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					| Friday, November 30, 2018 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 November 30, 2018 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 6:12 PM :: 4125 Views 
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 - What’s an airconditioned Neal Katyal worth?
 
 - Not all public-private partnerships are good
 
 - Forbes Best States for Business: Hawaii Ranks 46th
 
 - Report: Since recession, 10 states, including Hawaii, operate at structural deficits
 
 - Hawaii Ranks 15th for Financial Transparency
 
 - Honolulu--6th Oldest Homeowners in USA
 
 - OHA offering $7 million for community grants 
 
 - How a U.S. law intended to reduce dependence on fossil fuels has unleashed an environmental disaster in Indonesia   
 
 - House and Senate Republicans Meet to Plan 2019 Agenda
 
 - Wanna Buy a House on Maui? County has $30K to Give You
 
 - Stream Flow Ruling Cuts off Lahaina Water Supply
 
 - Potential Criminal Prosecution: Hu Honua Violates Water Pollution Laws 
 
 - In ‘game-changer,’ Hawaii given approval to use Medicaid dollars to help chronically homeless
 
 - State Carbon Tax The Devil is in the Details
 
 - Smelling Your Money, Green Scrum at Honolulu Hale
 
 - State’s high court stands by its Mauna Kea ruling
 
 - After Three Years Judge finally dismisses Kealohas' harassment lawsuit against city ethics commission, employees
 
 - State Claims ‘Dramatic’ Improvement In Adult Home Care Oversight
 
 - CDC: Drug overdose deaths on the rise in Hawaii
 
 - Firefighters extinguish Homeless Tweeker Fire near Makai Research Pier
 
 - Honolulu Council to take up emergency measures for building permits
 
 - Bill 79 adds more restrictions designed to Squelch Affordable Housing Construction
 
 - Aloha Stadium upgrade plan includes lots of condos
 
 - Honolulu City Council Blocks Multi-Million Dollar Cellphone Service Upgrade:
 
 - Ige Spent $3.2 Million On Re-Election Campaign, New Reports Show
 
 - Ige to be sworn for second term next week
 
 
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					| Thursday, November 29, 2018 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 November 29, 2018 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 3:30 PM :: 3937 Views 
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 - To ‘Change Society’ -- Hawaii Climate Commission Pushes For State Carbon Tax
 
 - Details of the Horrible Carbon Tax Bill
 
 - Pine: Gill Family Windfarm Proceeding Against Community Opposition 
 
 - DBEDT: International Students Contribute $498M to Economy
 
 - Caldwell Allows 60-Day Permitting Bill to Become Law Without Signature
 
 - $3.56M Tourism Industry Payoffs to Community Groups Statewide
 
 - Visitor Arrivals Jump 4.4% for October--Spending Drops
 
 - State sued over services for autistic students
 
 - DoE distancing itself from Rape Case smells bad
 
 - Legislature’s Hires Hanabusa to Defend Gut-n-Replace Frankenbills in Lawsuit
 
 - Performance-based regulation (PBR) of utilities has emerged as an important Excuse for Raising Rates
 
 - ‘Wife’ to Get $40M from Kawananakoa Trust
 
 - Star-Adv: Copy San Francisco TVR Regs 
 
 - Ride Sharee works with City Council to draft rules for dockless bike parking
 
 - Castle High School parents sue over dangerous football drill
 
 - WOTUS: Waipio Valley residents concerned for safety after permits revoked by Feds
 
 - Privately Funded, ‘Destination’ Playground Proposed For Ala Moana Park
 
 - Hawaii County Planning Commission Votes to Kill Affordable Housing Project
 
 - Commission gives positive recommendation to Hawaii Co sewer fee hike bill
 
 - Audit critical of Maui liquor department and commission
 
 
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					| Wednesday, November 28, 2018 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 November 28, 2018 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 4:09 PM :: 3544 Views 
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 - Ige-Green Administration is Hiring
 
 - Bitcoin emissions alone could push global warming above 2°C?
 
 - Charitable? Hawaii Ranks 46th
 
 - Revolving Door: DBEDT Director Quitting to Join Law Firm's Lobbying Arm 
 
 - Hawaii County: Top Contractor Headed Salary Commission—Gave  Massive Raises
 
 - Really, how hard can fixing jail blunders be?
 
 - Danners won’t face prosecution
 
 - Hotel strikers to get $6.13 in raises over 4 years
 
 - State Law Allows Minors to Refuse Psychiatric Treatment
 
 - Marshallese Adoptions Fuel A Lucrative Practice For Some Lawyers
 
 - Man who suffered heart attack during Hawaii missile alert sues state
 
 - Consumers sue maker of ‘Hawaiian’ potato chips
 
 - President 2020? Gabbard Speaking to Democrats in New Hampshire
 
 
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					| Wednesday, November 28, 2018 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Letters to the Editor, November, 2018
									 
									By Letters to the Editor @ 2:44 PM :: 3327 Views 
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 - Bitcoin emissions alone could push global warming above 2°C?
 
 
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					| Tuesday, November 27, 2018 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 November 27, 2018 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 6:38 PM :: 3464 Views 
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 - Sen 19 Loser Lopresti Claims Golojuch Altered Ballots--Demands Recount
 
 - The County Strikes Back (part 1)
 
 - Council Resolution: Ban Cars, Buses from Waikiki by 2030
 
 - Inspector General Releases False Missile Alert Report
 
 - 4 Problems With the New Climate Change Report
 
 - Plastic Straw Ban Crusades Are About Progressive Virtue Signaling, Not Practical Solutions
 
 - Professor Thinks Banning These Words Would Fix Free Speech on College Campuses
 
 - Connected: Rail, Pensions, and Vacation Rentals 
 
 - Caldwell Claims: ‘No More Important Issue’ Than Climate Change – While Building Rail in Inundation Zone
 
 - Proposed Palehua Wind Farm May Violate State Law
 
 - Windfarm to be built on top of Hawaiian archaeological site?
 
 - Kurt Fevella: From school custodian to sole Republican in the state Senate     
 
 - Losers LoPresti, Waters Sue for Recount
 
 - Marriott-managed hotels, union reach agreement, vote set today
 
 - Police Security Cameras May Soon Blanket Waikiki
 
 - CPB Raises Minimum Wage to $16—Socialists Still Dithering on $15, Just Can’t Keep up with Trump Economy
 
 - Star-Adv: Affordable Housing Plan ‘Scary’
 
 - HPD Calls for Massive Festering Homeless Tent Cities
 
 - Enviros Prepare to Launch Fake Humpback Hysteria
 
 - Honolulu mayor exploits Thanksgiving to spin Iwilei homeless center debacle
 
 - Board of Water Supply starts new push to redevelop downtown parcel
 
 - Kauai Council Chair Chosen: Anti-GMO Freaks Lose 5-2
 
 - Black Market Babies from Marshall Islands
 
 - Port of Honolulu Master Plan Being Updated
 
 
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					| Monday, November 26, 2018 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 November 26, 2018 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 11:34 AM :: 3397 Views 
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 - Schatz deletes tweet suggesting ‘chemical weapons’ used at US-Mexico border
 
 - Tax Credits: Proposed Biofuel Plant Faces $100M Deadline
 
 - GET blocks ability to survive on 1 job
 
 - Legislative Agenda: State lawmakers pander, knowing Committee Chairs will Kill Minimum Wage Hike
 
 - Fee to fish?: RPL Public Meetings Set
 
 - Program prevents former inmates from becoming homeless
 
 - Opioid Prescriptions Down—So Are Overdose Deaths
 
 - Big Island Bus System Still a Mess
 
 
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					| Sunday, November 25, 2018 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 November 25, 2018 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 6:06 PM :: 3195 Views 
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 - City Piles on Big Ticket Projects as money woes mount
 
 - Star-Adv: DLNR must extract more rent money from Small Businesses
 
 - Flacking for Hotel Industry, Appleseed Center urges tough vacation rental rules
 
 - Rape victim sues DOE
 
 - Hawaii County seeks flexibility in using GET funds
 
 - Hawaii’s disability benefit denials reversed at highest rate in nation
 
 - Caldwell: Don’t delay needed fire sprinkler law
 
 - Bitchy Gabbard Just a Trump Copycat
 
 - Gabbard Going from the ridiculous to the profane
 
 
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					| Saturday, November 24, 2018 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 November 24, 2018 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 2:16 PM :: 6088 Views 
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 - Lloyd’s of London Throws in the Towel on Lava Exclusion
 
 - The Jones Act: Charting a New Course after a Century of Failure
 
 - Political Connections Pay Off: Gill Family to Cash in on Makakilo Wind Farm
 
 - Sex, Lies and Retaliation at Big Island Election Office—6 years later Case Reaches Supreme Court
 
 - Climate report paints dire picture for Hawaii – Public Laughs at Mindless Eco-Hysteria
 
 - Iwase Out at PUC—Who Will Raise our Rates Next?
 
 - Bus fares could go up, again
 
 - Big Island Taxicab drivers say Uber, Lyft putting them at unfair disadvantage
 
 - An alternative for the homeless?
 
 
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					| Friday, November 23, 2018 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 November 23, 2018 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 2:54 PM :: 3687 Views 
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 - Honolulu Tax Evader a Big Deal in Guam, Micronesia
 
 - Criminal Al Hee’s Scam Company May be Forced into Bankruptcy
 
 - Key to DPP Change: Fewer HGEA Members Making Excuses  
 
 - Ex-prison guard charged in three inmates’ assaults
 
 
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					| Thursday, November 22, 2018 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 November 22, 2018 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 3:40 PM :: 3587 Views 
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 - The hidden story of the third Thanksgiving: 1623--giving thanks for freedom
 
 - Wind Farm: Hearing to Consider Plan to Kill More Bats, Petrels
 
 - DoE Announces New Scheme to Extract CIP Money from Legislature
 
 - Hawaii AG Demands More Focus on Trannies
 
 - If Hawaiians Were Indians, Hawaii Would be #3 for Reservations 
 
 - Medicaid waivers allowed for inpatient psychiatric treatment
 
 - UH: Convicted Felon Paid to Get Other Convicts Released
 
 - State economic growth downgraded
 
 - Permitting delays hinder small business, startup growth in Hawaii
 
 - State’s unfunded liabilities crisis has a silver lining
 
 - Honolulu’s Secret Home Buyers Must Now Reveal Their Identities
 
 - Hawaii Legislative “Tricks”
 
 - HECO Playing Games With Proposed Makakilo Wind Farm
 
 - East Honolulu City Council candidate to appeal razor thin loss
 
 - Family blames bureaucracy for keeping 85-year-old sex offender on the streets
 
 - Substance abuse put former athletes on different paths to redemption
 
 
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					| Wednesday, November 21, 2018 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 November 21, 2018 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 7:04 PM :: 3429 Views 
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 - UHERO: Revenue Decoupling Jacks up Utility Rates
 
 - Tulsi Gabbard Just Called Donald Trump A Bitch for Being Insufficiently Russian
 
 - Ikaika Anderson: Council Homeless Policy Like Homosexual Gathering
 
 - With Few Days Left in Office, Drug-Infused Councilwoman Continues to Spout Sovereignty Rhetoric
 
 - Homeless Child Molester Busted at Ala Moana Beach Park 
 
 - Anti-Dairy Protesters Drive Big Island dairy farm out of business
 
 - Change Honolulu Rail’s Route Right Now Because of Sea Level Rise
 
 - Caldwell vetoes bill giving condo owners more time to comply with fire safety law
 
 - Native Hawaiians claim voter suppression at Leeward Oahu polling sites during general election
 
 - Former Hawaii Geothermal site destroyed by lava; PGV says risk of of hydrogen sulfide release ‘minimal’
 
 - Hawaii County Council passes measure regulating short-term vacation rentals
 
 - Federal Report: No Evidence That Agent Orange Was Used On Guam
 
 
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					| Tuesday, November 20, 2018 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 November 20, 2018 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 5:54 PM :: 3168 Views 
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 - Hawaii putting bond investors in a world of hurt
 
 - Hawaii Grade C for Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment Laws
 
 - HRA Backs Hawaii Concealed Carry Lawsuit
 
 - UH 'Scientists' Assemble Cavalcade of Global Warming Hysterias
 
 - A Smaller World 
 
 - Women's March Founder: "Anti-Semitism, anti-LBGTQIA sentiment, and hateful, racist rhetoric part of the platform"
 
 - Grandstanding: Hirono Lawsuit Challenges Trump Appointment 
 
 - OHA Money Grab Behind Star-Adv Push for Higher DLNR Land Rents
 
 - Telescope foes ask Hawaii high court to reconsider ruling
 
 - AG to Release Result of Investigation into HGEA-Controlled Lunatic Asylum
 
 - Did Hawaii Lawmakers Poison Their Relationship With Gov. Ige?
 
 - $17M—300% Sewer fee hike advanced
 
 - We’re Number One!  Construction underway in Iwilei for largest hygiene center in the nation
 
 - New location discussed for Waianae homeless
 
 - Soft on Crime: 10 Convictions out on the Streets Does it Again
 
 - Time For Honolulu To Finally Decide On Natatorium’s Future?
 
 
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					| Monday, November 19, 2018 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 November 19, 2018 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 4:42 PM :: 3449 Views 
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 - Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted November 18, 2018
 
 - HART Admits Taxpayers 100% on the Hook for P3 Contract
 
 - Waters and supporters threaten recount lawsuits
 
 - Green Energy Hustlers Thrilled at Prospect of 20% Higher Electric Bills
 
 - Rename Hawaii Consumer Advocate the Rate Advocate
 
 - Shakedown: Judge calls inspections at Pohakuloa training area ‘grossly inadequate’
 
 - DLNR Leasing Strategy: Wait for Phone to Ring
 
 - DLNR Criticized for Not Looting Tenants of Kanohelehua Industrial Park
 
 - DHHL: Three Years of Paper Shuffling Before Construction Can Begin
 
 - DPP Whac-a-Mole
 
 - Maui: Will Planning Comm Water Down $20K/day TVR Fines?
 
 
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					| Sunday, November 18, 2018 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 November 18, 2018 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 6:31 PM :: 4080 Views 
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 - Thousands of HSTA Members Could be Targeted by New Anti-Bullying Policy
 
 - Senate Announces Leadership, Committee Chairs
 
 - Full Bilingual Hawaiian-English Bible Published
 
 - Walden versus OHA’s LLCs
 
 - OHA Operatives Squeeze DLNR Harbors Division for Money as Ala Wai redevelopment Looms
 
 - Open-Carry: Hawaii Paints itself into corner 
 
 - Lt. Gov. needs a real job or save us the big salary
 
 - Hygiene Center Homeless Vortex: Drug dealing, public drinking, street sex, street brawls, stabbings and murders
 
 - Hanalei Residents Angle for Six More Months Without Tourists, TVRs
 
 - Bill Would Keep Hordes of Tourists out of Leilani Estates
 
 - New Age Quacks Behind Anti-Vaxxers Mobilizing to Keep Your Kids Sick
 
 - When hype overpowers fact, we get mongoosed
 
 
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					| Saturday, November 17, 2018 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 November 17, 2018 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 2:14 PM :: 9167 Views 
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 - City to Feds: OK We've Done What You Told Us To
 
 - State Legislature Hiring for Upcoming Session
 
 - Maui rental fines not fine
 
 - Hawaii: Nobody Has More Individual Income Tax Brackets
 
 - UH: Ken Lawson Admits his “Innocence Project” Brought Alleged Pimp to Hawaii 
 
 - Legislative Agenda: State to Build 1000s of Condos at $300K ea?
 
 - Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation to pay $13M for construction claims
 
 - Ala Wai Harbor P3 Draws Interest from Developers
 
 - Homeless Tent City: “Rapes, stabbings, theft. It was the weak preying on the weaker.”
 
 
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					| Friday, November 16, 2018 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 November 16, 2018 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 4:33 PM :: 3371 Views 
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 - Auditor Rips Health Department Oversight of Board and Care Homes 
 
 - HR5025: Protect Fishermen from Enviro Fines
 
 - Bum Patrol: City Launches 24/7 Security Project for Nine Parks
 
 - HART approves rail recovery plan—New Cost $9.196B
 
 - DoE SPED: We’re Incompetent so Give Us More Money 
 
 - Hawaii Suicide Squad too Eager—Might Blow Chance to Spread Scheme to Mainland States
 
 - HGEA Coverup: A year later, few answers into how admitted killer escaped from Kaneohe psychiatric hospital
 
 - Maui Solar Schemes to Score $0.11 per kwh
 
 - DHHL: Remove unauthorized hale
 
 - NELHA Tax Credit Scheme Blames Global Cooling for Losses
 
 - Bruno Mars Proves Aloha Stadium Structurally Sound
 
 
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					| Thursday, November 15, 2018 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 November 15, 2018 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 3:24 PM :: 3450 Views 
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 - Esther Kia'aina--New OHA CEO?
 
 - GE Tax Receipts Down 0.7%
 
 - $206M Short: Hawaii’s budget surplus shrinks to $750M
 
 - 10 Family Members, 4 Bedrooms And ‘A Dream To Have Your Own Place’—The Reality of ‘Monster Homes’
 
 - Council Passes Expedited Permitting Ordinance—DPP Promises to Retaliate by Slowing Occupancy Permits 
 
 - Kauai Bill 2725: Fake Affordable Housing Bill Would Squelch Development, Lock Buyers out of Real Estate Appreciation
 
 - Hawaii County Sewer Rates to Double?
 
 - BUSTED: Hu Honua Lies Designed to Cover Up 28.6 cents per kwh Cost of Production
 
 - Maui Enviros Panic as Real Farmer Considers Growing on former HC&S Cane Lands
 
 - Money is the sticking point for striking hotel workers
 
 - Two Inmates Alleged Beatings by HCC Guards
 
 - Hawaii Democrats Should ‘stop kowtowing to entrenched special interests’
 
 
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					| Wednesday, November 14, 2018 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 November 14, 2018 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 4:20 PM :: 4654 Views 
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 - Hawaii 39% of Homeowners are 'Equity Rich'
 
 - Applications Being Accepted for Maui County Boards and Commissions
 
 - Nine New Democrats Elected to House
 
 - Ninth Circuit Considers Plea of Guam Elders in Airport Land Compensation Case
 
 - Anti-Pesticide Hysteria: Enviros Shift from Bees to Birds 
 
 - Who’s Who: 2019 Legislative Committee Chairs 
 
 - Time to plan for next election already here 
 
 - HART’s P3 Plan Another Bad Sign For Rail
 
 - FAR would hurt all homeowners
 
 - Blaisdell vision costs too much
 
 - Maui Vacation rental fines inviting legal trouble
 
 - Oahu retirement home clarifies assisted suicide rules—ACLU Not Satisfied
 
 - It’s not just that Hawaii can’t hire enough teachers. Schools also can’t convince them to stay
 
 - Council: Hike Bus Fares 300% for Seniors
 
 - Honolulu Council Working to Reestablish Kakaako Homeless Tent City
 
 - Slow-Moving VA System Keeps Homeless Vets on the Street
 
 - How Prosecutors Blew Pimp Case
 
 - Analysis: Lane Could Have Destroyed Thousands of Aging Honolulu Homes
 
 
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					| Tuesday, November 13, 2018 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 November 13, 2018 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 6:09 PM :: 4744 Views 
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 - Hawaii rank goes up, but not its economic freedom
 
 - How to Build More Housing in Hawaii
 
 - Caldwell: No Limebike Treatment for Ride Sharee
 
 - Soft on Crime: Judge drops all charges against former death row inmate prosecutors said wanted to build prostitution empire
 
 - Hawaii’s stun gun ban will be Overturned Soon
 
 - Defeat of HART charter amendment to be Exploited as Latest Excuse for delays and costs     
 
 - Star-Adv: City Faking TOD Affordable Housing Requirement
 
 - Housing First Reduces Veteran Homelessness
 
 - Ige plans to push for lava relief funding (sort of)
 
 - Legislative Agenda: Wakai Pushing Wasteful Aloha Stadium Replacement Project
 
 - Nago Screw Up:  Waianae polling places ran out of same day registration forms
 
 - Hawaii Needs Automatic Recount For Close Elections
 
 - Teenage Tranny On the Lookout Every Day for Excuse to File Grievance against HSTA Members
 
 
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					| Monday, November 12, 2018 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 November 12, 2018 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 7:13 PM :: 3879 Views 
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 - Telescope: OHA Greenmail Overplays its Hand?
 
 - Honolulu VA has Lowest Job Vacancy Rate in USA
 
 - Hawaii 3rd Skinniest State
 
 - Tulsi Gabbard for President? Campaign Decision by Christmas
 
 - Hawaii Ethanol Craze Ran Amok Producing Bad Legacy Legislation
 
 - DOH to hold hearing on Hu Honua power plant
 
 - Hawaii Trannies Put on Blackface Show while Pushing Gay Bullying Policy in DoE
 
 - Bills 79 and 80: Outlaw Affordable Housing ‘Monsters’
 
 - Schatz: Remove Troops from Border so Caravan of Democrat Voters Can Get in
 
 - Hawaii Students Drugged
 
 
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					| Sunday, November 11, 2018 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 November 11, 2018 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 3:51 PM :: 3950 Views 
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 - Hawaii WWI Centennial - a Full Day of Events at the Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial
 
 - Honolulu VA Touts Few Improvements
 
 - Oh? Can’t We Keep HART’s Funding Sources “Pure”?
 
 - Special Funds: Auditor Looks at HART, OHA, PUC and Others
 
 - Hawaii GOP lost by largest margin since statehood
 
 - Was rail worth all the pain? Voters suggest maybe not
 
 - Legislative Team Hanabusa: Ige Still isn’t Talking to us
 
 - Honolulu VA Medical Center Among Worst 30% -- again
 
 - Legislative Agenda: More Spending for Education
 
 - Legislative Agenda: Micromanage UH Textbook Selection
 
 - Nanakuli charter school once hailed as educational leader in upheaval amid financial woes
 
 - Kauai: ‘Affordable’ Housing Residents Will Never Catch Up
 
 - Hawaii County Council to Dump ‘Open Spaces’ Fund
 
 
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					| Saturday, November 10, 2018 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 November 10, 2018 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 7:00 PM :: 3530 Views 
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 - Hawaii Supreme Court Affirms TMT Permit 4-1 -Dissenting Opinion Published
 
 - House Republicans Select Gene Ward as Leader
 
 - Bad News has a Silver Lining
 
 - Higher taxes do not make housing cheaper
 
 - Meet the New and Recycled Faces in the Legislature
 
 - Telescope: Wilson Dissent Published, Protesters Given 10 More Days to File       
 
 - Maui Eco Activists Horrified at Possibility of Coffee and Citrus Spreading Across Maui Cane fields
 
 - Homeless Lunatics Must be Forced to Accept Shelter—but Politicians Would Rather Play Politics
 
 - Failure of Mental Health Care System: Lunatic Terrorizes Local College
 
 - Falls of Clyde to be Returned to Scotland 
 
 
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					| Friday, November 9, 2018 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 November 9, 2018 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 4:49 PM :: 3509 Views 
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 - Hawaii ACLU Threatens to Sue Nursing Home for Refusing to Help Patients Kill Themselves
 
 - Cost of Long Term Care--Hawaii 3rd Highest in USA
 
 - Ige Proclaims ‘Transgender Day of Remembrance’
 
 - Hawaii #1 State for Viagra Prescriptions
 
 - Trump Admin: Caldwell a Section 8 High Performer 
 
 - Star-Adv: Lets Make General Elections Democrat-Only
 
 - Bill speeding up building permits poised for final vote at City Council
 
 - Kim resumes work on plan for Maunakea
 
 - Vacation Rental Ban Could Be ‘The Final Death Blow’ For Puna
 
 - Legislative Agenda: Potheads to Push for Edibles 
 
 - Hilo gun owner contests petition in open-carry case
 
 - California Shooting: Failure of Mental Health Care System
 
 - Soft on Crime: Child Molester May be Released on Technicality
 
 
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					| Thursday, November 8, 2018 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 November 8, 2018 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 6:27 PM :: 3805 Views 
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 - Teachers Union: Push Sovereignty Movement in Classrooms
 
 - House Democrats Announce Committee Chairs
 
 - Public meetings scheduled for Oahu Climate Action Plan
 
 - More Traffic Jams -- Oahu Bike Plan update to be announced at public meeting
 
 - Does Your State Have a Marriage Penalty?
 
 - Premature Birth--Hawaii Grade 'D'
 
 - EPA requires closures of 10 illegal cesspools in Hawaii in 2018   
 
 - Hirono to Telescope Protester: ‘The Court has Ruled’
 
 - News Flash: So-called ‘Monster house’ Really Two Houses built on Land Zoned for Apartment Building---Rampaging Mob of Star-Advertiser Editors Continues to Demand Demolition
 
 - After a two-year dry spell, Hawaii once again has a lone Republican in the state Senate
 
 - Fevella’s win gives Republicans a state Senate caucus of 1 (again)
 
 - LoPresti Refusing to Concede?
 
 - Tommy Waters not conceding to Trevor Ozawa in Honolulu City Council race
 
 - Toppled after 28 years at OHA, Rowena Akana punished for Giving Evidence to Attorney General
 
 - Maui Anti-GMO Council Majority to Crown Biofuel Schemer King?
 
 - Precinct Vote is Anti-GMO, Absentee Vote is Pro-GMO (again)
 
 - Kauai 2020: Solution to Anti-GMO Ignorance—Abolish Polling Places
 
 - After Ruggles joins Sovereignty Movement--Proposal would give County Council power to censure absent members
 
 - HPD Chief: Police Not At Fault In Closing Of Domestic Violence Program
 
 - Hawaii Harbors Division looking to capitalize on development opportunities amid rail project
 
 
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					| Wednesday, November 7, 2018 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 November 7, 2018 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 3:26 PM :: 3678 Views 
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 - Final Read—Hawaii Election Results
 
 - Statewide Election Results: Hawaii’s Voter Turnout Was Almost A Historic Low
 
 - Exit Poll: Hawaii voters say nation headed wrong way
 
 - Senate Monopoly Broken: Republican Kurt Fevella beats Matt LoPresti in Ewa Beach
 
 - Recycling Crazy: Rida Cabanilla re-replaces Matt Lopresti in State House
 
 - Oahu: 7,000 Late-Arriving Absentee Ballots Counted Overnight Put Ozawa Over the top by 22 votes
 
 - Assorted Anti-GMO Nuts—Election Results
 
 - Kauai County overwhelmingly votes to keep term limits
 
 - Big Island Voters Say Yes to Fiscal Notes, Transparency
 
 - Maui Voters Want Tougher Fines For Unlicensed Airbnbs
 
 - Suicide in isles underreported
 
 - If You Really Believe in Sea-Level Rise You will Change rail route
 
 - How Self-Obsessed are Hawaii Environmentalists?
 
 
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					| Tuesday, November 6, 2018 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 November 6, 2018 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 8:06 PM :: 4587 Views 
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 - Election Day Reminders
 
 - DCCA Seeking Applicants for State Boards
 
 - Legislative Agenda: Oxycontin Will be Excuse to Make Your Insurance Policy Cover Marijuana
 
 - ConCon Complaint: Campaign Spending Violation on Front page 
 
 - Caldwell Decides to Soak Property Tax Payers $214M for Rail Loan
 
 - Social Engineering: Caldwell Plans to Ban Cars and Buses from Waikiki
 
 - Gubernatorial candidates both focusing on the high cost of housing
 
 - Hawaii GOP focusing on conservative-leaning districts in battle against blue wave
 
 - Maui Anti-GMO Candidate Funded by Dead Man
 
 - ConCon opponents raise $740,000
 
 - Hawaii: Low Voter Turnout Dictated by Lack of hot races 
 
 - Despite easier registration rules, early voting figures remain low
 
 - Strategies 360: Money-oriented PR Firm Is Getting Involved In Hawaii Politics
 
 - Kauai Disaster Becomes Excuse for anti-TVR Policy: Mayor Extends Ban on Hanalei TVRs
 
 - There's a big increase in crime due to 15 cents bag fee on Oahu, says Retail Merchants of Hawaii
 
 - City Council Plays Politics--could halt homeless enforcement bills
 
 - Hu Honua: How a Dirty Biomess Plant Gets to be considered ‘Green’
 
 - State review prompted by false missile alert months behind schedule
 
 - Victim Advocates Withdraw From Partnership with Honolulu Police
 
 
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					| Monday, November 5, 2018 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									By Andrew Walden @ 1:34 PM :: 5068 Views 
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 - Honolulu 3rd Highest Proportion of Homeless Veterans
 
 - Honolulu Tagged in Bloomberg American Cities Climate Challenge
 
 - Mainland Gays: Our Agenda Only Half-Complete in Hawaii 
 
 - Mental Health Care: Report Ranks Hawaii at Bottom of States
 
 - Report on the Implementation of State Auditor’s Recommendations
 
 - Filmmaker Sues Hawaii: My Film Is ‘Not The History They Want Told’
 
 - Rent-Seeking Behavior: OHA, DLNR Destroy Hawaii’s Only Flour Mill
 
 - Ineffectual Hawaii Republicans Allow Hawaii Democrats to Flood Mainland with Money
 
 - Some hotel workers in CA reach a deal, but Hawaii’s strike continues   
 
 - Two Years Later Builder Finally Gets Building Permit
 
 - How Shrinks Help Lunatic Escape Justice--Win for public’s right to know
 
 - Soft on Crime: Honolulu Rape Kit Tests Produce 120 Hits and 19 Serial Rapists – But no Prosecutions
 
 - Prostitution charges against ‘johns‘ dismissed
 
 - Big Island Real Estate Sales Down Sharply
 
 - Global Warming: How One Environmentalist Scores a Lifetime of Free Hawaiian Vacations
 
 
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					| Sunday, November 4, 2018 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 November 4, 2018 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 7:37 PM :: 3284 Views 
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 - It’s Real Property Because We Said So!
 
 - Rail: Ansaldo seeking $200M over rail delays
 
 - By Thumbing Nose at Auditor, HART Alienates Legislature
 
 - 2020: Pine, Anderson Already Raising Money for Mayoral Campaigns 
 
 - Shapiro: Death of GOP Makes Election Pointless, Need Shift to ‘Top Two’ Runoff System
 
 - Maui Council: Anti-GMO Activists Leave Trail of Chaos, Criminality
 
 - Maui County awaits appeal of timeshare tax ruling
 
 - Sovereignty Activists Block Entrance to Barking Sands, Demand Money
 
 - Feds target Big Island police officer in beating death investigation
 
 - Hilo: Program to curb homeless trespassing
 
 
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					| Saturday, November 3, 2018 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 November 3, 2018 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 7:00 PM :: 3731 Views 
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 - Lawsuit: OHA-Owned Corporations Must Comply With Open Records Laws
 
 - Cheese: The GMO food die-hard GMO opponents love, but don’t want to label
 
 - Hawaii 2nd Highest Down Payment Percentage in USA
 
 - 2018 -- Best Small Cities in Hawaii
 
 - Who Spent What, When, and Where on the Con-Con Referendum
 
 - UH Manoa Reorganization Would Create Fat Juicy Administrative Positions
 
 - Democrats Worried Looney LoPresti May Lose Ewa Senate Race
 
 - Early voting numbers predict low voter turnout for general election
 
 - Maui Council panel OKs bill to cut Paia and Haiku short-term rentals to 65
 
 - Hawaii County Another step forward for vacation rental bill
 
 - UPW Just Can’t Get it Right: Erroneous releases from HCCC continue
 
 - Waikiki Natatorium one of 100 memorials nationwide to receive special WWI honor
 
 
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					| Friday, November 2, 2018 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 November 2, 2018 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 5:03 PM :: 3675 Views 
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 - Why OHA Needs to be More Transparent
 
 - Oahu: Lack of Wind Threatens Rolling Blackouts
 
 - Hawaii DoE: 10% of Students Consider Suicide Each Year
 
 - Lower cost of living to help teachers, everyone
 
 - Election Day Reminders
 
 - Design Flaws May Delay Rail’s Interim Opening Set For 2020 
 
 - City will be using $214M of HGEA’s Property Tax Revenue to help pay for rail
 
 - Too busy to spend money: Hawaii County crises boosted budget savings
 
 - HUD report: Hawaii sees fewer homeless veterans this year compared to last
 
 - Ballard: HPD Focusing on Mental Health of Street People
 
 - Police Commission: Why Is It So Hard To Get A Permit To Carry A Gun In This City?
 
 - State Supreme Court rules those who solicited prostitutes can wipe record
 
 - Report: DOE Has Mostly Fixed Flaws In Its Bus Transportation System
 
 - Navy points finger of Red Hill fuel on human error, community uneasy over future problems
 
 - “Extra”utility poles going away under $45M Hawaiian Telcom, HECO deal
 
 - Policing Hawaii’s Illegal Vacation Rentals
 
 
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									 November 1, 2018 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 7:51 PM :: 5592 Views 
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 - Rail: Bill 42 Breaks a Promise
 
 - Hawaii ACLU: Catholics Must Participate in Assisted Suicide
 
 - Honolulu Development Plan Forum Set for Weds Nov 7
 
 - Who Are OHA's Real Misspenders?
 
 - HR 5026: Streamline Citizenship process for American Samoa US Nationals 
 
 - Con-Con: Hawaii’s only hope for term limits 
 
 - Some OHA Candidates Back Telescope Project
 
 - Mauna Kea: Chin Promises No More Crying Police Apologizing to Protesters
 
 - Telescope: End of the Line for Legal Obstructionism
 
 - Hawaii DoE 10% of Students Consider Suicide Each Year
 
 - Retaliation: Honolulu curtails 'courtesy inspections' of construction, delaying commercial projects by 2 years for No Particular Reason
 
 - Planning panel endorses Caldwell’s new plan on vacation rentals
 
 - Next Episode of Red Hill Drama Set for Thursday
 
 - State considers Leeward Oahu property as site for homeless ‘ohana zone,' but not everyone is on board
 
 - Why The State Wants To Build This Ala Moana High-Rise Above A Shelter
 
 - Venture Capital in Hawaii—37% goes to Marijuana
 
 - Legislators Tricked HSTA Leadership into Spending $521K on Doomed Ballot Initiative
 
 - UH Preps Budget Sales Pitch
 
 - HMSA Forces 3000 onto Obamacare -- Making Taxpayers Cover More Expensive Plans
 
 - Another Alleged Homosexual Child Molester Sued
 
 
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