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					| Friday, February 28, 2014 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 February 28, 2014 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 4:03 PM :: 4492 Views 
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    - 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
 
 
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					| Thursday, February 27, 2014 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 February 27, 2014 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 5:19 PM :: 4493 Views 
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    - 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
 
 
 
 
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					| Wednesday, February 26, 2014 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 February 26, 2014 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 4:25 PM :: 6529 Views 
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    - 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
 
 
 
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					| Tuesday, February 25, 2014 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 February 25, 2014 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 10:14 PM :: 6800 Views 
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    - 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
 
 
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					| Monday, February 24, 2014 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 February 24, 2014 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 4:36 PM :: 4668 Views 
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    - 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
 
 
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					| Sunday, February 23, 2014 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 February 23, 2014 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 5:08 PM :: 5376 Views 
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    - 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
 
 
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					| Saturday, February 22, 2014 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 February 22, 2014 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 4:51 PM :: 6216 Views 
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    - 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
 
 
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					| Friday, February 21, 2014 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 February 21, 2014 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 5:07 PM :: 5381 Views 
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    - 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%
 
 
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					| Thursday, February 20, 2014 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 February 20, 2014 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 4:54 PM :: 4188 Views 
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    - 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
 
 
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					| Wednesday, February 19, 2014 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 February 19, 2014 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 4:28 PM :: 5369 Views 
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    - 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
 
 
 
 
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					| Tuesday, February 18, 2014 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 February 18, 2014 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 7:31 PM :: 5096 Views 
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    - 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
 
 
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					| Monday, February 17, 2014 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 February 17, 2014 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 3:52 PM :: 5101 Views 
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    - 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
 
 
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					| Sunday, February 16, 2014 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 February 16, 2014 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 4:35 PM :: 8497 Views 
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    - 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
 
 
 
 
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					| Saturday, February 15, 2014 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 February 15, 2014 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 3:54 PM :: 3706 Views 
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					| Friday, February 14, 2014 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 February 14, 2014 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 5:42 PM :: 4227 Views 
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    - 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
 
 
 
 
 
 
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					| Thursday, February 13, 2014 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 February 13, 2014 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 5:06 PM :: 4488 Views 
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    - 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
 
 
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					| Wednesday, February 12, 2014 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 February 12, 2014 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 4:21 PM :: 4735 Views 
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    - 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
 
 
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					| Tuesday, February 11, 2014 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 February 11, 2014 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 1:26 PM :: 5051 Views 
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			                                                   - 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 
     
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					| Monday, February 10, 2014 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 February 10, 2014 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 3:46 PM :: 5225 Views 
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			                                                   - 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 
     
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					| Sunday, February 9, 2014 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 February 9, 2014 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 5:43 PM :: 4219 Views 
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    - 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
 
 
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					| Saturday, February 8, 2014 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 February 8, 2014 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 4:07 PM :: 4663 Views 
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    - 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
 
 
 
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					| Friday, February 7, 2014 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 February 7, 2014 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 5:28 PM :: 5199 Views 
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			                                                   - 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 
     
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					| Thursday, February 6, 2014 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 February 6, 2014 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 4:41 PM :: 4740 Views 
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			                                                   - 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 
      
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					| Wednesday, February 5, 2014 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 February 5, 2014 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 4:03 PM :: 4350 Views 
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    - 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
 
 
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					| Tuesday, February 4, 2014 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 February 4, 2014 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 9:16 PM :: 4350 Views 
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    - 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
 
 
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					| Monday, February 3, 2014 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 February 3, 2014 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 3:37 PM :: 3602 Views 
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			                                                   - 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 
     
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					| Sunday, February 2, 2014 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 February 2, 2014 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 5:23 PM :: 4666 Views 
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    - 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
 
 
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					| Saturday, February 1, 2014 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 February 1, 2014 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 2:24 PM :: 4348 Views 
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    - 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
 
 
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