Civil Beat’s latest “Fact Check” debacle May 17 involves taking three sentences from an hour-long May 1 Rick Hamada interview with Afghanistan combat veteran Rep. Charles Djou, twisting Djou's words into a pretzel and fact-checking statements Djou did not make....

Public Policy Polling survey of 600 Hawaii voters taken May 16 and 17, 2012....

In just the past four days, Ed Case has compared me to a “bowl of warm jello,”called me “pathetic,” and labeled me “sad.”

... it’s false to say that Hawaiians support the Akaka Bill ....

The Party rescinded its paid rally time policy today, offering Case an opportunity to address the Convention on Saturday afternoon....

"Nowhere in this exchange did any candidate or the party address how their agenda will benefit the people of Hawaii."

"We have seen this erratic behavior increase to an irrational level...."

...the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act directs the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to penalize hospitals with "worse than expected" 30-day readmission rates....

"I think this finding is a nice illustration of how we need to look more deeply in our environment because even nuisance pests, as it turns out, are not just pests," said Gerwick.

87.6% of Samoan households were family household, ranked #1 among all the race groups, followed by Filipino at 82.8%, and Native Hawaiian at 77.1%....

Because of reapportionment, all 76 House and Senate seats are up for election in 2012. The Hawaii Republican Party wants YOU to help us fill those seats....

On Tuesday, MarketWatch's Rex Nutting wrote that claims of Obama's big spending ways are overblown and that the "Obama spending binge never happened."

The Hawaii Supreme Court just concluded oral arguments in Kaleikini v. Yoshioka and it does not look good for the City and the State....

Hawaii scored a Seven out of 10 on Key Indicators of Steps States can take to Prevent Injuries....

Section 4(f) contains a substantive prohibition on the construction of transportation projects requiring the "use" of historic sites, park and recreational areas ....

"I'm asking the people of Hawaii for their support in this election because I'm the only candidate who knows what this election is really about. It's about us," added Gov. Lingle.

Rep. Hirono states that the Jones Act has created 10,000 maritime jobs in Hawaii, and the Hawaii maritime industry generates an annual turnover of more than $4.7 billion and provides wages of $1.1 billion. These are extravagant numbers ... 

Cayetano does not dispute that the contributions were accepted, nor does he dispute that most of the fines levied by the Campaign Spending Commission went unpaid....

No mention of the cost ....

The dinner and concert will be held on Friday, June 8th at Mulligan’s on the Blue (100 Kaukahi St. Wailea, HI 96753) starting at 5:30pm.