Hospital no longer a "snake pit," says departing committee member

Honolulu's new transit logo biased, rail opponents say

Hawaii's first stimulus-funded construction project under way

Furloughs worry UH researchers

2009 Legislature theme? Me first — at 38 percent

Hawaii bill gives patients a voice in end-of-life treatment

Study theorizes voyagers left French Polynesia during ciguatera outbreak (Caused by Global Cooling?)

Neighbor island campaigns can decide candidates' fate

"Clean Electricity" Projects on a hiatus due to scarce funds

Decline in tourism jolt to sales of electricity

Impact of upcoming furloughs has Hawaii state workers anxious

$1.7 million Capitol makeover necessary, Hawaii official says

Restore home tax credit Mufia's phony election-year cash giveaway

Honolulu vehicle weight tax to increase 66% over next 2 years

As rail gets real, more concerns emerge

Lingle weighs liquor liability bill

Big Isle building put on tax rolls 

Filings can start Monday for special election

Honolulu City Council Council Passes $1.1 Billion Budget for Rail with No Proviso

SB propaganda: School board members decide they will try to "shake the tree" to find more operating funds

Advertiser: BOE members delay vote on budget plan

Hawaii counties to receive $225 million in bond authority

IRS investigates Pflueger, Inc. (revealed in suit against Pflueger's insurance co)

Maui's Secret Ethics: Nishiki review finished

Kaho‘ohalahala / Lana`i: High court ruling on residency requested

State Prosecutors, Public Defenders Get 3 Fridays Off

Stolen-car driver freed, not charged

Candidate's links to development trouble residents

Hawaii county Council: Onishi, Enriques look to demote Yagong, Hoffmann

KSBE POWER: "Teacher Merit pay experiment worth a closer look

SB spots legal problem for newest version of Akaka Bill

UH economists revise their outlook and now do not expect recovery until 2011 or 2012

Kaua‘i anti-Superferry group: Send us Gitmo detainees

Mauians discuss plans for new global warming propaganda

Eco regression: Wood-burning facility will meet all rules, say owners

New law protects manta rays

Save Kailua Fireworks Group Seeks Support from the Community to Save 4th of July Celebration

Kauai council secrecy: Bynum, Kawahara continue crusade

Mayor Kenoi signs budget

Japanese firms may get in on Guam military housing contracts

Hawaii-based Hoku Scientific (BIG Act 215/221 player) in financing crunch, posts loss

HMSA increasing rates 12.1% for small businesses

Hawaii governor's race may focus more on style than issues

City Council to hold special election within 60 days

Mayor Hannemann Now in Race for Governor

Council raises residential property, vehicle weight taxes, bus fares

Budget bill has mayor thinking veto:  $150 Voter payoff demanded

Enviro Democrats denounce rail vote

With Greenwood picked as new leader, spending must now be cut by $100 million

Low-bid protest prompts contract review

Anybody but me: Pflueger tries to make insurer foot the bill for Ka Loko

Council aide Offenbaker resigns over Internet use

Haina Mill sued by lenders

UH regents likely to vote on new president today

Hawaii tax revenues dropping much lower than predicted

Mufia Hannemann moves closer to bid for governor

Legislators' safety net may not work next year

Councilman Duke Bainum dies

City Council prepares to pile on more taxes

Maui News Polls 'Islam Day'

OHA Audit: Risks to Kau Inoa personal info. not considered 

State employee furlough plan could affect Big Island courts

Care-home transfers may harm seniors

Company asks to delay Ookala project again

More Akaka Bill problems: many Hawaiians to be excluded from Akaka Tribe

Sam Slom: Islam Day: a rush to Muslimize us

Ocean generates 10.7 percent of state GDP

Native Hawaiian educators urge UH search delay

Oahu to add 33,000 residents by 2025 -- Big Isle to add 70,000

Prevedouros: Council poised to go off the rail

Hawaii DoE 63.9% graduation rate disputed

BOE nears 76% lunch price boost

New Mauna Kea telescope plans moving forward: Public hearings scheduled

Maui home, condo resales plunge 40 percent

Failed plan cost state $112,171

OHA asks for study of burials--after funding their destruction

A&B forges ahead with plans for redevelopment in Kahului 

Akaka bill back in play: On Kamehameha Day, House natural resources panel is to hold hearing

Advertiser: Haleakala telescope a scientific leap forward

Hawaii school to test merit pay for teachers

Candidate to head UH was emerging star at UC

Next round of bans, Styrofoam: Scientist concerned about plastic entering the ocean’s food chain

Mufia's election ploy: Honolulu City Council Moves Forward with Plans to Fund Multi-Billion Dollar Rail Transit Before Feds Give the Project Approval

SB backs Mufia: Tax hike, recycling good budget moves

Nonprofits shed staff and programs

Wilcox nurses hold the line for status quo contract

Circle dance begins for open seats

SB: Search for UH president should end with Greenwood

Community college rolls soar in Hawaii

Landowners oppose legislation mandating more affordable units

Unions prepare to fight Hawaii government worker furloughs

We must spark an industry of energy startups

All stakeholders must press for KPT repairs

Furloughs: Public defender office closures affecting courtroom schedules

Palcic/SB: State's bloated bureaucracy prices work force out of jobs and efficiency

Kauai: Board members cleared of alleged charter violations

Pflueger case continued

Hawaii County: Exemptions, 3% cap create tax inequities

Greenwell voted on Hokulia-related issue despite owning property in development

Proposed Nani Kailua extension hits delay

Abercrombie backs Ron Paul's 'Audit the (Joooish) Fed Bill' 

Sovereignty documentary debuts in D.C.

'Crude stereotypes' must be overcome: SB still flogging for "Islam Day'

Born identity: SB takes a whack at "Birthers"

Army may restart live-ammo use in Hawaii's Makua Valley

FBI Says Honolulu 6th-Safest U.S. City

Mysterious bins popping up in Honolulu invite recycling

Hawaii County auditor praises access

State gives $1 billion Bridge Aina Lea developers another chance

Matson ups fuel surcharge

Target aims for Maui store--unless superstores are banned

A&B property designated as important ag lands on Maui

Big Isle soldier is killed

Akaka Bill goes before House Ctte Thursday

UH regents ready to OK Greenwood

Furloughs: Gov. Says Some Departments Will Close, Others To Reduced Staff

Honolulu City Council wrestles with tax proposals

Law boosts charter schools

Maui: Ban on Styrofoam will be introduced

Windfarm energy may be transmitted from other islands (Enviros still debating effort to block)

Electricity rates rise statewide

Isle motorists economize as gas prices rise anew

Hawaiian Tel Bankruptcy emergence plan cuts owner Carlyle Group almost completely out

Rep Joe Bertram III recovering from illness

The Fair American

(Rabies in Hawaii?) HGEA boss Perreira foams at mouth:  Lingle "lying...fooling herself"

University of Hawaii may drop classes to cut budget by $50M

Debate over Haleakala telescope re-engaged

Oahu hurricane losses worry disaster officials

Honolulu 106th in high-tech ranking

Queen's Medical Center Pays $2.5 Million to Resolve Allegations of Improper Claims

Hawaii Co Council gives budget final approval (4% lower)

HPD Commission Chooses Putzulu Acting Chief

Hawaii near top for alcohol abuse

Tom Gill, 87, was wild card of politics

Full Text: Obama's speech in Cairo

Greenwood now only candidate for University of Hawaii president

Unprecedented furloughs raise doubts about legality

Door to governor's seat may hinge on furloughs

State's 'Cadillac' health package can sustain cuts, director says

DoE: Hard-won school days are on the chopping block

Common standards could help local students

New election set for laborers union (elected felon last time)

How Business Friendly is Your Hawaii Lawmaker?

May home prices on Oahu down 15.3%

Isle economy grew only 0.7 percent last year

'Great father', 'loving kid' killed in motorcycle crash (Activists blocking installation of traffic light)

Hawaii County releases pot data

Developer seeks 'do over' after project fails requirements

Yagong, Kenoi battle over cost-savings move

1. Furlough fight brews: Unions to seek 'injunctive relief'?
2. DOE officials face another $110 million trim
3. State Worker Reacts To Furlough
4. Hawaii County employees' Web surfing: No pornographic, illicit sites exposed in logs
5. Isles' bankruptcies surged 62% in May
6. Rail EIS nearing completion
7. Good News: 3 state Environmental Council members quit

Akaka Bill still going nowhere

State workers on edge on eve of Governor's budget announcement

More cuts to schools feared after bleaker revenue forecast

Hawaii's tax outlook dims in updated forecast

Hotels continue occupancy drop

SB: More thought needed in 'saving' the environment (not pseudo-environmentalists)

EXAMPLE #1--Global warming is killing Hawaii Honeycreeper

EXAMPLE #2--Moloka'i's reef is choking to death

Elective office eluded Windward lawyer

Hawaii County government: Inside deals, incompetence, intent or arrogance?

Perpetual money machines we're not

Spitting in the eye of mainstream education

Police chief's low salary will likely limit applicants, especially mainlanders

Futuristic aircraft may land in Hawaii

SB: State workers need to share budget burden

Hawaii Superferry files for bankruptcy

Hawaii's Islam Day resolution stirs passions here, on Mainland (liberals show continued arrogance)

FBI targets bond scam: Native Hawaiian group Ko Hawaii Pae Aina under investigation

Advertiser: Public housing: Deplorable conditions demand action

Is Hilo Hattie history?

DOT seeks to allay fears over bridge project

Pot priority report due Monday

Residents: Green Harvest chopper landings illegal

HGEA Leader Says Raise Excise Tax For Shortfall

Isle bankruptcies soar

Isle gaming has backers and foes

FBI planning to build big new headquarters for Honolulu division

'Error' results in tax break for county employee's family

Pflueger’s Kauai Estate on the Market

Internet Vote: Aloha Means 'Goodbye' Too

Isle native Ronald Takaki pioneered ethnic studies

Gov. Lingle responds to Council on Revenues forecast

Isle foreclosures, delinquencies up

Liberal media mogul pleads no-contest in Oahu court

Kawaiahao Church fundraising under scrutiny by Hawaii officials

OHA honors vow to help finance native Hawaiian homes

Isle utilities in top 10 on solar energy

Mental health, substance abuse treatment center facing possible closure

Queen K Hwy: Bid review hearing begins, ruling months off

SB: 'Civil unions' don't go far enough

'Mixed race' fastest growing in US

Hawaii's tourist decline eases to 1.3% in April, but they spent less

$90M drop in revenue expected

Unions say Lingle now pursuing wage cuts

Hawaii offers tax amnesty — but only if you pay up in next 30 days

Hawaii again has priciest gas in U.S.

SB: Too soon for online-only voting

Advertiser: A wake-up call for neighborhood boards

Aiona has challenger for GOP nomination for governor 

Tom Pico Jr.: Vigilant in His Effort to Make Hawaii A Better Place in Which to Live

Univ of Hawaii-Maui?

Maui nonprofit housing agency defaulted on $8M from county

Kenoi promises stronger ethics code

Kona: Additional hospital funds cover half the debt

Kauai Mayor to sign budget

Maui County GOP Chair denounces Sotomayor Nomination

Decision delayed on drug dogs, searches at Hawaii schools

Tourism agency plans ad cutbacks

'Renaissance' plan for Hawaii parks shifts into low-budget gear (menehune labor)

Borreca: Wading in politicos' ways reveals muck and murk

Legislature Betrayed the Filipino People with Tax Increases

Businessman faces five years in prison

Turnout low for Internet vote (The easier voting gets, the fewer participate)