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Thank you for the good news.

Lebron is the man

like he had room or the right to 'lecture' anyone about drugs. And the 97 lb woman sure looked like a healthy - non drug using - happy mother

RE: IRS REFUND-tried both websites listed, but both of them said unable to show site. Is there anywhere else we can check to see if we are on the lists?

the police should have finished him off while they had the chance!. he will probably serve a couple of years and get out and cant get a job and end up stealing again. and who picks up the tab? tax payers. the police should have a least shot off both of his hands......

Hawaii has to be one of the worst states to educate children and High School. The Federal Government gave us about $950 million to be used to stimulate our economy and to keep schools opened. We only used about $250 million. What are we and the Democrat legislatures doing with this money? There should be accountability for $950 million and a good portion should have been used to keep schools opened. We need a new Hawaiian Constitution and get rid of the GET tax by having a real sales tax.

How did this happen and how do you know if you are the one that the IRS owe you

I wonder if the money being allocated for repairs are going to contractors associated with Lingle? As mentioned previously improvements to schools make no sense if the children aren't going to be there??? Why doesn't the state work on better pay and benefits to attract better teachers. Sounds like Lingle wants to help her friends rather than the people that she serves!

Teachers have families to feed too. They have already taken a hit to their paychecks and medical benefits. It is unfair to ask them to take further cuts to salary just so others do not have to share the burden. If the governor would have used the federal stimulus money given to education FOR education, we would not be in this situation. It is time to do what is right and share the pain not put all of the pain off on HSTA and HGEA to bear alone. Those who have already given the most of their lives should not be asked to give more and sacrifice their own families income of already weak saleries.

Thank you for the supportive comment on behalf of my daughter Aubrey. Furlough Fridays are surely not considered to be in the best interests of ANY student here in Hawai'i. What this written story does not share (that was on the day her story was aired) is that in the spirit of compromise, based on Aubrey's IEP goals, Aubrey's IEP team agreed to provide 4 hours of community based services with her Skills Trainer which does include covering academic work on Furlough Fridays. I am proud of our team for working together to meet Aubreys needs to the best of our ability during these tough economic times in our state!

I agree with the other person's comments. My younger children have IEP's with their schools. One daughter is in Middle School but her English and Math Classes had been on her IEP. So what they have done is put her in a Mid-Line Class where the work is still not too fast and complicated to where she may keep up with her peers. She is currently maintaining an "A" in her English Class. My other daughter is in Elementary School and she's the only one who has more services to have to get every week. But I applaud to her teachers for what they have done for her these past two years. She is finally getting closer to her peers in her learning. So parents go over to their teachers and get them in ESY and don't worry about it. Let them figure out with what your child needs.

That is really true on the other person's comment. Two of my children are in Special Needs programs at their schools. They need to be in school not playing all day when they are alloted so many minutes per day for their IEP. What is the Govenor thinking?