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Monday, March 31, 2014 March 31, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:19 PM :: 8883 Views High-End Realtors Behind Anti-GMO Push Developers Watch SB3122: Can OHA Deliver for Us?  Will Race-Baiting Pay? Unite Here Local 5 Teams Up with Homeless Industry: Targets Korean Community with Urine Attack Lawmakers say hospitals should cut costs, staff expenses Rooftop Solar Not 'Low Cost' Oahu's retail stores are feeling the pinch early this year U.S Secretary of Education answers questions about children’s schooling Obama To Endorse Brian Schatz In Hawaii's Heated Senate Democratic Primary Will Our U.S. Senate Candidates Make it Had to Find Info About Contributors? James Lovelock: environmentalism has become a religion "There were many [gays] who didn’t care about marriage at all" Leading Bikeshare Company Already bankrupt Courts could be short-changing victim's fund Read More..

Sunday, March 30, 2014 March 30, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:18 PM :: 5316 Views OHA’s “New Body Politic” Will Exclude 77% of Native Hawaiians But Shouldn’t We Do Something About the Two Gorillas in the Bar? Kakaako Developers give $850K to Abercrombie, Buy HCDA Board Mitsunaga's Make-Work Project Unstable, Unsafe Borreca: Obamacare Problem Bad News for Abercrombie This Week Geistling: Universal Coverage Does not Equal Single Payer Supporters march to extend health coverage to children with autism 11.3% Spending Hike: Maui County Budget Out of Control Prius driving eco-lesbians take over Kona Chamber of Commerce Hawaii Population Up 3.2% in 3 years Illegal TVRs Increase as NUCs are Lost Maryland to replace $157M online health exchange with technology from Connecticut marketplace Stanley Chang Will Join House Progressive Caucus Hanohano: Nobody Offended if I use word 'Jap' Read More..

Saturday, March 29, 2014 March 29, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:19 PM :: 4717 Views March 28, 2014: Election Commission Releases Updated Candidate List Hawaii Legislative Watch: People vs. government Hawaii Legislative Watch: Education Caldwell Refuses to Veto Food Truck Bill, Signs Bill Hiking Special Use Permit Fees $58.4M CIP for UH Hotels and Condos Drive Construction Upturn Billionaire: Ratepayers Must Suffer So Green Energy Cronies Can Enrich Themselves Ige: Hawaii senators need time on health exchange Candidates' name order could change on 2014 ballot State agency wrongly approved Kakaako tower, lawsuit alleges Kakaako Developers Try New Trick to Skirt Affordability Requirements OHA Crony: Anyone Who Opposes Development of Kakaako Makai is a Racist Will Sierra Club Abandon Wooley's Anti-GMO Nuts to Secure Harris the HD48 Appointment? State addressing wellness, under-staffing of corrections officers HPD: Undercover officers neverevernever have sex with prostitutes Hawaii Dept of Transportation Sabotaging OMPO Protest held outside office of accused Hilo dentist Is MoveOn Breaking Faith with the Progressive Community? Read More..

Friday, March 28, 2014 March 28, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:20 PM :: 5647 Views Feds: Hawaii Health Connector Clients at 'High Risk' for Identity Theft Slom to GAO: Audit the Hawaii Health Connector Citizens from all Islands Meet to Establish Hawaii Independent Party Abercrombie: I'll Keep Morita at PUC -- For Now Hawaii Senate Committee Waters Down Pro-Hunting Legislation with Amendment Rules for Protests at Hawaii State Capitol Challenged as Unconstitutional in Federal Court Senators Snip Millions More Off State Budget, Deficit Spending Looms Caldwell: Budget Growth based on Hotels, Condos Kiewit: Nobody has Ever Tried to Force This Much Rail Thru Urban Area This Fast Eyeing The Sovereignty Struggle Tip Credit: Do The Math, If You Can Employees Scoop Up 1000+ hours overtime at mental hospital in one year State responds to slow Dental investigation criticism U.S. Secretary of Education to visit Hawaii Plan to Force Homosexuality into Catholic Schools Jones Act hits Guam despite exemption Land Board to Assess Fines Against Hawaii's Public Utilities Commission Chair Kauai: Anti-GMO Pro Tourism Crowd Hotels, Builders and Surfrider Foundation Team Up Against Dairy Farm Attacked by Raging Idiots, Kauai Well project’s delay could mean its death Ruderman still buying Tomatoes from Ha Green Energy Arrogance:  “I am the leader of the future”  Pot legalization called potentially devastating to islands 6 Months later Am Samoa Congressman Still MIA Read More..

Thursday, March 27, 2014 March 27, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:00 PM :: 7486 Views Sunetric Sells Out to Mainland Company for $16M Disabled Veteran Dies Under Anesthesia at Notorious Dentist Office Senators Jockey for Position as Kim, Ige Head for Higher Office Neal Milner: Fixing the Sad State of Campaign Coverage in Hawaii Will Senate Investigators Be Able to Fix the Hawaii State Hospital This Time? SB3064: Don’t let Oahu interests dictate MMMC’s future Hawaii mulls $15M tax hike to pay for useless Obamacare exchange Head of Hawaii Health Connector called to testify on Capitol Hill Hawaii Health Connector joins federal exchange in softening March 31 enrollment deadline Honolulu City Council Leaders Cutting Into Mayor Caldwell's Budget Sustainability = Barrel Tax Extension Kauai utility getting lots of interest in liquefied natural gas effort More People Are Underemployed in Hawaii Than Are Jobless The search for a home for Mr Obama’s library and museum has begun New HCDA rules allow for 'Intervenors' Some election workers won't endure 14-hour shifts this year Ha Appointment to be considered after Ruderman Makes Fool of Self Anti-GMO Hypesters Take Travelling Roadshow to Maui Gabbard Joins Push for New Ban on Online Gambling ‘Break through your fears’ Legislation would increase allowance for foster families Read More..

Wednesday, March 26, 2014 March 26, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:58 PM :: 9379 Views Prince Kuhio: The bridge from Kingdom to State Hawaii to run out of cash reserves in 2016 Judge rules Thai workers were exploited, physically abused on Hawaii farms Hawaii Disconnector? Only 350 Sign Up for Obamacare With One Week to Go Study: Over 145,000 'Underinsured' in Hawaii Forced to Burn All its Federal Money, Health Connector Puts out RFP The Cost of Regulating Biotechnology and Genetically-Engineered Food VIDEO: Sen Sam Slom and Mike Hansen on Jones Act The 2014 Hawaii Medal of Honor Ceremony 'Land Power in the Pacific' Comes to Sheraton Waikiki Veterans Association of Real Estate Professionals Launches Honolulu Chapter Obama Hawaii Vacation Cost $7.8M--Just for the Flights Clayton Hee, HPD Agree: Police CAN Have 'Sexual Contact' With Prostitutes Prosecutor: "A couple of HPD officers were notorious" Schatz Rides Wave of Wealthy White Retirees from Mainland After Two Years Ignoring, State Reopens Complaint Against Coma Dentist Government-owned Farmland: A Failure Since 1971 SB2423: Schools Will be Allowed Charity Fundraisers (Again) New Assessment: Smarter Balanced Nonsense? Arne Duncan heads to Hawaii with gaggle of staffers SB2054: Insurers to Be Required to Cover Autism Obamacare reorders life for insurance commissioners State Admits CATO Welfare Study is Correct Hawaii 29th Most Dependent on Federal Spending State Board Members Resist Releasing Financial Disclosure Forms to Public OCCC employee's widow fights for benefits after death ruled 'homicide' Meth Head to Score $35K after Being Shot in Struggle With Sheriff Deputy Hawaii lawmakers hear about marijuana dangers Anti-GMO Activists to Pay $5627 for Kauai Rally  Hawaii County Opposes Federal Grab for Control of Kona Water Detailed Gallup-Healthways Well-Being report hints to why Hawaii lost No. 1 slot Honolulu 6th Worst Parking in USA Sovereignty Activists Make their Case to 'World Muslim Council' Drug Addicts Take Over Restrooms at Hilton Waikiki Read More..

Tuesday, March 25, 2014 March 25, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:13 PM :: 7171 Views Beyond Obamacare: Solving Hawaii's Healthcare Cost Problem Guilty: Physical abuse, exploitation, and barbaric security measures at Maui Pineapple Heritage Foundation: Program offers HOPE for repeat drug offenders Senate Informer: Life of a Bill Video: Are You Being Told The Truth About Plastic Bags? Connector Celebrates 4th Anniversary of Health Care Law, Urges Consumers to Apply Report: Hawaii Tops List of Unaffordable Rentals Closed Primary Lawyer Tony Gill to Be Next Democrat Chair? Honolulu Mayor May Seek Joint Obama Library Bid Judge Considers Whether Eco-Terrorists Should be Given Targeting Information HR71: Audit the HCDA City seeks member on HCDA board Kauai Council Districting denied Maui: TAT Will Fund 11% Hike in Spending U.S. Approves LNG Exports from Oregon Plant Consumer Advocate Barred from Challenging Windfarms Locklear: US Attack Submarine Needs Going Unmet in Pacific Flood Insurance Hikes Will Drive Down Property Values Moanalua High field replacement project delayed by Red Tape 2 years Easy for Visitors to Give Drugs to Inmates at Hawaii Prisons Homosexual Pleads not guilty to Murdering his Lover, Chopping Up Body Vegan Religious Dogma Behind Rise in Obesity Read More..

Tuesday, March 25, 2014 March, 2014 Letters to the Editor By Letters to the Editor @ 12:01 AM :: 3947 Views Wind-Word Side: Pono Choices Political Corruption, an Open Letter to Hawaii State Representative Creagan Airline Employees Hit With Layoffs Council Candidate Iwasa Speaks out Against Sign-Waving GMO Protests Could Save DoE Money Read More..

Monday, March 24, 2014 March 24, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:20 PM :: 5026 Views Legislators Consider Permanent Hunt for Old Child Molesters--Except those Employed by Government Hawaii Supreme Court: Must Counties Maintain Accurate Public Records? Two Weeks after Price Fixing Settlement, Saltchuk Named 'World's Most Ethical' Company Djou will run for old Hawaii seat Abercrombie Travels First Class to meet With Crony Capitalists, Commie Will Obamacare make a big enough wave to wash out Abercrombie? Obamacare plans bring hefty fees for certain drugs RTTT Success tied to Teacher Evaluations Judge: Department of Human Services negligent in the case of a young boy who died Will Legislature Act to Push Homeless into Shelters? At Shelters Homeless Kids, Parents Learn Together in Preschool Programs Kauai:  Public meetings have been dominated by fringe members of the public who stage public tantrums and rely on intimidation and disruption to achieve their goals State looking to Nickel and Dime Tourists Some More Project SAM Schools Hawaii Legislators on Marijuana Working group formed to deal with narcotics problem in Hawaii Marijuana Dispensaries needed to Help Small Children Get Marijuana Hawaii homeowners face rising flood insurance rates Run Amok: Ernie Martin Seeks Change to Shoreline Permitting Hawaii ASEAN Defense Summit Proves Pentagon Serious about Asia Pivot? Read More..

Sunday, March 23, 2014 March 23, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:41 PM :: 4061 Views If You Want a Tax Appeal, Beware the Weekend Ansaldo Breda Forced to Buy Back Defective Trainsets Kakaako: Sneaky Legislative Tactic of the Day Five Months Hassle With the Hawaii Health Connector--And Still No Insurance HMSA Thanks ACA for Adding 18,000 new HMSA Quest Medicaid Customers Lawyers Seek Permanent Hunt for Homosexual Child Molesters--Except those Employed by Government  Legislators Eager to Give Marijuana to Children Hilo Dentist accused of putting woman in coma also accused of threatening employees Jail visitations cancelled due to staff shortage Obama Visits Leave 'Trail of Broken Budgets' Electronics recycling rules preposterous New state office building could revitalize Chinatown Red Tape Makes $350K Homes Unaffordable Read More..

Saturday, March 22, 2014 March 22, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:05 PM :: 5485 Views Mainland Homosexuals Laugh at Hawaii Single-Issue Candidates March 21, 2014: Election Commission Releases Updated Candidate List Hawaii Health Connector: Only 23 Employers Applied March 1-15 VIDEO: Rand Paul Gets Rousing Welcome at UC Berkeley Video: Freedom and Film Catch the Wave of HOPE with Nick Vujicic at Aloha Stadium Feds Deny Hawaii health exchange money request Council Considers Tax Hike on Non-Profits HCR102 Pushes DBEDT Energy Agenda: Big Cable, AKP, Crony Capitalism Challenge to U.S. Shipping Law: Still Hoping in Hawaii Cachola Angered by Expose of Corruption Allegations Puna Residents Angered by Ruderman's Help to Illegal Land Developer Ruderman Secretly Lobbies Against Appointment of Pro-GMO Farmer to Ag Board Hawaii lawmakers to end to prostitution exemption Abercrombie pledges corrections system overhaul Reforms Put More Students on Busses at Less Cost Kahoolawe funding bill advances in Senate Obama's team to visit Hawaii next month to talk about presidential library Complete Streets to be Completely Jammed: Caldwell Begins Eliminating Lanes HCDA Condo Approval Headed for Court Homosexual Child Molestation Leads to Another Lawsuit Bill allows more 'medical' pot Read More..

Friday, March 21, 2014 March 21, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:08 PM :: 6057 Views Full Text: Hawaii restrictions on gun carrying held unconstitutional Sen Slom asks GAO to Investigate Hawaii Health Connector Hawaii lawmaker calls for federal investigation into Obamacare spending Hawaii lawmaker challenges Alabama group’s ‘Teaching Tolerance’ Senator Russell Ruderman Defends the Haters of Technology HART Lawyer Gives Last Word on Rail Case HECO 'Renewable Watch' Shows Erratic 'Clean' Energy Flow in Real Time Own Ivory? 89% Chance You Won't Be Able to Sell it Legally if Clayton Hee Gets His Way New Reading and Math Tests to Get 'Test Run' Brookings: Great Recession Pushes Hawaii Long Term Unemployed to Margin of Labor Market Auditor: Eight Transportation Special Funds Do Not Meet Criteria Abercrombie has a temper:  Once he’s mad at you he won’t easily forget State GOP chair confirms Djou congressional run Hawaiian Electric expects cost savings of up to $500M a year using LNG Legislature's Move to Shorten School Year Puts Exclamation Point on Deceptive Partisanship Hawaii House revives, kills GMO food label bill 4 complaints follow doctor involved in dental tragedy on Hilo Cachola Expenses Under Fire--Bought SUV With Campaign Funds Hawaii Law Lets Police Have Sex With Prostitutes Daily KOS Readers Support Second Amendment 9th Circuit Calls for Briefings in Hawaii Gay Marriage case Hirono, Schatz, Hanabusa Demand Executive Order Mandating More Trannies on Base Hanabusa: Bought and paid for by Turkish Government? Judge denied second term for 'erratic' and 'bizarre' behavior Firefighter arrested for trying to run down cyclists, impersonating cop Dangerous trend with children and e-juice grows in Hawaii Borreca: Kakaako will be Worse than the Bronx Kalaeloa: Home to Solar Farms 'Plagued with Blackouts' Council panel OKs shoreline-wall bill Read More..

Thursday, March 20, 2014 March 20, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:52 PM :: 5581 Views Rep Pat Saiki Elected GOP Chair NPR: Me and Mr. Jones Reps. Johanson and Fukumoto Mid-Session Report Hawaii laments defense cuts in Asia-Pacific theater Feds: 34,000 Hawaii APIs Eligible for Health Care Savings Grassroot: Minimum Wage Hike Will Not Lift Working Families out of Poverty Lobbying? Average citizen should not have to consult lawyer to testify before Legislature Army on budget, on schedule with hypersonic missile program Abercrombie Administration Appoints Wrong "William Richardson" to HHC State investigates: 1000 Homeowners Victimized by Solar Fraudsters Turn on illegal photovoltaic systems  Hawaii's moral challenges prompt Baptist Ministry Mortgage Scammers Team up to Push Hawaiian Roll Hanabusa campaign goes ballistic about progressive group’s endorsement Gabbard among Elle's D.C. 10 most powerful women HPD Joins SHOPO in Opposing Public Records of Police Discipline Public schools challenged to build on success DoE Upgrades Food Service in Response to Audit Is Hanauma Bay Preserve Undermined by Disrepair and an Opaque Budget? Maui Police OT a record after first lady’s visit Obama Library Proposal Includes Possible Hawaii Carve Out Ernie Martin Bill would ease path to approval to build shoreline retaining walls Hilo woman in coma following wisdom teeth extraction Newcomers With no Sense of History Protest Kauai Dairy Farm Tough on Crime Bills Move In Legislature Trannies in the Ladies Room? No Problem Says Hawaii 'Civil Rights' Commission Anti-Marijuana Message from Puna United Considers 100s of Sister-Island Layoffs Read More..

Wednesday, March 19, 2014 March 19, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:33 PM :: 7300 Views Duke Aiona: Our Road to Success Race to the Top: Feds say Hawaii has Made Huge Progress Potheads May Have Harder Time Getting Medicated House Alters Hawaii Senate's Minimum Wage Bill DHHL Takes OHA, County Fingers out of Geothermal Pie Star-Adv: Get tougher on habitual thieves Three bills to Push Homeless into Shelters scheduled for hearing Wednesday Debunking Some Recent Anti-GMO Arguments Hawaii Tax Credit Craziness Hawaii Man Moves to Vegas, Signs up for Obamacare, Gets Stuck with $407K Hospital Bill Slower State Revenue Growth Threatens Efforts to Boost UPW-Controlled Hawaii Prisons at Expense of Cheaper, Cleaner Arizona Prison DOE: New School Bus Plan Could Save $.5M By End of Year Former prison guard pleads guilty in drug smuggling case Homosexual Child Molester Was Leader of Hawaii ACLU Victims of Homosexual Child Molester Speak Out, At Least one Suicide Tied to Case Caldwell Expands Office Budget in Tight Times Surprise: New zoo director second in a row with no previous zoo experience City requests $500K for bus-rail integration study The Education of Energy Advocates Republicans Running Only Two Candidates on Maui Brian Evans for US Senate? DNC Spends in Hawaii, RNC Does not Read More..

Tuesday, March 18, 2014 March 18, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:14 PM :: 4490 Views SB2435HD1: Will GMO Labeling come back to Life in Frankenbill? Cornell Prof dismantles claims that GMO crops are “pesticide centered technology” Challenge Highlights Flaws in Hawaii's Anti-GMO Law Last Year’s $844 Million Surplus is Borrowed from the Future Hawaii Legislative Watch: Taxes Portnoy Lashes out at Zell, Claims Parr Petroleum Hawaii Refinery is at Risk Hawaii Health Connector Partners with Planned Parenthood March 25: Small Business Day at the Capitol Abercrombie Administration Orchestrates Pre-K Rally Wonderland: OK for Unremarkable, Lazy Liberal to be Unqualified Huge Tax Hike Coming: Law mandates unfunded liabilities be paid If Abercrombie Were Nicer to His Staff They Wouldn't Quit State health exchange must reduce costs, director says Hawaii Minimum Wage is Really $10.67 150 Doctors Back HHSC Privatization Louie: DHHL Controls Geothermal Development, royalties Na Wai Eha hearings postponed — indefinitely Maui News: Military Cuts Inviting Disaster Legislators are considering bills to require more details of misconduct Neighbor island companies fear loss of tourism and higher fares Kauai Mayor Proposes Tax Hikes Food rules need not cut off needy Hawaii labor force hits a record high Clear Legal Sanctions Can Get Users Off Drugs Hawaii mayors on pros and cons of GM crops on their islands Group developing school standards exams delays ‘field test’ Fire Department: Solar Panels Cause Shock Hazard Read More..

Monday, March 17, 2014 March 17, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:03 PM :: 3951 Views March 17, 1959: Eisenhower Signs Hawaii Statehood Bill Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 17, 2014 Hawaii Unions Resist Reforming Benefits for Public Retirees Health Connector Fixes 79% of Glitches, But Nobody Wants Obamacare Waitlist problem needs action now City sidewalk squad to Push Homeless to Accept Shelter State to lose more than $200 million for military construction Former Rep. Meyer Pulls Papers to Run for Sen. Hee’s Seat Mililani Trask Files to Run for OHA Seat How Deep Is Your Wallet? BLNR makes Dairy farmer Wait 5 Years for Lease Approval Homeless Shelters Must Spring for Commercial Kitchens DHHL construction leaves neighbors rattled Guard Charged with Jail Rape Hawaii Ranks 2nd to Wyoming in Electing Women to US House Read More..

Sunday, March 16, 2014 March 16, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:26 PM :: 4419 Views Mayors Are Still After GE Tax Surcharge Authority HD5 Democrats’ Insidious Secrecy, Rigged Election Earns Lava Tube Award Wilson Shows Up Late, Makes Clerks Run Personal Errands, Doesn't Read Pre-Sentence Reports, Refuses to Release Performance Reviews  Obamacare Takes Focus Away from 'Transformation' Obamacare Penalty Much More than $95 Kona Hospital supportive of public-private partnership bill Housing First is a key start to tackling homelessness Check Your Name: Hawaiian Roll to be Published 'Smart grid' payoff should be lower rates More liens filed against Failing 'Green' Energy Scheme, Hu Honua Tax Credits are Only Reason for Tech Companies to be in Hawaii  HSTA Contract, Funding Squeeze Schools Scheduling longer days Facilities expenses eat up charter schools' budgets Raising the minimum wage will simply increase costs for employer and employee Kauai Tax Hikes Proposed to Pay for $4M in Raises Anti-GMO Activists Grab for Gay and Robinson Punatic Testifies as Expert at Green and Ruderman's Roundup Hearing Matson to Undercut Young Brothers Barge Read More..

Saturday, March 15, 2014 March 15, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:43 PM :: 4355 Views March 14, 2014: Election Commission Releases Updated Candidate List ACLU Sues Maui County over Employee’s Website UHERO: Impact of Federal PURPA Subsidies on Hawaii Alternative Energy market Election Year CIP: Abercrombie Spoons out Another $36.6M Hawaii lawmakers question Need for health exchange Failed Obamacare Exchange becomes Issue in Oregon Gubernatorial Race Bills to raise general excise tax stalling Wilson weighs whether to release personnel records Disgusting Toxic Mold Growing in Moiliili ‘Health’ Food Store Run by Anti-GMO Activists tied to Tulsi Gabbard Challenge Highlights Flaws in Hawaii's Anti-GMO Law Matson Could be Fined $80M to $400M for Molasses Spill  $1.56B budget estimated for rail: HART Has no Idea How Much to Borrow HB2205: Property crime bill toughens penalties for repeat offenders Kaneshiro: Murderers, Rapists Among 200 Hardened Criminals Given Phony Work Release to Ease Overcrowding, Balance Budget  UH Puts out Surprise Request for New Stadium How has dam safety changed since Kaloko’s deadly breach? Charges still pending for Iolani Palace vandal suspects Council toughens rules on food trucks Read More..

Friday, March 14, 2014 March 14, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:59 PM :: 4549 Views Apo: Trustees Begin Process of Dissolving OHA McDermott sends 'cease and desist' letter to DOE Superintendent Matayoshi After Mysterious Disappearance, Patricia McManaman Returns as director of the Department of Human Services Obamacare in Hawaii: Fixing What Wasn’t Broken PUC chair, green activist under investigation, accused of violating HI conservation law U.S. District Court's Honolulu Rail Compliance Order – A Slam Dunk UH College of Education Ranks 74th in Nation UH law student named state’s Mother of the Year Djou might take another shot at U.S. House seat Female Senators Demand New Hearing: Wilson fails to properly prepare for court, mistreats staff HB2281: Gov’s office asks “emergency” funds to Cover Bhagowalia Resignation Abercrombie's budget gets annual cut by Legislature 2012 Election Sabotage: Audit Vindicates Hawaii County Clerk Tom Yamachika Major health care bills moving through Hawaii Legislature HART seeks builders for first nine rail stations Questions still about American Samoa Governor's health Anti-GMO Activists Still Trying to Get Rid of Kauai Mayor Pivot to Asia Docs Leaked in Spy Case Jet Fuel Leaks Near Honolulu Water Supply Source Soda Taxes Do Nothing to Address Obesity Boyd Gaming in Hawaii Captive Insurance market Read More..

Thursday, March 13, 2014 March 13, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:02 PM :: 5563 Views Pat Saiki to be Hawaii GOP Chair Full Text: Hawaii Bar Association New Testimony on Wilson Nomination Principal: “Pono Choices will not return to Molokai Middle School” Waitlist Patients Burden Hawaii Hospitals Hawaii Ranks #2 for Dividend Taxes $500M Swept Away by Council on Revenues House Finance Committee Cuts $180M from Abercrombie Budget House Approves $211M Judiciary Budget Election Year: Abercrombie Writes Check to Kupuna Care as Medicaid Applicants Get Cut Off Election Year: Abercrombie Tosses Out Another $64.7M CIP UH Law School Drops Sharply in National Rankings UH medical school moves up in Best U.S. Medical Schools rankings Feds Give Hawaii DoE $1.7M for 'Persistently Low Achieving Schools' Bill Proposes Sunshine Law Exemptions for City Council Members Carl Icahn, Sam Zell vs Portnoy Family in 'Vicious' fight over Hawaii Lawyers' Land Management Fees Maui News, Star-Adv Agree: Obamacare Exchange Unnecessary Here Bob Jones: Mike Wilson Should Withdraw HECO To Begin Importing LNG in Move to Cut Fuel Costs Lawmakers again push for shipping law reform Billion Dollars Disappears: Abercrombie Not Worried Deaf vs Dumb at Legislature $29.13/hr: Is Hawaii’s welfare as high as study claims? Hawaii Lawmakers Juggle Multiple Tax Credit Proposals HART reveals rail station images; asks for a new loan Chinese Railroad May Buy Ansaldo Abercrombie: "I’m tired of fighting you" Health  Connector Updates thru March 8, 2014 Could Sharks be taking a bite out of Hawaii's Tourism? Senator wants probe into whether UH sports TV contractor got 'preferential treatment' Electricity: Parker Ranch Pays $680K, Waimea Hospital $1.2M Bill would put property crime criminals behind bars, not probation Global Horizons Settlement: Farm worker rights groups to share $800,000 Zimmerman vs. Roseanne Barr AG Louie Warns Other States about Anti-GMO Activists Read More..

Wednesday, March 12, 2014 March 12, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:10 PM :: 5836 Views Council on Revenues Knocks $478M Hole in Abercrombie Budget Most Wanted: FBI Searching Big Island for Anti-Biotech Terror Bomber Hawaii: Update on Second Amendment Legislation Concrete Brutality: HART Rail Stations Revealed HECO Begins Installing Smart Meters on Oahu Interconnection Intersection - Marco Mangelsdorf Lawsuit: Liberal Activist was Homosexual Child Molester preying on Native Hawaiian Boys --100s of Victims Timeline: Illegal B&B Charges Part of Abercrombie's Calculated Plan to get Rid of Morita Abercrombie: When the day comes when people don't want your picture, then you know you’re in trouble Schatz to Skip First Two Senate Debates Eco Terrorists are Exhibit 'A' in Case Against GMO Registry Council bill would raise taxes on residential vacation homes Lawyers, Clients Should Fear Retaliation by Judges Waitlisted patients cost isle hospitals $62M a year Hawaii's High Prices Scare Away Some Mainland Visitors Abercrombie Admin Forcing Honolulu to Spend Billions More on Sewage System Tighten control of UH construction Muslims Team up With Sovereignty Activist Leon Siu  Hawaii Republican lawmakers have little to show HELCO pauses geothermal expansion Smart Meters are on Open Docket, Limiting Public Disclosure SB2857 Could Chase Electronics Out of Hawaii Long-sought check in substitute teacher’s hands Hawaii Superferries Transport Marines in Japan NIMBY's Continue to Whine About Dairy Planned for Kauai Read More..

Tuesday, March 11, 2014 March 11, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:43 PM :: 7299 Views House Speaker Joe Souki Endorses Jones Act Reform HI lawmakers want private providers to subsidize Obamacare exchange With Asset Test Gone, Thousands Pile into Hawaii Medicaid For Sale Cheap: One More Bankrupt Alt-Energy Scheme DLIR: Employment will Expand 4% on Construction Boom Back from Afghanistan: Soldiers Return to Schofield Anti-science dominates Senate climate marathon PUC Fight: Abercrombie Admin Suddenly Decides to Nail Hermina Morita on Illegal B&B Unemployment: Nearly 7% of Hawaii Workers Quit Looking Hawaii's economy simmers; Abercrombie says it sizzles Reward Campaign Contributions from Illegal Mainland Developers?  Ruderman says "That's what we do" Hanohano says she was thrown 'under the bus' Lawmakers propose fees for Hawaii health exchange Get Medicaid? Lose Kupuna Care HHSC Privatization Still Alive City considers voucher program for Housing First Decimal Dust: Honolulu Ethics Director Takes His Case for More Money to City Council Star-Adv: Common Cause Backs Bill Gutting Sunshine Law Big Wind Programmatic EIS to be released in April HECO starts trial run of smart-grid technology While Homeowners Wait, HECO Fast Tracks its own Solar Farm Five Year Wait for State to Approve Horseback Riding Permit Read More..

Monday, March 10, 2014 March 10, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:12 PM :: 5874 Views Solomon Pushes for Approval of Mililani Trask's Overpriced Geothermal Contract Brian Schatz Dances all Night to California Billionaire's Tune Price Fixing: Horizon, Sea Star to Pay $3.4M Fine KIUC Elections: Anti-Smart Meter Paranoiacs Lose Again Maui: Hawai'i Free Press Editor to Speak $340M: State's loss on 'green' energy tax credits Sen. Ige’s campaign To Diversify GOP, 'Find Right Messengers' Here Come Hawaii's Super PACs! Hawaii Next? Feds open investigation of Md. ObamaCare site DoD: Hawaii, Guam are Nuclear Targets of North Korea City officials will defend Housing First's price tag Star-Adv: Legislature Should Reject OHA Kakaako Betrayal Hanohano Retells Shark Testimony Story Caldwell Working to Jam up King Street HART, Water Board Top City Salaries DHHL 37 Homes With Substandard Septic Systems Return of Friday night lights? Read More..

Sunday, March 9, 2014 March 9, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:53 PM :: 4885 Views HB1503: Prohibit Landlords from Evicting Marijuana Smokers Whither the Independent Appeals Officer? Hawaii National Guard builds global partnerships, proven on battlefield Precisely as Expected: Abercrombie Uses Failure of Obamacare to Call for Single Payer Abercrombie's about-face on HCDA rewards war chest Abercrombie woos seniors, but they’re not buying it ILWU Preparing to Endorse Ige? GMO crops reduce use of pesticides UH's poor oversight adds costs to delayed project, audit says Housing First: Caldwell vs Martin Save Our Kakaako coalition rallies against proposed development GMO debate: Earth Island Journal sees Opportunity to Control KSBE Land, Campbell Estate Officer says he’s target of HPD retaliation Sovereignty Debate Just a Matter of Faith? Read More..

Saturday, March 8, 2014 March 8, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:47 PM :: 3874 Views UHERO: Is Monopoly a Barrier to Hawai’i’s Ascent? Lawmaker says advocacy group pays Hawaii teachers to attend ‘tolerance’ training Informational Briefing on Grants-in-Aid March 7, 2014: Election Commission Releases Updated Candidate List Catch the Wave of HOPE with Nick Vujicic at Aloha Stadium Video: Japan and the Free Market Justice: Judge Orders County to Stop Registering GMO Farmers Budget: Abercrombie Plays Politics as Legislators Grapple With Cutting his Bloated Budget Proposal PUC Approves Natural Gas Imports, Could Cut Electric Bills Star-Adv: How dare Lawyers Rate Enviro-Activist Judge 'Unqualified' Local Pollsters: Merriman Group Should Get Lost so We can go Back to Manipulating Public Perceptions UH Admin Blew $28M TV Rights Deal DHHL betraying its lessees Another Activist Complains about Treatment at Hearings Liquid Metal Heading to O`ahu’s North Shore Officials: Threat to Oahu's Water Supply More Serious Than Thought Only One Meth Importer Convicted, Rest Walk Free Airlift concerning to tourism officials Read More..

Friday, March 7, 2014 March 7, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:36 PM :: 5690 Views OHA Reopens Akaka Tribal Roll, Announces Plan for ‘Governing Documents’ Hawaii’s schools aren’t the best, so what’s with pay raises, shorter class schedules? Ige Slams Abercrombie over Pension Tax Hypocrisy, Morita Appointment Full Text: Souki Reprimands Hanohano—conduct “intimidating, disruptive” Abercrombie Appoints Rep Wooley Director of Office of Environmental Quality Control Pine: 50,000 Solar Panels for Kahe Point? Council Candidate Iwasa Speaks out Against Sign-Waving UH Manoa to host veterans conference Accusers: Wilson A Drunk, Harasses Women—Defended by Crooked Lawyers Wilson Co-Owns Illegal TVR With Former Law Partner, Girlfriend KITV Full Cover-up Mode:  Co-Conspirator ‘Clears Up’ Illegal TVR Wooley Looks Over Wreckage of Anti-GMO Idiots’ Dreams Election funding bill raises some concerns as measure passes first reading in Hawaii Senate Tax payment backlog Prison Guards Punch Kids, Costs State $180K Hawaiian-Language Education Bills Advance VA Bumps Up Home Loan Limits Read More..

Thursday, March 6, 2014 March 6, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:22 PM :: 4430 Views Zoning Board: Abercrombie's Supreme Court Pick Operating Illegal Enterprise for Over a Decade Hawaii Obamacare Medicaid Applications–Even Less Than The Few Full Text: Big Island Papaya Farmer Sues to Invalidate anti-GMO Ordinance AG Decides to Claim Deficiencies, but no Criminal Activity in UH Project Management In Face of Lawsuit, DOE Pushes Ahead with Overpriced Chevron Solar Deal Hawaii urges residents to ‘tell a friend’ about Obamacare The Real Stories Behind "The Descendants" Rep. Beth Fukumoto named to National Future Majority Caucus Advisory Board The Jones Act Strikes Oil Hawaii Bar Assn:  Enviro Activist Wilson 'unqualified' for Supreme Court Bread Prices to Soar as State Forces Shutdown of Hawaii's Only Flour Mill PUC: Abercrombie, Morita Meet, Discuss Price of Her Retention Congress May Investigate failed Hawaii Health Connector After 23 Years, State Senate Investigates Mental Hospital Civil Disobedience: Heroic Big Island Farmers Refusing to Register GMO Crops Pro and Con GMO regulation bills fail in Legislature SB622: Environmental Court passes Senate Declining Economy May Turn $844M Surplus into Deficit Hawaii advances bill requiring Internet sales tax Election Year: Neil 'Pension Tax' Abercrombie vows to fight to ease taxes for kupuna (LOL!) Competing Hawaii minimum wage cross over to House, Senate SB2131: In State Tuition for Veterans Makes Crossover Busted by Campaign Spending Comm, Activist Leads Rally for 'Clean Elections' Bill Obama Budget Hikes Airline Fee AGAIN Another $200K Hawaii disability Fraudster Busted  Rail: Million dollar fence being taken down 3 years after going up Luxury Resort Developer Pierre Omidyar Buys Ritz Carlton on Maui, Rebrands as 'Montage' Suspected gambling machines to get a day in court Read More..

Wednesday, March 5, 2014 March 5, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:32 PM :: 5314 Views Tulsi Gabbard Office Manager tied to Chris Butler Cult Survey: Hawaii Ranks 5th for Economic Health Solomon Pushes for Approval of Overpriced Geothermal Contracts Survey: Honolulu Traffic Gets 18% Worse Dead on Arrival: Obama’s FY 2015 Budget includes $250 million for rail Hawaii Democrats Statewide Caucuses March 5 UHERO: Climate Change Behind Push for Water Conservation 'Sovereign Council' Scores $675K to Sell Obamacare Caldwell Brings in Outside Planners to Redevelop Blaisdell Center Mainland Enviros Cheer Hawaii's On-Bill Financing Solar Scheme Bronster: Papaya Farmer files lawsuit over GMO Law 'Clean' Energy: Hawaiian Dredging accuses Hu Honua of stealing Computers, Information Middle class, poor increasingly footing cost of island’s electrical grid Ian Lind: Hawaiians Suffered With Rise of Democratic Party Military Cuts begin at Wheeler Legislators Vote Against Free Speech in Election Campaigns Obamacare Funds Kahuku HS Health Clinic Targeting Teens Reforming Juvenile Justice Revising Public Workers Laws Legislators Vote to Cut School Hours State Hospital favoritism complaints prompt anti-nepotism bill Hawaii Has Fewest Taxing Bodies of Any State Solomon: Thielen and Ruderman are 'Like That' Minimum Wage Poverty Threshold Requires Too Much Paperwork State of the City: Potholes, Sewers And Name-dropping Honolulu 7th Worst Airport in USA Rep. Hanohano's Use of Hawaiian Leads to Tension on House Floor Transgender Student Recants Sexual Assault Report Health Department requested leak detection at Red Hill in 2003 Read More..

Tuesday, March 4, 2014 March 4, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:40 PM :: 5401 Views Who Needs Health Connector? Feds Already Had Website offering Hawaii Insurance Policies National Park Tourism in Hawaii Creates $314 Million in Economic Benefit Abercrombie: Petulant, Paranoid, Vindictive, Clueless Honolulu Mayor Responds to Questions About Campaign Contributions from Waikiki Developers House Should go after Brower Before Censuring Hanohano Star-Adv: Reappoint Morita, PUC policy should favor consumers Upcoming Primary election will be start of new era for OHA UPW Blocks Contraband screening at Halawa Prison Only Four Guards Caught Testing Positive for Drugs Ernie Martin Comes out against Housing First Lawmakers to vote on child porn bill Latest Obamacare Fix Tough to Implement Obama-Backed Patent Reform Could Hurt Innovation at UH Energy Excelerator Provides Boosts for 'Clean' Energy For oil traders, a vexing new risk related to Jones Act Honolulu 4th Worst City to Find a Job Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command might be restructured or moved to the mainland Read More..

Monday, March 3, 2014 March 3, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:55 PM :: 4778 Views Complete List of Bills Set for Third Reading in Senate, House March 4 Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 3, 2014 No Public Warfare Yet, in Intraparty Fight for D.C. Insider Mantle Abercrombie: I've had some real Donnybrooks Civil Beat: Hanohano a Problem to be Solved Star-Adv: Limit discretion in judicial secrecy Anti-GMO Activists Admit only 41% on Maui Want Permanent GMO Ban DHHL beneficiaries struggle in arid conditions Cronies Line up for Special Purpose Revenue Bonds HB 1594 / HB 2170: Unlimited tax Credits for Hotel Developers Developers of 2 Waikiki High-Rises Have Donated Heavily to City Officials Handi-van riders fed up with unreliable service China Fields New Intermediate-Range Nuclear Missile -- Target Guam Drugged driving deaths triple in Hawaii after Medicated Marijuana Legalized A crush of bills moving to meet First Crossover deadline this week What Did Hawaii Delegates Do With Salaries During Shutdown? A Moment of Silence: Tommy Waters Running for Stanley Chang’s City Council Seat Read More..

Sunday, March 2, 2014 March 2, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:38 PM :: 4818 Views Letter: Waikiki Rep Brower Threatening to Smash More Shopping Carts? Supreme Court Rejects Kauai Springs Appeal Aloha, Justice Acoba Well Then, How Do We Stimulate Business? Star-Adv: State Should Dump Obamacare Exchange Mufi Gives Abercrombie Winning edge Schatz Picks up lots of Support from Mainland, Developers Former governors lend support as Ige opens campaign HQ School Health Teacher Says no to Gay Sex Ed for 11 year olds: HHSC Privatization Proposal Revised SB2284: Clayton Hee tries to make Hospitals Responsible for Home Care SB2934: Solar Scammers Creating new Opportunities to Fleece Homeowners HB1943: PRP Backs Smart Grid Inouye to face off against Solomon for state Senate seat -- Again Big Island homesteaders still waiting on DHHL After Welching on Promise of Free Representation, Anti-GMO Activists Seek to 'Intervene' Kauai: Morons, Idiots, & Imbeciles Continue to Whine about Dairy Farm As Tax Cut Advances, Beer entrepreneurs seek to reawaken brewing industry Read More..

Saturday, March 1, 2014 March 1, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:26 PM :: 5268 Views House Passes More than 200 Bills on to Senate Heritage Foundation: Hawaii HOPE Probation Potentially Worthwhile Video: Grassroot Institute Talks with Tom Yamachika, Tax Foundation of Hawaii Obama Reappoints Abercrombie to Council of Governors GMO Protests Could Save DoE Money February 28, 2014: Election Commission Releases Updated Candidate List Hannemann has strong words for Hawaii Democrats Abercrombie Signs Bill with Smiley Face, Condemning Hundreds of Hawaii teachers to Layoff Eligible families have until April 30 to file applications for Preschool Tuition Vouchers Obamacare behind $101M HMSA Operating Loss, Ratehikes Coming HGEA Unit 9 nurses Agree to Contract, get 8% raise Predictable Caldwell Proposes $34.2M Property Tax Hike Tip Credit: Hee Fails to Screw Restaurants, Makes up Bizarre Excuse As Homeless Continue to Refuse Shelter, Hawaii advances bill to fine lying at bus stops SB 451: Reform the PUC HECO revises standards for rooftop PV systems Star-Adv Backs Increased fees on developers Kenoi’s Proposed $412M Budget Highest in Six Years--Nothing for Pension Debts Soft on Crime: Manslaughter conviction set aside in Maili fatal beating case PBN Focus on Jones Act for NJ Salt Shortage Read More..