Entries for December 2018

1. OHA CFO: We Keep Trustees in the Dark About LLCs
2. House Finance Committee Sets Budget Hearings
3. Auditor: Styrofoam Ban Doesn't Reduce Litter
4. Campaign Spending Violations? Eric Ryan Attacks Republicans Again
5. Disaster dollars: Hawaii County Council asked to add projects for eruption, hurricane damage to budget
6. Great New Year Resolution: City Forcing More Homeless to Accept Shelter
7. 10 Squatters Arrested--Residents of lava-ravaged Leilani Estates drop lawsuit
8. Hawaii Supreme Court rejects appeal in nonjudicial foreclosure case
9. Hawaii County Finally Figures out how to Open New Landfill—Call it ‘Organic’

1. OHA’s $500K Cookie Crumbles
2. No, Killing a Special Fund Doesn’t Kill People
3. JSC Seeks Nominees for Maui Circuit Court
4. Commissioners Sought for Legacy Land Conservation Commission
5. Star-Adv: Other Departments Should Copy DoE ‘Maintenance Backlog’ Scam
6. Like Homeless who Refuse Shelter, Lots of Criminals Prefer Prison
7. Judge: Letting Lots of Criminals out of Jail would boost justice
8. Soft on Crime: Tweeker with 14 Convictions Skips out on Bail, Makes Most Wanted List
9. Federal Prosecutor: We will hold you accountable for these crimes
10. Seabirds Keep Kauai Free of Windfarms
11. Hawaii’s biosecurity plan lags in funding, implementation
12. Dusty, dull bureaucracy revealed in time capsule
13. Border wall-fund founder lived in Hawaii
14. Mazie Hirono Reminds us Democrats’ leaders are snooty supercilious snobs

1. Obamacare Waiver: Hawaii Only State to Skip Reinsurance
2. DoTax Report Reveals Tax Credits Claimed by Hawaii Taxpayers
3. Climate Change and all the Brainwashing
4. Dirty Little Hands
5. Nancy Pelosi Vacations at Fairmont Orchid During Government Shutdown
6. Maui Woke? Hindus urge Hawaii firm to withdraw Lord Ganesha shoes
7. Trevor Ozawa and Kurt Fevella victories called into question by Hawaii Supreme Court
8. Kaneshiro no-show at impeachment conference—Stalling Tactic Gets Delay to Feb 14
9. No Tent Cities—Use domes for ohana zones
10. High-Tax State Exodus
11. Linda Lingle is urged to re-enter Hawaii politics
12. Officials: Nearly 7,000 people registered to vote on Election Day
13. ACLU Responds to DoE Pledge to Upgrade Female Athletic Facilities

Climate Change and all the Brainwashing

1. Mazie Hirono mum on charity invitation from Catholic group she criticized as 'extreme'
2. Why are residents leaving Hawaii?
3. Zuckerberg Tries New trick to Grab Kuleana Plots
4. OHA Wants A Lot More Ceded Land Money From The State
5. Workers Comp Reform on Legislative Agenda (again)
6. Trevor Ozawa to be new Honolulu City Council chairman
7. Over $61 Million From FEMA For Hawaii County After Eruption, Hurricane
8. ‘Top Secret’ Clearance Expected For UH Lab Doing Navy Research
9. Pacific Spaceport Complex Eyes East Hawaii Launch Site
10. Soft on Crime: Escaped Lunatic Slasher Has Log Rap Sheet
11. Here’s a look at some of the laws set to take effect in the new year

1. The Latest Bad Joke for Hawaiians
2. Hirono Demands Judicial Nominee Quit Knights of Columbus
3. Ed Case Congressional Staff Includes Ethically Challenged Rail-Monger Nestor Garcia
4. Ige Reappoints Directors at Three Departments
5. LifeSmarts: Four High Schools Head to Finals
6. State Robotics Championship Set for January
7. Navy Approves EIS for Hawaii-So Cal Training
8. November: Visitor Arrivals Up, Spending Flat
9. Report: Airguns once again dominate ‘firearm’ violations at public schools
10. Hospital patients in Hawaii soon to be able to price compare health care online
11. Hawaii Low Tip Credit Obstacle to Raising Minimum Wage
12. State House GOP agrees with many against ‘gut and replace’
13. HUD Sec 8 Official Faces Federal Charges for Self-Dealing
14. Fraud alleged in local trash company bankruptcy
15. $5M for jail study looks wasteful
16. Activists Spend $500K to get Poor to Buy $45K Worth of Fresh Fruit and Veggies
17. Hawaii Failing to Exploit Natural Attractions
18. Forced out of Business, Dairy Has a Special X-Mas Gift for Ookala TVR Owners
19. Court Cases Open Window Into Marshallese Adoptions
20. How UH Professors Get Away With Sex Assault

1. CAFR: State Pension Debt Grows faster Than Tax Revenues
2. Schatz: My Bills Designed to Trick Public into Accepting Socialized Medicine
3. Star-Adv: If OHA Wants Control of Mauna Kea it will Have to Dump Anti-Telescope Protesters
4. Homeless efforts improving, official says
5. Medicaid Dollars Will Help Hawaii’s Homeless Find Housing
6. Progressives’ Annual Refrain:  If Hawaii is a Democrat State Why Can’t We Implement our Platform?
7. Foreign investment in Hawaii properties soars
8. Sports and girls' success in life: ACLU explains why it's pursuing Title IX lawsuit against DOE
9. Rail 10 Times More Expensive Than Musk Tunnel
10. Ed Case Names Top Staffers

1. How Christmas Came to Hawaii
2. Al Hee Sues Water Board Because Rail Project Not Rerouted to Protect His Tax Scam
3. DoT Lets Highway fall into Sea to Push $15B Sea Level Rise Scheme
4. State Hospital overtime raises safety concerns
5. Soft on Crime: Kahaluu Shooter 54 arrests, 20 convictions in 23 years—But he’s out on the street to do it again
6. Soft on Crime: Maui Man Shot by Police had Long Criminal Record, Little Jail Time 
7. Church domes in Kahaluu provide sanctuary for homeless single mothers
8. Hawaii officially down to one refinery
9. Anti-Frackers Fail to Squelch Gas Co Rate Hike

1. How Christmas Came to Hawaii
2. Lawsuit: Lloyd's of London Kickback Scheme Steered Lava Victims to Worthless Coverage
3. Criminal Prosecution for DLNR staff?
4. Copying UH: DoE Magically Triples its Deferred Maintenance, Grabs for $868M
5. OIP error allowed government agencies to withhold public records for decades
6. Fighting at the Public Utilities Commission
7. Bum Patrol: Hawaii County Parks Hires Security Guards

1. Carbon Tax: Will You Fiddle While Paris Burns?
2. Charitable Deductions--Hawaii Ranks 48th
3. Grassroot: Our Santa wish list for Hawaii
4. Environmental Council Completes Rewrite of Environmental Review Rules
5. Hawaii Becomes the Second State to Shut Out Wild-Animal Circuses
6. Ige Approves Rule Changes for Small Boat Harbors
7. The Big Squeeze: An analysis of tax and fee increases island residents are expected to pay
8. The problem with rail isn’t PR
9. Can Team Hanabusa Take Revenge by Cutting $125M for Ala Wai?
10. Ige seeks $5 million to study financing options for new Halawa jail
11. Kaneshiro Should Step Down to Avoid Impeachment
12. City Gives X-Mas Gift to Homeless Children—Forcing their No Good Parents to Accept Shelter
13. Road Open to Geothermal Plant -- May Restart in 18 Months
14. Anti-vaccination message barely worth printing
15. Maui Styrofoam Ban Begins Dec 31  
16. Obamacare’s fines are not the big stick many had expected

1. Hawaii Democratic Party Announces Priorities for 2019 Legislative Session
2. Senate Updates Committee Assignments
3. State Now Accepting Grant-in-Aid Applications
4. Congressional Delegation Not Eager to Push New Akaka Bill
5. Aloha Stadium Authority Tries for $25,000 Junket, Fails
6. Hawaii Supreme Court Overturns 30 Years Of Government Secrecy
7. Nearly one year after Hawaii missile fiasco, emergency reforms are still on the table
8. Homes Needed for 175 Criminals

1. Report Renews Push to Turn Hawaiians into Fake Indian Tribe
2. Supreme Court Releases Opinion Striking Down HSTA Property Tax ConAm
3. Surfboards count as 'vessels' under the Jones Act, and it's creating big problems for workers' comp
4. HC&S Land Sold to Real Farmer
5. Trump Signs Farm Bill Legalizing Hemp
6. Hawaii Population—First 2yr Decline Since Statehood
7. 68 Oahu Homeless Dead after Lifetime on the Streets
8. Caldwell ‘Seriously Considering’ Excluding Prosecutor from Public Safety Meetings
9. Hearing set for petition on Kaneshiro impeachment
10. Honolulu Meets Federal Demands On Rail Project
11. With Pre-K Sales Pitch Needed, DoE Suddenly Wants MORE Testing
12. Homeless shelter for young adults rapidly expands thanks to state’s ‘ohana zones’ plan
13. The Hidden Cost of Shipping Your Holiday Package
14. Oahu Democrats to Discuss Big Island bioenergy power plant
15. Maui: Enviros Prepare for All-Out War Against Agriculture
16. Maui Enviros will Grab for Water to Destroy New Farm
17. Quack Anti-Vaxxers Mobilize for Kauai Hearing

1.  Ethics: DLNR Manager Steals Equipment, Funnels Money to Contractor
2. Auditor: DAGS Funds 'Do not meet Criteria'
3. What's Not Adding up at OHA?
4. DLNR, Animal Liberation Nuts Imagine Aquarium Poachers--Post Reward
5. Trump, Schatz Team up to Release Thousands of Criminals
6. DoH Fines Hu Honua Biofuel Plant for Water Pollution
7. Internal audit of UH managed Maunakea lands finds no irregularities
8. UH Study: Tweekers 15.1% of Emergency Room Traffic at Hawaii Hospital
9. UH Budget request breakdown for 2019 Legislature
10. Biofuel: How HECO, Enviros Teamed up to Destroy Rainforest
11. Police chief expresses concern about embattled prosecutor’s potential impact on cases
12. Green: Reclassifying drug treatment as ‘primary care’ could help more addicts into recovery
13. Hawai'i Interagency Council on Homelessness Legislative Priorities: $218M
14. Star-Adv, Legislators: We Want Massive Festering Homeless Tent Cities
15. Senators Put UH Finances Under A Microscope
16. University of Hawaii athletics considers raising student fees
17. HPD officer hit with more domestic abuse charges while out on bail
18. Public Paychecks: America's police and fire chiefs have big jobs, and big salaries to boot. Here's Honolulu's breakdown 

1. Cato: Ige 3rd-Worst Governor in USA
2. Cato Institute’s Jones Act Conference
3. Economic Security: In Hawaii it Costs $96K
4. Homelessness: Hawaii has 4th Largest Increase and 4th Largest Decrease
5. HAWSCT's Latest Water Case Isn't About Water
6. Petition Filed With Court To Impeach Prosecutor Kaneshiro
7. Josh Green uses old power playbook
8. Some Grumbling Over Senate Committee Posts
9. Bloated rail lost public trust long ago
10. The cost of living just got more expensive for homeowners
11. Minimum-wage hike Leads to Restaurant Closures
12. OJ Simpson Innocence Project Fights Retired Judge in Effort to Free Rapist-Murderer
13. Thousands of Hawaii teens admit to injecting illegal drugs
14. Terrified BoE Members to Counter Luke Push for ‘Zero Based Budgeting’
15. Delays, Denials, Wasted Tax Dollars: DOE’s Troubled Treatment Of Injured Workers
16. Settlement reached over alleged gender discrimination within the Maui Police Department
17. Big Fat Salary Hikes for Top CWS Officials
18. Goodbye Kona, homeless situation too aggressive to enjoy stay

1. Ige Introduces Executive Budget for Fiscal Biennium 2019-2021
2. Maui County Pays Vendors Ripped Off by Anti-GMO Activist
3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted December 16, 2018
4. National Report: Hawaii Ranks 13th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
5. 2019 Summer Journalism Internships
6. Zero Based Budgeting on Table as Legislators Seek to Trim Governor’s Power
7. Ige Proposes Spending $125 Million For Ala Wai Canal Flood Control
8. Ige proposes major expansion of ‘free college’ program for low-income students
9. Ige: Spend $38.2 million on girls’ locker rooms
10. Kaneshiro Impeachment Suit to be Filed Today
11. Queens Spends $2.25M to Convince 84 Homeless to Accept Housing—And its a Money Saver
12. Waianae Homeless Camp: Trust a Tweeker with $150K?  Trust Bumpy with $150K?
13. Dimwits Finally Figure Out Huge Barrier For Trapping Plastic Waste In The Pacific Isn’t Working
14. Hawaii AG to oppose Obamacare ruling
15. Puna Subdivisions Divisive Internal Politics
16. HSTA Member ‘Terminated’ After Sex With Students, Paid Vacation
17. Witnesses describe seeing a ‘drunk’ officer hitting utility pole

1. Hawaii: Gun-Carry Ban Legit Because It's Century Old
2. Who's Running in My District? 2019 Neighborhood Board Elections
3. How Much Would Carbon Tax Add to Price Per Gallon?
4. Rail: “No Public Trust in our Organization”
5. Maunakea financial audit completed
6. The history of Title IX compliance in Hawaii's public schools
7. You aren’t born a leader, says Lingle, you become one
8. Study: Chuukese Patients In Hawaii Often Face Discrimination
9. Biocontrol: $35M Building to House More HGEA ‘Positions’
10. Help Count the Homeless
11. 2 Windward churches aiding the homeless get different results
12. Tourist Sues Expedia for False Advertising of Hawaii TVR

1. The County Strikes Back (part 4)
2. Judicial Vacancy – District Judge, District Court of the Third Circuit
3. 1988: Kaneshiro Brought in to Save Mafia Godfather Larry Mehau
4. Hawaii Minimum Wage Workers Make $50K/year
5. Proposed Hawaii Carbon Tax Would Add $0.88 per gallon of gasoline
6. Title IX 46 Years of DoE Hypocrisy
7. Assisted Suicide ‘Uncharted Territory’
8. A Tale of Two Mauis: Newly released census data reveals growing inequality
9. Kona Homeless Tent City Site Still a Swirling Vortex of Shelter-Refusers
10. Caring efforts are energizing the fight against homelessness
11. ‘Modern Hawaii was built on human trafficking’
12. Can Tulsi Gabbard Revitalize Birtherism?

1. Dubin Disbarment?  Another Step in the Process 
2. Ige Signs Emergency Proclamation to Build Homeless 'Ohana Zones
3. Ige: Lofty ideals, few practical solutions
4. UHERO Economic Forecast: Record-high Visitor Numbers--Unimpressive Income Gains
5. HELCO Pushing $13.4M Rate Hike
6. Josh Green: Pay to Play
7. Kaneshiro Corruption: Murderer May be First to Walk Free
8. Impeachment process unclear for Honolulu Prosecutor Keith Kaneshiro
9. Civil Beat Law Center Files To Unseal Secret Kealoha Court Documents
10. Pu‘uhonua o Waianae gets $150,000 to help build new encampment
11. Solar Homes Hit By High Electric Bills

1. Auditor: DLNR Held Back Ceded Lands Payments
2. Honolulu Republican Party Calls for Kaneshiro Resignation
3. ‘Gold star’ marked duplicate driver licenses now available online
4. Honolulu Bum Patrol Extended -- City Cites 'Good Results'
5. Hawaii hotel strike linked to lack of economic freedom
6. DLNR Publishes Dam Evacuation Maps
7. Hanabusa Identifies Two Key Republicans Behind Hawaiian Tribal Scheme
8. The Cost Of Honolulu Rail’s Westside Stations Keeps Going Up
9. Honolulu Prosecutor Keith Kaneshiro’s deputy takes leave
10. Hawaii State hospital escapee Randall Saito pleads not guilty to escape and identity theft
11. Two Groups Compete to Free Rapist and Murderer
12. Bat Killers Whine About Windfarm Opposition
13. New VA Secretary: We will do more to help Hawaii’s military veterans
14. Muslim Tries to Recruit from Oahu Prisons
15. Teacher Complains Students Not Politicized Enough

1. Whitewash: HGEA Members at State Hospital Get No Punishment for Saito Escape
2. How Would You Grade OHA?
3. City, Hawai‘i Gas open renewable wastewater biogas facility
4. Hemp Made Legal in Federal Farm Bill
5. UN Climate Change Confab: Hawaii Promises to Keep Ratepayer Cash Flowing to Silicon Valley Billionaires
6. Report: Hawaii is the healthiest state in 2018
7. Pearl City--2nd Least Needy City in USA
8. Liar Kaneshiro Can Talk About Federal Investigation If He Wants To 
9. Honolulu Police Corruption Probe Now Includes Katherine Kealoha’s Brother
10. 10 years later, board still trying to fix ethics code
11. Hawaii’s Chief Information Officer Is Stepping Down
12. Kauai Criminal Indicted for Sex Assault While on Work Release
13. Punatic Activist Fails to Complete Community Service, Going to Jail
14. Military Lesbian Charged with Attempted Murder of ‘Wife’
15. Southwest’s CEO Bucks Skeptics With Hawaii Flights ‘Ready to Roll’

1. PETITION: Impeach City and County Prosecutor Keith Kaneshiro
2. Machado remains OHA chair with support of full board
3. Urban Honolulu Native Hawaiian Population Declines 12%
4. Hawaii Cell Phone Taxes 7.75%
5. Regressive Progressives Plan Big Agenda for 2019 Legislature
6. As pressure grows for Kaneshiro to step aside, experts say city charter has process to impeach prosecutor
7. Hawai`i Considers Green Taxes
8. Paul Brewbaker wrong about housing in Honolulu
9. Hawaii is the only state not awarded federal BUILD transportation grants in 2018
10. Hawaii County’s New Pitch To State Seeks $150M For Lava Damage
11. Thanks to Regressive Progressives Once-Thriving Hawaii Dairy Industry Is On The ‘Brink Of Extinction’
12. Lame Duck Maui Council Pushes Big Agenda
13. PGV gets green light to clear road
14. Ex-Real Estate Commission vice chairman changes plea in embezzlement case

1. Finish OHA’s Audit for Fraud, Waste and Abuse!
2. Janus: DAGS Bobbles Union Dues Collection
3. Congress Giving Territories Control of Offshore Windfarm Permitting
4. EPA Moves to Roll Back WOTUS
5. Convicted Murderer to Walk Free Because of Kaneshiro Corruption?
6. City prosecutor shows no signs of stepping aside after getting formal notice that he’s a target of federal probe
7. New OHA Leadership Promises to Complete Audit
8. Hawaii Obamacare Enrollment only 7,806 With 15 Days to Go
9. Rollout of new state payroll system almost complete
10. Geographical Exemption: School Choice Forcing Hawaii Schools to Improve?
11. After 2 Years of Paper Shuffling, City Finally Allow Church to Open Homeless Shelter 
12. Boaters Not Fooled by DLNR Sales Pitch
13. Mortgage delinquencies on Hawaii's Big Island grow after Kilauea eruption
14. The Agricultural Energy - Renewable Energy Quagmire
15. Danger: Hawaii Nonprofit Teams up with UN to Enforce Eco-Religion
16. Ritte warns he’ll protest if Navy goes through military exercises off shore without Giving Him Money
17. Tulsi is Running for VP to Bernie

1. Honolulu Neighborhood Boards -- 34 Vacancies
2. Dead Bats Are Changing People’s Minds About This Energy Project
3. City pays for security at parks to keep homeless out, vandalism down
4. Star-Adv: Lets Put Homeless Tent Cities Back in Our Parks Now 
5. How To Get What You Want From The Legislature
6. Electric Car Tax Credit to be Abolished?

1. Will US Supreme Court Hear Lesbian Home Invasion Case?
2. Auwahi Wind Farm Requests Approval to Kill 140 Hoary Bats
3. The County Strikes Back (part 3)
4. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted December 9, 2018
5. Planning for climate change to the sound of ‘ka-ching’
6. Ige 2.0: Small goals, petty politics
7. Latest Scheme: ‘Free’ Lawyers will Work to Eliminate Rental Units from Marketplace by Helping Deadbeats, Squatters
8. TMT foes don’t speak for all UH faculty
9. Star-Adv: Stamp out Parasite TVRs
10. Leilani: After Volcano, Something Really Horrible—Tourists!
11. Hanalei Continues to Exploit Fake ‘Emergency’ to Keep Tourists Out

1. Nation’s Capital hears our message on Jones Act
2. Health Insurance: Hawaii Cheapest in USA
3. Elder-Abuse Protections--Hawaii Ranks 28th
4. Honolulu Scores Well for 'Wallet Fitness'
5. Kaneshiro Acting as Political Enforcer?
6. OHA Money Grab: Hearings planned on small boat harbor fee hikes
7. Sierra Club Fails in Effort to Cut Off Upcountry Maui Water Supply
8. Tax Hike Coming: Global Warmers Have a Plan for You and Your Property
9. Solar project must be moved away from humans, homes
10. Kauai: Grove Farm Personnel Line Cabinet
11. Activist: I Submitted Comments Against RimPac and the Exercise Continued, therefore the process is Rigged 
12. Food Evolution: the film that may change your mind about GMOs
13. WHT Editorial: Hospital’s Scabies timing seems suspicious

1. Forgotten Honouliuli: Jack Burns, Police Spy
2. Title IX Lawsuit: ACLU Sues over Lack of Female Athletic Facilities at DoE Schools
3. FHA Baseline Limit for Hawaii Homebuyers Increases
4. Census Releases 5 Year Study of Hawaii Households
5. Geothermal energy a 'no brainer' for Hawaii
6. Proposed Water Bottling Plant Dares to Challenge OHA Ownership of Subsurface Resources, Gets Protested
7. Department of Planning and [Not] Permitting
8. Climate-Safe Energy Can Be Dangerous
9. Kamehameha Schools negotiating with Hu Honua Associate for eucalyptus harvest
10. 12 Years Later Honolulu Airport Still Under Construction
11. Telescope Protester: We Built an Altar But the Supreme Court did not give us the Land
12. DLNR to Propose Fishing License Bill?

1. Where Does OHA Hide its Secrets?
2. U.S. Soldier Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Attempting To Provide Material Support to ISIS
3. Hawaii 2nd-Worst State for Drivers
4. Convictions May be Overturned Due to federal criminal probe of Honolulu prosecutors
5. UH Faculty Circular Logic: Telescope is Unethical because we got ourselves Arrested Protesting Against it
6. Hawaii ACLU Outlines Litigation Plan to Keep the Homeless Homeless
7. HPD overstating success in rape cases, report claims
8. City Ethics Commission Is Investigating Far Fewer Cases Than 2 Years Ago
9. Public pension reform will benefit government workers
10. High rise fire inspections to remain at three years vs. five, post-Marco Polo fire
11. Commuting Oahu: ‘It Takes Your Time And It Gives You Back Stress’
12. Court orders Legislature to Release Sex-Harassment Records (in Oregon)

1. How George H W Bush Stopped the Bombing of Kahoolawe
2. Smug Hirono: Dems Struggle Appealing to Voters Because ‘We Have to Tell Everyone How Smart We Are’
3. House Announces Committee and Leadership Roster
4. Candidate registration period opens for 2019 Neighborhood Board Elections
5. Lt. Gov. Green Hires Carpenters Union Lobbyist As His Chief Of Staff
6. Gabbard: If You Ask About Chris Butler, You Are Just Like Pittsburgh Shooter
7. As part of widening corruption probe, DOJ sends subject letter to second-in-command at prosecutor’s office
8. Anti-Telescope Fight Now Shifts to OHA Grab for Cash and Land
9. Six-Figure Deal To Cover UH Rail Costs ‘Slipped Through The Cracks’
10. Council Still Playing Games with Homeless
11. Caldwell Claims Sidewalk Nuisance Bill Undermines Efforts to Force Homeless to Accept Shelter
12. Puuhonua?  10% of Criminals Back in Prison After Just One Year
13. Soft on Crime: Repeat Rapist on Trial for Child Molestation
14. No more Styrofoam: Maui County’s ban leaves restaurants searching for alternatives
15. Ige Orders DoTax to Confiscate Tax Refunds from People Who Owe Money to Government
16. Filmmaker Likes to Sue People
17. Good Thing We Don’t Have Smaller Stadium: Expected to fill Aloha Stadium this weekend: The Eagles, Jack Johnson and Guns N Roses

1. Full Text: Ige Inaugural Speech
2. Republican Responses to Ige Inaugural Speech
3. OHA Year in Review: Looking Back at 2018
4. Legislators to consider carbon tax for ‘polluters’ (big and small)
5. Hawaii soldier who threatened to shoot up Waikiki sentenced to 25 years for trying to aid Islamic State
6. Lack of Earmarks Makes Limousine Liberals Pony Up
7. 7 vacation rental bills before the Council
8. Hawaii Tuna Fishermen Want Higher Quotas
9. HPD Program For Domestic Violence Victims Stalls
10. Maui Co Liquor Comm is “retaliatory and not open to new ideas”

1. WOTUS: Supreme Court Asks US Solicitor General to Weigh in on Maui Injection Wells
2. JSC Seeks Nominees for First Circuit Court--Two Vacancies
3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted December 2, 2018
4. UH: Record-setting Native Hawaiian, Filipino and overall 4-year UH Mānoa graduation rates
5. Tulsi Gabbard returns to NH, fueling speculation of presidential run
6. McDermott: Republicans Want to Cooperate with Ige
7. Civil Beat: Release Lots of Criminals from Jail and Open Up Massive Festering Homeless Tent Cities to House Them
8. Want To Teach In Hawaii? HSTA-DoE Won’t Recognize Your Seniority
9. Lime Bike: City Still Clings to Scooter=Moped Position, Kicks Football to Legislature
10. Kaiser graduate speaks out about Amtrak incident

1. Fraud, Collusion, Embezzlement: Hawaii OPEB Debt
2. The County Strikes Back (part 2)
3. Senate Announces Committee Assignments
4. Feds Investigating Rail After ‘Breathtaking’ Cost Increases
5. UH Global Warmers: Impose Carbon Taxes on Hawaii Because of White Privilege
6. Economists: $800K is Affordable House
7. The need for tweeks:  Star-Adv Urges Lege to Make Oxy Easier to Get
8. Smug Gabbard: Those of us here at the Sanders Institute are Superior to the Measly Little Humans Driven by Greed
9. Remembering President George HW Bush

1. Honolulu Ethics: Legal to Campaign on County Time?
2. Ige Extends Lava Emergency for 5th Time
3. Police Report ‘Threat’ Against State Women’s Commission Director was Fake—Timed to Coincide with Renewal of Employment Contract
4. State Commission on Status of Women--No Minutes Posted for Years
5. Fishermen Not fooled by DLNR Push for Fishing Fees
6. Smaller Stadium -- No More Concerts for Hawaii?
7. Beware of Maui County’s ‘shiny new ball’
8. Maui: Animal Liberation Nuts Grab For Control of Cattle Ranching
9. Maui Anti-Styrofoam Hysteria—What Next?
10. Sovereignty: Doped Up Ruggles Scores Spread in Guardian
11. Doped up at UH: Prof Claims Marijuana is Good for Heart
12. NH Young Democrats Want Gabbard to Speak