Target With Criticism Of Callies, Says Callies
5. Hawaii State Senate Passes 348 Bills Over to the House
6. Honolulu’s Poor Economic Growth and What to Do about It
7. HSTA, DoE, HLRB Agree to Mediation
8. Tuition Increases: UH #2 in Nation
9. Chicken Manure Penny Stock Looks to Abercrombie for ‘Strategic Relationship’
10. ERS: USS Titanic Hawaii Headed for $8.4B Iceberg
11. Senate Ways and Means Rejects Beverage Tax
12. Forced Participation in Abortion: Nine Legislators Take a Stand for Religious Freedom
13. Federal Reserve to Hold Public Meeting on Samoa
14. Spy Network? Former Hawaii Planned Parenthood Director Installed 500 Security Cameras on Maryland County Offices, Buildings
15. Hospital privatization advances
16. House Will Vote Friday on Budget
17. Legislative Crossover News
18. Star-Adv: 5-cent gas tax hike adds to heavy burden
19. Washington Monument Gambit: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park cut tours, programs under sequestration
20. Gabbard Breaks With Democrats On Republican Budget Bill
21. Union protests plan by Kaiser to eliminate jobs
22. Released 911 tapes capture frantic moments after Munet escape
23. Leeward Coast Has Longest Commute Times
24. HSTA To Bus In Members for March 14 Rally
25. Former lawmaker headed to court over felony charge
26. Prosecutors: Kawamoto Spearheaded Plot to Evade taxes
27. Filipino cardinal stirs papal talk with rapid rise

1. SB894 Held as Turtle Bay Opens New Negotiations with State
2. As Solar Backout Spreads HECO Unveils More Detailed Grid Map
3. Former Rep Roland Sagum Charged With Stealing Stones from Heiau Site
4. House Moves Hundreds of Bills Over to Senate
5. A Good Day For Good Government, Mostly
6. CB: Senate Approves Series of Bills Cracking Down on UH
7. Bills On The Move
8. Revenue: HTA raises 2013 projections for visitor arrivals, spending
9. PACOM: Military furloughs will be worse in Hawaii
10. Oh, he'll fix the roads … but it's going to cost you
11. Bag Tax Killed for Session
12. Money Spinner: Senate Votes to ‘Decriminalize’ Small Marijuana Possession, Increase Fine
13. HB535 Homeless Tent City Passes House
14. City tags items on sidewalk placed by (de)Occupy hui
15. Farmers Harassed by Copper Thieves
16. DoE Hustles to Burn RTTT Money Before HSTA Blows Rest of Deal
17. Trade Windfarm for Cookies?
18. Kawamoto Denied Bail, 4 Weeks in Jail
19. Lawsuit: Alleged Homosexual Priest Allegedly Molested Boys 45 Years Ago
20. Green Police: Collective Punishment for Fishermen after False Killer Hooked
21. Walter Ritte Brings Anti-GMO Dog n Pony Show to Kauai, 300 Idiots Show up
22. Anti-GMO Hypesters to Use Atrazine as Weapon
23. Local digital media group wants to keep creatives in Honolulu, Put them on Welfare
24. State Harasses Small Businesses at Dillingham Airfield

1. Lawsuit: Mainland Homosexual Adopts Boys, Molests Them in Hawaii
2. Senate Crossover: 200 Bills on the Agenda
3. House moves 69 bills over to Senate
4. State Sells Holdings in Student Loan Auction Rate Securities
5. NRA: Burdensome Anti-Gun Bill Must be Stopped
6. HB411 Forces Hospitals, Doctors to Hand Out Abortion Pill
7. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 4, 2013
8. VIDEO: Sen Sam Slom and Donovan DelaCruz ‘A Better Day’
9. Crossover Thursday: House order of the day, Senate order of the day 
10. Riot Police Stand by as Hawaii’s Congressional Delegation Finally Meets
11. Bills to Develop School Lands Approved by Senate
12. Senate Kills Religious Exemption Amendment in Emergency Contraception Bill
13. Legislators can get a raise if they simply do nothing
14. Budget holds no raises for teachers, union says
15. Pahoa HSTA Member: Teachers days are Numbered, Common Core Easily Manipulated
16. House Approves Early Lawmaker Financial Disclosure, Senate Votes to Exempt Task Force Members from Ethics
17. HB713: Police Recruiters Should Not be Able to Look at Job Applicants Online Presence
18. Billionaire Kawamoto arrested in Japan for alleged tax fraud
19. Notices for federal furloughs begin
20. Liquor inspectors Secretly stopped from making arrests, using handcuffs
21. 88% Reject Gas Tax Hike
22. Occupiers Block New Sidewalk
23. Who will play for little pay? UH's new concert rules
24. Senate Passes Steven Tyler Act
25. Machines ruled gambling devices
26. Solomon, Dela Cruz Holds Fundraisers During Session
27. Caldwell makes park repair a priority in proposed budget
28. New Bill Aims to Attract Outer Space to Big Island
29. Hawaii DOE to request waiver for FY 2012 SIG Grant

1. US Patent Pending for Genetically Modified Marijuana
2. Senators too Intelligent to be Fooled by Anti-GMO Nonsense
3. Water Board to Waste $9.5M on Global Warming, Will Use Eco-Babble to Justify Further Rate Hikes
4. Stand Up To SHOPO And Open Police Misconduct Records
5. Lucky Sequestration Delays Major Review of Hawaii Historic Preservation Division
6. Star-Adv: Soda Bottlers Must Pony Up or Soda Tax Will be Back
7. Civil Beat Decides Hanohano May Have Had a Point 
8. Hawaii State Hospital Population Up as Mental Health Services Cut
9. Inmate Gets Wet, Scores $38K from State
10. Tesoro ups layoff estimate to 210 workers at Kapolei refinery
11. Puna Geothermal -- Six Cents per KWH
12. SB1045/HB815 Exempt Electric Coop from HRS 269
13. OHA, Aina Haina group ask city to halt site work
14. Senate Ctte amends Banyan Drive legislation
15. Public vying for chance to shoot at public gun range
16. Lawmakers may limit e-cigarette sales
17. Supreme Court to Hear Gay Marriage Arguments March 26

1. Hawaii Precedent? 'Sidewalk Property' Decision Appealed to Supreme Court
2. Keep The Promise for Better Wages as Goal
3. HNL Planning Director: "Public, Along With Private Property Rights, Are Our Top Priority"
4. Video: The PLDC And Property Rights In Hawaii - A Panel Discussion
5. Sewer Gas Powers Cars
6. Where is Hawaii Transportation Headed?
7. Abercrombie Laughs at Teachers: “Be careful what you wish for”  
8. Only Two Schools Meet Instructional Hours Law, So SB238 Will Re-define “instructional”
9. Trade Minimum Wage Hike for Unemployment Tax Freeze?
10. Greenwood Needs to Speak Up, Name Names in Response to Mitsunaga Allegations
11. Crossover: Hawaii lawmakers to vote on hundreds of bills
12. Followers of Eco Religion March in Haleiwa, Call for Total Ban on GMOs, Destruction of 2000 Agriculture Jobs
13. SB937: 10% More Local Food = 2300 Jobs
14. 91% ‘No’ -- Do you think Rep. Faye Hanohano's apology for racial slurs was enough?
15. ML&P Bailout: A measure aims to conserve coastal property and provide a financial boost to Maui Land
16. Veterans Court Launched

1. Gays Attack Hawaiians (Again)
2. Sen Solomon Resolutions Urge Hawaii Jones Act Exemption
3. NRO: Sink the Jones Act
4. Hanohano Should Resign
5. DoE Extends Deadline for School Quality Survey
6. DoE Million Dollar Cash Giveaway to 32 Schools
7. Governor to Establish Hawaii ‘Sequestration Impact Response Team’
8. After all the Hype, Sequestration Brings ‘Business as Usual’ to Hawaii
9. “Dead on Arrival”: Caldwell wants to raise the city's fuel tax by 5 cents a gallon
10. SB215 would create a Public-Private Partnership Authority, Give Counties Power to Waive Land Use Requirements  
11. Bumbling DoTax Shorts City $33M GET funds for transit project?
12. Mitsunaga v Kobayashi: UH System Has No Comment as AG Investigates
13. Hawaii Teachers Stage ‘Teach-In’ at Gov’s Residence
14. Clean Elections: $34K for House, $68K for Senate
15. Office of Hawaii Affairs Bill Needed to Stop Recycling Trustees?
16. Lunatic Released by Judge Before Killing Rampage
17. UH Manoa Fights Act 221 Scammers for Control of So-Called ‘Innovation Center’
18. Judge Halts Work at Villages of `Aina Le`a and Orders Supplemental EIS
19. HB1424 to Buy Lipoa Point, Save from ML&P from Bankruptcy

1. Full Text: Rep Hanohano Accused of Workplace Violence after Racist Tirade Aimed at State Workers
2. HTA: Visitor Arrivals Rise 5.9% from January 2012
3. HELCO RFP Seeks More Geothermal Power
4. Environmental Concerns "At Record Lows": Global Poll
5. Store owners say plastic bag ban causes more shoplifting
6. EPA Cites 188F Garbage: $1.1M Waimanalo Gulch Settlement Day After Lawsuit Filed
7. Sakai: Misconduct Investigation Underway After Latest Prisoner Escape
8. DoE Extends Deadline for School Quality Survey
9. Soda Tax Bill Fizzes Out
10. House Committee Moves Two Tax Cuts, ‘For Vehicle Purposes Only’ 
11. Hanabusa Proposes Special Funds Raid to Stop DoD Furloughs
12. SB286: Malama Solomon Endorses Call to Count Every Person for Reapportionment
13. Mitsunaga Levels More Accusations House Committee Votes to Strip UH Procurement Power
14. Honolulu Liquor administrator won't resign after admitting 47 ethical violations
15. PPPA/PLDC Hearing Friday
16. Full House to consider measure on prompt Labor Board rulings
17. Bill on public financing of campaigns advances in Hawaii Senate
18. House Finance Committee Hearing Violates 24-Hr Notice Rule
19. Common Cause Focuses on Three Bills
20. No Prison Time: Pflueger, State Attorney, Nearing Ka Loko Manslaughter Plea-Bargain?
21. Should Police Misconduct Be Public?
22. Witnesses recount school abuse of Disabled Children
23. State plan aims to turn Wahiawa into agricultural hub
24. Schatz Joins Lawmakers at Inouye memorial pledging support for Israel

1. Sequestration Scare Tactics: Caldwell Administration Threatens Sec 8 Housing Evictions
2. Solar Scammers Pleased by SB623: Extends Solar Tax Credit Giveaway
3. Pine Announces Improved Leeward Bus Routes
4. Mad Money Video: Jim Cramer Rips Jones Act
5. Peg Legs and Eye Patches - Ninth Circuit Wades Into Piracy
6. Status Of Appeal Of Land Use Commission’s Koa Ridge Approval
7. Gallup: Hawaii Again Tops Nation in Well-Being
8. Woodward at War
9. Rep Hanohano Launches Racist Tirade
10. Senate Ctte Advances Minimum Wage, HHSC Privatization, Gun Control, Abercrombie Preschool, Film Tax Credits
11. HB1149 Would Require Windfarm Decommissioning Plan
12. Star-Adv: We’ll Take Same-Day Registration
13. SB286 Count Every Person for Apportionment, Moves to Full Senate
14. Hawaii government technology stuck in time warp
15. DoE: The Numbers Don’t Lie (But HSTA Member Does) 
16. UHPA Dumps NEA in Slap at HSTA
17. Pension Debt May Damage Hawaii Bond Ratings
18. What The Police Commission Isn't Doing About Misconduct
19. Proposal could extend benefits to Age 21 for foster children
20. EPA Sues Over Waimanlo Gulch, City ‘Will Not Pay’
21. Tow company still overcharging motorists
22. Senate Committee Moves Turtle Bay Purchase Bill
23. Star-Adv Parent Removes Last Printing Press From Kauai

1. Hawaii Welfare Recipients 2nd Healthiest in US: 75% Not Disabled
2. Hawaii Nursing Homes Ranked by US News
3. AECOM Scores $43.9M Rail Contract
4. Politico: Is President Obama Telling the Truth about Sequestration?
5. Omidyar Plan to Develop Hanalei Advances on Kauai
6. Legislative Crossover Next Week
7. PLDC Redux: DelaCruz, Solomon Playing Same Legislative Games
8. Abercrombie: “Will Continue to Impose Contract”, Claims Teachers Agreed to Last Best Final Offer
9. Kipapa Elementary faces more abuse claims
10. UHPA Quits NEA
11. Price: Awarding Contracts to Friends is No Big Deal
12. City DPP Claims No Favoritism for Jeff Stone Hao Street Project
13. HREA: No Solar Scammers Interested in HECO Offer
14. Now That Rail is Approved, Repairing Roads is Suddenly Worth the Cost
15. $1000 Marijuana Fine to be Money-Spinner
16. 1994: Hawaii Police Union 'Outguns' Students
17. HB321: Same Day Voter Registration
18. HB1481 Public Funding for Political Campaigns
19. House to Consider “Romy Cachola Bill’
20. Bill to Alter Hawaii's School Bus Contracting Process Advances
21. New House Leadership Knocks Calvin Say Appointee off Water Commission
22. HI jail officers shift duties during escape probe
23. Backlash for Red-Light Cameras Hasn’t Slowed Spread
24. University of Hawaii criticized for spending money to study itself
25. Tougher sidewalk bill clears first hurdle
26. Church will employ homeless on a farm, in Kim Chee factory
27. Ian Lind: Hawaii Media Doesn’t Attack Military Enough
28. New York investors want to acquire Hawaii landowner CommonWealth REIT

1. The Numbers Don’t Match: Obama vs Harkin on Hawaii Sequester Impact
2. OHA Offers Cash Prizes for Weight Loss
3. DoE Cash Rewards for Academic Progress
4. Designed to Fail? HECO Seeks Green Energy Projects on Oahu
5. 23 Hawaii Robotics Teams Qualify for VEX World Championships
6. UHERO: Minimum Wage Hike Unlikely to Help Working Poor
7. DoE: ‘No Impact’ from Sequester
8. Non-Profits Have No Idea of Sequestration Effect
9. Abercrombie Soda Tax Simplistic and Simple-Minded
10. Solar Scammers Seek Free Reign Over General Fund
11. Good News: Vote By Mail Bills Nearly Dead
12. Same-Day Voter Registration on House Judiciary Agenda
13. Abercrombie Holds $1000/plate DC Fundraiser
14. DATABASE: A Compilation Of Honolulu Police Misconduct
15. 1994: UH Student vs. The Police
16. Settlement over Homosexual Rape Gang at school calls for big changes to campus
17. Caldwell Left High and Dry as Mattson’s Pick for Corp Counsel Withdraws
18. DoE: Only Two Schools Meet Requirements for Instructional Time
19. $260,000 study tackles UH accountability
20. Pro-American Speakers Will no longer be Censored at Hilo HS, Albertini May not Force his way into Teacher’s Classroom
21. Farmers, Ranchers Question Federal Takeover of 271,062 Hawaii Acres
22. HB252 Amends Definition of ‘Qualified Native Hawaiian Constituent’
23. HB1374: Amend Procurement Code to Hold Contractors Responsible for Past Performance
24. Bill Would Give Banyan Drive Properties to Hawaii County
25. Caldwell hopes to smooth Oahu's ragged streets with $150 million for repair work
26. After Ten Years Obstructing Traffic Lights, Punatics Finally Get their Traffic Circle
27. Lepeuli, Kauai: Trails and Tribulations
28. HNN Suckered by Bogus “Road Pollution Filter”
29. Chevron to Waste Money on Least Cost-Effective Form of Solar

1. Reapportionment: Plaintiffs Attorneys Back SB286
2. Bill 4 to Create New Honolulu Council Slush Fund?
3. CIP: $113M New Spending at Airports, Harbors
4. What the Public Isn’t Being Told About Police Misconduct
5. Reapportionment: Trade Canoe for Census Base?
6. HB603: Calvin Say ‘Castle Doctrine’ Bill
7. A soda tax would hurt business revenues and cause worker layoffs
8. $5.75 Million Settlement Awarded to Deaf and Blind Students Sexually Assaulted by Gang at Hawaii Public School
9. Taxpayers Owe $550K After Kids Are Put in ‘House of Horror’ with Sovereignty Activist
10. Pathways needed to help homeless
11. Hawaii lawmakers debate geothermal energy proposal
12. Abercrombie: I Want $20M to Turn the Bourgeoisie into Welfare Queens
13. Whale Worshippers Hit Whales, Then Demand Ferry Slow Down
14. Caldwell: Five-year plan for Potholes
15. Foreclosure law has Hawaii homeowners associations covering maintenance costs
16. Transportation and Economy

1. Just a Vicious Circle, Higher Minimum Wage, Higher Prices
2. Bob Woodward: Sequester Was Obama's Idea
3. Even lipstick can’t disguise PLDC look-alike proposals
4. PLDC Staff Kept on Payroll Awaiting New Role
5. Fear Monger Abercrombie: 19,000 jobs affected if budget deal isn't reached
6. Danger: Legislature back from Recess, Begins Voting Again
7. Poverty: Tax Cut or Minimum Wage Hike?
8. KSBE Says ‘Investing in keiki is for all our futures’
9. Kabuki: ACLU, Seitz Preen, 911 Truther Albertini Pretends to Score Victory
10. Hilo HS Flashback -- Fri Feb 22
11. After Death of Lifelong Criminal, Family Sues Police
12. Electric Car Charger Co Claims to Have Two Buyers, Refuses to Name Them

1. UHERO: Weakening Yen May Cut Tourism
2. NFIB Small Business Day at the Capitol
3. Obama Gives Abercrombie $937K to Devise System to Force Doctors into 'Medical Homes'
4. DBEDT Releases Economic Projections
5. DoE Changes Student Assessment Tests Again
6. Grassroot Perspective Podcast: Liberty and Movies
7. Reason: Former Gov. Ben Cayetano on Hawaii's Fiscal Mess and Stupid Rail Plan
8. BoE: Releases Fiscal Reports from 2012
9. State Auditor: Releases Annual Report for 2012
10. WCCC Prison Guard Allegedly Part of 400lb California-Hawaii Meth Ring
11. Prison guards might face physical fitness tests
12. Federal cuts forecast to slow isle economy
13. Federal officials warn of likely flight delays if spending cuts of $1.2 trillion kick in
14. Hawaii Naval forces could lose billions to sequester
15. Bill to ban imposed worker contracts deferred
16. Window is closing on Luddites’ ability to require labeling of GMOs
17. DoH Seeks Profits from Medicated Pot
18. HB619/HB15: Criminalize Bird Feeding
19. Towing firm admits struggles
20. VAWA: National Democrats Use Violence Against Women to Give Tribal Authorities Jurisdiction over Non-Tribal Members
21. Obama to Have Two Libraries?
22. Flags to Fly at Half-Staff in Honor of Helene Eleanor Hale

1. SB120: $3.5B Rate Hike and No Natural Gas for Hawaii
2. Could Soda Tax Shutter Hawaii's Only Can Maker?
3. Hawaii Foreclosure Relief: 1,468 Homeowners Get $158M Wiped off Books
4. Did murder suspect have help escaping?
5. Chevron: We’re Staying, But Prices are Going Up
6. Danger: Senate Ways and Means Moves 70 Bills
7. Solar Loans to Help Scammers Make Out Big
8. Snow, Wind Rail Lash Isles as Global Cooling Intensifies
9. MRC Greenwood: I’m Gone in 2015
10. HB713: Will Block Police from Investigating Applicants
11. After Decades, Hilo Teachers, Parents Tired of Albertini’s BS, Tell Surrender Monkeys to get new Spokesman
12. With American Military on Decline, Time to Focus on Gay Sex
13. Regents Flatter Themselves Seven Illegals Get Discount Tuition so BoR can “Do the Right Thing”
14. Abercrombie Fails on Elevator Inspections
15. Hawaii Supreme Court hears Sunshine Law case: Kanahele v. Maui County
16. Union Power Ensures Hawaii Has Hefty Government Labor Force
17. Star-Adv: Allow limited-service hotels
18. Defense Witnesses in Jimmy Pflueger's Federal Tax Fraud Trial Include Well Known Politicians
19. Hawaii Appeals to be UAV Test Site
20. Intelligence: North Korea set to conduct intermediate-range missile test
21. Anti-GMO Activists Vandalize Kauai Roads
22. Kawamoto Houses Used for Crack, Meth

1. Heritage: Protectionist Jones Act Harms Puerto Ricans
2. Upcoming Event: The PLDC and Property Rights in Hawaii
3. Washington Legislator to Address Maui TEA Party
4. Long Lines to Vote? Not for the Vast Majority of Americans
5. Only 11.4% of DoE Graduates Score on AP Exam
6. Impeach Hawaii's Governor? State Senate Establishes Causes
7. 61% Raise on Tap? State leader pay to jump double-digits; next round of raises drafted
8. NYT: Hawaii Democratic Senate Primary ‘Could be Competitive’
9. Sheriff: Proper Procedures Not Followed With Escapee
10. Star-Adv: AG Louie Should Hound Greenwood from Office 
11. 19,000 Hawaii Defense Workers At Risk Of Being Furloughed
12. Surfeit of myths complicates teacher contract negotiations
13. Hawaii DOE Not Spending Race To The Top Money Fast Enough
14. Legislature votes 23-1 to Protect Child Molesters
15. Homeless Industry Wins Control of Waikiki
16. Abercrombie Administration Cuts Deaf Services, then Lies About it
17. Local 5 Blocks Limited Service Hotel Construction Bill
18. 7 Caldwell cabinet appointees approved by Council
19. Court Blocks Greens’ Challenge to Rep. Say’s Residency
20. Which Ethics Director To Believe?
21. Are Hawaii Schools Doing Enough to Prevent Youth Sports Concussions?
22. Honolulu to be Inundated by Global Worming—NOT!
23. Greenfellas: The Italian Mafia Muscles In On Green Energy Racket
24. Will Chinese Communists Close Slave Labor Camps?
25. Ex-Con, Felon, 9-11 Truther Relays Third-Hand Account of ‘Threats’

1. Holy Paparazzi! Molokai Mocks Steven Tyler Act, Sen English
2. Governor Excludes Union from Refinery Task Force
3. Former DPP Head Running Controversial Wailupe Valley Project
4. Prosperity? Hawaii Congressional Delegation Scores Zero
5. Can Vote-By-Mail Fix Those Long Lines At The Polls?
6. Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted February 19, 2013
7. AARP Opposes Chained CPI as Threat to Veterans Benefits
8. SB69: Hearing Feb 20 for Extremist Anti-Gun Measure
9. Repeal the Jones Act, Reduce the Price of Gasoline
10. Hospitals Chase Medicare Performance-Based Bonuses
11. Secret U.S. military flights carried officials, equipment to N. Korea
12. Schatz: Obama Administration May Recognize Akaka Tribe Without Congress
13. Double-Digit Pay hikes weighed for politicians, appointees
14. Shapiro: All-mail voting needs fraud insurance
15. SB 707: Senate Unanimously Repeals PLDC
16. Settlement Prelim OK in Homosexual Rape Gang Case at Blind-Deaf School
17. Kim to Gays: “This is a Democracy, Everyone Has the Right to Propose Legislation”
18. Perreira: Tesoro refinery closure will Mean Higher Prices, Energy Crunch
19. Furloughs hit more than 100 at Schofield
20. 3 hour airport security waits under sequester
21. Star-Adv: Tents and sidewalks don't mix
22. HPD officer investigated for 'pepper pellets' incident caught on camera
23. Property Forfeiture bill advances
24. State might OK red-light cameras
25. New take on city park law OKs vendors at festivals
26. Board of Education Spurs DOE Officials To Fix School Bus Program Faster
27. Charter School Employee Challenges Status as State Employee, Ethics Fine
28. UH might tighten reins on its execs’ sabbaticals
29. Advocates Suddenly Find 293 More Illegal immigrants Who might qualify for in-state tuition
30. Show Us The Money: Bill Calls For Early Financial Disclosure
31. Will Local Taxation Drive Gasoline Above $5.00 Per Gallon As A Norm?
32. Workboat Magazine LTE: Jones Act Reform
33. Lawsuit: Was SSgt Killed by Defective Mortar Round?
34. Hawaii Happiest State in USA
35. Army seeks community input for marine study
36. 2013 VEX PAN PACIFIC Information

Former DPP Head Running Controversial Wailupe Valley Project

HB1357 / SB1343 Limit Development to Freeway Capacity

1. Gays Threaten Expulsion of 11 Democrat Legislators
2. Mitsunaga Names Names, Slams UH for Favoritism Towards Kobayashi
3. Lingle: Hawaii Republican Party is Thriving
4. Wells Fargo: Hawaii to be Hardest Hit by Defense Cuts
5. Bipartisan Bills present opportunity for Hawaii Jones Act LNG Ship Exemption
6. $45B Project: Alaska Plans 800 Mile LNG Pipeline
7. Residences at Aina Haina: Jeff Stone's Plans in Wailupe Valley Opposed
8. Six States Consider Assisted Suicide
9. HawaiiFreePress: 20,001 Tweets -- 5,001 Followers
10. Navy Saves $35M By Cancelling Pearl Harbor Work
11. Looking for Campaign Cash, Schatz names executives as ‘community liaisons’ for Senate office
12. Heenan: Akaka Should Have Left in 2006
13. UH researchers and solar industry lobbyists duke it out over tax credits
14. HB856/SB1087 State Loan Giveaways for Solar, Wind Scammers
15. CB: Bills at the Legislature Feb 19
16. In Swipe at HSTA, UHPA to Vote on Leaving NEA
17. With more retirees, EUTF becomes a ticking time bomb
18. USA Today: Hawaii should walk away from Steven Tyler Act
19. State Shuts Down Dozens of Small Businesses
20. Star-Adv: Don’t Give Granma a Free Ride, We Need the Money for Rail
21. Should Hawaii Residents Filing Their Taxes Online Pay an Extra Fee?
22. $200,000 County Gun Buy Back Program is Bad Deal for Taxpayers
23. More Funds Needed for Long term Care for Mentally Ill Homeless
24. Kaiser workers: “A Strike is very Likely”
25. James Pflueger, One of Hawaii's Wealthiest Residents, is on Trial for Tax Fraud After Hiding Assets in Switzerland
26. North Korea Plans More Nuclear Tests

1. Do Property Rights Matter When the Environment is Going to Hell in a Handbasket?
2. Dallas police-fire pension fund has $Multi-Million bet on Hawaii real estate
3. Health Insurance Exchanges Create State Problems
4. Micronesia: Waa'gey Planning & Partnership Tour a Success
5. HCDA Lets Building Sit Empty 14 years over Botched Flooring Job
6. Star-Adv: Stop Putting so Many Drug Dealers in Prison
7. Defense lobbyists say cliff now unavoidable
8. Enviros: Bag Tax? Conveyance Tax? We’ll Take Both
9. $8.4B Short? ERS' new leader confident fund will meet obligations
10. Care Home Industry Pressures Lawmakers to Weaken Inspections Bill
11. After 10 years, Home-school bill on hold again
12. Kona: UH seeks to save cash by trimming some work at West Hawaii campus
13. Public land sought for artists’ lofts
14. Italy makes 'Mafia' arrests over Sicily wind farms
15. 9-11 Trooother Claims Academic Freedom to Take Over Military Mom’s Library
16. Scoop the nuts: Mentally ill roundup plan after train pushes

1. Jerking the Hotel Industry Around, You Can’t Trust Lawmakers
2. Methadone, Soma: City, State, Josh Green to Split the Profits with Pill Mills under SB876
3. PLDC Under New Name: Hawaii lawmakers push school land development
4. HSTA Members Push for 25% Increase in GE Tax
5. While Legal Immigrants Wait, Activists Move Illegals to Front of Line
6. UH Finds only SEVEN Illegals Among Student Body
7. Shapiro: Politicos try to go green but keep losing track of it
8. ACLU Working to Ensure Honolulu Homeless Stay Homeless
9. Clarify rules on activities at Oahu's beach parks
10. Poll: 20% of Oahu Residents are Feeding Strange Cats
11. A List of Places to Name After Inouye
12. Mainland Gays, Star-Adv  Use Jim Nabors to Legitimatize Gay ‘Marriage’

1. Russian Nuclear Bombers Circle Guam
2. 421 Candidates Register for Honolulu Neighborhood Board Elections
3. NRA: Hawaii Anti-Gun Bills on the Move
4. Consumer Freedom: Taxes Shouldn't be a Tool for Social Engineering
5. Transparency: Hawaii State, County Websites Score Mixed Reviews
6. Grassroot Perspective Podcast: Celebrity, Steven Tyler, & the 1st Amendment
7. Bills Introduced to Cut Sugar Subsidies
8. Trafficked Thai Workers' Dreams Become Nightmares
9. New PLDC: Bill To Develop School Lands Clears Hawaii House Committees
10. Star-Adv: Hospitals deal promising but tread carefully
11. HB721 Mandates Insurance Coverage for Autism
12. Abuse of Disabled Girl: Mililani DoE school faces new allegation
13. SB932 May Cause Mentally Ill to Refuse Treatment
14. SB223 calls on candidates to prove political affiliation
15. Sequester will impact DOD's civilian workforce
16. Gabbard Thinks Women Should Be Part Of Military Draft
17. Raising the Minimum Wage – Truth and Consequences
18. Al-Jazeera Cheers Kauai Anti-GMO Protesters
19. BWS new billing system brings added cost
20. Judge: Internet commenter can stay anonymous
21. ‘Selfish’ Attorney Robert Kim Reprimanded for ‘False Statements’, ‘Deception’
22. Young Brothers asks Hawaii regulators to OK rate Hike plan
23. Hawaii Supreme Court to decide if state bodies can avoid public notice by repeated recesses
24. Sunshine Law is brighter on Kaua‘i
25. Soft on Crime: 65 arrests, 22 convictions Caught Selling Drugs at Age 77
26. Senate committee OKs Watson as U.S. district judge for Hawaii

1. KOS: Hanabusa Underperformed Obama the Most for any Incumbent in USA
2. Gallup: 5% of Hawaii Residents Gay
3. UHERO: Weakening Japanese Yen Will Cap Tourism Growth
4. State Launches New Teen-Focused Obesity Prevention Campaign
5. OIP: "Obvious Problems" with UIPA Records
6. Recall: Organic Spinach Sold in Hawaii Tainted with Hemorrhagic E Coli
7. “Damned Sellout” Mililani Trask Defends PLDC
8. SB215 Creates “Public-Private Partnership Authority” to Replace PLDC
9. Hawaii House votes to repeal public land agency
10. Banner Health getting closer to a deal with state hospitals
11. HB1027: Bill Aims To Prevent Candidates From 'Helping' Voters Fill Out Ballots
12. Abercrombie Uses $275K in State Money to Push Soda Tax Hike
13. SB120: “Could Lead to Rate Hikes”
14. HB506: Reneges on Every Building Contract in the State
15. Mainland Gays: It’s Not Over in the Aloha State
16. SA: Reject HB399,  Leave sex ed to DOE control
17. Broken Trust Figure Rockne Freitas nominated to be UH West Oahu chancellor
18. Hawaii House passes watered-down shield law
19. Legislators Suck Up to Celebs
20. Hawaii lawmakers explore more tax breaks for films
21. Obama Early Education Scheme Echoes Abercrombie
22. KHON: Security breaches by public agencies
23. Feds Bust Alleged Online Bookie, Lawyer Hints at Release of Client List
24. Eco-Faddist Caught in Lie -- Claims She Isn’t Trying to Destroy Fishing Industry
25. 2 bills would rid sidewalks of tents

1. HART Becomes Nervous After Arrest of Rail Contractor CEO
2. Audit: DoE Burns $150M/year on Construction and Maintenance, Tosses Records in Trash
3. Audit: Teachers Stealing Cash Fees Collected at Adult Schools
4. Historic Preservation Division Offers Feds a Laundry List of Excuses
5. Antolini vs Callies: Moon Court Favored Public Participation, not Environmentalists
6. Beverage Tax Heads to Senate Ways and Means Committee
7. For the First Time Satellite Tracking Used to Knock Down Missile
8. Jones Act shackles Puerto Rico; No Jones Act frees Jamaica to grow its economy
9. What’s Wrong with Pay for Performance?
10. Crooks, Cronies among donors to Caldwell's transition committee
11. Ethics agenda: Mayor Caldwell's donor fund
12. Senate Panel Mandates HGEA, UPW Control, Advances bill that would allow hospital takeover
13. State's pension fund falls short $8.4 billion
14. Anti-rail group will appeal federal court decision
15. Soda Tax: Government is not a substitute for responsible parenting
16. HB399: Mandate New Gay Sex Education Curriculum in DoE
17. BoE Agenda Tuesday, February 19, 2013
18. Hawaii Senate committee pushes forward wage hike
19. Higher Ed Committees Come Down Hard on UH
20. PLDC Stain Spreads to Other Abercrombie Initiatives
21. Lanai wind farm opponents take their case to lawmakers
22. GM Labeling Bill Facilitates Fear Mongers
23. Star Adv: Lack of Gay Marriage Will Destroy Tourism Industry LOL!
24. Pupus and Politics: It's That Time of Year at the Hawaii Capitol
25. Crackdown on local vendors
26. Pflueger Cheated on Taxes to Pay for Kaloko Manslaughter Defense, Los Angeles CPA testifies
27. SB358: Post Adult Care Home Inspection Reports Online
28. Ethics controversy a standoff between current and former ethics directors
29. Jeff Stone Development Scheme Causes Anger in Aina Haina
30. Worst roads: State embarks on projects to resurface highways and freeways
31. HB66: Don’t Release DUI Suspects Until Sober
32. Star-Adv: Obama's goals match Hawaii's

1. UHERO: Solar Tax Credits Could Cost $1.4B
2. Grassroots Training for Hawaii Conservatives--Sign Up Here
3. Full Text: State of the Union Address
4. Full Text: Sen. Marco Rubio Response to State of the Union
5. Electric Rates Punish EVs
6. Green: Soda tax is ‘the right thing to do’
7. Star-Adv: $92M -- Cafeteria improvements long overdue
8. Commercial Beach Ban Kills Non-Profit Events
9. Are Hawaii Lawmakers Protecting A Lobbyist From the Ethics Code?
10. University Officials Find It Hard to Break Habit of Secrecy
11. Telescope: Sovereignty Activists Organize Circus, Demand Rent Money
12. Abandon Democracy to Fill Potholes?
13. Landlord may levy excise tax if bill is a business expense
14. Pflueger’s financial problems cited in his tax evasion trial
15. Student surveys can help evaluate teacher effectiveness
16. Don't let at-risk youth slip between the cracks
17. 9-Year-Old Jessica Lunsford - Murdered By a Repeat Sex Offender - Inspires Lawmakers in Hawaii to Introduce Tougher Legislation
18. Bill Legalizing Marijuana in Hawaii Dead For Session
19. Hawaii Lawmakers Consider Tougher Penalties for Soliciting Child Prostitutes
20. HB343: Bill clarifies gambling laws to cover 'sweepstakes' machines
21. HB533: Fly Homeless Back to Mainland

1. HFF: What's Happening at the Legislature
2. Hawaii Teacher Absenteeism 2nd-Worst in USA
3. Hawaii Teacher Absenteeism: How Did Your School Do?
4. RTTT: Hawaii DoE Wins Partial Removal of 'High Risk' Status
5. Ethics: Charter School Employee Fined $10K
6. Gallup: Alaska, Hawaii Follow D.C. in Highest Gov't Employment
7. Selection Committee Releases Names of UH Regent Nominees
8. Bishop Silva Reacts to Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI
9. NYT Editorial: Steven Tyler Act 'Boneheaded'
10. Seismic Activity May Indicate North Korean Nuclear Test
11. Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted February 11, 2013
12. Legalization of gay marriage appears stalled for session
13. Limp: Mainland Gays Miffed at Failure to Penetrate Legislature
14. Senators Question Use of Taxes as Behavior Modification
15. Senate committee approves soda fee
16. House, Senate Committees Vote for Repeal of PLDC
17. House Takes Lead On Gov’s Bill To Develop School Lands
18. OHA Pitch to US Congress: Not One Word About the Akaka Bill
19. Abercrombie administration relying on threats rather than persuasion?
20. HSTA Teacher; All Hawaii’s Education Problems Created by Evaluations
21. Hirono: Military cuts could affect Hawaii tourism
22. Department of Defense Announces Nomination of 4 Star General to Head Pacific Command
23. Hearing Scheduled For Casino, Shipboard Gaming Bills
24. State pension fund rises to $11.9 billion
25. Luddites Target Seed Industry Water Supplies
26. Goodfellow Bros. cutting 100 jobs after Hawaii agency shoots down Maui mega-mall
27. Genshiro Kawamoto’s derelict properties trigger new legislation
28. State lets tow firm off the hook in fraud claims

1. 292 Candidates Register for Honolulu Neighborhood Board Elections—Deadline Friday
2. The First Amendment Is a Sweet Emotion
3. Chief Justice Delivers State of Judiciary through Social Media and Releases Strategic Plan
4. Gun Control? Hawaii Does Not Comply With Existing Background Checks
5. Mainland Gays Lobby Legislature to Change Family Structure
6. Soda Tax to Steal $37M from Local Consumers
7. Audit: School Cafeteria Staffing Based on 48-year old Formula
8. Hawaii Fishermen in Uproar About Cascade of Environmental Protections
9. TMT hearing set for Tuesday
10. LUC converts one third of Grove Farm lands into IAL
11. SB693: Install Red Light Traffic Cameras
12. HB980: Ban Use Of Electronic Mobile Devices In Cars
13. SA: Use audit to find DMV's problems
14. Neighborhood Commissioner Fined $57K for Hoarding, Illegal Dumping

1. Bribery, Blackmail: Louie, Coppa Secretly Recorded Offering to Trade Away Investigation, Buy Silence from DHHL Exec
2. Caldwell Announces Mattson's Cabinet Picks
3. Sen Thielen’s PLDC Repeal Bill Gutted and Replaced With ‘Recreational Renaissance’
4. Just Which Programs To Cut?
5. Legislature Blowing Chance to Save HHSC from Complete Collapse
6. How HMC Collapse Claimed One Life—And How Health Exchange Will Claim More
7. HSTA: Preschool Voucher bill a threat to public schools
8. Abercrombie at PLDC Hearing: There’s Gold in Them Thar Schools!
9. ‘PBF Fees’ on Your Electric Bill to be Tapped to Pay for ‘On Bill Financing’
10. Hawaii legislative preview: Marijuana, human trafficking, sugary drinks, PLDC all agenda
11. Lawmakers dig into privacy, money matters and poop
12. HB673: Walter Ritte Wants Some Money, So House Votes to Squeeze Agriculture, Tourism
13. Steve Case: Hawaii's tech land baron
14. Killer Gets Five Years after ‘Slipping’
15. DLNR May Lift Ban on Kealakekua Kayak Rentals Soon
16. Zoo Must Continue Working to Keep Accreditation
17. Israeli surfers rescue 8 drowning children in Hawaii

1. Broken Trust Partners Abercrombie and Levinson Demand Legislature Invent Gay 'Marriage' Now
2. Audit: UH Skips 'Annual' Employee Evaluations for 15 Years
3. Suckers: HTA Maneuvered into Supporting Tax Hike On its Own Industry
4. SLAPP, Love, and Retaliation: Kauai County Attorney Nominee in Court
5. Grassroot Perspective Podcast: Obesity, the Soda Tax, and the Nanny-State
6. Lawmakers poised to renege on tax promises
7. Report: Hawai‘i trails Far behind other states in Medicare benefits
8. SB1085: Abercrombie Full Court Press for Soda Tax
9. Senate Committee Kills Teachers’ Labor Board Bill
10. ‘Occupy’ Teams Up with Quack to Fight Geothermal
11. HB642: Hawaii lawmaker backs off bill to create a sports task force
12. PLDC Bills Being Heard Saturday
13. HS Students: Don’t Legalize Marijuana
14. Carpenters Cash Continues to Flow to PRP 
15. Sen. Hee Wants to Limit Tyler Act’s Scope
16. Senator Tries, Fails to Regulate Airfares
17. LA Gun Control Nut on Killing Spree Cheered by Progressives

1. North Korea Prepares to Launch Mobile Missile Able to Reach Hawaii
2. S&P Downgrade Causes HART-Burn: "Less Confident" Buyer will be Found for Ansaldo
3. HB497: Extends Solar Tax Credit Giveaway for a Few More Years
4. Keeping involved with Hawaii law-making
5. Legislators Study Mandatory Long Term Care Insurance Plan
6. SB639: Big Pharma Opposes Control of Meth Precursor
7. UHERO: Bag Tax and Conveyance Tax Have Downside
8. Hanabusa Left out as Maui County Gets Federal 'Smart Growth' Funding
9. OHA Gravy Train: 148 Non-profits Seek $36M Grant Money
10. PEW: Hawaii Elections Performance Index Ranks 44th
11. Governor Appoints Max Otani Deputy Director of Corrections
12. EPA Releases State Enforcement Performance Information and Comparative Maps
13. Abercrombie Kicking Democrats Out of Office to Re-launch Gubernatorial campaign
14. Molokai Big Wind Deal Falls Apart, Ritte Upset
15. Sovereignty Group Tied to Child Torture Tries to Take Over State Archives, Iolani Palace (Again)
16. HHSC Privatization Bills Proceed over HGEA Objections
17. Radcliffe: Prisoners Don’t Want to leave Arizona Prison
18. Richard Kelley: State wants to raise tax on visitors — what would George Mason say?
19. Army grids for $175M in isle cuts
20. Gay Marriage Debate Headed to Honolulu Hale
21. Honolulu Rail Authority: Archeological Survey Mandated by Court is Done Ahead of Schedule
22. SB484: Motorcycle helmet Law
23. Lines spur call for licensing office audit
24. Tesoro isn’t Even Closed Yet, But Gas Prices Already Rising
25. HB1363: Solar Scammers Blow Chance at Condos
26. Preventative Medicine? DoH Drags heels on Supervision of Meth Precursors
27. Hawaii Health Connector Reports to Legislature
28. Hawaii Teachers Union Asks Legislature To Force Labor Board’s Hand
29. Legislators Hijack anti-GMO Bill as Protectionist Move
30. Alleged ‘Stars’, B-List Has-Beens, Demand Censorship
31. State says no smoking at public housing
32. Suicide Squad Pushes Agenda in Hawaii, Other States
33. Rep. McDermott addresses HB901 - Relating to Solid Waste
34. Cheape: Labeling of Imported GMO Whole Produce a Good Compromise
35. Hawaii to Host International VEX Tournament This Month
36. Celebrating 40 Years As A Free Man

1. NRA: Deeply Flawed Hawaii Mental Health Bill to be Heard Friday
2. World Economic Forum: Reform Jones Act to Grow Economy
3. Dojo Mystic Ousted From City Administration
4. Keaau K-8: Nearly 1,000 students assigned digital devices
5. SB465 “Tramples on First Amendment”
6. Public Charter School Commission names director
7. Geothermal development proposal prompts behind-the-scenes flap at OHA
8. Legislator Demands Answers from DoTax
9. Mainland Gay Activists Wave Money Around—Can $2M Buy Gay ’Marriage’?
10. Movers, Shakers Give Big To Gov's Re-Election, But Labor Support Soft
11. DHHL nod withstands accusation
12. Sugary drink tax draws mixed response
13. HSTA Shills Demand Poor Hand Over $1B in GE Tax Hike: Claim DoE Has ‘Cut Every Ounce of Fat’ from Budget
14. Legislature Hears Bills to Clean Up School Bus Contract Waste
15. HSTA Angered by its Inability to Stack Teacher Evaluation Commission
16. HSTA Tax Hike Signwave at Capitol
17. Hawaii State Library Website Back Up After Forgetting to Renew Internet Domain
18. Unfunded Liabilities are Putting Hawaii Taxpayers in Dire Financial State
19. Counties Demand Cut of Abercrombie’s TAT Hike
20. College of Pharmacy could be in danger of losing accreditation
21. UH Vendors Go Unpaid for 120 Days
22. Star-Adv: Anti-paparazzi bill goes too far
23. Kaiser: Closing Urgent Care Facility Means Better Care
24. Greenwood Confused About Which Telescope
25. High Utility Bills Drive Restaurant out of Business
26. Electric Car Charging Station Builder Collects Stimulus Funds, Walks Away Laughing
27. Politically Connected Developer hopes to open Kakaako amusement park before start of summer
28. Rep. Thielen addresses HB154 relating to industrial hemp
29. Bills Moving Forward Provide Neighbor Islanders With Better Access to Hawaii Legislature
30. Enviros Seek Bill to Ban Uhu Fishing, $10,000 Fine

1. Abercrombie Unveils Early Childhood Action Strategy
2. Caldwell's Secret group to disclose its Secret donors
3. IRS Police Leading Investigation of alleged DoTax Criminals
4. Poll: Hanabusa 42% - Abercrombie 35%
5. GE Tax Hike Passes First Hurdle
6. Hawaii School Board Scrutinizes High Teacher Sick Leave, Turnover Rates
7. Hawaii Ed Department's Food Service Problems Mirror School Bus Woes
8. Hawaii state library website and services down—apparently no one renewed the domain registration
9. Encampments must be removed
10. Abercrombie’s Latest DHHL Pick Called ‘Divisive’
11. Homosexual Child Molester gets 5 Years
12. Internet Gambling Corporation: Bill Introduced in Hawaii Senate
13. Legislators Rush to hand out Money to Solar Scammers
14. Public Utility Commission orders on-bill program to finance clean energy
15. Hawaii lawmakers investigate university tuition
16. Abercrombie to Pick 3 New UH Regents
17. On second thought, construction of $300M telescope atop Maui's Haleakala is under way
18. Expedia 4Q profit plunges After Hawaii Loots Company
19. Rep. Aaron Ling Johanson addresses HB916 – Minimum Hourly Wage
20. Better Government – Minority Caucus Package 2013
21. Usual Suspects, Usual BS: Gay ‘Marriage’ Will Make You Rich, Rich, Rich!
22. New Study: Hawaii drivers spending less time in traffic
23. 43% of Hawaii Roads ‘Degraded’
24. Act 221 Scammers to Host Transportation Forum
25. HR6, HCR3--Pot Heads Push for ‘Industrial Hemp’

1. Gallup: Hawaii Ranks Third in 'Economic Confidence'
2. Gun Buyback Bill Re-Scheduled to be Heard in Senate Committee this Thursday
3. Secret Donors fund Secret high-level assistant for mayor
4. Homosexual Rape Gang May Have Claimed 35 Victims at Blind-Deaf School
5. Solar Scammers Resigned to Reduced Tax Credits, Focus on On-Bill Financing
6. 25% Pay Hike: Method of legislative raises is 'ingenious political move'
7. Solomon Reneges on Repeal PLDC Bill
8. DoE, Dela Cruz, Tokuda Challenge Governor’s Plan to Develop School Lands
9. HSTA Teacher, Boycott Standardized Testing
10. Hawaii Teachers Talk Strike
11. Senate President: 'Bloated' Bureaucracy at University of Hawaii is Making Tuition Unaffordable
12. Hawaii lawmakers mull over unfunded liabilities
13. Plan now for future of long-term care
14. Lawmakers Say no to Ethics Again and Again
15. Legislators: Gambling Has no Chance this Year
16. Fire Department Buys Faulty Defibrillators, Covers it up – 2 Dead
17. 83% Higher in Hawaii -- Adding up the cost of incarceration
18. Outreach finds rental units for the chronically homeless
19. Consumer education, Not Taxes: How to encourage healthier choices
20. North Korea 'preparing for two nuclear tests'
21. Feds launch criminal probe into landfill runoff
22. Bill aims to label all genetically modified food
23. Hawaii Home Prices up 12.5%--5^th fastest increase in USA 

1. Watershed Plan: Abercrombie Executive Order Allows Logging of Dead Trees
2. Hawaii Mayors Back Gun Ban
3. Abercrombie’s TAT Head Fake Wins Acceptance of Proposal to make 9.25% Rate Permanent
4. Legislature rules for public notice already getting sidestepped
5. Put Adult Care Home Records Online?
6. IAL: Grove Farms Threatens to Expel Ranchers in Favor of Biofuel and Property Development
7. Don't be surprised if both refineries close, experts say
8. Record tourism numbers, but not in all respects
9. House Ag Committee considers GMO, taro legislation
10. SB768 Internet Gaming Bill
11. Bill would raise waste surcharges in Hawaii
12. Annual St. Patrick’s Day fundraiser for the Paniolo Preservation Society
13. How to Honor Choombama

1. DoTax Employees Secretly Arrested, Fired
2. 236 Candidates Register for Honolulu Neighborhood Board Elections—Deadline Feb 15
3. Banner CMO to Meet HHSC MDs, Staff
4. Jacking Up the Heat in Tax and Fee Hell
5. Minimum Wage Increase Could Put People Out of Work 
6. Sources: Schatz Not Doing His Job, Delegation Splintered
7. Shield or Cape? Evil twin replaces flaming liberal in Hawaii governor’s mansion
8. Cost of Delays $500K/Month: Construction of telescope ‘in limbo’ due to appeal process
9. The “New” Public Land Development Corporation
10. HB1249: HCDA to Grab Control of Hilo’s Banyan Drive Hotels?
11. Kalealoa: Ordy Pont to Be Transferred to HCDA?
12. Star-Adv: We Have a Right to Force a New Family Structure on Society
13. List of Gun Bills Before Legisature
14. Hemp, tuition and food on lawmakers' agenda
15. Bag Tax Just a Money Grab
16. HSTA Signwave at Capitol
17. Implement 'restorative justice' in schools
18. Many Hawaii residents lack means to pay for nursing care, report finds

1. Caldwell Secretly Appoints ‘Chief of Staff’--Convicted Criminal Harry Mattson
2. New York Fed Recommends Jones Act exemption for Puerto Rico
3. Nobriga vs DHHL: Some Days You Get the Bull
4. Celebrity Incentive To Move To Hawaii: We'll Give You An "Inoffensive" Space
5. HB1357 / SB1343 Limit Development to Freeway Capacity
6. Energy Secretary Steven Chu resigns; led green energy push
7. Te’o Hoaxer Was Turned Gay by Child Molester
8. $5M Settlement in Homosexual Rape Gang case at DoE Blind-Deaf School
9. State IT Upgrade tied to DoTax Arrests
10. Star-Adv: House Judiciary Committee Weakens Shield Law
11. Hawaii Preschool Initiative Passes Committee Votes
12. Fake Marijuana Legalization Bill Vote Postponed
13. Activists Continue Push for Sovereignty Movement Training Center at Kulani Prison
14. After 42 Arrests in 11 years, Kapa‘a man finally sentenced
15. Liquor Commission Pretends to Investigate after Pro-Bowl Incident, Shooting
16. Advertising on Police Tape? Civil Beat Falls for Bogus Occupy Story
17. Bill would affect future UH athletic contracts
18. Blood in Water: Anti-Superferry Hypocrites Slice Whale Open With Propeller
19. Big Island Braces for Tourism Decline
20. Hilo sort station diversion rate falls short of promises

1. Feds Release RTTT Report: "We will continue to work closely with Hawaii"
2. Hawaii Charter School Law Improves from 35th to 14th in Nation
3. Rep. McDermott: after nine years of development, new principal evaluation process still flunks
4. Lanai to PUC: Murdock's Wind Waiver No Longer Valid
5. Breaking Down The Tesoro Refinery Closure
6. Honolulu at the Bottom of Top 300 Cities
7. LINK: Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection Posts Hearings on Facebook
8. IRS: Cheapest Obamacare Plan Will Be $20,000 Per Family
9. Gay Activists: Hawaii ‘Marriage’ Push May Backfire
10. Gabbard: Marriage is the Cornerstone of Civilization
11. Primaries: Hanabusa Still Considering Her Options
12. Paying for Play: Donors Give Abercrombie $2M
13. New Order: Committee Chairman Rejected 6-4 on Bill Sponsored by Majority Leader
14. Idiot Rhoads Drops Effort to Gut First Amendment
15. Abercrombie administration appears to be leading attack on journalist shield law
16. Former Cocaine Dealer Seeks Senate Ban on Candid Media Photos, Videos
17. Rhoads Protects Lobbyists from Scrutiny
18. Don't overrate student feedback
19. State Denies Counties Ticket Money Again
20. Group asks Hawaii regulators to revoke waiver for Lanai wind farm
21. Homelessness Industry Invades Chinatown
22. Law Will Prohibit Homeless from Sleeping on Bus Stop Benches
23. Bus Cuts?  Riders wait for mayor to fulfill promise
24. Public housing, fancy cars: lawmaker proposes crackdown

1. Tax Cut or Minimum Wage Hike? Hawaii 4th-Highest Taxes for Low Income Residents
2. Hawaii: Attempt to Repeal Protections for NRA Instructors Fails
3. Would a Jones Act exemption lower the cost of electricity in Hawaii?
4. FrackNation TV Debut: Debunks Anti-Natural Gas Hysteria
5. DoTax Employees Secretly Arrested, Fired
6. Another PLDC: Bill on park and harbor development passes initial hurdle
7. Hawaii School Voucher Program Passes Senate 24-1
8. Bills would clip powers of UH board, president
9. E-W Center Could Lose 51% of Budget
10. Abercrombie's budget does not require more tourism revenue, he says,but he wants discussion (In order to make extension more palatable)
11. Kaiser Nurse layoffs could hurt care
12. State to Pay $550K Settlement over Sovereignty Activist Torturing Children
13. Gay Domestic Violence: Ex-49er Arrested After Fight over Soy Sauce and Underwear
14. NOAA Covers for Anti-Superferry Whale Watch Tour Operators After they Viciously Attack Whales
15. Hypocrites: Feminist HQ, UH Manoa, Underpays Female Researcher
16. Pothead Legalization Bill HB699 to Be Heard Friday Feb 1
17. Bill would allow higher rates when water low
18. Former Kauai Deputy prosecutor accuses county attorney of trading settlement for wife’s job
19. Maui News Publisher Pleads Not Guilty
20. Scheme to Take over Hawaiian Electric Falls Apart
21. How Much Did Marth Score from Gullible Hawaii ‘Investors’

1. HHSC Exec: Hospitals "Being Pushed to Brink of Collapse"
2. Hawaii Gun Buyback Bill Scheduled to be Heard This Week
3. Must Read: Leading Activist Apologizes For Starting Anti-GMO Movement
4. Teo Hoax Created by Homosexual Pretending to be Female
5. Sen Donna Mercado Kim Endorses Abercrombie’s Big Fat TAT Tax Hike
6. High Electric Rates: They can use Candles
7. Alm: Inouye Wanted Jones Act Waiver for LNG
8. HSTA Focuses on Student Evaluations in Effort to Kill All Evaluations
9. Complete Rundown on Gambling Bills, Including SB124 the Gambling Shell Bill
10. Star-Adv on Bags: Taxes & Fines-- the Peasants will Learn to Live with it
11. Foster care bills ask for increased reimbursement for caregivers, extending age for foster children
12. HB426: Dozens Testify Against Measure to Eliminate Liability Protection for Gun Safety Training
13. Enviros Crushed by Support for Fishermen
14. Aquarium fish collecting bill deferred indefinitely
15. Increasing Tip Credit Would Raise Wages in Hawaii Restaurant Industry
16. Hawaii couple behind 'Super Bowl of Cockfighting' sentenced to prison
17. Students, teachers, parents rally for Hawaiian language tests
18. Mafia First Wind Fences Off 10 acres Calls It License to Keep Killing Lots of Birds
19. State taking a proactive approach to possible Boeing strike

1. $59.8M Vanishes as State, HECO Reach Agreement
2. Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted January 28, 2013
3. HECO to Pay H-Power 21 Cents Per KWH
4. HECO Lifts Limits on Solar Installations
5. The Empire Strikes Back: Reaction To UH Lawprof's Study Of Success Rates In Hawaii Supreme Court Cases
6. HHSC: Hospitals face ‘painful choices’, 33% May Close
7. Mainland Gays Deploy Fake Hawaii Poll, Claim Majority for Gay Marriage
8. Lobbyists Complain: “All 51 lawmakers have to be Queried”
9. Bill: Homeless Tent City to be Set Up in Parking Lot Near You
10. HSTA Teacher: Parents, Students to Blame for My Failure 
11. House Republicans Not Unified Against Tax Hikes
12. First Gun Control Bill to be Heard Today
13. Enviros: Conveyance Tax Hike Will Magically ‘Save’ Water
14. Governor banks on bag fee, tax to Magically ‘Save’ watershed
15. SB799 / SB 1223: Jessica’s Law for Hawaii
16. To Be Heard Today in Legislature
17. Legislators Seek to Benefit MMA Promoters at Expense of Fighters
18. Political Connections Pay Off: State Ag Development Corp. Gives Ho`opili Farmers First Shot at Large Chunk of Former Galbraith Land
19. HB1335 Would Ban Windfarms on Molokai, Lanai
20. Rockclimbers to Legislature: Please Save us from the Lawyers
21. State Movie Studio Pitches Wish List to Legislature

1. Survey: Honolulu 3rd Least Affordable Housing on Earth
2. Over 1000 March for Life in Honolulu
3. SB1319: Sen Chun Oakland falls for Bogus “Road Pollution Filter”
4. Gallup: Obama Job Approval Jumps 8.1% in Hawaii
5. Abercrombie Administration Assisted Acquitted Waianae Toilet Bomber
6. Tesoro Shutdown, Jones Act Will Drive Up Jet Fuel Prices, Hurt Tourism
7. Just the Beginning: Navy Plans Layoffs, Cuts Repair Work in Hawaii
8. How Dare You Let the People Vote! Gays Practice ‘Discipline’ on Democrats
9. Disclosure, Not Censorship is Answer to Citizens United
10. Smart Growth ideas will guide transit-oriented development
11. Eco-Lawyers Answer Callies
12. Mini-PLDC On Agenda Today
13. Election Commission: No Report on Election Failure, No Punishment for Nago
14. Kaiser Higher Rates, Fewer Nurses
15. Maui's Hopes to Turn Its Trash Into Energy Could Be Dashed by HECO
16. Nightclub Owner Arrested for Assaulting NFL Player, Has 6 Felonies
17. HB72 Deferred: Would Protect the 99% Against Harassment by ‘Occupy’ Lawyers
18. For Advocate: ‘Work of Dying’ Presents Uncomfortable Questions about Assisted Suicide

• SB1319: Sen Chun Oakland falls for Bogus “Road Pollution Filter”
• Gun Ban Would Destabilize Hawaii’s Ecosystem
• Planned Makaha Beach Park to be Ruined by Bridge Replacement?
• Hawaii’s Den of Thieves