From Mililani: A Better Vision than Rail

1. As Legislators Consider Mass Release of Hardened Criminals, Lawsuit Challenges Half-Way House Supervision
2. Last Day for Legislation: Hospitals Medicare Fix, Early Release of Criminals, Gay Unions in Your Church, Tax Credits for Solar Scammers, and More
3. Honolulu Banquet Salutes Opening of Aloha Pregnancy Center Osaka
4. Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted April 30, 2012
5. Hawaii Christian Coalition Annual Prayer at the Capitol May 3
6. Hanabusa Sued over Beating by Sheriffs at Capitol
7. Cayetano: Push Polls Backed by Pacific Resources Partnership
8. Honolulu bus cutbacks will hit the already disadvantaged
9. State’s Top Paid CEO, Big Landowner Say You Can Afford to build Railroad
10. As Rail Heads towards Burials Central, State Historic Preservation Division May Lose Federal Certification
11. Teacher Evaluations Immediately Become HGEA Make-Work Program
12. Legislature voting on charter school omnibus bill
13. Off to clumsy start in landfill site pick
14. Poll: Why do Hawaii Voters Vote—or Not?
15. Hawaii Banks top Nation Again
16. Andrew Rosen Named President/CEO of Hawaii State Federal Credit Union
17. Audit: Aloha Stadium Authority Mismanages Swap Meet
18. Hawaii's Insurance Commissioner Subject to Political Influence
19. Arakawa Rejects Proposal to Lift Cap on Maui Hostess Bars
20. Hydropower developer gets Koke‘e License
21. Barack Obama's mother 'was secretly in contact with his estranged father during his entire childhood without his knowledge'

1. Zero in on Details to Figure Out True Story Behind Bills
2. Soldiers, Community restore Kaena Point
3. The History of Natural Gas in Hawaii
4. Honolulu Attorney Named to Board of Owners Counsel of America
5. AUDIO: Rick Hamada interviews Michael Hansen of Hawaii Shippers Council
6. Borreca: Cayetano Victory Will Signal Serious Loss of Face for Inouye
7. Over 200 Rail Jobs go to Mainland Workers
8. Solar Scammers May Yet get Legislative Reprieve
9. Monday is Deadline for Bill to Release 1,195 Criminals on Streets of Hawaii
10. Hawaiian Electric CEO ‘Earns’ $5.3M, Top 5 HEI Execs Pull Down $12.65M
11. Natural gas is cheap, but Jones Act rules it out for Hawaii
12. SA: Start laying groundwork for Marines
13. State Senator "Appalled" by Newspaper Lobbying Tactics
14. Cataluna: New Dump? Lets just Make the Peasants Follow our Garbage Rules
15. Why Does Abercrombie Have anything to do with Van Jones?
16. Demise of Pro Bowl Political Karma for Abercrombie
17. UHH added execs during crunch
18. Sewer moratorium impacts planned senior facility
19. AG, Large Landowners Block Oahu Burial Council Function
20. Hawaii Co Voters Consider Blocking Reapportionment Commission Members from Running
21. Kenoi Again Refusing to Fund Hawaii County Workers Pension
22. Bronster Seeks Dismissal of NMI Pension Fund Bankruptcy Petition
23. Remember PREL? Meet McREL
24. Officials Request Permission to Shoot Endangered birds to Save Endangered Salmon
25. Nature Conservancy Scientists Challenges War on Invasive Species
26. Adopted in 1977 Honolulu, Philadelphia Man Finds Himself on Missing Children Website
27. Godfather of local surf a legend

1. GOP Lincoln Day Dinner Draws Hundreds
2. Lingle: Americans Losing Trust in TSA
3. Hotel Workers Sue Local 5 Over Political Use of Dues Money
4. Sa-i-gu: Koreans wrestle with aftermath of LA riots
5. Green Energy? Do The Math
6. After Soaking Taxpayers for $63M on Bailout, Central Pacific Financial Corp. Reports $13.5 Million Net Income
7. Audio: Rick Hamada Interviews Congressional Candidate Matt Di Geronimo
8. DHS Grabs 12% of Nursing Home ‘Provider Fees’, Hospitals Soaked for 7%
9. Pork: The House wanted $300M, the Senate wanted $500M so they compromised on $825M
10. Senate Approves Bill Exempting State Projects from Environmental Regs, Approves Amended Hospital Deals
11. Civil Unions Mandate Passes, Deadline Extended Until Monday
12. Bill Grandfathers Pension Spiking Rights for All Existing Employees
13. Last Ditch Effort for Movie Moguls to Score Megabucks from $500M Senate ‘Accelerator’ Plan?
14. ILind: Rep. Choy credited with blocking expanded film industry tax credits
15. Hawaii Budget Bills Getting ‘Final Touches’
16. JRI: 50% Will Offend Again, so We Must Let these Criminals Out Now
17. Rail Vacuums $8 million more out of Taxpayers’ Pockets
18. Grabauskas Promises Not to Tear Down One Pillar
19. Okabe: BoE Gives Too Much Power to Governor
20. Laura Thielen Quits Carlisle Admin to Run for Senate
21. Federal Communications Commission votes to make political TV ad spending more transparent
22. Unions Back Loser: ILWU's endorsement of Caldwell makes him No. 1 in union support
23. HMSA Pays for nearly 2,000 medical flights from Big Island
24. Mainland Realtors Score Rail Redevelopment Contract
25. Star-Adv: Honolulu Bag Ban Gives Us 3 Years to Impose Bag Tax
26. Rooftop Solar Limited to 15%, But Industrial Wind Project claims 16% of Maui’s total
27. Maui favored as site for smart-grid testing
28. Uncovering the Truth About the Undersea Cable
29. Nearly Bankrupt, Horizon Lines Pledges to go to the Bottom With the Jones Act
30. Endangered Birds Eat Endangered Taro
31. U.S. Marshals arrest Maui teacher for multiple counts of sex assault of 8th Grader
32. ‘Scientists’ Change Counting Technique, Find 90% Fewer Sharks
33. Rep. Marumoto address SCR 97 - Uninsured Motorists
34. GOODWILL FOR GOOD JOBS: GOODWILL INDUSTRIES TO HOLD JOB FAIR MONDAY, APRIL 30

1. Seven Hawaii High Schools Compete in World Championship of Robotics
2. US, Japan Reach $8.6B Deal on Transfer of 9,000 Okinawa Marines
3. Marumoto: Plan to Release 1,195 Criminals is 'Kapakahi'
4. KITV Video: Euro Socialist working for UHERO Peddles Plastic Bag Tax Proposal
5. Leaked Democrat Emails: “Emotional Chickens” Bicker Over Laura Thielen Candidacy
6. 6PM Today is Deadline for Bills to Clear Conference Committee
7. Plan to Release Hardened Criminals onto Streets of Hawaii May Be in Trouble
8. Poof! The tax credits to Hollywood are up this a.m.
9. SB3003 Streamlines Permitting for Geothermal Exploration
10. Excellent News: Tsuji Amends Phony ‘Food Self-Sufficiency’ Bill to Prevent another HCEI-type Disaster
11. New Hearing Officer in UH Telescope Case is Also UH President's Attorney
12. Photos: Bulldozers Rape Earth to Construct Mammoth Tax Shelters
13. Ag lands approved for solar farms
14. State Evicting Haleiwa Farmers Market On Two Weeks Notice
15. Two Projects Already Blocked: Carlisle Admin Announces Sewer Hook-Up Moratorium Until 2018
16. Time Warner/Oceanic Cable in broad attack on public access media
17. Public housing getting modern renovations with private help
18. Hannemann Supports Jones Act
19. ILWU Backs Loser Caldwell
20. Union Lawyers Score $250K Payoff from Hotel
21. Pot-Head Abercrombie Signs Law Banning Spice
22. Dopers Push Dolan for Hawaii County Prosecutor
23. Oahu travel agent tells school band he lost $267,500 for Hawaii trip
24. Council passes anti-bullying resolution

1. Hilarious Video: I Aloha Molokai Rips Civil Beat ‘Fact’ Check
2. Hawaii is #2 in Nation for Mortgage Scams
3. HMA Warns Against 'Imminent Storm' Caused by Obamacare Implementation
4. Feds Begin Forcing Hawaii Island MDs into 'Medical Homes'
5. NMI Medicaid Cases “Circulate in Hawaii Like Hot Potatoes”
6. Hatch Act Violation: Scandalous GSA Official Starred in Inouye Campaign Ad
7. City 'Error': Kahuku is #1 Landfill Site, not Ameron
8. Dog the Bounty Hunter, Wife Lobby Against Hawaii Justice Reform Initiative
9. Star-Adv: Legislators Should give Cronies $300M in Pork Projects, not $500M
10. SB2858: Freedom Of Information At Stake In Legislature
11. House to vote on Senate's version of highway safety bill
12. $25 million for student transit still falls short of Colluding Bus Contractors Wishes, Matayoshi Searches for Pain Plan
13. DoE Slashes $6M from Adult Ed Classes
14. Abercrombie Scores Big Victory -- Pro Bowl Likely Ending
15. DoE TA Pleads Guilty to Sexting, Stalking 12-yr old Girl
16. Made Desperate by Hirono’s Weakness, National Democrats Target Lingle
17. HART: Nearly Half of Rail Jobs Have Gone to Mainlanders
18. Gabbard Votes for $450M Rail Debt
19. Plastic Bag Ban: Honolulu Council votes to Cut Lots of Timber for Paper Bags
20. After 58 Years of Democrat Rule, Hawaii Women Suffer 20% ‘Pay Gap’
21. Obamacare Bribes Distributed in Swing States: Hawaii Gets Nothing
22. Obama Admin Redirects $8.3B to Put off Collapse of Medicare Advantage Until After the Election
23. Hawaii Gets OK to Reduce Medicaid Income Eligibility
24. Hawaii Politicians Received $2.2 Million in Illegal Campaign Contributions
25. Big Island Newspaper Publisher Was Actually Coke Dealer Eugene Esposito—Escaped from Lompoc
26. Ethics: Secret Target of Secret Commission Gets Anonymous Reprimand
27. Old Geothermal Site Up For New Lease
28. Anti-Geothermal Meeting in Pahoa
29. Big Island Tea retails for $4800/lb at Harrods
30. Lower foreclosure rate helps Honolulu rise in U.S. ranking
31. Civil Beat Bases Evaluation of Hawaii ERS on George Berish’s Opinion
32. Sen. Hee, Rep. Jordan Hold Fundraisers During Session
33. Hawaii's Chief Securities Enforcement Lawyer Resigns
34. Hawaii Senate confirms Krieg as state Department of Human Resources and Development director
35. Students get a sneak peak at hospitality industry through lens of development program

1. Full Text: Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction Against Reapportionment Plan
2. Clinton’s chief economist supports Jones Act reform for Hawaii
3. Relativity Media Using Hollywood Accounting to Sell Hawaii Film Incentive
4. DoD IDs Hawaii Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
5. 2,700 Okinawa Marines Coming to Hawaii
6. Planning Commission Set to Decide on 15-year Extension for Waimanalo Gulch Landfill
7. House Democratic Blog: OE Seeks Funds to Prepare for Possibility of Another Reapportionment Plan
8. Court Asked to 'Remedy Extraordinary Wrong'
9. Say: SB755 Transfers Control from Environmental Council to Governor’s Office
10. SA: Resist limiting public input
11. House, Less Pork with More Control
12. Cash Call! Rep. Herkes Raises Money During Session
13. Rail Contractors Illegally Using Ag Land for Construction Yard
14. $80M PM Contra-Flow Plan Will Cut Commutes by 20 minutes
15. Federal Judge Voids HGEA Make-Work Fee on Air Cargo
16. HB2659: Forces Churches to host Gay Union Ceremonies
17. Civil Beat Considers a Gay Marriage with Grabuskas
18. Another Bogus Civil Beat Fact Check -- Attacks I Aloha Molokai
19. Hawaii now Has 10,000 Medicated Pot-Heads
20. More Medicated Drug Pushers Busted
21. Big Isle Newspaper Publisher is Escaped Coke Dealer
22. Pot-Heads, Group Led by Convicted Drug Dealer Harass Hawaii Co Council over Geothermal
23. Psychos Obsess over Radiation Dangers on Kauai
24. Kauai’s Troubled Prosecutor Gets Appointment From Abercrombie
25. Shapiro: Landfill Plan Kills Jobs, Wastes Money
26. Honolulu Salaries 2012 — The City's Big Earners
27. EMS Director Questions Merger with Fire Department
28. Humane Society Pushes for Conferees on HB108
29. House Bill 2703 would commit the Aloha State to doubling the amount of food we grow in the islands by 2020
30. Feds Investigate Fourth Killing of Monk Seal
31. 9%: Hawaii has Most Multi-Generational Homes in Nation
32. Business group donates iPads for DOE teacher evaluations
33. Gingrich to leave presidential race next Tuesday, sources say

• Transit: Make Better With What We Have
• Tripler Suicide: Army Less Stressful than Bad Marriage
• Does Assisted Suicide Reduce Murder Rate?
• Seek Truth in Response to Physician Assisted Suicide
• Well written and thoughtful letters from young Hawaiians

1. Contractor Scores Hawaii RTTT Assessment Contract
2. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 23, 2012
3. Hawaii has no consumer advocates, national advocacy official says
4. Justice Reinvestment Preview: Zero-Tolerance Probation Used as Excuse to Let Quadruple Rapist Walk
5. 1195 Hardened Criminals to be released onto streets of Hawaii, 48.8% expected to Reoffend
6. Teacher: Please Reject Race to the Top
7. HART Addition: Spend $119M to Build and Tear Down Rail, Avoid $22M in Delay Claims, Total Savings $194M
8. They’re Baaaack! Film company trying to resurrect huge new tax credits
9. Solar Scammers Give One Last Push to Save their Illegal tax Credits
10. Socialists Give One Last Push for State Bank of Abercrombie founded on Toxic Mortgages
11. Meeting in Secret, Legislature Decides How Many HGEA Make-Work Jobs To Create
12. Usual Crooks, Cronies Lineup to back Maile Shimabukuro
13. Hawaii Lawmaker Voted on Bills Backed By His Employer — Oceanic Cable
14. Accreditors want public input on HPD's adherence to policies
15. Suffering Under Obama’s Earmark Ban, Inouye Delivers a Piddling $5.8M
16. Inouye’s DoA $250M for Rail Cited as Earmark Work Around
17. Honolulu Council to Vote on Bag ban or Bag Tax Wednesday
18. City Moving On $10M H-POWER Sewage Burner
19. Usual Suspects Attempt to Block Construction of Haleakala Solar Telescope
20. Full List of Honolulu City Employees Published
21. Hawaii Residential Electric Bills up to $847 per Month
22. Hawaii’s Willoughby Eliminated in First Round of Utah GOP Voting
23. Legislation on air quality could close Nuuanu crematorium

1. Full Text: 2012 HSTA Legislative Endorsement Questionnaire
2. DHS Proposes Merging Medicare, Medicaid
3. Health Exchange Launches First Stage of Computer Program to Control Your Health Care
4. Senate Likely to Shift Republican Even Without Lingle Victory
5. Waipahu Man Among Four Hawaii Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
6. Sierra Club: Unlike Lingle, Abercrombie Hasn’t Met a Farm He Doesn’t Want to Pave
7. Carlisle Demands Council Approve $450M credit line for ‘Unforeseen’ rail ‘Catastrophe’
8. SB2927 Contradicts Grabuskas’ Call for Rail Transparency
9. Case Decries Sierra Club Endorsement of ‘Endless Partisan Warfare’
10. Case Burns Money While Hirono and Lingle Save for Fall
11. Green Energy Scammers Seek to Cover Ford Island Runway With Solar Panels
12. HB2275 / SB2466: Hospitals Step Up to Make Medicare, Medicaid Work
13. Patients pay Annual Fee to Get 30 minute Doctor Visits
14. Four-Time Child Rapist Gets Probation
15. Another man stabbed outside of Mayor Wright Homes
16. Bugs, Snakes, and Mosquitoes Feature in This Year’s Pitch for More HGEA Make Work Jobs
17. Techie Creates Online Campaign Finance Database
18. State Audit Information Often Withheld from Public
19. Louie takes a Slap at Clayton Hee, Borreca over Kakaako Deal
20. Enviros Brag About Ending Traditional Hawaiian Cultural Practices
21. Hawaii banks report more lending, Profits
22. Hawaii teams win awards at world robotics meet

1. Zip Needed in Public Decision Making
2. Hawaii Court Ruling Challenges Gun Ban After Non-Violent Misdemeanor Conviction
3. DHS Money Grab Threatens Hawaii Hospitals, Nursing Homes
4. HSTA Candidates Bicker Over Who is Better at Killing Education Reform
5. Senate Shows Little Interest in Environmental Exemption Bill
6. Star-Adv: Hirono should debate Case more often
7. Suzanne Case: Stop Global Warming Because I need to Get to My House on Round Top
8. Sierra Club Endorses Hanabusa, Hirono, Gabbard
9. Retail Giants Want to Make Sure they Get a Cut of the Bag Tax Action
10. Kakaako advocates rally against OHA’s residential development
11. Hawaii Should Demand Labeling of ‘Organic’ Foods
12. Dispute reveals OHA Grant Funded Kawaiaha'o Disinterment
13. Defense Lawyers Upset over Bill Protecting Animals
14. AP: Hawaii College Grads Face Worst Job Prospects in Years
15. KIUC smart meter rollout to begin
16. Political Pressure, New Competition Bring New Cuts In Star Advertiser Ad Rates

1. Selection Committee Proposes Kailua Site for New Oahu Landfill
2. Utility Rejects "Expensive, High Risk" Undersea Power Cable Project
3. Ward, Slom, Marumoto Talk Story at Maunalua Bay
4. “Dumbest Decision in City’s History” Rail Construction to begin Monday
5. Legislators Pressured by HSTA Legislative Endorsements During Session
6. 93% Not participating in Earth Day activities this weekend
7. Sovereignty Scammers’ Lawyer Scores $1.2M in Estate Settlement
8. House, Senate Conferees Debate How Much Control Gays Should Have over your Church
9. Billionaire Movie Moguls Could Still Get Hawaii Tax Credits
10. Cash Call! Fundraisers for Reps. Evans, Awana, Mizuno
11. Lawmakers working to iron out details of 'move over' bill
12. SA: Fine on city an empty gesture
13. Hawaii Tourism Authority Gives $1.1M to Profitable NonProfits
14. Pflueger Federal Tax Case Split Into Three Trials
15. Appeals court upholds labor ruling against Hilo newspaper
16. DoH Harasses Farmer, Forces Destruction of Crops
17. Kauai Administration pondering property tax increase
18. The Dalai Lama isn’t a rock star

1. After Dumping Goldman Sachs, Hawaii ERS Quietly Seeks New Managers for $1.2B
2. Jobs? Hanabusa Votes Against Tax Cut for 97% of Hawaii’s Employers
3. Lesson from Hawaii: Is the GOP really the party of fiscal responsibility?
4. HSTA Lawsuit against Laupahoehoe Charter School Dismissed
5. US News and World Report Ranks UH Manoa
6. Akaka Co-Sponsors Bill to Protect Civil Rights of Military Personnel
7. Federal Correctional Officer Charged with Sexual Abuse of Detainee
8. Three Convicted in Looting of Am Samoa Non-Profit
9. Abercrombie Appoints Jo Ann Uchida Takeuchi DCCA Deputy Director
10. Abercrombie Releases $34.2 Million for CIP
11. Listening Sessions for Ocean Resources Management Plan
12. Well written and thoughtful letters from young Hawaiians
13. Six University of Hawaii Regents named
14. Stiglitz: Jones Act, Young Bros and High Electricity Cripple Hawaii
15. SA: Reveal credit union executives’ pay
16. Alcohol and Sign Printing at the Hawaii Co Elections Office
17. Secret Budget Negotiations Continue Until Monday
18. Tax Credits Don’t Pay Off but Bogus Last Minute ’Studies’ Sure Do
19. Chong: Solar Tax Credits Siphon Money from State
20. Rail contractor's request for $15.9M Change Order first of Many to Come
21. $250 million for rail Likely to Die in US House
22. HART vs. LIUNA: Whose Responsibility it is to Blackmail Council Candidates?
23. School Busses: Legislators Push Back Against DoE’s “Irresponsible Fear-Mongering”
24. Laura Thielen: “People think I am a Republican; I would have a tremendous amount of support in the Republican Party”
25. Price: Is there an Upside to SB2858?
26. State Demotes Securities Regulator
27. State Agencies Ignore Auditor’s Reports
28. First Honolulu Mayoral Debate Set
29. Yoshioka Beginning to Choke on Bus Service Cuts
30. Despite Warnings and Pleas, Honolulu Rail Headed for 'Burials Central'
31. PUC Delinks Oil and Wind: Wind Scammers Lose $330,000/yr
32. Eco-Faddists Demand Bag Tax to Harass People into Obeying Their Religious Dogma
33. Double Header: Two Sheriffs On Trial This Month
34. After Stabbing, Ouansafi Praises Security
35. Stoned Drunk Driver Drives over Cliff, State to Pay $3M
36. First Hawaiian Continues to Profit by Refusing to Lend to Deadbeats
37. State Income Tax Due Today
38. Senate confirms 3 Board of Education members
39. Community school could turn into state's first adult charter school
40. ‘Pregnant Man,’ Splits From ‘Wife’ Of 9 Years, Going Through ‘Rough Patch’
41. Hawaii One of Few Places in US With No Licensed Aerial Drones
42. Retirement Fund Bankruptcy: Worst time in CNMI history

1. Legislators Voting to Release 1,100 Criminals on Streets of Hawaii
2. HB425 Opens Door to Natural Gas, Mandates Diversity of Fossil Fuel Energy Sources
3. Save Kakaako: Rally to Stop HB2819
4. Hanabusa Scores $284,000 in special interest money
5. DoE Announces Public School Graduation Dates
6. US Energy Dep't: 300 Open Criminal Investigations of Green Energy Scammers
7. Star-Adv Editorial: Census should guide election boundaries
8. Hawaii Co Elections Office: Alcohol, Parties, and Sign-making Business
9. Rail? Cayetano? Abercrombie Spokesperson Gives Non-Denial Denial
10. Bus Ridership Jumps as City Considers Service Cuts
11. Rail Project Cases Argued in Federal, State Court
12. Desperate Green Energy Scammers Now Claim their Baksheesh Benefits Economy 44-1
13. Legislature Voting to Let Lots of Criminals out of Prison
14. Lawsuit Settlement Will Cover up Homosexual Rape Gang stretching back to 1970s at Blind-Deaf School
15. Hawaii Kevorkian Taunts Police
16. Pathetic Hawaii Supreme Court Gives Alleged Attempted Babykiller New Trial
17. Hanabusa Pays Herself $51K from Campaign Funds
18. ‘Buzzy G’ Coordinates Senate Democrat Fundraisers so Lobbyists Can Avoid Scheduling Conflicts
19. Tsunami alert: Don't cut that program
20. President Obama signs Hawaii disaster declaration
21. Stimulated? Hawaii Burns Thru $1.5B in ‘Recovery’ Funds
22. Business chiefs try to ride to the rescue of rail project
23. Failure to Block: Hanabusa, Hirono Vote Against Small Business Tax Cuts
24. Rep. Pono Chong on SB 755, Environmental Protection & the Public Trust
25. Bag Tax in Political Death Throes
26. City Employees Travel to Germany to Oversee Sewer Pipe Manufacturing
27. Council Spends on Travel and TVs
28. GSA Watchdog Says Employees Are Reporting Abuse
29. Hawaii Could Establish a Veterans Court modeled on Drug Court
30. Act 208 Blocks Crazy Stupid Criminals from Working as Security Guards
31. Bank Fees don’t Pass Legislature
32. NELHA Aquaculture Pays Off
33. City Council committee approves measure to Create Kayak Rental Monopoly in Kailua
34. Lahainaluna HS to Celebrate David Malo Day
35. NMI Retirement Fund Bankruptcy Goes to Court

1. Djou Outlines Strategy for Congressional Race
2. Challenge to Democratic Party Bosses: Laura Thielen Launches State Senate Campaign
3. No Natural Gas for Hawaii with Jones Act Ships
4. Malulani Hospital seeks Mainland Partner
5. Hawaii Bishop at Vatican, Prays for Courage to Defend Religious Liberty
6. Hawaii Marines Lead Offensive Against Jihadi Dope Farms
7. Election plans move ahead despite pending lawsuit
8. Were Political Signs Printed at Hawaii County Elections Commission Warehouse?
9. Akaka Hospitalized over weekend? Misses Key Vote
10. KHON Retracts Story About Inouye Hospitalization
11. Borreca: Solving Natatorium issue could be Governor's legacy
12. Hannemann has $631K to Gabbard’s $465K
13. State Refuses to Enact Tax Credits for the Poor
14. Bill to speed development at rail depots moves ahead
15. TEA Party Rally Draws few to Capitol
16. Star-Adv: Haleiwa Farmers Market Should Move to make Way for State Paper Shufflers
17. Hawaii Whistleblowers Not Protected from Retaliation
18. EPA Working Hard to Make Sure Nobody Saves Money with Seawater Air Conditioning
19. Waimanalo Gulch Hearing Today
20. Enviros Sue Maui County over Wastewater Again
21. Hawaiian Airlines Inaugural Flies Jewel Smugglers to Japan and back
22. As City Cleans up Last Big Waianae Coast Homeless Camp, Some Finally Accept Shelter
23. VIDEO: Homelessness Industry Activist Harasses Makaha Beach Cleanup Volunteers
24. MD Busted for Selling Dope
25. SB2579 Encourages Underage Prostitution?

1. Dalai Lama Slams Beijing for Burnings
2. Hawaii Bishop at Vatican, Prays for Courage to Defend Religious Liberty
3. Honolulu TEA Party Rally April 16
4. Case: Far Left Hirono is just as Bad as Limbaugh
5. Rail Advertiser: Don’t Add 4th Lane to H-1
6. Abercrombie Tries to Block HFF From Defending Marriage
7. Blue Planet Foundation Legislative Agenda: Higher Utility Bills for the People, More Tax Credits for ‘Green’ Energy Scammers
8. OSHA to Take Over Takamine’s Incompetent DoL?
9. In spite of High Cost of Living, Hawaii Workers’ Earnings Below US Average
10. Hawaii doctors offer patients 'choice' to die
11. KHON Retracts Story About Inouye Hospitalization
12. NHLC Shake-Down Lawyers Still Grabbing for Control of Public Water
13. 13% of OHA Small Business Loans Default
14. Kobayashi to Credit Unions: Disclose Exec Salaries, or Face Property Tax Hikes
15. Congressional hearing on GSA's lavish spending begins Monday
16. Politics: Leaders debate Micronesia impact in US areas
17. Micronesia: Fishing days to dominate treaty talks
18. Vacation Rental Legislation is Deceptive
19. 90% of Hawaii Financial Disclosures Hidden from Public View
20. Shoppers and farmers are dismayed over the state forcing the Haleiwa Farmers' Market from its site

1. Lingle to Focus on Comprehensive Tax Reform
2. Ed Week: Hawaii in Biggest Trouble, Feds Have Good Reason to Revoke Race to the Top
3. UH: Hawaii Physician Shortage Could Grow from 600 to 1600
4. SB3010: Sierra Club Threatens to Sue over Environmental Exemptions
5. Zenith Reached in Earmarking of Unrelated Fund Sources
6. QUEST Rationing: Hospitalization, Artificial Limbs Eliminated to Pay for ‘Preventative Services’
7. Hee: OHA Must Go After More Land and Money
8. SB2438: PUC to Rely on HECO-Controlled ‘Institute’ to Approve ‘Clean Energy’ Projects
9. Bag Tax, Big Cable, and Kupuna Care Lead Star-Adv Editors Legislative Priorities
10. Ihara: ‘Gut and Replace’ Hits New Peak this Session
11. Will Natural Gas be Allowed to Lower Hawaii’s Electric Rates?
12. State Capitalists Raise Money for Pro-Rail Propaganda
13. Hanabusa Brings in $224,000
14. DoH Bans Backyard Burning Statewide—$10,000 Fine
15. Hawaii Would Be Hit Hard by Buffet Rule
16. Akiona: Obama Budget Targets Independent Contractors
17. Guam National Guard Teams to Deploy to Afghanistan
18. UH Manoa Perfesser Predicts Future Census Questions: How many times have you changed your sex?
19. Hardships do not faze new BYUH student president
20. Lawsuit: Waikiki Shooting Gallery Charged with Negligence

1. Mazie Brings "Mr Fannie Mae" to Hawaii
2. Hawaii Shippers Council Outlines Jones Act Reform Proposals
3. Hawaii Economic Performance Ranks 15th, Economic Outlook 46th
4. Hawaii Youth Link Assisted Suicide to Teen Suicide
5. Makers of Promotional Products Rally to Defense of Rail
6. SB2341: Would Allow Overnight Accommodations on Maui Ag Land
7. SB2394: Would Allow Condemnation of Private Property to Bail Out Mortgage lenders
8. VIDEO: Thielen, Rivere, Ward Rip SB755 Environmental Exemptions
9. Case: Hirono Now Ducking 10 Debate Invitations
10. Public Access TV Relegated to Digital Siberia
11. Adrianne Heely Appointed Maui Judge
12. North Korea's Rogue Missile Launch
13. Redistricting case will be heard in May
14. HSTA pressure kills class-time bill
15. Educated Youth Flee Hawaii
16. Waipahu Students Not Fooled by Rail Presentation
17. Abercrombie’s Wife Endorses Tulsi Gabbard
18. Legislature out of control on attacking Hawaii’s environmental protections
19. Civil Beat’s “integrity investigation” questioned by Ian Lind
20. Legislators Consider Giving Sex Workers Welfare, Labor Law Protections
21. Honolulu TSA Screeners Acquitted of Catching too Many Illegals and Too Many Drug Smugglers
22. GSA official to assert privilege to remain silent
23. World Laughs at Incompetent Socialists in N Korea
24. Illegal Dumping Settlement Dumps on taxpayers
25. After Hee’s Bill Fails, Opihi Season Requested by Resolution
26. Schatz traveling to Asia to discuss clean energy Scams
27. Kauai electric utility will begin installing smart meters
28. Horse Cruelty Case May Be Tossed Due to Bumbling Kauai Prosecutor’s Office
29. Homeless Alcoholic Busted in Kauai Church Fire
30. UH Manoa Perfesser Preaches His Atheist Religion at California Revival Meet
31. Some Hawaii post offices offering late collections on Tax Day
32. International Marketplace to Be Demolished
33. Photo: First axis deer killed on Big Island

1. Lingle Campaign Raises $3.1M
2. Not Aimed at Hawaii This Time: N Korea Rocket fails, falls in Ocean
3. Celebrate Israel Day Hawaii, May 20
4. Am Samoa Congressional Race: Radewagen, Lancaster Challenge Faleomavaega
5. Salon: Am Samoa's Congressional Delegate Defends Dictatorship at Behest of Lobbyist
6. Abercrombie Signs Kakaako Over to OHA, HCDA Maintains Development Control
7. HB 108- Dog Fighting OK, Dog Breeding Illegal
8. Payment Protection: State Sues Seven Mainland Credit Card Companies
9. Akaka: Lingle is ‘Friendly’, Her Role Model is ‘Open-Minded’
10. Tipping Point? Isle Democrats lead charge against the environment
11. Abercrombie Dept of Corrections Appointee Flees State
12. SA Editors Grasping at Straws Claim: Teacher evaluations within reach
13. DOE seeks extra funds to preserve Colluding Bus Contactors
14. Grabbucks: New HART Boss Pulls Down $300K / year
15. Grabbucks vs TheBus: “Rail is the Gift that keeps on Giving”
16. Inouye: The Only Thing That Will Stop Rail is World War III -- Carlisle: We Need to Build an Army
17. Cayetano: "Carlisle prone to Making Stupid Statements"
18. Caldwell: Carlisle “Crazy” To Build Rail Columns and tear them Down
19. Honolulu Council Keep Rail Budget Intact
20. Malama Solomon Scores Worst Senate Attendance Record
21. House OKs charter school bill despite divisive ethics provision
22. Senate Passes bill Requiring minimum sick leave
23. State deputy sheriff accused of sexually assaulting female detainee
24. April electric rates up on all islands except 1
25. Crooks, Cronies Squabble over Geothermal Royalties
26. Haleiwa Farmer’s Market to Stay open til end of Month
27. DoH Harasses Local Businesses, Cane Fire Gets Fine
28. Solar Telescope Construction May Begin Despite Permit Challenge
29. SB2402: Dim Bulb Legislators Vote to Block State Use of Fluorescent Bulbs, Stadium Lighting on Edge
30. Leading Theocrat Hailed by Billionaire as He Launches Four Day Hawaii Tour