1. Huntsman Drops Out of GOP Presidential Race, Endorses Romney
2. Life-Changing Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
3. Netra Halperin: Molester’s Former Underling Running for House, Demands Censorship
4. The Atheist Declaration of War on Hawaii Churches
5. Lingle looking for balance in Congressional delegation
6. Abercrombie’s $334M Power Grab
7. Calvin Say: “No New Taxes”
8. Jobs, Economy at Top of Fontaine’s Agenda
9. Boylan: Ethnicity Would Finally Work to Cayetano’s Advantage
10. Star-Adv Suggests Way to Attack Sidewalk Storage Law
11. Coffee: Decentralize DoE
12. Maui News: Who to Blame for RTTT Failure DoE/BoE/HSTA?
13. Hawaii Island Regional Science Olympiad
14. Police: Hawaii is Magnet for Sex Offenders
15. Instead of Waiting for Government, Volunteers Clear Kailua Canal
16. Star-Adv Uses Waianae Church Volunteers to Boost Abercrombie’s Appointed State Rep
17. ILind Highlights Margaret Willie Campaign for Hawaii Co Council
18. Thieving Doper Ordered to Pay Restitution to Medical Dope Dealer
19. American Samoa governor on Hawaii visit
20. Can We Bring Back 'Hog Cheese'?

1. Gingrich Registers for March 13 Hawaii GOP Caucuses
2. Colette Machado: Assisted Suicide Activists ‘Hoodwinking Our Culture’
3. Full Text AG Louie: Assisted Suicide Not Legal in Hawaii
4. Honolulu March for Life Jan 22
5. Hilo March for Life January 23
6. Supreme Court Finds Excuse to Keep East Maui Water Case Alive
7. Using Exemptions to Shift the Burden of Taxes
8. Killing Rail may be Solution for HGEA, UPW Budget Woes
9. After Failing to Save HMC, Legislature Finally Getting Around to Tapping Federal Funds to Raise Medicare/Medicaid Reimbursement
10. ERS seeks to stem pension spiking by public workers
11. Legislators Plan to Raid Rental Car Fund, Block Refill of Hurricane Fund, Rainy Day Fund
12. Tsutsui, Say: Gambling Not Likely to Pass Senate, House
13. Tsutsui: $500M in CIP and $200M OHA Settlement are Top Priorities
14. Kakaako Rail Line Burials: 300 Cultural Descendants and Counting
15. HART: 50% of Rail Contracts Signed, Construction is Well Under Way
16. Star-Adv: Sell Tesoro Refinery to BioFool Scammers
17. Lingle: If you want to be a good tourist destination, take care of your residents
18. Feds Say Senior Center Still Violating Grant Rules, Deadline in June
19. Hawaii Dead Last in School Maintenance Spending
20. Jonestown Followers ‘human beings with dreams’
21. Hearing set on lawsuit challenging corporate campaign disclosure requirements
22. Reapportionment: Discrimination against Military is Tough Task
23. Hiring Our Heroes Job Fair Jan 18
24. VIDEO: Dominic Yagong enters Hawaii County mayoral race
25. Hawaii County: Millions spent on garbage
26. At least 9 to run for KIUC board
27. Suit alleging MPD executed search warrant at wrong home
28. Monk Seal Remains from 1400s –1700s found on Maui
29. Residents Give Officials An Earful Over Conditions At Oneula Beach Park
30. Obama’s New Defense Plan: Is it right for a war weary America?
31. Luncheon to Raise Funds for Pregnancy Problem Center in Aiea

1. Coast Guard, Maui PD to Protect Molokai Cruise Ship
2. Hoku Still Battling over Unpaid Electric Bills as NASDAQ Prepares to Delist
3. Design and Management: $2.45M in CIP at Honolulu Airport
4. Governor Releases $14.2M in CIP Funds
5. Robbie Alm Decoupled: “Hawaii should convert to renewables no matter what” (price ratepayers must pay)
6. Star-Adv: Fake Test Scores Plus Fake Teacher Observations will Produce Real Pay Raises for HSTA
7. A few words from the wise offered to isle politicians
8. $140M in Loan Guarantees, and all Dante Carpenter can come up with is “Lingle equals Palin”
9. Counties Legislative Agenda: More Taxes, More Fees, Less Sunshine
10. Maui Chamber of Commerce: Calling for an environment where businesses can grow
11. Distraction Technique: Lawmakers propose delay to Unemployment Fund increase
12. Rail costs low-balled, consultant says
13. Mizuno Introduces Two Bills Requiring Drug Tests for Welfare – ACLU fights to keep Poor Doped Up
14. WSJ: More States Decide to ‘Buy Veteran’
15. NY Court Decision to become Tool for Hawaii Atheist
16. Prison Alternatives Team Up: Drug Court & HOPE
17. After Officers Killed in Farrington Hwy Accident, Push for Law Requiring Drivers to Give more Space
18. After Ousting Progressives, Charter School makes “Miraculous” Recovery
19. Viewpoint: Plastic bag ban should be revisited
20. Judge Rejects Complaint Against Kawaiahao Church
21. Usual Suspects Hijack ML King Day to Promote Socialism, Occupy
22. Under Pressure from Fanatics: Proposal Advances To Limit Fish Taken For Aquariums
23. Panetta's announcement renews military optimism in Hawaii
24. Fracking Offers New Geothermal Technology backed by Google
25. The Rise of the Charitable For-Profit Entity
26. Schofield Army troops head to Afghanistan

1. From Business Suits to Combat Boots
2. Caldwell: Rail is about "redesigning city around transit stations"
3. Political activities: What every Marine and DOD civilian should know
4. Rainbow papaya approved for Japan export
5. US Drops to 10th on Index of Economic Freedom
6. Teachers: Agreement is a Bum Deal, Lets Strike
7. Borreca: Tax Hikes Again at top of Legislative Agenda
8. Top Priority: Businesses faced with Another Massive Unemployment Tax Hike
9. Reapportionment Commission to Consider How Much to Discriminate Against Military Personnel, African-Americans
10. Hirono Rejects Hawaii Agriculture—Backs Luddites’ Call for GMO Labeling
11. Mandatory Coverage, Limited Benefits: Legislature May Consider Commanding All Workers to Buy Long Term Care Insurance
12. ACLU files amicus brief on right of Atheists to videotape police
13. Invasive Species: Plastic Bag Tax to Create DLNR Make-Work Jobs
14. Always Eager to Raise Electricity Prices, Omidyar’s Civil Beat Endorses HECO Propaganda Campaign
15. Stand all the Way Downtown: Rail Jacks Up Capacity by Cutting Out Seats
16. Caldwell Looks for Same Supporters he Received in 2010
17. Iolani Palace Protesters Get Their Day In Court
18. 'Wildlife overload' on Midway shows the results of restoration
19. Legislation to fight ID theft could cost businesses millions
20. Journalists group seeks applicants for internships
21. LPGA scouts Oahu for second tour stop
22. State Has $1 Million Plan For Overdue Elevator Safety Inspections
23. Debris piles up in Hawaii Kai
24. Water Board appoints new manager
25. Ed Case Unveils Economic Program
26. Hawaii conference will focus on impact investing
27. Obama Whines About Shaking Hands with Troops in Iraq

1. Hawaii County SHOPO Endorses Lingle
2. Full Text: HSTA Synopsis of Contract
3. $30,000 Reward in Monk Seal Killings
4. TPM: Hawaii Kai Lesbian B&B Suit Part of Larger Effort to Quash Religious Freedom
5. U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor to visit UH Richardson Law School
6. California company lobbies lawmakers for online gambling
7. Hawaii taxes have yet to meet projected revenue forecasts
8. Star-Adv: Senate Should Focus on Raising Taxes
9. Not Worth It: Hirono's Senate campaign raises piddling $624,000 in three months
10. Reapportionment Puts Candidate Filings On Hold
11. Senators Angered by Difficulty in Receiving Bribes from Lobbyists
12. Experts Give Kudos To Proposed Charter School System Overhaul
13. DoE Officials Head for DC to Beg for RTTT Money
14. Vilsack: Military Budget Can be Substitute for Biofool Tax Credits
15. Local Oil Expert Questions Hawaii’s Renewable Energy Market
16. HECO Concerned that Slight Drop in Utility Bills Will Affect Ability to Stampede Legislature
17. 2011 law has lenders opting to foreclose in court
18. Open Records Agency Proposes Changes To Hawaii Sunshine Law
19. Fight Over Waimanalo Gulch Landfill Brewing
20. Hee, Prevedouros Step Aside to make Way for Cayetano Mayoral Run
21. Caldwell to formally announce candidacy for Honolulu mayor
22. Democrat Margaret Wille to run for District 9 County Council seat
23. County fires four workers over election scandal
24. CARLISLE TO ATTEND U.S. CONFERENCE OF MAYORS
25. Abercrombie Crony pushes NAACP to pull King dinner from boycotted Hyatt
26. Stolen Motorcycles: Twins Ran Chop-Shop for 3 years, Get Probation
27. DBEDT, Budget and Finance to be Kicked out of No. 1 Capitol District Building
28. Improve society to help beat cancer, experts say
29. Recktenwald, Foley Kick Off Justice Briefings
30. Adm. Patrick Walsh to retire as U.S. Pacific Fleet head
31. Young Brothers selling two barges to Canadian firm
32. China, India to jump forward with Hawaii telescope
33. Growers to send "Rainbow" papayas to Japan

1. Romney, Paul, Huntsman: Complete New Hampshire Primary Results
2. Tesoro to Sell Hawaii Refinery, Gas Stations
3. House Republican Caucus Proposes Veterans Preference in State Contracting
4. City Brings Backhoe, Removes Homeless’ Trash, Sex Toys, Drug Paraphernalia from Sidewalks
5. Lingle says, if elected, state will be heard in Washington
6. Adopt Census’ ‘permanent resident’ term for districting
7. Deputy Superintendent: Large District Slows Race to the Top Progress
8. Slom: Republicans Excited about Cayetano Run
9. School Impact Fees Could Hurt Rail Project
10. Renewable Energy Push Could Hurt Refineries
11. Hawaii Lawmakers To Introduce Seven New Human Trafficking Bills
12. Steve Forbes to Headline Lingle Fundraiser
13. Ethics Boss Nixes Lobbyist Invites to Lawmakers
14. Shapiro: Chow Salary Secrecy Part of Larger Scheme to Boost Greenwood’s Pay
15. Stung by a critical review, Charter School education innovators hear a message of hope during their annual conference
16. Judiciary: Make Reporters' Shield Law Permanent
17. Inouye: An attack on Israel is an attack on US
18. Navy readies for Chinese power grab on shipping: U.S. boosts forces in Western Pacific
19. Arms Disposal Cos. End Secrets Row Over Hawaii Army Contract
20. Marines on Hawaii looking to turn mountains of trash into handful of ash
21. SA: Fireworks ban did bang-up job
22. Divorce Law in Hawaii
23. Safe Routes To School — Alternatives to School Busing?
24. Meth Pipe possession ‘cost’ officer his career — lawyer
25. Big Island puppy farm owners connected to Waimanalo animal cruelty case
26. Democrat Housel announces possible run for State House Dist 6 seat
27. Average Weekly Wage in Honolulu: $830
28. British Citizen Admits Making Child Pornography Videos

1. Abercrombie: HSTA Contract will help Save Race to The Top Grant
2. House Republican Caucus Proposes Veterans Preference in State Contracting
3. Tax hikes remain on table to offset the budget shortfalls invented by Abercrombie, CoR Tag Team
4. Abercrombie’s Budget Runs $927M Deficit over 6 years
5. $312M Shortfall in 2017--Abercrombie’s Bloated Budget
6. Tripler Trauma Center to Transfer Uninsured Trauma patients
7. $38.8M Rail Design Contract Goes to AECOM
8. Lingle: With Social Media, I can Bypass People Like Richard Borreca
9. Honolulu Begins Enforcing New Sidewalk Ban Against Homeless
10. Progressive Democrat Bart Dame Publishes Long-Winded Excuse for Disenfranchising Blacks, Military personnel
11. 10 Big Island couples apply for civil unions
12. Hanabusa to Hold Secret meeting With Military-Industrial Complex
13. Waihee Crony Heads Hawaii Democrat Communications
14. Mufi: I Identify with UPW, Look forward to taking their Desires to Washington
15. LWV Seeking Anti-Rail Candidates
16. Pilago Crony: I shake Down Developers too, so Vote for Me
17. SA: Re-pin Hawaii on golf world's map
18. Hoku Stalls Idaho Electric Shutoff Proceedings
19. Kauai Co Has 75 Unfilled Positions
20. Honolulu Airport Shuttle Prices Rile State Senator
21. Hilo, Micronesia USDA offices will be closed as part of an effort to cut costs
22. More Than $40,000 in Mo. Food Stamps Spent in Hawaii, Data Show

1. SHOPO Endorses Linda Lingle for Senate
2. Chicago Tribune: Yank Hawaii's Race To The Top Grant
3. Dr Alveda King, Duke Aiona, Colette Machado to Speak up for Religious Freedom
4. Heritage Foundation Youth Leader to Address Maui TEA Party January 12
5. DoH: Dramatic Reduction in Fireworks-Related Injuries
6. Wailuku Homeschool Leader: Does Rick Santorum have Right Idea?
7. Hawaiian Airlines Sets Record for Systemwide Traffic
8. OHA: If Obama is Reelected He Will Recognize Akaka Tribe Without Congressional Approval
9. Police union endorses Lingle; UPW endorses Hannemann
10. Lawmakers want to spend $500M on Whatever
11. 2 of 3 rail bidders lacked state license
12. HUD: Still no Answer on ORI
13. Just in Time for the Legislature, Media is Suddenly Full of Online Gambling Legalization News
14. Media Filled with Articles about Hirono’s DOA China Visa Bill
15. SA: Reform law to let lenders, borrowers settle homes fairly
16. City serves notice to homeless to remove items or lose them
17. Rep Chris Lee Renews Push for Plastic Bag Tax
18. Hawaii Credit Card Spending up 8.69% in 2011
19. Israel’s Peres meets with Inouye, US Senate delegation
20. Real ID Finally Comes to Hawaii
21. Report: Before HMC Debacle, Hawaii Had Shortage of Medical Personnel
22. Traffic deaths down last year versus 2010
23. Vilsack to Hype BioDiesel at Pearl Harbor This Week
24. Bette Midler: Honolulu Rail a Bad Idea
25. Shakedown: UH Professors to Host Panel on Monsanto
26. Addition to Makawao veterans cemetery in works
27. Pacific Aviation Museum in Pearl Harbor to hold symposium on Tuskegee Airmen

1. Monk Seals Dying in NW Hawaiian Isles Because of Fishing Ban
2. Unintended Consequences of Tapping the “Rich”
3. Lingle Campaign Launches Mobile App
4. FTA letter shows Rail financial plan remains Unacceptable to Feds
5. After Casting Sole Hawaii Vote Against South Korea Free Trade, Hirono Now pretends to Champion Tourism
6. State Needs Teacher Evaluations to Keep RTTT Funds
7. Military Families Demand DoD Set Up Schools in Hawaii
8. Study: Teacher Observations Most Effective Way To Evaluate
9. Emergency backup: The closing of 2 hospitals has Oahu ERs accepting more ambulances and urgent cases
10. SA: Homeless need a czar, not just a committee
11. SA Prints more Anti-Plastic Propaganda
12. Hawaiian Monk Seals Bludgeoned To Death
13. Solar Contractors Again Look to On Bill Financing
14. Luddites Gather at Legislature, scheme to Dispossess the People
15. OIP report Targets Kauai County information practices
16. Church of Crossroads Gives Award to Funder of Anti-Semites, 9-11 Conspiracy Movement
17. Hawaii Robotics teams kick off the 2012 season
18. Hawaiian Airlines inks deal with Orbitz
19. Isles rank No. 5 on list of top cruise destinations
20. Seminary grads led Hawaiian missions

1. HSTA Contract Too Little Too Late to Save RTTT?
2. Hawaii Supreme Court: Disenfranchise 121,494 Military, Dependents, Students
3. HELCO announces plans to expand geothermal energy on Hawaii Island
4. AFSCME Comes Out Against Pension Spiking
5. Hawaii Caucus Power: Gasoline from Pineapples?
6. Hawaii Legislative Races Cost Less than 1990s
7. HNN: Emergency rooms bursting at seams
8. Hawaii Ranks Last in Long Term Care Beds
9. Outdoor Circle makes bid to join lawsuit against rail
10. Council On Revenues Revises Hawaii's Economic Outlook Downward; New Forecast Will Impact State Budget
11. Strategy: City Begins Enforcement Of New Sidewalk Law
12. Heirakuji: Transition will not slow work on homelessness
13. SA: Keep close eye on geothermal funds
14. Hawaii Top Ten Polluters
15. Hawaii hotels 86% full; rates average $309 per room
16. Hawaii Wind-farms: Banks Laugh All the way to the Bank
17. Blackwater Fallujah lawsuit settled
18. Trial Date Set for Pflueger Kaloko Manslaughter Case
19. KEO provides 44 with permanent housing during 90-Day Plan
20. GGP Seeks to Refinance $1.3 Billion Loan on Ala Moana Mall
21. Land and Power: Case Family’s Nature Conservancy Grabs for Wet Forests, Reefs
22. Price of Pelosi: $61K
23. $34M for Kapolei National Guard Maintenance Shop
24. Strange Doings in East Oahu Cemetery
25. University of Hawaii Head Football Coach's Contract Secrecy Called "Orwellian"
26. Hawaii saw record-high gasoline prices in 2011
27. Kihei Woman selected for IRS Taxpayer Advisory Council
28. Police cameras going up on Big isle

1. Associated Builders and Contractors Endorses Linda Lingle for U.S. Senate
2. Atheist Extortion, Blackmail forced Marc Alexander to Resign
3. Abercrombie's Homeless Coordinator Suddenly Quits
4. HAWSCT: "Best Efforts" Are Not Good Enough In Reapportionment. But...
5. AARP Calls for Reform of Hawaii Long Term Care
6. Berg Proposes Measures to Remove Uninsured Motorists
7. ALEC Economist to Address Highlights and Lowlights of Hawaii Policies
8. Inouye’s Pirate Fishing Bill Cited as Example of Over-Criminalization
9. Presidents Bush, Clinton to Address Opening of 2012 Hawaii Robotics Season
10. Rail: Feds Demand More Local Taxes Before Committing Federal Funds
11. Honolulu to Feds: OK Rail Work Or Costs Rise $100M
12. After Abercrombie Presents Budget, CoR Suddenly Chops 3% off Projected growth Rate
13. Obama’s Military Cuts Already Being Felt in Hawaii
14. Abercrombie: Race to the Top Has Nothing to do with HSTA Contract
15. Liver Patients In Fear After Closure Of Hawaii Liver Center
16. 'Vog,' Volcanic Smog, Adds To Oahu Emergency Room Crowding
17. Honolulu Council May Try To Take Over Water Board
18. Civil Beat Influence Poll — Questionnaire, Toplines and Crosstab
19. Rolling the Hawaiians: OHA’s Namuo Will Work for Crook Waihee
20. Geothermal: Politicians Squabble over How to Divide Spoils
21. Hanabusa: Jeff Stone’s Pet Congresswoman Hopes to Stop Kneeling Before Wealthy
22. Case Holding $500/plate Fundraiser at Pacific Club
23. State Ag Department Supports Hoopili
24. DLIR Creating Positions
25. Savio rejects Hunt’s Iroquois Point Counteroffer
26. Company Positions itself to Profit from Anti-Plastic Hype
27. Wisconsin Homosexuals Allegedly Loot Veterans Fund to pay for Hawaii Vacation, One Accused of Child Enticement
28. Hawaii Lawyer Convicted as Homosexual Child Molester Denied Readmission to the DC Bar
29. 15% cap starting to slow PV growth in some areas
30. Maui Police Department computer analyst charged with impersonating officer, other crimes
31. Kona coffee farmers push for law requiring package labels to show origin of beans in blends
32. Hawaii Farmers Union recognized by national union
33. Court Interpreter Applicants Wanted for Orientation Workshop

1. Hawaii GOP Announces Presidential Caucus Polling Places
2. Reapportionment: Hawaii Supreme Court Rejects One Man-One Vote, Disenfranchises Blacks, Military Personnel
3. Gates Foundation: Hawaii has "no plans to develop real accountability standards for teacher education"
4. HTA Projects 3.8% Increase in Air Seats to Hawaii
5. Nominations for the Aloha Order of Merit Accepted through Jan. 31
6. Money: Senate Ways and Means Announces Budget Briefing Schedule
7. Marumoto: After Budget Cuts, Dep’t of Ag Gave Away Snake Sniffer Dogs
8. January 6 is Last Day to Comment on Federal Takeover of Hawaii Shorelines
9. Rep Pine Cheers Opening of Pearl City Urgent Care Center
10. Judge Marks: State Supreme Court Ruling Exposes Hawaii To Federal Lawsuit
11. Bob Jones: Hawaii Deserves to Lose Race to The Top, DoE Should Be Burned Down
12. Dela Cruz: Abercrombie Still Doing Nothing to Address Federal Race to the Top Issues
13. After School Bus Collusion Uncovered, DoE Issues Legislative Report Designed to Protect Bus Companies
14. Abercrombie Administration Seeks To Add $334.7 Million In Spending
15. Mazie ‘Pay-to-Play’ Hirono Now Pretends to Oppose Corporate Influence in Politics
16. After One Year in Congress, Hanabusa Emphasizes her Anti-Environmental Record, Republican Ties
17. Cayetano candidacy would open deeper debate on rail
18. OIP Releases Annual Report
19. Long-Term Care Commission to hold public hearing Friday
20. Water Latest Sticking Point for Hoopili
21. Hawaii bankruptcies fall in 2011 for first time in five years
22. Officials seek information on monk seal killing on Kauai
23. Keoki Kerr to join Hawaii News Now

1. Iowa: Romney Beats Santorum by Eight Votes
2. Carpenter, Case: Democrats Should Host Senate Forums Excluding Lingle
3. Tom Berg Announces Campaign for Reelection
4. OHA Ceded lands Settlement Designed to Give Trustees a Better View
5. Shapiro: Public confidence in rail suffers yet another blow
6. Poll: Only 35% of Hawaii Voters Think Delegation Represents Constituents
7. Berg Hires Patty Teruya
8. Could Hawaii's 2nd District Go From Most Liberal to Most Conservative?
9. Hawaii: 13 Gay Civil Unions, 69 more Authorized
10. SA: After HMC Debacle, Tripler Pulls Our Fat From Fire
11. Expansion of Geothermal plant to shave power cost on Big Isle
12. Opponents of wind projects opt to voice concerns through radio spots
13. Hoku Gets Another Week of Free Electricity, Idaho Power Steamed
14. Legislature to Bring Back Non-Judicial Foreclosures
15. GMOs: Honolulu Council is Last Bulwark Against Luddites
16. Police: Fireworks Citations Drop 87%
17. Charter Schools Push Back Against Legislative Critics
18. Developers Fail in Push to Loosen Maui’s ‘Show-Me-The-Water’ Rules
19. Yagong pushes for Hawaii County solid waste privatization
20. No federal funding for TMT, official says
21. DoE Owes Legislature Dozens of Reports Mandated in 2011
22. Stopping Oahu School Bus Service Would Save Millions
23. HECO Proposes On Bill Financing for Solar Water Heaters
24. Attorney Files $10B Harassment Suit against Tripler over “Reverse Oreo”
25. University of Hawaii Releases Norm Chow's Head Football Coaching Contract; Won't Disclose His Salary
26. Proposal for 25% of UH Faculty to be Native Hawaiian
27. Pacific Resource Partnership seeks to intervene in Honolulu rail lawsuit
28. “A Night of Hope” Friday, February 3 at Blaisdell Arena
29. Hunt Development Joins Missouri Memorial Assn
30. Enviros Seize Control of Corporations from Stockholders, Plan to Run them into Ground
31. Obama Admin Retaliates Against Immigration Agents Who Deny Visas

1. After Secret Selection Process, Abercrombie Names 1980s Old Boy Tom Okamura to Aiea House Seat
2. VIDEO: Lingle Campaign Focuses on Tourism Job Growth
3. Hawaii County Releasing Geothermal Working Group Report
4. Update: Hawaii's Civil Union Lawsuit Dismissed Due to No Cause of Action
5. National Media Already Looking at Hawaii GOP Caucus
6. Hawaii Republican Party changes caucuses in hopes of gaining more members
7. Star-Adv to DoE: Fudge the 180 Day Law instead of Using Failure to Demand Another $50M
8. Slater: Star-Adv Headline Just Plain Wrong
9. 2012: First Open Senate Race Since 1976
10. Plastic bag laws well-intended but cause more harm than good
11. Computer glitch delays getting civil unions applications
12. DoE Bus Contracting System Obscures Basis of Competition
13. Mainland –Style Group Seeks to Organize Hispanics
14. Grand Wailea: Free iPads for First 10 Gay Civil Unions
15. City Councilman Tom Berg to announce re-election plans
16. Redistricting Hawaii Co Council: Brittany Smart Not Seeking Another Council Term
17. State has created an online list that lets Homeowners compare rates from 14 Insurers
18. Office vacancies continue climb
19. Hybrid Owner Sues Honda For Low Gas Mileage
20. Florida Murder Suspect Changes Name, Gets Hawaii Drivers License
21. Ex-prisoner, held beyond jail term, asks for review of claims
22. Driverless trains reflect not just new technology but also rigid labour laws
23. DLIR Releases Hawaii Directory of "Green" Employers
24. Barack Obama and the Enemies Within

1. Panos Drops Out of 2012 Mayoral Campaign
2. Dinesh D’Souza to Address Heritage Foundation Honolulu Dinner
3. Meet the Profiteer Behind Hawaii Medical Marijuana Cards
4. PREL: Hawaiian Students Failing, So Give Us More Money
5. Post-HMC Desperation: Tripler to bolster state's trauma network
6. Legislative Commissioner: Stimulus Money Helped DoE Keep Bloated Bureaucracy
7. Civil Unions Give Couples 71 benefits and 290 rights under Hawaii Law
8. Boon for Tourism: Taiwan May Get Visa Waivers
9. DOE held on to $34.2M from 2010
10. Occupy Honolulu: KHON Should be Forced off the Air
11. Occupy Wall Street Protests Outside Pelosi’s Kona Resort
12. HFD: "No Significant Decline In Fireworks Related Calls"
13. Harassed over Dead Fish, PETCO Agrees to Stop Selling Hawaii Species in Local Stores
14. Surfing moves to wipe out drug cheats after death of the sport's triple world champion
15. Obama Leaving
16. Deedy Leaves Hawaii
17. Aurora Foundation Hosts New Years Eve Fundraiser on Kauai

1. Broken Trust Gang finally Imposes Gay Unions on Hawaii
2. Barrel Tax: When Can Taxpayers Believe What They Hear?
3. Hawai’i Free Press Editor to Address Pro-Life Group Jan 17
4. John Fund to Headline Smart Business Hawaii Conference Jan. 11
5. Hawaii March for Life Jan 22
6. Exclusive Hawaii Premiere: Battle for Brooklyn, Academy Award Contending Documentary About Eminent Domain
7. Hawaii Ct App Upholds Attorneys Fees For Eminent Domain Appeals
8. Cayetano to Run for Mayor?
9. Hawaii 2012: Pivotal Year Could Draw Record Political Spending
10. Star-Adv: Hawaii GOP sees March 13 caucus as recruiting opportunity
11. 200 Long Term Care Patients Left With No Place to go
12. Activists: Out-of State Gay Marriages Now Recognized in Hawaii
13. Judge Steven Alm's probation program brings change
14. New Law Requires Employers Make Accommodation for TRO Filings
15. Maoists, Anti-Semites Protest Outside Obama Vacation Hope
16. Snobs Suppress New Years Celebrations
17. Medical miracle
18. 'Lost Kingdom': How Hawaii became part of U.S.
19. Two Hawaii Ships On Most Endangered List
20. NYT: China's Shaky Economic Foundation

1. Mufi Hannemann and Ernie Martin Operative: Patty Teruya Forced out by Ethics Investigation
2. Hoku Can’t Pay Its Electric bill in Idaho, Freezing Temps May Destroy $390M plant
3. Update: Hawaii's Civil Union Law Greeted With Lawsuit, But No Injunction
4. DLNR Seeks Nominees for Forestry Committees
5. Abercrombie Releases $63.7M in CIP Funds
6. Full Text: PUC Annual Report
7. Abercrombie Running on Lingle’s Record
8. 2011: Dope, Taxes, and a Senate Without a Prayer
9. Visitor Spending Up 15 Percent This Year Through November
10. Gabbard Calls for Repeal of DOMA after being Targeted by Gays
11. Rod Tam begins jail sentence
12. Agent accused in fatal shooting can travel
13. 3rd Monk Seal Death not ‘suspicious’
14. Food truck crackdown spurs move to alter law
15. Protesters now occupy city sidewalk
16. Navy Captain Called Workers ‘Slackers” so Tripler faces $20 million racial discrimination lawsuit
17. Federal judge throws out Guam firing range lawsuit
18. Bringing Mainland Tribal Troubles to Hawaii
19. In first year, ignition interlock law called a success
20. 50,000 year old Moss found Growing In Hawaii

1. Obama Admin, Heritage Foundation Look Toward Consumer Incentives in Medicaid Reform
2. Hawaii has Nation's Highest Mortgage Balances, Payments
3. FTA: No Commitment on Federal Funds, Rail Demolition May Begin
4. State Senate to Censor Senators’ Online Comments
5. EPIC FAIL: None of DoE High Schools, only One Middle School Meets Requirements of 180-day law
6. Oral Arguments in Hawaii State Reapportionment Challenge Set for January 4
7. More Financial Troubles: Wahiawa General Had Been Prepared To Cut Jobs, Hours To Stay Afloat
8. HART Chair Carrie Okinaga's New Gig: First Hawaiian Lawyer
9. Hawaiian Electric blending news and advertising
10. Energy Efficiency? Hawaii Spends $117 per Capita and Reduces Electricity Usage only 1%
11. State-Run Superferry Bill Coming Back
12. A five-course meal at Honolulu's priciest restaurant after golf with his hooker-loving buddy
13. Hawaii churches fight civil unions law
14. Occupy protesters pushed out of Thomas Square
15. Occupy Hawaii Island Movement Plans Protest Near Pelosi's Posh Hawaiian Hotel
16. City Completes Survey of Thomas Park, Occupy is Camping in Park Illegally
17. Should property tax exemptions for Hawaiian Homes lessees be ended?
18. PBN Looks Towards 2012:
19. Will Obama Pay if Iraq Spirals?

1. Assisted suicide still a no-go in Aloha State
2. Berg Wins Backing for New Waianae Access Road Study
3. Full Text: US DoJ Memo Suddenly Legalizes In-State Online Gaming
4. Hawaii's Civil Union Law Greeted With Lawsuit
5. Lingle Ranked #2 in Construction Job Growth, Abercrombie Ranks #38
6. Under Lingle State Saved $20M in Electricity Costs, Abercrombie Claims Credit
7. Pali Momi, Wahiawa General: ‘Standing Room Only’
8. Republican National Committee Ted Liu vs Willes Lee
9. Organic Cultists Shocked: Aloun Farms Growing GMO Corn
10. Wanna-Be Hawaii Electric Vehicle Manufacturer Goes Bankrupt In Korea
11. Wasted In Hawaii Site Satires Obama Vacation
12. Hawaii Kai Realtor Fired for Challenging Gay Lords
13. Gays Demand Catholics Hand over Children
14. Put state on spending diet rather than impose soda tax
15. Rep Fontaine Leading Charge for Kihei High School Project
16. Hawaii loses 3,200 retail jobs in five years
17. Hawaii sheds 1,000 government jobs since 2006
18. DOE Substitutes Must Have College Degrees In 2012
19. SA: Plague of Frogs unless Fees hikes, positions created
20. Maui: 30 Eco-Faddists Protest Because Aquarium Fish Dies
21. Another Monk Seal Found Dead on Molokai
22. Hawaii teamsters endorse Mufi Hannemann for congress
23. Hawaii ranked tops for energy investment savings
24. Island seniors encouraged to weigh in on long-term care report
25. Obama nominates new chief of US Pacific Command
26. Amid Arlington Grave Issues, VA Says Punchbowl Review 'Not Necessary'
27. Hawaii Supreme Court to Convene in Kapolei to Hear Arguments Involving Marital Property Dispute
28. Stephens Media owner in deal to buy 16 papers from NY Times
29. MF Global chief missing $1.2B is financial adviser to EPA

1. Jihadi Wanna-be Names Names in New York and Hawaii
2. Organ Transplant, Bio-Fuel Tax Credits, Fee Increases may be Fast-Tracked by Legislature
3. Public Hearing on Leeward Oahu School Impact Fees
4. Island Democrats prepare to challenge “open primary” election law
5. Bankrupt Hospitals Now Say 500 Workers Laid Off
6. Excessive OT for Ambulance Workers Highlights Strain on Pension System
7. Hanabusa One Year Serving Campaign Donors
8. Website slams Obama's Hawaiian vacation
9. WSJ: HSTA Contract is Major Stumbling Block
10. Omidyar Site: If Bridge Aina Lea is Appealed, Higher Court Could Create New Precedent
11. Star-Adv Says Let the Criminals Run Free
12. Tax Credit Scammers: Solar is Married to tax Credits, Wind is Object of Derision
13. Fireworks: Snobs Take Fun out of New Years
14. Large part of Waikiki will be razed for Queen’s development
15. Hawaii Supreme Court Rules ‘Known or Obvious Danger’ Defense Not Viable
16. Hawaii Primary Late But Not Latest
17. Iannucci reflects on era of change at KPD
18. Another Homeless Camp Murder
19. Civil Unions Rev “Anticipating Kinks”

1. VIDEO: Charles Djou Christmas in Afghanistan
2. Every Honolulu Emergency Room Closed to Ambulances Thanks to HMC Debacle
3. State Releases 128 High Risk Repeat Offenders without Supervision
4. SA: Why is Abercrombie Rewarding School Bus Contractors with $25M While FBI Investigates Bid Rigging?
5. HGEA DoTAX Workers Cost HGEA $56.7M
6. Kailua MD: 'Medical industry' ran afoul when it adopted manufacturing ideas
7. Act 221 Scammers: When Big Wind Dies, all will be lost
8. UH Scrambles to Block Evaluation of UH Education School
9. Is Athletic Program under UH Control or UH-Manoa Control?
10. Federal agency gives $10.7M to isle homelessness efforts
11. 28 Families Awarded Homestead Leases on Maui
12. Energy Efficient Lighting Causes Cancer, Kills Birds, Turtles
13. Can Pro-Business Charity Pay For Rail Lawsuit?
14. Hawaii couples planning first civil unions for New Year’s Day 2012
15. Hawaii New Year's fireworks ban plays a different tune
16. Solyndra: Politics infused Obama energy programs

1. Big Wind, Big Cable: To Stampede Legislature, HECO Trumpets High Rates
2. Land Swap: City Hedges its Rail Bet
3. DoE, HSTA Begin Finger Pointing over Loss of Race to the Top Funds
4. Obama Admin: Hawaii DoE in Danger of Losing Funding
5. Advertiser suddenly Likes School Sports
6. Inouye Orders Obama to Come up With Micronesia Action Plan
7. Coast Guard enforcing Oahu security zone
8. Nuns describe what life was like for Mother Marianne Cope
9. CATO Institute: Ron Paul is Abhorrent

1. How Christmas Came to Hawaii
2. In Hoc Anno Domini: So the light came into the world
3. View Back Provides Valuable Insights
4. HB 608: Legislators Could Have Saved HMC Organ Transplant Center Last Year—Bill Was Killed at Last Minute
5. After Lowering Tax Revenue Estimates, Rail Now Claims to Exceed
6. Honolulu Rail Costs $7,600 Per Person
7. Con artists could take advantage of New Mortgage Refinancing Program
8. Aloha Stadium Security Somehow Misses ATM Theft in Broad Daylight
9. Pelosi Slips Quietly into Big Island Resort
10. Hawaii Had Internet First, Blew It
11. Chinese Government Propaganda Reporter to Edit Kauai Garden Isle
12. Global Warmers Cry Because They Can No Longer Blame Everything on Global Warming
13. After Obama Withdraws Troops, Iraq PM Warns of ‘Rivers of Blood’

1. How Christmas Came to Hawaii
2. Europe Non-Stop to Hawaii: Airlines cleared to use Santa's short-cut
3. Fed Once-Secret Central Pacific Bank Loan Data Released to Public
4. Malulani Foundation Continues Push for New Hospital in Kihei
5. DLNR, Ritte Accuse Molokai Residents of Killing Monk Seals
6. Chief Justice Recktenwald Appoints DesJardins as District Court Judge on Maui
7. Hirono, Hanabusa Vote Against One Year Extension of Payroll Tax Cut
8. ‘Green’ Energy: HECO Launches Propaganda Blasts Designed to Stampede Legislature
9. X-Mas Present: Abercrombie Administration Approves Another Insurance Rate Hike
10. Kam Schools Spent $106M on DoE Programs
11. Hilo: School Janitor Allegedly Phone in Threats
12. Snakes, Coqui Deployed in Effort to Rustle Up More HGEA, UPW Positions
13. Sierra Club, Greenies, team up to Extract More Money from Ratepayers, Consumers
14. Hilo Mortician Gets Fate Waihee Evades
15. 9th Circuit Overrules Seabright, Kiddie Porn Seized by TSA is Admissible
16. Judicial panel's chief led way to rule change
17. Hawaii joins other states in supporting cigarette labels
18. Inouye Endorses Congressional Candidate Takano in CA-47
19. President Obama starts delayed Hawaii vacation
20. Obama Blames Hawaii For His Laziness
21. Revolving Door: Kauai Garden Isle Editor Takes Utility Job
22. HNN Video: 25th Infantry Soldiers talk one-on-one

1. AG Louie: Assisted Suicide Not Legal in Hawaii
2. Pacific Command studying negative attitudes toward Hawaii's public schools
3. Abercrombie's "Surplus" Comes out of Your Pocket
4. National Journal: Hawaii Democrats Running Scared Through Primary Minefield
5. In Defense of the Plastic Bag
6. A Primer on Bridge Aina Lea Case
7. City Has Two Multiple-Convicted Felons Working Crime Scenes
8. U.S. Education Secretary: Hawaii Lacks 'Sense of Urgency'
9. Victory Achieved, so End in Sight for HSTA's Complaint Against Hawaii?
10. Hawaii unlikely to absorb all HMC employees
11. Medved Show – 12/21/2011 -H2 – Lesbian couple’s lawsuit claims discrimination by Hawaii BnB
12. Honolulu Council Chair Ernie Martin to Push Plastic Bag Ban
13. Gary Hooser Demands We Keep the Homeless Homeless
14. Clean Energy Scammers Rejoice: To Stampede Legislature and Justify High Electric Rates, HECO Begins Running TV Propaganda
15. 23.6/kwh Hawaii Solar Developer Laughs All the Way to the Bank
16. Omidyar Front Group Seeks to Unite TEA Party, Occupy behind Push for Higher Fuel, Electricity Prices
17. Federal Judge Throws Out Discrimination Complaint Against Six Hawaii Farms
18. Legislators Again Consider State-Run Superferry
19. Navy gets OK to buy two Hawaii Superferries
20. Documents about Eric Lighter from a lost archive
21. Mufi Operative Complains that Republicans Support Lingle
22. Hawaii Division of Financial Institutions is requesting 41 additional Fees
23. Hawaii REIT to Launch IPO
24. Alexander & Baldwin's CEO Discusses Separation Plan Announcement - Conference Call Transcript
25. Hawaii Cracks Down on Beachfront Property Owners in Kahala
26. How To Donate To Philippine Typhoon Relief
27. Prosecutor had no grounds to charge officers of puppy mill's corporate owner
28. Obamacare will Hike Insurance Rates 14% per year

Hawaii County: Government Without Limits

1. Big Victory for HSTA: Obama Admin Seizes Control of Hawaii RTTT Funds
2. Hawaiian Telcom to Impose Contract on IBEW; Legal Challenge Anticipated
3. End of Year Tax Reminders
4. NYT: Lingle is Change Candidate
5. Leukemia: Bone Marrow Patients Must Go To Mainland Now
6. 14 State Tax Employees Under Investigation
7. Star-Adv: $75M grant at risk
8. Timber! Hawaii County Bag Ban Will Lead to Increased Paper bag Use
9. Multi-Kilo Dope Minister to be Charged With Money Laundering
10. PUC Allows Green Energy Scammers to Save $40K By Making their Electricity Even Less Reliable
11. Solar Contractor Tries to get Legislators Drunk
12. Hawaii Veterans Have Lower Unemployment
13. Sovereignty Scammer Lighter Convicted in Tax Evasion Case
14. Hawaiian Increasing Seoul-Honolulu Service to Daily
15. Inouye Slips CoFA Fix into Appropriations Bill
16. Kauai County Sits on $57M
17. Kauai Councilman Could Face Jail over Home Improvements
18. Pacific Wings contests Kalaupapa subsidies award
19. Honolulu's Response to Too-Popular Service: Stop Offering It
20. Al-Qaeda Bombs Shia to Stoke Sectarian Tensions in Iraq

1. How Christmas Came to Hawaii
2. KOS: Ed Case is Vile Mockery
3. Hirono, Hanabusa: Goebbels is not Proud of Us
4. Hawaii One of Only Seven States Where Unemployment is not Dropping
5. Wall Street Journal John Fund Heading to Hawaii for Smart Business Hawaii Conference
6. HMC Closure Challenges Abercrombie Administration, Congressional Delegation
7. EMS Makes Heroic Effort, Kuakini Admissions up 150%
8. St. Francis Healthcare CEO will retire
9. Shan Tsutsui Tries to Explain Bond Sale
10. Auditor Reviews Public Libraries, DOE, OHA Funds
11. HSTA Fails Teachers so badly they must seek second jobs
12. Inouye Slips Full E-W Center Funding into Appropriations Bill
13. Legislators Plan Whole New Charter School System
14. Shakedown: Ritte Demands “Profit Sharing” With Molokai Cruise Yacht Operator
15. Big Island County Council to Vote on Plastic Bag Ban
16. SA: Keep domestic violence victims in our hearts
17. Schizophrenic Stabs Board and Care Home Operator After Fridge is Padlocked
18. Global Horizons Trafficking Trial Set for February 2012 Delayed Seven Months
19. Civil Beat Still Crying About Extra Police Patrols in Waikiki
20. Civil Beat Still Crying about Imprisoned Multi-Kilo Dope Dealer
21. North Korea, budget cuts among topics at military conference
22. Chow says nothing is official on Hawaii
23. Kailua Neighbors Give Obama Thumbs Down on Job Performance
24. Kiwis, Omidyar team up to Launch Dairy
25. Need A Job? AP Wants You in the Legislature
26. Rolling waves not joints
27. Another surfer admits they are all on drugs

1. Medicare Fraud: FBI Investigating Failed HMC Buyer
2. Abercrombie Schemes to make Legislators do Heavy Lifting, Introduces Budget with More Spending, No Tax Hike
3. Secret Furloughs? Two More Executive Orders Appear on Abercrombie Website
4. Pilago Seen as Swing Vote on Hawaii County Bag Ban
5. Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted December 19, 2011
6. How Christmas Came to Hawaii
7. Mixed emotions as Schofield troops leave Iraq
8. Army Cancels Plans To Deploy Entire 29th Infantry
9. Governor sees surplus even if nobody else can
10. Radcliffe: Legalize Hawaii’s $1B Illegal Gambling Business
11. Queen's Applies For Organ Transplant Program
12. Filling the organ transplant void may take one year
13. Hochberg, ADF to Defend Against Lesbian Suit
14. Gays aren’t Spending Much on Union Ceremonies
15. Fluke: State Judge Rules in Favor of Billion Dollar Developer
16. Hawaii personal income growth lags nation
17. Charter Schools' 'Glaring Concerns' Raised at Briefing
18. Legislators to Take Hurricane off Hurricane Fund
19. $490M in Hawaii Pork in Senate Spending Bill
20. Pope approves miracles of Blesseds Marianne Cope and Kateri Tekakwitha
21. Anxiety, hope fill island Koreans
22. Honolulu Property Tax Overhaul Dead On Arrival?
23. Kamehameha Schools wins $1.4M settlement in alleged breach case
24. Typo Makes Gabbard Frontrunner
25. Forbes: Bank of Hawaii 2nd Most Profitable in Nation
26. KIUC getting set up for solar—Installs 1st of 3 Giant Battery Systems
27. Cruise Allowed To Return To Molokai Next Month
28. Failure is a key component of learning
29. UH OKs contract negotiation with Norm Chow to lead Warrior Football team

1. Abercrombie Doubles Down on Policies Which Killed HMC Hospitals
2. State Joins Lawsuit Seeking to Force Hawaii Kai Homeowner to Rent Room to Lesbians
3. VIDEO: Representative George Fontaine's Christmas Message 2011
4. Schofield soldiers return to Hawaii as part of the last group of U.S. forces to leave Iraq
5. Abercrombie: No apologies--I Always Get Elected Because People Disagree With Me
6. City Risk Manager Steered Rail Insurance Contract to Marsh
7. State Could Pay Millions for HGEA's Favored Nation Perk
8. Decoupling Contributes to latest HECO Rate Hike
9. Bond Sale Doesn't Affect Ed Department's Capital Improvement Plans
10. Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning does pipeline survey
11. Ernie Els Golf Course Has Yet to Deliver on Ewa Community Benefits
12. Alleged Multi-Kilo Dope Dealer Still in Jail and Civil Beat is Really Upset
13. Nonprofits benefit from HI-5 donations

1. Kalapa: Legislature Will Turn its Attention to Gaming
2. Rep Pine Renews Push for Cybercrime Legislation
3. Last American Troops Leave Iraq Marking End of War
4. As environmental lawsuit looms, city has contracted out nearly $3 billion for Rail
5. New study offers ways to streamline the justice system to ease overcrowding
6. SA: Tread lightly in reforming property tax
7. Machida: Public employee pension spiking is expensive flaw that needs fixing
8. Bidding irregularity and delays imperil rail insurance program
9. Wahiawa, Pali Momi already Filled Up with Waianae Coast Emergency Patients
10. With More Vacation Days and Separate Travel, Price of Obama’s Annual Hawaiian Holiday Rises to $4M
11. Financial Exploitation of Senior Draws Prison Term
12. Snob Power: HPD to arrest any Juveniles Caught Setting off Fireworks
13. Developer: Haseko has gone the extra mile to be a good neighbor in Ewa Beach
14. Kauai Water Rates to Jump 11% per Year every year til 2014
15. Hawaii County property tax system being audited
16. The Betrayal of Liliuokalani an Embarrassment to Researchers

1. Federal Funding Rejection Reveals DoE Scheme to Profit by Labeling More Children “Special Needs”
2. As Delisting Looms, Material Misrepresentation by Hoku Solar?
3. Star-Advertiser: Occupy brought “Heady Whiff of Revolution” to a “Self-Important Democracy”
4. Hawaii Loses Only Organ Transplant Center
5. First complaint filed under new city ordinance against personal property on sidewalks
6. Hawaii high court will hear reapportionment challenge on Jan. 4
7. Moribund Politics: Hawaii’s Legislative Candidates Fundraising Totals Stable over 2 decades
8. Federal Judge Overturns LUC Theft of Bridge Aina Lea Zoning
9. Planted? 1 Ounce Of Drugs At Police Major's House, Not Half-Pound
10. Doper trying to Reduce Sentence in Grow-Op Murder, Dismemberment
11. Charter school dismisses state audit
12. After Oahu Farm Workers Fall Ill, State Inspectors Look Into Workers' Safety, Food Security
13. Mokulele: Non-Stop to Chicago, One Stop to London
14. Young Brothers gets OK to raise interisland shipping rates
15. Abercrombie refusing to Release Funds for Kauai Emergency Bypass Road
16. Romney's $10,000 wager was right

1. Inouye: I Dumped Akaka Bill in Last Minute Horse-Trading
2. Mysterious DoTax Internal Security Breach Referred for Investigation
3. How Christmas Came to Hawaii
4. Reliance on government jobs weakens Honolulu's recovery
5. Hirono: Taxpayers Must Buy Dope For the Jobless
6. Abercrombie: Lanai, Molokai Must Accept Big Wind
7. Cronyism, Horse-Trading in Abercrombie’s Coup at Ag Corp
8. Audit Rips Hawaii Charter Schools
9. After Expose, Competition Returns For Hawaii School Bus Contracts
10. HPD major accused of extortion released on bond again
11. City anticipates revenue increase
12. Archeologist for Haseko Challenges Claims About Native Hawaiian Cultural Sites
13. Study: Honolulu 15th ‘most secure’ large U.S. city
14. HMC, former St. Francis hospitals, shutting down
15. Youth Correctional Facility Cleans Up Its Act
16. HSTA’s 2012 Legislative Priorities
17. Your Tax Dollars At Work: Hoku faces possible delisting by Nasdaq
18. Ewa Developer's Switch from Marina to Lagoon Raises Legal Issues
19. Ohio, Va., ready to fight military cuts—Lazy Hawaii says, Let Inouye Handle It

1. Hakim “Islam Day” Ouansafi to Direct Hawaii Public Housing Agency
2. IBEW Votes Down Hawaiian Tel Contract Offer
3. Roll Call: Hanabusa Refuses to Endorse Hirono
4. HSTA: Abercrombie Admin Exaggerated Crisis During Legislative Session
5. Broken Trust Waihee rouses OHA Cronies with Latest Plan to Squeeze Hawaiians out of State Akaka Tribe
6. Political Radar: Romney. Paul Enter Hawaii GOP Caucuses
7. Hawaii to Seek More Financial Disclosure From Super PACs
8. Hawaii 2010 Legislative Campaigns Raked in $5M in Total Contributions
9. Rejected: CBS Apology for Hawaii Five-O Crew Actions During World War II Commemoration
10. Three More HPD Officers Face Criminal Charges
11. Simon Wiesenthal Center Hits Democrat Bloggers’ Anti-Semitism
12. Hawaii Congressional Delegation Larded With Millionaires
13. Obama's isle vacation will be expensive
14. State Medicaid spending soars 22.7%
15. Honolulu housing costs eclipse most of nation
16. DHHL Waiting List Offered Leases Again
17. Farrington High School To Modernize Campus
18. Half Vacant Aloha Tower Market Place Tenants Urging State To Ink Deal With Developer
19. Koloa Camp residents to be evicted by Case Family Grove Farm
20. Assaults have tenants seeking more control
21. Settlement in Hokulia Bypass Case
22. St. Francis Healthcare blocks bid to sell HMC hospitals
23. The Gas Co. producing renewable natural gas
24. Hawaii-based soldiers give eye exams to Waianae elementary school students
25. Hawaii to Iraq and Back, No Easy Road

1. Education Week: If Hawaii Doesn’t Lose its Race to the Top Money, Something is Wrong
2. Mitt Romney and Ron Paul Register for Hawaii Republican Caucus
3. Inouye Donors Score $99M in Earmarks with Only $166K in contributions—But He’s not #1 in Pork
4. $149M: Inouye Makes Hirono #1 Sponsor of Earmarks in US House for 2010
5. Curtis: HECO has Failed to Look at Alternatives to Big Wind, Should be Denied Rate Hikes to Cover Costs
6. Predictably, Star-Advertiser Uses DHHL Suit to Argue for Akaka Bill
7. Things go Better With Coke: Ernie Martin Holding Another Fundraiser as Mayoral Race Looms
8. DoE/HSTA: No Progress on Key RTTT Proposals Since June 17
9. DoE Exporting Millions in Hawaii Tax Credits to Mainland Company
10. NYT Rips Parent Company of Hawaii Technology Academy
11. Failing, Castle Complex Simply Changes Grading System to Make It Look Good
12. Hawaii 47th State to Adopt Anti-Bullying Laws
13. McMackin’s Salary Just the Tip of Greenwood’s Iceberg
14. Abercrombie to Bellow About “Success” on Monday
15. Oahu's North Shore To Host Hawaii's Largest Wind Farm – Just in time to Collect Federal Tax Credits
16. $77K/year and still eligible: Hawaii Gives Away Insurance to Little Rich Kids
17. Broken Trustee Sues Pioneer Seed Grower on Behalf of Kauai Luddites
18. Although Honolulu PD Actively Opposes Legalization of Gambling; Officer’s Wife is Fronting Group Pushing Mainlanders’ Waikiki Casino Schemes
19. Memminger Signs up With CCA
20. Occupy Honolulu: Meeting with Mayor Didn't Go Well
21. Funded by State’s Richest Resident, Progressives Get Together to Complain about Influence of Money in Politics
22. Inouye Pushes to Featherbed Nursing Staffs
23. Marriott Says Waikiki Edition Takeover Product of Conspiracy by Aqua
24. Hawaiian Air unveils neighbor isle travel program with lower fares
25. APEC - Representatives Gene Ward and Aaron Ling Johanson discuss Hawaii's Premier Event
26. Hannemann Picks Up Labor Backing
27. Small businesses should be supported, not taxed
28. $30K Reward Offered In Papaya Destruction Case
29. Hawaii AG Joins California in Supporting Genocide Insurance Law
30. Republicans push payroll tax cut bill through House, despite White House veto threat
31. Obama, Terrorists Cheer US Withdrawal from Iraq

1. What to Do about Drug Shortages
2. $149M: Inouye Makes Hirono #1 Sponsor of Earmarks in US House for 2010
3. Curtis: HECO has Failed to Look at Alternatives to Big Wind, Should be Denied Rate Hikes to Cover Costs
4. As rooftop solar surges, states hit brakes
5. VIDEO: Jones Act Impact on Hawaii Business
6. Drunken Abercrombie assistant fined for refusing to leave Waikiki bar
7. Hawaii 5-0 Crew Insults Pearl Harbor Survivors at Punchbowl
8. OHA: Hilo Meeting on Settlement is “Contentious”
9. OHA Fails to Elect Replacement for Mossman, Kicks Decision to Abercrombie
10. Survey: 41% say “Arrest Ritte”
11. Judge refuses to Boot Cayetano, Others from Rail Case
12. Bert Kobayashi is Author of Secret Study Approving Ansaldo Bond
13. Tokuda: Education Reform Depends on Legislature Voting to Restrict its own Powers
14. Scathing Audit: Honolulu Ambulance Service Lacking
15. The Supernova Syndrome
16. Real Life Version of "The Descendants" Now Playing In Court
17. DHHL Pretends to try to tackle waiting list
18. Property Tax Changes on deck for Kauai
19. Video: Representative Cynthia Thielen and Jay Fidell discuss Wave Energy 2011
20. Full Text: Sidewalk Property Ordinance
21. Hawaii Pimp Gets 10 Years For Child Sex-Trafficking
22. How Ranked-Choice Voting Silenced 31,500 Voters
23. NEW ATTACKS ON THE JONES ACT
24. WaPo: Dan Akaka Demands to Know Why Teenagers Can’t Buy Abortion Pills without Prescription
25. Hirono Still Trying to use Micronesians to Score more Bucks
26. Hawaii-based soldiers to return from Iraq

1. Poll of Hard-Core Hawaii Democrats gives Hirono 18-pt Lead over Case
2. Flood of Money Pours into Lingle Campaign
3. Duke Aiona Undecided About 2014
4. Need $15,000? OHA Giving Away More Cash
5. Supreme Court asks for Federal Input on Challenge to Hawaii Admission Act, Hawaiian Homes Commission Act
6. Lingle: Grow the Economy to Raise Revenue
7. Ed Case: Raise Taxes and Cut Defense Spending
8. Sam Aiona, Dylan Nonaka Join Forces in Hawaii Super-PAC
9. Planned Parenthood behind New Hawaii Super-PAC
10. Hawaii Voter Turnout Correlates to Strong Republican Challenges
11. SA: Ritte Should be Arrested Next Time, Maybe
12. Big Wind Brinksmanship: The Fate Of Lanai Hinges On A Los Angeles Real Estate Tycoon
13. Ending Homelessness: Interview with Marc Alexander
14. Star-Advertiser does another Fluff Piece on Occupy Honolulu
15. Unitarians, Crossroads Quivering With Excitement over Gay Civil Unions
16. HOPE Probation Comes to Seattle
17. Outgoing FCC Commissioner Calls for Change in Rules to Outlaw HNN
18. HPD Issues First Smoking Law Citations In Years
19. Hawaii does not have to be a pedestrian deathtrap
20. Foreign visitors perk up recovering hotel industry
21. State Still Trying to Shake Money Out of Catamaran Operators
22. Whole Foods Touts Strategy in 'Buying Local'
23. Students want say in selection of new football coach
24. Occupy protesters seek to shut West Coast ports
25. The Descendants Wins Best Picture, 2nd Best Screenplay

1. Colette Machado: I look at Kalaupapa--Native Hawaiians will fight against Assisted Suicide
2. KOS: The perception of Occupy Honolulu is Universally Negative
3. Verifying the Numbers a Challenge for Tax Department
4. Church Volunteers Clean Waianae Storm Channels in Advance of Rainy Season
5. "Accretion," Hawaii Style
6. Hawaii Mortgage Down Payments 4th Highest in USA by Percentage
7. Lingle Pushes back against Tax Hike
8. City Council openings promise lively elections
9. Gay Civil Unions Fix it Bill to Grab for Control of Children
10. 'Forgotten' Sacrifice Honored In West Oahu
11. Green Beret reflects on end of Afghanistan involvement
12. Rail: 40% of the Financial Puzzle Comes Undone
13. Pawns of Hotel Workers Local 5--Occupy Honolulu Targets Hyatt Hotel in Waikiki
14. Inouye? Who’s That? Omidyar Continues Push to Grab Control of Non-Profit Sector
15. Cataluna: Arrest Berg
16. Did Burial Claim force Haseko to Abandon Marina Plan?
17. Without Tax Credits, Solar PV More Expensive that HECO
18. HNN Posts Video of Wind Turbine Burning
19. Researchers uncertain about tsunami debris’ radioactivity, Certain about need for More Funding
20. Smug Sociology Prof: UH football entertaining but unimportant
21. As Predicted, Chaminade Asst Coach resigns, Apologizes
22. Tsunami Aftermath: The Kona Coast has recovered, but not the Kona Village Resort
23. Honolulu 7th Healthiest City for Women
24. Tribal Leader: Alaska should be listed as non-self-governing territory
25. Esther Kiaaina Plays Up Guam Roots
26. Synagro Donates $25,000 to Support Sand Island Park Restoration Efforts
27. Public Access Room workshops coming to Big Island December 12-17, 2011
28. City Declaring War on Sex-for-Money Hostess Bars

1. China’s Startling Strategic Play in Micronesia
2. DeMello Joins Abercrombie Communications Team
3. Florida Marlins Holding Baseball Clinic at Schofield
4. Gone with the Wind Subsidies
5. VIDEO: 5 Questions with NEWS maker David Chang, Chair Hawaii Republican Party
6. Fortunately for Abercrombie, Republicans Don’t Have a Strong Candidate for Governor in 2014
7. Shapiro: Abercrombie’s Entire Career Built on Being Wrong
8. We'll believe it when we see it, maybe
9. Former Congressman Ed Case: If Hirono Wins U.S. Senate Democratic Primary, Former GOP Gov. Lingle Will Beat Her
10. Bound for Hawaii on the wings of a soaring Australian Dollar
11. Mayor signs abandoned property bill into law
12. SA Cheers as Obama, Steve Case team up to Boost Business Cronies
13. Abercrombie Sends $3M to Big Isle for no Particular Reason
14. Laupahoehoe charter again seeks BOE relief after CSRP decision
15. Waialua robotics teacher wins Milken award
16. SA: Football Coach Salary Too High
17. Onishi Lobbies Hawaii County Reapportionment, Gets Own District
18. Bodhi Day Celebrated in Honolulu
19. Ban likely to stifle New Year's fireworks
20. Environmental Impact Statements for Sale?
21. Plan seeks to replicate New Zealand's success by creating a sustainable dairy industry in the isles
22. Traffic Fatalities Down on Big Isle
23. State approves process to ban alcohol, drugs at Kaneohe sandbar
24. Sold! DLNR sells all 16 Koke‘e cabins in auction’s first tier
25. Hawaii Has Unclaimed Property
26. 2012=1968?

1. Hirono Camp: Case Unworthy of the People of Hawaii
2. Pay to Play Fines Unpaid: Hirono for Governor Campaign Closes Owing State Elections Fund Over $98,000
3. It Begins: Army to Cut 8,700 Civilian Jobs in 37 States
4. Nonaka Launches 'Hawaii Solutions'
5. Gloves Come Off As Hawaii Senate Race Gets Going
6. Abercrombie’s Health Czar Takes Aim at “High-Tech Services”
7. City Audit: Only 3 of 21 Ambulances Meet Emergency Response Time Guidelines
8. Molokai business leader fears 'erosion of rule of law'
9. Cruise line cancels a third Molokai call after protests
10. HSTA Blocks Laupahoehoe Charter for at Least One Year
11. $100M: Council faces tough choices on property tax exemptions
12. State prosecutors Continue to Harass DEA Agent over Arrest of Alleged Tweeker
13. $25 million offered for 2 St Francis hospitals
14. Atheists Make Honolulu Manger a Non-Profit Responsibility
15. Obamas Not Staying at Illegal Vacation Rental This Year
16. Marcus Oshiro to Travel to Israel
17. Pro-Rail Activist Files IRS Complaint Against Small Business Hawaii
18. Hawaii About to Crack Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Roadblocks?
19. PUC to Keep Using Outside Consultants to Drive Clean Energy Approvals
20. New energy sources fuel interest from Secretary of the Navy
21. Firm markets waste-to-ash technology to Hawaii hotels
22. State to auction off forfeited property
23. Land costs for Kona Judiciary complex range from $4.5M to $10.8M

1. State Sues to Get Back $39M Looted from Graves by John Waihee
2. Ed Case: “Mazie's been selling her candidacy to DC insiders”
3. Former State Administrators: Abercrombie’s Bond Sale Like setting up savings account by charging credit card
4. Hawaii Physicians Rally Against Assisted Suicide
5. Hawaii's Second Saint: Blessed Marianne Cope to be Canonized Next October?
6. Another E-W Center Conference: Pearl Harbor Day at the NEH
7. Obama Delays Hawaii trip after Romney hit
8. Abercrombie Cronies Push Executive Director out of Agribusiness Development Corporation, Slip their Own Guy In
9. Council passes abandoned property bill
10. Waihee Tribe Disenfranchise Large Numbers of Hawaiians
11. Hawaii Civil Unions Will Be Same as Marriage for State Income Taxes
12. Slom: Gambling is in the Air, Bond Sale Means More Debt, More Burden for Taxpayers
13. Military Families Support Training at Pohakuloa
14. SA: Marines, residents should find accord
15. Plan tightens rules for public charter schools
16. Superferry Assassinated by a gang of granola-munching elitists and just-say-no localists and self-anointed culture-keepers
17. Anti-GMO Luddites Fail to get GMO Bill in HSAC Legislative Package
18. ILWU’s McElrath Rejects Occupy Attempt to Shut West Coast Ports
19. Thielen Renews Push for Rooftop Solar On Bill Financing
20. Video of Tom Berg Arguing With Secret Service at APEC
21. Council grants permits for Hilton expansion
22. Census: Median incomes highest in East Honolulu
23. REPRESENTATIVE CORINNE CHING UNVEILS THE 2012 HERITAGE CALENDAR, "HAWAII: OUR PRECIOUS HERITAGE"
24. Republicans Prefer Hawaii 5-0
25. Medical Center Lab Director Has Fake PHD from Hawaii Scam School
26. Chaminade places coach on administrative leave for racial slur

1. Sneak Attack: Re-write of Pearl Harbor History Awaits Death of WW2 Veterans
2. Pearl Harbor, Civil Rights, and Hawaii Statehood
3. Pearl Harbor Survivor to Direct ‘Mass Band Performance’ on 70th Anniversary
4. Ewa Field Event to Mark 70th Anniversary of Attack
5. Petition hits Hawaiian Airlines 'Price Fixing', seeks return of Superferry
6. Hawaii Health Ranks #4 in Nation
7. Feds Force DHS to Streamline Food Stamp Processing
8. White House: North Korea making missile able to hit US
9. Shapiro: Haughty Abercrombie's troubles are all his own, not Lingle's
10. Star-Adv: New History of Pearl Harbor being Written as Generation Passes
11. Hawaii soldiers return from Iraq
12. Hanabusa: Military Strategic Doctrine Based on My Need to Deliver Pork
13. DSCC Doubles Down on Rejection of Ed Case
14. Planned Parenthood: Make Catholics Pay for Birth Control
15. BoE Orders Audit of DoE Procurement
16. DoTax was ‘Highly Politicized’
17. Bhago on HGEA: "I can't tell them not to do it…I've never experienced this before, where we don't have the resources, per se, nor the authority ….”
18. Gov Cuts Funding for Special Ed Supplies In Budget Request
19. Director hired for Hawaii health insurance exchange
20. Laotian Workers Suffer Health and Financial Problems on Oahu Farms
21. Honolulu Panel: Property Tax Exemptions Unfair
22. Last Ditch Effort to Water down Sidewalk Property Ban
23. Taxpayers sacrifice, not politicians or union workers
24. Honolulu Roads to be Repaved after 21 Years
25. Kekaha public housing residents go from ‘paradise to living hell’
26. Eric Ryan’s Latest Vendetta (Yawn)
27. IRS has $1M tax lien on Guirguis
28. Biofuel to Power Navy Exercise
29. CB Continues Styrofoam War on Restaurant Industry
30. Kilauea’s History of Explosive Eruptions

1. Confidential Memo: Wind Turbine Model Installed at Kahuku has Structural Problems
2. LoPresti: Ewa Neighborhood Board 'Most Dysfunctional in USA'
3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted December 5, 2011
4. Pearl Harbor Survivor to Direct ‘Mass Band Performance’ on 70th Anniversary
5. Ewa Field Event to Mark 70th Anniversary of Attack
6. Mission Memorial Auditorium Site of Rail Showdown December 6
7. Hawaii Physicians Rally Against Assisted Suicide
8. Duke Aiona to Address Pro-Life Group
9. For The First Time In 70 Years, 24 Pearl Harbor Survivors Return
10. FBI: Police Major got $6000/month from Illegal Gambling Room
11. DoTax Manipulates Check Cashing Times to Suit Political Expediency
12. State's constitution is what props up its credit rating, not Abercrombie
13. SA Editors: We Look forward to Abercrombie Pushing thru OHA Settlement, Soda Tax, Kakaako Tower
14. Roll Call: Hirono Probably Going to beat Case
15. City officials opt to skip forum on rail transit project
16. Fidell: Arrest Walter Ritte
17. KIUC to delay smart meter install
18. Anti-GMO Crackpots Win Maui, Kauai Council Support
19. Santiago: Don’t Force the Homeless into Shelters, Give Money to PHOCUSED Instead
20. Catholic Charities set to open transitional housing in Makiki
21. Laupahoehoe appeals to BOE
22. DoE Taken For A Ride: Fewer Players, Bigger Budgets
23. Prediction: HSTA Dispute Won't End Before 2017
24. Lingle: Feds Didn't Give Enough Notice On Monk Seal Rule
25. While Our Leaders Doze, a National Plan to Hose Hawaii Moves Onward
26. Honolulu property search still hides public information
27. LIUNA Tries to Shake Down Saddle Road Builder
28. Murder Suspect was Praised by Mayor Kenoi
29. Soft on Crime: Out after Raping Step Daughter, Criminal gets Paltry 56 Month Minimum for Manslaughter
30. Indicted in Hawaii, Alleged Scammers Pop Up In Connecticut
31. Plug pulled on Hawaii Kai luxury condo project after financing fails
32. Four Hawaii Post Offices Still on Chopping Block
33. University of Hawaii students seek support for cargo container redesign
34. Kauai’s oldest Catholic church to celebrate 170 years
35. Has the War with Iran Already Begun?

1. Lawsuit targets "Illegal" $117M Federal Loan Guarantee for Kahuku Windfarm
2. Kalapa vs Property Tax Exemptions: Vitality of County Depends on Everyone Paying Their Share
3. Hawaii Republican Presidential Vote to be Held in Every House District
4. McIntosh to run for Hawaii County Council in 2012
5. As WWII vet numbers dwindle, preservation of their legacy shifts to newer generations
6. The More Abercrombie Rages, the More He is Ignored
7. Secrecy Shrouds Abercrombie’s Year-Long search for Water Board Nominee
8. 99% tell Occupy Honolulu: “Get a job. Go back to the Mainland.”
9. Rail Planners Admit Most of their Plan is Flawed
10. Honolulu Not Alone in Trying to Move Homeless from Sidewalks
11. State Releases RFP for 650 foot Kakaako Tower
12. Marina proposal at Sand Island is meeting some opposition
13. 43% of Makawao Residents Pay 50% of Income in Rent
14. Performance Contracts for Hawaii Charter Schools
15. SA: More Money for Preschool
16. More students receiving free & low-cost lunch
17. SA Editors Waste More Ink of Cult of Gore
18. CB Gives Doper Space for Long, Rambling Diatribe on Dope
19. CB Gives Peak Oil Cultists Space for Long Rambling Diatribe on Peak Oil
20. UH System to Give More to Green Energy Scammers
21. Green Bubble About to Pop: Battery Makers don’t have Customers
22. IRS Has $716K for Hawaii Taxpayers
23. West Hawaii Bar Association civil unions seminar (Dec. 12)

1. Hawaiians’ Anger and Distrust towards OHA Settlement: “Theft, Perversion”
2. SA: Bond Sale Will Lead to Legislative Spending Frenzy
3. Cost of electricity is silent factor in Hawaii energy policy
4. Abercrombie Stumbles in First Year, Plans More of the Same for Next Three
5. Bad New Day: Abercrombie Already Planning for 2014 Election
6. Matayoshi Subverts State Law to Reorganize DoE Upper Echelons
7. How The DoE Promotes Hawaii’s Income Gap
8. PHOCUSED Boss of Profitable Nonprofits to Seek Tom Berg’s Council Seat
9. Socialist Morons Can’t Figure out Why there is a Shortage of Cancer Drugs in Hawaii
10. Occupy group, city officials put actions on hold for now
11. Honolulu Drowning In Water Main Breaks
12. Hawaii County: $7.5M in fuel taxes goes unspent (some money sitting since 1998)
13. Domestic Migration 2008-2009: More People Leaving Maui than Arriving
14. Honolulu joins the "city camp" initiative
15. Hawaiian Hiring Flight Attendants
16. Homeless Advocate: Newt is wrong, Food stamps are For Buying Drugs, Not Going to Hawaii
17. UH Prof Publishes Eminent Domain Book
18. Hawaii perfectly placed to watch the December 10th total lunar eclipse

1. Thielen: Federal Takeover of Hawaii Shorelines Would Endanger Clean Energy Projects
2. Obama to Vacation in Hawaii Dec 17-Jan 2
3. Fontaine Factor: Volunteering and Giving During the Holiday Season
4. DoE Data: Not Linked, Not Supported, Not Accessible
5. Hawaii Physicians Rally Against Assisted Suicide
6. UHERO: Slowing Asian Growth, Drop in Mainland Arrivals Squeeze Hawaii
7. Obamacare Push: Insurance Executive Tim Johns to head Hirono's Senate campaign
8. BoE: Maybe We Should Stop Interfering with Our Own Audit Department
9. Lingle backs Visa Reforms to boost Tourism
10. State Energy Office: Anti-Superferry Protester knows how to Profit from “Clean” Energy
11. BOSS Poll of 400 local business leaders goes inside the local economy and forecasts what’s ahead
12. Hawaii County Council to have Five Open Seats in 2012
13. SA Editors Use Berg to Push for IRV Voting Again
14. Ballot News Looks at Hawaii Reapportionment
15. VIDEO: HSTA Continues to Attempt to Derail Laupahoehoe Charter School
16. Beachgoers Complain About Homeless Defecating In Waikiki
17. Honolulu Offers Homeless Maid Service
18. Sovereignty Activist Rejects OHA Land Deal
19. Feds ask again for more time to sort through 101 million documents in Global Horizons human trafficking case
20. Omidyar Discovers that Local Farmers can charge more
21. Hilo TSA Hammered for Catching Alleged Pedophile
22. Yagong wants to privatize Hilo sort station
23. Proposal would increase UH-Manoa parking rates
24. Electric car rental firm expands to Oahu
25. Church's Construction Halted For Removal Of Buried Human Remains
26. Asbestos Leads to $9000 Fine
27. WWII records available free online up to Dec. 7

1. Abercrombie Refusing to Accept Responsibility for his own Wreckage, Fiscal and Otherwise
2. Ewa Field Event to Mark 70th Anniversary of Attack
3. Mission Memorial Auditorium Site of Rail Showdown December 6
4. Sabato: Ed who? Democratic Establishment coalescing around Mazie Hirono
5. $800M Borrowed to Sit Money in Hurricane, Rainy Day Accounts
6. Bankers, Wall Street Pleased by Abercrombie's Willingness to Raise Taxes
7. Full Text: Hawaii Scores 'F' in Sex Trafficking Prevention
8. Lihue TSA Worker Sues, Claims Sex Assault
9. Men’s Health Mag ranks Honolulu Happiest Town in USA
10. Borreca to Media: Lingle will now fade from Our Screens
11. Inouye: Federal Rail Funding not certain, Honolulu one of nine competing for $510M
12. Rail Judge: Feds Must Produce Full Record before Groundbreaking
13. Citizens Challenging Rail Project May Have to Wait a Year for Case Resolution Because of City's Delays
14. Maui Now: Loathsome, Dangerous, Abercrombie
15. Abercrombie Gloats over “Gift to Business Community”
16. Abercrombie claims his Charisma Swayed Investors to Buy Hawaii Bonds
17. Bullying: ‘It’s OK to be different’
18. Property Tax Recommendations to be Presented to Honolulu Council
19. Ritte Demands “Participation and Control” over Cruise Yacht, Molokai Again Compromises With Shake-Down Thugs
20. State files suit against woman accused of preying upon distressed homeowner
21. Harimoto: Strip Berg's Voting Rights Until He Calms Down
22. ACLU, NAACP Join Effort to Target TSA Workers Who Catch too Many Illegals, Find too Many Drug Smugglers
23. Captain Kirk Ramps Up 2012 Campaign for Mayor
24. Hawaii bankruptcies fall in November for eighth straight month
25. Hawaii Federal Judge: U.S. Won't Pick Up Tab for Aloun Farms Defense
26. SA Spies Way to Increase Power of Burials in Development Disputes
27. PHOTOS: Iao Stream Shanty Town Residents Face Eviction
28. State Audit: "Atmosphere Of Intimidation and Fear" at Maui Housing Project
29. MoveOn Drops Use of Occupy, Goes under its own name for latest protest
30. Alexander & Baldwin to subdivide into two companies
31. Company directors fought similar move back in 1988
32. Retreat will address future, structure of state education
33. State Rep. Chris Lee recovers from stroke, warns others of danger
34. Puna to gain council seat
35. Bigeye tuna fishing ban canceled
36. Criminal Who Led Police on Cross-Island Chase had been Arrested by SWAT Team Jan 26, then Released
37. Inouye Votes for Indefinite Detention of US Citizens Captured on US Soil

1. OHA Announces Public Meetings to discuss Tentative Land Deal
2. Backed by Federal Loan Guarantees, Merrill Lynch Finances $1B in Military Solar Projects
3. Quality of Living: Honolulu #29 in World, right behind ... Stuttgart
4. Report: Hawaii Ranks 3rd in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
5. PUC Breaks 15% Limit on Solar Systems
6. Visitor Spending breaks $1 Billion per Month
7. Pearl Harbor Survivor to Direct ‘Mass Band Performance’ on 70th Anniversary
8. KHON: The Making of a Governor
9. Opponents Threaten To Halt Rail Project
10. Putting two and two together—OHA land transfer and secret government/private development meetings
11. At 70th anniversary, urgency to observe WWII, honor vets
12. Lingle raises questions about federal monk seal petition
13. Hawaii Utility Regulators' Lack Of Data Is 'Troubling'
14. Court rejects challenge to state use of surplus health funds
15. Reason to Vote: Inouye says Gingrich as GOP Nominee 'Frightens Me'
16. Obama Nominates Hawaii Woman to Social Security Board
17. Malama Solomon May Escape Fine For Trespass, Damages
18. Police: Berg, Reeking Of Alcohol, Argued With Secret Service At APEC
19. A&B Condo Project to Spark Development Boom again?
20. Hawaii County tries to delay Abercrombie Administration’s Waiawi Control insect release
21. EPA Orders Additional Safeguards at Waimanalo Gulch Landfill
22. Dotson Leaves MADD
23. Jon Van Dyke Dies

1. Finmeccanica Trumpets Honolulu Rail Deal
2. Lingle Best Positioned for Victory Next Year
3. Lingle calls for Delay in Federal Grab for Control of Hawaii Shorelines
4. IBEW to Vote on New Offer from Hawaiian Tel
5. Nominations Sought for State Water Commission
6. Inouye Claims Honolulu Rail Will Get Federal Transit Funding Next Year
7. Kobayashi: Hold on to Your Wallet
8. Slom: Rail Roaded
9. State to Teachers: Drop Your Complaint and Strike
10. Utility bills may sink Hawaii’s economy
11. Good News! Time Running Out For Hawaii Mafia Wind Farm Grant
12. 15,000 Military Go Unrepresented in Any State Elections Because of Redistricting Controversy
13. Supporters are urged to wear black for National Meth Awareness Day
14. Honolulu Clears Homeless from Stadium Park, Three More Accept Shelter
15. Patients counting on Hawaii’s Only transplant clinic to stay open
16. Queens Nurses Approve Three-Year Raise
17. Real and Affordable Green or Misguided Dream?
18. State taxpayers may have to foot cost of returning 350 new guns
19. HPD Major's Drug-Dealing Girlfriend To Testify
20. Maui Police Officer Arrested For Spousal Abuse
21. Cancel the Second Digester?
22. Maui Charter Commission tables district voting
23. Maui: Couch seeks cap on vacation rentals
24. Kauai Island Utility Cooperative gets green light for smart meters
25. Hawaii Co 'Bag ban' vote expected Dec 21
26. TRO halts construction at Kawaiahao Church
27. Jon Van Dyke Dies in Australia

1. Abercrombie's Medicaid Cuts based on Obamacare Requirements
2. Lucky Hawaii: Bond Sale Benefits as Investors Flee Europe
3. Booted from Big Island, DoE Now Seeks to Force Carlisle to Collect its Impact Fees
4. US Supreme Court to Decide Whether to Hear Lawsuit Challenging DHHL, Admission Act
5. Postal Service Announces Hawaii Christmas Mailing Deadlines
6. US Civil Rights Commissioner to speak on End of Victimology
7. Abercrombie “Damn Serious” about Oath, Judges aren’t Like Dogs or Ponies
8. Abercrombie Considered Shutting State Down for Two Weeks in June, Blames Lingle
9. Abercrombie Wants to Build 'Third City'
10. Favored Nation: Did HGEA get better deal?
11. HART Signs $1.4 Billion Contract With Ansaldo
12. Is Honolulu rail contract a legal defense tactic?
13. Abercrombie Still Pushing to Disenfranchise Military personnel
14. Judicial nominees put up earlier
15. Feds Give Abercrombie $14m to Organize Obamacare Insurance Exchange
16. Honolulu water rates to soar 70%
17. Recession costs Hawaii hundreds of businesses
18. Hawaii unemployment claims rise 18%
19. TRUE: 'There is Space' in Shelters for Stadium Park Homeless
20. Molokai Thugs Chop Down Trees, Obstruct Two Public Highways—Still No Arrests
21. Multi-Millionaire 9-11 Truther Roseanne Barr Occupies Waimea, Guillotine a No-Show
22. Hoku considers outside help to complete polysilicon deals
23. Hawaiian Holdings Ranks the Highest in Terms of Operating Margin in the Airlines Industry
24. ORI Cabins Not in Good Standing With the State
25. Legislators look at Clean and Sober Living
26. Hawaii State Courts Improve Access to Electronic Records
27. Karate instructor accused of molesting teen re-indicted on sex assault charges
28. Honolulu Traffic Violations Bureau to Close on Wednesday Nights
29. After a Decade, ‘Process’ continues to push back Maui isle plan
30. A&B Master Planned Waiale Project Calls for 2,550 Residential Units (no protests here, of course)
31. Hawaii dodges major storms as hurricane season ends