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Thursday, April 20, 2023
April 20, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:32 PM :: 1525 Views
  1. HGEA: Who needs collective bargaining? Big Fat Teachers Pay Hike Will Be Model for us, Too
  2. Kaua‘i County Council shifts tax break plan--Abandons Small Business and Agricultural Tax Cuts
  3. Sports Doctors From Other States May Get A License Exemption In Hawaii
  4. If some lawmakers have their way, the Hawaii Tourism Authority could soon be just a memory
  5. No More Extensions for Hawaii County Resort Developers?  Council Overrides Veto
  6. Maui ‘Affordable Housing’ $43M to Pretend to do something
  7. Council Approves Rail Operating Hours
  8. Schools getting new preschool classrooms
  9. The driver who plowed into an officer was arrested for DUI a month before. Why was he behind the wheel?
  10. In bid to make Hawaii roadways safer, incoming DOT chief pushes speed enforcement cameras
  11. When incomplete financial disclosures took down a state judge
  12. Homeless Dude found guilty of setting sleeping homeless dude on fire in downtown Honolulu  
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Wednesday, April 19, 2023
April 19, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:51 PM :: 2693 Views
  1. Point-in-Time 2023: Homelessness Up Sharply in Hawaii, Kauai Counties
  2. Kaneohe Marine Corps Project Funnels Millions to Sierra Club
  3. Joint Task Force Red Hill Begins Dewatering
  4. Red Hill: Case Urges Waiver From Jones Act/Cargo Preference Requirements To Expedite Defueling
  5. NOAA Comments Open: Designate 777,000 Square Mile Marine Sanctuary Near Hawaii
  6. Cockfight Shooting: Mafia paranoia about Federal Informers?
  7. ‘Reeks of organized crime’: ‘Lilo and Stitch’ set fire reopens old industry wounds
  8. DEA agents uncover clandestine meth lab in Kapolei
  9. Council to Approve Money for attorneys representing 3 indicted ex-city officials
  10. Next Boondoggle: Army Corps unveils plan to wall off Ala Wai canal to stop non-existent flooding
  11. ILWU Make-Work Bill HB 714 will exacerbate, not ease, Hawaii high cost of living
  12. Hawaii May Subsidize Pay For Child Care Workers
  13. HHSC drops notice on insurance provider
  14. Affordable Housing? Maui County buys Lahaina Crossroads Apartments--year later they sit half empty
  15. Affordable Housing? This Elderly Woman Was Threatened With Eviction — Over 50 Cents
  16. Have A Complaint About Your Condo? You May Get Slapped With Paying For The Lawyers Who Fight You
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Tuesday, April 18, 2023
April 18, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:11 PM :: 1708 Views
  1. OHA Abandons Plan to turn Hawaiians into a Fake Indian Tribe
  2. Hawaii Teachers Are Poised To Get $577 Million In Pay Increases
  3. Should Hawaii Have A State-Run Presidential Primary?
  4. Mayor’s Target To Open Rail In July Caught HART Off Guard
  5. Mafia News: With Shooter on Loose, HPD will Guard Cockfighting Rings
  6. IATSE Mafia News: Trailer Arson on Set of Lilo and Stitch
  7. Fentanyl Overdoses: EMS to add SUVs, more ambulances
  8. After sitting empty over a year, portion of city’s Homeless Resource Center set to open to help Homeless with new Amputations get ready to go back out onto the streets
  9. Solar Contractor Milks Homeless Shelter for Money
  10. Why Some Stores In Chinatown Keep Doors Locked During Business Hours
  11. Enablers: River of Life feeds homeless with 40 sites across Oahu
  12. Hotel Monopoly News: ‘Undercover sting operations’ mop up illegal vacation rentals on Kaua‘i
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Monday, April 17, 2023
April 17, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:32 PM :: 1661 Views
  1. Rep Kanani Souza Says Republican Caucus Is ‘A Cult’
  2. Even in Hawai`i, Greed Threatens Climate Change Policies
  3. Legislature sends 19 more bills to governor’s desk
  4. You could help decide how future elections are held in Hawaii. Here’s how
  5. SB865: State-backed leasehold condo pilot hung up in Conference Committee?
  6. Really Bad Idea: Honolulu Council Considers ‘Affordable’ Housing with no windows
  7. Fatal Maili shooting caused by illegal cockfight was inevitable, experts said
  8. Axis Deer Crisis Caused by Meat inspection Rules?
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Sunday, April 16, 2023
April 16, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:26 PM :: 1643 Views
  1. DoE Fail: Only 21% of Hawaii high school graduates’ ready for college
  2. After Recent Arrests, HSTA needs more gay socialists to speak out against ‘aggressive and loud’ parents
  3. Green’s Big Achievement: A road crossing in Kihei
  4. Conference Committee: Two More Ethics Bills to Kill
  5. Next Boondoggle: Ala Wai flood control project plan to be unveiled
  6. To Stop Global Warming, Stop Treating Sewage
  7. More DOBOR Chaos: Tour Boats Hog Moorings off Lahaina
  8. VA Case Workers Pick Up Homeless Vets as they are Released from OCCC and Take them to Drug Rehab
  9. Dana White rules out potential Hawaii event for the UFC in the future: ‘We can’t get it done’
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Saturday, April 15, 2023
April 15, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:38 PM :: 3371 Views
  1. HPD Warned Drunken Legislators about DUI Calls
  2. Legislators: Rat Got us Very Drunk at Party in Saiki’s Office Before Calling in DUI Reports
  3. Castle High students protest after teacher arrested for sexual assault leaves on small bail
  4. Trial for accused Hawaii crime boss Michael Miske Jr. pushed to 2024
  5. Following judge’s ruling, female inmates suing prison staffers for rape could have their day in court
  6. Rolling Blackouts Coming: MECO says ‘algae, hemp, and hydrogen’ are solutions, LOL!
  7. Vaccine mandate lawsuit against Hawaiian Air still moving forward
  8. East Maui ‘Locals-only days’ What could possibly go wrong?
  9. Star-Adv: Native Hawaiian Cultural Practices are a Sham Excuse
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Friday, April 14, 2023
April 14, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:56 PM :: 1708 Views
  1. The Real Legislature meets in Secret Starting April 17
  2. DHS Stealing Money from Handicapped Foster Kids--Lies to Legislature, Then Demands $500K
  3. Taxpayers Will Pay For Indicted Officials’ Defense
  4. Embezzlement: Former Mililani athletic director negotiating plea deal
  5. Severe shortage of prenatal care options on Maui --HMSA flying Patients to Oahu
  6. Honolulu still ‘seeks to’ reduce backlog of building permit applications
  7. New rules as pistol and rifle ranges set to reopen at the Koko Head Shooting Complex
  8. HPD Is Considering Buying A Gun That’s Being Shelved By Other Police Departments Over Safety Concerns
  9. Rail Design Changes Leave Kalihi Printing Business In Limbo
  10. SB868: Pay Rent When Bums Retire from Homelessness
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Friday, April 14, 2023
Letters to the Editor, April, 2023
By Letters to the Editor @ 6:17 AM :: 2498 Views
  • HECO Smart Meters Wipe Out Garage Door Openers
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Thursday, April 13, 2023
April 13, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:44 PM :: 2917 Views
  1. Retaliation: Rep Hussey-Burdick Tried to Get Fellow Representatives Arrested for DUI after Drunken Party at Legislature
  2. Kouchi is a Sad Little Punk
  3. Government wants 30-month sentence for Lying ILWU Exec
  4. Kaua‘i council chair plans property tax breaks
  5. Federal grand jury conducting criminal probe into Red Hill fuel spills
  6. Dock ‘line-handling’ is labor work issue, not for legislators
  7. Judge: Miske Lawyer can keep Representing Donna Leong
  8. Attorney for Miske co-defendant removed due to law license suspension
  9. Hawaii SPED teacher charged with sexually assaulting student
  10. Sara Yara’s family prepares lawsuit against prosecutor’s office
  11. 37-Time Loser arrested for bringing gun, drugs to Honolulu court is released ‘pending investigation’
  12. Catch and Release: 700 arrests made in Waikiki but habitual criminals go right back to street
  13. Oahu inmate’s suicide came after several safety warnings from attorney, prosecutor  
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Wednesday, April 12, 2023
April 12, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:33 PM :: 1588 Views
  1. 250 Bills Headed To Closed-Door Committees where the Real Legislating Occurs
  2. Law Enforcement Agencies Claim They Have Little Idea How Illegal Fireworks Get Here
  3. ’Uncontrollable cost increases’ bump up Mayor Roth’s proposed budget
  4. Owners at Honolulu condo reeling after steep increase in maintenance fees
  5. Fentanyl OD Killed 60 Last Year
  6. Catch and Release: After 37 Arrests, Criminal Brings Gun to Court
  7. Thug Subsidies: MMA is huge in Hawaii. SB1027 could make it even bigger
  8. Makaha Homeless Camp: Drug Deals, Fires and Assaults
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Tuesday, April 11, 2023
April 11, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:59 PM :: 1684 Views
  1. Priced-out Hawaii residents check out of paradise while Legislators Pretend to Think About Cutting Taxes
  2. Honolulu City Council studying how to fake tax-relief measures and fool homeowners
  3. Greedflation Smacks Hawaii Worst Among Destinations
  4. Hilo’s Grand Naniloa Strangles on its Leasehold
  5. Why Does It Take So Long To Fire Bad Cops In Honolulu?
  6. HB1366: State Take Over and Ruin Successful HLTA Bum Deportation Program
  7. Biden Backs Plan To Restore Benefits For COFA Migrants
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Monday, April 10, 2023
April 10, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:10 PM :: 1840 Views
  1. HB714: ILWU Make-Work Bill Will Jack Up Your Electric Rates and Cost of Housing
  2. UPW Contract Causes Mass Jail Guard Absenteeism
  3. Bills to repeal Hawaii Tourism Authority advance
  4. Campaign Cash Flowed To Hawaii Senators Just Before An Energy Bill Vote
  5. Kaua‘i farmers and businesses need tax relief
  6. Bissen’s Spending Plan For Maui --Largest Budget Ever
  7. Reports show more healthcare workers leaving Hawaii
  8. Waitlists grow for Hawaii’s long-term care facilities
  9. HUD: Hawaii Among Highest Homeless per Capita 
  10. Popular beachfront restaurant in Haleiwa can't fully reopen because of staffing shortage
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Sunday, April 9, 2023
April 9, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:33 PM :: 1580 Views
  1. Brewbaker: Hawaii’s economy is in recession--a self-made one
  2. OHA too quick to reject latest ceded-lands proposal?
  3. Drunken driving bill fails to advance
  4. UH Hilo study finds military, civilian suicide rates similar
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Saturday, April 8, 2023
April 8, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:08 PM :: 2164 Views
  1. Could more State Lawmakers be implicated in bribery scandal?
  2. Will Legislators Allow OHA to Hide Crooked Deals in Executive Session?
  3. Lawmakers take aim at Hawaii Tourism Authority
  4. SB1502 Regulate Turo to Death to Support Car Rental Companies
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Friday, April 7, 2023
April 7, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:45 PM :: 1974 Views
  1. Hawaii's Good Friday Holiday - What's Up With That?
  2. OHA Rejects $100M Offer--Sees More Profit in Lying About Kakaako Makai
  3. Green Names Guidry to Intermediate Court of Appeals
  4. 30 Years later First members Appointed to Oahu Historic Preservation Commission
  5. Moody's Downgrade: Rail Debt Gimmick Comes Back To Bite Honolulu Taxpayers
  6. Cullen Sings Like Canary: Will Other Legislators Run Like Chickens?
  7. Back Behind Bars: Miske Co-Defendant Faces New Allegation Of Witness Tampering
  8. In confidential letter, former DLNR chair said some allegations against boating chief ‘substantiated’
  9. Bill Allowing Agencies To Withhold Draft Documents Slipped Into Another Bill Late In The Session
  10. Bill seeking to double the earned income tax credit in the state advances
  11. House OKs campaign financing reform measure
  12. OHA’s 2021 strategic plan no longer emphasizes creating a governing entity. Is that off the table?
  13. Family of Dead Criminal Show up at Police Station: Harass Police, then Sue
  14. State (purposefully) loses bid to have lawsuit filed by young climate activists thrown out
  15. ‘It’s horrendous’: After 24 years, $64 million approved for major repairs at Hawaii Convention Center
  16. DPP -- We can slow permits down by Shifting Blame to State Agencies
  17. Mayor Kawakami: Homelessness Begins With Closure of Mental Hospitals
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Thursday, April 6, 2023
April 6, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:39 PM :: 1714 Views
  1. Toxic cesspools, bribery at center of Hawaii lawmaker’s case
  2. Despite Prison Guards 35% Absenteeism--nominee to lead Hawaii’s prisons passes committee hearing
  3. HGEA: City officials want a big raise while our contract negotiations underway
  4. Ruling opens path for UH grad students to unionize--Hawaii will get Even More Unionized Public Employees
  5. Hawaiian Electric Proposes Streamlining (Gutting) Regulatory Review
  6. SB1230: Gun bill seeks limits in ‘sensitive’ areas
  7. Downtown Hilo plan rejected: A majority of business owners not on board with revitalization plan
  8. Associa Hawaii has been operating with an inactive license
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Wednesday, April 5, 2023
April 5, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:07 PM :: 1712 Views
  1. Miske co-defendant Rearrested--faces revocation of pretrial release
  2. Maui Hate Criminals Admit to Damaging Shovel by Beating Man With It 
  3. Slush Fund: House Speaker Offers OHA $100M To Stop Lying About Kakaako High Rises
  4. HB727: Use Campaign Funds to Buy Votes and Build Legislative Factions
  5. Senate Kills off Ethics Reform Bills
  6. Surprise: Rail 7PM Shutdown Secretly Locked in to Hitachi Contract 3 Years Ago
  7. Gov. Green’s failed nominees could stay in place
  8. When will property tax appeals be decided?
  9. A bill to raise taxes on housing investments had plenty of support. Until it didn’t
  10. ’Green Fee’ would give Hawaii Tourism Authority $100M to bring more tourists here
  11. ‘Climate Change’ is excuse for transfer of millions for Capital Improvement Projects to build lots of stuff at sea level in US Pacific Territories
  12. As Mental Health Crisis Worsens In Hawaii, Psychiatrist Shortage Takes Heavy Toll On Kids
  13. Pinky Tows News: Hawaii to pay $26M to man hurt by runaway truck
  14. Green proposes pop-up homeless village Across from Queens Hospital
  15. Bulldozer Clears Tons of Homeless’ Garbage from Kahala Beach
  16. Dwayne Johnson Accused of Lying About His Hawaiian Heritage
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Tuesday, April 4, 2023
April 4, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:20 PM :: 3844 Views
  1. Bribery News: Ty Cullen wants reduced sentence because he is son of Chinatown Murderer
  2. Hawaii County Mayor Reminds us of DOBOR ‘Retaliation, Shenanigans’
  3. HART Expects Only 10,000 Daily Rail Riders
  4. Honolulu Rail Cost On The Rise As Electric Hookups To Customers Along The Line Are Factored In
  5. A national report and a local index show that affordability has gotten much worse in the past two years.
  6. Who Can Afford 'Affordable Housing' In Hawaii? Certainly Not Low-Income Families
  7. Military COLA cuts delayed
  8. A few straightforward rule changes would vastly improve transparency and thus accountability
  9. City to Hike ‘Workers’ to ‘Work’ from Home 
  10. Hawaii Convention Center Exploits Rain to Grift for Money, Again
  11. SB1027: Combat Sports Commission
  12. Booze Battle Heats Up As Judge Slaps Liquor Commission Critic With Court Order
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Monday, April 3, 2023
April 3, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:51 PM :: 1342 Views
  1. HB677: An ‘Affordable Housing’ Program Designed to Keep Housing Costs High
  2. Sierra Club’s Dream for Hawaii’s Future: Higher prices, Fewer Houses
  3. GET bill: One last hurdle
  4. Property Tax Rates -- Incomplete Facts
  5. Five Years Later: Puna residents on Hawaii island still waiting for restoration efforts after Kilauea eruption
  6. Outlook for Hawaii tourism from Japan not so ‘golden’
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Sunday, April 2, 2023
April 2, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:27 PM :: 2811 Views
  1. Miske Business Under Surveillance for 18 Years?
  2. Life After Inouye: Hawaii Democrats New Order 
  3. How Committee Chairs Keep Legislators in Check
  4. Hawaii’s self-important senators need a dose of humility
  5. $25M already wasted on Aloha Stadium plans
  6. $17M already wasted on ‘first responder campus project’
  7. Housing: Framing the problem correctly
  8. Hawaii Child Welfare Officials Need To Recognize The US Constitution
  9. Hawaii resident dies every two days from suicide, mental health advocates say
  10. Hawaii may soon ban thousands of everyday items containing toxic chemicals
  11. Back to the drawing board for rezoning bill: Roth vetoes Bill 194
  12. Expand geothermal energy in Hawaii
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Saturday, April 1, 2023
April 1, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:32 PM :: 1501 Views
  1. Next PLDC? Hawaii’s new school construction authority has no idea what its doing
  2. More Reform Bills Heading for Conference Committee
  3. Sierra Club is a Paper Tiger: Controversial state Land Board nominee survives confirmation hearing
  4. After Buying it, Site for new North Shore fire station deemed unusable
  5. Hawaii is where you can find the priciest Big Macs in USA
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Friday, March 31, 2023
March 31, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:49 PM :: 2042 Views
  1. Tempers flare as Blangiardi Administration tries to Block Tax Relief
  2. Tax Breaks For Working Families will be decided in Secret Meetings
  3. SB941--Next PLDC?  $185M to Build Housing for Public Employees
  4. Hawaii On Course To Join States Where Gun Companies Can Be Sued
  5. Why $50 Hawaii Green Fee Simply Won’t Happen
  6. SB304: Hawaii ‘visitor impact fee’ bill moves forward
  7. Path forward for Thirty Meter Telescope and Mauna Kea begins to emerge
  8. Aloha Stadium Consultant’s First-Class Flights Will Be Audited, State Says
  9. HECO Releases Detailed Electric Vehicle Report
  10. Maui’s only private obstetrics practice will soon halt OB services
  11. Expensive Bums Flood Queens Emergency Room looking for Band-Aids and meals
  12. Meth Made Me Homeless
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Thursday, March 30, 2023
March 30, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:39 PM :: 2500 Views
  1. Donovan Dela Cruz Controls The Money And The Power At The Hawaii Legislature
  2. Carpenters Union Fights Against Pre-Fab Affordable Housing
  3. Next Boondoggle: City kicks off $43M renovation of aging Blaisdell campus
  4. Marijuana Bills: Dispensaries Target Bumpy Kanahele’s Gigantic N. Shore Grow Op
  5. Methamphetamines News: The Homeless Are Changed for the Worse
 
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Wednesday, March 29, 2023
March 29, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:53 PM :: 1353 Views
  1. Aloha Stadium Has Already Cost Taxpayers $20M. Where’s All The Money Gone?
  2. Sunshine? It's Getting To Be Crunch Time At The Capitol
  3. Schools are for students, not high-paid executives
  4. 4 rail stations in project’s airport segment expected to be done by year’s end
  5. Frustrated Kauai residents balk at new utility rate hike
  6. Questions remain over future of Concealed Gun Carry policies in Honolulu
  7. Federal review underway into handling of sick homeless man who spent days on ER sidewalk
  8. No Cash Bail: Released by Court, Does it Again
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Tuesday, March 28, 2023
March 28, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:49 PM :: 3355 Views
  1. Six Years prison for wife of convicted former union boss
  2. Turning Point?  Hawaii Mobsters Seek to Move Trial OUT of Hawaii
  3. Rail to Shut Down at 7PM Weekdays
  4. The Hawaii Legislature Resists The Basic Principles Of Sunshine Law
  5. No Surprise: ‘Progressives’ Work hard to Kill Affordable Housing on Maui
  6. $9.73 dozen for Eggs in  Hawaii
  7. Health Department Waited Four Months to Report toxic chemicals in Kunia Village Water
  8. Tiny Homes Proposed For DHHL Lands In West Oahu
  9. Hawaii Lawmakers Grappling With Sea Level Rise Say It’s ‘Not The Right Time’ For Managed Retreat
  10. Schatz: Lets Ruin the E-Bike Business by Subsidizing it
  11. A string of restaurant closures prompt concerns from industry leaders
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Monday, March 27, 2023
March 27, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:13 PM :: 2799 Views
  1. No Time for Senate: Dela Cruz too busy working at home with DBEDT’s Wicker
  2. Government transparency bills go before Hawaii governor
  3. Next Boondoggle: Corps of Engineers files Secret Environmental Study for Ala Wai project
  4. The New Tourism: Average rate for Wailea hotels tops $1,000 again
  5. To Keep Criminals on the Streets, Legislators Still Refusing to Fund New Hilo and Kona Jails
  6. Top officials don’t need big pay raise
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Sunday, March 26, 2023
March 26, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:47 PM :: 2399 Views
  1. Judge Orders Lawyer Otake Off Miske Case
  2. Politicians focus on their 65% Pay Hike--Ignore Property assessment hikes 
  3. Pay Hikes: Politicians have become privileged class
  4. Will Dela Cruz Slip Boondoggle back into Budget? Massive law-enforcement training center excessive
  5. ‘Visitor impact fee’ slush fund for Eco-Groups+
  6. Fast action, slow action or no action, our ills go unsolved
  7. Raise Medicaid payments to providers
  8. Homeless Criminal Behind Rash of Auto break-ins
  9. Henry Curtis Has Been A ‘Thorn In The Side’ Of Developers And Power Company Execs For 30 Years
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Saturday, March 25, 2023
March 25, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:26 PM :: 1776 Views
  1. VIDEO -- See For Yourself: Rep Pierick at Ewa Int School
  2. Dela Cruz Manipulation? Senate Rejects Green's Pick for DBEDT
  3. HART Seeks 9th Board Member
  4. Punished for Jacking up Electric Rates? Green loses another confirmation vote
  5. ‘Morally bankrupt’: Attorney blasts city push to get wrongful death suit in attack thrown out
  6. Collection agency ramps up against Oahu vacation rental violations
  7. Home, condo sales sink across Hawai‘i
  8. Bottled water distributed to hundreds after toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in Kunia well
  9. Focus on selling catalytic converters reduces theft
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Friday, March 24, 2023
March 24, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:27 PM :: 2188 Views
  1. Samoa: Biden's Giant Sanctuary Proposal Behind Back of Pacific Territories
  2. Rookie House Democrats Tout Bills
  3. Koko Head Archery Range reopening Friday, March 24 
  4. Hawaii Tax Burden 14.1% of Income -- 3rd-Highest in USA 
  5. Lancet: Hawaii Lowest COVID Death Rate--Highest Economic Impact
  6. The Number of People Killed by Police Officers in Hawaii in the Last 10 Years
  7. Another Bank of America Lawsuit Crashes and Burns
  8. Army Corps of Engineers Seeks Comment on Honolulu Harbor Modifications
  9. HB710: Which Felons Can Become Legislators?
  10. Good News: The First Responders Boondoggle Bill Is Dying
  11. Sen Fevella urges ouster of Republican representative over LGBTQ flags at Ewa Int. School
  12. HSTA: Our Gay Flag Rules Middle Schools
  13. Hawaii Board Of Education Approves Salary Boost For Complex Area Superintendents
  14. Mediation canceled before Honolulu landlord murder
  15. After spate of tragedies on Oahu roads, city prosecutor pushes for jail time in more traffic cases
  16. Four HPD officers plead not guilty in connection with horrific crash
  17. Maui’s mayor wants to buy company that controls water flow to thousands of acres
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Thursday, March 23, 2023
March 23, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:22 PM :: 1564 Views
  1. Hawaii’s pandemic learning loss recovery could take years
  2. Governor’s Embattled DBEDT Nominee Opts To Face A Full Senate Vote
  3. Hawaii Senate Delays Vote On Planning Director Nominee
  4. Cost of Aloha Stadium Rises to $1.49B
  5. Major state assets left to deteriorate
  6. Hawaii Is Close to Shutting Down Tourism Marketing Agency
  7. Lawmakers Agree On ‘Incoherent patchwork of Solutions’ To Funnel Affordable Housing Money to Cronies
  8. Legislature Kills Measures To Protect Parental Rights In Child Welfare Cases
  9. Shrooms Next: Hawaii Senators Approve Bill To Create Psychedelics Advisory Council To Prepare For Federal Legalization
  10. Hawaii and Guam service members brace for whopping COLA cuts
  11. ‘Progressives’ on Maui Council Obstruct Affordable Housing Project
  12. Maui HS Maybe Open in August--Pedestrian Bridge Will Cost … uh … $25M
  13. Hawaii hotel occupancy down--price up
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Wednesday, March 22, 2023
March 22, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:41 PM :: 2208 Views
  1. Hawaii 2nd-Worst Taxpayer ROI
  2. This Week’s Testimony from Grassroot Institute
  3. LIST: Proposed pay raise for these city officials
  4. Hawaii Senate President Remains Mum On The Turmoil In His Caucus
  5. Criminal Homeless Drug Addicts Chase Last Store out of Downtown
  6. Lum Crime Family News: Hawaii Senators’ favorite crook appeals sentence for illegally lobbying Trump
  7. Stadium Authority to hold special meeting on New Aloha Stadium Boondoggle
  8. HB1110: Bill could track drivers’ mileage, tax them per mile
  9. New class of DOCARE officers to hunt tourists, extract money
  10. Funding requests for the Big Isle’s hospitals slashed
  11. OHA Kaka'ako plans dead for session
  12. Maui County, state working on plan to open high school
  13. 40% of Hawaii regularly get seven hours or less a night
  14. Frequent Flier Hits Queens Twice This Month--Looking for #3, Gets Straub
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Tuesday, March 21, 2023
March 21, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:34 PM :: 1912 Views
  1. Critical Race Theory--Disagreement Among Hawaii House Republicans
  2. Will Senators Reject Green’s Nominee for State Planning Director?
  3. Should Imprisoned Prison Guard Get Back Pay, Reinstatement?
  4. SB45: School Counselors can Get TRO Ordering Parents away from their Own Children
  5. UPW votes to reject another Maui Health offer
  6. SB941: $185M for Teacher Housing
  7. Suspect involved in deadly hit-and-run of student back in court
  8. DOH: Red Hill families drank antifreeze, not just jet fuel in water
  9. Iolani Palace Site of Massive Festering Homeless Camp
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Monday, March 20, 2023
March 20, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:44 PM :: 3287 Views
  1. Abortion Bill Clears Final House Committee
  2. Republican Bills On The Move
  3. CNHA Hands out $130M COVID Money
  4. ‘20 Minutes’ Movie - Atheist and Believer Face Final Twenty Minutes of Their Life in Hawaii
  5. More Plead Guilty in Sovereignty-Related Tax Fraud Scheme
  6. Saiki: Rep Aiu’s side-gig as Nan Corporate Counsel ‘is a feature of Hawaii’s part-time citizen legislature’
  7. Kakaako Makai: OHA Glass ‘Half-Empty’
  8. Next Boondoggle: ‘Hotel’ part of Plans for ‘first-responders base’ in Mililani
  9. School Councils Are Supposed To Be The Local School Boards In Hawaii. But They’re Hit Or Miss
  10. HHS sued by Hawaii hospitals over 'delayed' Medicare DSH payments
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Sunday, March 19, 2023
March 19, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:59 PM :: 1731 Views
  1. After Jacking up Property Taxes, Mayor, Honolulu City Council asking big raises from handpicked panel
  2. SB397: Hawaii may boost Medicaid payments to help patients access care
  3. Two Years After remodel--Feds find Kona Community Hospital Pharmacy Unsanitary
  4. Hawai‘i Convention Center needs more than $15M quick fix for leaks
  5. House Committee Approves 13 Ethics Reform Bills
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Saturday, March 18, 2023
March 18, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:06 PM :: 1603 Views
  1. HB126: Increase the penalty for high-profile bribery cases    
  2. Hawaii is 'Paradise' — So Why the Doctor Shortage?
  3. Blangiardi will sign ‘sensitive places’ firearms ban into law
  4. Rail testing, repairs expected ahead of paid service
  5. Drug smuggling remains a problem at Kaua‘i jail
  6. Paia Homeless:   Armed conflicts and lots of body fluids
  7. Toxic Red Hill spill in 2019 came before anti-AFFF hysteria
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Friday, March 17, 2023
March 17, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:04 PM :: 1688 Views
  1. SB490: State’s new Department of Law Enforcement grabs for Honolulu PD Territory on DHHL Lands
  2. Senators Reject Governor’s Pick For Economy Chief But Give Thumbs-Up To New DHHL Director     
  3. The Hawaii Tourism Authority Is A Step Closer To Being Dissolved
  4. Hu Honua News: Senate Bill to Disrupt PUC Approval Process is Dead
  5. Dwayne Yuen’s child pornography indictment: Is there more to come?
  6. Computer science mandate for Hawaii public schools?
  7. Navy discloses another Red Hill spill of Fire Fighting Foam
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Thursday, March 16, 2023
March 16, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:46 PM :: 1919 Views
  1. Kali Watson Tried to Stiff DHHL for $136K Rent
  2. High court decides two cases involving Maunakea
  3. Activists Try to Stop Kauai Hydro Project Set to Provide 25% of Island’s Power
  4. Honolulu City Council passes bill designating gun-free areas
  5. Bill reinstating process to indict violent offenders awaits governor’s signature
  6. HB1439: Keep Deadbeats in Apartments
  7. Needles Glass and Feces: Waikiki Beach Bum Removal Operation Begins Friday 2AM
  8. ‘Unfair’: City plan to restrict commercial activities at parks hits opposition
  9. Vacasa Hawaii Vacation Rentals Tank Amid New Warnings and Losses
  10. COVID Money Flow Ends for Working Poor
  11. Sentencing is delayed in government theft case
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Wednesday, March 15, 2023
March 15, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:32 PM :: 2685 Views
  1. Aloha Stadium News: DBEDT’s New Deputy Chief is Business Partner of Senator Dela Cruz  
  2. Ing gets more time to prepare for campaign spending violation case
  3. Honolulu rail interim opening this summer
  4. Five Perfectly Good Telescopes to be Ripped off of Mauna Kea to Satisfy Activists
  5. BLNR to Hotels: Surrender Yourselves to the Sea
  6. HB132 Would Eliminate Election Audits--Dies in Committee
  7. Students, parents rally as roadblocks continue for opening Kulanihako’i High School
  8. Student Says he was Raped by UH Professor and Three Grad Students
  9. Probation sought for ex-U.S. worker in $35,000 theft case
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Tuesday, March 14, 2023
March 14, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:24 PM :: 1593 Views
  1. Supreme Court Rejects Hu Honua -- Scheme Would Add $10.97 to monthly electric bill
  2. State begins Maunakea transfer from UH with newly nominated stewardship team
  3. Economic cost of 3 years of COVID-19
  4. HPD chief: 38 concealed-carry gun permits approved so far
  5. In The Line Of Duty? Kealoha Ruling Raises Questions About Public’s Obligation To Cops
  6. Can courts order involuntary treatment for chronically homeless individuals?
  7. Convicted rapist who ‘reclaimed’ DHHL land step up pressure campaign ... with a bulldozer
  8. Wait times back to normal at Hilo Airport following issue at security checkpoint
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Monday, March 13, 2023
March 13, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:50 PM :: 1353 Views
  1. Jail Takes 1,000 Homeless Off Oahu Streets
  2. HB817: Hawaii Legislative Hearing on Pro Hu Honua Bill
  3. Honolulu City Council begins overhaul of land use ordinance
  4. State works to address long delays in issuing birth certificates, other vital records
  5. False to say UH athletic committee is not diverse
  6. Hawaii jobless rates higher than reported
  7. More Homeless Kauhale Planned
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Sunday, March 12, 2023
March 12, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:44 PM :: 3044 Views
  1. Your Property Tax Hike at Work--253% Pay Hike for Tommy Waters?
  2. Plenty Of Legislators Support Term Limits. So Why Won't They Let The Public Vote On Them?
  3. New stadium sees more political games than sports events
  4. Stadium?  UH Wise to Invest in TC Ching
  5. Maui’s Kulanihakoi High School is empty and stuck in bureaucratic limbo
  6. After Years, Waianae Homeless Camp has only an A-Frame and a plan
  7. Miske Case: Judge To Decide If Defense Attorney’s Removal Should Stand
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Saturday, March 11, 2023
March 11, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:28 PM :: 2396 Views
  1. Land Board Sidesteps Eminent Domain Law: Tries to steal shoreline land without compensation to owner        
  2. Land Board Threatens to let Kaanapali Hotels Fall into Sea
  3. Malasada News: DPP requests $34.6M budget to staff, turn around agency
  4. Judge denies bid to dismiss Kaneshiro case charges
  5. Ethics reform at Capitol?
  6. Eliminate GE Tax on Medical Care? Saiki Sets up Tough Road for SB1035
  7. This Year’s Roof Repair Sales Pitch: ‘Convention Center about to be Condemned’
  8. Emergency SNAP Benefits End Next Month
  9. As Hawaiʻi's minimum wage rises, some lawmakers want to scrap the tip credit        
  10. Maui settles civil suit tied to officer convicted of sex crimes
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Friday, March 10, 2023
March 10, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:25 PM :: 1457 Views
  1. Hawaii Real personal income declined more than 6 percent last year
  2. New stadium wouldn’t be able to support itself
  3. It’s not your imagination: The price of rice is way up
  4. Punaluu homeowner faces $188K fine for shoreline violations
  5. Waiahole Valley tenants get reprieves over rent
  6. Citizens patrols in Waikiki are making a difference
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Thursday, March 9, 2023
March 9, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 11:22 AM :: 2362 Views
  1. Who will be fooled? COR ‘projection’ becomes instant excuse to eliminate tax cuts
  2. $773M Pure Waste: HART proposes $108.9 million operating budget for fiscal 2024 plus another $95M to operate trains and $569M to build tracks
  3. House Budget Gives Millions More to Crooked HTA
  4. ‘Creating Positions’--New Law Enforcement Director Plan focuses on replacing Private Security Guards with Sheriffs
  5. Roth on health care crisis: ’A matter of life or death’
  6. Beth Fukumoto: We Passed Crisis Level With Mental Health Services A Long Time Ago
  7. Kauai North Shore Tops List of Anti-Vaxxer Schools
  8. County code changes might be needed before Hawaii County’s Corrupt ‘Affordable’ Housing Program can be fully improved
  9. City clears trash from homeless encampments in Waianae
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Wednesday, March 8, 2023
March 8, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:39 PM :: 1911 Views
  1. Watered Down GET bill clears state Senate--House Version Dead
  2. High Court: Former HPD Chief Kealoha was not entitled to city legal representation
  3. Miske co-defendant pleads “no contest” to state felony assault charges
  4. Dozens Of Sunshine Bills Survive Session’s Halfway Mark
  5. Council on Revenues Suddenly Makes $328M Disappear
  6. Tax relief measure aimed at helping farmers advances
  7. Hydrogen -- Fossil Fuel’s ‘Solution’ for Climate Change
  8. Navy provides details on surveys for repurposing Red Hill
  9. Honolulu Medical Examiner backlog of reports causing death certificate delays
  10. Permanent, affordable housing for former women inmates
  11. Honolulu Police officer arrested for violating temporary restraining order
  12. Lefties Claim Homelessness is Caused by Evictions not Methamphetamines, LOL
  13. $600 A Month In Kakaako Gets Seniors Mold, Shocks And The Smell Of Death
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Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Letters to the Editor March, 2023
By Letters to the Editor @ 2:37 AM :: 2754 Views
  • HB1291: The Ghost of Peter Boy is Waiting
  • How One Dentist Stays in Hawaii
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Tuesday, March 7, 2023
March 7, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:23 PM :: 1615 Views
  1. Link home exemption to increase in home values
  2. Changing tax credit to portion of income would help Oahu homeowners
  3. Time running out at Legislature for bills hoping to make it to the governor's desk
  4. How Police Department Spending in Hawaii Compares to Other States
  5. FBI Raids 800-Person Cockfight--Four Arrested
  6. Hawaii Meth Supplier Gets 24 Years for $5.5M COVID Fraud
  7. Tax Hike set for Senate Vote
  8. Hawaii lawmakers kill excise food tax exemption
  9. SB1035: Senate to Vote on Eliminating GE Tax on Medical Care
  10. Report: Teacher Turnover Increases Sharply In Hawaii
  11. Guards: PSD Covers Up Drug Use At Hawaii’s Largest Prison
  12. Soft on Crime: DNA Match but Alleged Killer Walks Free
  13. Gov. Josh Green ‘simplifying’ Aloha Stadium P3 plan-now stuck with ownership of this boondoggle
  14. Local zoning reform is hot topic at federal level, too
  15. How to Stop Affordable Housing
  16. Lease dispute escalates over state land in Hilo
  17. ‘Nobody Wants To Sell’: An Iconic Honolulu Church Makes A Difficult Decision
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Monday, March 6, 2023
March 6, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:21 PM :: 4375 Views
  1. Honolulu Rehab Boss got $500K Salary and Absconded to Colorado with Miss Hawaii--Stiffed Employees for $452K, Federal Probe Finds
  2. Not Dead Yet--Government Reform Bills Still Moving At The Legislature
  3. Green Says he Will Sign Bills To Make Hawaii Government More Open--If Legislature Approves Them
  4. Pension fund exec optimistic despite $13.5B shortfall
  5. As Marijuana Becomes Legal, Tobacco is Outlawed
  6. Unlicensed midwives push to practice in the islands without getting certified
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Sunday, March 5, 2023
March 5, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:06 PM :: 1805 Views
  1. State $2B Surplus: Taxation without Reason
  2. SB741: Keep DHHL Beneficiaries Trapped on Waitlist
  3. Transgender athletes “impulsive decisions based on the fear of being politically incorrect”
  4. 7 Things Hawaii Lawmakers Could Do Now To Vastly Improve The Legislative Process--But Won’t
  5. Red Hill Not Really Shut Down?
  6. Hawaiians Moving to Las Vegas--No problem, there are still enough here to keep protesting
  7. Public rallies to ‘Save Kaka’ako Makai’
  8. Former athletic director at Mililani High allegedly stole $60,000 from school booster club
  9. Soft on Crime: Judge dismisses 23-year-old murder case
  10. Jails Crowded with Criminal Homeless Drug Addicts
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Saturday, March 4, 2023
March 4, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:44 PM :: 3092 Views
  1. Hawaii Cult Leader behind Mainland Child Kidnappings?
  2. Bribe: Oahu homeowners to possibly receive one-time property tax relief
  3. Council Bill 4 -- 14% Tax on Taxing transient vacation units
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