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Entries for April 2019
| Tuesday, April 30, 2019 |
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April 30, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:44 PM :: 3449 Views
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- Contract Reopener: HSTA Gets Another $45.6M
- DoE Changes Teacher Evaluations: De-Emphasizes Student Performance
- EPA Imposes $425K fine for Waimanalo Gulch Spill
- Legislators Vote to Spend Millions More on Electric Vehicles
- Trump, the Jones Act and LNG
- Video: Akina and Roth Talk Rail
- Hawaii 2nd Worst State for Nurses
- Donovan Dela Cruz Plays Hardball With Foes Of The Airbnb Tax—and it works
- Honolulu City Council committee passes 2 vacation rental bills
- Special Purpose Revenue Bonds: More Millions for Navatek Front Company
- Maui Council Approves $17.7M Property Tax Hike
- Hawaii County Charter Commission rejects ballot measure abolishing minimum property tax
- Asset Forfeiture Reform Measure On Ige’s Desk
- Rep Chris Lee Killed Sex-abuse bill
- Kaneshiro ‘top of the food chain’? Katherine Kealoha says she was ‘ordered’ to tell officer to ‘stand down’ in Miske Case
- McCartney’s DBEDT nomination heading to Senate
- Last-Ditch Effort to Save Cheap Electricity Source-- HECO Proposes New Way of Calculating Greenhouse Gas Limits
- Monday’s crash is latest for Robinson model
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| Monday, April 29, 2019 |
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April 29, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:06 PM :: 3318 Views
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- ERS Invested Millions With Alleged Fraudster
- HB1552: Conference Committee Approves New System to Keep Criminals on Streets
- Proposed Hawaii Carbon Tax -- $66,000 per Person?
- Ala Wai Canal: Flood Control Project Will Do Little To Clean Up the Polluted Waterway
- Might Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund Disappear?
- Star-Adv Claims Jones Act Needed for Reliable Service
- Kealohas Lied About Mailbox Value to Make Theft a Felony
- Inside Deal: Mel Rapozo to Grab Kauai Auditor Position
- Plea Deal: Another Alleged Child Molester gets Probation
- Hawaiian salt could evaporate under federal ban
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| Sunday, April 28, 2019 |
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April 28, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:24 PM :: 2694 Views
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- OHA CFO Ousted to Block 'Fair Treatment' of Grant Requests?
- HB172: Legislature Denies Funding for OHA and LLCs Unless Audit for Fraud, Waste and Abuse is Completed
- OHA’s LLCs: The Noose Is Tightening
- Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
- Public urged to participate in next round of hearings on proposed Maunakea rules
- Growing demands for more government money sure to pick pockets of Oahu taxpayers
- Legislators pitch savings but who’ll save us from them?
- Hospital liaison program offers help and hope for homeless
- Owner Fined $124K for Building Affordable Housing ‘Monster’
- Hawaii gun group aims to sue over ‘red flag’ law
- State officials worry low vaccination rates in some Hawaii schools may cause health risk
- Maui: Where the Anti-Vaxxers Are
- Sunscreen Hysteria: Lab Admits Skewing Oxybenzone Measurement
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| Saturday, April 27, 2019 |
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April 27, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:14 PM :: 3394 Views
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- Let’s End ‘Gut and Replace’ at Legislature
- SB1353: Industrial Hemp Heading to Governor's Desk
- Legislators Send Three Anti-Gun Bills to Governor
- A Jones Act conversation with Rick Hamada and Mike Hansen
- OHA Releases Aina Summit Report
- City Releases 2019 Annual Sustainability Report
- Victory: Changes would make it easier to force homeless with severe mental illnesses to get treatment
- Bill to raise minimum wage appears dead for this year
- REIT Tax Passes Legislature
- Hawaii tax broker bill for Airbnb, vacation rental platforms fails on final vote
- Happy News: Climate Change Bills Died in Conference Committee
- Hawaii Legislature Botches Energy Legislation
- Hawaii lawmakers poised to approve proposal to reform state’s criminal justice system
- Poorest in Honolulu see greatest increase in housing costs, report says
- Roadside panhandling and fundraising could be outlawed
- Trash and tally: Numbers from recent state, county homeless cleanup initiatives
- 5 former Hawaii scouts among victims in growing Boy Scout sex abuse scandal
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| Friday, April 26, 2019 |
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April 26, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:58 PM :: 2947 Views
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- Charlie Wade Sex Complaint Filed Over Year Ago
- 20 Gut and Replace, Frankenstein Bills in Conference Committee
- 40 Legislators, Insiders Set for Singapore Junket After Session
- More studies show Jones Act harmful to Puerto Rico
- Conference Committee Agrees on $3.4B CIP Grab Basket
- Conference Committee Approves Remaining Executive Budget
- Q1: Tourism Up, Spending Down
- A Flurry Of Deal-Making At The Hawaii Legislature As End Of Session Looms
- Hotel workers to council: Proposed property tax rate hike for resorts ‘punitive’
- Deferred Maintenance: Cost of repairing convention center soars to $50M -- or $77M? – or $91.6M?
- Jail escapee says guards asleep
- Internal affairs case opened after Public Safety’s head trainer accused of puffing up resume
- OJ Simpson Innocence Project: ‘It’s Easy to Find Criminals are Innocent’
- Second Hawaii Superferry Joins Navy Fleet
- Judge freezes Trump abortion rule on Title X funding
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| Thursday, April 25, 2019 |
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April 25, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:53 PM :: 6454 Views
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- Will the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Go Broke?
- SCR204: OHA Insiders Exploit Aloha Poke Controversy to Grab Ownership of Hawaiian Culture for Themselves
- Neighborhood Board Voting Begins Friday
- HB720: Ige Signs Firearm Reporting Bill
- Problem Gambling? Hawaii #2 in USA
- Poll: Ige Among Most Unpopular Governors, Again
- Profitable Nonprofit: Sand Island Rehab Exec Scores $500K Salary and a Slightly Used Miss Hawaii
- HDOT: If you really Believe in Global Warming You Must Give Us $15B
- State Senate poised to accept a proposal to allow vacation rental platforms to collect Hawaii taxes
- Effort to impeach Kaneshiro hits new roadblocks
- Lawsuit: Officers Conspired to Coverup Domestic Abuse
- DOCARE Officers Use Illegal GPS Jammers to Cover up Overtime Abuse
- Hawaii Senate votes to reconfirm Nolan Espinda to lead Public Safety Department
- Lawmakers decline to issue budget surplus refunds
- Maui Council, Mayor Propose $140M Property Tax Hikes
- Raises get green light
- Are Medical Costs Dropping Under HMSA's New Doctor Payment Plan?
- Honolulu leads state in population loss, Census finds
- HB1165: Trannies to get ‘X’ on Drivers License
- State To Housing Applicants: Sign Up Online Or Lose Your Spot On Wait List
- Kalihi Valley Homeless’ Lower Stolen Piano in Riverbed Tent City
- No Sex Trafficking found at Brothel
- Trump spurs an uptick in politicians leaving GOP
- ‘Hawaiian Day’ Controversy Spurs SD Legislature to Act on Free Speech
- State-Run Presidential primary election would be good for Hawaii
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| Wednesday, April 24, 2019 |
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April 24, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:30 PM :: 2896 Views
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- Will Trump waive the Jones Act for Domestic LNG shipments?
- Waimea and Hanapepe Property Owners to be Forced to Buy Flood Insurance?
- Legislature Votes to Fund Suicide Prevention
- DHS Audit: Significant Weaknesses and Deficiencies
- State of the Air: Hawaii Among the Cleanest
- After Problems with East Oahu Vote—Lawmakers still approve statewide mail-in voting
- REIT CEOs outline specific costs to Hawaii tax bill
- OHA to Get 20% Cut of Kailua-Kona Homeless Village?
- Neighborhoods Are Really Angry At The Feds’ $345 Million Ala Wai Project
- Maui Council looks to have final say over injection wells settlement
- Office of Information Practices says ad hoc budget panel could violate state Sunshine Law
- What’s The Holdup On A Bill That Targets Child Sex Abusers?
- Deputy Sheriffs, corrections officers using guns and ammo that violate state policy
- Criminals Whine About Jail Conditions after Riot
- HPD officer with troubled past arrested for felony abuse
- Honolulu looking for a new City Auditor
- Snobby Hanalei Elitists Try New Excuse to Keep Hoi Polloi Out
- Another plan for pedestrians?
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| Tuesday, April 23, 2019 |
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April 23, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:02 PM :: 4612 Views
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- Full Text: Espinda Promises No Retaliation Against PSD Dissidents
- Hawaii's Best & Worst Small Cities to Start a Business
- Lavish salaries, perks focus of federal theft investigation into union boss
- Pattern for Unions? Hawaii firefighters get 4% plus bonuses
- Anti-Trust Violation? Capacity Payments’ Designed to Hide Real Cost of Solar, Biomass
- Hawaiʻi's Small Independent Doctors May Be Struggling Under New Payment System
- Charter Schools: Where the Anti-Vaxxers Are
- Trapped on the streets: Law stymies efforts to help homeless with severe mental illness
- Good News! Climate Activists whine Hawaii Legislature ‘Wasted An Entire Year’
- Petition to impeach city prosecutor prompts legal debate: Are e-signatures legal?
- Ethics: Councilmember was PR Agent for Water Bottler
- Memorial honoring law enforcement officers vandalized
- Historic Maui church hit by vandals for second time in a month
- Leeward Coast Parks: Human waste, buckets of needles
- Homeless Criminal Charged in Iwilei Rape
- ‘Strong Evidence of Guilt’ – But State’s highest court reverses murder conviction in 2009 Chinatown shooting
- HPD officer arrested at Honolulu airport on suspicion of domestic abuse
- Hawaii hotels report lackluster first quarter
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| Monday, April 22, 2019 |
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April 22, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:11 PM :: 5047 Views
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- Crichton: Environmentalism is a religion
- Ira Einhorn, Earth Day's Dirty Secret
- Activist Attacks Destroy 15% of Hawaii Agriculture
- Budget battle: Nonprofit seeks financial data on Hawaii public schools
- Electricity: Nobody Pays More for Less
- Quack! Charter Schools Have By Far The Highest Rates Of Unvaccinated Kids
- Quack! Anti-Sunscreen Hysteria Debunked
- A city proposal to give people more options to get around could mean losing some parking
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| Sunday, April 21, 2019 |
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April 21, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:59 PM :: 2712 Views
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- OHA's Crabbe out of the Bucket?
- HIDOE Achieves Success with Job Order Contracting
- Financial and Compliance Audit of the Department of Education
- Organizer asks supporters to re-sign Keith Kaneshiro petition
- Ozawa Loses: Pro-development forces flex muscle in Hawaii politics
- Bills Down to the Wire: Last Week for the Legislature
- HB673: Police to be allowed to smoke Marijuana—Potheads to be hired as Ambulance Drivers
- Political Correctness: Kahana homeowners defaulting on state loans
- Big Island Mass Transit mismanagement could hurt entire state’s federal funding
- What makes Tulsi Gabbard run? Maybe it’s about the perks
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| Saturday, April 20, 2019 |
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April 20, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:55 PM :: 4125 Views
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- Audits, subpoenas and more: What's next for Honolulu Rail?
- Are Hawaii officials paid too much or too little?
- Hawaii residents voting with their feet
- Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
- Kealoha Lawyer Flees to Canada, Again Delays Grandmother Deposition
- 1980s Honolulu Developer Busted in Ponzi Scheme
- Some homeless play the charity cycle
- University of Hawaii to hold 2nd round of public hearings on proposed rules for Mauna Kea
- The state wants to redevelop the Ala Wai Boat Harbor. That’s got boaters worried
- Honolulu City Council OKs $70 annual tax break for Oahu homeowners
- Public Utilities Commission approves $12.1M MECO rate hike
- Self-Dealing Leads to Another delay for Hawaii Co building permits
- Snorkel Rentals Kill
- Soft on Crime: Hawaii Criminal Kills Girl in Ohio
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| Friday, April 19, 2019 |
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April 19, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:30 PM :: 4777 Views
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- Hawaii's Good Friday Holiday - What's Up With That?
- Hawaii Senate to Vote on Anti-Gun Bills
- 80% of Oahu Residents Don't Have REAL ID
- HPD investigating reported kidnapping of attorney tied to Kealoha probe
- Honolulu rail authority now plans to open Middle Street segment in late 2023
- Water officials mull options as session wanes
- Ige Assures Caldwell Of Ala Wai Flood Control Financing Plan
- Hollywood Movie Moguls Want More of our Money—But Won’t Tell us Who is Getting it
- Unlikely Allies United to Oppose a Carbon Tax
- Kauai has only One Homeless Shelter—19 Beds
- Kihei: DoE has a Plan to Build … an Administration Building
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| Thursday, April 18, 2019 |
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April 18, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:39 PM :: 3899 Views
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- Candidates Hirono, Case, Gabbard Refused to Release their Tax Returns
- DLNR: Another Step Towards State-Run Carbon Credit Scheme
- Kids Oral Health--Hawaii Ranks Dead Last
- $17 Minimum Wage Cost $1.456 Billion per year
- HDOT Launches Accelerated Hiring System
- State Launches Aquaculture Accelerator
- Ige: Failure of Water Bill will Kill Agriculture
- State revokes convicted Hawaii PKF accountant's license
- Two Ethics Reform Measures Clear House-Senate Conference Committee
- Can OHA Cash in by Claiming Native Title to Hawaiian Words?
- Honolulu City Council passes bill to crack down on affordable home monsters
- Short-Term Rental Regulation Advances at Honolulu Hale
- Hawaii lawmakers push to reduce number of unnecessary hospital visits from homeless
- Homeless Tweeker from Mainland Convicted in Crime Spree
- Soft on Crime: Alleged Child Molester Gets 6 Days in Jail
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| Wednesday, April 17, 2019 |
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April 17, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:15 PM :: 3226 Views
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- Why Farm?
- The Unintended Hazards Of Red-Light Cameras
- Tax Foundation Hawaii: Motion for Reconsideration Rips Rail-Skim Decision
- Is lack of funding the real problem in the Department of Education?
- Auditor: AG's Child Support Fund Still Running Deficit
- Lahaina Injection Wells: EPA won't regulate pollution that moves through groundwater
- Economist: Regulations Add 24% to Home Construction Costs
- Beating agriculture to death in Hawaii
- Honolulu Salary Commission Approves Pay Raises For Top City Officials
- Abercrombie Forced Micronesians onto Obamacare
- Politicians Tour MCCC After Riot, Spend $8M
- Latest DoE Grift: $11B for New Schools or Something
- Red Hill Tank Relocation Pricetag—$1.6B
- Meth Addict Who Dies After Being Tased was Son of American Samoa Police Commissioner
- 8 homeless shelters don’t meet new standards, but will be funded anyway
- Busting prostitution businesses is a priority for the prosecutor's office
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| Tuesday, April 16, 2019 |
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April 16, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:24 PM :: 3531 Views
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- Ethics: DOBOR Kauai Employee Quickly Begins Taking Stuff
- Caldwell’s Rubber Stamp Council will Tax and Spend
- UIPA Request: DoE Refusing to Release Check Register
- HDOT still seeking your thoughts on a proposal to tax drivers by the mile
- Community members come together to rally against crime and corruption in Hawaii
- Katherine Kealoha’s grandmother forced to pay over $100K in legal fees in corruption case
- Old Boys Line up Behind “Only Candidate’ Running for CD2—Kahele
- Gabbard Second to Last in Democrat Presidential Fund Race
- The High Price Of Luring The Movies To Hawaii
- HB1093: Proposed Bill Regulating Uber, Lyft Is Biased Against Taxis
- Recycling numbers are down but costs are up
- HIDOT Removes 14 Truckloads of Trash—All Seven Homeless Refuse Shelter
- Recovering Drug Addict ‘was homeless downtown for many, many years’
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| Monday, April 15, 2019 |
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April 15, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:17 PM :: 4587 Views
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- Senate: OHA Must Complete Audit of LLCs
- Unlucky and Unclean: How Not to Steal House 13
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 14, 2019
- Rich States, Poor States: Hawaii Ranks 45th
- $100M Hawaii tax hike bills -- Job Loss and Lawsuits
- SB1000: Use EV Mandate to Make Housing Even More Unaffordable
- Do you believe in coincidences?
- Details lost in reporting election-by-mail results
- Vacation Rentals On Oahu May Face Tough Enforcement And New Limits
- Where Hawaii Renters Spend Half Their Incomes On Housing
- Kakaako Makai Celebrates Ten Years as Homeless Tent City
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| Sunday, April 14, 2019 |
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April 14, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:28 PM :: 6043 Views
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- Special Election: Waters Beats Ozawa by 1,004 Votes
- Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
- JSC Seeks Nominees for Maui Circuit Court
- 30 Years Late: DoE Discovers IDIQ -- ‘Job Order Contracting
- Blankety Blank
- Hawaii Smallest Firearms Industry in USA
- Ethics: How Interest Group Can Plant its own People on State Payroll to Solicit Money
- How Kealoha, Kaneshiro Retaliated Against Officers After Miske Arrest
- Council Leadership Change This Week?
- Josh Green Finally Abandons Tent Cities?
- Another CWS Fail: Parents sue over 3-year-old’s death in foster care
- Inmate: ‘This is crazy; we going die’
- HELCO seeks 3.4% increase
- Oh, yeah? Well, how’d you like an audit, punk?
- Proposals would reduce building permit fees
- Mufi: Counties have Acted on TVRs—Now it is up to Legislature
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| Saturday, April 13, 2019 |
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April 13, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:57 PM :: 6005 Views
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- Deadline: HART 'Pleased' that city received P3 submittals
- UH requesting second round of public hearings for Maunakea administrative rules
- City adopts new affordable housing rules
- Activists hurt farmers by fueling public’s disconnect with modern agriculture
- HART board chair under federal investigation — but it’s not about the rail project
- Hawaiʻi Farmers, Ranchers Lobby for Water Bill
- Administrator in charge of DPS training programs accused of lying on her resume
- Deputy Prosecutor Futa Says She Never Got Target Letter
- Trevor Ozawa vs. Tommy Waters: Round 3 of Honolulu City Council fight ends tonight
- 3 percent Maui council salary hike lacks the votes
- Councilman wants to make more clear what alternatives will be acceptable to polystyrene
- An old hospital in Hilo is being transformed into a haven for the homeless
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| Friday, April 12, 2019 |
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April 12, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:21 PM :: 3396 Views
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- ILWU Executive Charged with Embezzlement
- Hawaii Tax Freedom Day is April 23rd
- NRA Seeks 'Immediate Injunction' Against Hawaii Gun Laws
- Hawaii Butterfly Knife Ban Challenged on Second Amendment Grounds
- Hirono: If Conservatives Don’t Want Content Removed From Social Media ‘They Shouldn’t Post Lies’
- Want higher wages? Try economic freedom
- Honolulu Council Special Election Voting Ends Saturday April 13
- Feds Demand City Pony up $111M for Rail--No Money Beyond Middle Street Until P3 Settled
- Ige supports giving water permit holders more time
- Legislators Advance HB1248 as Vote-by-Mail Problems Multiply
- While Honest Citizens 2nd Amendment Rights are Restricted, Shooters Walk Again and Again—Here’s How
- Senate panel rejects reappointment of Nolan Espinda as Hawaii’s public safety director
- Kauai: Entire System Comes Down on Whistleblower
- State housing project combines juvenile offenders and affordable housing; raises concerns
- Ex-Maui inmate gets $10K in sex assault lawsuit settlement
- Substitute Teacher Will Study for Marriage Counselor License While in Jail on Revenge Porn Conviction
- Teacher in Ewa Elementary’s A-plus program indicted in sexual assault of former student
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| Thursday, April 11, 2019 |
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April 11, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:13 PM :: 3415 Views
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- OHA's $139 Million Dollar Question
- OHA Trustees Vote 8-1 to Extend Audit
- Hawaii Swamped by Carbon Dioxide Tax Bills
- HB217/HB218: Making Life Easier for Young Criminals
- Gabbard: US Health Care System Designed to 'keep people sick and on drugs'
- It’s April and Feds Still Aren’t Releasing $744 Million For Honolulu Rail
- Windfarm: Judge Approves Plan to Kill Lots of Bats
- HB1326: Will All the Water be Cut Off?
- Voting Rights Violation? Ranked voting could make its way to Hawaii
- Despite warnings, Kaneshiro continues to visit building that houses prosecutor’s office
- Carlisle Wants Embattled Prosecutor's Job
- Ala Wai: DLNR-DTL Scheme to Funnell Money to OHA will Damage Cultural Resources
- SB1000: Electric Vehicle Mandate Will Make Housing Even Less Affordable
- Aina Lea – After 10 Years in Court, Affordable Housing Project May Now Be Built
- Hawaii sees a significant increase in sexually transmitted diseases
- Pearl City intermediate school DoE Child Molester Gets Away With It—Then Foolishly Leaves Hawaii
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| Wednesday, April 10, 2019 |
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April 10, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:31 PM :: 3396 Views
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- PIT: Homelessness Down 21% on Big Island -- Volcano Forces Homeless to Accept Shelter
- Final Crossover: House Approves, Amends 85 Senate Bills
- Human Services Blueprint for COFA Citizens
- New UH Manoa leadership structure approved
- Health Department Audit: Material Weaknesses and Significant Deficiencies
- Is Federal Recognition Dead or Dormant?
- Gov. David Ige having a rough year at the Legislature
- Minimum Wage, REIT Tax Head to Conference Committee
- HB820: Gut-n-Replace Keeps leasehold condo scheme alive
- SB33/SB365: Megabux for Movie Moguls—Heading to Conference Committee
- Hawaii lawmakers hope a recent ruling will play in their favor in regulating vacation rentals
- Hawaii Agribusiness Development Corp faces audits
- More than 30,000 ballots already cast in special election for city council
- Trial of former HPD officer delayed as more Miske info tied to Kealoha is sought
- Lawmakers grill public safety director
- Maui County attorney resigns from post following abuse allegations
- Maui Mayor Describes Being Attacked by Homosexual Child Molesters
- Puna officer faces felony charges in domestic incident
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| Tuesday, April 9, 2019 |
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April 9, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:44 PM :: 3052 Views
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- Relax Maui zoning to allow more urban dwellings
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 8, 2019
- Hawaii 2nd Worst Financial Knowledge and Education
- Hawaii--78 Bridges 'Deficient'
- Hawaii: County by County Health Reports
- Ige: Electric Company to Collect from GEMS Green Energy Deadbeats
- Hawaii Firearm Seizure Bill Eligible For Floor Vote
- Old Boys Last Hope? Kahele Says He’s Raised $250,000 To Challenge Tulsi Gabbard
- State Senate leaders say they don’t intend to revive water bill
- Hawaii lawmakers consider vacation-rental tax legislation
- DeVos: Hawaii DoE Should do Exactly the Opposite of What it Does Now
- 30 Years Late: DoE Discovers IDIQ -- ‘Job Order Contracting’
- State Initiates Audit Of School Impact Fees On Developers
- Retaliation: DUI investigation initially under Katherine Kealoha's division
- Former police officer heads to court accused of luring boy for sex
- Permanent supportive housing will reduce homelessness
- Snuffed out: Tobacco tax increase proposal dies
- DOH begins enforcement against CBD-infused products
- Smoking Marijuana vs. Smoking Tobacco: Which is More Harmful?
- Hawaii boaters facing big increase in fees
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| Monday, April 8, 2019 |
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April 8, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:33 PM :: 2688 Views
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- Secret Timeline Shows OHA Lying to Legislature While Stonewalling LLC Audit
- Stop Anti-Vaxxers From Putting Hawaii Kids At Risk
- Does Hawaii Really Want Agriculture?
- The future of marijuana: Island cannabis industry reps talk hurdles, economic woes
- Former Real Estate Commission vice chairman sentenced to jail, court supervision for theft
- Moving Hawaii’s Technology Out Of The Dark Ages
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| Sunday, April 7, 2019 |
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April 7, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:08 PM :: 3282 Views
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- Revenue Raisers Already Sent to the Governor
- Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
- Giveaway to Public Employee Unions Hidden in Minimum Wage Bill
- A&B Water Rights Bill May Have New Life
- A Three-Step Guide: How Women Can Protect Themselves from Joe Biden
- HB285: Release Names of Suspended or Fired Police Officers
- EMS Tries to justify Fuel Truck Purchase
- UHPA: Lassner Not Angry Enough
- Ige Touts State-Run ‘Hawaii Saves’ Retirement Program
- Socialist Utopia: Kahana Valley living park concept ‘broken’
- Solid Waste: UPW Exploits Absenteeism in Push for New Positions
- Soft on Crime: Five Time Loser Kicks Cop in Head—Gets Probation
- Stupid Pimp Leaves Soft-on-Crime Hawaii—Quickly Gets 72 Year Sentence
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| Saturday, April 6, 2019 |
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April 6, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:35 PM :: 4499 Views
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- New Petition Launched to Impeach Kaneshiro
- 9th Circuit: City Can Only Enforce Sleeping Ban if Shelter Available
- Kishimoto Demands Media Cover Up Failing Schools
- DoE: Only 56% of our Grads Need Remedial Math (not counting the ones who don't go to college and the ones who don’t graduate)
- UHERO: How Obamacare Affects Micronesian Health
- Ige Signs 20% Death Tax into Law
- Does House bill’s demise affect Upcountry water?
- Lawmakers pass Red Light Camera bill through State House of Representatives
- HB748: Fixing Hawaii’s civil asset forfeiture program
- Gut & Replace --- Hawai’i State Energy Office
- Another CWS Fail: Lawsuit filed in toddler death
- Over 25,000 Votes Cast in Special Election
- Judge OKs recorded testimony from 99-year old key witness in Kealoha case
- Riot at Maui CCC caused $5 million damage
- Maui Police Dept. internally investigating if traffic section misused money
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| Friday, April 5, 2019 |
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April 5, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:44 PM :: 3813 Views
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- Levinson: Ballard's Second Amendment Stance 'Could Precipitate Legal Catastrophe'
- Kiss of Death: OHA Endorses Amended Water Bill Just Before Senate Committee Kills It
- #AuditTheRail finally on track!
- OHA Trustees Approve New Governance Framework
- OHA Gives $500K to Nonprofits
- DLNR Seeks Bidders to Redevelop Ala Wai Harbor
- Hawaii: Anti-Gun Bills Eligible for Floor Vote
- Dela Cruz: If A&B Can’t Have Water then Nobody Can
- Screw A&B—Part 2: Surprising Support For New Tax On Hawaii’s Powerful Real Estate Interests
- Two HPD officers indicted after allegedly making a homeless man lick a toilet
- SB567: Will Legislators Let us Round up Homeless Mentally Ill?
- Homeless Drug Addicts, Chinatown Merchants May Hire Security Guards
- Guam Begins Process to Legalize Recreational Use of Marijuana
- UPW Backs Espinda Reappointment
- Vital piece of evidence in investigation into Maui jail riot goes missing
- Caldwell’s plan for monthly garbage fee could be trashed
- Waters Leads Ozawa In Money Raised And Spent In City Council Race
- Polluted Subsoil Causes 3 month Delay in Rail Station Construction
- HB593: Now we have green versus green
- DoE Forms Secret Gender Committee
- Maui Council to Hire Lawyer to Sue over Mayor’s Interim Appointments
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| Thursday, April 4, 2019 |
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April 4, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:00 PM :: 2793 Views
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- Full Text: MCCC Officers Tell Riot Story, Slam 'Upper Echelons' of PSD
- Sin Taxes: Hawaii 3rd Highest in USA
- Do You Think Like an Islander?
- Hawaii: Anti-Gun Bills Pass Committee, Age Restriction Bill Eligible for a Floor Vote
- HEI Plans to Shut Down State's Cheapest Energy Producer to Make Way for More Tesla Batteries
- 2019 Graduation Dates
- 2 men accused of storming OHA offices could face felony charges
- Another 3.4% Rate Hike: PUC sets HELCO hearings
- HB593: Plan to allow solar farms on top-rated agricultural lands killed
- Legislators Trying to make A&B give $62M to Politically Connected Mahi Pono?
- Bill Would Criminalize Driving Under The Influence Of … Almost Anything
- Middle Street Rail Solution: Run Bus Lanes on North King Street
- Desperate to Save Insider Control: Department of Public Safety proposes plans to relieve overcrowding
- DPS Plans to Stack Hearing for Espinda—Worried ‘Outsider’ will be Next Boss
- Puana Grandmother to Provide Key Details on Mailbox Frameup?
- Council leadership: Taxpayers shouldn’t pay for ex-police chief’s legal defense
- Whistleblower tells police commission concerns about upcoming promotions
- Nearly 23,000 Votes Cast in Council Special Election
- Unionization of UH grad students a Financial Burden to State
- Hawaii Population Decline Military-Related?
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| Wednesday, April 3, 2019 |
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April 3, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:43 PM :: 2521 Views
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- Lawsuit: Hawaii Discriminates Against Legal Immigrants on Gun Permits
- ACLU: Kealoha Lawyers Threaten Free Speech
- Rail: P3 Contractors see “Untenable Interface Risk”
- Oil Companies, Enviros Support Carbon Taxes
- Micronesian government official pleads guilty to federal bribery charge
- Stuck with Obamacare Micronesians In Hawaii Struggle To Get Health Care
- Despite court order, Katherine Kealoha fights to keep personnel files secret
- How Many People Make Minimum Wage?
- $1000 Fine Threat Shuts Down Homeless Enablers
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| Tuesday, April 2, 2019 |
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April 2, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:44 PM :: 4867 Views
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- State of the State Budget 2020
- Is Leasehold Housing Built on Government Land a Solution to Unaffordable Housing in Honolulu?
- Hawaii County has Least Expensive Housing in Hawaii
- Hawaii--2nd Highest State Tax Burden in USA
- Governor Announces 2020 Census Committee
- Stressed States? Hawaii Ranks 42nd
- Community meeting to be held for O‘ahu’s first Pedestrian Plan
- Tax Hikes: How The Senate Aims To Take More of Your Cash
- Federal Prosecutor: Former HPD Officer Admits being Homosexual Child Molester
- Police Commission Disputes Honolulu police chief on handgun carry permits
- Sumida: I helped Kealoha Beat the rap once—he can do it again if the media helps
- After Maui Jail Riot UPW Takes Aim at PSD Leadership
- Questions raised over DPS officer's less-lethal weapons
- DPS Doesn’t Buy Non-Lethal Weapons—But Spends Thousands on Rifles and Shotguns that are not given to Officers
- Charges dropped against Maui’s top civil lawyer
- Answer to High Cost of Living: Give Even More Money to Silicon Valley Billionaires and Hollywood Movie Moguls
- Histrionics, Chemophobia Begin to pay off in Court
- Biofuel Schemers Fret as Subsidies Decline
- Electric Car Owners Scoop up $3.5M in Free Airport Parking
- Mainland Drug Addict Demands Money for Homelessness at Legislature
- City Contractor Works Hard to Keep Homeless Tent City Near Children's Center
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| Monday, April 1, 2019 |
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April 1, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:45 PM :: 3777 Views
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