Hawaii stakes high in all-mail House vote

Stretched schedule: DoE to be forced to provide 180 days (HSTA’s game busted)

Hawaii counties won't lose hotel-room tax share to state

Counties keep hotel room tax but the revenue chase goes on  (TAX INCREASE)

Retaliation: Senate Democrats, Democrat media reject truth-teller as UH Regent

The Democratic dilemma on gay unions

Hanabusa picks up Local 5 endorsement

Police officer is arrested for drunken driving

Anti-'birther' exemption would imperil public access

Atheist files Complaint filed over prayers at Honolulu City Council sessions: similar action planned against Senate

Abercrombie: My “emanations” will make DoE serve students first

Legislature shoots down Aerospace Office after Hawaii signs agreement with NASA

House Republican Budget funds clean energy without tax hike

Akaka votes for Federal Value Added Tax-modeled on Hawaii GE Tax (Inouye opposes)

Bill to move up Hawaii’s illegal 2012 primary date

Lawmakers raid the Hurricane Relief Fund to end Furlough Fridays in a frenzy of actions to offset a $1.7 billion shortfall

Lawmakers Approve $67 Million To End Furloughs

Group of union shills urges gov to fund education (debunked)

Legislature advances constitutional amendment for appointed BoE 

Once Hawaii Was The Educational Leader

Advertiser tells Honolulu homeless to move tents onto sidewalks in legal loophole created by ACLU

Maui judge tosses charges tied to alleged pot trafficking under cover of medical marijuana

Health officials urge lawmakers to spare anti-smoking programs

Isles hailed for shielding patients from bad doctors

Hawaii had 7 ‘mass layoffs’ in March

Embattled Liquor Commission Admin. Resigns

Inefficiencies found in Maui County’s fleet--$24.3m in waste

Herkes: Why no water for Ocean View?

Islands push for Obama library

Union man: Family values yes, Hanabusa no 

HB2290: We can’t eat houses

Erudite Letter from a liberal Fort Street lawyer 

Campaign Spending Commission nails prostitute, lets ‘johns’ walk

SCR 91 goes to House Committees: Protects Domestic Abuse victims  

HSTA member: “Trust me” -- keep BoE 

HB2290: Save our farmlands

Hannemann cancelled speed bumps for Kailua’s fatal Wanaao Road

Robotics: Despite Remote Geography, Priceless Opportunities in Ka’u

Djou raises $116,000 in one day

SB: A look at some of the upcoming forums featuring the three major contenders in the special election for Congress

Scrutiny of Advertiser sale urged: Inouye asks DOJ for review due to deal's potential fallout

Hawaii lawmakers agree on $10.2 billion spending budget, revenues next

Governor: Revenues will not come back until 2013

SB: Budget surplus rebates should not be optional

State lawmakers working to complete budget (ACT 221 tax credits could be chopped)

Shell Game: Hawaii Legislature Moves to Balance the Budget Using Special Funds

ADV: Stop the city parks scare tactics

Dispute over vacant jobs delays progress on city budget measure

ADV: Stadium must make money  (what a concept)

Former Hawaii bank supervisor pleads guilty to theft charges

DoE Teacher and Principal plead no contest in prostitution case

Religious Leftist: Pass civil unions bill to assure rights, not religion

ADV: That bill on fireworks? What a dud!

Honolulu income disparity with Neighbor Islands widens

VIDEO: Charles Djou on Sean Hannity show

Gay Civil Unions: No rest until April 29

Hooser, Hanabusa predict HB444 will bring gay marriage back before Courts

Child molester back at work at Hawaii Legislature

The Hill: Top of the ballot: The TV ad edition

Obama nominates Leslie Kobayashi to fill U.S. District Judge position

Hawaii lawmakers may use hurricane money to end furloughs DoE spared deeper cuts

Honolulu Budget includes tax increases

Honolulu Recreation cuts part of political game with State

Hawaii rents, already least affordable in nation, get worse

Maui prison plans revived

ADV: Don't give up fight for clean energy loans

Hawaii fireworks bill left sputtering in political maneuver

Maui: Decision to run brings mixed views

Dopers grill police on pot

Baby on board? No smoking allowed

Bill Allowing POW-MIA Flag to be Flown with U.S. and Hawaii State Flags Becomes Law

Sex offender faces a $2.5M civil judgment

TOMORROW April 22 is voter registration deadline for Special Election -- register >>> here

Civil-union backers seek to resurrect bill

Obama stomps Inouye in Dueling fundraisers: Abercrombie beats Hanabusa 6-1 as Dem donors are “sucked dry”

SB echoes DCCC: Charges accumulate in Djou ads

TEA Party activist is first GOP candidate for Hawaii lieutenant governor

Your tax increases at work

ADV: Loan could make UH-West Oahu a reality

Kawaihae Harbor expansion stymied by coral: What once was destroyed must be preserved

Accord reached on ban of shark fins

Honolulu's park recreation programs may get slashed: Recreational activity funds may be eliminated to help balance budget, Garcia says

Hawaii Co Council defers measure to fund repairs of private subdivision roads

Complete furlough plan unavailable: Frustration wraps up Kauai budget review

Hawaii teen whiz creates new math formulas

London TIMES: NATO investigates defence threat from wind farms

Hawaii unlikely to pass bond plan for clean-energy home loans

Anti-'birther' bill moves forward

'Local jobs' bill might backfire

Honolulu Civil Beat makes online debut

Inouye urges review of newspaper sale to company partly owned by Ed Case’s family

SB: Hawaii stifling charter schools

Waters of Life looks to future

Union Shills’ plan to launder HSTA demands into Gubernatorial campaign

CQ: New Filings Give Glimpse of Candidates’ Special Election Funding

PA-12: Burns/Critz 44/41 (PPP)

More Obama Admin lies: Stimulus bill adds destroys 11,000 Hawaii jobs

Latest data suggest auto sales decrease 1% in 1st quarter—lowest in over 20 years

Bank of Hawaii CEO to retire: Peter Ho will replace Allan Landon

Canceled contract cost keeps rising

Aid cut proposed for aged, disabled

Hawaii's A+ cost will probably hit $80: Parents expected to have to make up for $2.1M cut in funding

2 charged in murder over pakalolo

City ban on tents goes into effect

Controversial “Lanai” Council member eyes top Maui job

Council again grapples with concurrency

Kauai Administration trying to improve project accountability

Jack in the Box begins selling BLENDED Kona coffee

Advertiser Endorsement: More Case family media manipulation?

POLITICO: Kos poll: Djou leads by three

Case, Hanabusa live outside the 1st District

Hawaii's Neighbor Islands could play big role in race for governor

SB: Efficient services is goal

To rule over Hawaii? Kyl: Liu's writings 'vicious'

Permanent curfew considered for Hawaii public housing project

Two bills to ban shark finning fishing must be merged into a final version

Killing is tied to pot farm

City to Enforce Removal of Homeless Tents, Carts from Parks

Hawaii curbside recycling falls 15% as print newspapers decline

Aloha Tower Development agency poised for success

Failed former Kauai Mayor & anti-Superferry snob, Joann Yukimura draws papers to run for Council

Socialist Hawaii forced to import lava rock

Loyal Democrat? Hanabusa helped GOP against Hirono in ‘06 

Advertiser Endorses Case—says he’s a Democrat and he showed up for votes

TAX HIKES: Hawaii's green efforts not cheap, but will pay off, hucksters say 

Barrel Tax: Democrat Burris demands State tax gas solely to raise price

SB: Taxpayers can't bail out health fund

CHARTER SCHOOLS: Furlough free  (Amazing what can be done by escaping the system)

SB: Union Shills defend motives

Kalapa: Bluff needs to be called in teachers contract

WHT Polls Union Shills’ Furlough Circus

UH Regents: Female leaders laud Gov. Lingle's record

UHM vs UHWO over bonds

After years, plans for old Navy station on Oahu taking shape

Senators’ Proposed DLNR cuts would run deep 

Kauai: Don’t furlough county public safety officers

Kauai: Trash collection fee on the horizon ($144/year or more fee increase)

Food Fight: Hawaii Food Bank muscles its way onto Kauai Food Bank’s territory

SB: Djou closes gap on rivals

ADV: Tight race for seat in Congress

Hawaii gas prices about to get pushed up by added taxes

HSTA shills’ plan now called “people’s plan” or “parents’ plan” by media

Hawaii gains jobs again in March, unemployment steady

DoE to begin extorting money from Developers

Gambling loss tax deduction reinstated in Hawaii

Proposed Hawaii law would prevent gun seizures during emergencies (passes Senate 21-0)

Homeless prepare for tent and shopping cart bans

Repairs on College Hill keep Greenwood in rental

UHH chancellor hopefuls named

UHWO nears deadline on campus project: West Oahu plans could hinge on bond financing

Charter Commission's proposed changes are headed for council review

Big Island hotel workers vote to strike

High cost of travel may be keeping visitors away

'Green' building code raising concerns ahead of vote to delay implementation

Scam Expands--A 2nd garbage patch: Plastic soup seen in Atlantic

ADV: Djou is “most credible GOP candidate in years”

Hanabusa, Djou Raise Twice As Much As Case

Union shills insert themselves in Gubernatorial campaign

Furlough Protesters admit to collaborating with HSTA

$46M for child welfare in dispute

Don't let funding flame out for anti-smoking programs

Hawaii businesses must pay taxes earlier

Earmarks received by Senators Cochran & Inouye (combined): $890,000,000

Criminals May Have Harder Time Hiding New Arrests from probation Officers

Hawaii’s Health and Pension Funds Are Bleeding Red Ink

Study: Teacher Pension Plans on Shaky Ground

ADV: The man with 2 faces

Isles' new frontier? Space

Aiea firm gets grant to build biorefinery

Yagong: Why did county cancel land auction?

Wrong-way crowd: President mistimed sale of Bankoh stock

Antarctic mission: UH researchers return from an expedition with warnings about climate warming

US Senate climate bill to be unveiled April 26

April 15 No New Taxes Five Rallies on Four Islands: Honolulu, Hilo, Kona, Maui, Kauai

SB: Inouye's gift seen as more 'revenge'--The $100,000 donation to a national group could undercut Case

Pay at the pump to feed HGEA make-work jobs: Hawaii lawmakers pass barrel tax, bar aid office closings

BOE bill gives voters say: Hawaii voters may decide if governor should appoint Board of Education

Union Shills end Capitol sit-in

Hawaii Business: Fixing Schools is a Broken Process

Hawaii private schools feeling economic pressures: Holy Trinity, Word of Life Academy will close in June (But DoE gets $2B)

Royal Hawaiian Band musicians and backers hope for a reprieve from budget cuts

Environmental reviews get stale quickly  (Supreme Court’s Turtle Bay Agenda exposed)

Roadblocks on the Path to Hawaii’s Energy Future

Job offers made to 600 Advertiser employees

Thousands Of Business Complaints Could Be Kept Secret

Does Hawaii need more fishing regulations?

Former Honolulu councilman Felix to pay $50,000 fine

Race for Lanai seat heating up

TV's Tea Party Travesty

National Democrats: Hanabusa “unelectable”

Inouye buys off DCCC with $100,000

Debate: Djou stands for tax cut--Case, Hanabusa call for higher taxes and Advertiser spins

TPM: AFL-CIO Mailers Back Hanabusa, Slam Ed Case In HI-01 Special Election

How Many DOE Employees Does it Take to Mow the School Yard? (DoE employs 13 plumbers per school)

SB: Lingle meets with protesters

SB to HSTA:  Get back to the table and settle this thing

Union Shills: Sit-in Protests Over School Furlough Days Only 'The First Step'

ADV: Mākaha plan a winner

ADV: EUTF Trust-fund remedy left to lawmakers

TAXES: The Cost of Living in Paradise Slated for Sharp Increases

Keep Kauai Jammed: Obstructionist fires lawyers Murakami, Frankel

Hawaii Co Property values fall by $3 billion

ADV: An orchestra set to scale is reasonable

Study finds benefits in modified crops, warns of overuse

Larry Mehau supporting Neil Abercrombie

VIDEO: Tied for lead, Djou launches new campaign commercial

Lingle to SoS Protesters: DoE selected furlough schedule to “maximize disruption to the school calendar”

SB2434: Furloughs? Legislature finds funds to raise Matayoshi's salary

KITV: New Poll: Case, Djou Tied In Special Election

Hawaii oil tax hike nears final vote: Bill that blocks DHS cuts also expedited to force Lingle to take quick action

9 protesters cited for trespassing: Gov. Lingle says Save Our Schools has falsely characterized her effort to get kids back in class

Prison Guard’s Alleged threat against senator probed: Statement tied to proposed cuts at Hālawa facility

Tax collections down 1.6 percent

Council seeks 'careful' cuts property tax hikes, gas tax hike to feed HGEA, UPW

Panos: Rail is a gravy train only for its promoters

SB: Cooperate on Turtle Bay

The Plight of Aloha Airlines is Emblematic of What Ails Hawaii

Two Hawaii hospitals win national awards (a first)

Hawaii House Race: Turf Fight in Paradise

DCCC attacks Hawaii Republican for signing no tax increase pledge

Poll: Djou tied for lead in Congressional race

Is your church ready to vote May 1-22?

HB444: Civil Unions supporters continue push for gay marriage

Hawaii tax plan raises $75M less than hoped (Homeowners Association tax dropped from plan)

Revised Akaka bill unsettles Isle GOP

Focus on HSTA, Lingle tells rally

Atheists, Gays push City, State to Tax the Church?  (No separation of atheism and state?)

Nominees for regent face confirmation hearings tomorrow

SB: Settlement rightly favors Maui players

ADV: Trash pact with HWS reeks

Changing mindsets key to reducing plastic bottles, residents say

With biofuels, burning of cane may go up in smoke

Council confronts nonprofit cuts

Big Island hospital to cut 13 workers

Hawaii losing some enchantment as wedding site for nonresidents

ADV: Is Hanabusa a lackey?

Tax hikes mean Hawaii state job cuts drop to only 689, 1% of total

Empire Builders at DoE--Staff change alarms parents (Hundreds of new Gov’t employees)

High-tech tax credits under fire: Budget plan defers Act 221 for 3 years, raises tobacco levy  (Dems can’t afford welfare for rich)

Room 309 (The Legislature now moves to get its real business done, in secret with only lobbyists and activists watching)

Abercrombie and Hannemann vie for attention at convention (Study the meal plans for clues)

Residents voice concerns over aquaculture project

Furloughs sit-in moves to Washington Place, protestors vow to stick around

Waters of Life School faces closure  (HTH, ADV play catch-up to Hawai’i Free Press)

State investment practices to be curbed: Law getting rewrite because $1.1B got tied up in market

Burris: Shifting prisoners to Mainland at best a short-term solution

Former Kauai courts manager denies allegations: Barreira accused of sexual harassment

Chair also questions legality: Asing: Furloughs equal savings?

Gendercide: China's shameful massacre of unborn girls means there will soon be 30m more men than women

Out of money, Puna DoE school shutting down next week

Ed Case votes against tax cut for military personnel, supports death tax

SB: Democrats' ad on Djou deemed false

Kaulana Park confirmed as DHHL chairman (After Hanabusa gets her deal)

Prison guards allegedly threaten to shoot Hawaii Senator

Kulani Prison Guards allegedly burn documents in 20’ ditch, steal equipment

Prison guards lobby lawmakers over proposed cuts

War on food production continues: Group urges fish-farming safeguards—“Environmentalists” call for moratorium on expansion

Honolulu rail route change may oust some Ualena Street shops

Allow me to refresh mayor's memory

Slom-Zimmerman team, Texas investor qualified to pursue Star-Bulletin

Grown-ups at sit-in ticketed

Hawaii public school candy ban fails

Kam School blames lawyer in Hawaiians-first dispute

Hawaii Pork Report Exposes Piggie Pies in the City

Maui judge disregards plea deal, sentences man who beat wife to five years

Flags stolen from veterans center

Higa sex harassment case settled, lawyer says

Fight sparks Keaau High lockdown

Maui Residents appeal to preserve funding

Residents see some progress, poll shows

NKorea vows to keep building nuclear bombs

Case, Djou oppose Akaka bill changes, Djou alone speaks out against gay marriage

Ethnic issue, outside groups enter congressional race

Legislators keep general excise tax increase in play

What just happened? (State Supreme Ct writes EUTF decision nobody understands)

Who is 'Essential' to Ending Hawaii's School Furloughs

Airport fix could add $100M to cost of Rail

Akaka Bill passage questioned as opposition mounts

SB: Makaha project is big step forward

Supreme Court lowers value of Turtle Bay shoreline property

ADV: Curfew can break cycle of violence, should be extended to Kuhio Park Terrace

More Than 100 Prison Guards Could Lose Jobs

Hawaii auditor: Abolish Aloha Tower agency

Harbor users strongly oppose parking fees (Coffman, Evans, no-show)

Disaster planning diversion doesn’t get state support  (Where’s Mufi?)

Missile Defense: Obama's False START could leave Hawaii unprotected 

Inouye to beg Pelosi not to support Case

The squeeze is on: Taxing bills gain momentum

Hawaii Legislature Tackles Controversial Public Education Issues

School fixes engage gov candidates

25 Parents, kids stage Lingle office sit-in

Land gift initiates aid to leeward education (Hanabusa gets plug from Jeff Stone)

Federal APEC funds could be 'tens of millions'  Ca-Ching!

Log Cabin Republicans Endorses Charles Djou for Congress

Hawaiian Telcom seeks initial public offering

Council kills Tam's proposal to end fund that he misused

More info on possible Star-Bulletin Buyers

ADV: Maui water ruling should favor HC&S

Biofuel scam: After century of private sugar operation, HC&S to become ward of State (“Funding could determine future”)

Baldwin girls’ softball will get new field: Under settlement, state releases $1M to build stadium

GTMO Greenwell opposes Kenoi's stringent restrictions

Enviros to use Garbage Guilt to squeeze millions from Hawaii Co Taxpayers

Enviros continue to harass Kona fish farm operators

EPA fines Gay and Robinson, Kula Lodge for cesspool violations

Kauai solar project 'pretty well stalled': Renewable power firm, utility break off talks over disagreement on costs

Fire Commission against allowing Kauai mayor to pick chief

Another Government–controlled market

Abercrombie Promised He Would Not Reward Failed Banks with Massive Bailout – Then Did

Fact Checking: Anti-Djou attack ad “Simply false”

VIDEO: National Democrats' anti-Djou commercials starting tonight

Dan? Who’s Dan? National Dems sabotage Hanabusa to help Case

POLITICO: National Dems still refuse to rule out Case endorsement

SB: Taxing bills gain momentum—Charities, gasoline, internet sales, to be taxed, HGEA kills school reform, HGEA to be fed from special funds

ADV: Hawaii Legislature focusing on targeted tax hikes, special funds  (use of ACT 221 tax credits to be suspended?)

Hawaiian homes, Kam School campus will be built in Makaha Valley

Rail propaganda fills papers, airwaves

Speaking of propaganda: “Modesty among keys to Inouye's success”

Common Cause Urges Hawaii Senators to Adopt Floor Amendments to Shed Light on Corporate Political Expenditures

SB: Find alternative to curfew at public housing

Stagnant trash riles officials: At least 2 on council believe waste company 'intentionally misled'

UPW follows ILWU in backing Tavares re-election bid

Hanapepe ‘Dial-a-doc’ faces 5 years in prison

Hawaii biofuels, solar power being boosted for military use