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Saturday, January 31, 2015 January 31, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:59 PM :: 4617 Views Forbes: Hawaii Deal Allows NextEra to Build Big Cable Without Federal Regulation Slom to Feds: Investigate Criminal Hawaii Health Connector Okino, Djou: End the State Skim on Rail Funds Hawaiian Electric Launches Online Tracker for Solar, Wind Approvals Former charity director indicted for theft 340 Candidates file for Neighborhood Board Elections HSTA Cashes in, Demands Contract Reopener After Electing Ige Governor Rape Hype: California-based Shake Down Operation Targets UH-Manoa Admissions HB576: Hawaii Lawmakers Consider Request for Obamacare Exemption Close Half of Hawaii Health Systems Corp. Hospitals?  Not Enough to Balance Budget Trying to Create Excuses for tax Hike, Council members heading to DC as rail costs escalate Kauai GMO Panel Infested with Anti-GMO Whackjobs "The people of Puna wanted Scott Nago fired" Grandmother testifies in trial against prosecutor Former officer acquitted of assault charge Level 1--Severe Breach of Contract: NCAA delivers ‘notice of violations’ to University of Hawaii Sun Edison, First Wind close $2.4 billion deal--Plan 100s of Acres of Solar Farms Shield law for media should be reinstated Bill Would Force landlords to Accept Section 8 Tenants American Samoa: Food shortages after US port dispute Senate passes Keystone XL bill without McCain's Jones Act amendment Gov Tech Sums up Ige Tech Agenda Read More..

Friday, January 30, 2015 January 30, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:49 PM :: 5500 Views NextEra, HECO Formally Request PUC Approval of Merger Clayton Hee's Wife Quits Cush Job at UH, Leaves State 2014: Record Visitors, Record Expenditures OHA sets community meetings on Kaka‘ako Makai Master Plan Shakedown: Politicians Demand NextEra Contribute to Democrats Only, NextEra Agrees At Least $1.25B Has Been Spent on Rail So Far, But Where Has All the Money Gone? Resolution calls for removal of U.S. bus funds from rail money plan Bait and Switch: HART Approves Another $4.4M in Cost Overruns Chances high Legislature will sidetrack rail issue Audit: Health Connector Funneled $21.9M to 'Mansha Consulting' Without Board Oversight Legislature to debate issuing bonds for Hawaii Health Connector SB795: HHSC -- Adapt or be Left Behind DoE Demands $13M Due to Failure of Corrupt Solar Contract HB326: Calvin Say Pushes State-Run Bank for Subprime Lending Youth Suicide and Anti-Bullying Programs HB92 Gambling at Any 'International Terminal' Keep Hawaii’s Heroes to hold community meetings Mentally Ill Mainland Homeless Invades Home, Stabs Kailua Woman Doctor Shortage to Lead to More Urgent Care Canters Hawaii solar groups want HECO's new rooftop solar plan to be rejected Members Selected for Kauai GMO Study Group  Kona police sergeant charged with domestic abuse Trash workers’ payment system racks up major overtime Darwin Laughs as Gay Gene Theory Peddled (again) Read More..

Thursday, January 29, 2015 January 29, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:25 PM :: 7217 Views Procurement Violations: Feds May Demand Hawaii Health Connector Repay Grant Legislative Ambulance Chasers Dig In To Taxpayers' Deep Pockets Repealing the Jones Act: Good for Energy, Great for America DLNR Report Shows Major Increase in Aquarium Fish Populations Developer to Head DLNR? Ige's Dumb Move The Jones Act Risks Lives (again) Chief Justice Delivers State of the Judiciary Address House GOP: "Keep Hawaii's Heroes" HB416: Retail Wheeling to Cut Electric Bills Hawaii Ranks 50th in Payroll from Sole Proprietors, S-Corps, LLCs Report: Hawaii Last Place for American Dream Only Rep Kaniela Ing Supports Cutting Troop Levels in Hawaii Wahiawa Community Speaks out on Military Cuts Panos: No Point Fighting Rail, Focus on Traffic Maui Memorial Medical Center Faces Public/Private Partnership Or Bust Dope Doctor: I Don't Want to See my 'Patients' NextEra: Jury Out on Big Cable--15 Years to Lower Rates 20% Council's widened sit-lie ban sent to the mayor for signing Kauai Court Releases Mental Patient, 2 Dead, Three Wounded Pineapple lands could be traded for OCCC prison site City of Honolulu Hiring Practices: Not Everyone Gets a Fair Shot Climate of Corruption in Hawaii Prisons HPD officer’s sex assault case dropped CSC Proposes Two Bills Ka Leo: Obama's Community college proposal shortsighted Bill would create UH Athletics Board of Governors Temp Injunction in UPW lawsuit over trash collection After 18 Years, Hawaii Co Division Chief Finally Going to Lose $1 million/year Side-Business Jones Act Strangles Puerto Rico ExxonMobil Against Jones Act McCain Helps Guam on Military Buildup, Jones Act Mazie Hirono Co-sponsors Rand Paul 'Audit the Fed' Bill Read More..

Wednesday, January 28, 2015 January, 2015 Letters to the Editor By Letters to the Editor @ 10:26 PM :: 3332 Views HB416: Retail Wheeling to Cut Electric Bills Read More..

Wednesday, January 28, 2015 January 28, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:24 PM :: 4578 Views LNG for Hawaii? Russian Oil Money Funds Sierra Club anti-Fracking Campaign Thanks to Obamacare, ILWU Contract Maybe Short-Lived 300 Candidates file for Neighborhood Board Elections City to hold second Airport Area TOD community meeting Inequality State: Top 1% Grab 71% of Income Growth Tax Foundation: Hawaii Failing Small Businesses on Depreciation 'Red Hot Construction Market' is Old Excuse Mufi Used Bleak Prospects for HHSC With Ige's Disappointing, Wishy-Washy Leadership Schofield, Shafter, Wheeler?  State Has Not Made Good Use of Barbers Point Star-Adv: Support DoE Laptops for Students Sierra Club: Land Use Commission an agency that has worked Rep Lee: NextEra Must Limit Political Contributions (LOL!) Iwase: NextEra Must Follow State Policy Test: HECO Can Boost Rooftop Solar 1000% Kealoha Reverse Mortgage was Just a Ripoff Lawsuits: Prison Guards Sex Assault, Medical Failure Costs taxpayers $1.4M OIP Under DAGS Control? Hawaii Rents Up More Than 10 Percent Since 2012 Bills Seek to Ban Ivory Bills could impact PGV drilling Obamacare Funds Behind Push for Pono Choices Who Can Afford to Retire in the Islands? Surgeon general: ‘Desperate need of clarity’ on e-cigarettes Gays: Hawaii GOP Must Bow to Gay Agenda Read More..

Tuesday, January 27, 2015 January 27, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:23 PM :: 5556 Views State of the State Fails To Endorse Robust Economic Reform Full Text: State of the State Address Rail Fail: Hawaii Ranks 49th--Lost 4.5% of Construction Jobs in Last 12 mos Duke Aiona's 808 State Update Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 26, 2015 Electric Co-op for Big Island? Pat Saiki Reports on Republican National Committee Meeting $100M Penalty? Federal Court Again Finds Maui County in Violation of Clean Water Act Hawaii 'Deep Ecology' Activist Joins White Supremacists Caldwell Still Can't Keep His Rail Tax Lies Straight City Blew Chance for GE Tax Hike in 2009 Dreaming of 0.5%, Maui mayor contemplates rail, envisions more Disneyland than Honolulu No Mention of Tax Hikes in Ige Speech Star-Adv: Ige’s goals show caution to a fault SB795: Ige’s comments perceived as letting legislators take the lead on hospitals Ige stands by DLNR chair nomination despite strong opposition NextEra Merger: Is Ige Asking Iwase to Violate Law? Ige Appoints Kim to Be Special Adviser to the Governor Hawaii Lawmakers Intent on Making Police More Accountable SB715: Orders 100% 'Renewable' Energy Pro-Life Rally at Hawaii Capitol Nursing Grievances is Bad for your Health Judge Orders City to Pay $750K to Victims of Mufi Hannemann What ever happened to the “Wonder Blunder” criminal charges? Smoke: Anti-GMO Activists Aim for Ban on Imu Cooking Gabbard: No Electric Stall?  Fine $20,000 UH Billed $500 After B-Ball Players Smoke Weed in Non-Smoking Hotel Rooms Read More..

Monday, January 26, 2015 January 26, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:06 PM :: 3526 Views HB92: Terminal Patients 'Right to Try' Legislation Introduced in Hawaii Is $5 a Gallon Gas on Its Way? This Expert Thinks So Extending the GET for rail shouldn't even be an option Ige State of the State Address Today Hospitals Will Suffer because Health Connector Fails to Sign Up Micronesians Star-Adv Admits Obamacare Driving Shortage of MDs McCain's Jones Act Reform Effort 'Dead for Now' Lower Oil Prices Mean Kauai Electric Co-op Savings DoE Uses Laptops as Excuse to Scrounge for $30.8M More Hoopili, DR Horton Pay Civil Beat to Write Article Promoting Mobile Home Parks Kunia Farm Lots Await Historic Preservation Plans Hanabusa to Moderate UH Wymyns Studies Panel on the Joy of Abortion Maui Republican caucus meetings Saturday Read More..

Sunday, January 25, 2015 January 25, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:02 PM :: 4039 Views OHA Hides Secret Budget from Legislators: $2.3M for 'Consortium' to Push Fake Indian Tribe Protest Rail Tax Hike Monday Jan 26 286 Candidates file for Neighborhood Board Elections Revised Central Oahu Plan available for review and comment Chamber of Commerce Hawaii: State of the Economy Presentation How Progressive Is Our System? Tax Hike Hype: Caldwell Can't Back up His Rail Debt Figures Ige quietly plods away as Caldwell slams panic button Will there really be any cross-examination of the Ige administration? Star-Adv: State 'skim' of rail tax must stop Kauai Councilmembers Not on Board with GE Tax Hike On the Agenda This Week at the legislature Environmentalists Criticize Hawaii Gov. Ige’s Land Board Nominee Kauai County Must Cut Programs to Pay for Union Contracts Kato: Saiki Bill Worse than No Journalist 'shield law' Hawaiian Electric and HawaiiGas jockey for position to become the state's principal supplier of liquified natural gas Bisexual Child Molester Cries 'Discrimination', Bullies DHS into Giving Him More Boys to Rape Michigan Organizes to Expel 'Dirtbag' Mitch Kahle Regents Fill Another $230K Plus Tenure Administrative Position Read More..

Saturday, January 24, 2015 January 24, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:06 PM :: 5923 Views Ige Nominates Developer Carlton Ching to Chair DLNR--Petition Calls for Senate to Reject CNHA Hijacks Civic Clubs to Push for Fake Indian Tribe Indian Eco-Goddess Vandana Shiva, charging $40,000 a speech, takes anti-GMO crusade to Hawaii VIDEO: House Resolution Opposes Army Force Reduction Rep Thielen: HB1, 2, 3 Take Aim at NextEra Merger DLNR Imposes 3% Gross Receipts Fee on Ocean Recreation Vendors Bridge Aina Lea: 9th Circuit Affirms State Supreme Court Ruling (sort of) Hawaii Union Membership Slips to 21.8% -- 3rd in USA UHM Chancellor: We Administrators Have Got it Tough, Just like Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders $40M Japanese Wedding Chapel to be Built in Ala Moana Park Lingle Heads to Illinois for 4 Years to Fix Democrat mess even Worse than Hawaii Keep the Voters Doped Up: Nearly Half of Hawaii House Backs Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Real Estate Tax Hike to be Passed on to Renters, Consumers Chun Oakland: $15M for Micro-Units, Shipping Containers  House Majority Leader Looks to Revive Shield Law in Hawaii Bill would give mayors power to fire police chief Slot machines proposed at Honolulu International Airport Birth Certificates: Rep Chris Lee, Tranny Teacher Push for Gender to be Matter of Opinion Seeking Bogus Rape Complaints, UH Administrators to Regulate Student Sex UH Admits Sex Rules Designed to Make University Look Good to Feds DLNR Commercial Activity Regs Already Failing Hawaii Court Forces HHSC to Hire Meth Dealer Soft on Crime: Murder suspect found unfit Kenoi pulls plug on incinerator plan Omidyar Network Pairs Grants With Investments To Make Money Obama Busted Selling Health Info to Spammers Read More..

Friday, January 23, 2015 January 23, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:51 PM :: 4298 Views VIDEO: McCain Rips Matson's Overpriced Ships on Senate Floor Mainland Homosexuals Plan to Use Anti-Bullying Campaign to Penetrate Hawaii Schools Troop Reductions? Army to hold community listening sessions Jan. 27, 28 New Illinois Governor Appoints Linda Lingle as COO AARP Hawaii Supports Caregiver Bill VIDEO: Tulsi Gabbard on Fox News, Slams Obama Refusal to Identify Enemy as Islamic Extremism Improve Health Care Competition by Repealing State Laws Affordable Housing and Car Sharing on Council Agenda Up to $1.2 Billion Electricity Savings for Hawaii After Oil Prices Plummet Ethics probe could render rail votes Null and Void Fraudsters Happy: Senators to Push Mandatory Vote by Mail System Usual Democrat Hacks Thrilled by Lingle's Move Study shows UH brings in bucks to local economy Big Island's physician shortage worsened in 2014 Some prison guards earning more than double their salaries in OT $144M DHS Kolea Medicaid Eligibility Software problems demand scrutiny Management Claims Progress on Clearing Backlog at Ports  Saiki: Little Support for Marijuana Decriminalization 18 Pimps Presented to Prosecutors in Four Years Pro Life Rally on Kauai Maui Police Report Details 5 Suspensions in December Read More..

Thursday, January 22, 2015 January 22, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:49 PM :: 4838 Views Prince Kuhio’s Fight to Americanize Hawaii VIDEO: Unsettling Moment During Senator Slom’s Minority Speech Hawaii Shippers Council Discusses Port Slowdown, Jones Act Reform on Guam Radio Opening Day: Speaker Souki Calls on House to Tackle Unfinished Business 2015 Senate Majority Legislative Program Survey: Hawaii Millionaire Lead Slipping Honolulu Bed Bugs Crawl Up to 42nd Place Hawaiians Don't Trust OHA to Re-Start Native Hawaiian Convention Creating Fake Crisis to Push Real Tax Hike, Caldwell Drops Fake Bus Funds Raid, Moves on to Fake Road Building Funds Raid Hawaii Senate 'Will Consider' Calls for 12.5% Hike in GE Tax -- Statewide Kim to Counties: You Crack Down on TVRs, We Will Abolish LUC, Give You More TAT Six-year plan shows spending is greater than revenues Departments Request 1,000 New Positions Since Dec 1 The Army in Hawaii: Fight to Save It, Prepare to Lose It Souki, Ige: Lets Keep the Public Drugged so they don't Notice Chief's Wife Made Early Payment on Mercedes Because She Was Trading it in for Maserati Guam Governor Backs Jones Act Reform Hawaii short 890 doctors Usual Suspects Hype Pesticides, GMOs Monsanto wants to build sustainable agriculture in Hawaii Kenoi's Retaliation: Incinerator foe loses county contract Rep. Gabbard Cites Obama's Failure to Say 'Islamic Extremism' Shop owners say bike lane is cutting into sales Maui: Homeless Shelters Used as Affordable Housing Read More..

Wednesday, January 21, 2015 January 21, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:03 PM :: 4484 Views MIT: KIUC Buys Batteries from Company Behind Kahuku Windfarm Fire and Surprisingly it is a Disaster Accountability for Big Infrastructure Projects? 263 Candidates file for Neighborhood Board Elections Anti-GMO Activists Stack Hearing: Why Bad Lawmaking Reigns in Hawaii Politics Vaccination Refusal: Study Documents Rise of Ignorance in 'Progressive' Communities Full Text: State of the Union Address Full Text of Joni Ernst’s Republican Response to 2015 State of the Union CNHA, Civic Clubs Team up to Lead Push for Fake Indian Tribe US Senate Votes Unanimously to Recognize January 25-31 as National School Choice Week Testimony: Felon Gives $70K Cash to Police Chief's Wife in Brown Paper Bag Ige: I want to see Kakaako Redevelopment Continue Rail: Four Counties Plan GE Tax Hike Testimony for Big Day at Ways and Means HART Claims it was Banking on Bus Fund Raid, Rail Deficit Now $910M DoE: Corrupt Solar Contract is a Big Disappointment Takai Appointed to Natural Resources Ctte, No Mention of Akaka Bill Ige's DLIR Pick Withdrawn as Unconstitutional Hawaii Police Killed At Least 36 People in 20 Years HHSC Reform Tops West Hawaii Lawmakers' Agenda Legislators want power to sway HECO decision Puna Reps Target Office of Elections after Nago's Latest Disaster Maui News: Hospitals Must be Protected from Liability in Home Care Training Bills to watch: Creating retail dispensaries for medical marijuana in Hawaii New Sex Trafficking Legislation for 2015 Buffer Zone Bill for Pesticides? Hoopili, DR Horton Plant Article in Civil Beat Punatic Screams for 45 Minutes Straight at Public Meeting Kauai: Uncertified Judge Hears Cases for a Week before Anybody Notices 27% of Oahu Restaurants Get Yellow Placard--DOH Inspections Slowed by Incompetent Tech Vendor UH Manoa Energy Efficiency Saves Campus $3.4M/year Honolulu JPAC whistleblower suit headed to trial Tulsi Gabbard only Member of Hawaii Delegation to Join 'No Labels' Campaign at SOTU Read More..

Tuesday, January 20, 2015 January 20, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:06 PM :: 4755 Views McCain challenges Jones Act build and ownership requirements Duke Aiona Appointed Executive Director of Hawaii Family Advocates Republican Statewide Caucuses to Elect Leaders Kelii Akina Interviews Danny Kaleikini, Ambassador of Aloha Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 20, 2015 Smoking is a Million Dollar Habit--and Hawaii is More Expensive than Most Parker Ranch sells rights to NextEra to Build Giant Windfarm Representative Mele Carroll to resign from State House HECO Plan Rewards Solar Contractors, Cuts Payments to Solar Consumers Hawaii Doctor shortage grows 20% in One Year thanks to Obamacare, EMRs Nishihara to Push GE Tax Hike for Rail Souki: Council and Mayor Must Both Ask Legislature for Tax Hike Saiki: We Expect Unions' Cooperation on HHSC Reform  Mufi: Time to act now on what is right for Maui Memorial Medical Center Hawaii Gov. David Ige wants ratepayers to benefit from $4.3B NextEra-HECO deal Ige Admin Talks up NextEra, Windfarms and Big Cable HECO plans to reduce customer solar credits LNG Will Save Ratepayers $111M/year Anti-Pesticide Hype Set to Open Legislature Sledgehammer Tom Brower says 'Don't worry about bad publicity' from Homeless' Attack on Golfer Trial starts for HPD chief's wife family squabble UH in limbo as it waits to hear from NCAA Star-Adv Runs Old-News Hit Piece on Sam Slom First Wind's assets in Hawai`i to be Sold Canada's role in building world's largest telescope in jeopardy Usual Suspects Again Challenge Renewal of TV Licenses A Look at Civil Forfeiture in Hawaii Honolulu Liquor commission email controversy 'Everybody who's got an issue' Joins MLK Day Parade Read More..

Monday, January 19, 2015 January 19, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 11:48 AM :: 3758 Views 1959: Martin Luther King Jr Salutes Hawaii Statehood OHA Introduces Legislative Package 254 Candidates file for Neighborhood Board Elections Hawaii Escrow Companies: Federal 'Kickback' Rules Mean Realtors must do the Paperwork Could SCOTUS ruling on same-sex marriage be a chance for Hawaii opponents? Hawaii Kolea Medicaid Eligibility System $144M for Years of Failure Star-Adv: GE Tax, HHSC top Legislative Agenda for 2015 Rep Tokioka: Some Believe Kauai Should Close Hospital Maui Council: Dope Up the People, Loosen Sunshine Law Requirements Calvin Say’s seat still in play—challengers ask for House review Back to class for Hawaii's blended Home-schools Black Eye for Hawaii: Pro Golfer Robbed by Two Homeless Dudes IHS: Mainland people looking to be homeless in Hawaii Friends, patients, colleagues turn out in support of embattled doctor Industry warns of crippling impact of work stoppage at US ports Hawaii One of 11 States With no Judicial Elections   Read More..

Sunday, January 18, 2015 January 18, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:48 PM :: 3759 Views OHA Chair Lindsey: Rescind CEO’s Authority, Let Staff Know Who is Boss Senator McCain’s Jones Act Amendment: Good for America New Medicaid Enrollees: Many Need Addiction Treatment The Ten Percent Solution Spending cuts take priority in Desperate Drive to Fund Union Contracts Ige Budget: No Increases for State Programs Caldwell Hopes You Don't Notice 12.5% Tax Hike Bills advance as Beach is used as excuse for 61% tax hike on Waikiki Businesses  Sequestration will force tough choices for Army in Hawaii Hawaii Congressional Delegates Pretend they're Influential Commission rejects Senators' proposal to appoint co-chiefs for HPD UH is ill-positioned to take its time seeking a new AD Star-Adv: Good ideas for housing finally in mix Hawaii Has Highest Proportion of State Employees Per Capita Schatz Fishes for Federal Workers Votes With Fake Wage Hike Bill Oahu Dems Agree to Let Aaron Johanson into Democratic party Chicago No Longer Seems a Lock to Host Obama’s Library Former Larry Mehau Property Sells for $5M Lava comes closest to Highway 130 since start of flow Read More..

Saturday, January 17, 2015 January 17, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:05 PM :: 5362 Views A New Opportunity for Jones Act Reform in Washington, DC Pro-Life? Hawaii Ranks 45th Dropping Oil Prices Boost Hawaii's Economy Ige Names Doug Chin AG, Randy Iwase PUC Chair Report: Low Income Students a Majority in Hawaii Public Schools Empower Windward: Neighborhood Board Election 2015 Workshop Morita Opposes NextEra Merger, Gets Boot Morita Doubts NextEra Can Follow Local Business Practices Doug Chin was Ige's 7th Pick for AG Williamson Chang Claims 65% of DoI Testimony Supported Fake Indian Tribe Tulsi Gabbard to Challenge Hirono, Josh Green to Run for ... ? AG Opinion: State Senate has Failed to Confirm Deputy Directors (ooops)  Hirono Opposes McCain Amendment to Jones Act Incompetent UH: Royalties 700 times Smaller than Similar-Size Schools Thirty Meter Telescope opponents file appeal Hawaii lawmaker hopes to protect your digital assets Don't create special fund for city park Foster Child Recruiter Pleads Guilty to Child Molestation  Matson's Million Dollar Molasses Fine Illegal, Renamed 'Restitution' Hawaiian Airlines Has No Intention of Passing Fuel Savings on to Customers ILWU Slowdowns Affecting Hawaii Produce Aisles Tulsi Gabbard: Obama Refuses to Recognize Who the Enemy Is Read More..

Friday, January 16, 2015 January 16, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:44 PM :: 4760 Views Pono Choices: Proposed Keiki Caucus Bills Would Undermine Parental Rights UH Board of Regents Nominees Sent to Ige Staff of Bankrupt, Nepotistic Charter School to be Paid Thru End of Month Hawaii Defense Foundation Urges Supreme Court to Take Up San Francisco Gun Control Case OHA Hires Design Team to Develop Kakaako Makai Plan Leeward Coast Third in Homelessness Hawaii Obamacare exchange projected to be financially viable — in 2022 Hawaii state-owned hospitals request $267M for next two years Hospital Partnership: Hard to Buy HGEA Lies New PUC Docket to Examine Deferring HECO-NextEra Buyout OHA, State Officials Discussing Kakaako Makai Land Swap AP, NYT, Drudge Suddenly Feature OHA's Push for Fake Indian Tribe OHA trains its board members on ethics and on the Sunshine Law Kidani: Massive Tax Hike to Fund DoE Should be Considered Cancer Center Will Be Out of Money in Two Years Unless Alternative to Tobacco Tax Revenues is Found Hotel tax revenue is County Councils' 'top priority' GMO faces likely stalemate in state Legislature thanks to Idiot Ruderman Sex Trafficking Measures To Be Proposed This Session Health Department Flouts Law Calling for Online Access to Care Home Reports Electrocution Hazard: Solar Panels Slow Firefighters Down Fire union says city breaking contract, wasting tax money Homosexual Prostitute Tells His Story Snowden to return to Hawaii — via video link Traces of pesticides found in water systems State proposes 473% rent hike at Kalaeloa Airport DLNR Socks Boaters With New Insurance Requirements Molokai Group Seeks Control of Fishing Grounds Read More..

Thursday, January 15, 2015 January 15, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:02 PM :: 4258 Views 1959: Martin Luther King Jr Salutes Hawaii Statehood Hawaii Senate Minority announces legislative agenda for 2015 Sen McCain Introduces Amendment to Repeal Jones Act Hawaii Second Highest Taxes on the Poor Best Cities for STEM Professionals: Honolulu Ranks 79th 241 Candidates File for Neighborhood Board Elections Litigation Update: the Affordable Care Act You're Paying Double for Sugar 2nd Annual Saint Marianne Cope Charity Walk "'Integral Yoga' Group and Swami Hope to Find Their Inner Balance in Federal Court" Sovereignty Activists Call on OHA to Restart Native Hawaiian Convention Richard Epstein to Discuss 'Environmental Deregulation' at UH Richardson Law School DCCA Website Compares Car and Homeowner Insurance Rates Insurance Risk to Drivers: Hawaii Ranks 20th Going forward and looking back at the Honolulu City Council Hawaii PUC chairwoman resigns powerful position Deferred: Council Saves City Taxpayers from Responsibility for HART Debt Tax Cuts proposed for Low Income Hawaii Residents Hawaii Congressional Delegation Bets Everything on Stopping Military Cuts in Hawaii Legislative Democrats Hint at priorities, say nothing MECO: If You Don't Ask for Lower Rates, We Won't Ask for Higher Rates Big Wind, Big Cable Coming Back? Friends of Lanai, I Aloha Molokai Request Deferral of HECO-Nextera Merger  Lock in our Alt-Energy Schemes plan before sale to NextEra, Lobbyists say Milner: We Destroyed Working Class Families, now we can Impose Universal Pre-K Poor Leaders Like Showoffs Ritte, Hooser Hurt Their Own Protests Kauai Anti-Dust Bill Aims at Attacking Seed Growers (Again) Civil Beat: Time to End Marijuana Prohibition Attorney: Honolulu Police Chief’s Stolen Mailbox ‘An FBI Matter’ Former HPD cop will spend almost 3 years in federal prison for extortion Mental Health Shifting to Civil Service Positions UPW: Privatizing Garbage Collection is Unconstitutional Hawaiian Airlines CFO Suddenly Gone King St Bike Lane: Cyclist Crashes onto Hood of Car, No Fatalities Yet Bribery for the People: Restaurants Would Go out of Business under Obama's Latest Freebie Japanese Government Demands Censorship of Textbook Written by UH Manoa Prof Read More..

Wednesday, January 14, 2015 January 14, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:21 PM :: 7110 Views No More Neutrality: OHA "prioritizes federal recognition" Kalihi: Caldwell to Cut 50% of Lanes from Kam IV Road HECO Rolling Blackouts Caused by Lack of Wind Star-Adv: Ige Must Seize chance to reform public hospitals 63 Homeless Moved into Housing Thanks to New Laws Caldwell: May Cost $6B--Gimme $350M or Rail is Pau Draft EIS: Transit development in Kakaako could add Hotels, 30,000 new residents Kauai HHSC Wipes out Debt With Layoffs, $9M Legislative Appropriation FBI Meets Lawyer Today to Hear Evidence Against Chief of Police Ethics Violations? Abercrombie's Chief of Staff Says 'Trust Me' Nepotistic Charter School Appeals Closure Prosecutors mull alleged case of voter fraud Alt Energy Lobbyists Top List of 7 possible candidates who could be Hawaii PUC's next chair Hawaii DC Democrats Firmly in the Congressional Minority--Votes in Vain Takai Hires More Hanabusa Staffers Tech lobbyist joins staff of Sen. Schatz Commissaries airlifting produce, dairy to Pacific Big Island Mayor Signs E-Cig Ban Bill Kauai Prosecutor Debunks Smoke Ban Bill Hawaii Among Largest Pay Gaps for Disabled Hawaii Hepatitis Outbreak: Will DOJ Prosecute USPlabs? Read More..

Tuesday, January 13, 2015 January 13, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:22 PM :: 4627 Views Mina Morita Out as PUC Chair DoE: "We Expect Lower Test Scores" Study: Obamacare Drives Up Medical Costs, But Hawaii Prepaid Protects State Sen Jeff Flake to Headline Hawaii Lincoln Day Dinner Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 12, 2015 Management: No Takeaways in Proposed Contract, but ILWU Rejects Omidyar's Pay Pal Refuses Service to Gun Stores HGEA Boss Admits Private Sector Unions Give Hospital Workers Better Contract than HGEA Rail Ends at Ala Moana, But Will Tax Go on Forever? Danger: Legislature, governor seem to get along Aaron Johanson to Beg Oahu Democrats' Permission to Join Up Two State Board Members Fight Release of Financial Disclosure Statements Loan Turned to Grant: Now Non-profits Want Same Deal ORI Got HPD Learned How to Milk Presidential Overtime Early Bag Ban Allows Thicker Plastic Bags -- Prohibits Biodegradable Bags Appointed AG: Hawaii Alone and Undemocratic as Yet Another State Goes for Elections Forbes: Alt Energy Pressure Drives Utility Mergers Sen Green Proposes 30% E-Cig Tax Rep Evans: HHSC May Request $120-$220M 50 percent of young victims of fatal crashes in 9 US states used alcohol or marijuana Medicaid reimbursement for pediatric dental services not keeping up with inflation UH nursing, dental hygiene student fees could double next year Debunking Anti-GMO Ignorance Kauai Counter-Protesters: "I choose a pig and a cow over a haole any day" Anti-Agriculture? Hooser Pushes Bill Banning Smoke, Dust Sen Ruderman 'Excited' About Pie in the Sky Blimp for Puna  Filthy Biomess Plant is Top 'Clean' Energy Project in Hawaii California, Michigan Companies are only Hawaii Energy Excelerator to Receive Funding Push is on to Make Hospitals Responsible for Home Caregivers Manoa burglary victim questions why officer didn't stop suspects Read More..

Monday, January 12, 2015 January 12, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:04 PM :: 5270 Views IHS: New Laws Pushing Homeless to Accept Shelter Which States Receive the Most Federal Aid? -- Hawaii is 47th NextEra Merger Timeline: Interest in Hawaiian Electric Began in 2011 With Big Cable Danner Sisters Upset Because Ige Won't Let Them Take over Hawaiian Homelands and Turn it into Indian Tribe Oahu Begins Idiotic Plastic Bag ban July 1 HART Shouldn't Suck Blood Bank Dry Hawaii Reporter’s Malia Zimmerman Bids Aloha State exchanges: Process smoother second time around, but problems persist Trask: HECO Strung My Geothermal Scheme Along While Pursuing Merger A key driver of our cost of living is the high price of land Soft on Crime: Murderer Gets Parole, Allegedly Molests Girl Inside Higher Ed: UHWO Prof Sues for Tenure Track Read More..

Sunday, January 11, 2015 January 11, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:07 PM :: 3974 Views HGEA Boss: Borreca is an Anti-Union Parrot 215 Candidates File for Neighborhood Board Elections 2015 Legislative Calendar: A Guide to the Deadlines Earned Income Tax Credit – A Solution to Poverty? Rail: Cynical City Officials Spinning, Ducking, Dodging and Finger-pointing--Few Believe Them Anymore Caldwell: I'm Not Hiding Behind Grabauskas Skirts, Really Caldwell: Raise Taxes or I Won't Finish Rail Project Borreca: Don't believe predictions of construction job growth Taxpayers will likely pay for charter school’s 'Psychic Healer' debt New prison key part of broad reform Ian Lind Edges into Cartoon Controversy Sour Poi for Abercrombie? Dope Doctor 'Happy' With Marijuana Dispensary Proposal Sanford Dole Led Union Cavalry During Civil War Read More..

Saturday, January 10, 2015 January 10, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:10 PM :: 4462 Views Last Chance? Maui Memorial Proposes Partnership with Straub, Pali Momi--HGEA Rejects Hawaii to Fill Medicaid Fee Shortfall for Six Months Video: Will Rail Be De-Railed? - Panos Prevedouros Obama’s Hawaii vacation is over, now it’s time for taxpayers to pay tab Charlie Hebdo: Liberal Societies Are Not Doing a Very Good Job Defending Their Liberal Values Why Free Community College Is Anything But Free Hawaii concealed carry law could change Omidyar & Civil Beat Spin Conspiracy Theories About Muslim Terror Attacks in France Lawyer to meet with FBI on "False and Manufactured Evidence' in chief's case Meth-Dealing Cop Gets Sentence Reduced General: Downsizing Army Would Reverse Momentum in Pacific Hawaiian Electric shareholders to vote on NextEra Energy merger this spring Star Adv: State should not appeal court ruling in Child Abuse case Economist: Affordable housing change will benefit county HI Tech Crowd Revitalizes UH OTTED to Line Pockets Tax Cut for Hawaii?  House Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Ban Internet Taxes Forever Takai Appointed to House Armed Services Committee UH seeks new Mauna Kea ‘master lease’ UH on board with Obama’s community college plan Monitoring is vital to stop prescription drug abuse Read More..

Friday, January 9, 2015 January 9, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:41 PM :: 4862 Views Hawaii Supreme Court to Review Haleakala Telescope Case Students behind the UH Hilo free speech case speak out for the first time Budget Leaves State Cash Reserves Dangerously Low Would better funding for OIP improve transparency? City Files Lien Against Hawaii Kai Sludge Dumper in Waianae Top Abercrombie Aide Joins Lobbying Firm Behind Abercrombie's Cabinet True Story: Hawaii County Hires Psychologist to Study anti-Geothermal Punatics Recycling glass feels good but it's costing Hawaii a lot Tranny's School's Charter May be First to be Revoked Medicaid Cuts off Hilo's Welfare Doctor, Prosecutes Him Kaiser Makes no Offer for MMMC Attorneys Question Hawaii PUC’s Approval of Wind Farm NextEra: Merger Discussion Began Last May  HECO Approves Only 6 of 2,749 Solar Systems on Overloaded Circuits Campaign to save Hawaii troops hits 10,000 signatures Family and friends say goodbye to YWAM Missionary lost at sea Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to be married in April, Groom not Named Turnabout: Criminal Cuts Fence, Breaks In to Prison--PSD Still Doesn't Notice Read More..

Thursday, January 8, 2015 January 8, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:08 PM :: 4096 Views Malia Zimmerman to work for Fox News Los Angeles OHA Trustee "Dump Kanaiolowalu" Full Text: Senators Propose Kealoha Hand Control of HPD to 'Co-Chiefs' American Cancer Society Hawaii: 6,730 New Cases of Cancer Expected in 2015 HHSC Maui and HPH -- Solutions for Hospitals' Longevity PV in Hawaii 2014: The Roller Coaster Ride Star-Adv Editors: Right to Ridicule Islam must be Defended Kealoha: I don't need any help from Senators or Co-Chiefs SHOPO: Body Cams 'Need to be Negotiated' TOD: Vampire Rail Attacks Hawaii Blood Bank, Forces Relocation Green: E-Cig Regs to be Top Priority Musubi-Gate: 5 Years Later Calvin Say Gives up on Retaliating Against REIT Conflict-of-interest clause doesn’t apply to legislators Rep Mele Carroll Resigns as Chair of House Human Services Ctte Hawaii Co Council votes to settle panhandler civil rights case Kauai Council Rejects Pay Hikes Inspector General Questions $7.4M Hawaii Homeland Security Spending Hawaii Film Office Harasses Photographers Gabbard: Solar Tax Credits Will Stay Former Kalaheo HS teacher guilty of 'harassment' of Underage Student, Gets $500 Fine State to pay $134,000 in death of child Hawaii Atheist Wins First Victory in Michigan Former Bank of Hawaii CEO Landon's time on Fed board could be short Feds Mandate Hawaii Ag Wage $12.98/hr Read More..

Wednesday, January 7, 2015 January 7, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:46 PM :: 4838 Views Charlie Hebdo: Martyrs for the Truth Ige's Entry into Politics "Approved by President of Hawaiian Tel" Rail Tax: Caldwell Hides behind Grabauskas' Skirts Thanks to Drop in Oil Prices, There's $55M More in State Revenue Forecast The High Price of Wind Energy in Breezy Hawaii Usual Suspects Push $38M Sugar Soda Tax -- $2.40 tax for a 6 pak HGEA Too Busy to Answer Phones at DLIR Unemployment Office Army seeking community reactions to potential cuts Tulsi Gabbard Helps Businesses Avoid Obamacare by Hiring Vets ILWU Slowdown Means Empty commissary shelves at Hickam SHOPO Should Learn from Kauai Experience with Body Cams HHSC Tops Kauai Legislators Agenda Public Utilities Commission ruling on wind proposal raises questions Minimum wage hike draws mixed reaction Maui News: Stay away from legal gambling Maui: 1,000 Illegal TVRs Obamas’ holiday vacation costs more than $277K in police overtime Kauai Garden Island Prints More Anti-Dairy Propaganda Hawaii looking out for human trafficking on the open sea Accountants Disciplined over 'Grossly Negligent' Audit of North Hawaii Community Hospital Read More..

Tuesday, January 6, 2015 January 6, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:20 PM :: 5756 Views Special Funds Allow State to Dodge Balanced Budget Requirement POLITICO: A Bizarre Trip Through the Jones Act Bank Big Cable is NextEra's 'Biggest Proposal' Help Repeal Kanaiolowalu and Act 195 Full Text: Health Connector Releases Annual Report The "Big Eyes" Have It: Hawaii Courts Again In The Hollywood Spotlight Duke Aiona's 808 State Update Hits Airwaves Ige Appoints DLIR, Communications ILWU Agrees to Federal Mediation of West Coast Port Dispute Six Boats Run Aground Due to Winter Storm, One Sailor Missing Mufi: HART Crying Wolf When there is no Crisis $1000/day for 20 Years: State Paying Millions to Lease Empty Lot Ige Renegotiating HGEA-HHSC Contracts HGEA Will Stall, Talk, then Block Ige Health Connector Will Hemorrhage Money for Next Eight Years, Demands $28M Bumbling Hawaii Health Connector Can't Handle its own job, Makes HMSA do it  Ige's Budget Shortchanges OIP Takai Touts Brokerage, Consultancy as 'Small Business' Kahuku ‘Is Going To Be Surrounded by Wind Turbines’ PV in Hawaii 2014: The Roller Coaster Ride Anti-Dairy Protesters Are a Bunch of Hypocrites Airport 'Wants to get rid of' Lei Vendors ACLU May Use Hawaii Co Case to Overturn Panhandling Ban Hawaii lawmakers considering more regulation on dentists UPW Suing City over Trash Hauling Privatization Accreditation at Risk: Honolulu Zoo director quits; 4th in 5 years Sex Offender Finally Gets Some Real Time Read More..

Monday, January 5, 2015 January 5, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:43 PM :: 3832 Views Lawsuit: OHA Uses Corporations to Sidestep Open Meetings Law, Loot Assets, Line Cronies' Pockets Hawaii Election 2014: Public Sector Unions Defeat Private Sector Unions No Health Benefit from Cigarette Tax Hikes Kelii Akina: 2014 Business Year in Review with Kam Napier Kelii Akina Interviews Kalbert Young on Hawaii Government Financial Condition Ige: Abercrombie's Labor Agreements Cost More than State Revenues UH special funds due for overhaul Waikiki Beach Erosion Latest Excuse for Tax Hikes Mother seeks more oversight on dental safety a year after Finley Boyle's death Pedestrian Run Over by Kauai Police DLNR Bungling Shuts Down Dive Tour Operators Unnecessarily  Another Welfare Cheat Busted Read More..

Sunday, January 4, 2015 January 4, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:10 PM :: 4169 Views Lottery as the Most Practical Path to Wealth? Fraud, Extravagant Expenditures: OHA Sued over Makaweli Poi Mill Theilen: Hawaii Republican Caucus has grown socially conservative Teachers Speak up for Common Core Oahu's pedestrian fatality rate climbed last year despite safety efforts Great minds offer advice to isle leaders for new year Small business group lost its tax-exemption prior to disbanding Read More..

Saturday, January 3, 2015 January 3, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:33 PM :: 4476 Views Aiona: Johanson Defection Solidifies Imbalance of State Government 168 Candidates File for Neighborhood Board Elections Auditor: State Policies Create Barrier to Glass Recycling DHS Gives Medicaid Doctors Six-Month Reprieve from 48% Pay Cut West Coast Port Slowdowns Worsen: ILWU, PMA Blame Each Other Councilmembers Scheme to Extend GE Tax Override 6% of Hawaii Will Owe Tax Fine for Not Buying Insurance Oil Price Drops 50%, MECO oh-so-generously Decides not to Hike Rates Maui County energy commissioner steps down, may take job as NextEra consultant California firm's $90M North Shore Oahu wind farm approved Puna Evacuation Could be Used to Pave Way for Mobil Home Parks in Hawaii Maui Council Elect New Committees, Leadership Honolulu Council to Tackle TVRs Marijuana Doctor Faces Corruption Charges, Loses License--Gets Free Ride from KITV Kauai Anti-Diary Activists Invoke Public Trust Doctrine?  Really? Some lawmakers disagree with complete fireworks ban Read More..

Friday, January 2, 2015 January 2, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:34 PM :: 3526 Views Chinese Consortium Makes Binding Offer to Buy Parent Company of Honolulu Rail Contractor Big Wind: NextEra, Sierra Club Team up for Corporate Welfare Full Text: Stockholder Suit Challenges HECO-NextEra Merger Legislative Budget Hearings Set NextEra Planning Offshore Windfarms for Hawaii? TAT Revenues on Track for Another Record Year A Trip Down the Rabbit Hole With Milk Price Controls Mainland Enviros Continue to Whine About Hawaii Longline Fisheries Not too Late to Convert Rail to Busway Department of Health: More contamination likely along rail route Settlement over Kauai police shooting death Kauai Council 2015 priority: Get Over GMOs Disgusting Organic Cheese Infected with Listeria State Official: Hawaii Needs Easier Access to Marijuana CO, WA Officials: We Must do More to Drive Customers into Pot Shops Beyond Gay Marriage: Trannies Being Pushed into Military, Schools, Sports Inequality: Collapse of Nuclear Family Drags Down Working Class, not Educated Elite Lava Flow: Puna Push for Harbor, Airstrip   Read More..

Thursday, January 1, 2015 January 1, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:52 PM :: 3778 Views Newly-Elected OHA Trustee Calls for Repeal of Act 195 House Republican Caucus announces new leadership for 2015 Can You Say 'Train Wreck'? SHOPO Sues City to Block Release of Police Disciplinary Records Ige Announces Seven New Appointments Star-Adv: HART, DoTax Bungling Puts GE Tax Hike on Agenda for 2015 Nothing Solved: 2014 Problems Carry over to 2015 Anti-GMO Activists Take Aim at Legislature Media treating police chief’s wife with kid gloves? Obama Library Would Cost UH Millions Kauai Rally Demands Water for Golf Course, not for Dairy Farm Anti-Smart Meter Activist Runs Kauai TVR Defender of downsizing slams city effort City employee alleges drinking at workplace DLNR Employees' tribute to Aila Read More..