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Monday, December 31, 2012 December 31, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:33 PM :: 3899 Views Report: State Office of Planning to Become Super-PLDC $1 Trillion Obamacare Tax Hike Hitting on Jan. 1 WaPo: Last Day Play by Play on ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Negotiations WT: Republicans have conceded ‘Green’ A&B Now Hawaii’s Largest ‘Renewable’ Energy Profiteer Fiscal Cliff, Loss of Seniority Require “Budget Re-Management” Rail at Risk: Abercrombie’s SHPD Set to Lose Federal Certification Due to Incompetence Abercrombie, not Inouye is ‘Relic of Bygone Era’ Mainland Homosexuals Pledged $750K to Back Blake Oshiro for Senate Schatz accepting resumes for Washington, isles staff jobs Visitors broke tourism records Star-Adv: State must control commercial uses of public beaches Homeless? Federal Funding Targets Female Vets OHA ‘Stab in the Back’ to Poi Mill Workers Soft-on-Crime Policies Cause Death of Criminal Am Samoa Scrambles to Save US Banking Presence Isle soldiers prepare for Afghan mission Read More..

Sunday, December 30, 2012 December 30, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:18 PM :: 4362 Views Helping Hawaii to Help Itself Prosecutor: Illinois Ruling May Affect Concealed-Carry Laws in Hawaii Honolulu Rail Remedy - Phasers On Minimal Tom Berg: Farewell to Honolulu Hale Molokai Alt-Energy Festival Arakawa, Tsutsui, Souki, Machado: Inouye Was One of Us Hundreds pay respect to late U.S. senator in Lihu‘e Star-Adv: Inouye Death Proves Mayans Right Audits: Recycling Centers Stealing Millions from Taxpayers HSTA Member: Teacher evaluation not a simple matter Democrats sought for Central Maui Senate seat O‘Conner to chair Kauai Police Commission, Appeal Likely to Move Forward Read More..

Saturday, December 29, 2012 December 29, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:18 PM :: 4286 Views Full Text: "Leveraging State Agency Involvement in Transit-Oriented Development" Mayor-elect Caldwell Announces Key Appointments Hawaii DOE 2012 Year in Review Lanai to Congress: End Wind Production Tax Credit Kealakekua Kayak Rentals: DLNR Bans Small Businesses From Water Former Kauai Prosecutor Makes List of "America's Worst Bosses" Governor Appoints Judge Dean Ochiai to First Circuit Court Counties, Controlled by Old-Boys Getting No Hearing in Legislature Schatz First Day: Gives Away $60 Billion Hirono’s Plan for the Future: “Sooner or Later Seniority Has to Begin Again” Is military spending vulnerable in post-Inouye Hawaii? Carlisle, Berg Gone, Pledge Return Feds Fund Honolulu’s Rail Transit But Burials Complicate Route Danny DeGracia: The End of the Hawaii Republican Party Maximizing Solar Energy Credits in the New Year Campaigns & Elections Magazine Names Hawaii's Top 10 Political Influencers of 2012 Animal Liberation Nuts Pay Ringling Bros Circus $9.8M for Fraudulent Lawsuit HMSA Hikes Rates 8.8% Hawaii’s Shield law to expire in June Mayor Arakawa signs isle plan, ‘framework’ for future of Maui Read More..

Friday, December 28, 2012 December 28, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:16 PM :: 5505 Views "Impeach Abercrombie" Senator Donna Mercado Kim Selected as Senate President Shan Tsutsui Accepts Lt Governor Position, Not Moving to Oahu Rail: Tashima's final ruling — now the case is eligible for appeal Full Text: HART Wins Favorable Rail Ruling FULL TEXT: Native Hawaiian Justice Task Force Report Souza Appointed Oahu District Family Court Judge Tsutsui for Governor 2014? Tsutsui Promotion Shakes Up PLDC Legislation? Star-Adv: City Hall changes are promising Fiscal Cliff: Health officials worry about cuts to reimbursements Solar Scammers Now Claim DoTax is ‘Rewriting’ Law Biofuel: HELCO rate hike request blasted With Schatz Gone, Who Will Champion LNG? PBN: Green Energy, Tourism Will Continue to Drive Economy in 2013 Hawaii tourism revenue on record-breaking pace Read More..

Thursday, December 27, 2012 December 27, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:03 PM :: 4832 Views Abercrombie Appoints Schatz, Mazie to be Junior Senator Inouye Staff Offer Dead Fish, Tell Schatz ‘Good Luck’ Hubris Online: Abercrombie’s Head Scratcher Not Logical, Must be Personal Obama Skips Inouye in Memoirs Seniority? Hawaii is better off without it Matson Buying Reef Shipping DoE Launching College, Career Readiness Assessments 3 Stooges VIDEO: Biden Swears in Schatz as Reid Looks on Schism: Abercrombie May Have Ignited Civil War in Democratic Party Star-Adv: Schatz Has to Prove He’s Earned it before 2014 LG: Tsutsui or Say? Fiscal Cliff to Tax All Earners Obama Hits Balls with Buddy Busted in Prostitution Sting More PV installations on Oahu this year than in past decade combined No Rail Decision Yet, Decision Faces Likely Appeal EIS needed for transit-oriented development in Kakaako Group has 38 ideas to reduce Hawaiians in prison Read More..

Wednesday, December 26, 2012 December 26, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:46 PM :: 15461 Views Hilo, Kailua-Kona, Maui, Honolulu: Tea Party ‘Mastermind’ to Speak Mazie Cries: “Me, Me, Me!” Schatz is considered leader among 14 candidates to replace Inouye Obama to end Christmas vacation early Sequestration threat hangs over Hawaii military base where Obama landed for vacation County Governments to Host Services for Inouye Herculean Effort Needed to Buy out Turtle Bay Developers Link between pot, psychosis goes both ways in kids After 30 years on Streets, Homeless Dude Retiring to Home For Elderly Chicago Neighborhoods Jostle for Obama Library Hawaii judge Ezra coming to Alamo City American Samoa officials in Hawaii to look at bank options Read More..

Tuesday, December 25, 2012 December 25, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:14 PM :: 4505 Views How Christmas Came to Hawaii Maui Chamber: Abercrombie Budget Short $372M Complete List of the Gay-Atheist Potheads Who are Selecting your next Senator Inouye replacement to be named Wednesday Combined ceremony will install Council and mayor Tsuji: Farmers Should be Forced to Comply with “Food Safety” Certification Federal workers feel unease over potential layoffs, furloughs unleashed by ‘fiscal cliff’ Time running out on defense industry efforts to avoid sequester DHS Grants Hawaii Real ID Extension New year could be a time for revisiting possible ferry Read More..

Monday, December 24, 2012 December 24, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:18 PM :: 4798 Views Is Abercrombie Vitousek? Ed Case: Disagreeing With Inouye 'Cost me dearly' Case Applies for Senate Vacancy Sea Level Rise? Nonsense, Oahu is Rising From the Sea How Christmas Came to Hawaii Dead Fish Story at ‘Boss’ Inouye Memorial Star-Adv: Inouye ‘Trick’ to Pass Akaka Bill Beyond the Grave Kiaaina Jumps In 1 in 5 city towing bills inflated, invoices show Barking Sands: 430 Rocket Launches North Korea could have U.S. within missile range, says South Inouye: Great Friend of Israel Obama Gives Kuhio Park Developer $300K Gun Control Screeds: Carlisle Seeks to Build on Hands-Off Management Legacy Read More..

Sunday, December 23, 2012 December 23, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:20 PM :: 5491 Views Hawaiian Culture: "All politics was religious and all religions were political" Helping to Drain the State Treasury With Tax Credits Why Not Hunting? Hawaii DCCA Wins Case Against Payday Lenders Two Hawaii Supreme Court Cases to Watch How Christmas Came to Hawaii VIDEO: A Better Day with Senator Slom and Special Guest Linda Smith Star-Adv: Ed Case was Right, We Support Hirono against Hanabusa Harry Reid to Abercrombie:  Ignore Hirono, Make Quick Appointment ILind: Forget Hanabusa, Abercrombie Would Rather Appoint a Liberal Star-Adv: “Smaller than expected” Crowd at Inouye Memorial Obama Golfing in Hawaii With Pal Arrested in Prostitution Sting Occupy Lawsuit Seeks Boost to Homelessness Industry UPW’s For Profit Prison to Boost Hilo’s Economy? North Korea EMP attack could destroy U.S. — now Sovereignty Activist Dies Afghanistan: Continuing the Legacy   Read More..

Saturday, December 22, 2012 December 22, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:42 PM :: 6013 Views House Finance Ctte to Consider Budget Committee on Energy and Environment to Discuss Invasive Species UHERO: Hawaii Personal Income Growth Slows DOE Releases Report on Farrington High School Auditorium Collapse U.S. East and Gulf Coast dock strike may threaten Islanders No Hawaii Beverage Tax Rail: Honolulu Pays $5.5B, Orlando Gets Train for Free “Battle for Control of the Democratic Party” List of Senate Wannabees to be Released Monday Today We Are Gathered … To Hear More About Me Not a Single Teacher Fired in 2010-11--Cheating Draws One Day Suspension HART completes trench work for archaeological survey ahead of schedule Surge is on to get gun registrations and permits Deedy seeking to limit later use of his testimony Foreclosures march toward levels seen before law’s overhaul City crosswalk pilot project launches $1000/day Fines for Plastic Bag Use on Big Island UH biosafety lab on Kalaeloa site gets federal OK Hawaii State Energy Office able to show location of renewable energy resources EPA Maui Water report Doesn’t Give Enviros What they Want City Raid on Occupy Nets Junk, Misses Tents Court Stays Law Barring Therapy for Boys ‘Turned’ by Predators Japan's next leader wants freer rein for military Pressure grows on Senate Democrats to act on ‘fiscal cliff’ Read More..

Friday, December 21, 2012 December 21, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:13 PM :: 5568 Views Sneak Attack? Akaka Bill Placed on Senate Calendar List of Potential Senate Candidates is also List of Potential Special Election Candidates Akaka's Hatch Act Modernization Bill Passes Congress Akaka Introduces Tribal Self-Governance Bill Auditor: Keep Postsecondary Authorization Board at UH Auditor Identifies Eleven Improper Revolving Funds Abercrombie Plan: Shortchange Retirees for next 150 Years Star-Adv: Keep Giving Millions to Solar Scammers while Legislature Dithers Barrel Tax: State Energy Office Makes Grab for General Fund Iwase: State Should form Panel Mandated to Invent New Types of Taxation State urged to beef up its mental health services Cayetano to Speak on 'Ending Corruption in Hawaii' Police Cleanse Thomas Square Hawaii's population grows by 1% in past year Bad News for Solar Scammers, Electric Bills Going Down Big Cable: What Passes for Resource Planning In Hawaii Gun lines build at HPD headquarters HECO Faces: ‘Strong Regulated Growth Opportunities’ Obama: Inspired by Vision of Inouye Prosecuting Nixon   Japan: Inouye Monopolized US-Japan Relations, death leaves hole North Korea’s missile launch could affect work in Hawaii Kauai Council bans Fishing at Old Hawaiian Fish Pond Read More..

Thursday, December 20, 2012 December 20, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:10 PM :: 7033 Views Update on the Federal Court Rail Project Challenge Public Health Emergency Preparedness: Hawaii Scores Near Bottom Sause Building New Barge to Service Hawaii With Hawaii Army Guard mentoring, Afghan forces take independent strides VIDEO: Inouye honored in Capitol Rotunda Hirono Fights to Block Early Hanabusa Appointment Schatz Will Apply for Senate Nomination, Inouye Cronies Threaten Abercrombie Isle delegation's power decreases to nil, Hirono not Up to the Job Star-Adv: Rail Funding Sends Signal to Judge Saddle Road completion could be in jeopardy Loss of Inouye might mean less funding Insane, Shocking: Kauai County revenues down, expenses up Planning Decision Delays Waimanalo Gulch Decision Occupy Lawsuit Could End Homeless Sweeps Hawaii Ethics Commission Sends 'Ambitious' Set of Bills to Legislature Hawaii personal income growth slows in third quarter The Atlantic: Tsunami sirens in Honolulu Suicide Doctor Plays Word Games Read More..

Wednesday, December 19, 2012 December 19, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:31 PM :: 4518 Views Hanabusa will apply for Senate vacancy, Case Considers Special Election Run Democrats Pretend to Open Selection Process $1.55B -- Feds Sign Full Funding Agreement for Rail Hawaii's Sudden Economic Tsunami Earmark Ban Helped Inouye Drive More Money to Hawaii Inouye Successor Will Face Election in 2014 Green Energy and Rail Get an 'F' Hawaii's Future: California Solar Power Adds $1.3B to Non-Users' Costs Wonderblunder: Greenwood Thanks University for 'Patience as we Process all the Confusion' Hawaii County: In Election Cases, Time Deadlines Matter Feds set no-go zones for Obama vacation Slom: Without Inouye, Abercrombie Budget Doesn’t Balance  Inouye to be Buried Sunday Vermont Grabs Appropriations, California Judiciary, Intelligence? Transit funding ceremony 'bittersweet' two days after Inouye's death Hawaii Medical Information Exchange Reaches 50% of Providers PUC Gives Abercrombie Campaign Co-Chair Lucrative Airport Biodiesel Contract Elections Commission Investigation Into Ballot Shortage Almost Pau Sunshine Law Gives Power to Lobbyists, Bureaucrats, Staff Hawaii one of Only Two States Without Independent Oversight of Property Tax Assessments Occupy Honolulu Gets Temporary restraining order against Raids Ewa Development Plan on Agenda DoE News: School Committee Chair Convicted on Kiddie Porn Charges Read More..

Tuesday, December 18, 2012 December 18, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:18 PM :: 4659 Views Hawaii Loses One of its Three Major Industries Inouye wanted Hanabusa to succeed him in U.S. Senate Senator Daniel Inouye Dies at 88 Abercrombie Submits Biennium Budget to State Legislature The Jones Act Debate in Puerto Rico: Urban Legend or a Never-Ending Story? Anti-Mafia Police Sieze More Property Tied to Hawaii Windfarm Developer Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted December 17, 2012 SA: Inouye Memorial Coverage $439M in First Year: Abercrombie Budget Boosts Spending 19% Potheads, Gay-Atheists to Select Inouye’s Replacement 33-18: Carroll, Awana Bolt to Souki Camp 20-Year HSTA Member Describes Being Worn Down by RTTT Obama expected to choose Chicago for presidential library Hawaii Among 18 States moving forward on health insurance exchanges Design flaw blamed for fall of school roof Military housing allowance in Hawaii to go up by nearly 20% for some Maluhia program best served by renewing doctor’s contract Ex-guard pleads guilty to sex assault of inmate Congresswoman:: Honolulu TSA Should go Easy on Muslims Time for Bold Action on Biofuels Read More..

Monday, December 17, 2012 December 17, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:10 PM :: 4444 Views Inouye ‘Fighting Respiratory Complications’ Jones Act union official calls islands “off-mainland threat” Republicans can win over Asian Voters, if they try Hawaii's Real Unemployment Rate: 13.7% SA: Close School, Open Prison! Legalize It? Legislature Might Amend Hawaii Pakalolo Laws An appointment with destiny for the GLBT Caucus? Answering Critics of U.S. Military Spending Bad checks, taxes, HR on Cost Control Commission’s annual report Flooding hassles in Hauula have hui 'looking at litigation' Read More..

Sunday, December 16, 2012 December 16, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:01 PM :: 4343 Views Connecticut Shooting: Failure of Mental Health System Hold the Tax Increases and Cut the Spending How Christmas Came to Hawaii 700 Civil Unions Disproportionately on Maui, Kauai Obamacare: Will HMSA/Kaiser Duopoly Block Mandated Competition? Death toll from Philippine typhoon breaches 1,000 Local ties in Hawaii help storm victims in Samoa Zero Progress: Handi-Van Strangled to Pay for Rail Public input crucial about 650-foot tower Riviere: Many questions deserve answers about Turtle Bay Resort expansion City towing vendor inflated its fees Hawaii Co Council Considers Establishing Environmentalism as Official Religion As Funding is Cut, Mauna Kea telescopes Scramble Read More..

Saturday, December 15, 2012 December 15, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:50 PM :: 4611 Views UHERO: Film Subsidies Illegal Giveaway to Corporations Honolulu Neighborhood Board Candidate Filing Opens Court: Kawaiahao Subject to Burial Council Supreme Court Slaps Down Maui County Takings Claim Guam: Mayor Seizes Neighbor's Land 31-20 Rhoades Bolts to Souki Camp Hawaii to pay athletic director $293K per year Oahu property values up $4.2B Honolulu adds 5,200 private-sector jobs over 12-month period Court: Burials Law Applies to Modern Burials Too Surfing the Nations helping Central Oahu’s Wahiawa be more family-friendly Organ donors are poised to give others the gift of life New gambling-machine sweep targets Lucky Touch arcades DNA Games: Deputy Faces Sex Assault Charges Queen's finalizes purchase of HMC Keep an eye out for possible mental illness in horrific Connecticut shooting Usual Suspects Use Connecticut Shooting to Push Gun Control Read More..

Friday, December 14, 2012 December 14, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:15 PM :: 5977 Views FULL TEXT: Former HSTA President Challenges Okabe on Negotiations Hawaii Ranks 45th in Business Policy Index Cyclone Evan Pounds Samoa, Heading for Tonga, Fiji SunRun, SolarCity: Hawaii Solar Installers Subpoenaed Intensive Care? Inouye Hospitalized Indefinitely DHHL: Another Secret Resignation from Abercrombie Administration KSBE/Mafia-Connected First Wind Switching to Solar Scams Atheist: AG Louie Helped Me Kill Charity Concert Oshiro to lead Say Faction--Challenge to Dissidents Obama’s Asia team caught off guard, partying when NK rocket launched UH regents seem neutered by 'culture of deference' 27% Pay Cut for MDs: Health-care providers plan for fiscal cliff Hawaii Among Only 15 States Opting to Run Obamacare Exchanges Hawaii’s Tallest Building to be Tower of Landlord Slavery Hippie Charter Schools Approved, Serious Ones Denied Hirono, Lingle Debts Remain After Campaign Lawmakers: HCDA Should Postpone 690 Pohukaina Decision-Making Queen's finalizes acquisition of defunct Ewa hospital Donovan Accepts AD Position at CSUF Massive Property Tax Hikes on Tap for East Hawaii Turtle Bay Resort pitches new expansion plans Drug-Free Coalition in contract dispute with city More Gambling Raids, Distributor Sues HPD Mass Hypnosis: Paradise Converted to Superfund Site Undersea Cable May Run Afoul Of WWII Munitions Dump Hawaii Non-Profits Merge DUI: $1000 or One Year Anti-GMO Hypesters to Face off with Forces of Reason, Science Alaska, Korea Talk Natural Gas All 50 States Allow Concealed Carry, Hawaii, Alabama Among only 10 With ‘May-Issue’ Homosexual Rapist Pleads Guilty Kauai Council Still Considering 500% Property Tax Hike for Disabled Veterans, DHHL, Nonprofits Read More..

Thursday, December 13, 2012 December 13, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 11:10 AM :: 5526 Views Jones Act U.S.- build requirement is a sham Hearing Act 130, Relating to Charter Schools Supreme Court: Labor Board Can Slow Walk HSTA Why Stop at $500K? DoTax Secret Agreement Allows Giant Solar Scammers to Reap Multiple Tax Credits Legacy: Dan Akaka Unable to Win Passage of Akaka Bill 3x0=0: Hirono will sit on Senate energy, judiciary and veterans committees Federal judge expects ruling in Honolulu rail lawsuit ‘in short order’ Weeks after election, state workers still not paid Hawaii one of only Two States With Hispanic HS Graduation Rates Above State Average Nearly 100 Schools to Protest Accountability Greedy HSTA Substitute teachers to receive tens of millions in back pay DoE 55 School Bus Contracts Expire this Month Another DoE Embezzler Heads to Prison Hawaii Lawmakers Report Receiving Twice as Much in Gifts as Last Year City paramedics, EMTs file complaint on overtime pay Honolulu’s October unemployment rate twice as high as pre-recession level Oi: Traffic Should be Focus of Turtle Bay Opposition Dopey Advertiser: Legalize ‘Natural’ Marijuana, Criminalize Synthetic Marijuana Invasive Moth to Combat Invasive Weed Read More..

Wednesday, December 12, 2012 December 12, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:54 PM :: 6050 Views Effects on a State After Loss of Senior Senator Sierra Club Sues, Demands DoTax Continue to Defy Legislature, Give Money to Solar Scammers TPL, OHA Gain Control of Galbraith Estate Economist: Visa Waivers Behind Hawaii Tourism Boom Study: Hawaii 2nd Healthiest State in USA North Korea Threatens with Successful Missile Launch North Korea Missile Launch Successful OHA installs five trustees to new four-year terms Enviros: NW Hawaiian Isles Should be Superfund Site Wooley: PLDC Repeal at top of Souki’s Agenda HSTA Walks Away from Negotiations over Evaluations Federal Judge to Review Arguments in Rail Lawsuit Today TOD: HCDA to Choose Developer for Kakaako Mega-Tower Thursday Hawaii Tech Transformation to Consume 2.4% of Budget Aloha Pacific Buys Up Another Credit Union Man Accused of Defrauding Elderly Creates "Hawaii Reported" Web Site Former clerk Kawauchi lands job in county prosecutor’s office Meet Jenn Labencki, The Navy Wife Demise of Star-Bulletin Leads to Less Recycling Convicted Thief Mike Golujuch Despoils Honolulu City Lights Read More..

Tuesday, December 11, 2012 December 11, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:03 PM :: 4626 Views Inouye Secretly Hospitalized Since December 6 HSTA Rejects Teacher Evaluations, Turns Down State's Offer Rail: Final Federal Court Hearing This Wednesday Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted December 10, 2012 Full Text: Green Party Sues Nago Over Botched Election Economist: Visa Waivers Behind Hawaii Tourism Boom Civil Rights Lawyer: Moanalua HS Concert Constitutional Politico: Tulsi Gabbard ‘Being Groomed for Senate’ Teachers are Dull, Sleepy--Its the Parents Fault Hawaii Has Bipartisanship, Not anti-union Fervor OHA Grabs 500 Acres of Galbraith Estate AARP: Go Over the Cliff, We’ll Be Fine Hawaii Voter Turnout Drops 4.6%, Lowest in Nation The Past-and-Future Speaker has few grassroots Cancer services need restoring Fiscal Cliff: UH Submarines Grounded Native Hawaiian college enrollment increasing at University of Hawaii campuses Number of homeless remains unchanged in Hawaii Berg: Nanakuli Community Robbed Read More..

Monday, December 10, 2012 December 10, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:15 PM :: 4272 Views Akaka Tribe: We Can Kick Out Anybody Anytime for Any Reason Hawaii Health Connector Signs Key Contracts Star-Adv: DoE Was Right to Obey Atheist Commands Teacher: HSTA Protests are Against RTTT FBI Drops Investigation of Hawaii School Bus Company Collusion Cost of UPW: Hawaii to Pay $52 per Inmate per Day in order to Shut School, Open Prison Big losses scar careers of once-elite politicians Traffic: Turtle Bay vs Envision Laie Ecos: Coastal Property values Will Crash Due to Global Worming Global Worming, Corals, and Excuses Illegal tobacco sales to minors in Hawaii drops to lowest rate ever Read More..

Sunday, December 9, 2012 December 9, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:04 PM :: 4395 Views Auditor: HI-5 Program is Exposed to Fraud HSTA: Contract Negotiations 'Most Productive in Months' Ben Jay of Ohio State University accepts job as Athletics Director Fights at Kealakehe HS Caused by Harassment of Micronesians Hawaii Ranks 48th in Broadband Deployment Having Your Cake and Eating It Too Tesoro: State’s Largest Refinery to Close? Now that Rail is Approved, Another Lane Is Suddenly Being Added to H-1  Tax-and-spend Legislature is ready to hand out gifts Abercrombie Half the Man he Used to Be UH Fumbles Announcement of New Athletic Director North Korea considers delaying rocket launch Hawaii Law Allows DPS to Temporarily Outlaw New Synthetic Drugs City selling vacant lots in Ewa as part of its revitalization plan Months After Priest Dies, Suit filed against Damien HS Big Isle teachers join in protest Read More..

Saturday, December 8, 2012 December 8, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:25 PM :: 4235 Views Honolulu City Council to Honor December 7 Vets at Ewa Field Hire the Handicapped? Hawaii One of Only 5 States Without 'Medicaid Buy-In' Governor Appoints Joshua Wisch as Deputy Director of Taxation UHERO: Developing Countries Buoy Asian Growth House Ag Committee to Consider 'Food Safety' Earful: HECO Community Meeting Set for Molokai Japan poised to shoot down North Korean missile Monday Blowback: Concert Ticket Sales Skyrocket after Drudge Report Picks up Atheist Attack Ohio State's Ben Jay accepts UH athletics director job, according to reports Senator seeks $15M for tsunami debris Pro-Se Sideshow Fails, but Hawaii Concealed Carry Case Still Before Courts Own Roadside Property? Maui Tomorrow Wants to Take it Away Hilo Boys Re-Take Kona at $21/vote After Kealakehe Fights, ‘Marshallese Cultural Awareness’ Needed? Read More..

Friday, December 7, 2012 December 7, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:32 PM :: 4864 Views Pearl Harbor, Civil Rights, and Hawaii Statehood After Atheist Attack, Charity Concert Relocated Eco Groups Testify Against New Aquarium Fish Laws Suppressed by Star-Bulletin: Pearl Harbor report published for the first time, 71 years later Attorney General Louie Refused to Defend Charity Concert Old and Wealthy dominate Hawaii voting Hawaii Legislator Salaries Going Up 25 Percent Supreme Court to hear historic same-sex marriage cases Honolulutraffic et al. & City/FTA file court papers over an injunction HART Forks Out $29.5M to Kiewit Governor Recovering from Shoulder Surgery HSTA: Contract negotiations moving forward Abuse of Micronesians Behind Kealakehe School Shutdown Caldwell, PAC Spent $5 Million In Mayoral Campaign Hanabusa Spent $1.2M, Djou $977K Pineapple PAC: Hirono Launches Political Slush Fund Activists Renew Push for Public Funding of Elections Another Big Island reporter Gets Job Working for Politician Hawaii Has Among the Lowest Unemployment State to get analysis of progress on energy goal--Many question whether HI can meet 2030 objectives Graduating senior Maria Agurto: Republican Club pres. got involved Bag ban theory Plastic sack prohibition to begin Jan. 17 Read More..

Thursday, December 6, 2012 December 6, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:23 PM :: 4092 Views Hawaii 2013: State, Federal Taxes to Top 50% Fiscal Cliff: $480M from Hawaii Kupuna Hawaii Collects $186M/year from Big Tobacco HSTA Claims 'Work to Rule' Protests Legal Is Opposition to Genetic Engineering Moral? Reapportionment Case to be Considered Jan 14 Honolulu Prosecutor: Recidivism is Going to Go Up Because of Abercrombie Council vote allows city to tap $1.55B for rail Martin Reelected Council Chair The teachers union and state resumed negotiations Wednesday DoE: Procurement Changes, IT, Bell Schedules tied to Bus Audit Schatz to be Acting Governor Report: North Korea Could Launch Rocket By Next Week Obama gives Akaka "props" at tribal nations conference Ohio State official seen as top candidate for UH athletic director Greenwood Puts Her name on Cancer Center HELCO to Convert Generator to BioMess? Eco-Faddists Launch Campaign to ban Spear Fishing Wailuku Main Street won’t comply with subpoena CommPac Adds Fale Read More..

Wednesday, December 5, 2012 December 5, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:06 PM :: 4953 Views Greenwood to Kim: Two Out of Three Ain't Bad Over 200 Hawaii Teams in Blaisdell Robotics Tourney Hawaii Medicaid Spends Least on Long Term Care Atheist Threat Shuts Down Charity Concert Mainland Lawyer in Hawaii Conspiring to Impose Gay Marriage Wind Scammers Blame Fire Department for Kahuku Fire, Same Technology Now Used on Maui Shapiro: Return Election Control to LG Akaka Bill backers trying to make end run around Congress Progressives: ‘Fiscal Cliff’ is an Opportunity to Trash Military Hawaii Medical Association Opposes Physician-Assisted Suicide Souki Snags Two More Dems, Still Needs GOP BoE: ‘Rules’ Say Teachers Work More Than Seven Hours Board Members Want More Answers From Consultant's Bus Study Now that Rail is Approved, State Suddenly Acts to Reduce Traffic Jams Gov: Hawaii taking cautious view on fiscal cliff Audio of Abercrombie Threatening Greenwood Former Gov. Ben Cayetano hospitalized overnight DLNR to Waste $100K on ‘Large Yellow Object’? Mayor Mafiaboi Sets off Fireworks Hawaii Business BOSS Survey - December 2012 Federal Lawsuit Claims Jones Act Violates the U.S. Constitution Global Worming: More Doom and Gloom from the Gore Cult Read More..

Tuesday, December 4, 2012 December 4, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:58 PM :: 4478 Views Rail: The Final Vote Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted December 3, 2012 Hawaii: 78% of Teens not Working Hawaii: 3rd Lowest Foreclosure Rate in Nation Yap: Seabees Pitch in on Canoe Project ICA Mandates 'Contested Case' for Water Disputes Play by Play: Opening Day of Hoopili Litigation Thielen: Cable Could Cost $16B, Kahuku Adds to Mass of Unused Turbines Littering the Land  Rail audit finds some flaws Rail Injunction Hearing Looms Souki announces new House leadership team Cut spending or raise taxes is the choice at Legislature Billionaire Movie Moguls Get Slap on the Wrist for Bribing legislators Who Will Lead If Inouye and Abercrombie Leave Office? Hawaii Senator Leaving Office With Akaka Bill In Limbo Star-Adv: Go Easy on Molesters Kihei Charter School’s 12-Year Success 8 other schools so far that share Collapsed Roof truss construction BoE to Discuss School Bus Report Today HECO’s Smart Meter Hoax New Kauai prosecutor vows to rebuild relationships Latest Trick: Blame Fishermen for Shark Attacks Pot Growing HPD officer's sentencing postponed until January $300K For Legal Help in HPD Discrimination Case Patient satisfaction up at HMC Read More..

Monday, December 3, 2012 December 3, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:46 PM :: 4852 Views Workshops Maui, Big Isle: 'We the Powerful' New Aquarium Fish Rules to Maintain Sustainability Hawaii Humane Society: Our Opponent is Evil, We are Good ACLU: Hawaii Law Unfair to Young Rapists and Sex Tourist Pedophiles Hawaii ACLU Whines Because Pedophiles are Ostracized Akaka Retiring: Plenty Aloha, But What About Accomplishments? Unions Don’t Trust State Push for IT Star-Adv: Lets Burn $5M on Rail Station ‘Art’  Maui Fresh Fish files for bankruptcy after building a hatchery but hitting opposition A ban on smoking at beaches would enhance Hawaii's reputation Big Island: Feds Aim to Grab 29,573 Acres Turtle Bay Resort developers deserve some credit but still coming up short Council empowers commission to pursue Papa‘a Bay access ‘Change’ to be Focus of Pearl Harbor Commemoration  Read More..

Sunday, December 2, 2012 December 2, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:13 PM :: 5106 Views County and State Boards and Commissions--How You Can Get Involved Health Care Cost to Rise with Federal Mandate Hawaii Number of Uninsured Children Jumps 55% Supreme Court DHHL Ruling … Paves Way for Casino at Convention Center? In Response to Teacher Protest, DoE Defends RTTT Teacher Evaluations Public Rejects HSTA Protests 60-40% Star-Adv: 'Casual hire' policy at DOE is too casual Star-Adv Explains How Homosexual Child Molesters ‘Turn’ Youth 39 Sex Offenders Doing ‘Volunteer Work’, State Keeps their Secrets Rep. Gilbert Keith-Agaran Reluctant to Expose Child Molesters Larry Flynt: Porn Shoots in Hawaii Should be Ignored, Accepted Welfare Caseload up 23%, Foodstamps up 88% Nago Proves Screwing up is the Surest Path to Job Security AUDIO: Abercrombie’s Voice Mail Pressuring Greenwood County says new state law leaves it in the dark on geothermal decisions HHSC Tries to Cut MD’s Hours, Eliminate his Health Coverage LA Times: Hawaii finds success with tough-love approach to repeat offenders Norks Prepare Ballistic Missile Launch Read More..

Saturday, December 1, 2012 December 1, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:19 PM :: 4258 Views DoE School Bus Report: "Every Aspect Needs Systemic Change" NOAA Proposes Listing 66 Coral Species as Endangered AG Louie Opposes 'National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act' First, Third Circuit Judges Petition for Retention JSC Nominates Five to First Circuit Only 17% Support Jones Act Higa Going to be Hard to Replace $19 Million More In Honolulu Rail Contracts Signed Man accused in UH concert scam pleads not guilty Deedy not Drunk says Lawyer Your Tax Dollars at Work: Big Island Carbon officers paid nearly $500K Suit blames Plaza for negligent care Mainland strike may impact Hawaii shipping Appeals Court Orders Contested Case in East Maui Water Dispute Back On His Feet After Losing His Legs Read More..