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Monday, April 30, 2012 April 30, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:26 PM :: 10535 Views As Legislators Consider Mass Release of Hardened Criminals, Lawsuit Challenges Half-Way House Supervision Last Day for Legislation: Hospitals Medicare Fix, Early Release of Criminals, Gay Unions in Your Church, Tax Credits for Solar Scammers, and More Honolulu Banquet Salutes Opening of Aloha Pregnancy Center Osaka Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted April 30, 2012 Hawaii Christian Coalition Annual Prayer at the Capitol May 3 Hanabusa Sued over Beating by Sheriffs at Capitol Cayetano: Push Polls Backed by Pacific Resources Partnership Honolulu bus cutbacks will hit the already disadvantaged State’s Top Paid CEO, Big Landowner Say You Can Afford to build Railroad As Rail Heads towards Burials Central, State Historic Preservation Division May Lose Federal Certification Teacher Evaluations Immediately Become HGEA Make-Work Program Legislature voting on charter school omnibus bill Off to clumsy start in landfill site pick Poll: Why do Hawaii Voters Vote—or Not? Hawaii Banks top Nation Again Andrew Rosen Named President/CEO of Hawaii State Federal Credit Union Audit: Aloha Stadium Authority Mismanages Swap Meet Hawaii's Insurance Commissioner Subject to Political Influence Arakawa Rejects Proposal to Lift Cap on Maui Hostess Bars Hydropower developer gets Koke‘e License Barack Obama's mother 'was secretly in contact with his estranged father during his entire childhood without his knowledge' Read More..

Sunday, April 29, 2012 April 29, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:44 PM :: 16309 Views Zero in on Details to Figure Out True Story Behind Bills Soldiers, Community restore Kaena Point The History of Natural Gas in Hawaii Honolulu Attorney Named to Board of Owners Counsel of America AUDIO: Rick Hamada interviews Michael Hansen of Hawaii Shippers Council Borreca: Cayetano Victory Will Signal Serious Loss of Face for Inouye Over 200 Rail Jobs go to Mainland Workers Solar Scammers May Yet get Legislative Reprieve Monday is Deadline for Bill to Release 1,195 Criminals on Streets of Hawaii Hawaiian Electric CEO ‘Earns’ $5.3M, Top 5 HEI Execs Pull Down $12.65M Natural gas is cheap, but Jones Act rules it out for Hawaii SA: Start laying groundwork for Marines State Senator "Appalled" by Newspaper Lobbying Tactics Cataluna: New Dump? Lets just Make the Peasants Follow our Garbage Rules Why Does Abercrombie Have anything to do with Van Jones? Demise of Pro Bowl Political Karma for Abercrombie UHH added execs during crunch Sewer moratorium impacts planned senior facility AG, Large Landowners Block Oahu Burial Council Function Hawaii Co Voters Consider Blocking Reapportionment Commission Members from Running Kenoi Again Refusing to Fund Hawaii County Workers Pension Bronster Seeks Dismissal of NMI Pension Fund Bankruptcy Petition Remember PREL? Meet McREL Officials Request Permission to Shoot Endangered birds to Save Endangered Salmon Nature Conservancy Scientists Challenges War on Invasive Species Adopted in 1977 Honolulu, Philadelphia Man Finds Himself on Missing Children Website Godfather of local surf a legend Read More..

Saturday, April 28, 2012 April 28, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:15 PM :: 20993 Views GOP Lincoln Day Dinner Draws Hundreds Lingle: Americans Losing Trust in TSA Hotel Workers Sue Local 5 Over Political Use of Dues Money Sa-i-gu: Koreans wrestle with aftermath of LA riots Green Energy? Do The Math After Soaking Taxpayers for $63M on Bailout, Central Pacific Financial Corp. Reports $13.5 Million Net Income Audio: Rick Hamada Interviews Congressional Candidate Matt Di Geronimo DHS Grabs 12% of Nursing Home ‘Provider Fees’, Hospitals Soaked for 7% Pork: The House wanted $300M, the Senate wanted $500M so they compromised on $825M Senate Approves Bill Exempting State Projects from Environmental Regs, Approves Amended Hospital Deals Civil Unions Mandate Passes, Deadline Extended Until Monday Bill Grandfathers Pension Spiking Rights for All Existing Employees Last Ditch Effort for Movie Moguls to Score Megabucks from $500M Senate ‘Accelerator’ Plan? ILind: Rep. Choy credited with blocking expanded film industry tax credits Hawaii Budget Bills Getting ‘Final Touches’ JRI: 50% Will Offend Again, so We Must Let these Criminals Out Now Rail Vacuums $8 million more out of Taxpayers’ Pockets Grabauskas Promises Not to Tear Down One Pillar Okabe: BoE Gives Too Much Power to Governor Laura Thielen Quits Carlisle Admin to Run for Senate Federal Communications Commission votes to make political TV ad spending more transparent Unions Back Loser: ILWU's endorsement of Caldwell makes him No. 1 in union support HMSA Pays for nearly 2,000 medical flights from Big Island Mainland Realtors Score Rail Redevelopment Contract Star-Adv: Honolulu Bag Ban Gives Us 3 Years to Impose Bag Tax Rooftop Solar Limited to 15%, But Industrial Wind Project claims 16% of Maui’s total Maui favored as site for smart-grid testing Uncovering the Truth About the Undersea Cable Nearly Bankrupt, Horizon Lines Pledges to go to the Bottom With the Jones Act Endangered Birds Eat Endangered Taro U.S. Marshals arrest Maui teacher for multiple counts of sex assault of 8th Grader ‘Scientists’ Change Counting Technique, Find 90% Fewer Sharks Rep. Marumoto address SCR 97 - Uninsured Motorists GOODWILL FOR GOOD JOBS: GOODWILL INDUSTRIES TO HOLD JOB FAIR MONDAY, APRIL 30 Read More..

Friday, April 27, 2012 April 27, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:59 PM :: 14741 Views Seven Hawaii High Schools Compete in World Championship of Robotics US, Japan Reach $8.6B Deal on Transfer of 9,000 Okinawa Marines Marumoto: Plan to Release 1,195 Criminals is 'Kapakahi' KITV Video: Euro Socialist working for UHERO Peddles Plastic Bag Tax Proposal Leaked Democrat Emails: “Emotional Chickens” Bicker Over Laura Thielen Candidacy 6PM Today is Deadline for Bills to Clear Conference Committee Plan to Release Hardened Criminals onto Streets of Hawaii May Be in Trouble Poof! The tax credits to Hollywood are up this a.m. SB3003 Streamlines Permitting for Geothermal Exploration Excellent News: Tsuji Amends Phony ‘Food Self-Sufficiency’ Bill to Prevent another HCEI-type Disaster New Hearing Officer in UH Telescope Case is Also UH President's Attorney Photos: Bulldozers Rape Earth to Construct Mammoth Tax Shelters Ag lands approved for solar farms State Evicting Haleiwa Farmers Market On Two Weeks Notice Two Projects Already Blocked: Carlisle Admin Announces Sewer Hook-Up Moratorium Until 2018 Time Warner/Oceanic Cable in broad attack on public access media Public housing getting modern renovations with private help Hannemann Supports Jones Act ILWU Backs Loser Caldwell Union Lawyers Score $250K Payoff from Hotel Pot-Head Abercrombie Signs Law Banning Spice Dopers Push Dolan for Hawaii County Prosecutor Oahu travel agent tells school band he lost $267,500 for Hawaii trip Council passes anti-bullying resolution Read More..

Thursday, April 26, 2012 April 26, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:53 PM :: 11658 Views Hilarious Video: I Aloha Molokai Rips Civil Beat ‘Fact’ Check Hawaii is #2 in Nation for Mortgage Scams HMA Warns Against 'Imminent Storm' Caused by Obamacare Implementation Feds Begin Forcing Hawaii Island MDs into 'Medical Homes' NMI Medicaid Cases “Circulate in Hawaii Like Hot Potatoes” Hatch Act Violation: Scandalous GSA Official Starred in Inouye Campaign Ad City 'Error': Kahuku is #1 Landfill Site, not Ameron Dog the Bounty Hunter, Wife Lobby Against Hawaii Justice Reform Initiative Star-Adv: Legislators Should give Cronies $300M in Pork Projects, not $500M SB2858: Freedom Of Information At Stake In Legislature House to vote on Senate's version of highway safety bill $25 million for student transit still falls short of Colluding Bus Contractors Wishes, Matayoshi Searches for Pain Plan DoE Slashes $6M from Adult Ed Classes Abercrombie Scores Big Victory -- Pro Bowl Likely Ending DoE TA Pleads Guilty to Sexting, Stalking 12-yr old Girl Made Desperate by Hirono’s Weakness, National Democrats Target Lingle HART: Nearly Half of Rail Jobs Have Gone to Mainlanders Gabbard Votes for $450M Rail Debt Plastic Bag Ban: Honolulu Council votes to Cut Lots of Timber for Paper Bags After 58 Years of Democrat Rule, Hawaii Women Suffer 20% ‘Pay Gap’ Obamacare Bribes Distributed in Swing States: Hawaii Gets Nothing Obama Admin Redirects $8.3B to Put off Collapse of Medicare Advantage Until After the Election Hawaii Gets OK to Reduce Medicaid Income Eligibility Hawaii Politicians Received $2.2 Million in Illegal Campaign Contributions Big Island Newspaper Publisher Was Actually Coke Dealer Eugene Esposito—Escaped from Lompoc Ethics: Secret Target of Secret Commission Gets Anonymous Reprimand Old Geothermal Site Up For New Lease Anti-Geothermal Meeting in Pahoa Big Island Tea retails for $4800/lb at Harrods Lower foreclosure rate helps Honolulu rise in U.S. ranking Civil Beat Bases Evaluation of Hawaii ERS on George Berish’s Opinion Sen. Hee, Rep. Jordan Hold Fundraisers During Session Hawaii's Chief Securities Enforcement Lawyer Resigns Hawaii Senate confirms Krieg as state Department of Human Resources and Development director Students get a sneak peak at hospitality industry through lens of development program Read More..

Wednesday, April 25, 2012 April 25, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:30 PM :: 23089 Views Full Text: Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction Against Reapportionment Plan Clinton’s chief economist supports Jones Act reform for Hawaii Relativity Media Using Hollywood Accounting to Sell Hawaii Film Incentive DoD IDs Hawaii Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan 2,700 Okinawa Marines Coming to Hawaii Planning Commission Set to Decide on 15-year Extension for Waimanalo Gulch Landfill House Democratic Blog: OE Seeks Funds to Prepare for Possibility of Another Reapportionment Plan Court Asked to 'Remedy Extraordinary Wrong' Say: SB755 Transfers Control from Environmental Council to Governor’s Office SA: Resist limiting public input House, Less Pork with More Control Cash Call! Rep. Herkes Raises Money During Session Rail Contractors Illegally Using Ag Land for Construction Yard $80M PM Contra-Flow Plan Will Cut Commutes by 20 minutes Federal Judge Voids HGEA Make-Work Fee on Air Cargo HB2659: Forces Churches to host Gay Union Ceremonies Civil Beat Considers a Gay Marriage with Grabuskas Another Bogus Civil Beat Fact Check -- Attacks I Aloha Molokai Hawaii now Has 10,000 Medicated Pot-Heads More Medicated Drug Pushers Busted Big Isle Newspaper Publisher is Escaped Coke Dealer Pot-Heads, Group Led by Convicted Drug Dealer Harass Hawaii Co Council over Geothermal Psychos Obsess over Radiation Dangers on Kauai Kauai’s Troubled Prosecutor Gets Appointment From Abercrombie Shapiro: Landfill Plan Kills Jobs, Wastes Money Honolulu Salaries 2012 — The City's Big Earners EMS Director Questions Merger with Fire Department Humane Society Pushes for Conferees on HB108 House Bill 2703 would commit the Aloha State to doubling the amount of food we grow in the islands by 2020 Feds Investigate Fourth Killing of Monk Seal 9%: Hawaii has Most Multi-Generational Homes in Nation Business group donates iPads for DOE teacher evaluations Gingrich to leave presidential race next Tuesday, sources say Read More..

Wednesday, April 25, 2012 Letters to the Editor, April 2012 By Letters to the Editor @ 12:44 AM :: 18197 Views Transit: Make Better With What We Have Tripler Suicide: Army Less Stressful than Bad Marriage Does Assisted Suicide Reduce Murder Rate? Seek Truth in Response to Physician Assisted Suicide Well written and thoughtful letters from young Hawaiians Read More..

Tuesday, April 24, 2012 April 24, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:19 PM :: 12131 Views Contractor Scores Hawaii RTTT Assessment Contract Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 23, 2012 Hawaii has no consumer advocates, national advocacy official says Justice Reinvestment Preview: Zero-Tolerance Probation Used as Excuse to Let Quadruple Rapist Walk 1195 Hardened Criminals to be released onto streets of Hawaii, 48.8% expected to Reoffend Teacher: Please Reject Race to the Top HART Addition: Spend $119M to Build and Tear Down Rail, Avoid $22M in Delay Claims, Total Savings $194M They’re Baaaack! Film company trying to resurrect huge new tax credits Solar Scammers Give One Last Push to Save their Illegal tax Credits Socialists Give One Last Push for State Bank of Abercrombie founded on Toxic Mortgages Meeting in Secret, Legislature Decides How Many HGEA Make-Work Jobs To Create Usual Crooks, Cronies Lineup to back Maile Shimabukuro Hawaii Lawmaker Voted on Bills Backed By His Employer — Oceanic Cable Accreditors want public input on HPD's adherence to policies Suffering Under Obama’s Earmark Ban, Inouye Delivers a Piddling $5.8M Inouye’s DoA $250M for Rail Cited as Earmark Work Around Honolulu Council to Vote on Bag ban or Bag Tax Wednesday City Moving On $10M H-POWER Sewage Burner Usual Suspects Attempt to Block Construction of Haleakala Solar Telescope Full List of Honolulu City Employees Published Hawaii Residential Electric Bills up to $847 per Month Hawaii’s Willoughby Eliminated in First Round of Utah GOP Voting Legislation on air quality could close Nuuanu crematorium Read More..

Monday, April 23, 2012 April 23, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:45 PM :: 10818 Views Full Text: 2012 HSTA Legislative Endorsement Questionnaire DHS Proposes Merging Medicare, Medicaid Health Exchange Launches First Stage of Computer Program to Control Your Health Care Senate Likely to Shift Republican Even Without Lingle Victory Waipahu Man Among Four Hawaii Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan Sierra Club: Unlike Lingle, Abercrombie Hasn’t Met a Farm He Doesn’t Want to Pave Carlisle Demands Council Approve $450M credit line for ‘Unforeseen’ rail ‘Catastrophe’ SB2927 Contradicts Grabuskas’ Call for Rail Transparency Case Decries Sierra Club Endorsement of ‘Endless Partisan Warfare’ Case Burns Money While Hirono and Lingle Save for Fall Green Energy Scammers Seek to Cover Ford Island Runway With Solar Panels HB2275 / SB2466: Hospitals Step Up to Make Medicare, Medicaid Work Patients pay Annual Fee to Get 30 minute Doctor Visits Four-Time Child Rapist Gets Probation Another man stabbed outside of Mayor Wright Homes Bugs, Snakes, and Mosquitoes Feature in This Year’s Pitch for More HGEA Make Work Jobs Techie Creates Online Campaign Finance Database State Audit Information Often Withheld from Public Louie takes a Slap at Clayton Hee, Borreca over Kakaako Deal Enviros Brag About Ending Traditional Hawaiian Cultural Practices Hawaii banks report more lending, Profits Hawaii teams win awards at world robotics meet Read More..

Sunday, April 22, 2012 April 22, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:07 PM :: 15638 Views Zip Needed in Public Decision Making Hawaii Court Ruling Challenges Gun Ban After Non-Violent Misdemeanor Conviction DHS Money Grab Threatens Hawaii Hospitals, Nursing Homes HSTA Candidates Bicker Over Who is Better at Killing Education Reform Senate Shows Little Interest in Environmental Exemption Bill Star-Adv: Hirono should debate Case more often Suzanne Case: Stop Global Warming Because I need to Get to My House on Round Top Sierra Club Endorses Hanabusa, Hirono, Gabbard Retail Giants Want to Make Sure they Get a Cut of the Bag Tax Action Kakaako advocates rally against OHA’s residential development Hawaii Should Demand Labeling of ‘Organic’ Foods Dispute reveals OHA Grant Funded Kawaiaha'o Disinterment Defense Lawyers Upset over Bill Protecting Animals AP: Hawaii College Grads Face Worst Job Prospects in Years KIUC smart meter rollout to begin Political Pressure, New Competition Bring New Cuts In Star Advertiser Ad Rates Read More..

Saturday, April 21, 2012 April 21, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:38 PM :: 19509 Views Selection Committee Proposes Kailua Site for New Oahu Landfill Utility Rejects "Expensive, High Risk" Undersea Power Cable Project Ward, Slom, Marumoto Talk Story at Maunalua Bay “Dumbest Decision in City’s History” Rail Construction to begin Monday Legislators Pressured by HSTA Legislative Endorsements During Session 93% Not participating in Earth Day activities this weekend Sovereignty Scammers’ Lawyer Scores $1.2M in Estate Settlement House, Senate Conferees Debate How Much Control Gays Should Have over your Church Billionaire Movie Moguls Could Still Get Hawaii Tax Credits Cash Call! Fundraisers for Reps. Evans, Awana, Mizuno Lawmakers working to iron out details of 'move over' bill SA: Fine on city an empty gesture Hawaii Tourism Authority Gives $1.1M to Profitable NonProfits Pflueger Federal Tax Case Split Into Three Trials Appeals court upholds labor ruling against Hilo newspaper DoH Harasses Farmer, Forces Destruction of Crops Kauai Administration pondering property tax increase The Dalai Lama isn’t a rock star Read More..

Friday, April 20, 2012 April 20, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:59 PM :: 11981 Views After Dumping Goldman Sachs, Hawaii ERS Quietly Seeks New Managers for $1.2B Jobs? Hanabusa Votes Against Tax Cut for 97% of Hawaii’s Employers Lesson from Hawaii: Is the GOP really the party of fiscal responsibility? HSTA Lawsuit against Laupahoehoe Charter School Dismissed US News and World Report Ranks UH Manoa Akaka Co-Sponsors Bill to Protect Civil Rights of Military Personnel Federal Correctional Officer Charged with Sexual Abuse of Detainee Three Convicted in Looting of Am Samoa Non-Profit Abercrombie Appoints Jo Ann Uchida Takeuchi DCCA Deputy Director Abercrombie Releases $34.2 Million for CIP Listening Sessions for Ocean Resources Management Plan Well written and thoughtful letters from young Hawaiians Six University of Hawaii Regents named Stiglitz: Jones Act, Young Bros and High Electricity Cripple Hawaii SA: Reveal credit union executives’ pay Alcohol and Sign Printing at the Hawaii Co Elections Office Secret Budget Negotiations Continue Until Monday Tax Credits Don’t Pay Off but Bogus Last Minute ’Studies’ Sure Do Chong: Solar Tax Credits Siphon Money from State Rail contractor's request for $15.9M Change Order first of Many to Come $250 million for rail Likely to Die in US House HART vs. LIUNA: Whose Responsibility it is to Blackmail Council Candidates? School Busses: Legislators Push Back Against DoE’s “Irresponsible Fear-Mongering” Laura Thielen: “People think I am a Republican; I would have a tremendous amount of support in the Republican Party” Price: Is there an Upside to SB2858? State Demotes Securities Regulator State Agencies Ignore Auditor’s Reports First Honolulu Mayoral Debate Set Yoshioka Beginning to Choke on Bus Service Cuts Despite Warnings and Pleas, Honolulu Rail Headed for 'Burials Central' PUC Delinks Oil and Wind: Wind Scammers Lose $330,000/yr Eco-Faddists Demand Bag Tax to Harass People into Obeying Their Religious Dogma Double Header: Two Sheriffs On Trial This Month After Stabbing, Ouansafi Praises Security Stoned Drunk Driver Drives over Cliff, State to Pay $3M First Hawaiian Continues to Profit by Refusing to Lend to Deadbeats State Income Tax Due Today Senate confirms 3 Board of Education members Community school could turn into state's first adult charter school ‘Pregnant Man,’ Splits From ‘Wife’ Of 9 Years, Going Through ‘Rough Patch’ Hawaii One of Few Places in US With No Licensed Aerial Drones Retirement Fund Bankruptcy: Worst time in CNMI history Read More..

Thursday, April 19, 2012 April 19, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:57 PM :: 14954 Views Legislators Voting to Release 1,100 Criminals on Streets of Hawaii HB425 Opens Door to Natural Gas, Mandates Diversity of Fossil Fuel Energy Sources Save Kakaako: Rally to Stop HB2819 Hanabusa Scores $284,000 in special interest money DoE Announces Public School Graduation Dates US Energy Dep't: 300 Open Criminal Investigations of Green Energy Scammers Star-Adv Editorial: Census should guide election boundaries Hawaii Co Elections Office: Alcohol, Parties, and Sign-making Business Rail? Cayetano? Abercrombie Spokesperson Gives Non-Denial Denial Bus Ridership Jumps as City Considers Service Cuts Rail Project Cases Argued in Federal, State Court Desperate Green Energy Scammers Now Claim their Baksheesh Benefits Economy 44-1 Legislature Voting to Let Lots of Criminals out of Prison Lawsuit Settlement Will Cover up Homosexual Rape Gang stretching back to 1970s at Blind-Deaf School Hawaii Kevorkian Taunts Police Pathetic Hawaii Supreme Court Gives Alleged Attempted Babykiller New Trial Hanabusa Pays Herself $51K from Campaign Funds ‘Buzzy G’ Coordinates Senate Democrat Fundraisers so Lobbyists Can Avoid Scheduling Conflicts Tsunami alert: Don't cut that program President Obama signs Hawaii disaster declaration Stimulated? Hawaii Burns Thru $1.5B in ‘Recovery’ Funds Business chiefs try to ride to the rescue of rail project Failure to Block: Hanabusa, Hirono Vote Against Small Business Tax Cuts Rep. Pono Chong on SB 755, Environmental Protection & the Public Trust Bag Tax in Political Death Throes City Employees Travel to Germany to Oversee Sewer Pipe Manufacturing Council Spends on Travel and TVs GSA Watchdog Says Employees Are Reporting Abuse Hawaii Could Establish a Veterans Court modeled on Drug Court Act 208 Blocks Crazy Stupid Criminals from Working as Security Guards Bank Fees don’t Pass Legislature NELHA Aquaculture Pays Off City Council committee approves measure to Create Kayak Rental Monopoly in Kailua Lahainaluna HS to Celebrate David Malo Day NMI Retirement Fund Bankruptcy Goes to Court Read More..

Wednesday, April 18, 2012 April 18, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:48 PM :: 8479 Views 1.   Unspeakable arrogance and Hawaii's environmental laws 2.   BoE Unanimously Approves Teacher Evaluation Policies 3.   Zoning the ocean 4.   Report: The State of Poverty in Hawaii 5.   Barack Obama Sr Brought to America by Harry Belafonte 6.   Legislators Begin Secret Budget Negations  7.   Abercrombie Comes out Against Rail, Backs Cayetano 8.   Judge invalidates Pay-to-Play Rule Under which Rail Contracts Awarded 9.   Government Union Members Have no Effective Process to Report Corruption 10.US Sen. Daniel Akaka doing well after dehydration? 11."Fraud, waste, corruption:" Congress decries GSA culture 12. Lingle #1: Case's fundraising totals trail Hirono's by wide margin 13.LDS: Without Religious Freedom, Hawaii Civil Unions Law Likely Unconstitutional 14.Democrats Consider lawsuit to Knock Laura Thielen Off ballot 15.Cash Call! Reps. Kawakami, Shimabukuro Latest to Hold Fundraisers During Session 16.Water Board Nominees Approved over Hee’s Objections  17.More schools volunteer for teacher evaluation pilot program 18.TheBus uses half the energy that rail would use 19.Mainland Solar Contactors form Front Group to Save their Baksheesh 20.HECO, MECO in top 10 for Solar Penetration 21.Firearm registrations break records in Hawaii 22.ERS Dumps Goldman Sachs, Looking for New Equity Managers 23.Malu Mota Fundraiser Meets Convicted Killer in Kau 24.Report: Hawaii Women Make 80% of Males’ Income 25.Judge approves Univ. of Hawaii data breach class action settlement 26.Congressman alleges China helping North Korea with ICBMs 27.Dalai Lama eyes reform in China, fearing return to 'Cultural Revolution' 28.$1M to Bring Dalai Lama to Hawaii Read More..

Tuesday, April 17, 2012 April 17, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:18 PM :: 18359 Views Djou Outlines Strategy for Congressional Race Challenge to Democratic Party Bosses: Laura Thielen Launches State Senate Campaign No Natural Gas for Hawaii with Jones Act Ships Malulani Hospital seeks Mainland Partner Hawaii Bishop at Vatican, Prays for Courage to Defend Religious Liberty Hawaii Marines Lead Offensive Against Jihadi Dope Farms Election plans move ahead despite pending lawsuit Were Political Signs Printed at Hawaii County Elections Commission Warehouse? Akaka Hospitalized over weekend? Misses Key Vote KHON Retracts Story About Inouye Hospitalization Borreca: Solving Natatorium issue could be Governor's legacy Hannemann has $631K to Gabbard’s $465K State Refuses to Enact Tax Credits for the Poor Bill to speed development at rail depots moves ahead TEA Party Rally Draws few to Capitol Star-Adv: Haleiwa Farmers Market Should Move to make Way for State Paper Shufflers Hawaii Whistleblowers Not Protected from Retaliation EPA Working Hard to Make Sure Nobody Saves Money with Seawater Air Conditioning Waimanalo Gulch Hearing Today Enviros Sue Maui County over Wastewater Again Hawaiian Airlines Inaugural Flies Jewel Smugglers to Japan and back As City Cleans up Last Big Waianae Coast Homeless Camp, Some Finally Accept Shelter VIDEO: Homelessness Industry Activist Harasses Makaha Beach Cleanup Volunteers MD Busted for Selling Dope SB2579 Encourages Underage Prostitution? Read More..

Monday, April 16, 2012 April 16, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:37 PM :: 10951 Views Dalai Lama Slams Beijing for Burnings Hawaii Bishop at Vatican, Prays for Courage to Defend Religious Liberty Honolulu TEA Party Rally April 16 Case: Far Left Hirono is just as Bad as Limbaugh Rail Advertiser: Don’t Add 4th Lane to H-1 Abercrombie Tries to Block HFF From Defending Marriage Blue Planet Foundation Legislative Agenda: Higher Utility Bills for the People, More Tax Credits for ‘Green’ Energy Scammers OSHA to Take Over Takamine’s Incompetent DoL? In spite of High Cost of Living, Hawaii Workers’ Earnings Below US Average Hawaii doctors offer patients 'choice' to die KHON Retracts Story About Inouye Hospitalization NHLC Shake-Down Lawyers Still Grabbing for Control of Public Water 13% of OHA Small Business Loans Default Kobayashi to Credit Unions: Disclose Exec Salaries, or Face Property Tax Hikes Congressional hearing on GSA's lavish spending begins Monday Politics: Leaders debate Micronesia impact in US areas Micronesia: Fishing days to dominate treaty talks Vacation Rental Legislation is Deceptive 90% of Hawaii Financial Disclosures Hidden from Public View Shoppers and farmers are dismayed over the state forcing the Haleiwa Farmers' Market from its site Read More..

Sunday, April 15, 2012 April 15, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:29 PM :: 9950 Views Lingle to Focus on Comprehensive Tax Reform Ed Week: Hawaii in Biggest Trouble, Feds Have Good Reason to Revoke Race to the Top UH: Hawaii Physician Shortage Could Grow from 600 to 1600 SB3010: Sierra Club Threatens to Sue over Environmental Exemptions Zenith Reached in Earmarking of Unrelated Fund Sources QUEST Rationing: Hospitalization, Artificial Limbs Eliminated to Pay for ‘Preventative Services’ Hee: OHA Must Go After More Land and Money SB2438: PUC to Rely on HECO-Controlled ‘Institute’ to Approve ‘Clean Energy’ Projects Bag Tax, Big Cable, and Kupuna Care Lead Star-Adv Editors Legislative Priorities Ihara: ‘Gut and Replace’ Hits New Peak this Session Will Natural Gas be Allowed to Lower Hawaii’s Electric Rates? State Capitalists Raise Money for Pro-Rail Propaganda Hanabusa Brings in $224,000 DoH Bans Backyard Burning Statewide—$10,000 Fine Hawaii Would Be Hit Hard by Buffet Rule Akiona: Obama Budget Targets Independent Contractors Guam National Guard Teams to Deploy to Afghanistan UH Manoa Perfesser Predicts Future Census Questions: How many times have you changed your sex? Hardships do not faze new BYUH student president Lawsuit: Waikiki Shooting Gallery Charged with Negligence Read More..

Saturday, April 14, 2012 April 14, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:47 PM :: 23538 Views Mazie Brings "Mr Fannie Mae" to Hawaii Hawaii Shippers Council Outlines Jones Act Reform Proposals Hawaii Economic Performance Ranks 15th, Economic Outlook 46th Hawaii Youth Link Assisted Suicide to Teen Suicide Makers of Promotional Products Rally to Defense of Rail SB2341: Would Allow Overnight Accommodations on Maui Ag Land SB2394: Would Allow Condemnation of Private Property to Bail Out Mortgage lenders VIDEO: Thielen, Rivere, Ward Rip SB755 Environmental Exemptions Case: Hirono Now Ducking 10 Debate Invitations Public Access TV Relegated to Digital Siberia Adrianne Heely Appointed Maui Judge North Korea's Rogue Missile Launch Redistricting case will be heard in May HSTA pressure kills class-time bill Educated Youth Flee Hawaii Waipahu Students Not Fooled by Rail Presentation Abercrombie’s Wife Endorses Tulsi Gabbard Legislature out of control on attacking Hawaii’s environmental protections Civil Beat’s “integrity investigation” questioned by Ian Lind Legislators Consider Giving Sex Workers Welfare, Labor Law Protections Honolulu TSA Screeners Acquitted of Catching too Many Illegals and Too Many Drug Smugglers GSA official to assert privilege to remain silent World Laughs at Incompetent Socialists in N Korea Illegal Dumping Settlement Dumps on taxpayers After Hee’s Bill Fails, Opihi Season Requested by Resolution Schatz traveling to Asia to discuss clean energy Scams Kauai electric utility will begin installing smart meters Horse Cruelty Case May Be Tossed Due to Bumbling Kauai Prosecutor’s Office Homeless Alcoholic Busted in Kauai Church Fire UH Manoa Perfesser Preaches His Atheist Religion at California Revival Meet Some Hawaii post offices offering late collections on Tax Day International Marketplace to Be Demolished Photo: First axis deer killed on Big Island Read More..

Friday, April 13, 2012 April 13, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:31 PM :: 10215 Views Lingle Campaign Raises $3.1M Not Aimed at Hawaii This Time: N Korea Rocket fails, falls in Ocean Celebrate Israel Day Hawaii, May 20 Am Samoa Congressional Race: Radewagen, Lancaster Challenge Faleomavaega Salon: Am Samoa's Congressional Delegate Defends Dictatorship at Behest of Lobbyist Abercrombie Signs Kakaako Over to OHA, HCDA Maintains Development Control HB 108- Dog Fighting OK, Dog Breeding Illegal Payment Protection: State Sues Seven Mainland Credit Card Companies Akaka: Lingle is ‘Friendly’, Her Role Model is ‘Open-Minded’ Tipping Point? Isle Democrats lead charge against the environment Abercrombie Dept of Corrections Appointee Flees State SA Editors Grasping at Straws Claim: Teacher evaluations within reach DOE seeks extra funds to preserve Colluding Bus Contactors Grabbucks: New HART Boss Pulls Down $300K / year Grabbucks vs TheBus: “Rail is the Gift that keeps on Giving” Inouye: The Only Thing That Will Stop Rail is World War III -- Carlisle: We Need to Build an Army Cayetano: "Carlisle prone to Making Stupid Statements" Caldwell: Carlisle “Crazy” To Build Rail Columns and tear them Down Honolulu Council Keep Rail Budget Intact Malama Solomon Scores Worst Senate Attendance Record House OKs charter school bill despite divisive ethics provision Senate Passes bill Requiring minimum sick leave State deputy sheriff accused of sexually assaulting female detainee April electric rates up on all islands except 1 Crooks, Cronies Squabble over Geothermal Royalties Haleiwa Farmer’s Market to Stay open til end of Month DoH Harasses Local Businesses, Cane Fire Gets Fine Solar Telescope Construction May Begin Despite Permit Challenge SB2402: Dim Bulb Legislators Vote to Block State Use of Fluorescent Bulbs, Stadium Lighting on Edge Leading Theocrat Hailed by Billionaire as He Launches Four Day Hawaii Tour Read More..

Thursday, April 12, 2012 April 12, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:35 PM :: 10517 Views Lingle, Collins: "Bipartisanship is Leadership" VIDEO: Guam Senator Garners Support for Jones Act Exemptions The View from DC: No Sign Hawaii is Serious about Teacher Evaluations State Steals $200M from Hawaiians, Gives 30 Ac to OHA: Hee, Solomon Boycott Signing Matthew DiGeronimo to Run for CD2 Linda Lingle's Role Model: Susan Collins of Maine Useless $75,000 Drone Traced to Waihee Cronies Boylan: Hawaii Dems Suspicious of Party-Switchers GSA Spends $330,000 to Relocate One Employee to Hawaii, Then He Quits Manoa Chancellor Candidates At the End of their Careers Number of police officers holding medical marijuana cards remains a mystery Police Warn Chinatown Shopowner not to Antagonize Meth Dealers, Threaten Him With Arrest City Council Would Create Bureaucracy to Track Plastic Bag Use Stanley Chang: Give Councilmembers $40K more to Play With State orders Haleiwa Farmer's Market to close Koa Ridge, Hoopili Last Big Master Plans? Profitable Nonprofits Lose 19% Few Hawaii Donors Support Presidential Super PACs Plan would squeeze 4th lane into Honolulu freeway Historic Kauai Church Vandalized on Easter Eve Read More..

Wednesday, April 11, 2012 April 11, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:35 PM :: 17474 Views Three Judge Panel Will Hear Reapportionment Case Honolulu TEA Party Rally April 16 Study: Hawaii Cost of Long Term Care Soars 87% in Five Years Carlisle Admin: Keep Waimanalo Gulch Open 15 More Years Legislators Exempt State from Child Molestation Claims Horizon Lines Completes Restructuring Marumoto: SB2858 Relating to Closed Government Activists attack bills that exempt construction projects from review Without High-rises, OHA Cannot Justify Kakaako Toxic Waste Cleanup Expense Civil Unions, Bag Ban, Taxes, Tax Credits Set for Crossover Big Victory for HSTA: House Kills Teacher Eval Bill, $266M in Federal Funds at Risk HGEA Inks Fake Principal Accountability Evaluations Rail development proposal fails to give public a voice Geothermal to be Issue in Hawaii County Mayor’s Race Big Wind Opponents Suffer Defeat in House Rep Mele Carroll Misses 25% of Sessions, Makes Excuses Hawaii Gov’t Hiring Tarnished by Nepotism, Cronyism, and Patronage SB2115 Would Allow Nepotism in Charter Schools GSA employees travel to Hawaii five-days for a one-hour ribbon cutting, Planning 10 day return Trip Feds Bust HPD Officer with Medical Marijuana Card for Multi-Location Grow-Op Wisconsin Homosexual Child Molester Gets 10 Years in Waikiki Molestation cases Top Five Lobbying Spenders Senate: DLNR Officers Don't Need Taser Training Federal Taskforce Stacked by Homelessness Industry Styrofoam: Mainland Green Energy Scammers Attack Hawaii Restaurant Industry TPL Aims for 16% Profit on Sale of Swampland Read More..

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 April 10, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:09 PM :: 10553 Views Yoshioka: Bus Service Cuts Have no Connection With Rail $25M Kapolei Biofuel Refinery Produces 5 Barrels per Day While Hawaii Legislators Sleep, Another State Bars Companies Doing Business With Iran Federal judges will hear challenge to state reapportionment plan N.Korea presses on with anniversary rocket launch BoE to Vote on Teacher Accountability Budget: Abercrombie Paying $11,700 per Goose, $168K per Delinquent Rail Opponents Ask Judge For Decision Rail crews continue search for ancestral bones An environmental review of Rail precast facility OK'd, Could Lead to new Lawsuit Environmentalists rally against "dirty dozen" bills at capitol SB2785: Big Cable for Big Wind Vote Today Paper bag use Soars as Plastic Bags banned on Maui, Kauai Bag Distributor Wants Amendments to City Bag Ban Akaka Committee to Meet With AWOL Soldier Soft on Crime: Suspect in Arson, Killing of 97-year-old Has 8 Convictions Politically Connected Public Housing Resident Calls for State to Ban Smoking in Homes Crystal meth use drops among workers in isles Unions Use Sewage Plant As Endorsement Backdrop Nepotism Not Illegal in Hawaii Hawaii judges' pay Lowest in Nation What Do Hawaii Lawmakers Have Against Ethics Code? Government Health IT Comes to Hawaii Teen Pregnancy Rate Continues to fall Honolulu Residents Abuse City’s New 311 Service Long lines shift from DMV to Health Department Harbors Dep’t Buys Useless $75K Drone Occupy Honolulu expands encampment to Central Pacific Bank State offering mortgage assistance to first time homebuyers Allegiant Air to Start Hawaii Flights How Hawaiian princes brought Surfing to Britain in 1890 Read More..

Monday, April 9, 2012 April 9, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:26 PM :: 15866 Views Pacific Rim GSA: 115 iPods Missing RNC Moves to Boost Hawaii GOP Hawaiian societies caught as much fish as modern fishers HSTA Leader: Abercrombie, Legislators Should Switch to Republican Party Daughtery Challenges Okabe: The top-down approach has bankrupted teacher morale Gov. Lingle Selected Laura Thielen for Her Cabinet Based On Talent, Not Political Affiliation Hawaii Gaming Promoter to Host $1M Obama Fundraiser Airline Exec Offers to Campaign Against Lingle in Exchange for Subsidies Republicans Overwhelmingly Reaffirm Ted Liu as National Committeeman Council Support Wavers As Key Rail Vote Looms Kauai District Attorney Recuses Herself AGAIN Runner for political seat would be youngest ever to hold office in state, at 18 Tobacco giant Philip Morris was top lobbyist during May-December 2011 State Workers having a Hard Time Scoring Workers Comp Bennies Hawaii Owes $60,000 in Airport Workers’ Harassment Suit Electric Car Drivers May Face Federal Charges SA: Make room for bikes on roads Hawaii Turns to Dog Shrinks As 'Incessant Barkers' Enter Pleas Ninth Circuit Revives Lawsuit over Religious Marijuana Use Laupahoehoe Charter School names new Principal Kids' English takes priority at Kalihi School Highlighting Hawaii's problem of child abuse Mokulele Flights to Chicago, London put on hold Supreme Court’s Ratings Jump Following Health Care Hearings Read More..

Sunday, April 8, 2012 April 8, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:34 PM :: 18382 Views Hawaii Among Worst States in Nation on Taxing the Working Poor GSA Scandal: Lingle Takes Aim at Waste and Fraud Zero Confidence in Lawmakers Revealed Big Island Prosecutor Candidate Promises to Re-Open Peter Boy Case State Senate Candidates Scramble to Distance themselves from Abercrombie Boylan: Romney May Be Next President New tax credits sought for Billionaire Movie Moguls Borreca: Legislators Rejected Lingle’s Call to Stop Taxing the Poor Kauai Democrats: Never make the mistake of electing a Republican governor again Tulsi Gabbard Would Repeal DOMA Cataluna: Hilo Peeping Tom Beaten MADD: Pass HB2320 Ignition Interlock State Gets off Easy After Hiring Doper as Spinal Surgeon DoE Closing Adult GED Schools RTTT pays to Hire 200 Un-Licensed Obamabots to ‘Teach’ in DoE Schools Punatic: Only 1% of Oil Used to generate Electricity is Imported Navy Testing New Generation of Power Buoy UH athletics could lose $2 million Japan Prepares to Shoot Down North Korean Missile Read More..

Saturday, April 7, 2012 April 7, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:02 PM :: 17633 Views Lawsuit: Veterans, Military Personnel Challenge Hawaii Reapportionment Plan NTU: Hanabusa voted for 91% of Tax Increases, Hirono 88% Push Poll Audio: "Berg got so drunk ..." Biofuel: Honeywell Hints at Tesoro Refinery Takeover Big Island Paper Pushes Back against Equal Representation for Military Families, Students HR61: Legislators Salivate for Legalized Honu Hunting New Tax Evasion Charge Filed Against Retired HPD Major Nishimura Honolulu Bag ban Would cost Stores $30K month, Cause Paper bag use to Skyrocket Lingle the Only Reason there’s a Tossup Aiona will focus on practicing law but is still open to public service in the future Aiona ‘Excited about Opportunity to bring people together’ Rivere, Say, Aila, Harris Debate Environmental Review Exemptions Shapiro: Political mess deepens as sewage sludge returns OHA, Enviros Only Get One Water Commissioner HB2236: Funds Commission to Study Ways to Raise Your Taxes Shelving of 2 bills hampers reform of workers' comp Mitch Roth running for Hawaii County prosecutor Castle’s Man in DoE Retires HPD Employee Faced Retaliation for Sex Harassment Lawsuit Star-Adv Backs AWOL Surfer Soldier Dalai Lama's visit, peace initiative will show isles to the rest of world Read More..

Friday, April 6, 2012 April 6, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 11:41 PM :: 13282 Views Lawsuit: Veterans, Military Personnel Challenge Hawaii Reapportionment Plan Okabe to Obama: Abercrombie is 'Difficult' US Constitutional Convention? Hawaii State House Wants to Write Obamacare into Constitution, Strengthen Power of President VIDEO: Hawaii Federal Rapper at Center of Latest GSA Scandal Hawaii's Good Friday Holiday - What's Up With That? Seek Truth in Response to Physician Assisted Suicide Thielen May File as Democrat, Challenge Party to Sue Political Comeback? Former Sen. Fred Hemmings Says Hawaii is Ready to Change the 'Status Quo' Charles Djou: Back from Afghanistan - Ready for Political Battle Lingle acknowledges her challenge as a pro-choicer Duke Aiona Leaves St Louis School Job, Returns to Law Practice Insurers Launch Big Brother Medical Records System New Hawaii State Securities Lawyer: $900,000 In Back Taxes, Child Support Gore Cult Praises Hawaii’s Preparation for Global Warming, Demands More Water Board Appointees Get Instructions for Malama Solomon’s Water Deliveries Abercrombie Admin Backs Castle & Cooke Development Honolulu Council Campaign Getting Ugly Feds Bust Five in cockfighting, illegal gambling case Online Poker Site Accepts Hawaii Players Double Murderer Charges Parole Board Vindictive, Gets New Hearing Food businesses face fee 1050% Fee hikes to Create HGEA Jobs W. Oahu churches expand to serve growing congregations Open-ocean cages get state's approval "Pacific Gibraltar" -- Important New Book on Hawaiian History Read More..

Thursday, April 5, 2012 April 5, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:25 PM :: 22327 Views U.S. Senator Susan Collins Visits Hawaii Guam Legislator Calls for Exemption from US-Build Provisions of Jones Act Rep Kymberly Pine Running for Honolulu City Council Hirono Supporters Worry about Candidate’s Ability to Go One-on-One vs Lingle Lingle: Pro-choice Republican women Needed in Senate Inouye, Muslims Raise Money for Michigan Democrat Senate Candidate SA: Legislators Should Let Housing Authority Ban Smoking in Public Housing April 6 is ‘Tax Freedom Day’ in Hawaii Abercrombie to Steal $200M from Hawaiians, Give 30 ac to OHA Trustees Hurried House Rushes 13 Bills to Hearing Ernie Martin: Honolulu Will Move Bag Tax Honolulu Budget panel Decides Horses are Agricultural: OKs restoration of tax breaks for horse owners Abercrombie: No Declaration for Annual Hawaii Prayer Day Pacific Palisades Shooter Was Watch Commander at Wahiawa Prison Oi: Thielen is type of Candidate Democrats Need Enviros Prepare to Destroy Tuna Farm Sen Roz Baker Makes Excuses for Vacation Rental Bill Improvements at Kewalo may hinge on public-private partnership Hawaii SB2168 Will Activate Nationwide Reinsurance Tax Clearinghouse HB2703 Directs Dept of Ag to Maintain Count of Local Grown Food State senators table workers comp bill Rep. Giugni’s Fundraiser During Session Are Hawaii Judges Governed By Conflict Of Interest Rules “Clean Energy’ Stimulus Funds Burned by State, Cronies, Utilities, and Profitable Nonprofits Tesoro Sale Casts Doubt: Federal Stimulus Still Not Stimulating Many Jobs at Local Biorefinery Plant Biofool Scammer Makes Nice in Hamakua Christian Sparks Propane Price War in Puna 6 Occupy Honolulu protesters plead no contest, nobody cares Descent Into Haole: 'The Descendants' Dissed City offers online Sunshine Law training for board, commission members Read More..

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 April 4, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:35 PM :: 12642 Views KOS: The Secret Behind Mitt Romney’s Hawaii Landslide Faleomavaega: Bahrain’s Best Friend in Congress Hawaii: Is the Obama Administration Giving States Flexibility When It Rejects Proposals to Reduce Medicaid Costs? Suicide Activists Line up Hawaii Doctors to Kill Patients Honolulu Community College Announces Final Three Candidates for Chancellor The Seven Rules of Bureaucracy Atheist Advertiser vs. First Amendment: ‘Don't allow anti-civil union actions’ Democrats, Media Carefully Avoid Any Discussion of Illegality in Thielen Rejection DoE Pulls Out All the Stops to Save Funding for Colluding School Bus Contractors Reforming Hawaii's charter schools: 5 myths and 5 realities HB2819: Kakaako Development Gut and Replace Small Contractors to be Cut Out of $500M in CIP? State's answer to its budget deficit is crippling small construction companies HB466: Workers Comp Reform Proposal Described as Sop to Pill Mills Act 221 Scammers, Insurance Companies Team Up With Abercrombie Admin to Profit from Controlling Hawaii Health Exchange Health exchange board needs to be accountable to public Hawaii to receive part of $137.5M WellCare settlement University of Hawaii-Manoa Chancellor Candidate Eliminated Two Dozen Degree Programs at MSU Abercrombie’s Apocalypse: The King Nebuchadnezzar Effect Enviros Pounce on Abercrombie Water Board Nominees Rent-a-Mob: Anti-Geothermal Punatics Hammer HECO Another Mainland Solar Contractor Seeks Profits from Hawaii Tax Credits Small Businesses Losing Revenue Due to Bag Bans Gabbard Adds Bottle Tax to Plastic Bag Tax Bill NPS Short Circuits Bottle Ban After Donor Complaints Food Truck Fix Passed, Signed into law Soft on Crime: 13-year Criminal Record, Out of Jail 1 month Tries to Run Down officer in Stolen Jeep Mayor Won't Cancel Sewage Treatment Contract ‘October Baby’ Well Received in Honolulu, Slated for National Rollout HPD officers say enforcing 30-year old policy endangers their lives Hawaii Still Waiting as Coast Guard Rolls Out ‘Rescue 21’ System on Mainland Inouye, Wife Visit Arab-American Museum Read More..

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 April 3, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:36 PM :: 20069 Views Pentagon Prepares for Possible Shoot Down of North Korean Missile Ko Olina, Kyo-Ya Snag HTA Board Positions ACLU: Hawaii Counties Among Few Requiring Warrant to Track Cell Phones Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted April 2, 2012 Feds Reject Hawaii’s 10-Day Medicaid Hospital Limit While Cutting Services, Hawaii fails to reap up to $80M in federal Medicaid money As Legislators Threaten to Impose Accountability, HSTA Pretends to become interested in Negotiations $11B budget bill moves ahead Rep Har Pushes Abercrombie’s SB755 Environmental Takeover Lanai Voter Regrets Abercrombie Vote Abercrombie, Hee Team up to Push Dogs-in-Restaurants Bill—Restaurant Owner Must Clean Up Dog Poop As Filipinos Move to Middle Class, they Line up with Republicans against Rail Assisted Suicide: Six Hawaii Kervorkians Announce Plan to Commit Manslaughter Star-Adv: Police Should Get Record of Everybody’s Prescriptions Study: HECO Overpaying for Windfarm Electricity by 200% to 300% New emission controls will cost shippers billions Hee Pushes Thru Bill to Block Public Housing Residents From Smoking in their Own Apartments Non-Resident VR Owner feels ‘Kicked in the Face’ Ethics Commission Nixes OHA’s Lawmaker Invites Legislators still slow in filing financial disclosures Bankruptcy filings down 25.4 percent in March HLTA takes applications for Hannemann's position Candidates for UH Manoa Chancellor set to visit the Manoa campus H-Power Recycles All Metals in Waste Stream HB1947: Anti-Small Farmers Bill Backed by Agribusiness Is The Way Hawaii Selects Judges Transparent? Drunk Driver Kills Two, Families of Victims Given $210,000 by State of Hawaii Hawaii Whale Population Increasing 7% Per Year Beck to Publish Book on Obama’s Communist Mentor Read More..

Monday, April 2, 2012 April 2, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:51 PM :: 13765 Views HB1033: Tracing the Financial Outlines of Socialism in Hawaii S&P: Credit Risks Mount For U.S. Domestic Shipping Companies As Ships Start Showing Their Age Vancouver Sun: Hawaii Vacation Rental Bills Violate NAFTA Abercrombie: Unions Better Wake Up, HSTA Contract Will be up in June SB682 Could Change Terms of OHA Settlement Ethics: Belatti Throws Clunker into Charter School Reform Bill Today may be the last chance to remove monopoly health insurers from the Hawaii Health Connector Green Energy Bank would Use Hawaii General Fund to Build Wind farms Nationwide Is It 'Reckless' To Build Honolulu Rail Before Feds Commit Funds? Second Crossover Deadline Thursday Mufi Teams Up with Guam Republicans for Fundraiser Hawaii Scores 25% for Executive Branch Financial Disclosure Pay raises advocated for city officials Molokai condo lawsuit gets big result, lots of news Condo losses from theft now $100,000 Obstacles to Veterans Transitioning into University Education? Private Schools Raise Tuition 3%-6% State House resolution calls for lower shipping fees on Internet purchases EXCLUSIVE: Honolulu Zoo's full accreditation restored Maui: 450 Idiots Spend 10 Hours Listening to Conspiracy Huckster Charlie Maxwell Changed With Pension, Free Time Read More..

Sunday, April 1, 2012 April 1, 2012 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:16 PM :: 10623 Views Felony Inducement? Laura Thielen Senate Run Rejected by Democratic State Committee Zing To Taxpayers, You Are Paying For Those Giveaways Lingle Calls for Reauthorization of Export-Import Bank Gallup: After Electing Hanabusa, Urban Honolulu Drops from 4th best to 57th Broken Trust Figures Abercrombie, Hee, Levinson: Churches Must be Forced to Conduct Gay Union Ceremonies Star-Adv: After Supremes Overturn Obamacare, We Will Still Destroy Prepaid Multiple Violations: DCCA Securities Enforcement Headed By Lawyer Sanctioned by Hawaii Supreme Court Feds Loss on Central Pacific Bailout Estimated at $63.1M SB682: Another Waikiki In the Making? Unity House Looted of Another $800K in Lotus Hotel Deal Hawaii's marriage rates by community Soft on Crime: Burglar Released Early After Multiple Convictions, Kills 3 year old boy in Drunk Driving Hit and Run Cataluna: Which Drunk Legislator was Dumber? Star-Adv Profiles AWOL Soldier Surfing Northshore JSC: Nobody Wants to be on Hawaii Supreme Court Police Will be Overseeing your Prescriptions Waterman Aka Hemmings is dead at 59 NMI: Signature campaign to Allow Land Sales to Outsiders begins Hawaii County report offers 40 recommendations to improve tax policy Read More..