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Monday, June 7, 2021
June 7, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:56 PM :: 2654 Views
  1. State sees impressive response in prize giveaway program aimed at encouraging vaccinations
  2. Hawaii Plans to Vaccinate Itself out of COVID Bondage
  3. Fireworks shows returning: Displays in Hilo and Kona will celebrate the 4th
  4. Monthly Index Tracks Robust Rebound in Sales at Hawai‘i Restaurants
  5. HB862: Stripping HTA Funding Takes Away Activists Meal Ticket
  6. Another Gangster Leaves The Hawaii Stage
  7. Broken Promise? Native Hawaiians’ Ongoing Feud With Bank of America
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Sunday, June 6, 2021
June 6, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:01 PM :: 2580 Views
  1. 65 Years After Statehood—A Big land Grab for OHA?
  2. Legislators ignore lessons of rail on new Aloha Stadium
  3. Hawaii employers eye vaccination mandates
  4. Waikiki Homeless Target Tourists: Crime surge risks derailing tourism recovery
  5. 10% of Sex Offenders Homeless
  6. Police Shootings: Protesters Protest Against Lack of Protests
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Saturday, June 5, 2021
June 5, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:40 PM :: 5925 Views
  1. Union Boss was Hit Man for Miske, Impersonated Cop
  2. HB869: Is Mystery elderly project in Hawaii Kai Really Just a Way to Get Revenue Bonds for Stadium Project?
  3. Emails: DoH Leaders Block Testing, Exploit COVID to scrounge money
  4. Mayor Rick Blangiardi’s 2nd nominee for Honolulu Police Commission withdraws name from consideration
  5. HPD’s Interim Chief Rade Vanic lays out his priorities for the department
  6. After Giving Themselves COVID, Hilo Inmates Stage Riot
  7. How long will it take for Hawaii to reach a 70% vaccination rate?
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Friday, June 4, 2021
June 4, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:30 PM :: 2062 Views
  1. HB862: House Finance Chair Admits Purpose of TAT hike is to Reduce Tourism
  2. Rebuild Aloha Stadium? That’s Not A Good Idea
  3. Governor expected to loosen coronavirus restrictions as Hawaii nears 60% fully vaccinated
  4. Most Hawaii adults fully vaccinated, but survey finds 12% don’t plan to get COVID-19 vaccine
  5. Mitsunaga Executive Refuses to Testify, Gets Locked Up
  6. Online learning took a heavy toll on students.
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Thursday, June 3, 2021
June 3, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:11 PM :: 2342 Views
  1. Don't Let Oahu Become A Giant Slum
  2. HART Asks The City To Borrow Up To $550 Million –They’ve Spent Most of it Already
  3. HGEA Fail: Why Is It Still So Hard To Reach Hawaii’s Unemployment Office?
  4. Give Hawaii’s Capitol Back To Its People
  5. COVID Crooks: Hawaii County Council Slush Funds Being Audited by Feds
  6. Honolulu Budget: City Council Approves
  7. Honolulu City Council votes to adopt first Climate Action Plan
  8. Shipments of COVID vaccines to Hawaii slow as demand drastically drops
  9. Survey finds changing attitudes in Hawaii regarding the pandemic
  10. Green: Few at Hilo correctional facility grappling with outbreak had gotten vaccinated
  11. Prosecutors take no position on release of Miske co-defendant
  12. OHA Smells Opportunity: Police commission nominee tells Council he’s ‘never seen’ discrimination in Hawaii
  13. Probing Honolulu police shootings: releasing evidence now vs. fair trial
  14. HPD Officer At The Center Of A $1 Million Wrongful Death Settlement Has A History Of Complaints
  15. SHOPO says officer shortage impacts patrols
  16. More Homeless Mayhem: Kalihi residents frustrated after fire ravages abandoned house
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Wednesday, June 2, 2021
June 2, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:41 PM :: 4886 Views
  1. Perjury? Ex-chief Kealoha begins denying crimes he pled guilty to
  2. Will Vanic be the Next Chief?
  3. Sen Mercado Kim Disrupts UH ‘Gravy Train’
  4. Fat Juicy HSTA Bonuses Not Written in to Contract
  5. COVID Money Sloshing Around County Budget
  6. Alternatives To The Last Honolulu Rail Leg? HART Releases A ‘Matrix’ Of Ideas
  7. New incentives push Hawaiian Electric toward more so-called ‘clean’ energy
  8. Homeless Dude accused of setting another homeless dude on fire last month pleads not guilty
  9. In rare move, lawmakers voted to eliminate job of well-paid university professor
  10. Pentagon again denies funding for $1.9 billion Hawaii radar
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Tuesday, June 1, 2021
June 1, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:19 PM :: 1711 Views
  1. Hawaii has the fewest job postings per unemployed worker in the country
  2. After largely disappearing from public view, HPD chief quietly ends 35 years of public service    
  3. Meth-Heads Die: Lets Blame the Police
  4. Bum Coordinator Flies back to Mainland After Kauai Closes Last Homeless Tent City
  5. National Report Spotlights Hawaii’s Need For Suicide Prevention
  6. Most Hawaii inmates refusing to get COVID-19 vaccination
  7. Hawaii flu season sees only 1 death amid coronavirus precautions
  8. UH-Hilo: International student population dips, will rebound
  9. Judge orders new hearing on Maui water permits
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Monday, May 31, 2021
Letters to the Editor May, 2021
By Letters to the Editor @ 8:42 PM :: 3128 Views
  • COVID Debt Spending Has Brought Capitalism to an End
  • Unemployment Pays too Much
  • Common sense modification to Safe Travels criteria
  • Without the Jones Act we Would Starve
  • Ala Moana Park bathrooms filthy
  • Legislators Must Fund 988 Suicide Lifeline
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Monday, May 31, 2021
May 31, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:16 PM :: 1795 Views
  1. PPP Loan Feeds Locations LLC dispute--turns onetime friends into enemies
  2. Hawaii County to get First-Ever Volcano Evacuation Plan
  3. COVID Restrictions Still Step on Wedding businesses
  4. Police Attempted to stop speeding driver before fatal Waikiki crash—he’s dead because he didn’t pull over
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Sunday, May 30, 2021
May 30, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:32 PM :: 3280 Views
  1. Act 14: Military and Students will be Counted for Apportionment—Big Island Dems Threaten Trumpy Lawsuit
  2. HB869: Legislators Approve $500M Tax Free Bonds for Insiders Without a Plan
  3. Aloha Stadium: Private developer to rake in megabucks from Taxpayers thanks to State’s Bogus Bond Deals
  4. Don’t count on the tourism golden goose since Hawaii’s economy will take years to recover
  5. Hawaii: Don’t Eat the Campaign Contributors 
  6. Hawaii vacation rentals were nearly 67% occupied in April
  7. State orders Grand Naniloa to pay $615K in back rent
  8. Squatters: Communities look for new ways to combat persistent problem
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Saturday, May 29, 2021
May 29, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:41 PM :: 3517 Views
  1. Fraud and Corruption: Federal Investigators Have HART’s Secret Board Minutes
  2. With more than half of Hawaii vaccinated, Blangiardi seeks to ease restrictions
  3. State health director says younger populations are testing positive for COVID
  4. As COVID-19 restrictions ease, Hawaii restaurants struggle to hire workers
  5. Honolulu’s new city prosecutor stops massage parlor, prostitution raids
  6. Hawaii State Hospital full of Dangerous Homeless Drug Addicts ordered there by Courts
  7. Missile defense test ‘fails’ off Kauai following appearance by Russian spy ship
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Friday, May 28, 2021
May 28, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:39 PM :: 1897 Views
  1. COVID Construction 2020 Sets New Record
  2. Hawaii Tourism Authority monitoring 'extreme growth' of visitors to the islands
  3. Hawaii governor weighing whether to decriminalize emergency rule-breaking to a costly ticket
  4. Ballard Refusing to Return Blangiardi Phone Calls
  5. Civil Beat Law Center Sues Prosecutor For Release Of Sykap Shooting Video
  6. SHOPO Resists Body Cams for CRU, Plainclothes
  7. Faced with ‘use it or lose it’ deadline, tourism authority allocates funding
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Thursday, May 27, 2021
May 27, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:20 PM :: 1633 Views
  1. If the state hits a vaccination rate of 70%, Kauai will end mandated restrictions
  2. Norwegian Cruise Line plans to restart Hawaii operations in November
  3. State unveils $160M high-security psychiatric facility at the Hawaii State Hospital
  4. More Homeless Mayhem: Man, 51, arrested after he allegedly punches officer in McCully-Moiliili
  5. 8 convictions in 9 years--finally gets shot
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Wednesday, May 26, 2021
May 26, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:35 PM :: 1972 Views
  1. CoR: Increasing vaccination rates upgrade Hawaii’s economic forecast
  2. Hawaii planning incentive program to boost vaccinations
  3. University of Hawaii floats plan to reopen campuses to public, end telework policy
  4. BoE to Loot COVID Money and Give it to HSTA
  5. Miske awaiting DOJ decision on death penalty
  6. Miske News: Beverly Hills Lawyer Gets IATSE Exec Board Member out of Jail
  7. Former hokulea crewmember pleads guilty for role in drug ring
  8. Lawyer Exploits Grand Jury Mix-up to Get Alleged Rapist off easy
  9. Ex-Honolulu lieutenant in Kealoha corruption case must report to prison pending appeal
  10. Judge orders some records released in Lindani Myeni shooting
  11. Maui Police Commission Won’t Discipline Former Police Chief For So-Called Hit-And-Run
  12. State says readings indicate latest Red Hill fuel spill not contained; Navy claims data is inaccurate
  13. New Hawaii State Veterans Home Is Being Built On Land Designated For Affordable Housing After NIMBYs Reject Diamond Head, Aiea Sites
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Tuesday, May 25, 2021
May 25, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:51 PM :: 2864 Views
  1. Surprise: Caldwell Lied about Important Agricultural Lands Law
  2. Opponents pleased with ruling: State Supreme Court remands Honua Ola case to PUC
  3. College Enrollment Dropping
  4. UH May be Able to recoup Budget Cuts from Other Funds
  5. TMT foes challenge declaration that work has begun
  6. Floating Offshore Wind Turbines Proposed for Waikiki
  7. State should reconsider vision for new stadium
  8. Independent Samoa: China-Backed Ruler Refuses to Step Aside After Losing Election
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Monday, May 24, 2021
May 24, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:20 PM :: 2541 Views
  1. Hawaii’s tax future now in Gov. David Ige’s hands
  2. HSTA: Our $2,200 is Justified by the Other Free Money We Got
  3. Big Isle energy plant Hu Honua Bioenergy wins Hawaii Supreme Court appeal
  4. Bed bugs keep unemployment call center at Hawaii Convention Center closed
  5. Maskless Tourist Wins Fight in Lahaina
  6. Honolulu Police Don’t Always Turn On Their Body Cams. That Needs To Change, Commissioners Say
  7. Senate Bill Would Make It Harder To Scrutinize Government Contract Awards, Critics Say
  8. Hawaii is the only state requiring and spending millions on COVID-19 testing
  9. Sustainability Means You Give me an Office on Campus and I tell you how to Live
  10. Surfing: NYT Invents Hawaii Flag Controversy for Olympics
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Sunday, May 23, 2021
May 23, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:49 PM :: 3121 Views
  1. No Bid Contract: Hawaiian Telcom Scores $25 Million After Ige Writes it into State of State Speech
  2. Grandiose Projects Fail Again and Again
  3. Honolulu police robo-dog plays mean game of fetch with tax dollars
  4. Hawaii food prices continue to rise
  5. When will cruises return?
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Saturday, May 22, 2021
May 22, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:41 PM :: 2123 Views
  1. Now that All the Money has been Stolen, Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation board begins taking steps to curb fraud and abuse
  2. HSTA Game Plan: After Ige Vetoes HB613, BoE Will Approve $2,200 Cash Bonanza
  3. DOE struggles to find teachers willing to stick around for summer school
  4. Ige Hoping Vaccinated can Fly Without Test July 4th
  5. Maui County Budget Features $20M Tax Hikes
  6. Sykap Family Sues Honolulu Police, Alleging Wrongful Death Of Teen
  7. Kapolei Energy Storage project to proceed with construction
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Friday, May 21, 2021
May 21, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:26 PM :: 2675 Views
  1. Hawai'i Supreme Court Paeahu Solar Appeal—“Collusive Behavior”
  2. Eighty-six percent of Hawaii businesses are struggling to fill open positions
  3. Hawaii’s unemployment rate plunged to 8.5% in April—Still Highest in USA
  4. Hawaii’s hotel occupancy at 51% in April
  5. Honolulu posts smallest rent increase for single-family homes
  6. Council chair considers action to force HPD to release bodycam videos in fatal teen shooting
  7. 2nd Kealoha co-conspirator wants to put off prison pending appeal
  8. Hawaii County Council Reinstates ‘Reelect Me’ Slush Fund
  9. Corrupt DPP Wants Power to Foreclose on So-Called ‘monster homes’
  10. Bumbling Hawaii Officials Could Lose 100s of federal housing vouchers for homeless
  11. Thieves, vandals create rough road ahead for Biki bike-share system in Hawaii
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Thursday, May 20, 2021
May 20, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:21 PM :: 2307 Views
  1. Dela Cruz UH funding cuts designed to be Replaced by ARPA Funds?
  2. Hawaii poised to change unemployment rules to get more people back to work
  3. Oahu prepares for possibility of eviction moratorium expiring
  4. Hawaii unemployment assistance call center closed until Monday for bed bug control treatment
  5. Virtual Hearing Today -- Hawai`i Supreme Court Tackles TMT & Mauna Kea
  6. The cost to visit Maui could go up as mayor eyes new taxes, fees for tourists
  7. Maui Police Commission split over allowing ex-chief to retire in ‘good standing’
  8. ACLU Accuses HPD Officer Of Bias In Favor Of Business Partner
  9. Ex-jail guard who was attacked while serving time sues, saying his injuries were ignored
  10. Honolulu police crack down on illegal gambling houses
  11. Fentanyl from Mexican cartels coming into Hawaii as overdoses rise
  12. Got a Kid?  Get $250 per Month Free Money from the Sky
  13. Rental Cars are booked until early August
  14. COVID-19 cluster at Kaimuki church covered up by congregation, text messages show
  15. Harris To Asian Americans: Turn Pain And Outrage Into Political Power
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Wednesday, May 19, 2021
May 19, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:55 PM :: 2536 Views
  1. Honolulu Councilwoman Wants More Racial Data Collected
  2. Questions raised on how much longer Hawaii Gov. Ige can invoke emergency powers
  3. No Vax Required for UH Staff, Faculty
  4. Probable cases will raise Hawaii’s COVID case count by 1,600
  5. 20 of Hawaii’s 40 jail and prison guard recruits test positive for COVID
  6. Local Businesses Optimistic About Next 12 Months
  7. Jobs Go Begging but Council Wants to Create Make-Work program
  8. Prosecutor: Body cam footage in fatal police shootings to be withheld for at least 30 days
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Tuesday, May 18, 2021
May 18, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:22 PM :: 2408 Views
  1. Rail bond deal has financial ties to HART chair
  2. Redrawing Of Hawaii’s Political Boundaries Could Stretch Into Early 2022
  3. Ige: No DOE vaccination requirement for fall
  4. More than 9,000 have already taken advantage of inter-island ‘vaccine passport’ program
  5. Ige Says Slew Of Pandemic Rule Changes In The Works
  6. Honolulu prosecutor's office begin independent investigations in officer-involved shootings of Sykap, Myeni
  7. Reelect Me Money:  Hawaii County Council members seek to increase discretionary funding
  8. Securing Hawaii’s power grid is ongoing and costly task
  9. Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii doesn't care if you think she's 'out of control'
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Monday, May 17, 2021
May 17, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:43 PM :: 3430 Views
  1. Hawaii’s Fishermen Are Worried About China’s Fleet. So Is The Military
  2. With TVRs Down from COVID, DOTAX, DPP Send Investigators to Finish Them Off
  3. Kauai Mayor Dreams of  $18M/yr from 3% TAT Hike
  4. HB499 Really About Pohakuloa?
  5. Hawaii’s Fishermen Are Worried About China’s Fleet. So Is The Military
  6. $25 billion bill in Congress seeks to speed up modernization of Pearl Harbor
  7. Will Death of Colt Brennan Lead to Mental Health Reform?   
  8. The Investigation Into The Ex-Maui Police Chief’s Alleged Hit And Run Is In
  9. How Juul Got Vaporized
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Sunday, May 16, 2021
May 16, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:14 PM :: 2264 Views
  1. HB862: Teachers Rip Off Hotel Workers Too
  2. Rail: Keystone Cops Rearrange Deck Chairs on Titanic
  3. The Curious Incident Of Colleen Hanabusa And HART
  4. Steve Alm: Weed and Seed for Chinatown
  5. Drug deaths in Honolulu hit 5-year high in 2020
  6. Erratic Green Energy Caused Island-Wide Blackout on Kauai
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Saturday, May 15, 2021
May 15, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:33 PM :: 2894 Views
  1. Surprise: Green Energy is Oil (and Electricity will Cost 2-3 Times More)
  2. 'Follow the Science:' Restaurant Owners Want Governor to Relax Mask, Distance Restrictions  
  3. Backlog of DUI cases cleared using plea deals which wipe criminal record
  4. HPD arrests suspect in connection with setting a homeless man on fire
  5. NYT: A Police Shooting in Hawaii Has South Africans Demanding Justice
  6. Honolulu poised to pay $1M settlement for 2017 HPD fatal shooting of burglar
  7. One Sykap brother assigned a July court date, the other still on the loose
  8. Honolulu Police Department’s robotic dog, Spot, used to check homeless for COVID
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Friday, May 14, 2021
May 14, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:17 PM :: 2108 Views
  1. Trade groups, unions urge veto of 3% TAT Hike
  2. Hawaii Has A Lot Of Unemployed People. But Companies Still Can’t Find Help
  3. Hawaii Will Maintain Mask Rules Despite New CDC Guidance, Governor Says
  4. State epidemiologist says Hawaii is ‘close’ to reaching herd immunity
  5. Summer School  ‘Last Chance’ To Catch Up Before New School Year
  6. Hawaii Gov Should Veto New Red-Light Camera Program
  7. City requests gag order in Lindani Myeni case
  8. SpaceX plans to send Starship to Kauai via space
  9. Next Boondoggle: Ala Wai Canal Scheme up to $651M and Counting
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Thursday, May 13, 2021
May 13, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:40 PM :: 3816 Views
  1. HART to pay Hitachi $130,000 a day for trains that are not carrying passengers
  2. Honolulu Rail Chief Says Ridership Projections Have Dropped
  3. At Least Seven Plea-Deals in Miske Case So Far
  4. Kealoha ‘Mailbox Case’ co-conspirator asks to stay out of jail while he pursues appeal
  5. Taxpayers On Hook For $2.3M To Settle Legal Claims Against The State
  6. Uptick in assaults around Ala Moana has many calling for action
  7. Housing especially scarce for ex-convicts during COVID-19
  8. When will people on unemployment in Hawaii have to start searching for jobs again?
  9. Hawaii saw 78K visitors over Mother's Day weekend as many return to travel
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Wednesday, May 12, 2021
May 12, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:02 PM :: 2096 Views
  1. 'Frankenbill' would suspend tax exemptions for some Hawaii businesses
  2. Res 21-116: Stop Rail at Middle Street  
  3. Ex-Navatek CEO accused of virus loan fraud pleads not guilty
  4. The Local-Versus-Outsider Leadership Debate Continues
  5. Incoming Hawaii Teachers Union Chief Offers Changes In Style Not Substance
  6. Ex-police chief to lead board review on police shootings
  7. Hawaii Family Forum member survey exposes strong anti-vaccine sentiment
  8. How one state worker helped open the door to Cryptocurrency in Hawai‘i
  9. Vendor Fined $65K for Setting up Beach Chairs
  10. Small Farmers Deserve Better Support Than The ADC Has Provided
  11. More Homeless Mayhem: Man, 39, in critical condition after suspect sets him on fire in downtown Honolulu
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Tuesday, May 11, 2021
May 11, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:35 PM :: 3934 Views
  1. Rolling Blackouts Coming: HECO-PUC Blame Game
  2. Honolulu City Council resolution urges rail to stop at Middle Street
  3. Bill to increase lodging tax could stifle visitor industry, some say
  4. HSTA Blackmail: If you want Teachers to Start Working Again, Give us the $2,200 Cash Money    
  5. UH budget tripped up by Dela Cruz pork
  6. Hawaii businesses say too many loopholes keep employees from coming back to work
  7. Hawaii Burns Thru $18B
  8. Hawaii Among Top Vaccination States—Over 70% have one shot 
  9. Ex-Honolulu police chief Louis Kealoha to visit family near Canadian Border before heading to prison
  10. Molotov Cocktails at Hawaii Supreme Court, Attorney General Office
  11. L&L co-founder Eddie Flores critical of Mayor Rick Blangiardi’s Chinatown efforts
  12. Federal COVID aid is helping to get nearly 1,000 homeless people on Oahu into housing
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Monday, May 10, 2021
May 10, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 12:00 PM :: 2093 Views
  1. Daily Visitor Count Reaches 75% of Peak    
  2. Will Ige Veto HB862?  Bill cuts off Hawaii Tourism Authority’s funding source
  3. Hawaii tops nation in worrying about COVID-19
  4. It's Time To Drop The COVID-19 Tier System
  5. Why Honolulu’s rail system should end at Middle Street
  6. Hoping to Get COVID, many Hawaii inmates not getting vaccine
  7. The Miske Case: Another Co-Defendant Turns Against Alleged Honolulu Crime Boss
  8. Hawaii Police Shootings Review Board Has At Least A Dozen Cases
  9. Parents left hanging after City's Summer Fun online registration debacle
  10. Big Island On Pace To Meet Renewable Energy Goals In 2 Years
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Sunday, May 9, 2021
May 9, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:29 PM :: 2175 Views
  1. Ige Can still Veto Aloha Stadium Boondoggle
  2. HB613 Veto Coming? $2,200 Giveaway to HSTA is Illegal
  3. Legislature looted COVID aid to pay off HSTA
  4. Supporters rally to show their appreciation for law enforcement
  5. Micronesians feel hatred in Hawaii, decry police shooting
  6. Hawaii Abortionists Target Chamorros
  7. Workers wanted: Kaua‘i businessowners say it’s hard to hire good workers
  8. City & County of Honolulu facing potential job losses across departments
  9. Light vehicles in state’s fleet to transition to electric by 2035
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Saturday, May 8, 2021
May 8, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:38 PM :: 2104 Views
  1. With HART facing $3.6B deficit, Blangiardi says rail will likely not make it to Ala Moana
  2. Search for new HPD chief will (pretend to) be expanded to more states than in previous years
  3. Mayor tells Chinatown he’s got a big ‘to do’ list for the area
  4. Mediation Scheme Sticks landlords with Bill for 3,600 COVID Deadbeats
  5. Hawaii is one of two states without a plan or date to fully reopen
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Friday, May 7, 2021
May 7, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:36 PM :: 2491 Views
  1. HGEA Angered by $2,200 HSTA Bonus
  2. Legislature slashes operating funds to UH by 10% over next 2 years
  3. Kealoha victim says settlement talks with city collapsed after ‘slap in the face’ offers
  4. Myeni’s wife, Lindsay, to stay in South Africa for her children’s safety
  5. Concerns raised after Navy contains another fuel leak at Red Hill storage facility
  6. Exposed: Developer’s $65M ‘Affordable’ Housing Trick
  7. Bill passes to impose 5% Hawaii conveyance tax on $10M+ condo sales
  8. SB474 would require Hawaii home sales to disclose sea level rise (but not commercial property)
  9. Some restaurant owners claim they’re having trouble finding workers during the pandemic    
  10. Poll: Voters Split Over Recreational Marijuana
  11. Claim: Saito Will Go Back to Lunatic Asylum After Manini Prison Sentence
  12. HGEA Keeps Opening date in limbo for Hawaii State Hospital’s new facility
  13. Because Green Energy is a Fraud, HECO-PUC Point Fingers Over Rolling Blackouts Coming After Coal, Oil Plant Shutdowns
  14. Rural America Gets Bad Vibrations From Big Wind
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Thursday, May 6, 2021
May 6, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:19 PM :: 2856 Views
  1. Hirono says Honolulu shouldn’t expect more Rail money
  2. Honolulu rail cars rusting, all wheels may need to be replaced
  3. Opportunity Caldwell: 44% Plurality Still Want Rail Built to Ala Moana
  4. New Aloha Stadium, ill-conceived and costly, is losing fans
  5. More than 20,000 Hawaii hotel jobs could be lost despite travel demand
  6. City: CNHA Mishandles Personal information belonging to some Oahu rent relief applicants
  7. Police commission taps assistant chief to lead HPD until a permanent replacement is hired
  8. Ex-MPD officer pleads guilty to soliciting sex in exchange for providing false testimony
  9. How to Resolve Community Conflicts
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Wednesday, May 5, 2021
May 5, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:44 PM :: 2791 Views
  1. Poll: 63% Like Green only 29% Like Caldwell
  2. 63% Fully Vaccinated in Hawaii
  3. Radiant Cordero: Stopping rail at Middle Street won’t save money
  4. Hawaiian Electric Says It Might Pull The Plug On Giant Battery (Rolling Blackouts Coming)
  5. Small Businesses vs OHA Landlordism: Hawaii lawmakers set to extend land lease terms to nearly 100 years
  6. For Maui families to stay on Maui, we need a new affordable housing system
  7. Bringing Back The Pork: Case, Kahele Earmark Requests Revealed
  8. Prosecutors seek maximum sentence for Ken Lawson’s gift to Hawaii--former death row inmate found guilty of robbery
  9. Obeying a police officer’s instructions is part of the social contract we must respect
  10. Blangiardi Drifts without any Policy as Homeless concerns growing in Chinatown
  11. Homeless’ Dogs Get Microchips and Meds, but Meth Addict Owners not Forced into Housing
  12. Skydiving gets 6-month extension at Dillingham airfield
  13. University of Hawaii graduate assistants sue for right to unionize
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Tuesday, May 4, 2021
May 4, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:12 PM :: 2643 Views
  1. Escape Gambit Works:  Saito to be released from Prison Soon
  2. Not-a-Pimp McCoy Guilty of Robbery
  3. Hawaii Safe Travels getting help from company that developed New York’s COVID-19 ‘vaccine passport’
  4. Gov. Ige mulls vaccination mandate for State Employees
  5. Public’s help needed to locate Maruo Sykap, 21, wanted in connection with robbery
  6. Myeni family’s attorneys want to query occupants, owner of home
  7. Hawaii ranked 5th most impacted state for hotel industry job loss for 2021
  8. Kauai Exultant as 700 Visitors turned away at Ha‘ena
  9. Thousands sign petition calling for spectators to be allowed for youth sports on O'ahu
  10. Oahu's Rental & Utility Relief Program temporarily closes minutes after opening
  11. Fewer food drops ahead: The Food Basket says they are not sustainable at the current frequency
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Monday, May 3, 2021
May 3, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:34 PM :: 3078 Views
  1. Fraud at Olelo leads to Investigation at Aloha United Way and UH
  2. Oahu’s international visitor market isn’t expected to fully recover until 2024
  3. UC should continue supporting Thirty Meter Telescope on Maunakea
  4. Measure Criminalizing ‘Coercive Control’ Faces Opposition From Public Defender, Prosecutor and Law Enforcement
  5. Under a new plan, landlords could remove tenants if alternative actions do not work out
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Sunday, May 2, 2021
May 2, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:58 PM :: 4756 Views
  1. KSBE Trustee Selection: “Intentionally trying to hide what’s going on”
  2. Administrations change, but never Honolulu rail authority’s malfeasance
  3. Will Ige Veto TAT Hike, HTA Cuts?
  4. After a Year of Worthless Empty Chatter About Reimagining Tourism, The Industry is Back, Unchanged
  5. Waikiki area crimes made up 17% of the entire island’s crimes over the past week
  6. Dozens of applications submitted for Maunakea working group
  7. Unique affordable-housing program allows Department of Hawaiian Home Lands tenants to buy rentals
  8. Tent City Fail: Over 30 Homeless Addicts evicted from Lucy Wright Park – Nothing Achieved in a Year
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Saturday, May 1, 2021
May 1, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:07 PM :: 3448 Views
  1. TAT Hike?  “Now is not the time to increase the cost of doing business in Hawaii.”
  2. Head Of Hawaii’s Teachers’ Union Is Vying To Be Interim Superintendent (cut out the middleman)
  3. Colleen Hanabusa’s gravy train
  4. Blangiardi Suggests Rail Could Stop Short of Ala Moana
  5. Overregulation will lead to even less affordable housing
  6. Hawaii has now sunk below California for last place in in-person instruction.
  7. HECO to Switch from Coal to Oil Because Green Energy Initiative is a Fraud
  8. Carrying a gun in public in Hawaii
  9. HPD releases audio of 911 call that led to fatal police shooting of 29-year-old man in Nuuanu
  10. Brother of teen fatally shot by police indicted for another robbery
  11. More seniors homeless on the streets
  12. Local 5 Celebrates Communist Holiday with Rally in Projects
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Friday, April 30, 2021
April 30, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:09 PM :: 2116 Views
  1. Without Free Money from the Sky, Legislature Would have been Lost, Dazed and Confused
  2. Lawmakers pass bill that would cut Hawaii Tourism Authority funding by $19M
  3. Maui Property Tax Rates Increasing
  4. Universal Basic Income is Here Right Now
  5. Redevelopment bill awaits Ige’s signature
  6. Ritte Grifts for Vacant Senate Seat 
  7. Honolulu prosecutor Steven Alm announces new oversight process for police shootings
  8. Hawaii Abortionists want Telemedicine Abortions for Guam
  9. Kauai Island-wide power outage
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Thursday, April 29, 2021
April 29, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:43 PM :: 4921 Views
  1. Precisely as Predicted: Hanabusa Awarded $924K HART Consulting Contract  
  2. Insider Information Behind Hanabusa Contract (Clue: Bid Tailoring is Illegal.)
  3. Sacrifice? Hawaii lawmakers approve $2,200 one-time payments to all state teachers
  4. Hawaii schools, teachers, students scramble with thousands of seniors off-track to graduate
  5. Kauai Mayor: ‘County Needs TAT Hike’
  6. Hidden Giveaway for Insiders who Bought ‘Affordable Housing?
  7. PUC ‘Quite Concerned’ About Rolling Blackouts on Oahu, Maui
  8. House Creates Panel To Probe Land Fund, Agriculture Agency
  9. Aloha Stadium Could Be Demolished In 2022
  10. HB1376 Paves Way to End Eviction Moratorium
  11. Rep. Lynn Decoite announces intent to vie for Senate District 7 Vacancy
  12. Judge rules lawsuit filed by Peter Boy Kema’s siblings can move ahead in court
  13. Lawmakers Push BoE to Hire Local Superintendent
  14. Proposal seeks new buffer for wind farms, residents
  15. Hawaii one of only 4 states that cannot take badges away from bad police officers
  16. Sykap brothers indicted for assaulting, robbing a woman on Kalakaua Ave.
  17. Under state’s new red light camera program, tickets will follow car owners not drivers
  18. Termination of Commander of Hawaii-based fast-attack submarine connected to recent Suicide
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Wednesday, April 28, 2021
April 28, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:59 PM :: 2936 Views
  1. New County Hotel Tax Is Approved In Final Vote
  2. Hawaii House kills bill curtailing governor emergency powers
  3. After Months of Pandering, Legislators Vote for their Real, Predetermined Agenda 
  4. Honolulu Prosecutors Have Long Been Stymied When Investigating Police Killings. That’s About To Change
  5. Rally to support Hawaii law enforcement agencies scheduled for May
  6. Lawsuit: Former Maui Prosecutor Blames ‘Diabetic Rage’ for Mood Swings 
  7. Honolulu named 4th worst hit city for small businesses during pandemic
  8. Despite nearly 60,000 unemployed residents, restaurants struggling to find employees
  9. Add cyber to infrastructure package, Hawaii Gov. Ige tells Congress
  10. Most UH students will likely remain at a distance until Spring 2022
  11. City rolling out more dangerous bike lanes in Honolulu
  12. City again pretends to take first steps to relocate landfill
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Tuesday, April 27, 2021
April 27, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:44 PM :: 2548 Views
  1. Miske Complains his Cell is too Small—Will use this as an excuse for appeal
  2. Courts Also Letting other Sykap Go Again and Again
  3. Hawaii commercial rent relief bill stalls—Counties May Step in
  4. Hawaii tobacco trust fund targeted by lawmakers
  5. HB499 would allow 99-year leases of public lands poised for approval
  6. Lease Retention Priority for new Pohakuloa Commander
  7. The ‘taking’ of Aloha Stadium parking and loss of tailgating
  8. Council to Spend County Taxpayer Money to get Federal Taxpayer Money
  9. Hawaii residents most searched question on Google—‘How do I file for unemployment?’
  10. Hawaii suit over gun rights could be shaped by another case before US Supreme Court
  11. Local youth crime-fighting program at risk of shutting down turns to community for help
  12. Honolulu police are cracking down on illegal game rooms, but is it enough?
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Monday, April 26, 2021
April 26, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:54 PM :: 2564 Views
  1. Oahu residents rally to show support for police
  2. Brother of slain teen arrested for robbing girl near memorial of deadly police shooting
  3. Tax Hike Trick: City Council considers measure that would create a progressive residential property tax
  4. Lawmakers plan to use half of federal relief funds to bail out Hawaii businesses
  5. Guardian Ad Litems Are A Better Choice To Help The Mentally Ill Than Public Defenders
  6. Expand access to government
  7. Spat over Gov. David Ige’s emergency power misses real emergency
  8. Why some people oppose a vaccine passport
  9. Gay Daddy Joins State Commission On Fatherhood
  10. State recommends renewal of stormwater runoff permit for TMT construction site
  11. State Supreme Court examines challenges to controversial Big Island power plant
  12. Reserved areas for residents-only: HTA asks communities to consider (unconstitutional) new ideas for tourism
  13. COVID  Wrecks TVR Market, Big Island Regulations Now Unsustainable
  14. Legislators Dump Bill Requiring Financial Literacy Classes
  15. Campaign Finance Records Suggest An Easy Reelection Bid For Brian Schatz
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Sunday, April 25, 2021
April 25, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:51 PM :: 1938 Views
  1. HB1348: Stadium Authority Will Control Development Decisions
  2. Formation of Mauna Kea working group on target despite boycott
  3. HIEMA Director Major General Ken Hara explains vaccine exception program
  4. Legislative News: Progressives Plan to Bring Back all the Same Failed Ideas Again Next Session
  5. Police Body Cam Footage Should Be A Tool For Justice
  6. The ‘Mauka Shift’ Could Solve Rail’s Utility Woes. Why Did It Happen So Late?
  7. Rush Hour Tolls: Make the Little People Pay for Jamming up our Roads
  8. Honolulu working on easing months-long backlog at licensing centers
  9. $1.3M secured for Kauai juvenile drug treatment center
  10. Hundreds clean up homeless trash near bike path along Pearl Harbor
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Saturday, April 24, 2021
April 24, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:53 PM :: 2757 Views
  1. HART Board Members Propose Middle Street end for Oahu’s rail line
  2. HB862: 30% Increase in TAT to 13.25% 
  3. Measure to defer salary increase for Hawaii officials advances
  4. United Public Workers’ bargaining units divided on ratifying labor agreement
  5. HECO`s Proposed Stand-Alone Battery Designed to Double-Bill Ratepayers
  6. Mayor: Chief won’t talk to me about police shootings
  7. New website soliciting stories and suggestions about city planning/permitting department
  8. O'ahu man says he still hasn't gotten unemployment help after filing weekly since December
  9. Lava recovery buyout program launches next Friday
  10. Thanks to policy change, Hawaiian Home Lands loan program now available to farmers
  11. DLNR Continues to Harass Shoreline Property Owners
  12. Feds report people in Hawaii are scammed out of about $400 million per year
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Friday, April 23, 2021
April 23, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:34 PM :: 2404 Views
  1. Police Union President Doesn’t Want An HPD Chief From The Mainland
  2. Widow of Lindani Myeni Sues Honolulu Police For Wrongful Death
  3. Director of city DPP promises immediate changes following bribery scheme
  4. Miske co-defendant intends to withdraw his “not guilty” plea
  5. Oahu Island Burial Council claims Ige is retaliating against its longtime leader    
  6. King’s Cathedral on Maui still faces public backlash despite reporting no active COVID cases
  7. University of Hawaii on the fence about coronavirus vaccination requirements
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Thursday, April 22, 2021
April 22, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:42 PM :: 2324 Views
  1. Now hiring: Employers struggle to find new workers because unemployed not required to look 
  2. Some Native Hawaiian leaders trying to stop lawmakers from making certain cuts to HTA       
  3. Travel demand for Hawaii is continuing to rise among U.S. visitors
  4. Hawaii has nation’s lowest COVID-19 case rate, CDC data shows
  5. As state prepares to roll out inter-island vaccine passport, some learn they won’t qualify
  6. Pentagon expected to deny funding for Hawaii radar
  7. HPD May yet release Bodycam Footage
  8. SB765: Tougher penalties could be on the way for extreme DUI convictions
  9. City Council Considering Handi-Van Fare Increase
  10. Hawaii Health Department Orders Hauula Assisted Living Facility To Close
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Wednesday, April 21, 2021
April 21, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:48 PM :: 2927 Views
  1. City investigated Nuuanu home at center of deadly police shooting 7 times for complaints
  2. Honolulu police won’t release footage from shooting of teen in McCully
  3. Blangiardi Nominates Former Mainland Officer To Honolulu Police Commission     
  4. After DUI Death, Drug Dealer Already out on Streets
  5. Search begins for interim superintendent for Hawaii public schools
  6. Berkeley Study: Hawaiʻi Most Inclusive State In the Country
  7. Unintended Consequences – The Kyoto Protocol Fuels the Climate Crisis
  8. More Homeless Mayhem: County spends $90K on campground clean-up, needle removal
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Tuesday, April 20, 2021
April 20, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:39 PM :: 3636 Views
  1. Reign of Terror: Crazy Saiki Clobbers Critics with Alarming Machinations
  2. SB1409: OHA Plan to Purge Members of State Boards who Do Not Attend Reeducation Camp
  3. Behind Closed Doors: Police commissioners to hire local consultant to pick new HPD chief ‘from within’
  4. Hawaii Plans Vaccine Passports For Interisland Travelers First
  5. TMT construction still on hold, but production of telescope’s components move ahead
  6. Input sought for development around Aloha Stadium
  7. Frustrated Businesses Say It's Time For Action In Chinatown
Read More..
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