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					| Tuesday, October 31, 2017 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 October 31, 2017 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 1:51 PM :: 4114 Views 
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 - Poll: Ige 47% Approval
 
 - HR3990: Congress Moves to Limit Presidential Monument Authority
 
 - Congress to Investigate Lack of VA Care in Pacific Island Territories
 
 - Getting Tired? Only Six States Join Chin Suit vs Trump Travel Ban 3.0
 
 - Spam, Mac Nuts, Liquor: Legislatively-Sponsored Crime Wave Hits Stores
 
 - With Our High Cost Of Living, Plantation Days Don’t Seem So Long Ago
 
 - PUC: Use GEMS Funds to Pay Down Loan
 
 - Ballard to be sworn in Wednesday as HPD chief
 
 - A Look At The Business Execs Up For Seats On Honolulu Police Commission
 
 - Lawmaker wants audit of airport hangar project
 
 - DoH Red Tape Holds up New Dialysis Clinics for Three Years
 
 - Indian Tribe Operative Esther Kiaaina to Run for OHA
 
 
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					| Monday, October 30, 2017 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 October 30, 2017 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 6:03 PM :: 4017 Views 
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 - Hurricane? FEMA has a Plan for Hawaii and You Can See it Here
 
 - Hawaii One of Only Four States to Ban Tasers 
 
 - AG Chin: Constitution Dictates Mandatory Gay Cakes
 
 - Ige vs Tent Cities: Bum Control to be 'Highest Priority'
 
 - Best Small Cities: Waipahu Worse Than Gary, Indiana? 
 
 - Affordable Housing: Politicians are All Talk
 
 - DoE SPED ‘A Hollow Effort’
 
 - Doctors At UH Hyperbaric Facility Complained Months Before It Shut Down
 
 - Kauai Doctor Suing for OTC Abortion Pill Doesn’t Provide it Himself
 
 - Eco-Lawyers Use Kauai Whale Stranding to Blame Military Even As They Acknowledge They Have No Evidence
 
 
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					| Sunday, October 29, 2017 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 October 29, 2017 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 6:14 PM :: 4435 Views 
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 - Tax Conference 2017: Hawaii’s Taxes, from the Outside Looking In
 
 - Brian Schatz wants to put you on Medicaid
 
 - Karma: Supreme Court Aquarium Ruling may apply to Dive Tour Operators
 
 - Should Surfrider be Licensed to Pass Out Property Tax Exemptions?
 
 - Audit: City Loses $36.5M by Not Recycling Paper and Plastic into Electricity
 
 - State’s Hyperbaric Treatment Center to remain closed through November
 
 - Walter Ritte Launches Yet Another Campaign to Seize Control of Molokai Ranch
 
 - HPD Needs a Butt-Kicker, not a ‘Healer’
 
 - Chin treating national security as political football
 
 - Borreca: LG Race is Boring
 
 - Isle lawmakers search for way to collect taxes from Airbnb
 
 - Maui: 69% Property tax Hike for TVRs
 
 - Waikiki: Crazy Out of Control Homeless Screaming at Top of Lungs Pain Tourism Industry
 
 - Marijuana – Cannabis Word Game Part of Dispensaries' Money-Making Scheme
 
 - UH Needs More Rape Hysteria
 
 - Compact migrants to be counted
 
 
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					| Saturday, October 28, 2017 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 October 28, 2017 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 7:44 PM :: 5624 Views 
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 - Audit: New Clause in Union Contract Boosts Overtime 50%
 
 - Judge Invalidates Aquarium Collectors Permits
 
 - Fitch Upgrades Airports Division Based on Island Air Growth Expectations
 
 - Kealoha Hires Former Meth Dealer to Represent Him in Court
 
 - Former cop with ties to Kealoha investigation charged in DUI case
 
 - Ige taps Kim to lead working group on Mauna Kea peace monument
 
 - Anti-Telescope Protesters Arrested at BLNR Meeting 
 
 - Three Candidates for Kauai Mayor
 
 
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					| Friday, October 27, 2017 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 October 27, 2017 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 7:39 PM :: 4513 Views 
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 - Corporate Taxes -- Hawaii Ranks 14th
 
 - Gun Mounted Video? HPD Already Saying 'No'
 
 - Right tools can dig us out of pension debt
 
 - Jim Dooley on CIU: Secrecy, Unwavering Loyalty A Recipe For Police Corruption
 
 - Lawyers call for review of cases handled by indicted HPD officers, deputy prosecutor
 
 - Ige Campaign Themes Hard to Pinpoint
 
 - Four Years of Disruption Coming as Rail work kicks off airport leg
 
 - City Council: It's time to get a handle on illegal vacation rentals
 
 - 9.4 percent of Hawaii residents are part of the state Employees’ Retirement System
 
 - Kihei Homeless Live in massive illegal dumping ground—Refuse Shelter
 
 - Hawaii energy stakeholders raise some concerns over new solar credit programs
 
 - Star-Advertiser Employees Rally To Protest Layoffs
 
 - DLNR Harassment, $10K Fine Shut Down Swim Races in Kailua Kona
 
 
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					| Thursday, October 26, 2017 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 October 26, 2017 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 7:21 PM :: 6010 Views 
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 - Unanimous Police Commission Names Maj. Susan Ballard HPD Chief
 
 - House Speaker and Senate President Name Appointees to HART Board 
 
 - What Can You Learn from CNHA Failure?
 
 - HTA: Visitor Spending and Arrivals up Again
 
 - $685K Stolen from Marshall Islands Trust Fund
 
 - Mike Huckabee Headlines Hawaii Republican Rally
 
 - IRS Admits Harassment of Maui TEA Party Group, Apologizes
 
 - Kauai mayor announces bid for lieutenant governor
 
 - Kihei Rep Kaniela Ing to Run for Congress in Honolulu
 
 - Feds: Bogus Police Report Helped Kealohas Get Hawaii Kai home
 
 - Maui TVR Tax Hike 22%
 
 - Distracted walking law creates Pretext for ID Check
 
 - Kakaako: Tweekers Take over Entire Block of Parking Spaces Because Nobody Will Tow ‘their ‘Junk Cars
 
 - City projects mark 1 year of housing homeless families
 
 - A rather sad “like father, like son” story
 
 - Lab Report: Hawaii Marijuana ‘Super Dirty’ Drenched in Pesticides, Carcinogens
 
 
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					| Wednesday, October 25, 2017 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 October 25, 2017 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 3:49 PM :: 6142 Views 
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 - F is for Fail: 2017 Honolulu Small Business Friendliness
 
 - Supreme Court Dismisses Hawaii Lawsuit Against Trump Travel Ban 2.0
 
 - North Korea Disaster Preparedness Community Meeting
 
 - How HPD CIU Links Mafia Directly to Police Chief
 
 - Next Chief? Maj Ballard Makes Plan to Hire Friends at HPD
 
 - Next Chief? Retired Assistant Chief Kevin Lima will Push Back Against ‘Negative Media’: 
 
 - HPD finalist under fire from Texas police union
 
 - Council Rejects Tent Cities, But Still Intent on Repeating Portland and Seattle’s Stupidities
 
 - 500 Homeless Youth in Waikiki
 
 - Charlotte NC Homeless Man and Dog to be Flown to Hawaii One Way
 
 - New city proposals to legalize certain vacation rentals, and crackdown on scofflaws
 
 - Ritte Thugs Want DLNR to Give Them Control of Molokai Fishing
 
 - Peter Boy's mother to remain a free woman after probation violations
 
 - Hawaii Democrats Accomplish So Little
 
 
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					| Tuesday, October 24, 2017 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 October 24, 2017 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 4:54 PM :: 7222 Views 
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 - The Coming Transit Apocalypse
 
 - Rail Plan B: FTA Contradicts Caldwell
 
 - UH: Permafrost Discovered in Hawaii--Proves Global Warming is Real
 
 - Willes Lee Reelected President of National Federation of Republican Assemblies
 
 - 13 Years of Silence: Did House Speaker Scott Saiki Cover Up Kealoha Theft of $167K from Orphans?
 
 - Nobody in Hawaii’s Political Class Did ANYTHING to Stop Kealohas
 
 - Honolulu Police Comm Includes Three People who Wanted to Rehire Kealoha After Charges Were Filed
 
 - Long Interviews as Police Comm Seeks Next Kealoha
 
 - Honolulu Police Officer in court for federal wire fraud
 
 - What about the Criminal Intelligence Unit?
 
 - Experts: Criminal case against former HPD chief, wife could bolster civil suits against city
 
 - HART, Caldwell Already Creating Excuses for Next Rail Tax Hike
 
 - Tsutsui move opens up mayoral race—Ing to Run for Congress?
 
 - Police Slow to Respond as Abusers Harass Big Island Domestic Violence Shelter
 
 - Do-Nothing Big Island Ethics Comm ‘Should Just Resign’ 
 
 - Meth Addicts Ousted from Freeway Underpass: Only Six Accept Shelter
 
 - UH Unable to Maintain Accreditation, State Loses Hyperbaric Chamber
 
 - Obvious Futility: Hawaii one of seven U.S. states to not submit bid for Amazon HQ2
 
 - Hawaii Emergency Management Agency to meet on Nukes
 
 - US appeals Hawaii judge's order blocking newest travel ban
 
 
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					| Monday, October 23, 2017 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 October 23, 2017 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 4:52 PM :: 9070 Views 
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 - CNN’s Zakaria calls for Jones Act repeal as part of Puerto Rico aid package
 
 - Study: Timeshares Add $5.3B to Hawaii Economy
 
 - Down to Earth, Tulsi Gabbard Cult Tied to $170M Pyramid Scheme
 
 - Caldwell Caught in Another Lie--Rail’s ‘Plan B’ not vetted by federal agency
 
 - Tainted Pool of Candidates to Replace Kealoha
 
 - 180 Tweekers Forced from Under Freeway
 
 - Newsflash: Tweekers Don’t Take Good Care of Animals
 
 
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					| Sunday, October 22, 2017 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 October 22, 2017 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 6:44 PM :: 7345 Views 
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 - Hirono: I Was Sexually Harassed by Teachers, Colleagues--"Usually it's the males"
 
 - Video: Hysteria Subsides, Lehua Island Rat Eradication Successful
 
 - DoTax Leaves Fewer Callers in the Dust
 
 - Tsutsui Will not Run for Maui Mayor, Will not Resign as LG 
 
 - Unimpressive Ige: Many lawmakers regard him with open contempt
 
 - Carvalho to Run for Lt Gov
 
 - Kealoha told HPD if he could do it, they could too … and then he taught them how
 
 - Rush Job: Council will Have Caldwell’s Hand-Picked Police Commissioners in Place by Nov 1
 
 - Same Police Comm is About to Pick the Next Kealoha
 
 - Next Telescope Appeal Due Nov 3
 
 - Lawmakers press home lands agency to create housing
 
 - Rep Nakamura: Only Mental Health Intervention Can Stop Mass Shootings Before They Happen
 
 - Developer Fled Hawaii in 1998—Never Looked Back
 
 - Law Creates State-Sponsored Marijuana Oligopoly
 
 - Jones Act: Keep afloat or let it sink?
 
 
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					| Saturday, October 21, 2017 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 October 21, 2017 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 4:42 PM :: 5065 Views 
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 - Feds: Kealoha Stole $167K from Orphans
 
 - UPDATE: OHA Trustees Reject CNHA Grab for Charter School Funds
 
 - Kaneshiro Kept Kealoha on as Prosecutor—Now Her Cases Will be Challenged--100s of Repeat Felons May Walk Free
 
 - AG Chin: Trump OK to Ban Venezuela, N Korea--I’m Just Here to Help Get More Muslims into USA
 
 - Trump Reforms Obamacare but Prepaid Will Save HMSA/Kaiser Duopoly from Most Competition
 
 - How did Hawaii's hepatitis A outbreak compare to San Diego's?
 
 - Battery Schemes: PUC expands opportunities for Money Transfer to Elon Musk
 
 - Embezzlement cases show limits of trust
 
 - SHOPO Chief: Kealoha case is "unfortunate" and "heartbreaking"
 
 
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					| Friday, October 20, 2017 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 October 20, 2017 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 6:21 PM :: 5378 Views 
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 - Caldwell Flees State as Ex-Chief is Arrested
 
 - Letter to House Speaker: Legislator Assaults Oahu Democrat Official After Complaint over Misappropriation of Funds 
 
 - Hawaii #1 for Road Rage
 
 - Hawaii AG Joins Call for Large Capacity Ammo Ban
 
 - Government is making a mess of Honolulu's Kakaako Waterfront Park
 
 - Finally: Former Honolulu Police Chief And Prosecutor Wife Arrested
 
 - To Hide More Cost Overruns, HART Killed $1.4B Procurement Just Before Special Session—Will Delay Two More Years 
 
 - Doug Chin Sure Sounds Like He Might Run For Congress
 
 - GOP Rep. Andria Tupola To Run For Hawaii Governor
 
 - Can You Act? More Taxpayer Money to be Given to Fake Tech ‘Entrepreneurs’
 
 - Medicare, Medicaid: Homeless Ambulance Rides Rack up $89.4M in Charges
 
 - Useless as an Excuse to Avoid Shelter, Nimitz viaduct homeless suddenly give up dozens of ‘pets’
 
 - 40% of Hawaii Children Traumatized 
 
 - Search for Hawaii County Mass Transit chief continues in Wake of Hurricane Kenoi 
 
 - ‘Complete Streets’ -- Caldwell Announces Plan to Increase Traffic Jams in Waipahu, Ewa
 
 - AP, Enviros Sense New Opportunity to Attack Hawaii Fishing Fleet
 
 - Did the Great Māhele Do More Good Than Harm?
 
 
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					| Thursday, October 19, 2017 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 October 19, 2017 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 4:32 PM :: 3824 Views 
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 - Moody's: Hawaii has Already Collected the Taxes for Next Recession
 
 - Caldwell announces nominees to Honolulu Police Commission 
 
 - Caldwell signs bills creating Waikīkī Transportation Management Special Improvement District
 
 - VIDEO: PBS Insights Debates Jones Act
 
 - Star-Adv: Kealohas to be Indicted Today
 
 - FBI Searches Home of Former Chief as Caldwell Preps Nominees to Name Successor
 
 - SHOPO: Police Corruption ‘Starts at the Top’
 
 - Kauai County considers 0.5% GE Tax hike
 
 - Audit airport hangar project
 
 - Former worker slaps Maui county with $1.63M discrimination suit
 
 - Hawaii County to Seek New HR Director: Last One Quit After Kenoi Hiring Scam Exposed
 
 
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					| Wednesday, October 18, 2017 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 October 18, 2017 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 8:02 PM :: 6072 Views 
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 - Rep Andria Tupola to Host Hawaii Tax Conference
 
 - Who's Squandering Your Money at OHA?
 
 - Hawaii AG Sues Feds for Records on Deportations of Illegals
 
 - Business Taxes: Hawaii Ranks 27th
 
 - ‘Con-Artist’ OHA and HART Auditor Gets 20 Year Prison Sentence 
 
 - Embezzlement?  Homosexuals Accuse chief investigator for Office of Disciplinary Counsel 
 
 - Caldwell: I have Two Secret Nominees Lined up to Stack Police Commission
 
 - Top police chief candidate defends integrity after criminal trial 24 years ago
 
 - Third HPD officer charged in federal public corruption scandal linked to Kealoha
 
 - Democrat Voters to be Punished for Electing Officeholders who Raise State and Local Taxes
 
 - Discussions underway over where Trump should stay during Oahu visit – Maoists and Democrats Hoping for Waikiki
 
 - Hawaii Is Still Falling Short In Its Inspections Of Health Care Facilities
 
 - Soft on Crime: “He gets into trouble anytime he’s not in prison”
 
 - Hawaii’s missile defense urged as North Korean threat persists
 
 
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					| Tuesday, October 17, 2017 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 October 17, 2017 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 6:25 PM :: 4092 Views 
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 - Hawaii Judge Blocks Trump’s New Travel Ban. Again.
 
 - Video: Kelii Akina on The State of Racial Harmony in Hawaii
 
 - Quality of Life? Honolulu Ranks 18th
 
 - Kealohas Named Among Six Co-Conspirators in Indictment
 
 - HPD Chief?  U.S. Attorneys had a policy of not using Thomas Aiu as a witness in any criminal cases
 
 - Maui: Electric Bills Spike $9 as Ratepayers Are Forced to Buy More Overpriced Wind Energy 
 
 - Pro-Rail Groups Spent $200K Lobbying Special Session 
 
 - Hawaii must fix Dams
 
 - Nimitz Homeless Drug Addicts Run Illegal Gambling ‘Red Room’, Pile Garbage 10 Feet Deep 
 
 - Can Oahu’s Kahauiki Plantation Be Replicated on Other Islands?
 
 - State: Homeless Tent Cities are not the Solution
 
 - Insights on PBS Hawaii--The Jones Act
 
 - Trump to visit Arizona Memorial next month
 
 
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					| Monday, October 16, 2017 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 October 16, 2017 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 4:29 PM :: 3861 Views 
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 - Crooks and Cronies: Who’s Getting Paid from the FY 2016-17 OHA Check Register
 
 - FBI arrests retired HPD major, police officer linked to alleged corruption investigation involving Kealohas
 
 - New HMSA rules cut back women’s cancer screenings
 
 - Civil Beat Mentions Kawananakoa Married to transsexual
 
 - HTA Pays to Mail Homeless Back to mainland
 
 - Global Warmers Upset You aren’t Taking Hawaii Climate Commission Seriously
 
 - Bloomberg: For Puerto Rico's Sake, Scrap the Jones Act
 
 - Guam: This is the Time to Push for Jones Act Exemption
 
 
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					| Sunday, October 15, 2017 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 October 15, 2017 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 6:21 PM :: 4543 Views 
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 - Incentives for Retirement Savings
 
 - Cayetano Endorses Hanabusa for Governor
 
 - Council has plenty more vices in its long reach
 
 - Hawaii could face the same winds of scorn that hit Puerto Rico
 
 - Borreca: Hawaii Really Shouldn’t Bother With Disaster Preparedness
 
 - Hawaii investors least interested in cryptocurrencies
 
 
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					| Saturday, October 14, 2017 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 October 14, 2017 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 5:49 PM :: 4263 Views 
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 - Fuchigami Taking over from Ige's Chief of Staff? – That’s What the State Constitution Says 
 
 - Hawaii politicians missing the boat on Jones Act reform
 
 - Rep Andria Tupola to Host Hawaii Tax Conference
 
 - Can Hawaii AG Help Muslims Obtain US Classified Info?
 
 - Nobody Buying Attempt to Equate Japanese Internment with Arrest of Muslims
 
 - Secret Public-Private Hawaii Energy Group is Plotting Our Future
 
 - Anti-Pesticide Activists Spread Rat Lungworm
 
 - State to clean up, fence off area under Nimitz Hwy. viaduct
 
 - Plan for homeless camp in Kona moves forward
 
 - BLNR Fines Family $75K for Saving House
 
 
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					| Friday, October 13, 2017 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 October 13, 2017 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 7:45 PM :: 5458 Views 
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 - Kiplinger: Hawaii Taxes 7th Highest in USA
 
 - Failing Upwards: Ige Promotes HDOT Boss Fuchigami
 
 - Workers Protest as Star-Adv lays off 25% of Newsroom
 
 - When Caldwell sees how the votes fall he will make the necessary appointments to get the Chief he wants. 
 
 - Obstruction of Justice? Arakawa Allegedly Asked Nonprofits Not to Cooperate with CSC Investigation 
 
 - Without Felix Consent Decree, DoE Mental Health Care Slips
 
 - Their Energy, Your Green: MECO is proposing 9.3 percent rate hike
 
 - Damage left by Homeless Meth Addicts at Kakaako park is worse than expected
 
 - Oahu Sites Identified for Massive Festering Homeless Tent Cities  
 
 - After 250 Visits, Street Psychiatrists Finally Get One Schizoid Homeless Person to Accept Treatment and Shelter
 
 - Huge Packages: 33% Raise Coming for Some Hawaii County Officials?
 
 - Illegal Red Placard Vendor Keeps Selling at North Shore Shopping Plaza Tied to Mrs Brian Schatz
 
 - Fire code issues keep school auditorium largely idle despite $15 million upgrade
 
 - Nanny State Regulation
 
 
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					| Thursday, October 12, 2017 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 October 12, 2017 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 5:08 PM :: 3594 Views 
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 - Hawaii AG Obstructs Requests on How Much Taxpayer Funds Are Being Spent Fighting Trump’s Travel Ban
 
 - State of Hawaii Auditing OHA
 
 - USNWR: Best States? Hawaii Ranks 27th
 
 - Best Colleges? UH Manoa Ranks 484th -- UH Hilo 729th
 
 - State and Local Taxation Per Capita: Hawaii Takes $5,705
 
 - Islandwide Sit-Lie Ban Part of Trick to Create Massive Festering Homeless Tent Cities All Over Oahu
 
 - Will Harry Kim get land for Homeless Tent City? 
 
 - Most of Hawaii's homeless students aren't actually living on the streets
 
 - Arakawa to be fined $2000 for Buying Goodwill?
 
 - Honolulu City Clerk Wants Big Increase In Price Of Voter Data
 
 - Trump's Latest Travel Ban Could Be the Toughest to Challenge
 
 - How Two Decades of Kauai Anti-GMO Ignorance Shaped Obama Admin Policy
 
 
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					| Wednesday, October 11, 2017 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 October 11, 2017 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 6:53 PM :: 3715 Views 
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 - SCOTUS Backs Trump, Dismisses Travel Ban Challenge
 
 - Chin, Muslims Sue to Block Travel Ban 3.0 
 
 - Recent Federal Court Ruling Affects Hawaii Tip Credit
 
 - How Resignation, Recusal Allow Caldwell to Pick Next HPD Chief
 
 - Medicaid: Ige Claims Cost not Soaring
 
 - Same Homeless Person Interviewed Again and Again over the Years
 
 - Exhausted from Hours of Drinking and Eating, Homeless Woman Slashed by Meth Addict
 
 - BLNR to Impose $10K fine for Swimming without a Permit?
 
 - Hawaii Hurricane Preparedness is ‘Mostly a Joke’
 
 
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					| Tuesday, October 10, 2017 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 October 10, 2017 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 1:37 PM :: 4135 Views 
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 - The Atlantic: Aloha Tower Deal Makes HPU Poster Child for College Debt
 
 - Jones Act industry anxiety increases with Hurricane waivers
 
 - Ominous UH email: 'In the event of a nuclear attack'
 
 - Mayor calls for police panel chairman’s recusal from chief selection
 
 - BoE: Stop Faking Student Success Indicator
 
 - Homeless Tweekers Rip up $500K worth of Electric Lines to Plug in Their Air Conditioners
 
 - City prosecutor: Judge was wrong to release ex-con accused of attempted murder
 
 - Convictions of 2 accused pimps reinstated after case is thrown out
 
 - Bill 80: Make a Payoff to Surfrider, Get a Tax Credit
 
 - How HDOT Insiders Steer Contracts to Roberts Hawaii
 
 - Hawaii Renewable Energy Standards A Shell Game
 
 - Green Energy Schemers Pushing New ‘Profit-Sharing’ Scam
 
 
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					| Monday, October 9, 2017 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 October 9, 2017 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 3:51 PM :: 3845 Views 
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 - Campaign Contributions, Financial Disclosure Tie Rep Beth Fukumoto to Alleged Ponzi Scheme 
 
 - Honolulu Rail Deal Fallout: Neighbor Islands Want A More Open Legislature
 
 - Kakaako Sweep: 32 Homeless Forced to Accept Shelter 
 
 - Could the rail project bring more affordable housing?
 
 - Legislators Plan more Gun Control Bills Next Session
 
 - Pearl Harbor shipyard is Navy’s most backlogged
 
 - USA Today: Save Puerto Rico from crippling Jones Act
 
 - Crooked European Prosecutor Uses Omidyar as Spy
 
 
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					| Sunday, October 8, 2017 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 October 8, 2017 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 5:58 PM :: 4662 Views 
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 - If You're Still Paying Use Tax on Amazon Purchases—Stop
 
 - Protest OHA Giving CNHA $1.5M Hawaii Charter School Funds
 
 - Borreca: Exploit the Homeless to Get Hanabusa Elected
 
 - Caldwell Screws up Again: Lapsed housing funds fuel despair
 
 - Campaign Spending Commission investigates Maui mayor's spending
 
 - OK Now We Admit Medical Marijuana is Fake, so now lets just go for Full Legalization
 
 - Squatters Paradise:  Review of Sheriffs Favoritism Blocks Big Island Evictions for Two Years
 
 - Structures once intended for tsunami survivors help homeless Hawaii families
 
 - No Tents: Is Harry Kim Wising Up?
 
 - Maui Hospital: Is 100 Days Enough to Overcome Decades of HGEA-UPW Decrepitude?
 
 - Declining Men's Salaries Bring Gender Equity Closer
 
 
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					| Saturday, October 7, 2017 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 October 7, 2017 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 6:30 PM :: 5027 Views 
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					| Friday, October 6, 2017 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 October 6, 2017 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 1:34 PM :: 3802 Views 
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 - Trump Asks Supreme Court to Dismiss Travel Ban Cases--Chin Asks Court to Expand Case to Cover Travel Ban 3.0
 
 - RU486: ACLU Chooses Hawaii to Launch Abortion Drug Litigation 
 
 - AG: 1156 Backlogged Rape Kits Tested so Far
 
 - Free Rein for Choppers Drives Park Enthusiasts to Court
 
 - DoE in Action: Calls Cops on 9-year-old
 
 - Conflict may force police panel leader to sit out chief vote
 
 - Another “cart before the horse” moment for rail
 
 - Tuition Hikes: UH Spends $25.7M on Travel
 
 - Mainland Jones Act Industry Stacks PBN Jones Act Survey
 
 - Wespac: Congressman Was Wrong About Lobbying
 
 - Green Energy Scammers Still Hoping to Scoop Megabucks from DoD Budget
 
 - DHHL Star-Adv Pushing Rentals (again) 
 
 - Prescribing Hope: Meds for Mentally Ill Homeless in Hawaii
 
 - Homeless winning fight for beachfront property
 
 
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					| Thursday, October 5, 2017 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 October 5, 2017 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 5:00 PM :: 4630 Views 
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 - Endgame: Telescope Protesters Shift focus to Sublease
 
 - Honolulu Neighborhood Boards: 30 Vacant Seats Available 
 
 - City now accepting Grants in Aid applications
 
 - Our Revolution: Bernie Sanders Group Calls on Congress to Extend Jones Act Exemption for Puerto Rico
 
 - Cost of Living: Honolulu adjusted salaries lowest in USA
 
 - Hirono: Trump Nominees Not Gay Enough
 
 - Overtime Costs Jump 12% for Honolulu City Government
 
 - Democrats Punish Rep Cindy Evans for Voting Against Rail Tax Hikes
 
 - Attorneys accuse Kawananakoa's ‘wife’ of taking money from $200M fortune
 
 - Chief? Public Input Favors Retired HPD Major Kendro
 
 - Homeless do $500K Damage to Kakaako Park
 
 - The Jones Act is crony capitalism at its worst and congress must repeal
 
 - After Lobbying for Three Years, University of Hawaii actually has to Accomplish Something Now
 
 - Some Muslims Consider Leaving Hawaii
 
 - HSTA Member Indicted for Child Sex Assault
 
 
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					| Wednesday, October 4, 2017 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 October 4, 2017 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 3:50 PM :: 3749 Views 
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 - Video: Running for Governor, Rep Andria Tupola Rallies Supporters in Waianae
 
 - Survey: Over 80% of Hawaii Residents want Jones Act Repeal or Reform
 
 - State Climate Change Adaptation Commission to Meet in Doomed Oceanfront Hotel
 
 - More Shifting Numbers: Now City Claims Rail plan is $214M Short
 
 - Candidates for HPD chief to detail their visions and qualifications
 
 - Fail: Ige touts homeless successes — in park to be closed because of homeless crisis
 
 - Illegal Hiring Practices: Kenoi Cronies fear Tidal Wave of Lawsuits
 
 - Sister-Isle Councils: Sunshine Law Must Apply to Legislature
 
 - Maui Survey: Repeal Obamacare 66.6%
 
 - Here's another chapter of "Getting Around":
 
 - Jones Act unfairly hurts Hawaii while jeopardizing security of U.S.
 
 - Guam: Chamorro Tribal status resolution raises concerns
 
 - Guam: 16 Homosexual Child Molesters
 
 
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					| Tuesday, October 3, 2017 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 October 3, 2017 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 5:29 PM :: 5604 Views 
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 - Oahu Circuit: Public Comment on Judicial Nominees for Four Positions
 
 - Open Access for Broken Trust Book
 
 - Best Cities for Disabled? -- Honolulu Ranks 62nd
 
 - Fastest Growing? Honolulu Ranks 333rd
 
 - Hawaii Joins States with Highest-Rated Health Insurance Plans
 
 - Abigail Kawananakoa Marries Transsexual Partner
 
 - Surveys: Majority in Hawaii Want to Dump Jones Act
 
 - Overrun with Homeless, Kakaako Park to Close
 
 - Special Interests Spend Big On Their Lobbyists
 
 - State eyes hike to well permit fees
 
 - USDA: Hawaii has Lowest Rate of ‘Food Insecurity’ in USA
 
 - Star-Adv: Matayoshi’s work on AP Classes Paying Off
 
 - Move to Hawaii, Become Less Racist
 
 - ACLU Chooses Hawaii to Launch Litigation for Mandatory Abortion Pills Nationwide
 
 - Former Hawaii resident shot twice, describes horror of mass shooting in Las Vegas
 
 
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					| Monday, October 2, 2017 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 October 2, 2017 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 7:29 PM :: 4457 Views 
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 - Cultural Nationalism vs Technical Progress: Telescope Protesters Make More Cash Demands
 
 - Two HPD Chief Nominees Sued: Cover up Manslaughter, Excessive Force
 
 - Accountable, Affordable, Accessible: House Republican Caucus 2018 Bill Package 
 
 - Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted October 2, 2017
 
 - UPW to Blame: OCCC Inmates Attack Guards After Dozens Call in ‘Sick’
 
 - The Disturbing State Of Mental Health Care In Hawaii’s Prisons
 
 - Man arrested after Waipahu standoff was on leave from job as prison guard
 
 - Nursing Home Inspections: DoH Fails 61% of Time—Loses Federal Funds
 
 - Hawaii DOT proposing to hike harbor dockage, cruise passenger fees
 
 - With thousands of Hawaiians waiting, Home Lands agency produced no homes—Sits on $30M in Fed Funds
 
 - Airport corporation plan still supported
 
 - BoE; We’re Making up Kishimoto Evaluations as we go Along
 
 - Honolulu Zoo: How Long Will New Director Last?
 
 - 894 Registered Lobbyists in Hawaii
 
 
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					| Sunday, October 1, 2017 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 October 1, 2017 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 5:43 PM :: 5776 Views 
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 - Fritz v. Department of Taxation, and Why You Should Care
 
 - Crooked Former Sheriff Chairs Hanabusa Campaign
 
 - Star-Adv: Caldwell’s Horrendous Mismanagement of Homeless Crisis
 
 - Unfathomable city bungling costs millions for housing, puts services at risk
 
 - Kauai County Council Discusses Creation of Massive Festering Homeless Tent City as Homeless Dude Cracks Whip
 
 - 20% of Big Island Sex Offenders ‘Non-Compliant’
 
 - Maui County auditor in Hawaii said finance director misused credit card
 
 - Telescope: Cultural Nationalism vs Progress
 
 - Gabbard Bill Would Ban All Gasoline, Diesel Vehicles in USA
 
 - GOP Plan: Make it Harder for Democrat States to Raise Taxes
 
 
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