Playing Politics: Kapolei Neighborhood Board Rejects $500K Community Benefit Package

Berg: Allow Mobile Home Parks to provide Affordable Housing?

Judiciary to Host new Divorce Law Seminar

1. Abercrombie’s Medical Homes: Global Budget to control your Healthcare
2. Only 53% of House Seats change hands in 7 years
3. WSJ: An Anti-Israel President: The president's peace proposal is a formula for war
4. WT: Obama’s next war -- President’s ill-considered Islamist backing puts Israel in the cross hairs
5. 4 Schofield soldiers killed in Afghanistan bomb attack
6. Inouye, Akaka stab Hawaii in back: Call for delay in South Korea Free Trade Pact
7. Senator Hee amends latest financial disclosure, questions remain
8. DePledge: Nobody cares about Residency
9. Rail Math Just Doesn’t Add Up
10. Shapiro: Public should win tug of war over control of rail authority
11. Will current controversies change public opinion on rail?
12. Critics: HPD Chief Isolated, Too Close To Union
13. Father says son found gun at Oahu middle school
14. Is Restricting Freedom of Movement a Healthcare Solution?
15. Filipinos Overtake Japanese As Top Hawaii Group
16. Hawaii can play a leading role in America's quest to explore and colonize space
17. $2.6M for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
18. Hawaii Co Water rates hiked 18%
19. Kauai to Regulate Peddlers in Parks
20. Robber Baron will not Represent Molokai
21. Hawaii Consumers #3 in Credit Card Debt
22. Council pursues Obama's library
23. Shakedown Fails for Now: Telescope foes lose bid for legal fees
24. OHA To publish How To guide for Shakedown Artists
25. Argentina: Hawaii doctor nabbed for Medicare billing fraud
26. Hawaii woman accused in $50 million Chinese company fraud
27. United States for Travel Freedom Caucus Plans to Stop TSA ‘Abuses’

1. Hirono launches Campaign by misleading public on education reform, clean energy
2. DoD raises Worldwide Force Protection Condition to Bravo
3. Abercrombie first few months: Anger, secrecy, waffling, and the birther distraction
4. AARP: Pension Tax flawed, would balance budget on backs of Seniors
5. Inouye to Micros: Get Lost
6. Progressives Continue to Obsess over Redistricting
7. Hawaii Finance Director: Moody’s GO Bond Downgrade Will Cost Hawaii Taxpayers
8. Parents Fume over DoE Response to Campus Shooting
9. Child Abuser heads Small DoE Charter School
10. Legislation seeks to shed light on operations and spending as DoE Starves Charters of Funding
11. Rail Supporters spread Conspiracy Theories about Lawsuit
12. SA: Kalihi rentals revamp right way to go
13. PVT Launches Waste-to-Energy to power 12,000 homes
14. KIUC Sets meeting for Luddites to Destroy Hydropower proposal
15. Queen’s MD: Stressed Caregivers abandon Elderly at Emergency Room
16. Guam Vets: "For major surgery we would much rather go to the Philippines than Hawaii"
17. Hawaii Planned Parenthood Celebrates Teen Pregnancy by demanding more taxpayer dollars for Abortion Mill
18. 911 tape for Fireworks blast reveals disdain
19. Maui Charter panel eyes voting powers of County Council
20. Hawaii's Best High School: Mililani High School
21. Native Hawaiian educational programs to receive more than $41M in federal funding
22. Charges against HPD officers dismissed
23. National Veterans Golden Age Games are coming to Hawaii this week for the first time in 25 years
24. Noreen Yamane new chancellor of Hawaii Community College
25. UH Manoa: Feral Cat Count In Progress (Your tax dollars at work)
26. Why is America the 'no-vacation nation'?

1. Bloody Primary: Hirono vs Case vs Hanabusa for Senate?
2. Aiona vs. Hannemann for CD2?
3. Federal Law Enforcement Foundation: Hawaii Muslims not sanctioned to use our name
4. Gulen Cult strikes out in Hawaii Legislature, School?
5. Hawaii PUC Stats show Windfarms cause Blackouts
6. DoTax still has no explanation for sudden discovery of $134M
7. Gov. Tim Pawlenty announces Presidential Campaign
8. Larry Mehau associate John Carroll to run for US Senate as Libertarian
9. Study: Humans Wiped Out Land Crabs 1000 yrs ago In Hawaii (they were delicious)
10. Abercrombie to Democrats: We’re running out of time to Survive
11. Abercrombie signs measure for SHORTER school day (180-day law killed)
12. Abercrombie teams up with Karl Rove against AARP
13. State Auditor Attacks Successful Charter School
14. Small Charter Schools kept on Life Support by KSBE in order to use up all the Charters
15. Highlands Intermediate student in police custody following gunshot on campus
16. Progressive Democrats begin to panic over Reapportionment
17. UH Manoa Ethnic Studies Fraudsters: APEC meeting a chance to promote 'Value of Hawaii'
18. SA to Council: Allow rail authority to do its job
19. ILind: Foreclosure Law will allow Condo Fee Deadbeats free ride
20. Odds Against Entrepreneurship In Hawaii
21. Hawaii technology office on course for creation
22. Groups call on students to challenge themselves
23. Special report: youth gangs in Hawaii
24. US Wind Installations Dropping Sharply
25. Korean TV show a boon for tourism
26. Tonga: Hawaiian Kingdom visa scheme is a scam

1. VOTING EXTENDED: SATURDAY was last day to vote for Honolulu Neighborhood Board
2. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels not running for President
3. Candidates sought for Hawaii County seat on UH Board of Regents
4. Reapportionment: Democrats don’t want to count Military Personnel, do want to count Felons
5. Business owner and Consultant? Clayton Hee’s False Ethics Reports
6. Maui News Who do you expect to be the Republican nominee in the 2012 presidential race?
7. No Audit of the DoE, but State Auditing Charter Schools
8. Failing Molokai School converts to Charter, now succeeds. Teachers work longer day get paid more
9. Charter School in Tents Whips DoE
10. Growth trends like in Ewa will guide reapportionment changes
11. VIDEO: Abercrombie “We don’t deserve to hold office if we can’t deliver as Democrats”
12. SA: Charities that feed homeless should stop
13. Kat Brady compares compares Halawa to Auschwitz as Fat Criminals lose weight, ACLU says system is cracking
14. Developers Pitch Hoopili development for Ewa
15. Five years after nearly closing, Kahuku Medical Center holds open house
16. Kapaia Bridge: After four years of talk and studies, Kauai County decides to do nothing
17. Ulua Hunters Needed: Fishing ban in NW Hawaiian Islands is Killing Monk Seals
18. UPI: Ultralights need more regulation?
19. Government Steps Up Repayment Of Student Loans
20. Rump Presbyterian Church votes to allow oral, anal sex for Clergy
21. Handi-Van driver accused of sexually assaulting mentally handicapped woman
22. “Pacific Gibraltar: U.S.-Japanese Rivalry over the Annexation of Hawaii, 1885-1898,” by William Michael Morgan

1. Maui Armed Forces Day Picnic TODAY
2. Israel Day Hawaii Celebration May 29
3. VIDEO: Herman Cain announces GOP Presidential Bid
4. Abercrombie signs public lands bills into law
5. Natural Resource Agencies Collaborate to Help Conserve Forestry Lands in Hawaii
6. Hirono vs. Lingle Round 2?
7. Rep. Johanson Selected for Prestigious Emerging Leaders Program
8. Senator Clayton Hee files false ethics reports for years
9. Sen Josh Green Leads Doctors into Medical Jail
10. Plata o Plombo? Electronic Medical Records Subsidy Keeps Kona Hospital in Black
11. Construction industry worries about fallout from rail lawsuit
12. Abercrombie tells Nurses it is their own fault if HGEA doesn’t take care of them
13. Honolulu Reapportionment Commission Named
14. Hawaii Ranks #3 in Homelessness
15. With APEC breathing down their necks, Honolulu Work Crews suddenly become efficient
16. State Guests “Disinvited” From Pirates of the Caribbean Screening
17. State Supreme Court issues rules to accompany foreclosure proceedings
18. Hawaii human trafficking suspect appeals civil case loss
19. FBI Adopts Waipahu School
20. Hawaii County Illegal Smokers being ticketed
21. High hopes for ignition interlock
22. Windward bike-sharing program promotes government waste
23. E-Waste Recycling program falling apart as trash piles up
24. First Wind issues $200M in notes for new wind projects
25. Latino Community Grew Almost 40% in Hawaii Over Last Decade

1. VIDEO: Abercrombie squares off with Maui Nurses
2. Djou responds to Hirono Campaign Announcement
3. UHERO County Forecast: Uneven Recovery Continues
4. SA: Abercrombie off to rough start
5. Police Roust Kenoi, Chang from Drunken Party
6. Hawaiian Home Lands Owes $2,500 for Treadmill
7. HTA: Tourism set for near-record year
8. Dead on Arrival: Obama Admin to ask for $250M for Honolulu Rail
9. District Pork Hard to Track at the Ledge
10. Legislators raise GE Tax $350M, proud of …uh… not raising GE Tax
11. Surprise, surprise: Maui hydro proposal causing controversy
12. Long-awaited Kuhio Park Terraces revamp begins
13. Castle doubles down on schools (good money after bad)
14. DoE employee arrested in first child enticement case involving 'live victim'
15. Study: HIV on the rise with Asian and Pacific Islander Women
16. Less Federal Funds: Hawaii's anti-terror funding cut despite APEC
17. Geothermal: How Much will OHA make after theft of Wao Kele O Puna
18. Were Kings and Queens of Hawaii Really Hawaiian?
19. Hawaiian Rights vs DLNR at Supreme Court
20. US judge fines contractor for human trafficking
21. Regents Split on Research Center's Future, Punt Decision to UH President
22. Cayetano: 14 years, 10 dogs, and Salmon
23. Maui Chamber needs more donations to continue Fourth of July fireworks
24. Maui selected for smart-grid demonstration
25. Castle Foundation commits $10 million to public education
26. Transsexual Farrington HS Student now edits website

1. Hawaii WW2 vet to Obama: “Shape up and start acting like an American”
2. FRIDAY Last Day to Vote for Honolulu Neighborhood Board
3. Larry Mehau Associate Mazie Hirono Announces Campaign for US Senate
4. Hawaii Judges Cannot Be Impartial About Rail Project
5. US Census: Hawaii home ownership only 57.7%
6. DBEDT: State Forecasts Remain Optimistic
7. RESULTS: Cain tops Hawaii GOP Presidential Straw Poll
8. Courthouse News: Watchdogs & Ex-Hawaii Officials Aim to Shelve Mass Transit Project
9. Not to Rule over Hawaii: Obama's 9th Circuit nominee Goodwin Liu heading for Defeat Thursday?
10. To Rule over Hawaii: Obama nominates former Planned Parenthood Board member for 9th Circuit
11. Social Security Admin releases Top 100 baby names for Hawaii
12. Your Private Information Public? HHS Audit finds massive Security Gaps in Electronic Medical Records
13. Victory: Senate Republicans Save Hawaii from Berkeley Liu
14. Cabanilla, Wooley, English among Least Effective Lawmakers
15. Neighborhood Board Voting ends Friday
16. Homelessness Industry Admits 75% would go to shelters if we stop feeding them on the Streets
17. Three Weeks After Rail Fact-Finding Trip, Still No Report
18. State forecasts increase in jobs
19. AP, ABC Weigh in on Moody’s Hawaii Downgrade
20. BOE wants single, more rigorous track to earn high school diploma
21. Common Cause Targets Instant Runoff Voting for a Comeback Next Year
22. Kauai Resort property tax hike fails
23. Kau: Modest version of Hawaiian Riviera Resort envisioned
24. Council to chop W. Hawaii golf subsidy
25. Oi: Bill to ban texting in crosswalks won't work, but changed attitudes would
26. UH Board of Regents To Vote on Major Research Center's Closure
27. "Interim" is the Title for 8 of 19 Deans at UH Manoa
28. Daily KOS Claims Lingle has no future
29. Bank Lobbyist Served on Hawaii Fore closure Task Force
30. Big Save stores sold to Times
31. Hawaii Libertarian Party Convention to meet Saturday
32. Accused Murderer Walks after Two Mistrials

1. Abercrombie’s Medical Homes scheme rejected by Mayo Clinic, other top clinics
2. HGEA to Nurses: State not Responsive to Negotiations
3. APEC Prep: Abercrombie Reveals 90-Day Homeless Plan
4. Schatz still trying to find “More Federal Funds”
5. Top Abercrombie Fundraiser Endorses Republican Presidential Campaign
6. HCDA Hearing on Future Development of Barbers Point/Kalaeloa
7. Moody’s Cuts Hawaii’s Bond Rating
8. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 16
9. Analysis: Budgets Swell for All but Two Hawaii Depts.
10. Abercrombie copies Waihee: Secrecy led to Broken Trust
11. Ward: 18 Bills which were originally Republican Ideas
12. Shapiro: Senate race a re-run of 2002?
13. Council, Mayor Threaten to Sue Each Other Over New Rail Agency
14. What if Honolulu Rail Fails?
15. Moody’s Downgrades State of Hawaii’s General Obligation Bond Rating
16. Could add 0.2% to interest rate on Bonds
17. Hawaii Pacific Health touts Financial Incentives agreement with HMSA: Make OUR patients more healthy—by throwing the sick ones out
18. Lawmakers as Bait to Lure Lobbyists
19. State aims to clear out homeless for APEC
20. Abercrombie: Don’t feed the Homeless
21. Hawai‘i federal judges look like poster kids for rail suit
22. The EA Rip-Off: Why Hawaii’s Environmental Policy is Failing
23. Hippies found Squatting in Back of Washington Place
24. Free Ride: Council rejects plan to end Free Bus Fares on Big Island
25. APEC Targets Pacific Wide Free Trade Zone in Upcoming US Summit
26. DARE Funds Cut
27. New Fraud Claim Against Missing Bank of America Employee
28. Stalled Once, Developer Returns With New Master Plan For Ewa, Kapolei
29. Breaking: Koolauloa politics heat up, physical assault alleged
30. Record number earn Native Hawaiian law certificate
31. Sun Yat-Sen’s Views About Overthrow?
32. BOOK REVIEW: Man who added Hawaii to the map

1. Moody’s Cuts Hawaii’s Bond Rating
2. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 16
3. Study: Hawaiian Islands Feudal system in 1400 AD
4. Lingle Pushes Senate Decision to Summer
5. SHOCK POLL: Labor unions ranked high in influence
6. VIDEO: Abercrombie Bickers with Maui Nurses
7. Nurses group questions MMMC rent payments for empty structure
8. HPD's 2 deputy chiefs intend to give up posts
9. Honolulu inflation ranked No. 4 in nation in 2010
10. SA: OIP has public duty to issue opinion
11. Fact Check: Abercrombie wrong about Medicaid Enrollment Growth
12. Beacon Communities' birthday emphasizes 'journey' ahead
13. HMSA, Kaiser in the black so far this year
14. Unity House tries to sell Lotus hotel
15. Wind Farms get a pass while Enviros hammer KIUC over dead birds
16. Property taxes 180% higher after Supreme Court rejects Kauai Ohana Amendment
17. Crisis? Council: $200K trash haul study waste of money
18. Kauai Councilman Votes Money for his own Non-profit
19. FACE Rallies for illegal migrants
20. Star-Advertiser makes room for Democrat Campaign Commercial
21. Obama’s sister: Private schools should share resources with Public Schools
22. Court rejects appeal of Kamehameha case
23. VIDEO: Hawaii Law Enforcement Memorial ground breaking
24. Dopers fire back at Green, Shapiro
25. Akaka introduces foreclosure overhaul in Senate
26. Hawaiian Crab Extinction Linked To Ancient Human Presence

1. Hawaii GOP sets March 13 for GOP Presidential Caucuses
2. Hawaii Republicans Pass first-ever Resolution Against Akaka Bill
3. Abercrombie: Nurses must suffer to pay for Medicaid Expansion
4. Abercrombie: I am right and people are ungrateful
5. CB: Abercrombie Says He Will 'Roll Over' AARP—Pension Tax coming back
6. Democrat Senate Primary: Hanabusa, Hirono, Hannemann duke it out over chance to defeat Case
7. If She Runs, Lingle Wants 'Strategy for Victory'
8. Poll: Concern grows over rail's cost
9. U.S. Supreme Court declines Kamehameha admissions case
10. HR: Hawaii GOP Resolutions Oppose Rail Project, Akaka Bill and All Tax/Fee Hikes
11. Calvin Say: ERS Reform is most important accomplishment
12. Medicaid Cuts to affect 50% of Molokai
13. Survey: 93% of Molokai Residents say no to Wind Farm
14. The rise in the cost of petroleum will not stop the recovery, Hawaii experts say
15. Local Psychiatrist Says Hawaii ready for APEC
16. Crisis? State peddles program for renting of bicycles
17. Traceability expert leaves Hawaii
18. Meda Chesney-Lind chosen as commencement speaker
19. Gingrich endorses Obamacare
20. ABC: Trump Not Running for President

1. VIDEO: Huckabee announces he is not running for President
2. Lingle: “Seriously considering” Senate Run
3. Poll Heavy with Democrats but Abercrombie Approval still Drops to 50%
4. Bombastic, In your face Abercrombie is Out of Control
5. Pension: Reigning in Hawaii's labor costs
6. Lawmakers Should Have Taken Own Pension Medicine
7. SA: Address costs of elder care before coping turns to crisis
8. SA: Placing needy in housing costs millions
9. Does OIP have the legal authority to “punt”?
10. Who is making these judgment calls in the Honolulu Prosecutor’s Office?
11. Telescope opponent says Hawaiian goddess will testify
12. After decades of paying $1 a year, Bowfin girds for big rent increase
13. Maui Lawmakers sorry film tax credit on cutting room floor
14. TheBus No. 1 in rides to work
15. Officers' memorial to break ground

1. Hawaii State Republican Convention to Meet this Weekend
2. HMSA: Mail-order Pharmaceutical plan losing support of Hawaii Physicians
3. Seeking Development Approval, Kyo-ya easy mark for Abercrombie’s Free Sand Shakedown
4. Legislative Wrap-up Video: Rep Ward, Sen Slom Town Hall meeting Hawaii Kai
5. If CoR cuts forecast, Abercrombie will demand Special Session
6. Transit Case Assigned To Mainland Judge
7. Hall Stepping Down as Hawaiian Homes Deputy after Treadmill Purchase exposed
8. New OIP refuses to challenge governor on judge names list (Quid pro Quo)
9. Price of Rail Environmental Study Doubled To $156 Million
10. Protesters Hound Alternative Energy Projects Statewide
11. HMSA, Straub, Wilcox, Pali Momi sign agreement to ration care
12. Hyperbole: Abercrombie promises Gov’t Spending will Cut Kauai Unemployment in Half
13. Hawaii Muslims help State Department Brainwash International Students
14. Unpaid wages mount for hundreds in job city says wasn't for rail
15. Bed bugs and superbug bacteria linked
16. $349 Million In Lost Revenue: The Economic Cost Of Violence In Hawaii
17. VIDEO: Yagong counters mayor’s budget plan
18. HOPE Probation Works: Why Choosing Research and Facts Over Sensationalism and Anecdotes Make for Better Criminal Justice Policy
19. First Wind unable to find location (so sad)
20. Reporter gets dirt on Elected Official, but does not use it
21. Hawaii's sex offenders Part 3: Protecting your children
22. Wanted for Rape in Hawaii, Fugitive busted in Oregon 11 years later
23. Deputy police chief's son arrested in alleged theft
24. 442nd vet changed Hawaii through politics and law

1. Obamacare: HMSA announces statewide scheme to cut costs
2. Honolulu Cellphone Ban: You can Walk the walk, but don’t talk the talk
3. Hui files federal lawsuit to stop rail plans
4. Council member wants 'Plan B' to raise taxes, raid Bus funds in case rail funding is short
5. Rail transit rolls forward with stops for questions
6. Abercrombie: Put Multi-Member Districts on ballot for 2012
7. Shapiro: Senatorial Pique forces Special Session
8. Say, Oshiro Best in Hawaii House at Passing Own Bills
9. Impact of New Retirement Rules: Smaller Pensions
10. PBN: ‘Frustrated’ Abercrombie is good CEO because he uses Twitter, and gave an excuse for not releasing Judicial nominees
11. Civil Beat Shares Hawaii Legislative Agency Salaries
12. Efficiency?  Cost Cutting? Hawaii's largest health insurer will raise its premiums by 3.7% in July
13. Crisis?  $4.5M for new Judiciary Building
14. Fear of being politically incorrect strangles UH Athletics
15. Aulani to hire 800 "cast members" to fill "roles"
16. Update: Nordstrom will pursue theft charges against HPD deputy chief's son
17. HNN: Sex Predators Among Us
18. Why Trial Lawyers Love Enviros, OHA—and fear Mainland
19. Psychos, race baiters duke it out on Hawaii County Council
20. Luddites, Anti-Superferry protesters prepare to defeat Hydro Power on Kauai
21. A Grandmother Speaks Against Wind Farm
22. Political Correctness Tours to begin in Honolulu
23. Last bale of Hawaiian Waste trash disposed of
24. Honolulu Mulls Phone Ban for Pedestrians
25. Hawaii's newest public school fills fast
26. Regulators lift consent order against Central Pacific
27. Omidyar won’t say how long he will pay for Civil Beat

1. Plaintiffs Seek Injunction to block Honolulu Rail Construction, Contracting
2. Brookings: Honolulu The Bus is #1 Transit System in Nation
3. Honolulu’s Frieda Takaki to head US Employee Stock Ownership Foundation
4. Porn Pastor to appear at former Wahiawa XXX Store
5. VIDEO: Newt Gingrich announces Presidential Campaign
6. Psychiatrists Boycott Honolulu Meeting Over Desmond Tutu Invitation
7. Council puts rein on rail spending
8. General Fund Deposits down 2.3% or up 2.9%, depending…
9. Hawaii’s agencies outspend private business on Washington lobbying
10. Convention Center May Not Host President, Other Leaders During APEC
11. Honolulu mayor: possible prostitution spike for APEC
12. APEC Practice Run: 10,000 Psychiatrists
13. Nanny City: Bill would outlaw holding iPads and cellphones while crossing city streets
14. Hawaii foreclosure decline is mainly due to major lenders holding back on new filings, experts say
15. Trust in supervisors cited in Police overtime scam
16. Council ends discount on tipping fees for recycling
17. Money for Candidates: 9-11 trooothers thank Hawaii Co Council
18. Lawmaker Carroll fined for late filing of reports
19. Pflueger asks appeals court to dismiss manslaughter charges
20. Abercrombie demands Turtle Bay owners give ag land to Trust for Public Land
21. Kailua Fireworks Group Seeks Support from Businesses, Residents, for 4th of July Show
22. Hyphen APA Heritage Month Profiles: Cindy Adams, Executive Director of the Hawaii Meth Project
23. Coal, Eucalyptus chip in to generate power 
24. Oi: No “screaming invective” for traditional marriage

1. Berg: Allow Mobile Home Parks to provide Affordable Housing?
2. Hawaii Nursing Home Care costs 58% more than National Average
3. VIDEO: Rep Gene Ward’s Sine Die Speech
4. SA on Hawaii ERS Debt? Nothing to see here, just move along
5. Harimoto on Rail: “There Will be Problems”
6. Hawaii to limit Medicaid eligibility, reduce benefits to save $75M
7. DoE Loses only $16M in budget
8. AG Louie, ACLU team up to allow Delivery of Medicated Marijuana
9. Their incompetence could give lawmakers a pay raise
10. Abercrombie upset after Star-Advertiser identifies him as failure
11. Federal Judge Calls Legislature’s Inaction “A Terrible Thing”
12. Legislature Fails to fund settlement for DoE rape Victim
13. CB: Hawaii Republicans Strike Out at Legislature
14. Not dissuaded by rejection of Pension Tax - Abercrombie
15. After dropping Vaccination Funding, Schatz tries to talk insurers into paying for it
16. Isles' long-term care costs high, survey shows
17. Carlisle Admin repeats Hannemann and Harris Admin calls to divest Affordable Housing
18. Berg: Put Zoo in Diamond Head Crater
19. Crisis? Counties pour money into Swampland, Open Space, Vacant positions, Reserve Fund, Swinging bridge
20. Kauai County auditor hampered by external delays, influences
21. Kam Schools is top Spender on Lobbying
22. Schatz prepares for APEC: 200,000 Japanese Hula Dancers showcase Hawaii’s legitimacy
23. Former Ag Bennett Defends State’s Manslaughter Case Against Jimmy Pflueger
24. Honolulu is Only City in America with Increasing Home Prices
25. Kakaako: Open Space preferred to Presidential Library
26. Cabanilla pushes Democrat Takeover of Public Housing Agency
27. Facebook Post blows Liquor Inspectors’ Cover
28. Dispute Over Hawaii Kai Marina Association’s Financial Management May Go to Court
29. Coming to Hawaii Soon? Fishermen Attempt Suicide after “Catch-Share” Regulations Destroy Industry
30. Alarming combo: Bedbugs with 'superbug' germ found

1. Coverup: DoE changes tests, surveys to create illusion of progress
2. UPDATE: Hawaii Right to Life PAC endorses more Honolulu Neighborhood Board Candidates
3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted May 9
4. Borreca: Abercrombie will face a day of reckoning
5. The Table of Shame - can we afford everything we wish for?
6. Nails in the Coffin: Legislature approves 252 bills this year
7. As Redistricting Looms: Abercrombie touts Return to Multi-Member Districts
8. Hawaii Ethics Commission Hasn't Issued Advisory Opinion Since 2006
9. ACT 221 Scammers on Big Wind: Governor must Seize Molokai Ranch and Give it to us!
10. Higher Electricity Sales mask Effects of Decoupling
11. Crisis? Kauai County Begins Hiring
12. Recycling subsidy in danger
13. Murkowski welcomes U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka back to work after rib injury
14. APEC Preparations: Weak start for state’s homeless initiative
15. APEC Preparations: Prostitution expected to surge for APEC
16. APEC Preparations: Free plane ticket to Texas for homeless woman in Waikiki
17. Point Panic Homeless Camp proposed as Site for Obama Library
18. Expensive Private School Brainwashes Manoa Children
19. Pot-Heads, State of Hawaii team up to soak landowner for $15,000 a day
20. Hordes of Wildly Posturing Activists block Appointment of Kauai Archaeologist
21. Sellers’ Remorse: Maori get head back
22. Hitler Poster Child Changes Life, Finds Hawaii Home

1. Medical Homes: Will Medicaid patients suffer to save HGEA, UPW?
2. Opening Pandora's Box Of Hidden Tax Increases
3. DHHL outlines plan to reduce number of leases, keep beneficiaries waiting
4. Special Session? Rep Belatti outlines Legislative Payraise Scenarios
5. SA: Students do better when they spend less time around the DoE
6. SA: Authorize and Sell Rail Bonds Now
7. JAL: Golden Week visitors to Hawaii down 41.7%
8. Aloha Cargo, part of Young Bros Monopoly, reaps benefits of Superferry’s demise
9. NYT: Hawaii Captive Insurance Laws help create “Shadow Insurance Industry”
10. Hawaii Tax Credits behind Obama Admin scheme to Tax Drivers by Miles Driven
11. Hawaii Foreclosure Law could weaken Mortgage Securities Market
12. OHA’s Robert Klein helping Gold Coast Residents make State pay for their Seawall
13. Session Wrap: Agriculture, Aina Fail to inspire Taxes and Subsidies
14. Petition to Require an EA for EA Exemption Lists
15. UH Tree Ring Study: Global Warming started in 1700s
16. Crazy Scene: 10,000 psychiatrists gathering for annual meeting in Honolulu
17. Samoa to jump forward in time by one day
18. FP: Inouye threatens Cut-off of Palestinian Aid Money if Hamas Joins Gov’t

1. Honolulu GOP Releases List of Republican Neighborhood Board candidates
2. UHERO: Hawaii’s Government Pork feeding frenzy coming to an end
3. Abercrombie to Democrats: We are to blame for all of Hawaii’s Problems
4. Huge Success: Duke Aiona’s Drug Courts 1/3 of National Recidivism Rate
5. Nonaka: New Taxes cost $2400 for family of four
6. Abercrombie Declares War on AARP, promises to bring back Pension tax
7. Abercrombie may call Special Session to balance Budget on Backs of Seniors, Employees
8. Pension tax idea galvanized potent voting bloc
9. HB865: Abercrombie doubles Freight Tax to hire more HGEA
10. Maui Budget: Spending, Taxes Both Hiked
11. Oily Characters: Robin Danner studies North Dakota Indian Reservation to learn how to set up government
12. New Hawaii law signed last week makes it harder for lenders to confiscate people's homes
13. Abercrombie-Schatz Initiative to help homeless fails to get even one person off streets
14. Environmentalists rally against proposed beach hotel tower
15. Invasive Species Control Threatens Endangered Native Birds
16. Kauai County’s energy savings flicker
17. Taiwan sponsoring exhibit on Hawaii-educated Sun Yat-sen at Honolulu's city hall

1. Feds may prosecute State employees who carry out Medical Marijuana Program
2. Abercrombie Imposes Obamacare: Medical Homes are future of Health Care Delivery
3. Inouye Introduces Bills to Imprison Fishermen, seize boats
4. SB120: Legislators authorize raid of more than $17 million in special funds
5. Abercrombie: “Political Status quo strongly in place--We did not get all we wanted”
6. Abercrombie signs Foreclosure bill, Vetoes two others
7. HGEA Hiring Re-started: Bigger state budget restores some jobs
8. Obamacare: Governor announces ‘medical home’ concept
9. State to cut funding for Ohana, Evercare
10. How Legislators will get their pay raise after voting against it
11. Ever optimistic, lawmakers hope for veto of pay-cut bill
12. More public schools drop out of summer sessions
13. Session Wrap: Hawaii Gets New Appointed Education Board, Not Much Else
14. Session Wrap: Energy Bills Pass, But Little Spark
15. Undersea cable bill sunk by lawmakers
16. Legislature votes to force Ratepayers to bail out biofuel project
17. Rolling in Dough: Kauai FY12 supplemental budget $21 million higher
18. Yagong displeased with mayor's plan to delay retiree insurance premiums
19. Hawaii Legislature passes bills to help Hilo lessees
20. Hawaii to receive more than $47 million in Title I education money
21. Install Waikiki street cams
22. Just in time for APEC, Environmentalists continue to allow Spread of Bedbugs throughout Hawaii
23. Four Castle students arrested on suspicion of burglaries
24. Clayton Hee kills effort to fix flawed DUI law
25. Kakaako homeless man is the King of Clean
26. HMA teams up with mainland company
27. Among The Truthers

1. Panos to Council: Floating Rail Bonds before federal funds are secured is dereliction of duty
2. Video: Kahuku Wind turbines don’t even turn on windy day
3. SA: Dick Rowland: The Grassroot Institute founder promotes the cause of liberty
4. High Turnout in Neighborhood Board Elections
5. How Abercrombie suckered Senate into Creating GE Tax Bogeyman
6. Will Force Special Session to raise taxes more: Abercrombie expected to veto Flawed Legislative Pay Cut Extension
7. CoR, Unfinished Business Could Bring legislature Back For More
8. Hawaii kills undersea power cable bill (For now)
9. Solar power firms fight for subsidies
10. Hawaii Lawmakers Agree to Pension Reform for New Hires
11. Freight Tax Doubled: Hawaii Consumers forced to pay for HGEA Jobs
12. Kenoi's budget cuts 2%
13. Geniuses: Kauai Co figures out that it doesn’t make sense to sell bonds and not use the money
14. Treadmill Mystery At Hawaiian Home Lands
15. Palafox gives up UH medical school post
16. Police officer found not guilty in false-overtime case
17. Law Stops Non-Judicial Foreclosures For 12 Months
18. Sen Akaka recovering after breaking 2 ribs while preparing to denounce Special Forces
19. CB Poll: Only Obamabots think Obama gets credit for Killing Bin-Laden
20. Is Councilmember a Radio-Controlled Robot?
21. Homeless Tent City in Waianae: They don’t do anything, leave loads of trash behind
22. Dopers: Obama Reneges On States Rights on Medical Marijuana
23. Visitor industry gives back to Maui County troops
24. Gambling With Hawaii: The fight over legalizing gambling
25. Hawaii hotel occupancy slips; room rates rise
26. New Deal for Hong Kong and US trade
27. 7-Eleven plans to add 46 stores in Hawaii
28. Oahu H-POWER plant expansion reaches halfway point

1. Hawaii Christian Coalition to Pray over Capitol May 5
2. Study: Hawaii has most expensive rentals in Nation
3. VIDEO: House Republicans speak up on Taxes, Budget
4. Marumoto: State becoming addicted to Marijuana Money
5. Berg on Transit Authority: Mayor, Council Leadership put Cronyism ahead of qualifications
6. Cam Cavasso: Family and the Future
7. Hawaii Right to Life PAC endorses Neighborhood Board Candidates
8. Slom: Business freeze hiring in response to Legislature, Non-Profits may close doors
9. Hawaii citizens missed some lawmakers’ bullets; bit others
10. Marumoto: Retirees have won the Day, Pension Tax is Dead
11. Political Correctness: SEALS who got Bin Laden also captured Jihadi murderer of Big Isle man—and were prosecuted for it
12. Inouye, Akaka votes: A ticket to USA for Guantanamo detainee who attempted attack on Honolulu
13. UH Medical School to lose Tobacco Settlement Funding
14. Akaka, Inouye to hold hearing to complain about ‘racist’ language used by Special Forces killing Osama
15. Hawaii Legislature poised to approve broad changes in public worker retirement benefits
16. Slom Questions If State Legislative Budget is Balanced
17. Its Party Time! Jobs Available Soon At Some State Agencies
18. Abercrombie, BoE, Obama’s Sister put on Education Reform Dog n Pony Show
19. Hawaii lawmakers to vote on massive pay hike
20. Race Hustlers Recognize State Akaka Tribe is Illegal
21. Conklin: Best for Process to fizzle once again
22. Bond sales for rail work get preliminary approval
23. Honolulu Council Learns Rail Contractor Gave A Gift — Two Months Later
24. Abercrombie sends out Lawyer to Argue for Judicial Secrecy
25. UH Manoa Perfesser gets no jail time for Rape of Child
26. Hawaii Conspirator in Thai Laborer Trafficking Case Admits Guilt
27. Hawaii lawmakers kill proposal to end Medicare Part B reimbursement benefit to public retirees
28. Hawaii Hotel Room Revenue up 19%
29. REAL ID: Hawaii Not In Compliance, Residents may be blocked from flying without Passports in January, 2013
30. Schatz: Feds Will Provide APEC Funds
31. Legislators seize Tobacco Funds, cut $4 million from medical school fund
32. After 30 Years of Failure, Legislature votes to re-fund Aloha Tower Development Corp.
33. Proposal would require developers to provide warning sirens
34. Kauai Bus Shelters $50K Each
35. Hawaii Co Ending Free Bus Fares
36. $40 Million Revenue Bond Bill Benefits Energy Venture
37. Pork Project: Inouye delivers $5.5M for Green Energy and Pig Slop
38. Guam Mayors Concerned About Possibility That Marine Buildup Won't Happen
39. Oahu elementary school accredited as International Baccalaureate World School
40. Maryland suspends Hawaii autism doctor's license
41. HPD Officer Had 2x Legal Alcohol Limit
42. Trial opens for HPD officer accused in overtime pay scandal
43. Kau: Convicted Killer Occupies Million Dollar Shoreline Parcel
44. Michigan Republicans Threaten to cut off Michigan Welfare Card use in Hawaii
45. Gambling with Paradise: Illegal activities in Hawaii
46. 'Million-dollar sharks' a boon to eco-tourism, says study
47. Legislature praised for work on Dogs, Peacocks
48. Donald Trump's lawsuits could turn off conservatives who embrace tort reform
49. SA: Championship series needs reform

1. Double-Digit Spending Increase and Taxes to Match: Senate Passes Budget 24-1
2. STATEMENT FROM ABERCROMBIE ON PASSAGE OF LEGISLATIVE BUDGET
3. Sewer Line Back Up Closes Capitol Toilets
4. Big Victory for Abercrombie’s HSTA/DoE/BoE: Legislature stalls 180 day law
5. First Item on New BoE Agenda: Take Care of Matayoshi
6. Online shopping tax bills die in Hawaii
7. ILind Looks at 14 Bills Passed by Legislature
8. State's Flu-Shot Program Threatened
9. Stanley Chang caught lying about Support for Gas Tax Increase
10. Debt Service on Rail Bonds $380M/year
11. Hawaii House-Senate committee backs health care reform conformity bill
12. FACT CHECK — HGEA: Public Nurse Pay 'Woefully' Behind Private Sector?
13. Hawaii Loses Substitute Teacher Class Action Suit, Could Owe $70 Million
14. Price of Tavares: Battle over permits doubles cost of center for Molokai veterans
15. KIUC Pursues Real Renewable Electricity, so Enviros Mount Opposition
16. Luddites push Kauai Co to Harass Seed Industry
17. Homeless Bills Miss Deadline
18. Attorney General Louie confirmed by Hawaii Senate, completing Gov. Abercrombie's Cabinet
19. Inmate sues state and prison guards fired for beating him
20. Shapiro: Green on right track to make medicinal pot rules more rigid
21. Trailer Parks for Homeless on Ag land?
22. Kahuku Village managers Ousted
23. Developers may be shut out of cash for affordable housing
24. Mid Pacific Institute Enviros brainwash Preschoolers
25. HPD Releases Cost for President’s Hawaii Security Detail
26. Book Reviews of Biography of Obama’s Mother
27. CBS chief calls 'Hawaii Five-0' next billion-dollar franchise
28. Hawaii attorney general may join BCS lawsuit
29. The Oracle Nation Of Islam Answers The Call To Hawaii
30. “Khalid Shaikh Mohammed basically gave up nothing until after he had been waterboarded”
31. Tight security at Obama granny's Kenya home

1. SB1274: Obamacare being used to Weaken Right to Appeal Insurance Coverage Denials
2. Abercrombie signature gives special rights to Men who wear Dresses
3. Nuclear Regulatory Commission looking into Depleted Uranium paperwork violations
4. Maritime Industry Leader: Throw out Jones Act requirement for US Built ships
5. Poverty Pimps Thrilled about State Akaka Bill
6. After they raise our taxes, legislators will be seeking cover
7. Pay raises for legislators not dead yet
8. Abercrombie, Obama’s Sister and Omidyar cronies to discuss how to protect HSTA/DOE/BoE from angry parents
9. Abercrombie Donor Kelly Hu Hosts Poker Tourney
10. Pork Project: Hawaii Legislature Finds Money to Help Oahu Slaughterhouse
11. Money for Inter-Island Cable, Credits For Clinton Crony Studio Dead?
12. Governor Lobbies Lawmakers to pay for dark cable to Lanai, Molokai Big Wind projects
13. Wind farm, ACT 221 scammers, push back against Geothermal expansion
14. PUC denies First Wind's request for 'Big Wind' extension
15. Michigan Welfare Money being Spent in Hawaii
16. Do you know how long I’ve been in Government? Honolulu Councilmembers shout at testifiers
17. WHT: Kenoi Campaign Manager cancels no-bid Police Services Contract after media Inquiries
18. Kyo-ya Hotel: Three of Five Zoning Board Members have Conflicts of Interest
19. Hawaii Trial Judges Worst Paid in U.S.
20. Crisis? 16.9% More Spending for Kauai Human Resources Dep’t
21. Crisis? $30M Projects for Kona
22. Hawaii homeowners threatened by foreclosure would have options to stay in homes
23. Hawaii Muslims painted as Victims by Islam Day Proponent
24. Six decades after death, Maui man receives Medal of Honor
25. State Court Employees Contribute $19,489 to Japan Relief Fund
26. Hawaii Seeks to Prohibit Sale of Intact Pets
27. With Enactment of Hawaii Employment Non-Discrimination Law, One-Quarter of U.S. States Ban Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity
28. Program nurses a need
29. Work resumes at Oahu's oldest church for construction of a multi-purpose center
30. Obama’s friend pleads no contest in prostitution case
31. Rasmussen: No Osama Bounce for Obama
32. Donald The Mole

1. Special Forces exterminate Osama Bin-Laden: Hideout was mansion next to Pakistani Military Academy
2. Legislature to vote on $350M Increase in GE Tax
3. Whirlwind legislative session draws to a close May 5
4. Abercrombie signs Eight More Bills into Law
5. Local Reaction To Osama’s Death: Relief, Worry
6. Threat Level Raised At All Hawaii Army Installations
7. How Much Hawaii Legislature’s Tax Hikes Will Cost You ($600M)
8. Hawaii Legislature Increases Taxes, Spending, but Some Controversial Tax Measures Die
9. Pay Raises for Hawaii Lawmakers Still on Table
10. Law Lets Session Draw to a Close With Few Legislators Filing Disclosures
11. Legislative Session Schedule for This Week
12. Mortgage Foreclosure Bill Makes Cut
13. Obama's close friend to appear in Honolulu court on Prostitution Rap
14. Bill to protect victims of abuse nears OK
15. Hawaii has nation’s Highest Teen Suicide Rate
16. BoE Chair Horner continues to abuse Audit word 
17. APEC conferees will see greener Nimitz Highway
18. NYT: Standing Up for Guest Workers
19. Project could help Nanakuli
20. Honolulu Should Not Give Corporate Welfare Through Favoritism in Recycling Contracts
21. Councilmember Tulsi Gabbard to drop use of Tamayo
22. Four Seasons Resort reopens, recovered from tsunami damage
23. Kauai Co Auditor surprised by county’s skyrocketing electric bill in 2010

1. Hawaii spending to increase despite down economy
2. Contractors Fear GE Tax Hikes Will Hurt Business
3. House, Senate Reach Deals on Tax Increases
4. County looks ‘OK’ despite cap on TAT: If tourism picks up, any excess will go into state’s general fund
5. Bailey: Why are we struggling so hard with the concept of the importance of instructional time in Hawaii?
6. DoE: 66% of class of 2014 won’t be taking Algebra II
7. UH pays teachers more than nearly 40% of other PH&D universities
8. Casino: Midnight at The Sausage Factory
9. SA: Panel must assure openness to Democrat groups in redrawing voter districts
10. Obama not immune from state's twisted bureaucracy
11. Failed Solar Water Heaters to be replaced by On-Demand Hot Water heaters at Mayor Wright…
12. …meanwhile Hawaii Energy to hand out more Solar Water Heater rebates with federal funds
13. It Begins: Snapshots of 1930s Japan add “context” at new Arizona Memorial Visitor Center
14. Parks Statewide Get Sprucing From Thousands Of Volunteers
15. Medical? Behind backs of Doctors, Doper slips cannabis oil into feeding tubes of cancer stricken child
16. State Health Officials Declare Latest Dengue Outbreak Over
17. Land titles expert wrote 'Mahele' book
18. Hawaii UPW was trailblazer in Communists’ quest for Government Unions
19. Republican Lawmakers push back against Democrats’ Birther scam
20. Food shortages and a frigid winter intensify pressures in North Korea

1. Friends of Lanai Calls for Big Wind Bidding Process to be Reopened
2. 'Birther' Myth First Spread by Hillary Clinton Supporters in 2008
3. Capped Out: Conference Committee Seizes Some TAT Revenue from Counties
4. GE TAX Raised: Will reverberate throughout the economy as higher prices for consumers
5. Bill Would Raise Hawaii's Production Tax Credits by 20%
6. Proposal to start a casino in Hawaii dies
7. Foreclosure aid bills advances
8. Reefer Madness: Medical marijuana bill dies at the Legislature
9. Native Hawaiian Recognition Bill Moves Forward in 2011 Legislature
10. Homeless Hotline Tally So Far: 100 Calls, Emails
11. Supreme Court Picks Reapportionment Chair
12. Kailua High teacher charged with throwing hammer at student
13. Hauula Charter School plans under way
14. Hawaii residents victimized in ponzi scheme
15. Horizon Lines reports loss, cites Hawaii slowdown
16. Is Obama trying to anoint Trump?
17. Golden Week volunteers help earthquake victims in Japan
18. Celebration to mark Day of Prayer

1. Crisis? Arrivals up 9.1% spending up 16.9%
2. Conspicuous Gallantry: Medal of Honor for Kaho’ohanohano, Svehla
3. British Hawaii: U.K. flavor in the former 'Sandwich Isles'
4. Immigration Files: UH Manoa Counseled Obama Sr. “about his Playboy Ways”
5. Taxpayer Giveaway to Billionaire Clinton Cronies among Key Measures Being Voted Today
6. Legislators cross swords with voting seniors at own peril
7. House Wants Pension Tax, Senate Doesn’t
8. Arrivals up 11.8% despite calamity
9. Hawaii lawmakers reach deal on state budget, Required $500M in New Taxes
10. Legalized Gambling Proposal Gains New Life at Hawaii Legislature
11. HSTA/DoE Wins Big! Longer school day requirement in Hawaii delayed
12. Big Win for Obama, Enviros: Maui town faces $6 gas amid record price surge
13. Tax Set at Ten Cents, But Passage Not Yet In The Bag
14. Crisis? Kauai County declares fiscal position sound
15. City Lawyers Told Council Members What Not To Ask On Rail Fact-Finding Trip
16. Redistricting panel's rules inhibit public's participation, groups say
17. Legislators extend shield law protecting journalists' sources
18. Hope Probation Strains Hawaii Criminal Justice System
19. Lawmakers Finally Agree On Anti-Prostitution Bill
20. Working together, we can break cycle of meth addiction
21. Tsunami all clear put boaters at risk
22. Arnold’s contract ordeal points to problems at UH
23. Hanabusa Hosts Art Competition from which she is Excluded
24. Relic of 'Blessed' nun to return to Hawaii

1. Hawaii Rated Worst State to Earn a Living
2. Hawaii Anti-Trust Adventures: Investigating Big Five Control of Matson
3. VIDEO: House GOP Caucus Hosts Balanced Budget Summit
4. Abercrombie signs Six More Bills into law
5. House saves the day after Senate votes 24-1 to dishonor Polynesian Discoverers of Hawaiian Isles
6. Profitable Rhetoric: Mililani Trask signs Geothermal Deal
7. Senate Run?  Hanabusa’s got her hand out again
8. Start over on Big Wind Bidding, group tells state
9. Legislators May Finish Spending this Morning, Taxing Next
10. Will Hawaii Legislators Take 5% Pay Hike???
11. Bag Tax: Enviros Fight Amongst Themselves over how much to steal from Consumers
12. Golden Week Travel Falls 5% to 30% after Quake
13. Caldwell/FACE: Mortgage legislation should address only 'bad actor' lenders
14. Court dismisses challenge of Hawaiian Homes exemption
15. Suspect Killed by Police had long record: Would be alive today if he were in prison where he belonged
16. Helping the homeless is byproduct of preparing for APEC
17. Insurers, Contractors still arguing over who will pay Trial Lawyers
18. Hawaii Kai residents upset over proposed sewer rate hikes
19. St Francis Medical center confronts Chapter 11 Again
20. Bill would add teeth to domestic violence law
21. Peter Boy is still missing, and his case remains inactive
22. Dopers in Frenzy over Elimination of “Medical” marijuana for those who just want to feel medicated
23. State driver’s licenses, ID cards do not conform to federal rules
24. Big Foot: Hawaii County carbon footprint report released
25. Hawaii Endangered Bird Conservation Program Recognized For Propagation Achievements
26. Kill The Frogs?
27. 3 Hawaii employers among semifinalists for award recognizing support for Guard, reserve troops

1. Abercrombie: HGEA Settles “without accusations and confrontation”
2. HB1405: Lawmakers attempt an end run around the public in order to pass State Akaka bill
3. Birthers vs. Truthers: The Double Standard on Conspiracy Theories
4. White House Releases Obama’s Long-Form Birth Certificate
5. Ignored Locally: Hawaii Investigative Reporter Gets National Recognition
6. BoE says “Audit”, but No FINANCIAL Audits are planned
7. Now that a Democrat is Governor, it is Time for Legislature to undo its “mistake” on UH regents
8. Conference Committee Still Considering More Spending
9. Abercrombie to Legislature; Just Ignore my AG on Medicare Pt B
10. $150M Medicaid cuts risk care, opponents say
11. Hawaii Legislative Conference Committee Working Hard on Instant Runoff Voting Bill
12. HB688: Transsexual Agenda For Hawaii Schools
13. Trial Lawyers seek Profit from Mass Release of Criminals
14. Hawaii Human Trafficking Bill One Step From Governor's Desk
15. Japanese Tourists 'Will Be Back Soon' to Hawaii
16. Another Australian Airline to Fly Hawaii Routes
17. No Hawaii Lawmakers Disclose Dependents With Stocks, Mutual Funds
18. Josh Green finally figures out Medical Marijuana is a Scam, Pushes for Big Island Dope Dispensary
19. HGEA vote fell well short of a mandate
20. Nurses Head for Arbitration?
21. HGEA Nurses underpaid compared to Private Hospitals
22. SA: Don’t give more to nurses
23. Bag Tax: Legislators plan to screw Retailers after luring them in with Revenue Sharing
24. Coffman Screws Residential Solar Installers, Homeowners
25. Hawaii to Drain Hurricane Fund to Cover Shortfall
26. Obama Friend Titcomb Pleads Guilty In Traffic Court Case
27. He’s No ‘Birther’ but Hawaii Senator Tackles Issues Surrounding Obama’s Birth Certificate

1. Back to bargaining Table: HGEA Nurses Reject Contract, other 6 Units Ratify
2. Djou: Oahu has nation’s Highest Gas Taxes, City may raise higher
3. Honolulu Pacific Office Properties could be De-listed by Stock Exchange
4. HCR135: Special Interests hijack ALOHA Resolution
5. Abercrombie signs Eight More Bills into Law
6. Abercrombie announces Homeless Hotlines
7. Birthers vs. Truthers: The Double Standard on Conspiracy Theories
8. Panos for Mayor Again? Decision waits until after APEC in November
9. Shapiro: Sam Slom moves to the fringe
10. HSTA/DOE Join to Push Back against 180-day Law: Legislators want to fudge it
11. Legislature resists governor's 'transformation of politics'
12. Conference Committees To Focus on Tax Hikes Today
13. Lawmakers still assuming fantasy returns on Pension Investments
14. SA: Don't borrow to build rental-car facility  (Capital converted to operating!)
15. 7000 Join AARP tele-Town Hall, Protest Pension Tax
16. Department of Taxation suddenly decides cutting GE Tax exemptions will produce $41M less
17. Amazon will dump Hawaii Affiliates if Legislature imposes GE Tax for online purchases
18. The Price Is Wrong: Legislative Disclosures Undervalue Real Estate by $100,000s
19. Hawaii County Property Valuations better than anticipated
20. Kokobun’s Pork Project: State purchase of slaughterhouse key to food security
21. Morita, Coffman team up with HELCO to deny Homeowners Solar Funding
22. Slavery: Another supervisor pleads guilty, Cooperating with Feds?
23. Kalapa: Nudging Government Toward Reform
24. City & County of Honolulu Details Rail Bond Financing
25. Schatz: Homeless 90-day Plan all about APEC
26. Failed former Senator Ron Menor still out there pushing Gas Cap
27. Another Honolulu Police officer to be arraigned on another drunken-driving charge
28. Former TSA screener admits to stealing
29. Act221 Scammers look to China
30. Stockbroker Kimura Pleads Guilty
31. Hawaii Government Employees Association Negotiations Not Authentic
32. Abercrombie Rejected 2x: Selection Process for University of Hawaii Regents is Suddenly ‘Broken’
33. Caesars CEO: Poker indictments present opportunity
34. Judge halts foreclosure; others vulnerable?
35. Stalinist Media Council still trying to seize HNN Broadcast License
36. Plans for wave energy on Oregon Coast progressing
37. Carter and other ex-leaders in North Korea on 3-day visit

1. Hawaii, Other States, Form Caucus to Oppose TSA Intrusions
2. Will legislators share in the pay sacrifices?
3. Taxes On Plastic Bags, Rental Cars, State Pensions, Alcohol Considered
4. A User's Guide to Hawaii Conference Committees
5. Hawaii Disclosure Law For Government Officials Not Transparent
6. Honolulu Department's OT Jumps 49 Percent, Director Won't Talk About It
7. Real ID:  Unfunded federal mandate to increase county costs
8. Will Animal Liberation Nuts Torpedo Hawaii’s Collectivized Pork Slaughterhouse?
9. Do Native Hawaiians Have The Right To Break Rules?
10. Schools use Financial Aid to replace Family  with Government
11. Do it for the children: Hawaii's Sex Abuse Treatment Center is truly a lifeline for child victims
12. Abercrombie plans new initiative to finance Homelessness Industry
13. On-bill Financing Would Make Clean Energy Accessible to Everyone
14. Queen Lil Trust pays $100 Tax on $9.9M property
15. Indicted Scammer makes one last sales pitch … in Hawaii
16. Sun Country Airlines is Making Profit – Looking at Hawaii
17. 'Spice' traps troops
18. Forty-Four Years Later: Worthless dope smoking Bums not welcome at Haight-Ashbury
19. Why The "Birther" Conspiracy Is Great For Obama
20. Human Events: Birthers are Best thing Obama Has going for Him
21. Hawaii senator questions Obama's true birth father
22. Blessed Marianne Cope Returns to Molokai
23. Christians save Students from latest DoE Mess, 75% to graduate

1. Battery-Back Up system catches Fire at new Kahuku Windfarm—Haz Mat team called in
2. First meeting promises new direction for BOE  (promises, promises)
3. Unlike Dods, Horner gives to Dems and GOP
4. Some Worry Dead Excise Tax May Come Back
5. Deadline looms for lawmakers struggling to balance budget
6. State's spurious financial crisis has prompted legislators to look at funds previously off limits
7. Calif-Hilo flights projected to bring in $50M, begin June 9
8. New tuition hikes loom: State’s deficit delays decision on a price increase for UH  (Tax Hike Propaganda pt1)
9. Funding for dams and reservoirs should be restored
10. SA: Oahu's rail panel needs technical expert aboard
11. Utility lines to be moved for Honolulu rail
12. Federal contracts come to women and minorities
13. Your Tax Dollars At Work: Groups Sue over use of “Wailuku Main Street” Name
14. Big Isle redistricting to begin
15. Obamanomics: Teen Unemployment hits 27%
16. Fish farms struggle as DC-based Luddites try to stop them
17. As Gays lose interest, Oahu Co Democrats demand State promote Gay Sex Tourism
18. POLITICO: More than half of Democrats are 9-11 Trooothers
19. Reality: Donald Trump Is President Obama’s New Best Friend

1. Sentencing reform creates liability issue
2. No Development Moratorium in Kau
3. Romy Cachola threatens Barbers Point Park Deal
4. Habitat for Humanity accepting applications for Homes
5. Honolulu Rail isn't that much different than Wisconsin

1. About the Birth Certificate
2. Newsflash: DAGS releases comprehensive fiscal report for 2009
3. SA: Feds need to ensure integrity of Hawaii's health care law
4. HHSC Nurses rejecting HGEA Contract
5. Hawaii lawmakers to decide on taxes and spending to balance projected $1.3B deficit
6. Maui Chamber of Commerce: We’re TEA (taxed enough already); cut government instead
7. High Gas Prices: Just one more excuse to raise taxes
8. Measure seeks instant runoffs
9. Real Clean Energy: KIUC Pushes Hydro Power
10. Nonprofit Directors ask for maintained funding, restoration of grants
11. Moana Surfrider:  Two Honolulu Zoning Board Members have hidden Conflicts of Interest
12. Nanakuli industrial park dead
13. Police officer arrested after Kona Street crash
14. Herb Kane’s Wisconsin Roots
15. Gay-Atheists hijack “Aloha Spirit” Resolution
16. Chemophobia: Increasing levels of mercury found in rare Pacific albatross
17. Birtherism: Where it all began
18. Perfesser: Obama provides glimpse of future U.S. leaders

1. Killing the 180 Day School Year: HSTA caught in a lie
2. GOP: Legislature putting Prepaid Health Care Act at risk
3. Berg: Cut the Golf Subsidy, no new taxes
4. TEA Party: Support Sen Slom’s No New Taxes Budget
5. Applicants Sought for Chair of Hawaii Reapportionment Commission
6. Former California Mayor Jumps Into Hawaii Election Legislation Controversy
7. Don Horner: “Just like Walter Dods”
8. Shapiro: Legislature should democratize itself before meddling in city elections
9. Hanabusa Still hasn’t moved into District, wants District to move to Her
10. Solomon, Galuteria push State Akaka Bill in Conference Committee
11. Borreca: A balanced budget is nice but it's not really required
12. Fontaine: Conference Committee could slip 1% GE Tax hike into HB793
13. Bill would lets 1000s of Criminals out of Prison Early 
14. Green Energy Scammers offer UH $6M Bribe
15. SA: Lower barriers to solar power
16. Land officials vote to revert Aina Lea land
17. Crisis? Maui Council gives $243K to Nonprofit that has already banked $300K of taxpayer money
18. Lawmakers advance 2-year extension of shield law
19. Transit Authority: Council Must pay for What We Spend
20. New Tech School Model frees Nanakuli from DoE Failure model
21. Student Veterans At UH Snub their Own Forum
22. Suits Allege “Deplorable” Conditions at Mayor Wright Homes
23. Robert Carson Godbey to be named Corporation Counsel for City & County of Honolulu
24. Sierra Club: Bag tax Honors Our Religion on Earth Day
25. Sierra Club takes stance against Anaina Hou permits
26. VP Dan Quayle in Hawaii
27. Civil Beat Endorses Censorship

1. Shell Game: Rail Costs down, but Handi-van getting $1.15B?
2. Honolulu Council Unanimously Opposes Instant Runoff Voting
3. Slavery: Federal Suit targets A&B, ML&P Farms
4. Missile Defense: Hawaii Five-O
5. Gulen Cult trying to bribe Legislators with Free Trip to Turkey
6. Conference Committee Starting with Tax Hikes
7. SA: Don’t Count Deployed Military when redistricting
8. State tax collections fall short of prediction—or do they?  (more tax hike propaganda)
9. Golden Week loses some luster in Hawaii (more tax hike propaganda)
10. House Clashes Over Saving Hawaii Health-Care Law
11. True Colors: HSTA Freaks out over last minute Effort to save 180-day bill
12. Hawaii Leads effort to Protect Transsexual Preschool Teachers
13. Legislators should cut spending instead of increasing tobacco taxes
14. Preserve the tobacco prevention fund for its intended purpose
15. Rise in city gas tax makes it through Council hearing
16. Council members question direction of rail authority
17. Fired Honolulu Employee: Lax Oversight Led to Overtime 'Free-for-All'
18. Maui Council Member: High Taxes are used to discourage Business (and this is an argument FOR tax hikes)
19. The Right Price: A Few Favors For Neil’s Favorites?
20. Mufi Launches Column, Discovers Tourism is Big in Hawaii
21. Daily KOS: Hirono, Hanabusa start off slow in Senate race
22. US, S. Korea Sign Agreement on Missile Defense System Development: Pentagon
23. Mainland Firm Accused of Embezzling City Money
24. After Obama’s sister Hired, Administration stops trying to cut E-W Center Funds
25. HCC Chancellor Candidates Interviewed
26. DOH: Waikiki restaurant one of 55 bed bug complaints in state
27. Foie Gras Removed from Glamorous Maui Event After Animal Liberations Nuts outdo themselves in Sanctimony
28. Married and in Hawaii, paroled killer complies with parole
29. Hawaii Defense Attorney takes advantage of clients, is ordered to stop practicing law
30. City considers relaxing fireworks storage law

1. Slavery: Federal Suit targets Six Hawaii Farms, labor contractor
2. Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How they Voted April 18, 2011
3. SB99: Preserve Young Bros Monopoly on Inter-Island Shipping
4. Balance Budget Summit April 20 at Capitol
5. Shapiro: HSTA drama could win back HGEA Concessions
6. SA: Give DoE an extra $16.4M (more tax hike propaganda)
7. Honolulu Seeks $2B Bond Issue to fund Rail
8. Berg: Hawaii Profiteering Off Honolulu Taxpayers
9. Hawaii Transportation Costs to Climb Again
10. Arts Support may dull budget blades
11. Crisis? Kauai county Agency on Elderly Affairs seeks more spending
12. Tax Increases: Payback Time for the Environment
13. Arakawa reduces Tax Hike Request
14. Matsuoka, Cayetano’s Director of troubled Office of Youth Services, approved to Head Hawaii Paroling Authority
15. Inouye:  USDA-UH research aims to rein in child obesity
16. CB to Carlisle: Make HPD Obey Open Records Law
17. Hawaii's first female narcotics undercover officer shares memories, hardships in world of narcotics trafficking
18. Hawaii Legislature grants legal protection to any man willing to put on a dress
19. Enhanced solar water heater rebate program ends
20. Team of UH West Oahu students to compete in national free enterprise competition
21. Hawaii Patient Info to go online
22. Nation of Islam Visits Hawaii
23. Trump, Abercrombie team up to promote Birtherism
24. Media doing excellent Job Promoting Birther Candidate
25. Should Radiation from Japan Scuttle Spring Break in Hawaii? A Mom Agonizes

1. Abercrombie to Conference Committee: We Must Raise Taxes!
2. Inouye: Ed Case will not be allowed to Crucify Me
3. Inouye claims Lingle supports current version of Akaka Bill
4. Carlisle nominates Horner, Okinaga, Hong to Transit Authority
5. Redistricting Committee Log jam to be Broken by Recktenwald
6. Hawaii, Yes We Can Cut Government and Stop Excessive Spending – Without Increased Taxes
7. MMMC nurses protest growing cuts in contract (HGEA Circus to pressure Legislators for Tax Hikes)
8. Medicaid cuts of $180M warned (Abercrombie’s DoHS Boss stages Tax Hike Dog n Pony show for Conference Committees)
9. State's financial woes could mean fewer options for students in the fall (So we must raise taxes!)
10. Businesses suffer from fewer Japanese flights (So we must raise taxes!)
11. Another Abercrombie Appointment bites the dust
12. 6 transit board nominees named
13. Carlisle, Caldwell, Prevedouros: Next year's mayoral race could be re-run of last year's
14. Hirono Steps up Fundraising after Akaka Announcement
15. Rally today to support HB1520 and “on-bill financing” of clean energy solutions
16. Sovereignty activist, convicted killer, faces eviction after decade of squatting
17. SA: Slaughterhouse none of state's business (your tax dollars at work)
18. State, geologists create plan to prevent climate change-induced erosion at Kailua Beach (Your tax dollars at work)
19. Kona Farmers: Coffee Bill On Gov's Desk Creates More Confusion, Not Less
20. Hawaii Bio-Gasification Project features in Corporate Buyout (your ratepayer and tax dollars at work)

1. How They Voted: House approves Pension Tax and GE Tax Hikes
2. After lobbying in Hawaii: Online Poker sites seized by FBI, execs Indicted
3. Hawaii Windfarms killing endangered Birds: After five years Mitigation Lags
4. Kabuki Over: Legislators to meet for two weeks behind closed door, make real decisions
5. Losing bidders might delay rail project
6. Hawaii tram plan to learn from Edinburgh fiasco
7. City Council Nominates Financial, Union Leaders to Transit Board
8. STEM: A Private foundation is doing the job the DoE won’t
9. SA: Campbell High is too big, so Conference Committees must Raise Taxes
10. Senate Bill 249 gives the government rights to purchase Oahu's only slaughterhouse
11. Eco-Religion Begins Warm-Up for Earth Day
12. In Nine Months, Police Dept. Arrests Just One Pimp
13. Your Tax Dollars at Work: State burns $100K on Bicycle-Sharing program
14. Hawaii County Building: Roof repair needed just two years after $27.7M renovation
15. Parents: Teacher Hit Kailua Teen With Hammer
16. Honolulu gas prices near record; Maui at all-time high
17. Tsunami flotsam reaches Kauai?
18. HNN: Republicans cause Teen Suicide (no media bias here, eh?)

1. Democrat Staffer, Obama voter heads Trump’s Birther Campaign
2. GET exemptions in peril: Lawmakers want to reap taxes by spreading GE Tax
3. Star-Advertiser: Taxes must be raised to pay for Tattoo Parlor Inspections
4. SA: Cutbacks cripple many government functions (Propaganda)
5. SA: Unions not resisting Pension restrictions for new hires (Propaganda)
6. After six months of Abercrombie, and a lifetime of HGEA:  Government Employees’ Morale is low, thousands retiring June 30 (Propaganda backfires)
7. HECO, Big Wind, Big Solar continue to obstruct rooftop installations
8. Crisis: Maui Nonprofit banks $374K from County Grants
9. Hawaii Reapportionment Commission starts work
10. Naturopathic “Physician” presides over death at Childbirth
11. Animal Liberation Nuts flood Leg with Opposition to State-Owned Slaughterhouse
12. Bill mandates 'fixing' of cats, dogs before sale
13. SA: Homeowners need shield from lenders' mistreatment
14. Scammer Steals from Homeowners facing Foreclosure
15. Enviro-Religion sees opportunity in High Oil Prices
16. Fireworks storage called wrong place to start disposal

1. HGEA Contract: Government Workers get Paid to Stay Home Three Months
2. SB756: Satellite TV Tax in omnibus Tax Bill
3. Creative Accounting 101: Special Fund Raids
4. Akaka’s Whistleblower Bill cited as example of Over-criminalization
5. VIDEO: House GOP speaks up on Pension Tax, GE Tax, Internet Tax, Fees, and Special Funds
6. VIDEO: House GOP debates Prepaid Health Care Act, Billion Dollar Cable, Foreclosures, Marijuana and More
7. VIDEO: Hawaii Tea Party movement protests slew of tax proposals
8. HGEA Contract: State creating new haves, have-nots
9. ILind: Hawaii Taxes are about Average
10. Hawaii Fires 10 Teachers for Misconduct in 2 Years
11. Crisis? Hawaii jobless rate holds at 6.3 percent
12. Hawaii’s Instant Runoff Voting Legislation – Veto Needed
13. More Federal Funds? Not!  Reality begins to settle in for pork-fed Hawaii Politicos
14. Big Wind and Big Solar continue to resist residential installations
15. Heir to Vanderbilt Fortune to Represent Molokai?
16. Cachola: Don’t Piss off the Legislature
17. SA: Tighten historic homes rules
18. Hawaii Dopers giving up on Fake Urine
19. Aina Haina gunman released from Prison in January
20. Crisis: Hawaii County Unveils $50M Government Building
21. Contractors lobby for Insurers to Cover Shoddy Workmanship
22. NYT: Waikiki Hotel using RFID Chips to track Stolen Towels

1. No New Taxes! Rally April 15--Honolulu, Kona, Hilo, Kahului, Lihue
2. HGEA Negotiators: Hide furlough days, recoup losses after Legislature adjourns
3. Birthers thank Abercrombie, Obama Thanks Birthers
4. Group: Abercrombie using ‘strong arm tactics’ to force Beverage Tax
5. Marumoto: Pension Tax is a foot in the door towards taxing moderate, low income Pensioners
6. Balance Budget Summit April 20 at Capitol
7. How They Voted: SB1329 House passes Motor Vehicle tax Hike
8. Honolulu Councilmembers reject Berg resolution, cite fear of retaliation
9. Inspecting his cattle: Jeff Stone Polls Democratic Senate Primary
10. Hanabusa: Lingering resentment toward Case among “Multi-cultural base”
11. Good economic news belies Abercrombie’s Tax Hike Pitch
12. Democrat ‘Non-Profits” Demand Tax Hikes
13. OHA strengthens grip on Non-Profit sector
14. Legislature proposes welfare for losing contractors
15. Bombardier: Honolulu Didn't Keep Its Word on Rail Contract
16. Breene Harimoto pulls back from Brink in Rail Fight
17. NYT: Hawaii Doubles Down on 'Big Wind’
18. Online Poker Sites which lobbied Hawaii Legislature Indicted by FBI
19. Abercrombie’s Priest rejects Homeless Tent Cities, looks to River Street as model
20. Times have changed for the Big Five, big labor
21. VIDEO: MauiTime Publisher Tommy Russo Assaulted By MPD, “Dog the Bounty Hunter” team
22. Maui Bag Ban: 75% Now Use Paper Bags as tree-huggers become tree-choppers
23. Auwahi Wind, Sempra proposes Wind Farm on 18,000 acre Maui Cattle Ranch
24. Senate's approval of appointed members marks a major change for school governance
25. SA: Reconsider diploma decision
26. 3 foreclosure reform bills could pass
27. King of Pork Inouye appointed to serve on bipartisan federal deficit reduction team
28. U.S. stages "most challenging" missile-defense test
29. Hawaii, Other States, Form Caucus to Oppose TSA Intrusions
30. Hawaii blast came as workers dismantled fireworks
31. Federal Pork: Bill Kills Off Program on Hawaii Whaling Industry
32. Forums to be held on 4 candidates for chancellor of Hawaii Community College

1. Crisis?  GE Tax receipts up 5.9% in February, TAT up 22.4%
2. Abercrombie keeps pounding drums for more taxes, spending
3. Senate votes to delay 180-day School Year
4. Toothless Resolution: Audit the DoE
5. Shapiro: Sen Kim really interested in House Race
6. Sixteen Abercrombie Nominees Have Withdrawn
7. SA: Legislature should not re-write Prison Sentences to release criminals
8. Senators moot requiring tax payments for online sales
9. Senate passes HB985 giving money to losing bidders
10. Engineering Firm that designed defective $1.9 water tank continues to bid
11. State Tax Credits On Chopping Block At Legislature (Plenty of money for Corporate Welfare)
12. Honolulu County: Higher gas tax advances
13. FTA did NOT require Phased-In Approach For Rail
14. Councilman loses bid to stop state from "looting" rail funds
15. Hawaii Investigates with Matt Levi: A New Television Series Begins This Week
16. Unity House files for Bankruptcy
17. Foreclosure counts expected to rebound
18. Central Pacific stock down more than 20%
19. Anti-GMO Luddites cry about their failures in Legislature
20. Fireworks blast victims died from carbon monoxide inhalation
21. WSJ: The GOP and the Birther Trap

1. New Federal Budget kills old Earmarks--Honolulu Rail, Highway, Sewage Treatment Funding in Danger?
2. Brookings: Honolulu Rail Cost Overruns inevitable
3. Berg: Council could reverse Ansaldo Rail Contract
4. POLITICO claims Sen. Daniel Inouye goes silent on Hawaii Senate race
5. House votes for Pension Tax, Bag Tax, Liquor Tax, Auto Tax and GE Tax Hikes
6. Attorney General says Pension Tax may be challenged in Court, House passes anyway
7. Carlisle: HGEA Agreement “an albatross”
8. Carlisle: Borrowing Rail Funds could jeopardize rail Project
9. Berg: Stop state from using city's rail fund as its own piggy bank
10. Shapiro: Schatz is closest thing to a fresh face
11. Crisis: City of Honolulu Personal Service Assistants make $65 per hour
12. Hawaii Lawmakers Pass Employment Protections For Males who choose to wear dresses
13. VIDEO: OHA Cronies now grub for money from Geothermal
14. OHA Connection?  Fireworks Explosion Contractor tied to Native Hawaiian Affirmative Action Contract
15. House Approves Buying Slaughterhouse
16. Instant Runoff Voting Heads for Conference Committee
17. Honolulu Council Advances Property Tax Bills
18. Honolulu Council Special Meeting on State management of Rail Funds
19. Want Lingle Back? Holter cites Abercrombie leadership on “Bee Industry”
20. APEC Preview: Travelers Review Honolulu Airport
21. FACE: Why Hawaii Needs A State Bank
22. Symphony accord reached
23. A study of single, childless urban workers between the ages of 22 and 30 found that women earned 8% more than men
24. Bill O'Reilly Debunks Obama Myths: He 'Does Have A Legitimate Birth Certificate'
25. Nearly 300 to depart Marine Corps Base Hawaii for deployment to Afghanistan

1. No New Taxes! Rally April 15--Honolulu, Kona, Hilo, Kahului, Lihue
2. Djou: Hawaii needs Civil Service Reform
3. April 11, 2011 How Hawaii’s Congressional Delegation Voted
4. Sumitomo Files Protest: Flawed Rail bid selection may cost taxpayers $900M
5. HCR71: HPV Vaccination Mandate Deferred
6. Atlas Shrugged to Open In Honolulu April 15
7. Abercrombie’s “Open” Administration lined with Campaign Donors
8. SA: Abercrombie’s OIP Raid a “preemptive strike motivated by revenge?”
9. As vote Approaches, Senators balk at Accepting Abercrombie Budget
10. Fidell: No Internet Tax
11. SA: Pay gaps that hurt women are costing isles
12. All School Construction Wiped from Budget as Negotiating Position for Tax Hikes
13. SB249: $1.6M for State-Owned slaughterhouse (pigs subsidized $53.25 each)
14. Coalition breaks ground for new senior housing
15. Lawmakers fold; poker bill fails to advance
16. Sumitomo, Bombardier file rail contract complaints
17. Mufi: Polls shows I could be Viable Candidate against Case
18. Coffman takes over as state House Energy Committee chairman
19. Borreca Touts Doomsday Cult:  Believers in 'peak oil' preparing for when a fill-up costs $100 (OHA’s latest money-making scam)
20. Kauai Council:  They already knew prior to the meeting that Kuali‘i was going to be chosen
21. Castle & Cooke strikes deal on proposed Molokai wind project
22. Prison activists brief Hawaii lawmakers about how to let even more criminals loose
23. Act 221 Scammers: Economic recovery relies on supporting homelessness Industry
24. GOVERNOR APPOINTS FIRST DEPUTY HEALTH DIRECTOR
25. VIDEO: Debris from Japan tsunami will wash ashore on Hawaii
26. Trace Levels of Radiation Detected in Hawaii Milk
27. Akaka also fails for 11 years to get Whistleblower Bill Passed 
28. Akaka Campaign Strategist found dead at 57
29. Is Donald’s Trump Birther baloney a vast conspiracy ... to get Obama re-elected?
30. And the answer is…YES! -- Trump Will ‘Probably’ Run as Independent If He Doesn’t Win GOP Nomination
31. Obama’s sister, Aunt keep talking Birtherism Up

1. No New Taxes! Rally April 15--Honolulu, Kona, Hilo, Kahului, Lihue
2. VIDEO: Ed Case Announces US Senate Campaign
3. Daily KOS: “I had really hoped we were done with Ed Case”
4. VIDEO: Sen. Slom introduces Balanced Budget with no tax hikes
5. Romy Cachola threatens Barbers Point Park Deal
6. Kalapa: Next Stop, A Tax Increase
7. Lawmakers aim to soak consumers for $122M/year by collecting on Hawaii residents' Internet purchases
8. Shapiro: Djou Back in the Saddle Again
9. ILind: Emperor Abercrombie to seize Molokai, Decapitate Residents
10. Hawaii Reapportionment Commission to Meet today
11. Council meeting today to pick Kawakami’s successor
12. Dinner held for Maui County soldiers who spent a year in Afghanistan
13. FTA will help both the U.S. and Hawaii
14. HSTA Flack demands less accountability, more money
15. UH Wants Money, Threatens Tourism School
16. FACT CHECK — Board of Water Supply Says Honolulu Has Fewer Water Main Breaks Than Average?
17. After Stalling Repairs, Abercrombie puts on Show and then lets Contractors go to work at Mayor Wright Housing
18. SA: No excuse for lack of warning signs
19. First Hawaiian Bank Signals Recovery with Business Up First Quarter
20. Central Pacific Financial Corp. Announces Commencement of $20 Million Common Stock Rights Offering
21. Hawaii Correctional Facilities to Use Electronic Medical Records System
22. Concert raises $1.6M for tsunami victims
23. Company To Be Questioned Monday Over Hawaii Blast
24. Obama Senior Advisor: I hope Birther Trump keeps on rising
25. Trump to Obama aide: I’m your ‘worst nightmare’

1. No New Taxes! Rally April 15--Honolulu, Kona, Hilo, Kahului, Lihue
2. VIDEO: Abercrombie holds fake news Conference to Announce HGEA's fake 'sacrifice'
3. Abercrombie: State could seize 1/3 of Molokai for Wind Farm
4. AP: HGEA members gain 9 more days off under contract
5. Abercrombie’s Backer Reveals himself: Kenoi Claims Hawaii County will save $3M under HGEA contract
6. Carvalho: Mayors trying to come together on HGEA agreement
7. Sen. Slom Announces balanced budget with no new taxes
8. Second Decking Deadline
9. Borreca compares Ed Case to Aaron Burr, praises Case for apologizing, dropping out
10. Homelessness Industry: State seeks to fill Moiliili Apartments with drug addicts, no treatment required
11. Ansaldo Trains to be Driverless, Company tied to Watts Constructors
12. Molester’s friend Bertram sues to seize land from Haleakala Ranch
13. The new director of the OIP says she was not directed on IDing judicial nominees
14. Crisis? Hawaii County wastes millions on Garbage
15. Last blast for the rejected elected: BoE imposes two track Diploma system on DoE
16. A&B: Ability to navigate Hawai Land Use Process one of our Core Competencies
17. Legislators propose law to convert consecutive sentences into concurrent, let thousands of criminals out of prison
18. Permitting reason for return to public service
19. 4 charged in beating death of gambling house worker
20. Death toll hits 5 in Hawaii fireworks bunker blast
21. Fukino Debunks Birther BS --- Again

1. Abercrombie’s $100M omission: HGEA settlement tied to other secret labor agreements
2. Government workers’ agreement to add more than $100 million to state deficit
3. House GOP: HGEA Settlement is expensive, unfair
4. Unity House HQ up for Sale
5. VIDEO: Heritage Foundation Leader interviewed in Hawaii
6. Tsunami: Obama signs Disaster Declaration for Hawaii
7. Bonham:  Peak tax and business revenue returns sometime in 2012
8. Maui Chamber of Commerce: 95% oppose either type of GE Tax hike
9. Shapiro: Budget is so bad….
10. After voting to Shut down Federal Government three times, Hirono, Hanabusa pretend to be against it
11. OHA to turn its operatives around on Geothermal in Puna at Meeting today
12. Kenoi profits 58% from Subdivision approval
13. Crisis? Hawaii County finds $16M for Hilo Bayfront paths
14. Crisis? $800,000 in county checks uncashed
15. Former KPD officer convicted of driving drunk
16. NYT: Explosion Kills Workers at Facility for Fireworks
17. Did Trump really send investigators to Hawaii?

1. No New Taxes! Rally April 15--Honolulu, Kona, Hilo, Kahului, Lihue
2. HGEA: Contract Agreement includes Paid Time Off
3. VIDEO: Lanai Wind Fall Out
4. Abercrombie Announces $300M in new CIP Spending—“This is just the beginning”
5. Full Results: Daily Kos Hawaii Poll
6. GOP: Abercrombie Approval rating down to 48%
7. Hirono, Hanabusa vote for Government Shutdown, stop paying troops
8. Akaka Bill Passes Indian Affairs Committee
9. How They Voted: Senate Ways and Means votes to hike GE Tax by eliminating exemptions
10. SB1363 10-cents-per-bag Tax: Greens, Big Business, Big Government team up to Rip Off Consumers
11. Borreca: Abercrombie is Tanking
12. Rebellion in the Senate Kills 1%GE Tax Hike Proposal—Exemptions to be hit
13. HGEA Agreement amounts to 1.5% Pay Hike—Carlisle
14. Star-Advertiser: Abercrombie not upfront with public about HGEA Deal
15. Contract: NOT THE “NEW DAY” PEOPLE VOTED FOR 
16. Federal Shutdown: Inouye uninterested in the kind of cutting that Democrats now see as necessary
17. State-run Superferry plan still afloat
18. Forum on geothermal energy to include OHA Cronies
19. Elected BoE sez Bye-Bye
20. Boaters bemoan lack of aid after Schatz comes back from DC Empty handed
21. Meetings will gather comments on proposed wind farm
22. Wood-Burning Power plant vote delayed
23. IRV Produces results like Berg’s Win in Council District 1
24. Hawaii journalist shield law extension advances
25. Banned Fireworks Storage:  Explosion claims Four Lives
26. Ways and Means votes against Legislators’ 5% Salary Hike
27. Judiciary Committee defers bill to convert Sick Leave into vacation Days
28. Inouye, Akaka: Let gay sex tourists give away Green Cards
29. Prison Guard gets 18 months for Gay Rape of inmate
30. University of Hawaii Wants To Close Major Research Group
31. With Tourism squeezed, Rep Roy Takumi pushes against Free Trade with S Korea
32. Ex-Reform Party Birther Trump touted Pelosi as “The Best”