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Wednesday, December 31, 2014 December 31, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:07 PM :: 4151 Views Senator Calls on Feds to Block Electric 'Fixed Fees' Congressmen Put Heat on ‘Deceptive’ Rooftop Solar Leases Auditor: 26% of UH Special Funds out of Compliance Auditor: Unclear What Glass Recycling Program is Supposed to Accomplish Auditor: Regulation of Veterinary Technicians, Herbal Therapists not Warranted HTA: Visitor Arrivals, Expenditures Up for November Last Supporter of Disastrous Milk Price Controls May Sell Dairy Board approves new rules for Hawaii milk prices Selling Cancer Center Alternative to Tax Hike Potheads' Demand: 26 Pot Stores for Hawaii Kaneshiro sued for malicious prosecution Honolulu City Council to hold inauguration in council chamber this week City to crack down on illegal vacation rentals, Collect $40M More Taxes 703 Lane-Miles Repaved in 2 Years HECO, NextEra Hiring Away More PUC Staff Chicago Obama library bids in trouble Read More..

Tuesday, December 30, 2014 December 30, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:53 PM :: 4240 Views VIDEO: Republican Rep Aaron Johanson Switches to Democrat DBEDT: Social, Business and Economic Trends in Hawaii 1990-2013 Lava and Pahoa: Looking Back at 2014 162 Candidates File for Neighborhood Board Elections UH official offers three solutions to Cancer Center​ financial crisis Without Tax Hike Will Ag Board Finally Eliminate Failed Milk Price Control Policy? Rising property taxes a concern for Oahu home owners Got a $700M Shortfall? Set the Cycle to ‘Spin’ Hawaii Health Connector Wants $2.5 Million from State Ige Budget Proposes Reduced GO Bond Issuance Senator to call on feds to examine 'Fixed Fees' for electric service Tourism Industry Behind Water Grab on Big Isle, Kauai  Competence no Longer to be Required for Hawaii County Employment Psych Exam for Waikiki Homosexual Who Allegedly Chopped up Boyfriend Judiciary Suddenly Gets 'Tough on Crime' Engineer with State Dept. of Transportation accused of stealing from elderly City Repaves 305 Lane-Miles of Roads Read More..

Monday, December 29, 2014 Letters to the Editor, December, 2014 By Letters to the Editor @ 12:19 PM :: 3719 Views Lava and Pahoa: Looking Back at 2014 Ewa: 1825 Malden Trails at Risk Read More..

Monday, December 29, 2014 December 29, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 PM :: 4029 Views Anti-GMO Activism Caused by Illegal TVRs? Prosecutorial Misconduct -- Police Misconduct: Chief's Wife is Common Denominator in Two Separate Cases Star-Adv: Legalize TVRs and Tax Them Billionaire's Website Touts Idea of You Living in a Truck Tranny Sees WSF Expansion as Way to Reduce Athletics, Attack Religion NextEra Sets up Website to Tout Merger Maintenance rebate for solar water heaters brought back Few Show up to See Ige on Kauai Hilo Medical Center improves some patient satisfaction scores despite working with limited resources Soldiers Invite Obama to Wedding, He Tells them to Get out of Way Read More..

Sunday, December 28, 2014 December 28, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:34 PM :: 3719 Views Eight Tax Hikes Proposed for Hawaii Rowena Akana: Now That I'm in Charge, Everything is Fine at OHA 152 Candidates File for Neighborhood Board Elections Obamacare: Hawaii State Funds to Cover 46% Cut in Physician Pay Hawaii Ranks 17th: 10.3% Smoke Marijuana Hawaii GET: Another Perspective Smart Business Hawaii:  "Voice of Hawaii small businesses" closes Star-Adv: Legalizing Illegal Vacation Rentals Could be Cash Cow for State E-Cigs to Be Targeted for Tax Hike HHSC in 'A Weaker Limbo' Health Connector Claims 15,000 Policies Sold NextEra: Solar rebates for Big Projects, not Rooftops CoC: Loss of Military Presence Could Drive Hawaii into Recession Grumpy, Sleepy, Dopey -- Flashback 2014 Catherine Awakuni appointed Chair DCCA Candidates for neighborhood boards sought Soon All Four Counties Will Have Film Facilities Astronomy’s impact: Sector pumps $91.48 million into Big Isle economy in 2012 Historic trails a public asset worth saving Kauai Leading state in hate? Read More..

Saturday, December 27, 2014 December 27, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:26 PM :: 4507 Views Open Letter to Gov. Ige on Transparency Ige Appoints DCCA, DoA, DHHL Directors, Deputies Honolulu to Convert all Streetlights to LED Hawaii prime target of foreign governments seeking US intelligence "The Interview": Not Quite Ready For The John Peter Zenger Honorary Oscar 21 Rail Supports Fail Concrete Stress Test The primary strategy to improve health in Hawaii should not be additional funding Nurses reach deal on Queen's contract Star-Adv: UH Hilo Free speech a noble cause Experimental Battery Depends on Red Hot Molten Salt Read More..

Friday, December 26, 2014 December 26, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:37 PM :: 3854 Views College Town? Honolulu Ranks 185th Star-Adv: Isle issues could use Obama's pull (no mention of Akaka Tribe) Esther Kia'aina: Akaka Tribe? 'Not much I can say' Cancer Center Used as Latest Excuse for Tax Hikes Hilo students defend right to free speech 5,141 leave Hawaii in 2014 Ige: Affordable housing, state office bldg. could be built along rail Honolulu’s Affordable Housing Rules Only Produced 68 Units in FY 2014 One Stop Center Needed to Deal with Homelessness Among Micronesian Migrants 'Beach Replenishment' is Latest Excuse for Tax Hike TVR Report Designed to Make Case for Tax Hikes Committee wraps up study for Age-Friendly City Initiative Nobody Uses Bike Lane so Drivers Park There Obama to troops: Afghanistan ‘not going to be a source of terrorist attacks again’ Read More..

Thursday, December 25, 2014 December 25, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:26 PM :: 4550 Views How Christmas Came to Hawaii Duke Aiona: What's Next? Is OHA a Criminal Enterprise? 142 Candidates File for Neighborhood Board Elections Hawaii Supreme Court Confirms Election Contests Are Tough "Peace on Earth and good will toward men" Can Guide Policy Ige Looks at Budget, Contracts and Ends extra Xmas Eve, New Years Eve holiday Trevor Ozawa Questions Rail Cost Overruns New program helps homeless veteran reunite with family on mainland Wearing of body cameras proposed for officers Pothead Cop Breaks Sentencing Agreement, Gets Less Time Anyway Hawaii is one of two states to avoid upcoming Medicare penalties Lower Bills Coming: LNG to be Approved by Dec 31? Kauai Charter school community meeting slated Read More..

Wednesday, December 24, 2014 December 24, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:54 PM :: 4353 Views How Christmas Came to Hawaii Lawsuit: State Gave Foster Boys to Bisexual Child Molester HTA Study: Vacation Rental Units are 25% of Total Lodging New report ranks Hawaii among worst places for business Al Hee Hires Beverly Hills Lawyer, Claims to be Not Guilty, Posts $25K Bond HHSC to get less than half of funding it had sought Court Rejects Tommy Waters Election Challenge for City Council Seat Kapolei: DHHL Gets $200M to Mismanage New Family Court rule guarantees legal aid for kids hurt in the system 23% Increase Licensing fees for nurses, realtors, others will Pay to Replace Decades old Wang Computers North Shore Kauai Nearly 40% of Homes are Illegal TVRs Legal pot Makes Denver a Magnet for Homeless Hawaii Lowest Mortgage Default Risk in USA  DLNR cuts presidential security coverage Read More..

Tuesday, December 23, 2014 December 23, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:54 PM :: 4943 Views Single Payer Collapses in Vermont--Is David Ige Listening? Full Text: Ige Sends Budget to Legislature Hope or Despair for Hawaii's 'Ohana? Troubled Obamacare vendor awarded new Hawaii contract Commuter-Adjusted Daytime Population on Oahu Briefing: Doctors Discuss Challenge of Working With Medicaid PMA Requests Federal Mediation in West Coast Longshore Negotiations HART advertises first package of rail station contracts Video: Meet Hawaii's New Republican House Members Ige on Tax Increase: "Sometimes things happen" Ige Proposes Internet Sales Tax: $26B budget boosts Spending 8% Ige Budget leaves HHSC $48M in Red Star-Adv Editors Complain they Have a Hard time Getting Marijuana--Want 26 Pot Shops Opened Reopened Kulani Prison Still 70% Empty Old Boy Continuity: Takai Makes Hanabusa's Chief of Staff His Own Tax Credit Crowd Wants NextEra Deal Sidewalks in Chinatown cleared of homeless Thai workers on Hawaii farms may not get any of $8.7M award Forbes: Bank of Hawaii Second Best in USA Hawaii Dominates List of US Most Expensive Air Routes Read More..

Monday, December 22, 2014 December 22, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:27 PM :: 3701 Views Motions Fly in Lawsuit Seeking Removal of Schatz from Office U.S. should respond aggressively to cyber attack, expert says Hawaii Congressional Delegation How they Voted December 22, 2014 Honolulu Police Commission under fire February Showdown for HECO-Nextera Deal DHHL reform good first step Ritte Takes Molokai Down Slippery Slope (Again) Bad Data Tells Us Hawaii Is Very Healthy Espero: Constituents Not Clamoring for Legal Marijuana, Dispensaries more Likely HPD to start enforcing sit-lie law in Chinatown Sovereignty Activists Push to Recruit More Prisoners    Hawaii Atheist Doesn't Fool Michigan Read More..

Sunday, December 21, 2014 December 21, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:33 PM :: 4074 Views Task Force: Legislature Must Act This Session to Get Obamacare Waiver for Hawaii ILWU Port Slowdowns Behind Japanese Potato Crisis? 133 Candidates File for Neighborhood Board Elections London Mayor’s Unpaid Tax Bill Scary Sticker Shock: Prospects Slim for Alarming $700M Rail Cost Overrun Shapiro: Rail is $5.26B Lemon Ige's Budget Due Monday: Santa Claus is coming, but he'll probably skip UH Mufi: No HEI sale to NextEra unless it serves Hawaii cronies Homosexual Rape Traumatizes Hawaii 6 Year Old Activists Push for Right to Give Marijuana to 5-year old, 8-year old REITS Targeted for $60M Tax Hike--to be Passed on to Tenants Honolulu Affordable Housing Rules Not Like Maui's? Ethics Commission staff recommend closing lobbyist disclosure loopholes Lava Six to seven days away from Pahoa Plastic Bags OK if they are Thicker and Say 'Reusable'? Obama Hanging our with Hooker-Lovin Buddy (again) Hawaii? Hacker posts more S. Korean reactor info on Internet Read More..

Saturday, December 20, 2014 December 20, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:08 PM :: 5090 Views Federalist Society: Is Obama Bringing the Akaka Bill Back? Flying to Hawaii: Comparing the Cost and Frequency Across States The Economic Impact of Astronomy in Hawaii Reforming No Child Left Behind Lying About 'Temporary' Tax Hikes is Old Tactic Lawmakers question the rush to extend rail surcharge Attention Honolulu: Maui County Forced to Relax Affordable Housing Requirements Angling for Money, UH Claims to be Unable to Afford Cancer Center Debt Desperate: Hawaii Health Connector enrollment deadline extended Pressler: HHSC, State Hospital top list of DoH Priorities Caldwell Won’t Discuss the Problems of Honolulu’s Police Chief Kauai PD first in state to use body cams on patrol Morita Ordered to Tear Down Vacation Rentals--fine cut in half Financial Disclosure Debate Moving to Hawaii Supreme Court Aloha United Way flexes political muscle to rebuff ethics recommendation Drug Dealer Marries Two-Time Killer in Hawaii's First Prison Gay Marriage Gabbard to Push Hemp Again this Session Maui Council Gives Mayor Authority to Raise Water Rates by Declaring 'Shortage' TAT?  Study Group Says Hire Consultant Walter Ritte, Anti-GMO Activists Hail Thugs Who Attacked Fishermen NextEra to Drill for Natural Gas Russian Nuclear Bombers Again Buzz Guam--Unchallenged Read More..

Friday, December 19, 2014 December 19, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:40 PM :: 4538 Views HART: ‘Begin the discussion now of extending the existing half-percent GET surcharge’ University of Hawaii athletics must tackle fiscal woes Hawaii Supreme Court: Agencies Have No Duty To Keep Their Records Accurately Hawaii's Demise Through the Eyes of The Economist Policy Talk: New Governor and His Agenda An American Hero: Capt. Jerry Coffee Obamas depart D.C. for annual Hawaiian vacation Recktenwald: No Right to Question Gay Marriage  Caldwell: HART GE Tax Revenues Being Manipulated to Fake Crisis Ige: We Will Do Better Job of Counting Honolulu GE Tax Revenue Slater: Convert Rail into Elevated Highway Star-Adv: Police Chief may be Compromised, Commission Must Act Now HECO Spins Revolving Door at PUC While Honolulu pushes to force more development of affordable homes, Maui Discovers Policy is a Failure Definition of Insanity?  Neil Milner Renews Push For Pension Tax Failure Justifies More Spending #1: Should State Hospital get Another $200M? Failure Justifies More Spending #2: UH to Legislature--Give Us Money or We'll Raise Tuition Its Budget Time So State environmental response programs Claim to be running out of money Hu Honua Bio-Mass project moving forward after settlement Hawaii Co Council: E-Cigs Same Regs as Tobacco Kauai Co Auditor's Retaliation Suit Back in State Court Hawaii 4th Longest Work Hours in USA Read More..

Thursday, December 18, 2014 December 18, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:00 PM :: 5097 Views OHA Chair Demands Censorship of Kakaako Coverage VIDEO: Oz Stender Said What About OHA? Corruption: Al Hee Indicted on 13 Counts--Could Get 39 Years in Federal Prison Gay Marriage Advocate Starts Pushing Polygamy for Hawaii Hawaii Supreme Court hears gay marriage arguments Part of a Broader Plan: Homosexual Teacher Helps School Kids Come Out as Gay Hawaii churches continue to struggle for their religious freedom Hawaii Reports 1 Child Abuse Death from fiscal year 2008 through 2013 $500M Short? HART Cites Its Own Incompetence as Reason for Massive GE Tax Hike Star-Adv: OHA's challenge to open-meetings ruling lacks merit PRP Gets $3,100 Fine For Campaign Violations P20: Public schools need flexibility, but be clear about what kind 2nd Director Put on Leave at Nepotistic Charter School As NextEra Closes in, Blue Planet Demands 100% 'Clean Energy' Cars Mayor veto of GMO Ag Tax stands GMO appeal squeaks through council (Mainland Anti-GMO Groups Make Same Worthless 'Free Representation' Offer) SHOPO, Former Chief Speak up for Embattled Kealoha as Commission Refuses to Act Judge Hawaii County Aerial Animal Eradication is Illegal UH Management Chaos? All they need is $9.7B and Everything Would be OK No Hawaii Assisted Living Center Meets More Than 75% of Goals Bikers refusing to use new King Street bike lane City crews Pick up 6 Tons of Homeless' Trash: Continue daily enforcement of "stored property ordinance." Hawaii is Home to Last Baby Boomer--He Can't Afford to Leave Read More..

Wednesday, December 17, 2014 December 17, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:10 PM :: 4107 Views Only 3,500 Sign Up for Obamacare in Hawaii 114 Candidates File for Neighborhood Board Elections Hawaii Family Forum: "Never, never, never give up." Hawaii is Addressing Liabilities, but There’s a Long Way to Go Feds Pay Hawaii to 'Test health care payment and service delivery models' A&B CEO Elected Chair of Hawaii Nature Conservancy Feds Pay Hawaii to 'Test health care payment and service delivery models' Nanakuli: City to Update Homeless Project Police Commission Chair Already Convinced that Chief is Innocent With NextEra Coming, Media Suddenly Admits That New Solar Projects Increase Oahu Electricity Bills NextEra/HECO transaction application to be filed with Hawaii regulators in six weeks New DHHL permit process approved Mentally Ill Criminal Released, Stabs Kailua Woman The Economist Looks at Hawaii Homelessness, Gets it Wrong Star-Adv on Bike Lane:  Danger of 'Appalling Fatalities' is Greatest Now University of Hawaii athletics must tackle fiscal woes New calls for regulation as vacation rental popularity grows Schatz Booted off Energy Committee Mainland Anti-GMO Activists Admit they are Using Rural Hawaii Residents as pawns Fishermen Get Meddling Outside Enviros Out of their Hair, Solve Fisheries Issues Remark about ethnicity wins convict resentencing hearing Read More..

Tuesday, December 16, 2014 December 16, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:23 PM :: 4985 Views OHA Chair: Exposure of My Kakaako-Pelatron Connection is 'less than helpful to elected officials' Health Exchange Signups Less Than 10% of Number Needed OHA Sues OIP Over Decision on Sunshine Law Violation Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted December 15, 2014 Unemployment Insurance Rates Drop 22% Ige’s Interim AG Follows in Predecessor’s Footsteps by Fighting Disclosure Ruling FBI to Investigate HPD after Kealoha's stolen mailbox case dismissed Abercrombie Pardons Dirty Cop, Crooked Professor Lawyers Launch Stockholder Suit against HECO Merger Delacruz Back with Kapolei Land Swap Bill Hawaii Co Council to Decide on GMO Ruling Appeal Maui GMO case Reassigned to Judge Oki Mollway Council eyes Sunshine change Liver Failure: Natural Supplements Maker Faces Federal Mail Fraud Investigation Last lei stand in Waikiki struggling to stay in business Will the Rohrabacher Amendment Actually Block Federal Prosecution of Medical Marijuana Patients and Their Suppliers? Arraignment held for HPD officer accused of sex assault Malama Market Pahoa to close, evacuate as lava advances Mentally Ill Person Lived on Streets 20 Years Kauai Council Votes to Block Photographers Legacy Of A Honolulu Vietnam War Protest Justifies Wetting Down Muslim Terrorists Read More..

Monday, December 15, 2014 December 15, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:26 PM :: 4133 Views Hawaii Teens #1 in E-Cigarette Use OHA Sues Office of Information Practices for Daring to Nail Sunshine Law Violation  Friends of Lanai Takes on NextEra Monday is Deadline for Obamacare Sign Up--And Nobody Wants it More Delays in Police Chief Civil Case Anti-GMO Ag Tax on Kauai Council Agenda Again Sovereignty Activists Complain UH Hilo Not Teaching Sovereignty Hawaii Co Council to Vote on E-Cigarette Law Four Years: Kauai County Fights Release of Toxicology Reports Soft on Islam Policy Leads to Sydney Terror Attack Read More..

Sunday, December 14, 2014 December 14, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:33 PM :: 3636 Views How Christmas Came to Hawaii NextEra: The Green Corruption Files A Cliff in Hawaii Income Tax, Too Save HECO pt 1: Demand that NextEra Block LNG to keep Rates High Save HECO pt 2: Jobs Lost as NextEra Cuts Electric Bills by Building Natural Gas Plants, Installing Smart Meters Utility merger brings attention to undersea power cable proposal Life of the Land, HECO & the Future Star-Adv Cheers Obama Library 3' Above Allegedly Rising Sea Levels  Star-Adv Continues to Cover up Litigious Atheists' Move to Michigan Suggested Amendments to Sunshine Law Cyclists Will Die, but I've Got Counter Research Read More..

Saturday, December 13, 2014 December 13, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:00 PM :: 3759 Views 90 Candidates File for Neighborhood Board Elections FBI Names Paul D. Delacourt Special Agent in Charge of Honolulu Division UH Hilo Highlighted in New Report: Most U.S. Colleges Violate Students’ Free Speech Rights The Inside Scoop on HECO’s Four Year Death Cycle Hawaii Pacific Health exec Virginia Pressler named state health director State Supreme Court Rules Counties Do Not Have Duty to Maintain Public Records FBI Director Visits Honolulu, Focus on Cybercrime Suspension lifted for HPD officer involved in police brutality case House Bill 83 keeps compact funds intact Energy Security?  Repeal Jones Act WaPo Laughs at Hawaii Obama Library proposal Senate Dems Suffer So Many Losses that they now rely on Hirono for Intelligence, Schatz for Ethics Damage at Kailua Waste Water Treatment Plant Will Cost taxpayers Read More..

Friday, December 12, 2014 December 12, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:46 PM :: 4505 Views Hawaii Republicans Should Follow Lingle's Path to Victory Is the HECO-NextEra Merger a Done Deal? Hawaii 4th-Worst State for Small Business Smart Growth v. Suburbanization Score is 0-1 National Report: Hawaii Ranks 5th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco Hawaii Tech Chief: Bhagowalia's Pie in the Sky Promise Not Likely to Materialize Anytime Soon Thanks to HGEA Cost of HGEA Behind Collapse of HHSC Hospitals Hawaii DoT Claims Administrative Costs 'Only' $16,512 per Mile Hawaii takes small steps on $20B retiree liability PBN: UH Chronically Dysfunctional Kauai Audit report finds 'Discrepancies' in 80% of Vacation, Sick Leave Records Hawaii’s new first lady will focus on education NextEra Personnel Already Placed in HECO Offices Kewalos: OHA Lied About Kakaako Commitments Making it Up as they Go Along: Gay New Figures $19.3 for Hawaii Anti-GMO Activists Sinking in Moral Quicksand One Third of Hawaii Toddlers Not Immunized -- State Ranks 40th Council Gives Drunken Thief $250K Hawaii Loses 6100 Jobs to China Lawsuit Filed Against Pohakuloa Department of Health, U.S. Navy at odds over recommendation for Red Hill tanks Abercrombie's Last Act:  Pardons Man convicted of violent Manoa home invasion US Coast Guard, Police, Prepare for First Family's Holiday Arrival Read More..

Thursday, December 11, 2014 December 11, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:15 PM :: 3496 Views Top Chicago Labor Law Firm Takes Aim at Illegal Appointment of Brian Schatz House Briefing to Look at UH Budget Request Senate Briefing on ERS Financial Status Active Lifestyle? Honolulu Ranks 24th Obamacare Increasing Coverage, but Not Access to Health Care Pension Fund Deficit: Still 26 Years From Solvency Ige to OHA: 'Focus on areas of common goals and common understanding' OHA Trustees: Servant Leaders with High Standards? Strategies for Clean Elections? Not going to Rise? Hawaii Obama Presidential Community Organizing Center Proposed at Sea Level  Aloha United Way fundraising with state described as unfair Hawaii Public Utilities Commission needs to expand Ige One of 10 Governors Elected Without Majority Juror: 'Somebody Hired to Steal Chief's Mailbox' Kauai Council to Vote on Anti-GMO Agriculture Tax Hike Anti-GMO Ex-mayoral candidate who defied laws guilty HPD officer indicted in sexual assault Hotel Sneaks into Mayor Wright Redevelopment Plan Water Commission Balks at Federal Water Grab Read More..

Wednesday, December 10, 2014 December 10, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:33 PM :: 5562 Views OHA Trustees Elect Robert Lindsey Chair Video: Do Right-Wingers Support a Free Hawaii? Oahu churches seek dismissal of atheist lawsuit Made in China Solar Panels Costly for Planet Hawaii Supreme Court In Aina Lea: The Rationales Behind The Opinion Hawaii Ranks No. 1 Among All U.S. States in Overall Health Hawaii DoH: Significant Increase in E-Cigarette Use among Public School Teens Is it wasteful or watchful government spending? Os Stender: 'OHA Leadership Not up to the Task' The Greatest Energy Event in Hawaiian History Will Honolulu Police Commission Hold Chief Kealoha Accountable? Hawaii Health Connector Still Paying Controversial Tech Company to Fix its own Mistakes Sit-lie ban expansion on hold for now Several States Could Regulate and Tax Short-Term Rentals in 2015 Jay’s resignation won’t cost UH, questions surround search for replacement Anti-GMO Activists Tee Off on Kauai Charter Commission Ritte Defends Thugs Accused of Attacking Fishermen The Problem With Lobbyists — and Their Regulators Honolulu 7th Least Affordable for Millennials New Plastic Bag Laws Benefit Lahaina Company China's New Submarine Can Nuke Hawaii Read More..

Tuesday, December 9, 2014 December 9, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:59 PM :: 3884 Views 73 Candidates File for Neighborhood Board Elections Education Reform: Kelii Akina Interviews Darrel Galera, Roberta May Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted December 8, 2014 Legislation Lets States Cut Ties Between Common Core and Federal Grants Man gets 33 months in prison after threatening to decapitate congresswoman Big Wind is Back--HECO's Inter-island Transmission Cable re-surfaces NextEra Enticed by Ultra-High Wholesale Electricity Prices Bill 81, Bill 82 Tens of Thousands of Dollars per Lot in New Taxes ERS Funding Creeps Upward Ben Jay to step down as Athletic Director at UH Manoa State Hospital, Public Defender Block Commitment of Mentally Ill Homeless Person Anti-Agriculture Activists Show True Colors Kalapama Canal: Homeless Camp takes over Rail TOD Site Plan to reduce Hawaii's use of oil in transportation to be revealed next summer Airports, Highways Divisions Appointments Announced Hawaii Journalists Do Not Respond to Survey on Political Corruption Hawaii Allows Special Prosecutor to Handle Police Cases Ordinary Criminal Dies Alone in Prison While Pflueger Walks Obama Contributes to Illegal TVR Problem Read More..

Monday, December 8, 2014 December 8, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:21 PM :: 4249 Views Honolulu 31st Lowest Concentration of Disadvantaged Police Commission Must Step in, Discipline Kealoha Is the HECO-NextEra Merger a Done Deal? Thanks to Wind, Solar NextEra Pays the Least in Taxes State, Feds Give Away $21.2M in High Tech Corporate Welfare Homeless Dude Refuses Shelter for 13 Years Britain to Copy Hope Probation Program Mental Illness Costs $7M and Cure Still out of Reach Carlisle Confused About 2002 Read More..

Sunday, December 7, 2014 December 7, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:54 PM :: 4077 Views Pearl Harbor, Civil Rights, and Hawaii Statehood Hawai’i State Hospital Employees Game Overtime System HECO Sends Six New Solar Projects for PUC Approval Ethics Commission Fines Non-Profit for Illegal Lobbying End Run Around Nexus Pearl Harbor Day: Ige Not Laying Down Policy Specifics PUC Appointment Puts HECO Merger in Ige's Lap NextEra Energy in Hawai`i: LNG, interisland cables and smart grids Obamacare Rate Hikes?  You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet Maui Council Chair: Legislature Needs to Provide 'Legal Flexibility' to Maui Memorial Bungling Hawaii VA Behind Denial of Benefits to Navy Cross Recipient  Goebbels' Mistress Spied for Japan in Honolulu 'Hope nobody gets Hurt': 'Spooky' King St Project, 'Inspired by Portlandia' Review of Hawaii Co tax equity issues needed Agribusiness Development for former Wahiawa Dole Lands Read More..

Saturday, December 6, 2014 December 6, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:44 PM :: 4391 Views Pearl Harbor, Civil Rights, and Hawaii Statehood Mitsunaga, Rail Contractors Poured Money into Ige Campaign Ige Spent $11.25 per Vote Thousands join Gov. Ige in inauguration celebration dinner Soft Cop: Insurance Div Approves 8.4% HMSA Rate Hike Kauai Council to Vote on GMO Tax Veto Override Resolve cases of misconduct at DOE faster City Removes 14 Tons of Trash from Homeless Camps Kona residents mull land use process Read More..

Friday, December 5, 2014 December 5, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:09 PM :: 4797 Views Hawaiians Lost Land, Homes in Scam: Sovereignty Activist Ordered to Pay Reparations Ige's Commitment: 'No Hidden Agendas, Avoid Raising Taxes' DoE Leaders Embrace Education Reform Proposals 182 Days: BOE Adopts Teacher-Proposed School Calendar for School Year 2015-2016 Report: 63% of Hawaii Charter Schools Fall Below Academic Performance Standards Audit: AG, DBEDT Did Not Report Millions in Funds National Right to Life President to Speak in Hawaii The Jones Act’s Costly Impact The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Opportunities for International Trade and Internal Growth Lawyer: HPD Chief Purposefully Causes Mistrial Leahi Hospital at Risk of Closing, 260 Patients may be Thrown into Street Charter Schools:  "Student Centered School" is an old idea whose time has come Star-Adv: Legalize below-radar housing Tulsi Gabbard Co-Sponsors Bill to Help Casino Magnate Ten Days to Hawaii Health Connector Deadline Will Ige Select AG Who Champions Transparency? Transparency: Will Ige Withdraw State's Appeal of Act 230? Hawaii's state government prioritizes 'cloud first' for new IT projects 45 Year Old Computer Systems Running State Departments Ige Inauguration Sold Out Maui News: Give Abercrombie Credit for Making Hawaii Run Better Honolulu among U.S. counties with least affordable homes, RealtyTrac says Usual Suspects Push State Tax Credit for EV Buyers Hawaii Among Six States Where Politicians are 100% Behind Gay Agenda Three Years Later McKinley Softball Stadium Not Completely Ready Cop Body Cams: A No-Brainer for Hawaii Hawaii FBI Received 3 Mine Resistant Vehicles Worth $1.2M Bike Lane: Rules vs Reality Former Certified Hawaii CEO Charged with 14 Felony Counts of Theft Mismanagement allegations at Pearl Harbor memorial Read More..

Thursday, December 4, 2014 December 4, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:51 PM :: 4261 Views Day Before Announcing Sale of Company, HECO Inks Biofuel Deal with Cronies NextEra Buy May be Good for Rates, Bad for Distributed Generation Ige Appoints Six More Cabinet Members Caldwell Creates 'Office of Strategic Development' State, Kauai County Select Mediator to Begin GMO Fact-finding Mission 30 years of Honolulu City Lights Wall Street: Hawaii 12th Best-Run State in USA VIDEO: You'll Never Hear OHA Say This Hawaii-based unit final materiel recovery brigade in Afghanistan Next Era Buys Land for Big Cable Project, Solar Farms Next Era Rakes in $683M from Wind Tax Credits: Still Clings to Big Cable, Big Wind Common Core Oversold UH 15 to Finish Program Copied Nationally Kauai Mayor Vetoes Anti-GMO Tax Hike on Ag Land Kauai Study Group: Facts Aren't a Core Issue for Mainland Anti-GMO Activist Josh Green: Marijuana Dispensaries coming to Hawaii Next Session Hawaii One of Seven Worst States for Gun Owners Car Sharing Could Reduce Number of Cars on Streets  220 square foot micro-units for Hawaii? City panel recommends approval of Hoopili rezoning plan Hawaii Real Estate Higher Than Bubble Years Hawaii Has 4th Largest Foreclosure Inventory in USA No ID disqualifies hundreds of homeless from Housing First Thousands of Military men Raped by Homosexuals this Year Escapee beats Murder Rap Read More..

Wednesday, December 3, 2014 December 3, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:05 PM :: 3979 Views Hawaiian Electric Bought out by 'Nation's Largest Clean Energy Company' for $4.3B 2015 Neighborhood Board Candidate filing period opens HECO Finally Admits GEMS is a Rate Hike UH Hilo Settles Lawsuit Over Handing Out Constitutions Univ. of Hawaii Student Loans Up 100% Hawaii Gun Rights at Stake as California AG Appeals Denial of Standing Rep Ward: Is Governor Ige supporting Republican Issues? Auditor: Proposed Marijuana Dispensary Bill 'Flawed' Hawaiian Electric and Pacific Biodiesel agree on new contract for locally produced biofuel Hawaii 30th Most Charitable State We the Powerful! -- Discover the Public's Power in the Legislative Process Pearl Harbor Remembrance Star-Adv: OHA Lacks Integrity, Must Put House in Order State Supreme Court to Consider Constitutionality of Gay Marriage Dec 18 Slow-Moving DoE 'Investigations' Keep Staffers on Paid Leave for Over Year Linda Schatz hired by homebuilder Forest City Bill 62 Will Extend Sit-Lie to Pedestrian Malls Ka Leo: Bring the Superferry back to Hawai‘i How A 96-Year-Old Law Has Jeopardized America's Ports Hawaii One of Only Four States Still Above $3/Gallon 50MW LNG-Biofuel Peaker Plant Awaits PUC Approval Few show up to discuss land use Hawaii Land Use Commission Disputes Developer’s Assurance on Hoopili Haseko Calls Disclosure of PR Plan ‘Embarrassing’ Santa Monica Shows Why Rent Control Doesn't Work Medicated marijuana users urged to renew certification New Kauai Council Last in State to Limit Testimony to 3 Min Each Sidney R. Thomas becomes chief judge of Ninth US Circuit Court Read More..

Tuesday, December 2, 2014 December 2, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:27 PM :: 4999 Views Full Text: Ige’s Inaugural Address Ige Releases 11-Point 'Action Agenda' Hawaii ranks 40th in economic freedom Audit: 67% of 'Exempt' State Positions Vacant Honolulu Ethics Commission: City Officer Under Investigation VIDEO: Grassroot Institute Save Our Kakaako Interview Auditor Slams State Foundation on Culture and the Arts The True Cost of Speeding in Hawaii Auditor: Hearing Aid Insurance Mandate Not Needed Averting West Coast Port Shutdowns Rep Gene Ward Interviews Gov Waihee HECO Seeks 'Demand Response' Contractors ‘Green’ lobby pushes to extend lucrative tax breaks Full Text: Lt Gov. Tsutsui Inaugural Speech How Doctors and Lawyers Conspired to Bust Jimmy Pflueger out of Prison Sovereignty Activist Gets 6 1/2 Years, Scammed 200 Native Hawaiians Star-Adv: Hawaii Not at a Turning Point Just Because we have new Governor Ige Described as 'Very Collaborative' by Republican Leader Rachael Wong selected as next DHS director Louie Out, Hawaii To Get New Attorney General Caldwell Signs Sit/Lie Ige Inherits UH Athletic Mess Exacerbated by Abercrombie DoE Budget in Six Buckets Kauai Council Liberated from Anti-GMO Quacks Underhanded Trick at First Sitting of New Hawaii County Council 400 yards per Day: New Lava Flow Heads for Puna Theft of Honolulu police chief's mailbox highlights family financial feud; trial to begin Tracking New Projects in a Fast-Growing Kakaako Housing Advocates Reject Section 8 Mandate Paper Chaos in Auto Licensing UChicago, UHawaii may partner for Obama library Dec 11 Deadline for Obama Library Application Small businesses, 3 colleges to benefit from energy efficiency projects Read More..

Monday, December 1, 2014 December 1, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:14 PM :: 3254 Views CB: 10 Things Hawaii’s Next Governor Has Said He’ll Do Will Ige Engineer Solutions or Just Administer Finances? Green Energy Scammers Panic as Oil Prices Collapse Micro Units Allow Developers to Score Megabucks off Hawaii's Poor Officials Wait to See if They Can Start Restricting Hawaii’s Plentiful Cesspools The Punahou Model Decline in native birds is linked to tiny mejiro Mindless Chatter about Non-Existent Ocean Acidification (clue: the oceans are alkali, not acid) Wave of Propaganda Begins on Approach to 1 Year Commemoration of Gay Marriage Read More..