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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 March 31, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:39 PM :: 5172 Views University of Hawaii Recruits 14-Year-Olds for Late-Term Abortion Experiments Hawaii-Alaska Senate Resolutions Urge Jones Act Exemption Hawaii Tax Freedom Day--April 19, 2015 Feds Approve NextEra-HEI Merger 88 hours stuck in Traffic: Honolulu 3rd Most Congested in US Best States for Doctors? Hawaii Ranks 38th Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 30, 2015 City to hold Important Agricultural Lands (IAL) meetings “Making Honolulu Age-Friendly – An Action Plan” finalized and available for public comment History of Native Hawaiian Missionaries to Pacific Islands VA inspector general: Hawaii supervisor manipulated vets' benefit data Andria Tupola Interviews Am Samoa Congressional Rep Amata Hawaii Consumers 'Least Sustainable Spending Habits' in USA VIDEO: Citizens Nail Rail Liars, Come out Swinging --'Don't want tax extension.' Kenoi's political star dims after hostess-bar incident HHSC Maui Memorial 'Imagining the Worst' Kahuku could see 10 new wind turbines this year Judge rules against State on disputed Waimanalo ag land Corrupt Charter School Revoked, Has One Appeal Left HB1180 Frankenbill Tackling the ‘everyday struggle’ of homeless in Hawaii Hawaiian Electric-NextEra Energy say 'no' to sale deadline extension Thirty Meter Telescope protesters continue to block construction on Mauna Kea Video testimony can bring justice Hawaii Co Fire captain investigated for talking to the media Video raises new concerns over animal care at quarantine station Takai Jumps on Board Pelosi's TPP Junket Kapolei school loses $1,400 after The Groove Hawaii’s shutdown Cost of a DUI in Hawaii After Insurance Increases: $2,961 and up Read More..

Monday, March 30, 2015 March 30, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:43 PM :: 4100 Views Na'i Aupuni: Will OHA Trustees Waste Another $2.3M on Fake Indian Tribe? Political Fight Over Teachers' Mailboxes Ige Uneasy over Proposed GE Tax Hike, Machida Cannot Verify HART Data Embedded HECO Lobbyist in Governor Ige’s Office SB284 Frankenstein Bill Constitution defied by Caldwell in Appointments? Agriculture Wins Against Anti-GMO Pesticide Hypesters Bill to Help Cops Develop Body-Worn Camera Programs Make Live Videoconference Testimony a Reality For Neighbor Islands OHA Makes Little Progress Bringing Land Trusts Together Can Hawaii Public Officials Use Private Email Accounts for Work? HSTA and DOE agree on TRO blocking latest ethics ruling 547 sex offenders not registered with State Kauai population increases cited for uptick in the number of gun permits Maui Property Tax System Needs Overhaul Does Iran Have Secret Nukes in North Korea? Read More..

Sunday, March 29, 2015 March 29, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:10 PM :: 8072 Views No Junior, You Can't Borrow the Car… I Sold It Last Century Billy Kenoi Caught Partying at Hostess Bar 'Brothel' on Taxpayers' Dime HCR181: Audit Rail Instead of Raising Taxes Special Purpose Revenue Bonds: Big Island Junk Windfarm Developer Comes Back for More NextEra, HECO, Solar Contractors Battle to Brainwash Public Finding a capable leader is tough -- just ask voters Councilman urges HART to televise rail transit meetings Hawaii could be last state to enact sex trafficking law Funding Cut for Helicopter Raids on Marijuana Grow-ops Hawaii Democrats -- 20 years of Pretending to do Something for Filipino Veterans Hanalei: "Nobody Wanted to Live There" Hilo Ward Heeler George Yokoyama Writes Biography Read More..

Saturday, March 28, 2015 March 28, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:09 PM :: 3824 Views UHERO: Despite Kakaako, Residential building permits fell last year PEW: Filipinos Nearly Half of Hawaii Unauthorized Immigrants Amendments Made to Sex Education and Marijuana Dispensary Bills April Fools: Council Last Ditch Effort to Sucker Legislators into Raising GE Tax Maui state hospitals to cut $28M in jobs, services starting in July After Ignoring 2009 Report, Sudden Call for HHSC Audit is Union's Latest Trick to Block Hospital Partnership Star-Adv: State IT Plan Bogs Down in State Employment Structure Generations of Alleged Thieves Stole from Waianae Homeless Shelter Four Types of Benefits from NextEra Merger Hawaii Gas reviewing proposals for $300M LNG project HECO ‘reviewing’ solar applications on Molokai, approvals in question Kauai Cracks Down on 319 Illegal B&B Operations -- $10K/Day Fines After State Dep't of Agriculture Lets Ag Land go Fallow 7 Years, Family Tries to Farm Realities of Bt Cotton in India Read More..

Friday, March 27, 2015 March 27, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:34 PM :: 4095 Views PKF Report: "OHA Will Run Out of Funds" Hawaii Civil Air Patrol Volunteers Instructed not to talk to Media Total Visitor Expenditures Decrease 4.3% Hawaii Electric Car Charging Costs More Than Gasoline for 33 MPG Car $11M Spent: Ige Dumps Abercrombie's IT Pipedream Feds Grab for Control of 1,601 square miles of Hawaii Waters Undersea cable project sparked NextEra Energy's interest in buying Hawaiian Electric Co. Money: HEI-NextEra to 'Engage' With Energy Ex$elerator in Exchange for Support of Alt-Energy Schemers Caldwell Giving $18M to Solar Contractors Maui Soda Company Pays $32K Monthly for Electricity More Criminals Will Walk: Measure on videoconference testimony fails State DOE structure is dysfunctional Lump-sum budgeting: No More Slush Funds for UH Administrators Gov. Ige’s Fifth-floor Woes Commence Housing Authority Pushing Micronesians into Streets Law Prof: Religious Freedom Restoration Act Already Law in Hawaii Omidyar Continues to Use Civil Beat to Pander to National Democrats Rail Won't Work, So Lets Ban Cars and Houses Honolulu Seeks IAL Designation for 56,000 Acres Wrongful schools termination cases costing $418K Retaliation at Hawaii County Fire Department Hawaii residents' opinion on tourism industry Read More..

Thursday, March 26, 2015 March 26, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:03 PM :: 4548 Views Prince Kuhio’s Fight to Americanize Hawaii Lawsuit: Puna Geothermal Plant at Center of $122M Federal Grant Fraud OHA COO Resigns Amid Management Shakeup OHA's Secret Funding Plan Opt Out of Common Core Test? Video: Cynthia Thielen, Robert Harris Discuss NextEra Merger $150M State Loans to Finance Solar Contractor Sales to Nonprofits Video: The Jones Act -- A Better Day Eminent Domain And The Honolulu Rail Honolulu Auditor Releases Citizen Centric Report Court Creates Loophole Allowing Child Molesters to Walk Free Panel pulls $28 million debt plan from health exchange bill House committee approves audit of rail project Senate Considers 5 HART Audit Resolutions Council report shows rail technology, length cannot be Changed Cowardly Council to Vote on Ordinance Accepting GE Tax Hike (if given), but Refuse to go on Record with Resolution Omidyar Uses Civil Beat to Pander to National Democrats, Congressional Delegation Protesters Demanding Payoffs, Target Mauna Kea Telescope 63% Know '100% Renewable' is Pipedream  Star-Adv: Boost Economy by Making More People Dependent on Foodstamps Government data from Grassroot Ready or Not, Hawaii Should Prepare for Concealed Carry House adds a bill, subtracts a bill -- HGEA's Sick Leave Gambit Dropped Lawmakers Take Another Step to Restore Preschool Money Hawaii Could Have Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Next Year Homeless Overrun Capitol, Chase legislators, Staff Out More flew here than grew here in the past four years Employees Retirement System claims $14 million in investment losses Feds: Whale Watchers Must Stay out of Whales Path Kuhio was ‘Citizen Prince’ Read More..

Wednesday, March 25, 2015 March, 2015 Letters to the Editor By Letters to the Editor @ 6:05 PM :: 4631 Views Opt Out of Common Core Test? Takai: TRICARE is Gay Agony and Ivory Rail Timeout Honolulu! Read More..

Wednesday, March 25, 2015 March 25, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:02 PM :: 4983 Views Resolutions Urge Audit of State Use of Outside Counsel SB979: GOP Reps Speak out on 'Safe Places for Youth' Wonder Blunder Defendant Indicted on Investment Fraud Chief Justice Appoints William M. Domingo as Oahu District Court Judge Hawaii Counties' Health Rankings Compared Legislators Consider $800M Loan for Hawaiian Electric PUC members under fire for extensive travel State Subsidizes Solar Industry With Another $103M HCR181 Calls for Rail Audit Nearly $500K Spent on Rail Travel to Date Rail Causes 2-Hour Traffic Delays Thru Pearl City Legislators Plan to Eliminate Polling Places on Sister Isles Ethics Commission Ruling Draws Teachers’ Union Lawsuit Maui Mayor’s budget: Tax, Fee Hikes pay for 16% increase Public hearings slated for proposed 24% Hawaii County water rate hikes  Geothermal-based Electricity may expand beyond Puna rift zone Growing concerns about Oahu's "Tent Cities" Star-Adv: City Must build Tent City on Sand Island Another ex-shelter official charged in theft More than 250 Hawaii nonprofits compete for 5% Chance at state grants State office building vacant for 12 years finally getting fixed Teaching assistant gets 10 years for sexually assaulting deaf student Read More..

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 March 24, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:40 PM :: 4723 Views Hawaii Medicare Advantage to Pay $120 Less Per Member Per Month? Kapolei NB: HB1329 Racetrack Bill -- Insensitive, Unethical, Possibly Illegal Common Cause to Host Hawaii Open Budget Initiative Demonstration NextEra, HEI to Host Informational Meetings Statewide Hawaii Ranks 49th in Federal Funding as a percentage of State Revenue Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 23, 2015 Ethanol: Boaters Need to Speak Up Now Buyer's Remorse: Anti-PLDC coalition revived by Ige's selection of Ching Ige Reneges on Turtle Bay Deal? Abercrombie: "I don't miss the Phony Drama" HGEA Pushes Mandatory Private Sector Sick Pay in Bid to Kill Hospital Privatization DOE audit bill to be heard Sunshine Law bills still moving in the legislature TAT to be Set Aside for Beach Erosion? 80% Tax: Bill would broaden tobacco tax to include Nicotine Vapor Liquids HB508: Hemp Slipped into Unrelated Feedlot Bill Legislators take aim at HEI-NextEra merger Hawaii regulators deny Parker Ranch request to consolidate major energy cases State Capitol reflecting pool repairs could cost $10M Housing Program for Homeless Veterans Hits a Snag in Hawaii Kakaako’s plan for homeless includes enforcement, rental project Attorney General to appeal decision allowing Lifesaving Hilo Doctor to bill Medicaid  After 6 years Bungled Investigation-- DOE getting $325K to settle a wrongful termination case Tranny-Friendly Bathrooms: "We are Eliminating All the Hiding Places" Read More..

Monday, March 23, 2015 March 23, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:58 PM :: 5735 Views Full Text: Hawaiian Roll Commission Releases Financial Records Feds Will Decide on Hawaii Offshore Wind Projects Study: Hawaii Is the 2nd Worst State to Be Poor from a Tax Perspective Before the Common Core Debacle: HSA Test Scores up 11% Math, 5% Reading Hawaii Insurers' Profit Drive: Propaganda Video Talks Patients into a Cheap Death 'In Every Hospital' Online Travel Stocks Soar After Big Win Before Hawaii Supreme Court Raceway Bill: Evicted Deadbeat Racks up $715K in Fines, Debts so Legislators Consider $100M Loan HB124 Vote by Mail With Romy Cachola $28M More to be Wasted on Health Connector? Hawaii solar boom excuse for new type of Rate Hike--'Time of Use Pricing' Clean Sweep of HCDA Board Anti-GMO Activists Look for Pesticide Hit List Turtle Bay Conservation Easement At Risk After Brower Defers Financing Bill Hiking website bloggers claim free speech to write about illegal trail Coppa Lobbies for Payday Lenders: Hawaii’s ‘Outrageous’ Rates Prompt Reform Efforts NFL considers foreign sites for Pro Bowl Star-Adv: Spend Millions for Smaller Stadium Mainland Homosexuals Thrilled as Legislature Eases Process to Feminize Hawaii Boys Read More..

Sunday, March 22, 2015 March 22, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:08 PM :: 4752 Views HB1471: Barreling the Poor GE Tax: Significant negative effect to state economy Ethanol Requirement Costs Consumers, Provides no Environmental Benefit TAT: Tourist Dollars not an Infinite Resource Makakilo NB Opposes "48 Minute" Bill 1329 Ige's DLNR fiasco echoes dark days of Abercrombie Ihara: Ige 'Quite Hurt' by My Flip-Flop on Ching Funding scheme expands UH autonomy, like it or not Will Senators Waste Another $28M on Health Connector? State's website lacks information on big subsidy programs Laws aimed at limiting pesticide use could rebound on responsible farmers DoT Rejects PM H1 Zipper, Opts for Additional Lane Housing First Ends Homelessness for 46 People--1,000 others moved to Stable Housing Thefts Spike as Downtown Hilo Overrun by Homeless After 14 Years, E. Maui Water Gets Contested Case Hearing Bikini Islanders to Move En Masse to Big Island? Read More..

Saturday, March 21, 2015 March 21, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:44 PM :: 5355 Views Honolulu Auditor: Only 26% of Recommendations Satisfactorily Addressed Auditor Releases National Citizen Survey of Honolulu Residents Judge: EEOC Human Trafficking Case "Frivolous" Caldwell Touts Community Participation in Ala Moana Park Planning HB145 Tobacco Industry Tax Credit Gut and Replace VIDEO: Update on the Jones Act Reform Efforts Puerto Rico Seeks Exemptions from Jones Act After Horizon Quits Trade Senate Faction Membership Lists  Judicial Selection Commission Removing 50% of Lingle Appointees Star-Adv: PUC, Legislature Should Slow-Walk NextEra Josh Green: We are Passing Medical Marijuana So Children Can Get It UH loses $850K in library vendor bankruptcy Who Wants a Government Handout? Tons of Hawaii Nonprofits New DHS Director: Top Priority is IT Study the Need to Pay Hawaii Teachers More, Resolution States Insane Plan to Put Windfarm Off Diamond Head Rail: Robert Thomas on Hawaii's Tough eminent domain laws Legislators Keep Retailers on Defense HB1347: Door-to-Door Sign up for Foodstamps Read More..

Friday, March 20, 2015 March 20, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:54 PM :: 3577 Views Prejudices of rich denying poor benefits of biotechnology Am Samoa: Amata Blasts Administration’s “Environmental Colonialism” Top Issues? Budget, Homelessness, Housing, Rail Tax, and Marijuana Hawaii #2 in USA: 43% of Households Spend at Least 30% on Housing With Reservations AG Charges Fired Homeless Shelter Director with Embezzling $500K Ethics Commission: Mayor can use city resources for 'Keep Hawaii's Heroes' Senators Gut House GE Tax Bill, Insert Their Own Version Rail will 'most likely exceed' its budget, monitor says Ching Debacle: Ige Doesn't Yet go the way of Abercrombie Price Resistance: Hotel occupancy fell in isles during January No Prison-for-Pineapples After Land Swap Bill Stalls in House Federal judge extends injunction blocking Maui County Anti-GMO Ordinance Small Business Will Lose $1000 on Plastic Bag Ban Lack of Smoking Killing Cancer Center Consultant Pushing New Stadium Hypes Aloha Stadium Repair Costs Caldwell's Selective Love for Parks Hawaii County fire chief suspends 2 chiefs who called for his removal Health Department Can't Exterminate Rats Without Capital Improvement Four Years Later Hawaii County Discovers Million Dollar AV System Never Actually Worked Read More..

Thursday, March 19, 2015 March 19, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:08 PM :: 4896 Views Kanaiolowalu: Did They Steal Your Name? Full Text: 2015 Hawaii Public School Principals' Survey Secretive Subsidies, Tax Credits Make Hawaii 7th-Least Transparent in USA Former Employees Sue Ormat: Geothermal Firm Lied to Get Stimulus Cash Hawaii: The Place for "Really Crazy" Energy Ideas Marijuana: Big Tobacco's Playbook Coming to a Ladies Room Near You: Transsexual Birth Certificate Passes Senate Health Committee 4-2 Online Travel Companies Win Big Before Hawaii Supreme Court Bond refinancing saves Honolulu taxpayers nearly $44 million Auditor Hammers Legislators' Special Funds: 43 of 44 Do Not Meet Criteria Vote Against Ching Was 13-12 Unanimous House Approves $25.7B Budget Billionaires, Anti-GMO Activists Re-Shape Kauai Kolea: Another $144M Spent on Malfunctioning Health Insurance Software, IT System Board Member Financial Disclosures May Be Released Sooner Than Expected Hawaii Legislature in Session? Time to Raise Campaign Money! Bill would restore budget cut to Hawaii preschool subsidies After Burning Trust Fund, Kahoolawe commercial activity ban finally reconsidered Honolulu Prosecutor, HPD Fail to Pursue Case Against $700K Embezzler Outside counsel sought for officer involved in fatal crash Waste-to-energy idea laudable, but Anaergia’s plan not sustainable Creagan: Get Pharmacists Off My Island Bikelane Scary, Tricky, Harder FTC Requires Antitrust Fixes On $107M Par Petroleum Deal Sex, Drugs and Inequality Read More..

Wednesday, March 18, 2015 March 18, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:26 PM :: 4484 Views $1.9 Billion: NextEra is the #2 Recipient of US Corporate Welfare Do Drugs? Hawaii County is Hiring! Deferred, not Defeated: Marsy's Law Supporters Organize for Next Session Lawsuit: OE Local 3 Hawaiian Stabilization - multimillion-dollar slush fund for union bosses Chief Justice Seeks Public Comment on Oahu Family Court Nominees Concealed Carry: Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act Hearing Friday Supreme Court Orders Online Travel Companies to Pay Millions in TAT, GE Tax Occupy Honolulu Suit -- Losing Still Pays off for Lawyers DoE Panics: Test Scores Will Go Down 30%, State may Lose Control of Federal Funding Ching appointment goes to full Senate Tax Revenue up 7.9% over Last Year House Resolution Asks PUC to Obstruct NextEra Merger Ige: "I am committed to 100% Renewable Generation" Oil Price Drops Cut Electric Bills 4% Lump Sum Budget Would Give UH Autonomy Chancellor Favors AD Candidate Search Committee Refused to Interview Officers omitted game room attacks in reports, FBI says Police could wear body cameras under state proposal Breaking the cycle: 50-70% of Children of Prisoners Become Criminals BOE committee approves school meal price increase Anti-GMO Activists Oppose Enterprise Zones for Ranchers Thefts threaten Memorial Day services at West Hawaii Veterans Cemetery New $2M State Capitol fire alarm system suffers false alarms, like the old one Sale of ‘Magnum P.I.’ home may be tied to President Obama Billionaire Dreams that Information Technology is Convincing new Generation of Peasants to Want Less for Themselves Read More..

Tuesday, March 17, 2015 March 17, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:26 PM :: 4806 Views Elections Officer Scott Nago selected for Lava Tube Dishonor Legislative Hearings: Sex, Drugs, Tranny Birth Certificates, and a Place to Hide from Mom Who Needs Tax Hike? DLNR: Waikiki Erosion Caused by Weather Anomaly Hawaii's Future: How 'Schedule Q' Makes Solar System Owners Pay for Electricity Again Application Deadline to Serve on State Ethics and Campaign Spending Commissions Extended to March 31 Civil Beat chips away at the Hawaii home I grew up in Proposed racetrack would obliterate WWII battlefield Senate Split 12-12-1 on Ching DLNR Nomination Company Tied to OHA Chair Entertains Kauai Mayor, Councilmember in London England  100% renewable energy is not quite all that it's cracked up to be SB287: Legislators Voting for All-Mail Elections Schatz, Hirono Control Selection of Hawaii's Next Federal Judge Hawaii House panel passes bill for more affordable housing Conflict-of-Interest Bill Faces Uphill Battle in House Legislators Poised to ban Latex over Objection of Queens Hospital Surgeons, DoH How Kauai Pays for Union Contracts Do Drugs?  Hawaii County is Hiring! HB348: Prohibition of Powdered Alcohol Unnecessarily Ridding Honolulu Hale of Asbestos Would Waste $50 million Bombshell Coming? Caldwell Hires $1.2M Ala Moana Park Design Consultant Honolulu the 14th-most termite-infested city The states where poor kids are most likely to graduate from high school Hawaii Boys and Girls Club worker records kids supporting Convicted Killer Jodi Arias Read More..

Monday, March 16, 2015 March 16, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:05 PM :: 4883 Views Leaked Docs: Wong, Dwyer, and Harry Mattson Got 26% of Kanaiolowalu Contacting Budget Takai: TRICARE is Gay Agenda Driven: After Two Years of Silence, Media Suddenly Remembers Gabbard's Hare Krishna Cult Dealmaking for Ching in the Senate $25.8B State budget to take stage this week in Legislature Price Hikes, Tax Hikes Cause Visitor Dissatisfaction Hawaii Voter Turnout Drops 9% UH Manoa Sex assault awareness training may become mandatory Atrazine Hype Not Justified by Science Surfrider Foundation elects slate of officers Hawaii Civil Air Patrol Loses Members, Morale Read More..

Sunday, March 15, 2015 March 15, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:16 PM :: 4650 Views Illegal Debate--Secret Report: OHA Trustees to Cut Funding for Hawaiian Charter Schools? Video: Kelii Akina Discusses DHHL on Island Insights American Samoa: Faleomavaega Trying for Comeback? I Can’t Believe He Said That! Video: House Republicans Speak Out on HB134 Rail Tax Video: House Republicans Debate Marijuana Dispensaries PDF: How Major Bills Fared at the Capitol Ernie Martin to Legislature: Council Will Not Go on Record Favoring Rail Tax Hike Sierra Club: Ching Votes Will Haunt Politicians Political Insiders Score Kewalo Harborfront Lease and $2.3M to Build on it--OHA Stuck with $1/year Income for Next 65 Years In Legislature, bills for open government prevailing 100% Renewable Requirement: Insanity or Effort to Scare Away NextEra? Disagreeing with Gabbard earns branding as a bigot Racist Liberal Colleges Discriminate Against Asians Kauai County Reduces Positions, Raises Taxes to Pay for Abercrombie's Union Contracts Affordable — relatively speaking Developer Harasses Community Association over Lawsuit Mainland Homosexuals Eager to Penetrate Guam, Samoa, Marianas Read More..

Saturday, March 14, 2015 March 14, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:01 PM :: 4426 Views Update: Low Income Legislative Agenda Making the World Better Doesn’t Come Just By What You Eat Star-Adv: Waste no time in voting down DLNR nominee HB1075: House moves partnership bill in right direction In good economic sign, GET tax receipts up 5.2% Panel votes not to renew judge that Dismissed Giant Gambling Case UHPA $32M Contract Kicks in July 1 Honolulu Second Lowest Buying Power of Average Hourly Wage in USA Christians Help 22 Escape Drugs, Homelessness Kaniela Ing Pricetag $1000 After Defeat at Polls, Early Learning Crowd Attempts to Regroup HPD Leery of Police Body Cams Anti-GMO Litigants Afraid they will Lose Opportunity to Cause 'Irreparable Harm' to Agriculture in Maui County Monk Seal Obsessives Fight, Argue at Kaena Point UH Manoa Rape Trial    Read More..

Friday, March 13, 2015 March 13, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:37 PM :: 4538 Views Council on Revenues Increases Growth Forecast by 1% for Fiscal Year 2015 Undercover Video: Oahu and Maui Planned Parenthood agree to abort girls based on gender IRS Seeks Hawaii Volunteers for Tax Panel Fitch: Debt, Retiree Benefits Key to Honolulu Bond Ratings WAM Chair Sen Tokuda Paid Off by Rail Lobbyist and Inouye Institute Legislators grumble on rail costs but roll over too easily Senate committee votes 5-2 against Carleton Ching, Nomination Heads for Full Senate Senate confirms attorney general, public safety director Panel trims $72M from UH budget, Tells Administration to Decide How to Use it SB1219: DLIR Hands off Independent Contractors Maui News: Legislators Get Shield Law Wrong Again Lawmakers call for audit of Animal Quarantine Station Soft on Crime: ICA Grants 'Lethal Time Bomb' Chance at Parole  Kauai dairy controversy heading to courts Paradise vs Utopia Crash in King Street bike lane--and Many Close Calls Sheriffs to Clear Homeless out of Airport State Study: Possible Sand Island Homeless Camp Site is Safe OIP looking into interruption of testifier during Maui prosecutor hearing Hawaii Restaurant Adds 3% Obamacare Charge to Bills Read More..

Thursday, March 12, 2015 March 12, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:50 PM :: 5109 Views After Sob Story from Child Molester's Mother, Hawaii House Offers Ex-Cons $50K per Year, Free Obamacare for Life How They Voted: Sex, Drugs, and Birth Certificates Cross Over Hawaii New Gun Registrations Drop 20.5% OpenHawaii.org -- Holding Government Accountable HART terminates $63 million rail contract, could cost taxpayers Attorney General Suddenly Finds Cayetano's Criminal Complaint vs PRP NextEra Killing Hawaii's Cheapest Source of Electricity? House Committee Snips $226 Million -- Less Than 1% -- Off Ige’s Budget Request Ching DLNR Appointment--Two Days of Testimony Peter Apo: We don’t need legislative bodies debating whether or not we are entitled to nation status Star-Adv: Key bills need a critical look HB819 Gay Agenda in the Schools Hinduphobic commentary insults congresswoman's work Who Are the Latest Lawmakers to Raise Cash During Session? Hawaii lawmakers may temporarily restore dental coverage to Medicaid Lawmaker wants to up the penalty for fleeing from police Fewer people testify against Hoopili prior to the City Council's unanimous vote Council Moves TVRs, Ohana Units Maui Property Tax Assessments Jump 13.5% 38% of Japanese Tourists Dissatisfied with Hawaii Vacation Powdered Alcohol Coming to Hawaii? Read More..

Wednesday, March 11, 2015 March 11, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:29 PM :: 4574 Views With 48 Minutes Notice, House Votes $100M to Bulldoze Historic Ewa Battlefield, Build Raceway List of Open Government Bills Crossing Over Ige Nominates Three to BLNR UHERO: Economic Impact of NELHA Hawaii Disability Roll 12.5% Growth in 5 Years Rail: Senate Approves massive GE Tax Hike 22-3 Hospital public-private partnership passes House Hawaii Health Connector Tax on Health Insurance Jumps 75% Ige: Rooftop Solar Systems Getting too Much Money for their Electricity State, City Looking to Crack Down on Illegal Vacation Rentals Unexpected Flood of Info Before the Ching Hearing Legislators Vote to Keep the People Drugged and Homeless Federal judge may delay Maui GMO ban hearings Will Hawaii Finally Become Last State to Ban New Cesspools? Hawaii County: No Audits Since 2011 Critics challenge Ho'opili traffic analysis 60 Students Still Showing up for non-recognized classes at Corrupt Charter School State settles class action lawsuit with public housing residents Sierra Club settles with Turtle Bay Resort on land protection Chevron CEO says 'quite a bit of interest' in Hawaii refinery UH Athletic Director Pendulum Swings Back to 'Local' Global Cooling Updates Read More..

Tuesday, March 10, 2015 March 10, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:37 PM :: 4995 Views Will State Borrow $28M to Fund Insolvent Health Connector? Waikiki: Homelessness Ended for 81 Individuals $15.5M for Obama Hawaii Vacations Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 9, 2015 Demand: NextEra Eat Cost of HEI's Disused Oil Plants UH Hilo, UH West Oahu Accreditation Renewed University Snoops in Rape Victims' Medical Files to Save Money on Litigation--Legally Tax Foundation Facts and Figures: How Does Hawaii Compare? Health Exchange Fluffs Numbers--87% of Obamacare Enrollees Either Forced off Medicaid or Haven't Completed Application Ige: Put Public Employees on Obamacare Senate passes bill for chief elections officer evaluations Civil Beat's Gross Ignorance Why Maui GMO ban may be overturned despite voter approval Gov. Ige Defends Ching Appointment Lawmakers consider ditching ethanol mandate for gasoline HB544: Lawmakers say University of Hawaii Cancer Center campus should be leased or sold UH Richardson Ranks 82nd -- up from 100th Solar Installations Down 40% for February Judge signs off on more than $79,000 in fees and expenses in Occupy Honolulu case New hire sues Hawaii County over Drug Testing Sovereignty Activist Says He will get Driver's License 34 Convictions in 57 Years: Judge Thanks Lifelong Criminal for Helping Keep Lawyers Employed Could China Arm Hawaiian Nationalists? Read More..

Monday, March 9, 2015 March 9, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:20 PM :: 4591 Views Shield Law: Karl Rhoads Picks up where Clayton Hee Left Off Video: Rail Line Property Owners Meet With Attorneys FEC Complaint: Cayetano Names Schatz, Hirono, Winer, and PRP Carleton Ching’s written responses to Senate questionnaire 2015: Education Bills In Legislature 700 Waikiki Businesses Protest Caldwell's Property Tax Hike Sit-Lie, Outreach Pushes 81 Waikiki Homeless off the Streets Caldwell Admin Screws Up Handi-Van, Complains When Union Helps Customers Voice Complaints UHWO Wins Reaccreditation Traditional Hunting Rights on Trial Before ICA Green Ambulance Chaser Attacks Kauai Dairy Canefire Panic: 'Choking' Patrons at Gay Resort SB131: GMO Labeling is Dead Due to "zero evidence that eating GE foods has any negative health effects" Hawaii: Can We Overcome the Problem of Low Salaries? Report: Rural hospitals get billions in extra Medicare funds by Billing for LTC Read More..

Sunday, March 8, 2015 March 8, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:07 PM :: 6120 Views Pay Your Money and Take Your Chances! First Crossover: House Sends 100+ Bills to Senate WSJ: Jones Act Biggest Danger to US Oil Production Agony and Ivory Complete Debunk of Star-Adv Rail Tax Hike Editorial Maui News: Pass HB1075 Maui Hospital Partnership How ACA Drives Hawaii Insurance Premiums Up More Sunshine Violations:  OHA Giving Geothermal Co Another $188K? 4 cases lie ahead of decision on HEI's sale Bill on DOE statewide audit set for a vote on Tuesday Clerk Arrested from Corrupt Charter School Fixation on IS semantics casts doubt on Gabbard George Awo Being Promoted as Alternative to Ching for DLNR? Rep Sam Kong Encourages Prenatal Testing for Down Syndrome Bumbling State Prosecutors Make Third Run at Deedy Oregon Governor Signs Bill Dissolving Obamacare Exchange Read More..

Saturday, March 7, 2015 March 7, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:18 PM :: 4854 Views Sex, Drugs and Birth Certificates: How They Voted Call to Action: Stop Bad Legislation at First Crossover Feds: Hawaii DoE a Model for Rest of Country The Jones Act does not enhance our defense Lose a Body Part? Hawaii Workers Comp Pays More Than Most PRP Reports 30% of Carpenters Benched While HART Blames 'Red Hot' Construction Market for Inflated Rail Bids More Than Half of Obamacare Enrollments Come form Micronesians Force to Transfer from Medicaid Testimony against Carlton Ching nomination running 9-1 Against Star-Adv: Kill bills that push secrecy Legislators Voting to Require 100% renewables by 2040 State House backs Say Unanimously in latest residency challenge House passes bill raising smoking age to 21-- But Only for Tobacco Manslaughter Trial Reveals Illegal Gambling Room Located in City-Owned 'Marin Tower' Building Read More..

Friday, March 6, 2015 March 6, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:33 PM :: 4173 Views Lindsey: CEO Should be Talking to OHA Trustees -- Need to Discuss Leadership Succession Transparency? Waihee Challenged on Kanaiolowalu Enrollment Claims Sunshine? Bills Slip Through During 'Total Solar Eclipse' Raise it Higher? GE Tax one among worst practices in fifty states Hawaii Ranks 47th in New Firm Formation Hawaii 8th Best State for Women Ige Appoints Hidano DAGS Deputy Director Cowardly Honolulu Council May Finally Consider Possibly Weighing in on GE Tax Hike Star-Adv: HHSC Hospitals Sicker than their patients, Partnership Desperately Needed  Partnership: North Hawaii Hospital Shows the Way Partnership: HPH Considers Saving Wahiawa Hospital Mindless Bureaucracy: Despite Shortage of Long Term Care Beds, SHPDA Blocks New Nursing Home Hawaii gets glowing report from feds for No Child Left Behind waiver Hawaii Senate passes bill calling for performance evaluations of chief elections officer Its Legal Now: Abercrombie opens Chinatown office for 'consulting work' Hawaii commercial solar energy market a race to beat the tax credit deadline With Thousands of Absentee Votes at Stake, Legislators Give Some Get Some from Home Care Industry Hawaii's Ewa Field clears historic registry hurdle Lawsuit alleges public housing residents beaten by security guards Air Safety: Weather cameras work, but Hawaii won’t get them Million Dollar Retaliation: Kauai County Cases Very Profitable for Honolulu Law Firms Anti-GMOs Put Gasmask on Tourism Message Hawaii Environmental Court Opens July 1 Mainland Homosexual Moves to Hawaii, Focuses on Sex Ed in Schools Read More..

Thursday, March 5, 2015 March 5, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:37 PM :: 5204 Views Rep Sylvia Luke Kills In-Session Fundraising Ban Hawaii Open Budget: A bold step towards fiscal transparency Second Amendment Update: Bills & Hearings DoE 'Anxious': Hawaii Common Core Testing Begins March 10 Lawsuit Could Legalize Prostitution in Hawaii, Western States Applicants Wanted for Ethics and Campaign Spending Commissions Hawaii has Fewest 'White Christians' of Any State Senate Panel Grills HART, OKs 5 Year Extension of Rail Tax House Cuts Rail Surcharge in Half Maui Memorial, losing $43M a year, could be privatized GEMS: Much-Touted Green Energy Program Falls Far Short of the Hype 87% of Pesticides not Used by Agriculture HB819 Bullying: Mainland Homosexuals Want to Help Hawaii Youth 'Grow up Gay' Hawaii Crime Victims’ Bill of Rights Deferred Coaches, Administrators Screw UH Again and Again Because they are HGEA Members Apple Back in Classroom Teaching Chemistry for $300K/Year New UH Violence Policy Could Backfire Mandatory DNA Testing for Rape Cases Health Department Scraps Request to Delay Posting Inspection Reports Hawaii regulators deny energy groups' petition to Delay Sale of HECO to NextEra Energy Bus Pass Price Hike: City Boosts its Take of UH Tuition 40% Suspect Arrested in Big Island Church Arson Pearl Harbor Bike Path 'A Giant Homeless Camp' Read More..

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 March 4, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:51 PM :: 5152 Views Video: Rep Thielen Questions NextEra on Big Cable Revolving Door: Former TV Anchors Among Ige's Latest Appointees Is The Hawaii Reapportionment Commission About To Go The Way Of The 'O'o Bird? Protect American Shipping? The Jones Act Record of Failure Hawaii is Not the Hawaii I Knew Rail Project Forum: Eminent Domain, Just Compensation, and Protecting Property Rights Fake Indian Tribe Falling Apart: Hawaiian Civic Club Consortium Decision "Null and Void" Final List of Neighborhood Board Candidates Released Math Problem: Does Honolulu Rail GET Shortfall Really Add Up? New bids for Honolulu rail $3.9M above estimates, but below Rejected Bids Hawaii state hospital private partnership gains approval of House committees Star-Adv: Honolulu Needs to Avoid Becoming Another Junk Bond Statistic With Clayton Hee Gone, Campaign Finance Reform Is Moving Forward PUC Grants access to all entities in NextEra-Hawaiian Electric merger case When will we find out if NextEra is going to acquire the HECO Companies? UH Buries Report on The Economics of Athletic Mediocrity Hawaiian Homelands Rebuts Danner Sisters on $1M Contract HART Spends $70.2M Buying Up Properties for Rail Hawaii County Officer Arrested -- But no Hit and Run 251 Guards Take 'Sick Leave' During Super Bowl Victims of crime want rights stated in Hawaii constitution New program helps convicts reintegrate Medicated: House Finance Committee Passes Marijuana Dispensary Bill Aquarium bills belly up Kauai: Mainland Developer Funds Anti-Dairy Farm Litigation Senate passes bill to require pesticide disclosure Anti-GMO Mayoral Candidate Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail Maui Council Retaliates on Prosecutor after he Refuses to Fire Critic of Councilman Two Escape From HPD Handcuffs in One Week UH Manoa Fire Extinguishers Not Inspected Since 2012, Admin Tells Funny Story About Saving Pennies Turtle Bay: Abercrombie's Rush Deal Still not Finalized HNL airport favored for lax scrutiny, reports find Read More..

Tuesday, March 3, 2015 March 3, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:26 PM :: 4890 Views Requirement calling for triple pay on state holidays removed from Senate Bill Full Text: 2015 State of the City Address Marijuana for the Children PBN: How would your rate Hawaii Gov. David Ige’s first three months in office? --70% 'Needs Improvement' City Cuts CIP to Pay for Pensions NextEra: 'Not Going to Rule Out' Lanai Cable Investment Advisor Admits UH 'Carbon Divestment' is Part of Money Making Scheme More Anti-GMO Hypocrisy: Pesticide Disclosure--But only for Farms  Syngenta lays off 23 workers on Kauai How Much Farmland is Left on Oahu? SB1210: Loosens Sunshine Law for Boards, Commissions, County Councils Star-Adv Backs Mayoral Control over Police Chiefs Hawaii County PD Weekend: One Dead, One Injured In Honolulu PD Custody: One Dead, One Injured Some Hawaii Electric Co. customers wait more than a year to connect rooftop solar to the grid Electric Vehicle Sale Mirror Solar Installations 600 Restaurants Fail Inspection So Far Japan negotiator: TPP trade deal with U.S. possible by spring Accused Lesbian Child Molester Back in Court HB52: Register for Selective Service to go to UH Kauai Event to Discuss Rise of Anti-Semitism Read More..

Monday, March 2, 2015 March 2, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:18 PM :: 3772 Views Rail Timeout Honolulu! Hawaii the extortionate state--Vacation Rental Bills Violate NAFTA Gun-Related Bills Set for Hearing Tuesday Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 2, 2015 Applicants Wanted for Ethics and Campaign Spending Commissions Oil prices dropped by half, but Hawaii electricity rates decreased just 18 percent (except Kauai) Soaring Property Assessments Used to Feed HGEA, UPW Early Education, After-School Bills Clear Senate Committee Danner Sisters Ask Legislature to Give Them More Control Over DHHL Civil Beat Finally Dares to Mention Gabbard's 'Religious Affiliation' Gay Activist Appointed Opinion Editor for Civil Beat Muslims: Lets Do Everything We Can to Keep the Homeless on the Streets in Hawaii Envision Laie Hearing Thursday Panos: Hoopili Doesn’t Fit Hawaii Co Officer Arrested for Deadly Hit and Run Hawaii group moves to change shipping regulations governed by Jones Act UH to Kick Smokers off Campus--But only Tobacco Smokers Public can view state’s storm water management program plan Read More..

Sunday, March 1, 2015 March 1, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:58 PM :: 5279 Views Will Legislators Co-Sign $660M Loan for Evicted Racetrack Owner? GE Tax: Piling On! SB955 Shooting Range Protection Bill Dying Legislation Alert: Sex, Drugs and Birth Certificates Dismissed: Judge Tosses Suit Seeking Removal of Schatz from Office Dog n Pony Show: Tuesday Rail Re-Bids Opened: Wednesday GE Tax Hike to Pay for More Rail GE Tax Hike: Price of Campaign Contributors Lawmakers split on SB19--GE Tax surcharge Maui Memorial Will not Have Pediatricians After May 1 Coop: Kauai Electric Rates Now Lower than Hawaii Island, Maui HB825: Legalizing the Illegal Vacation Rental on Your Street 'Interim' status leaves four UH regents in legal limbo Buffer Zones for Wind Projects? Maui Enviros Bring EPA in to Monitor and then Shut Down HC&S Harvest DoE, HSTA Fail Deaf Students Interview process begins for UH athletic director Candidates sought for Honolulu city clerk post Muslim Proposes Sharia Law for Hawaii--To be American Hub of Islamic 'Sukuk' Finance? Schatz Joins Group Controlled by J-Street Lobbyists Read More..