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Friday, February 28, 2014 February 28, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:03 PM :: 4214 Views Slom: Djou to Announce Congressional Campaign? Judge Elwin Ahu Announces Campaign for Lt Governor Grim scenario for Hawaii's Obamacare plan: The numbers don't add up As Health Exchange Implodes, Abercrombie Releases ‘Transformation Plan’ UHERO: 2013 Hawaii Growth 'Disappointing', 2014 'Marked Down' Residents in States With Troubled Exchanges Can Still Get Subsidies Maui: Huber's Anti-GMO claims lack evidence More questionable social engineering comes to Hawaii’s public schools FACE Ad campaign pushes minimum wage hike SB2487: Small Business Regulatory Review Board to be Abolished? Fallen Marine Rafael Peralta's family accuses reporter of playing 'race card' House Bill 14: Mandatory Kindergarten, Lowering Compulsory School Attendance Age to 5 Honolulu Firm Selected to Represent Kauai County in GMO Suit HTA: Tourism Down 5th Month in a Row DBEDT App Displays Demographics of Hawaii House, Senate Districts Illegal Gambling Operators Give $20K to Clayton Hee Campaign Hee vs Fale: Same-sex marriage fight apparently not over yet Governor mum on PUC appointment Kenoi: Signing GMO bill was to end ‘shouting’ Kauai Idiots Protest Against Dairy farm To Placate Anti-GMO Hallucinations, SB2777 'Narrowed' Star-Adv vs Hawaii: Military draw-down long overdue Poll — Oahu Voters Don't Like Mufi Negotiations Over Hawaii Minimum Wage Go Down to the Wire Waipahu First of Many to be Transformed for Rail TOD Study Questions Benefits of 'Medical Home' Programs for Chronically Ill Senate Budget Committee Advances Four Key Education Bills SB894 would allow for a forced sale of Turtle Bay property Hawaii Supreme Court Takes Up Lawsuit Challenging Koa Ridge Project Next Steps for the Geothermal Request for Proposal Prison Guard's Wife Gets Federal Prison Time DLNR Plan to Kill Owls, Egrets Blasted Three Killed in Lanai Plane Crash Read More..

Thursday, February 27, 2014 February 27, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:19 PM :: 4166 Views Matsuda: Fate of Prepaid Health Care Act Depends on Hawaii Health Connector LA Times: Hawaii Health Connector Refused to Cough up Secret Budget HI leaders worry military cuts will compromise Pacific security Auditor: 11 Special Funds Do not Meet Criteria Health Connector May Convert itself into Telemarketing Business to Make Money Health Connector Abandons Enrollment Goals, Seeks new Funding Sources How Abercrombie, Schatz Can Win Easily Complaint Filed Against Hee for Acting Like Hanohano Measures on food labeling appear doomed House Defers Minimum Wage over Tip Credit Effort to Save Oahu Residents From Rail Failed Despite Valiant Effort Can the Legislature save HECO? Council committee scraps Caldwell's $20M Garbage Tax Caldwell wants Honolulu to spend $25M to encourage transit oriented development along rail line Honolulu Mayor wants significant increase in programs for homeless Kauai Councilman Scores $250K Settlement from Former Prosecutor Poll — Voters Want Higher Minimum Wage, Reject Legal Pot Should Hawaii Let Public Schools Raise Money for Private Nonprofits? Many Oahu Schools Miss Basic Food Safety Checks Tax Foundation of Hawaii opposes proposed electric vehicle tax Sovereignty Activist Loses Neighborhood Board Committee Chairmanship Liquefied natural gas could play key role in isles' energy transition Trask Geothermal Scammers Demand Meeting  Bill to allow online gun registration makes headway despite police opposition Drone bill could affect Maui missing women search Judge finds accused rapist mentally unfit for trial Read More..

Wednesday, February 26, 2014 February 26, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:25 PM :: 6112 Views Duke Aiona: Great News for the Campaign Clinton’s chief economist supports Jones Act reform for Puerto Rico and Hawaii Looks Like Hawaii Won't Need To Count All Those Soldiers, Sailors, And Marines In The Next Reapportionment Anyway BLS: Hawaii Union Membership Rate 22.1% VIDEO: Aloha Obamacare Wipeout Honolulu tops list of America’s Most Overpriced Cities Hawaii's Choice: Let the Fleecing Continue or Bring on the Competition? Full Text: State of the City Address Rep Fale to Challenge Clayton Hee for Senate Tranny Supports 'Racist' Hanohano Progressives Mock Sovereignty Activists Trench Warfare: Schatz vs Hanabusa Poll: Kim, Takai Lead Race for Dem Nomination in CD1  AARP: Health Connector needs a sustainability plan HSTA can learn from students Hawaii Lawmakers May Give Counties Millions of Dollars in Extra Hotel Tax Money Kauai Gives Anti-GMO Whackos the Test Case they Need to Uphold GMO Bans SB2777 May Face Amendments to Satisfy Anti-GMO Activists Kauai Idiots: Proposed Dairy Farm is 'Mind-boggling Environmental Disaster' Ag Board to End State Milk Price Fixing Scheme? Former prosecutor can’t prevent Undisclosed Bynum settlement Don't Destroy Police Disciplinary Files Just Yet, Hawaii Lawmakers Say Back pay on the way for Hawaii substitute teachers Read More..

Tuesday, February 25, 2014 February 25, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:14 PM :: 6252 Views Kanoho Helm Debunks 'Developer-Driven' Big Cable Scheme Senate Minimum Wage Bill Will Fail Hawaii's Low-Wage Earners Hawaii Charter School Law: Measuring up to the Model? Union Contractors to get Exclusive Deal on NAVFAC Project at Hawaii Marine Corps Base? Can they get up? HI Legislature to fund coordinator to help seniors avoid falls DBEDT Reduces Projected Growth Rate Abercrombie Releases $62.4M in DoE CIP Poll: Schatz - Hanabusa Tied 40% Each Disrespectful Schatz Hasn't Earned it Hirono: Proposed military cuts are 'Good News' Abercrombie Holding $2500/head Fundraiser in DC Hanohano, under siege, has talking-to Hospitals, Airports, 5th Floor: State Funding Emergency Festers Honolulu Electric Bill Jumps to $91.8M Failed California Anti-GMO Initiative Backers Conspire to Impose themselves on Maui Federally funded sex ed program teaches Hawaii middle schoolers that butts are genitals CD1 Candidates Argue over how to Raise Taxes Minimum Wage to Boost Hawaii's Already-High Labor Costs Legislators Use Lobbing Rules to Harass Pro-Family Activists Full Text: Judge releases documents in Deedy murder case NFL may move Pro Bowl to Arizona More rail transit traffic woes in store for Oahu drivers 'Car To Go' Isn't Here Yet, But Legislators Scheme to Tax it 13 Security Breaches in 7 years at Unprotected Iolani Palace SB72: Even More Excuses to Let Murderers and Rapists out of Prison Early Alleged Manoa Harasser Released, Supposed to be in Drug Treatment Star-Adv: Troubled youth need treatment, not a prison bed Mainland Quacks Seek to Retake Control of Hawaii Medicated Marijuana Business SB2270: Sue Your Neighbor for Zoning Violations Read More..

Monday, February 24, 2014 February 24, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:36 PM :: 4247 Views CD1 Poll: Good News for Charles Djou Poll: Ige-Abercrombie Tied at 37% Each 1000 Friends: Stop residential development adjacent to Kakaako Waterfront Park SB2938: Online Gun Registration to be Heard Feb 25 Alec Baldwin Flees to Hawaii Seeking Transsexual Dry Cleaning? Abercrombie's Big Cable Designed by Dick Cheney's 'Energy Cabal' Abercrombie Heckles Governor Jindal at White House The Usual Nuts Launch GMO Ban Ballot Initiative in Maui County $48M Given to 18,000 in Hawaii Welfare Overpayments 4,200 Mentally Ill Children in Hawaii With no Treatment Facility Agencies Struggle With Pilot Program for 10 Mentally Ill Children Troubled youths may get chance at treatment Haunted, Court Psychiatrist Retires After 22 Years Hanohano Censure among items on lawmakers’ agenda SB2426: Streamline HTA Marketing Plan Abercrombie Wants $132K for Travel, Buyouts, Membership Fee Hawaii's Pricey Claims Settlements Include Paying Out $30K for Sun's Glare Mollway: Raising the state ethics bar? Maui Farms Fined for Violating Minimum Wage Hagel to propose big cuts in Army in 2015 budget Read More..

Sunday, February 23, 2014 February 23, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:08 PM :: 5041 Views For Supporting Mufi: Up to 1/3 of Democrats Could be Expelled Can We Best Help the Poor by Making Their Lives Complicated? Anti-GMO Industry Responsible for Death on Maui Big Cable Will Soak Ratepayers for $1.5B Creation of the Hawaii Electricity Reliability Administrator Lessons of past losses could help Hannemann Renewed rivalries and rants are like watch, wince, repeat Minimum Wage: Clayton Hee Preparing to Screw it up -- Again Health Connector to be funded by $15M Tax on Insurance Policies? Briefing will address fixes for Connector Kakaako Development Opposed by Global Warmers Current UH regent skipped as gov appoints 4 to board Give judges and probation officers tools needed to help juvenile offenders Teachers protest new program Pono Madness & Condom Festivals Inspections begin soon for new restaurant ratings Star-Adv Flies Reporter to Puna to Chart Course for Defeating Hanohano Kenoi: Assessments Will Go Up, But not Tax Rates Obama Wasting Troops’ Sacrifice Read More..

Saturday, February 22, 2014 February 22, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:51 PM :: 5628 Views Full Text: Legislators Challenge Abercrombie over Morita Dismissal February 21, 2014: Election Commission Releases Updated Candidate List 300 Republicans Celebrate Lincoln Day, Launch New YouTube Ad Feds: Hawaii's High Energy Costs Drive Push for 'Clean' Energy Does Hawaii Need An "Environmental Court?" No Surprise: DoE Includes Tranny on Pono Choices Review Panel Hawaii Health Connector Website: 41% of Defects Still not Corrected Shutdown of Coal Plant will Boost Electric Rates 3% Hawaiian Electric executives 'earned' higher salaries in 2013 Alleviating Poverty Through Tax Policy Modifications Perfect Timing: Anti-GMO Activists 'Honored' as ‘The Daily Show’ films GMO segment in Kona SB2375: Anti-GMO Activists Attack Local Produce Bill Money grubbing Atheists Try Again for $1M from Hawaii Churches 1,900 Kiddie Porn Leads in Hawaii--Will Legislators Approve Funding to Investigate? Law Prevents Police from Helping Mentally Ill Person Panel to scrutinize cost of government, Propose More Tax Hikes Queen’s Medical Center shares patient data with Hawaii HIE Read More..

Friday, February 21, 2014 February 21, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:07 PM :: 5022 Views Carpenter: Complaint Must be Filed Before Democrats can Expel Mufi Supreme Court Nominee Wilson's Written Opinions How Hawaii Will Achieve Food Sustainability: Jail a Farmer! A Major Hurdle for Student Veterans Honolulu Ethics Commission Calls for Audit of Water Board Is your baby carrying excess fat? Hawaii wants to know Free Speech on Campus? Grassroot Institute Interviews FIRE See it Live: Famed Nimitz' WWII 'Diary' to be Unveiled Online Monday Abercrombie Names UH Regent Nominees Hawaii Supreme Court: How Do You Solve A Problem Like ... Appellate Mootness? More Process! Big Cable Plan: Spend $800M to 'Save' $423M Not rehiring Morita at PUC dicey move for Abercrombie SB2777: Farmers Still Have Chance to Free Themselves from Anti-GMO Oppressors Health Connector Blames DHS 'Bottleneck' For Worst-in-the-Nation Performance HB2529 Amended: Hawaii Health Connector to Remain Private Nonprofit Oahu man waits nearly 2 months for Obamacare insurance Rail: City restarts property acquisition process VIDEO: Geothermal bills debated in House Committee High cost oil fired generation creates potential for shift in Hawaiian electric sources HB1796: Clearer Rules for Schools With Uncontrollable Kids New policy eliminates hidden fees at UH Shakedown: Billion Dollar Telescope in Court Again Caldwell Ignores Committees on Women, Disabilities Future Caucus debuts to engage young people Who Are Hawaii's U.S. Senate Candidates' Biggest Donors? Honolulu Inflation only 1.7% Read More..

Thursday, February 20, 2014 February 20, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:54 PM :: 3822 Views Sabato: Hawaii Governor's Race no Longer 'Likely Democratic' VA Mortgages Again Available as DoH Reverses Catchment Tank Rules DBEDT: Shortage of Housing Supply Contributes to High Prices Matson Raising Fuel Surcharge 5% SB2147: Silver Alert Gallup: Hawaii Drops to 8th in Well-Being "Is there a way to allow a person to end his life without making someone else a criminal?" Spoiler: To run for Governor, Mufi forming "Independent Party" Today Hanohano Targeted because She Opposes Pre-K Initiative? Aila: Hanohano Accused DLNR Staffer of 'Genocide' Tip credit stymies accord on raise Lobbyists Test Another Path to Influence Hawaii Ethics Commission Examines How Lawmakers Spend Their Allowances Will Land Swap Restore Ag in Wahiawa? Prison pitch includes new facility in West Oahu EPA seeks tougher safety standards for farmworkers Anti-GMO 'Home Rule ' Reso Passes Hawaii Co Council 5.5 percent raise sought for police chief, deputies Kauai Police commissioner resigns: Is Target of Federal Gambling Investigation After Killing Them, Pflueger Cuts off Farmers Water City Council gives initial OK to $10 trash pickup fee Easing the housing crunch for low-income citizens Opponents of planned Kakaako condo want permit revoked A second chance for vets Read More..

Wednesday, February 19, 2014 February 19, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:28 PM :: 4975 Views Say NO on SB 2521 ~ Do Not increase Food costs for Hawaii BoE Reaffirms Commitment to Hawaiian Language and Culture FDA: ‘Natural Supplements’ Industry Victimizes Korean Community with Hidden Chemicals Hawaiian Electric Reports 2013 Earnings Growing Inequality? Hawaii Ranks #8 in USA Today at the Legislature Abercrombie: Wilson Promises to be Activist Judge Mile Wide, Inch Deep: Poll Shows that GMO Labeling is Backed by Know-Nothings Organic Profiteer: Sen Ruderman Rakes in $1M/year Profits from 'Natural Foods' Store  DLNR: Hanohano Blames Malihini for 'Genocide' Mainland Homosexuals Spent $509,900 to Marry Hawaii FBI Investigates Kauai Police Commissioner for Bookmaking Feds Grab for Control of all West Hawaii Water Resources Rail opponents give up fight after Two court decisions Pacific Resource Partnership’s media campaign targets Kakaako HHSC: $109M for Electronic transition of Health records Morita: Abercrombie Preparing to Dump me as PUC Chair Kahuku Wind Project Faces Blowback The Future Electric Utility Ratepayer HB2116 Help Young Energetic Criminals Get Back out of Prison Even Quicker Big Island Rally Remembers Murder Victims California Mother of 6 Stole Dead Father's Disability Payments for 21 Years from Hawaii Government Federal Contractors Relieved at Metcalf Ruling Read More..

Tuesday, February 18, 2014 February 18, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:31 PM :: 4787 Views 9th Circuit Court: Honolulu Rail Project On Track KOS: Ward Poll Shows Aiona is Winning on His own Popularity Abercrombie Names former BLNR Chair Wilson to Supreme Court Survey: UH Manoa Offers 13th Best Return on Investment in US West Hawaii Among 10 Least Expensive Insurance Markets Ethics Comm. to Discuss 8 Bills Before Legislature OHA and Kakaako Makai UH Med school leads nation in funding Today at the Legislature Rail: Effect of Ansaldo Restructuring 'Remains to be seen' Democrat: Aiona's Popularity Shows Need for Cleansing of Voter File Cayetano: A lot of Angry Voters out There Preschool, GMOs, Kakaako, and Homelessness: More Poll Results Friday Deadline for Kauai County to Respond to Suit against Anti-GMO Law Anti-GMO Activists Still Talking about Ousting Kauai Mayor Hawaiian Immersion Schools Flood DOE Lawn to Rally for Policy Changes Fired Honolulu Police Officer’s File Destroyed Before Discharge Revealed Political Radar: Arguments for Public Funding not Square with Record HB2590 Same Day Voter Registration Chaos Hee: Only Police Should Have Drones Council revisits ethics proposal Lockheed Martin Builds $475K Tech System for Governor's Office Open Data Institute Signs Up Hawaii Affiliate Read More..

Monday, February 17, 2014 February 17, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:52 PM :: 4793 Views GMO Labeling Could Add $800/yr to Hawaii Grocery Bills Honolulu: Highest Taxes in USA for Low Income Residents, 9th Lowest for High Income Residents Quid pro Quo? HSTA Endorses Ige for Governor Ige: Polls, Endorsements Show Momentum Stung by Star-Adv Poll, Schatz Releases his Own Numbers National Republicans Meet With Grassroots Volunteers in Hawaii Supreme Court: Damage To Unique Property Subject To Unique Rules Poll: Aiona 48% - Abercrombie 40% Nobody Wants Obamacare: 60% say Changes Needed, 24% want Repeal Caldwell Approval 72% to 19% Star-Advertiser: Caldwell's Garbage tax Goes too Far Lingle chief of staff returns as consultant to Honolulu City Council Chair The Perfect Storm: Tsunami of Forces Threatening HECO Don't let privacy fears ground Hawaii's well-established hobby aircraft community Getting the Right Balance on Drones New police cameras note license plates N Shore Residents Protest Ernie Martin's Bill 47 Marine families in Hawaii worry soil under base housing may be toxic House bill due for a floor vote would ban tobacco (but not marijuana) at UH Read More..

Sunday, February 16, 2014 February 16, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:35 PM :: 5759 Views Election 2014: Candidate Filing List Now Totals 14 Pages Caldwell's Latest Scheme: Garbage Tax 13 Nominated for UH Board of Regents Applicants Sought for Ethics Commission Die on Medicaid? State Could Seize Your House Poll Shows Deep Ethnic Divide: Hanabusa 48% -- Schatz 40% Poll: Kim Leads Pack for CD1 Poll reveals Profound Ethnic Split Once a beacon, UH dulled by the dim bulbs in politics State budget depends on continued private-sector growth -- which has slowed Star-Adv: Let Kakaako Get Crowded with Skyscrapers, But Give Lawyers a Chance, too 5 things ahead in the Hawaii Legislature this week 600 Homeowners Victimized by Solar Scammers: Paying $305/mo for Nothing SB3049 Ruderman Panders to a Key Constituency -- Fukushima Radiation Conspiracy Theorists The Misnamed State Agency: The Consumer Advocate Governor Lingle Regales Students Over Shabbat Dinner Medical Marijuana Triples Auto Crash Fatality Rate The Interconnection Nightmare in Hawaii and Why It Matters to the US Residential PV Industry Read More..

Saturday, February 15, 2014 February 15, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:54 PM :: 3394 Views Flags to Fly at Half-Staff for Sgt Drew M Scobie ObamaCare: Taxpayers Spend $56,819 To Sign Up Each Person In Hawaii How They Voted: House Rejects Religious Freedom Restoration Act Statewide Meetings: Parents Protecting Their Children from Pono Choices Budget: Kalbert Young Talks to Grassroot Institute Abercrombie Appoints Dr. Linda Rosen Director, Department of Health Supreme Court: Lower Courts too Dismissive of Pro-Se Litigants Four Things You Should Know About The Minimum Wage Debate In Hawaii HPU Prof. Distributes Land to the Landless Internet Tax Freedom Act Celebrates Sweet 16 Ninth Circuit Confirms Right to Carry Arms in Public Comcast merger sparks calls for government intervention Housing First Funding Depends on Sale of City-Owned Apartments 'I don't plan on going back'--A Housing First Story HB2533: Legislation Would Revive Partial Public Funding Program Congressional Candidates to Meet With Trannies Today Kim "Saddened' by Manahan's CD1 Challenge 2012 Killer Out after a Few Months, Already Violating Parole Court considers Hu Honua liens HECO cleared to pursue negotiations to buy what passes as low-cost PV power What is Renewable Energy? String of OIP opinions require court settlements involving state or counties to be public Read More..

Friday, February 14, 2014 February 14, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:42 PM :: 3900 Views Bad Company: Honolulu Rail Car Supplier Ansaldo Breda May be Sold, Liquidated Atheist Scores $200K from New Hope Lawsuit Settlement How They Voted: House Rejects Religious Freedom Restoration Act Video: Legislators Debate Religious Freedom Restoration Act Slom: SB2160 Should be called Peter Boy Kema Bill SB2196: Barrel Tax Snatches $80M out of Consumers Pockets First Wind Dumps Battery System to Restart Kahuku Windfarm after Fire House Committee May Consider Expulsion of Hanohano after Cannibalism Remarks HCDA Reform? House is Just Faking it to Look Good for Voters Underground Pesticide Market Secretly Serves Hawaii Vegetable Farms Trask: Elected Officials Should be Censured for Spreading anti-Geothermal Hysteria (LOL!) HHSC Privatization proposal advances Experts Fret over Abject Failure of Hawaii Obamacare Caldwell's Garbage Tax Would Hit Nonprofits, Small Business Hard Rail facility redesign costs $4.25M Bills may weaken Sunshine Law Bill to legalize pakalolo dies but bill to decriminalize lives HB1899 Would Make Homeless into Sacred Cows HCDA Schedules Hearing for Residents Protesting New Condos on Ala Moana Blvd Iolani Palace releases surveillance video of vandalism suspects Hawaii Among 10 Places Where Health Insurance Costs The Least SB2126 Allows Schatz to Resign so Abercrombie can Appoint Hanabusa after she wins General Election UH Hilo Pharmacy school in peril The Conversation: Carl Bonham on Raising the Minimum Wage KFVE-TV ownership transfer challenged Read More..

Thursday, February 13, 2014 February 13, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:06 PM :: 4107 Views Bhagowalia Quits Abercrombie Administration, Flees State Caylee’s Bill Up For Public Hearing Today VIDEO: Pono Choices Forum at State Capitol SB2999 SD1: Dissolve Failed Hawaiian Roll Commission Xtreme Bankruptcy: Burned out Wind Farm Battery Maker to be Auctioned off Study: Wind Farms Die After 10-15 years Hawaii legislators reject Azerbaijani Resolutions Hawaii Boasts Most Expensive U.S. Destination for Presidents' Day Weekend Hawaii pesticide data: Homes not fields found to be source of most problems Today's Legislative Agenda HUD: $4,200 Contribution to Ernie Martin Buys $1.2M Loan Forgiveness? Star-Adv: Use LNG to ease ratepayer costs Caldwell's Latest Trick: $120 Garbage Tax Senate panels OK OHA plan to develop Kakaako parcels PHOCUSED, Hee Demand Legislators Use Minimum Wage to Screw Restaurant Industry Thanks to Supreme Court ruling, VOG is now Basis for Lucrative Workers Comp Suits Fraud: Hawaii Pays $400K Disability to Daughter of Dead Man for 2 Decades U6: Hawaii's Real Unemployment Rate 11.5% Pine, Arakawa Top GOP Fundraisers Atheist Trash Score $200K from New Hope Settlement $100K Raise for DoE Sup't? Homeless program coming to Hawaii Open-government advocates are alarmed at advancing legislation Ethics: Hawaii County takes a Page from Caldwell's Playbook Under Senate Proposal, Parents Could be Prosecuted for Unreported Missing Children Moving in the Legislature: Did the Legislature Learn anything from 'Islam Day' Fiasco? Fire: After 18 Months, Kahuku Wind Farm Finally Repaired Attorney Gen. to investigate palace break-in Niu Valley SPED Teacher's aide investigated for stabbing student with pencil Internet Access to Patient Records Now Available Hawaii Among Most Satisfied with Standard of Living Gingriches to sign books in Lahaina Read More..

Wednesday, February 12, 2014 February 12, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:21 PM :: 4350 Views Anti-GMO Activists Welch on Promise to Provide Pro-Bono Defense for Kauai County Fiscal watchdog disputes Hawaii governor’s surplus claims Schatz v Hanabusa: Vituperative, Byzantine Contest Hottest in USA HB2148 Would Allow Military Pistol Training to Satisfy Handgun Training Requirements Justice Reinvestment: Hawaii Reduces Prison Population by 4%, Increases Costs by $900K I Aloha Molokai opposes HB1942 & SB2754 Guard soldier adored his family and the ocean Attorney: Creagan Appointment Rigged 20,000 Hawaii Medicaid Applicants May Lose Subsidies because of State's Inability to Complete paperwork On Time House Committee shelves plan to kill HCDA Hawaii Senate Committees Advance Dole Land Exchange Proposal Hawaii Legislature Moves Closer to Raising Minimum Wage Ige: We Have Minimum Wage Bill from Last Years Conference Committee Hawaii Legislature to Hear Bills Decriminalizing Pot In Motion in the Legislature Star-Adv: Pono Choices is Anti-Gay Kalbert Young: Sustainability = More Spending Schatz and Hanabusa strut their credentials as liberals Lawmakers attempt to reopen popular rock climbing site Read More..

Tuesday, February 11, 2014 February 11, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:26 PM :: 4739 Views Senator Sam Slom Appointed to Special Investigative Committee Hawaii In The Eminent Domain Spotlight Abercrombie Creates Lucrative New Positions for Bhagowalia, Lieutenants PUC Decision and Order in Decoupling Case City Blames ORI for Failed HUD Negotiations SB2521: Clayton Hee Sneaks GMO Labeling Bill past angry Farmers Senate considers new take on partnerships for HHSC Behind the ballooning medical e-records cost Abercrombie Chaos: State to be temporarily without health director Forgetful Abercrombie Was Two Days Late With Supreme Court Nomination State contract issues lead to foreclosure process for residential care providers State paying $5 million for airport screening that airlines used to pay for Killer of Japanese visitor could walk free Thanks to Abercrombie's Soft on Crime Parole Board Forbes: Woman Criticizes Honolulu's Government, Has Her Protest Signs Bulldozed Legislators Consider Legalizing Hashish Lawmakers Consider Whether the Public Should Inhale .... or Not Proposed legislation would crack down on Hawaii mortgage fraud, fake liens Bill targets home births Why Do Takai and Cabanilla Care So Much About Azerbaijan? The Many Reasons Why a City or County Attorney Should Not Provide Ethics Advice Judge Orders Release of Police Disciplinary Records Judge to Decide on Releasing Deedy Trial Transcripts Iolani Palace vandal suspects appear in court Grid Modernization is a Multi-Edged Sword Number of solar photovoltaic permits issued on Oahu drops 25% Bill could restore funding cuts for high school sports Patsy Mink's Legacy Guts UH Athletic Finances Retaliation is #1 as Discrimination complaints up in 2013 These Maps Show The Geography Of Interracial Marriage Read More..

Monday, February 10, 2014 February 10, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:46 PM :: 4857 Views UPDATE: Did McManaman Quit Abercrombie Administration or Not? Republicans Build Momentum in Legislative Races Is inequality actually lower in Honolulu? Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 10, 2014 Blake Oshiro Charges 'Health Spa' expenses to taxpayers Senate panel OKs 3 housing measures Style beats Substance: Is Tulsi Gabbard Hawaii's Invincible Rep.? Hawaii Electric Rates up 56% in Three Years The Unraveling of Hu Honua Biofuels Liquefied natural gas site proposed, Sierra Club Opposed Federal agency wants $8 million returned Police Release Names of Vandals Who Allegedly Smashed Door at Iolani Palace More than 100 people express frustration over Niihau proposals Banning officers from drinking alcohol while carrying a loaded gun Pothead Losers Head for State Supreme Court Panel passes bill to Throw Tobacco smokers out of public housing Senators Worry Marijuana Pipes are being used for Tobacco Read More..

Sunday, February 9, 2014 February 9, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:43 PM :: 3957 Views Election 2014: Dozens Pull Papers in First Week of Candidate Filing You Like Tax Credits, Why Don’t We? Minimum Wage Fraud Revisited–Again and Again Defending Liberty: Grassroot Institute Interviews Ilya Shapiro Abercrombie's Soft on Crime Parole Board Cuts Sentences for 14 Murderers, More Coming HART Begins Deploying Excuses for Rail Cost Overruns Shapiro: Caldwell Hedges Bets on Rail Cost Overruns Since we're flush, it's time to refill rainy-day reservoir Residents demand HCDA change or die 'Affordable' housing Statewide system of mobile medical facilities stands to lose a third of its funding Sovereignty Activists? Police, Media Protect Anonymity of Vandals who Smash Door at Iolani Palace Caldwell Admin Questions Anti-hoarding proposal Renewed Push for Tax Hike on Waikiki TVRs? Power usage dropping on Kauai Waikiki Bike Share to Cost $7000 per bike plus another $1882 per bike per year Read More..

Saturday, February 8, 2014 February 8, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:07 PM :: 4245 Views Did McManaman Quit Abercrombie Administration or Not? Taken: HI convict pleads guilty to stealing $200,000 in gov’t welfare HB1624: Religious Freedom Not a Priority for House Judiciary Committee SB2149: Combat Fraudulent Liens and Mortgage Filings Natalie Iwasa Makes City Council Run Official Guilty: Mainland Bisexual Moves to Maui, Adopts and Rapes Foster Boys Report: PV customer credits Driving Up Electric Rates Maui News: Arakawa Deserves Credit for Business-friendly Atmosphere  Dozens testify to restrict power of HCDA State may yank 990 acres from UHWO for TOD More than $1 billion in rail contracts scheduled to arrive in 2014 Sen. Kim warns UH, student fees not a bailout Sen. Dela Cruz Advocates for New Agency to Facilitate Public-Private Partnerships Honolulu Officials Give Up on Central Oahu Nonprofit Embroiled in Scandal Niihau Fishing Bill Will Redefine Rights of Shoreline Property Owners Liquor panel too slack, DUI councilman complains 10,000 Rental Units Needed for Homeless DoD to Defend Oahu Electrical Grid Against Attacks by Green Energy Scammers and Terrorists Anti-GMO Lawyers Not Quite Pro-Bono Compact Impact: Guam Frustrated With Abercrombie's Lack of Leadership Mass layoff at Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Kihei Rejects Naming HS After Patsy Pink Obama, Bethany Hamilton urge nations to allow religious freedom Read More..

Friday, February 7, 2014 February 7, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:28 PM :: 4891 Views Flags Fly at Half-Staff for Chief Warrant Officer Edward Balli China Will Deploy Subs that Could Nuke Alaska or Hawaii This Year Clayton Hee: “We give notice we cut you at the knees” HI lawmakers: Obamacare exchange failures warrant state takeover Epic Fail: Where Four State Health Exchanges Went Wrong Schatz 93% More Liberal Than Average Senator Taxes, Transparency, Initiative, Referendum, Recall, Children and More Supported by Legislative Minority SB2153: Follow the Tax Credit Money SB 2169: GE Tax Cut Would Help Working Families and the Poor Another $19.1M CIP for HHSC Hospitals Reagan Dinner Attracts Sellout Crowd Today's Legislative Agenda Only 3,614 Sign up for Hawaii Health Exchange Federal judge to rule in Honolulu rail case ‘as soon as I can’ Pre-K Initiative Requires $50M/year Star-Adv: Reject DHHL's arrogant, shameful bid for secrecy Bill Would Exempt OHA Board from Open Meetings Law OHA renews push to lift ban on residential development What Should Lawmakers Do With Hawaii's Development Authority? Three Bills: Will Hawaii Lawmakers Pass the Charter Schools Test? Hu Honua Bioenergy replaces Hawaiian Dredging as contractor Keeping pot, gaming illegal is police chief's plan Blame Game: Sen English points finger at cops for enforcing his cellphone law HB1804: Lawmakers advance bill that would criminalize lying to police Health Savings Accounts to be Promoted for Hawaii LTC Savings Sierra Club Attacks HC&S Biomass Facility HB2226: West Hawaii Reps Attack Small Business Guilty plea expected in 200K Hawaii welfare fraud case Could this be the solution to America's probation problem? Niihau County? Pastor sues Maui County over religious pamphlets distribution Contractor warning came 5 months before brakes failed on ZipperLane Hawaii in World War II was civil rights black hole Read More..

Thursday, February 6, 2014 February 6, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:41 PM :: 4432 Views Schofield Engineers Return from Afghanistan KOS: Abercrombie Terrible, Vulnerable, Deeply Unpopular–And Headed for Landslide Reelection Lawsuit Alleges Abuse at Kauai Prison Bills on their way to becoming laws that promote fiscal transparency Faleomavaega still missing; American Samoa in legislative Danger Full Text: Maui Mayor Arakawa State of the County Address Hanohano Committee Votes to Exempt DHHL from Open Records Laws Honolulu Risks Losing Millions on Affordable Housing Projects SB2728: Sen English Behind Unconstitutional Grab for title to Hawaii Roads, Trails Will Hawaii Go To Pot – Or What? Estimated Water billing Down to 3,000 per Month Lawmakers to debate bills aimed at Hawaii Community Development Authority OHA pledges not to build condos on Kewalo Basin waterfront Tax relief brewing HB1999: Pretend to Protect ratepayers Victims of Solar Scammers Blame HECO Honolulu solar PV industry showing mixed signs so far this year SB2924: Let Public Utilities Commission Keep More Special Fund Money Higher Athletic Fees Coming? $2 million shortfall forecast for sports HB2454: GMO regulation task force bill moving in Senate SB2433: Anti-GMO Activists Cheer Effort to Harass Farmers Market Vendors HB2022: Enviros Harass Restaurants over Styrofoam Again HPD sergeant facing demotion for confrontation with Occupiers caught on video Automatic jail time proposed for repeat car break-in thieves Read More..

Wednesday, February 5, 2014 February 5, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:03 PM :: 4053 Views Hawaii Shippers Council testifies to Puerto Rico Senate in support Jones Act reform UHPA Files 'Prohibited Practice' Charges Against UH Administration "You Brainwashed Me": Victim Confronts Alleged Homosexual Child Molester Lloyd Lim: A Theory of Business Regulation Ten Steps for a Market-Oriented Health Care System Services scheduled for fallen Kapolei soldier DoE Announces New Review of Pono Choices Curriculum Green Energy Scammers Angered by Abercrombie's Refusal to Sign 242 pages of Rules Which Would Force Gasoline and Electricity Prices Even Higher PV systems eat into HECO sales, but not Profits Matayoshi Reward for Imposing Gay Agenda: $250K/year SB2837 Would Expand Secrecy of DHHL Leases Child protective cases to stay closed Bid to Override County GMO Restrictions Is Dead — for Now Biotech-Aided Farming Should Not Be a Crime Kihei Charter School plans new $21M campus as Maui awaits start on state’s $130M public high school Oil Export Debate Renews Fight Over Protections for U.S. Shipping Big Cable: PUC Holds Non-Disclosed Legislative Briefing Hawaii may nudge its people to save early for care Hawaii County to Issue New RFP for Waste to Energy Proposed drone regulations draw fire from Users Hawaii County police probe death of man in custody SB2591: Can Misconduct Bill 'Validate' Public Trust in Hawaii Police? Violations at federal building where employees claim mold is causing serious illness Hilo Bay: Shark Gobbles Up Delicious Turtle in Front of Startled Tourists Read More..

Tuesday, February 4, 2014 February 4, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:16 PM :: 4052 Views Bitter Abercrombie Bickers With 'Irresponsible' Legislators over CAFR Credit Gallup: Hawaii Liberals Outnumber Conservatives by Paltry 0.7% HI lawmaker renews fight to end or revise controversial sex ed program UHERO: Hawaii's minimum wage, poverty, and job creation Lagging Health Connector Launches New Ad Buy In Search of the Glass Ceiling: Deciphering Data on Gender and Wages DOE reports on school year and instructional time Hawaiian Electric deactivates Honolulu Power Plant HB452: Hawaii House Unanimously Passes Election Fraud Bill Multiple Gun-Related Bills to be Heard in state Senate Committee Today Rep Thielen Pushes Hemp Legalization Today's Legislative Agenda Cronies give Caldwell $449K, 2nd only to The Abercrombie Caldwell Pushes Massive GE Tax Hike HB1999 Challenges HECO Monopoly Good News: House Panel Defers Child Molester Protection Bill SB110 to Protect Agriculture from Anti-GMO Lunatics? U.S. Supreme Court Justice Scalia's Surprising Advice for UH Law Students Atheist Trash to Re-File Lawsuit Against Churches Sen. Chun Oakland Seeks $220M for Affordable Housing Honolulu Councilman Wants To End State Control Of Kakaako Development More coordination with state urged for rail planning PUC Quietly Moves on Solar Permit Rules Funding for cooler schools advances Star-Adv: Lift secrecy veil on child-abuse proceedings State places Kaneohe preschool on 'probation' The Jones Act is an ‘expensive luxury’ Hawaii Supreme Court rejects sovereignty defense Union complaint delays UH smoking ban Bills aim to help homeless into private homes, Kick Smokers out of Public Housing Hu Honua faces nearly $37M in liens Read More..

Monday, February 3, 2014 February 3, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:37 PM :: 3373 Views Candidate Filing Opens Monday Feb. 3 Hawaii Republicans are active and working hard for a better Hawaii LIUNA, UniteHere 'Bitterly Disappointed' With Obamacare WaPo: Hanabusa is 4th Biggest Loser in Politics Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 3, 2014 Today's Legislative Agenda Stop Rail Suit will be heard Thursday Secret Document:  'Decoupling' Costs Rate Payers $161 per Year Usual Crooks, Cronies Top List of Abercrombie Max Donors Big Turnout for GOP Caucuses Mental health cuts linked to violence Bill would open child abuse hearings Bill would allow undocumented residents to acquire driver’s license Fruitful Lessons From Papayas to Oranges Predictable: Kauai Activists begin Attacking Dairy Farm Proposal SB2938 Calls For County Online Registration of Firearms Star-Adv: Use Solar, Batteries to cool schools Surfer girls, Philadelphia freedom and newbuilding finance Read More..

Sunday, February 2, 2014 February 2, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:23 PM :: 4421 Views Anti-GMO Activists Claim Kauai Mayor’s Office has been Legally Vacant since 2010 Regressive Taxes: State Hypocrisy on Minimum Wage Feb 4-5: Pono Choices or Poor Choices? Faleomavaega on Hillary’s Hit List? I Need a Gun, Mommy, but I won't use it (now) ACU Chair Al Cardenas to Speak at Maui TEA Party Event Caldwell announces new economic development team Living History Day: USS Missouri Celebrates Double Anniversary Kim vs Chang in CD1 Money Race Only the law blocks OHA from makai development Star-Adv: Don't throw out HCDA Bills Would Create State Groups to Advise Honolulu’s Transit-Oriented Development Ige, Abercrombie Maneuver over GMOs Farmers are the 1 percent we need Maui Fund Race, Carroll, Ing, Woodson, Cochran Short on Campaign Funds This Week's Attractions at the Legislature SB2344: Trans-Agency Climate Change Council to Rule Your Life HB1684: Popular manta ray dives may see strict regulations Housing comes first: A Proven Way to Help the Homeless A new probation program in Hawaii beats the statistics Slim, casual memoir offers enriching look at late judge Solar panel installations push electric utilities to the brink DoH, Cane not Corn top User of Atrazine Scammers impersonating deputy sheriffs, state warns 2nd Tranny Convicted of Manslaughter in buttocks-injection trial Families Make Up 69 Percent of Hawaii Households Read More..

Saturday, February 1, 2014 February 1, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:24 PM :: 4072 Views Sen. Sam Slom Introduces Legislative Package Marijuana Group Poll Shows More Support for Legalization Bird Group: Survey Shows 90% in Hawaii Want Cat Control Fundrace: Abercrombie $533K, Ige $56K SB3088: Big Cable to Service Wasteful Offshore Wind Farms Grabbing for TAT, Mayors Push GE Tax Hike HSTA Rejects Bills to lengthen school year, set instructional hours OHA pursues plan to double revenue from Kakaako land HB1654: More Administrators to Administrate the Administration Lobbying filings offer look at cost of gay-marriage fight as Legislators Continue to Seek Retaliation Sierra Club Joins Anti-GMO Whackos on Maui Health Dep't: Supermarkets Responsible for Cleanliness of Customers Dirty Reusable Bags IAC: Judge Hara Should Have Recused Himself Couple faces $15K fine for turning mill into residence SB234 Iwi reburial bill riles Native Hawaiians Foundation Headed by Chicagoans taking bids for Obama library Read More..