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Tuesday, April 30, 2013 April 30, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:50 AM :: 5116 Views Abercrombie Launchers Reelection Campaign, Appoints Crony Committee Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted April 29, 2013 SB69: Mandatory Background Checks to be Voted 9th Circuit: Tribal Courts Have Civil Jurisdiction Over Non-Indians Kona Coffee Farmers 'Disappointed' by Safeway Blending Lawsuit Settlement DLNR Seeking Streamlined Permitting Process to Restore Fishponds HECO: Renewables Hit 13.9% for 2012 Abercrombie: UPW Contract 'Positive Result of Partnership' UHERO: Latest Jobs Report Suggests Most Industries Recovering SB623: Solar Scammers Fall Hard, Lose Big Hawaii Public Employee Misconduct: Harassment, Theft, Violence Billion Dollar Estimated Cost of Union Wage, Benefit Hikes Cost of UPW Contract Still Unknown As Hawaii legislative session winds down, more initiatives bite the dust Rally Against SB1171 Today Wooley, DelaCruz "Bickering Like a Married Couple" 'Incorrect Vote' Saves Scott Nago from Performance Review Caldwell's Secret Staff Costs 40% More Than Carlisle's HB1214: Legislature to Pick Winner of Street Fight Between Competitors HSTA Operative: Use of Pidgin Means New Teacher Evaluation System Will Damage Education OHA Geothermal Deal Means Sandwich Profits for Trask HELCO Biofuel deal would be costly for Oahu electricity ratepayers Foreclosures: Mediation requirement stalls in the Legislature Hirono: Immigrants Should Get Welfare Samoa to Buy Hawaiian Airlines? Does Hawaii need more hotel rooms? Is U.S. demand for Hawaii on the decline? How A Shattered, Disorganized Hawaii Supreme Court Was Manipulated into Gay Marriage Mainland Gays Aroused by Ability to Recruit at Farrington Read More..

Monday, April 29, 2013 April 29, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:49 AM :: 3517 Views Dozens of Crony Capitalist Donors Switch from Hanabusa to Schatz SB237 Would Give DOE Unfettered Power to Lease Public School Land PEW: Lack of Competition Might Hamper Hawaii Health Exchange PEW: New Health Exchange Unlikely to End Insurance Monopoly in Hawaii Living in the Fourth-Most Economically Repressive State House, Senate Approve Resolution Challenging Big Cable, Big Wind UPW Makes Excuses for Wrecking HHSC Hospital Deal Obamacare Just a 'Stepping Stone' Tax Hike: Keep room tax at 9.25 percent Omidyar Backs Preschool Voucher Program Legislature Kills Same-Day Voter Registration PUC 'Black Box', 'Rubber Stamp for HECO' Kailua airman one of four killed in Afghanistan plane crash Annual Veterans Parade won’t be held this year Secret Law Hides Public Records?  Has Hawaii Given Up On Lobbying Congress? City Council measure would prohibit smoking at bus stops Read More..

Sunday, April 28, 2013 April 28, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:57 PM :: 4124 Views Shame on HGEA, Politicians for Rejecting Banner Health HB622: A Sieve Law Not a Shield Law Lack of Understanding of General Excise Tax Creates Confusion Hawaii Senate Race Stokes Obama, Clinton Rift Full Text: Honolulu Council Challenges School Lands Bill As CEO Pay Hits $5.8M, Hawaiian Electric Flunks Executive Compensation Scorecard Two Marijuana Bills Pass Conference Committee Caldwell Announces Town Hall Meeting Schedule VOG: Hawaii County Air Flunks Army Completes EIS for Pōhakuloa Battle Course Locking down Dem primary will Create a Two-Party System Senate Race: Brief Opportunity for Voters to Determine Outcomes 'Before Cement Hardens Again' Democrats: CD1 is 'Strange', Elects Republicans, Hippies Thanks to Obamacare, New Hawaii Nurses wait for jobs City workers' raises to cost $26M Hawaii Legislative Preview: Last week of session It's amazing how quickly an upcoming election can open the state vault “The monster is dead” but the process raises a question of legislative ethics Abercrombie Claims Victory After Legislature Guts Preschool Scheme EHR: Impractical, Costly, Discouraging High schools on Oahu, Maui are among nation's most challenging Homeless Guy Arrested after Mass Shooting at Maui Golf Course Hawaii County Task force would weigh property tax increase Kauai Politicians Use Busses as Latest Excuse to Propose Tax Increases HTH Reporters Still Not Paid Dramatic changes confront the state as people increasingly favor living on the neighbor islands Read More..

Sunday, April 28, 2013 Letters to the Editor April, 2013 By Letters to the Editor @ 4:16 AM :: 11522 Views Shame on HGEA, Politicians for Rejecting Banner Health 'Sensible Slate' for Neighborhood Board Schatz Evades Jones Act Question? Read More..

Saturday, April 27, 2013 April 27, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:27 PM :: 4078 Views Budget Report & Worksheets from Conference Committee ALERT – Upcoming Votes on Exemption Bills Does Hawaii Constitution Prohibit Gut and Replace? (No) Shield Law Passes Conference – Will Limit Our News Sources Neighborhood Board Ballot Passcodes Sent to Voters SB1093 Early Education Passes Conference Committee Honolulu Neighborhood Voting April 26 - May 17 Six Animal-Related Bills Moving Forward Progressive Frankenbills Conferees Advance Captive Insurance Scheme for EUTF Hee, AG Conspire to Invent Excuse for Not Counting Military Hanabusa vs Schatz = Burns vs Gill Minimum Wage: Unions Refuse 'Tip Credit' Get Nothing Department of Labor to Regulate Your Home Preschool program gets shelved 'Reopener Clause' -- HSTA Contract Price to Rise in 2014 Hawaii committee OKs school land development bill Tax Credits: 5% Boost for Billionaire Movie Moguls House Kills Geothermal 'FrankenBill' Favored By Hawaii Senate PPPA Killed in Conference HB1481 Public Funds for Candidates Killed in Conference Lawmakers reduce UH budget by $7 million, eliminate 100 positions HB634 Dies in Conference, Would Have Required New Owner to Keep All Employees Extended Foster-care bill set for final vote Bill may ease mail-order prescriptions requirement Refinery bid delays layoffs at Tesoro Prisoners Used to Promote Prison Construction Police arrest man in connection with suspicious backpack in Waikiki Hawaii Gears Up for First Satellite Launch Read More..

Friday, April 26, 2013 April 26, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:26 PM :: 4014 Views Study: 'Clean Elections' Often Favor Corrupt Incumbents Against Upstart Challengers 500 Petition Against School Lands Bills HB252: Video Mocks Sen Galuteria's Frankenstein Bill 'Sensible Slate' for Neighborhood Board Tourism: First Quarter 2013 Sets New Record HMSA sued over alleged anti-competition pacts Hanabusa Senate Win Could Circumscribe Abercrombie Power Council Threatens Lawsuit Over county-owned school land development  Lawmakers make hotel tax rate permanent SB573: Lawmakers flunk teachers' tax credit Alert: Frankenbill HB252 lives on, becomes even more undemocratic Funding for HGEA, HSTA, UPW Union Contract Agreements Approved HGEA Recommends Rejection of Unit 13 Contract $6 to Put 'Entrepreneurs' on Welfare  Solar Scammers Thrilled by On-Bill Financing Massive Tax Credit Giveaway to Commercial-Scale solar systems Lawmakers move weakened news media shield law Some Good Government Bills Still Alive 'Federal Carrot' Drives Early Education Debate Campbell High School: 'It's A Cinderblock Oven' WHT eliminates editor position; Flickinger out EarthJustice Operative Joins Bio-Logical Capital Fake Bomb Threat Shuts Down Courthouse Another Day, Another Escape Visitor numbers up but experts forecast coming slowdown CEO pay soars, HEI receives "F" for executive pay Potential buyer would keep Tesoro facility a refinery, official says ML&P  Pension Bailout Tied to Lipoa Point Purchase Star-Adv: Smoking Ban May Harm Tourism Read More..

Thursday, April 25, 2013 April 25, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:43 PM :: 4811 Views HGEA Announces Unit 8 Contract Settlement 25th CAB Reaches out to Fallen Heroes' Families Auditor: Less Than Half of Audit Recommendations Implemented OHA awards $1.5 million to charter schools Caldwell: Feds Reaffirm Commitment to Honolulu Rail Hawaii Prayer Breakfast – A Civic Space for the Religious and Non-Religious HIRA: Democrats Want to Tax Your Online Purchases House Republican Legislative Update Misconduct conducts bad cops to the door HGEA Contracts Ratified Chang Dodges Questions, Security at Press Conference DesJardins: Accused of Tampering, Judge Resigns, Faces Charges May 2 $2 'Tip Credit' Demanded in Minimum Wage Conference Council Bill 22: Hike Registration Fees by $75 Traffic congestion in Honolulu ranked second-worst in the nation Public land debate not settled SB1171: Phased archaeological survey bill headed for final vote Waikiki residents reject possible school closures Sex Assaults Settled? Principal Suspended after DUI SB668: Pass Luke's Law, To Help Care For Hawaii's Autistic Children Help mentally ill help themselves Medicare eligibility to spike health care cost for resident Bursting at the Seams: Skyrocketing Enrollment Crowds Campbell High Classrooms Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative Searchable Format Rogue agency: The State Procurement Office refuses to meet with State Auditor Protesters' campsite cleared after complaint from TheBus Gabbard Wants Labeling Of Genetically Altered Food Kaneohe woman wants water leak, mold problem fixed in public housing unit Hawaii Health Insurance Exchange Guide Hawaii Natural Energy Institute risks losing funding from so-called barrel tax Maui Mayor Scores 19% Pay Hike, Council 15% Rep. Ward speaks with Dr. Carbone, MD, of the UH Cancer Center   Read More..

Wednesday, April 24, 2013 April 24, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:38 PM :: 4422 Views WaPo: "Another race-tinted showdown in Hawaii" Stanley Chang Running for CD1? HSTA Cheers Defeat of 'Instructional Hours', Targets Preschool Vouchers Hawaii Ranks 41st for Business Gallup: Hawaii Most Stress-Free State US Attorney General to Honor Hawaii Victims Rights Advocate Sabato: 2014 is Hawaii Republicans Best Chance CD 1: Crowded field of Democrats could compete in the primary Hanabusa Angry, Schatz Vulnerable Shapiro: Hawaii Needs Louisiana Jungle Primary $130M for State IT, $400M for School Maintenance Preschool, Solar Scammers Let to Squabble Over $30M Pie 10 'Unused' DoE Parcels Worth $120M PUC: "Black Box", "Rubberstamp for HECO" Romy Cachola Endorses Scheme to Move EUTF to Captive Insurance Company SB1171: Bill's opponents rail against partial archaeological surveys City leaders go to Washington for rail meetings Wooley committee shelves bill to study GMO labeling effects New life could be coming to Tesoro refinery Oil Company Cashes in on 'Green' Energy  City Council committee OKs islandwide smoking ban Airlines trimming flights to isles Read More..

Tuesday, April 23, 2013 April 23, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:47 PM :: 3581 Views Sources: Hanabusa to enter Senate race today, Dems Will Give no Money to Schatz Honolulu Neighborhood Voting April 26 - May 17 Nicole Velasco to Head Neighborhood Commission Conference Committee Hearing on Senate Bill 69 Rescheduled Act 27: Abercrombie Orders Doctors, Hospitals to Provide Abortion Pills LINK: Bills Singed into Law 2013 Budget: Union Contracts Kill Other Big Ticket Items HSTA Begins Pushing Back Against Evaluations Justice: Runaways Get Locked Up, Child Molesters Get Probation Shamefaced Abercrombie Repeals PLDC Green, Seitz: Homosexual Rape Gang Still Active at Blind-Deaf School Hawaii lawmakers negotiate limits to shield law Japanese Yen losing value, effects felt in Hawaii Army warns of deeper cuts in troop numbers Aerial hunts under fire: Restriction on meat recovery unpopular Read More..

Monday, April 22, 2013 April 22, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:09 PM :: 4061 Views Confident, Rail Opponents Seek Expedited Hearing on Appeal Contracts: UPW 17% Raise, HSTA 15%, HGEA 8% Abercrombie Orders ‘Flexible Pay’ Hikes to Match Outside Job Offers Petition Seeks Defeat of Three PLDC-Clone Bills Oahu Biofuel Plant: Honeywell CEO to Face Questions Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted April 22, 2013 Petition Seeks Defeat of Three PLDC-Clone Bills Juvenile justice: Youth on the brink Bill would defog requirements for compelling psychiatric help Judge OKs $5.75M settlement in Homosexual Rape Gang Case at Blind-Deaf School Sovereignty Activists' Lawyer Disbarred for Stealing from Elderly Clients AG: Early childhood learning program won’t spur school vouchers KSBE: Use Barrel Tax to Fund Green Energy Scammers or Hilo Will Run Out of Water Minimum Wage: Tip Credit Still on the Table Hee Pounded on Shield Law American Courage: Lingle at PAC fundraiser in Florida City officials to meet with feds over rail project State wise to follow City and sell housing projects Soft on Crime: 36 Priors, Busted for Burglary of Philippine Consulate Novelist Mike Bond on “Saving Paradise” and the future of America Groups Rally to Kill Legislation that Would Weaken Hawaii's Environmental Law Read More..

Sunday, April 21, 2013 April 21, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:14 PM :: 3589 Views How A&B Wins Big From Environmental Litigation Contracts: UPW 17% Raise, HSTA 15%, HGEA 8% Petition Lists 7 Gut and Replace Bills, 11 Frankenstein Bills Let Them Ask for Their Funding Ira Einhorn, Earth Day's Dirty Secret Crichton: Environmentalism is a religion Which kills more: ideology or religion? Star-Advertiser: 'Health Reform Driving Doctors to Leave' Doctor Shortage: Experts blame the affordable care act MD: State should end Medicaid managed-care model Legislators revisit school land Development plan HCDA in Charge, Solar Scammers Eager to Kill Off Akoko Plant HEI Boss Pulls Down $5.3M DoTax Blames Slow Processing for Shortchanging Rail Revenues Now That Rail is Approved, H1 Gets 4th Lane in Kalihi Mitsunaga War on Kobayashi Squelches UHH Pharmacy School Evaluation team penalizes pharmacy school for lack of dedicated facility Ing's Bill banning access to employees' social media fails Luddites Motivated by Ideology, Profit Enviros: Celebrate Earth Day by Tithing $11M Read More..

Saturday, April 20, 2013 April 20, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:37 PM :: 3679 Views Obamacare Paycuts Pushing 900 Hawaii MDs Into Retirement Hanabusa, DSCC Discuss Challenging Schatz UHPA Pushes Back Against NEA Raid, Cyberattack SB535: Illegal to Fire Your Child’s Babysitter HB634 Obstructs Sale of Businesses With Over 100 Employees Medical Marijuana Bills Delayed in Conference Committee Abercrombie Appoints Darrell T Young DHHL Deputy Director Calling All Cronies: Caldwell Announces $1.6M Cash Giveaway OHA: Profitable Non-profits Score $8M President Obama’s Budget Proposes to Make Wind and Solar Subsidies Permanent US Deploys Its Newest Missile Defense System to Guam Banner Quits Hawaii, HHSC Exec: “We’re not Going to Have Any Health Care” Abercrombie, Sign UPW Secret Four Year Contract Deal Rail opponents Confident of Victory, seek expedited hearing in appeal Lawmaker touts new draft of shield law as compromise Star-Adv: DHHL must tighten up its loan policies Another Constitutional Amendment to Keep Soft on Crime Judges Past Age 70 Sidewalk Nuisance Bill Designed to Fail Barnacle Bill Leads Naming Contest Maui Mayor Vetoes Bill Amending ‘Circuit Breaker’ Tax Credit for Elderly Homeowners Sewer Breaks, City Claims it is not their Problem Read More..

Friday, April 19, 2013 April 19, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:21 PM :: 4550 Views VIDEO: Boston Police Shootout With Muslim Bombing Suspects HB1268: Allows 999-Year DHHL Leases, Transfer to Non-Hawaiians Portnoy vs Hee on Shield Law Palila, Let’s Keep the Story Straight SB1084 Relating to Early Childhood Education Moves Forward Sequester: DoD Civilian Furloughs Still Under Review Caldwell to Sign Sidewalk Nuisance Bill Budget Negotiations: Support Puuanahulu Shooting Range Derrick Kahala Watson: Senate Confirms New Honolulu Federal Judge Paycuts Pushing 900 Hawaii MDs Into Retirement  Dollars running short with new HSTA contract; other public worker unions yet to settle With Contract Money Pocketed, HSTA Shifts Focus to Defeating Teacher Evaluations Precisely As Predicted: OHA, Trask Team Up for Geothermal Gold  Borreca: Forget Two Party System and Celebrate Gay Marriage Battle For Hawaii's Shield Law: House Pushes Back Against Senate Usual Crooks, Cronies Line Schatz' Pockets PBS Insights Discusses Homelessness Homeless preschool program earns national accreditation Teacher accused of tying up first grader Rapist and Alleged Child Molester Scores $35K from City Lawmakers Reach Agreement on Bills to Help Fix School Bus Program SB17 Energy Office Loses in Grab for Barrel Tax Money Hawaii lawmakers debate bill to create homeland security office to guard against terrorism Isle lawmakers laud Kulani decision Arrested in 2011, still no charges in county diesel fuel theft Pflueger rejects plea deal, Trial Next FBI: Hawaii Mortgage Scammers Tied to Domestic Extremist Group Read More..

Thursday, April 18, 2013 April 18, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:03 PM :: 4744 Views Democratic Party Will File Legal Challenge Over Hawaii's Primary Election Laws HSTA Membership Ratifies Contract Audit Slams DHHL 'Lax Loan Management' Obamacare Tax Credits Target 70,000 Hawaii Households Property Seized by Mayor: Supreme Court Declines to Hear Guam Case DoE Announces 2013 Graduation Dates Democrats Closed Primary: Civil Beat Gets it Wrong Legislature Bows to HGEA, UPW: Condemns HHSC Hospitals to Bankruptcy OHA, Trask Team Up to Scam Geothermal Royalties Hawaii lawmakers debate details of preschool plan Conference Committee: Fund Big Island prison Conference Committee Members Named for Shield Law Bill City Council OKs ban on 'sidewalk nuisances' Marijuana Bills in Conference Committee Friday Hawaii forms public LTCI study bill conference committee New Immigration Proposal Is Mixed Bag For Hawaii Families Atta to Recuse Himself from New Hope Zoning, Permitting Issues Lawmakers Ask City Council Members to Stop Development Plans for Hawaii Kai Preservation Land Finmeccanica Consultants, Subcontractors to be Investigated New details emerge in Marine Corps helicopter crash near N. Korea Anti-GMO Activists Question Biofuel Grant Missile Defense: Hanabusa vs Gabbard  Read More..

Wednesday, April 17, 2013 April 17, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:34 PM :: 4163 Views Hawaii 2nd-Worst Tax System for Small Business HSTA Convention Urges Ratification: Contract Vote Today Campaign 2014: Youthful Hawaii GOP Takes Aim at Legislature, Congress SB 1171 – Phased Archeological Inventory Surveys Hawaii Dems to sue over open primary voting system Stanford Carr Salivates over 'Community based' Plan to Develop School Lands Strategy to rebuild special education unveiled Frontrunning Council, Caldwell will reject pay raise till union contracts are inked Soft on Crime: Killer Gets Sentence Halved from 20 years, Could be out in 2016 Eighteen months, probation for two men in continuous sexual assault of 4 year old girl OHA Cronies Plan Appeal of Telescope Decision Accreditation Threat Used to Push UH Hilo Pharmacy Funding Insurance Agents could Still Score Big Payoff from Health Exchange Navy Concerned About More Sequestration Cuts Schatz Draws Large Sums From Hawaii Business Leaders Will Innovative School Bus Plan Really Bring Down Costs? Kauai Chief: 'Officers We Know Should Not Be Here Are Coming Back' HB1481: Public Funding for House Candidates Ben Jay Slams UH Maintenance Failures New Hope Leeward church eyeing Kunia farmland Kaua‘i Eclectic’s ‘Abuse Chronicles’ series prompts council to lash out 60s Generation Ending a Lifetime of Failure, Desolation Read More..

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 April 16, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:41 PM :: 5352 Views Standing with Boston Flags Fly at Half-Staff in Honor of Boston Victims Background Checks: Senate Rejects House Amendments; SB 69 Goes to Committee Conference Judge rules against Christian innkeeper who refused to rent bedroom to lesbian couple Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted April 16, 2013 Investigating the Potential for Seawater Air Conditioning in Waikiki Hawaii Suspends TB Test Requirement for Food Handlers Caldwell: City is Moving Rapidly on Road Repairs Hawaii Utilities Rank in Top 10 for Solar Campaign Strategy: Keep Abercrombie's temper and unpredictable explosiveness under control Abercrombie Refuses Senate President's Request for Water Commission Nominee List HB632: 'Cornerstone of Transparency?' Hanabusa brings in $230K as she eyes other offices Willes Lee Trashes Lingle, GOP HB642 Would Ban Firing of Workers Dozens of Hawaii Residents Standing Near Explosions at Boston Marathon are Safe Judge: Lesbians Can Force Their Way into Your Home if You Rent Out Rooms PLDC repeal heads to governor for OK Hawaii lawmakers fund health agency reorganization HB417/SB665 Subsidize MDs State to Regulate How Babies Sleep Hawaii Universities Pile on the Fees, Bumping Up Students' Bills As state, county mull marijuana laws, Project SAM seeks smart approaches Chris Deedy Defense Fund Raises $50K Read More..

Monday, April 15, 2013 April 15, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:20 PM :: 4084 Views Bombs Explode at Boston Marathon: Two Dead, Dozens Injured Emergency Services Briefing: Lack of Emergency Rooms in West Oahu Abercrombie Anger Management Tour Hits Kakaako Slush Fund: Council Aims to De-Fund Vacant Positions LUC: IAL Tax Credits are only for Landed Aristocracy Officials: Hawaii Courts Not Clogged With Pot Cases Star-Adv: Cut Retirement Benefits Next Time The Future of Good Journalism In Hawaii Is In Peril Emails Show Abercrombie Admin Coordination of OIP Response Lege May Help Fledgling paipai industry by Cutting Red Tape TMT work may start in year OHA: Archaeological inventory surveys should be done upfront HB115 tells UH More for Mitsunaga, Less for Kobayashi Read More..

Sunday, April 14, 2013 April 14, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:25 PM :: 3637 Views DoTax Cooking Books to Influence Legislature? HART Calls for Audit Kerry: Give Up Missile Defense for more North Korean Promises MSNBC host: Children belong to ‘whole communities’, not their parents Let Conformity Simplify Tax Filings SB858: Gender Equity on Boards and Commissions On the Menu: Extra Big Servings for HGEA 81% of New Homeless Arrive Direct from Mainland  Grabauskas: Supplemental EIS for Honolulu rail project completed Hawaii Co Councilor: Raise GE Tax to 4.5% Maui Co Energy Commissioner: "Cut Solar Tax Credits"  Pols place fear-mongering, fundraising high on agenda HB1147: Super PACs must list top donors  Obama's Sister Pushes Pre-K Voucher System City needs reasonable schedule for road repairs Hawaii Koreans rally to denounce North Korean threats The State Of The City Rhetoric UH Needs Audit, Not PR Campaign Good Work Of Catholic Charities Kauai Residents Oppose $50M Artesian Well Read More..

Saturday, April 13, 2013 April 13, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:47 PM :: 5860 Views After Deadly Train Wreck, DC Metro Dumps Honolulu Rail Contractor Ansaldo OHA Launches Website to Coordinate Shakedown Operations House Republican Budget Update “Let ‘Em Eat Cake” Comes to Hawaii Fuel Supplier Lobbies Congress Against Jones Act Lemonade From Cuts to State Prison Spending Conference Committee to Reconvene April 15 at 9:30AM Leilehua, Baldwin, Kalani High Schools Finish FIRST in State Robotics Competition From the Grave: Inouye Money Flows to Hanabusa 120 DHHL Loans Delinquent over 5 Years --owed $82M Elimination of ‘Vacant Positions’ Slush Funds Makes Budget More Transparent Hawaii County Sham Budget Larded With 'Vacant Positions' Coal Plant Re-Starts, Oahu Electric Rates Drop 7% Homelessness: No Facilities for Elderly Mentally Ill State set to offload affordable housing Land board grants use permit for $1.3B Thirty Meter Telescope ‘Broken Windows’ Policing Comes to Waianae Geothermal Energy: Clean, safe, abundant Former Hawaii Resident Now Runs Young Leaders Program in Washington DC SB586: State, Counties Oppose Relaxing Building Codes for Farm Sheds 103 arrests, 53 convictions, 29 felonies California Suicide Seen as Opportunity to Promote Homosexuality in Hawaii Schools Read More..

Friday, April 12, 2013 April 12, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:07 PM :: 4420 Views Budget: Conference Committee Agrees on Pension Payments at First Meeting SB987: $19K ‘Impact Fee’ for Water Meter Gabbard: Now is not the Time to Cut Missile Defense Lawmaker drops bombshell: North Korea may have nuclear missiles An Oral History: The Life of Calvin Say Abercrombie Big Spending Plans Top Conference Committee Agenda How Kaiser / HMSA Maintain Duopoly ACLU Demands Private Prison Death Records, Ignores Halawa, OCCC Changes to Hawaii’s shield law ‘ignorant of what’s going on in the media world’ Politicians Agree: Don’t Read ‘Broken Trust’ Obamacare: TB Test Shortage Shuts Down DoH Clearance Program Grabauskas Scores $35K Bonus, Backup power system, rail safety gates likely to cost millions more Feds Cut Rail by $14M: TheBus and rail transit Consolidation Dropped Tent City: Homeless Take Over ‘Slippah Island’ Homelessness Industry Now Revolves Around ‘Occupy’ Obama’s DOA Budget $410M Military Construction for Hawaii Navy rolling out bill program that rewards energy savers, punishes energy users Highest Rates in the Nation: EDF Calls it ‘Paradise’ Permit fees to hurt heart of the community — opposition Meth Ring: Another Airline Worker Busted Health department: Cane burning closely monitored Read More..

Thursday, April 11, 2013 April 11, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:46 PM :: 7967 Views Hawaiians Give Vote of No Confidence to ‘Sovereign Hawaiian Nation’ Hawaii Tax Freedom Day April 14 Hawaii’s First Satellite to Launch from Barking Sands Got Ethics? Apply Here to Join the Commission Hawaii: Last Chance to Stop Bill Requiring Background Checks on Legally Possessed Firearms Hawaii Ranks 13th in Access to Local Food Budget: House, Senate Conferees Named Schatz Across Hanabusa’s Bow: Campaign Reports $1.1M Raised Abercrombie Anger Management Tour Prepares for Campaign 2014 SB68: More Early Release for Drug Dealers HCDA: Endangered Native Trees, Hawaiian Trails, Caves Must be Destroyed for Solar Farms Hunt Cashes in on Abercrombie Contributions, Plans 4000 Homes in Kalaeloa under HCDA Control HCDA Finally Decides to do Something With Building Vacant Since Statehood Marvin Dang Bill: Ethics Commission Rejects Mollway Letter In The Case Of This Fired Honolulu Cop, The Public Is Still In The Dark New Details in Stevie 'Wonder Blunder' Concert Fiasco Released After University Forced to Make Report Public Rail Money Could be Cut by Sequestration Federal Pork for Hawaii in Obama’s DOA Budget Sagum pleads no contest for theft Maui County officials will seek bigger TAT share TAT Cap Blamed for Hawaii County Property Tax, Gas Tax Hikes Hawaii County Elections Officers Still Trying to Sue ‘Taxedtodeath’ Japan Drops the ‘M’ Bomb on Hawaii Bill Would Hinder Sale of Tesoro In just two weeks, Tesoro’s oil refinery will shut down Tech Mavens Make Final Pitch for IT Funding Campaign Contributions: A Public Option Hawaii County Council Votes to Stiff Lawyers Maui Co: 18,000 Would Have Been Hit by Toilet Tax Bill aims to expand smoking ban to all Oahu beaches, parks Clayton Hee Shuts Down Reso Calling for Freedom for Alleged Drug Dealer HB668 Medicated Marijuana Passes Senate LOL: Global Wormers Predict 6.5 foot Sea Level Rise, Quadruple Size Waves Read More..

Wednesday, April 10, 2013 April 10, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:58 PM :: 5706 Views Crossover List: House Passes More Than 150 Bills, Senate 136 Testimony: Passage of SB286 Will Lead to State Court Challenge EPIC: FBI Sued over ‘Orwellian’ Hawaii Snooping Program Jones Act in the News Hearing Today: HCR189/HR150 Alternatives to Big Wind, Big Cable Land Use: Making an Environment for Those With Means No ‘Constitutional Right’ to Leave Unattended Property on the Street Gut and Replace: Committee Chairs 2 - Committee Members 0 SB982 Changing the Way Votes Are Counted on Constitutional Amendments DLNR participating in Statewide Earth Month events Caldwell Rewards Campaign Chair With Zoning Board Appointment Homosexual Child Molester Wins Big at Merry Monarch Fest 2014: HHSC Hospitals Come to Dead End Hidden Unemployment 12.8% in Hawaii – Rank 17th in USA FACE Makes Excuses for Not Increasing Tip Credit If Lawmakers Spend Too Much Now, They May Have to Raise Taxes in Election Year Crossover at The Legislature Ban fundraisers during session 7 Newly Elected Democrats Offer Themselves for Sale to Highest Bidder Finally ... Rail CEO Faces Off with Opponents Over Rail Project Frivolous Claim Over Sovereignty Snags Homeowner Private Schools Fill Gap For Hawaii's Dyslexic Kids — But At High Cost BoR Claims Problem is a PR Matter Another Day, Another Escapee Accused of Attacking Japanese Tourist, Could Have Been Extradited Back to Mainland Order aerial hunting on Big Island to resume Sierra Club Used Wrong Population Projections in Support of Honolulu’s Rail Hawaii 9th Smallest Male-Female Pay Gap Is Hawaiian geothermal investigation a flight of fancy? Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is a double-edged sword Read More..

Tuesday, April 9, 2013 April 9, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:49 PM :: 4317 Views Only 9,300 Sign Up for Akaka Tribe Election Day Registration: Voters Subject to Media Hype TEA Party ‘Mastermind’ to Speak on Maui Mayor Caldwell Nominates Budget Director and Deputy Director HB252: Malama Solomon Slips Geothermal Permits into Unrelated Bill Fat City? Medicaid Punches $1.8B Hole in Budget HMSA: Obamacare Forces 9.1% Premium Hike Hee Has No Clue, Stuck in Past House, Senate Budget Conferees Named IBEW 1260 Endorses Schatz Lawmakers should vote on pay raises 28 Legislators Raise Funds During Session Council wrestles away control of vacant positions Teachers Tax Credit to Cost $3.5M/Year Cracking the Code: Are Hawaii Schools Doing Enough for Dyslexic Students? Hawaii Co Council Rejects Call for Legalized Gambling Why big development is so difficult in Hawaii OHA Grabs for Piece of Obamacare Pie Kane: KSBE Trustees Much More Hands-Off Placing AIDS Patients at Risk, Hawaii Lawmakers Open STD Treatment Option To Gays Study Claims Hyper-Thyroidism Link to Fukushima Louisville's Pitino had controversial Hawaii ties Homeless Dude Announces Next Run for Congress Read More..

Monday, April 8, 2013 April 8, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:40 PM :: 5788 Views Creative Insolvency: EUTF to Enter ‘Shadow Insurance Industry’? Feds Give Hawaii Health Connector $128M to Pay for Overhead Solar Scam Bonds to Fund Bank of Abercrombie Abercrombie Hi Tech initiative Larded With Fat Salaries HART Takeover of TheBus? SB1171: Abercrombie Admin Seeks Phased reviews of sites to find iwi Waiting for Colleen  After All the Hype, Sequestration task Force Slow to Start Early Education: Abercrombie Making it up as He Goes Along Senate Judiciary Chair, Journalists, Battle Over Future of Journalism Shield Law Secret Digest Records Measure Pending on Third Reading Tsutsui Distraught Over Failure of Sugar Tax Bumpy Roads, Brain Injury And A $1.7 Million Pothole Weed, Whacked: Why legal pot didn’t happen in Hawaii Another Prisoner Escapes Sovereignty Activists Recruit the Next Generation in Prisons The Scraggly Tents of Resistance Librarians Urged to Show Solidarity with MRC Greenwood’s Overpaid Pick Family marks second anniversary of fatal Waikele bunker explosion Read More..

Sunday, April 7, 2013 April 7, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:04 PM :: 4830 Views North Korea tells Russian Diplomats to get out — sets April 10 deadline Lessen Dependence on Government: Key to Strong Democracy SB893, the Marvin Dang Bill: Mollway Demands Kondo’s Head GAO: Wind Farms Double Dipping on Federal Cash Giveaways Hirono: Families Central to Immigrants’ Success Book Review: A Hawaii Middle School Counselor’s Diary of a Working Day Dr. Dennis Gonsalves Day Honors Developer of Hawaii’s GM Papaya Oxycontin Overbilling: FBI Investigating Hawaii Drug Repackagers Which Contributed to Clayton Hee, Josh Green, Karl Rhoads   In Inouye's absence, state loses big federal projects Star-Adv: The Only People Who Are Against Abercrombie/KSBE Preschool Scheme Are Religious Fundamentalists Hawaii lawmakers prepare for marathon of voting House coalition doing good job SugarDaddie Could Have Bought Legislature Petition seeks to revive bill to allow recall of Hawaii public officials GMOs: Schatz Panders to Luddites Costs put Hawaii food makers at bottom of the barrel Caldwell Puts FACE in Charge of Homelessness Industry, Star-Adv Pushes Tent Cities Families struggle to find help for mentally ill loved ones Hawaii could face criminal action over lighting suspected in seabird deaths Philanthropist Pays for City Pool Repairs Caldwell announces budget director and deputy Condo Developer Lashes out at Medicated Marijuana Users North Korea May be able to Nuke S Korea, Japan Read More..

Saturday, April 6, 2013 April 6, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:21 PM :: 4432 Views Tax Myths Debunked North Korea tells Russian Diplomats to get out — sets April 10 deadline Investigations, staff conflict Keep Staff on Years-Long Paid Leaves from youth jail SB310 Relating to Mental Health Treatment—A Real Homeless Solution 81% of Former Foster Care Males Arrested UPDATE:  Cesspool tax flushed (for now) Mitsunaga: A focused approach to campaign contributions HB643: Sale of Business With Over 100 Employees, New Owner Cannot Fire Any of Them The GOP’s Local Youth Movement Racist Anti-GMO Activists -- Pariah UH Scientist Debunks Anti-GMOs Junk Science Hawaii PV contractor disputes solar tax credit survey HB668 Medicated Marijuana to be Regulated by Dep’t of Health Routine: Voting on Amendments that are not Written What’s Next For The State, Teachers UH drops plans for controversial lab, returns federal funding Benghazi Injured Being Silenced? Read More..

Friday, April 5, 2013 April 5, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:44 PM :: 3495 Views School Land Pillaged By Legislature – SB 237 and HB 865 Election Day Voter Registration: Invitation to Chaos and Fraud Community leaders praise new Grassroot Institute head Keli‘i Akina Stimulus Japan Style: Cost of Hawaii Vacation Jumps 3% Today To Encourage Hanabusa to Run Against Abercrombie, Trade Unions Endorse Schatz Draining the General Fund: Solar Permits up 49% Honolulu: 2nd Worst Traffic in USA Public safety Dep’t: 85 Escapes in Five Years $24B Senate budget vote sets up talks between state Senate, House Schatz: All I Can do is Complete Projects Inouye Started Don't change journalists' shield law News Clayton Hee Wishes He Could Use Hee Retaliates for Financial Disclosures Sometimes the Legislature has to be saved from itself Ritte: Shaking Down Whoever is Largest Employer on Molokai Solar Scammers Release Yet Another Self-Serving Poll Abercrombie Warns Against Verbal Bombast, Offers to Host Kim Jong Un Hawaii Medical Care Endless Hold Times Mental Homeless Person Released After Allegedly Assaulting TSA Officer Public again left to guess about arbitrators’ decisions Soda Tax Rhetoric: Sugar More Harmful than Marijuana? Read More..

Thursday, April 4, 2013 April 4, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:04 PM :: 8134 Views From Hawaii to Virginia, are College Accreditors Overstepping their Authority? Full Text: Hawaii Senate Republican Budget Proposal House Judiciary Kills Marijuana Decriminalization Bill UH: College of Education programs align with national findings 15th Anniversary Aloha Pregnancy Center DOE to request waiver for School Improvement Grant funds Stimulus Japan Style: Cost of Hawaii Vacation Jumps 3% Today Lingle Joins US Energy Security Council Bed Making Contest: Clayton Hee vs Jessica Wooley Feds Investigate Caldwell Admin Official Schatz: No Comment on Jones Act Resos Clayton Hee Guts Reporters’ Shield Law Sen Hee Kills Anti-Gambling resolution Caldwell Lets Put Homeless in Chinatown, Waikiki and Tent City   Honolulu 3rd Worst Traffic State wants to charge homeowners who use cesspools, septic tanks  Schoolteachers' tax credit OK'd S Korea: North Korea moved missile to east coast Waihee-Harris Associate Runs Winning Mayoral Campaign in N Las Vegas  Who’s Behind Anti-GMO Movement?  Sun, surf, and spies: Hawaii a spot for clandestine agents  Cancer clinics are turning away thousands of Medicare patients. Blame the sequester. Employee raises an unknown in County budget Kaiser union plans work stoppage   Hawaii DOT Refusal to Switch Out Lights Means Likely Federal Indictment Child Molester 21 Counts, 5 years may Avoid Deportation Read More..

Wednesday, April 3, 2013 April 3, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:47 PM :: 4463 Views Full Text: Hawaii Salary Commission Pushes Legislators’ Pay Hike Want a Fine Electric Car? Not in Hawaii Charter School Network 2nd Annual Awards Dinner Full Text: Mayor Caldwell’s State of the City Speech Abercrombie: I’d Be Happy to Use Preschool to Demand Tax Increases in 2016 List of People Who Gave More than $10,000 in State Races Hawaii doesn't need Election Day voter registration Star-Adv: Transfer Future UH Contracting Work from Kobayahsi to Mitsunaga UH violated open records law in Stevie Wonder investigation, OIP rules DoE: ‘Professional Development Days’ Behind Teacher Absenteeism Numbers DoE: We Keep Teachers out of Class 5 Days Vouchers: Church-Based Day Care Aced out by KSBE Money Grab Arizona Transgender Intends to Use Suit to ‘Legitimize’ Hawaii Transsexual marriage State nurses awarded 8% pay raise Community Anti-Obesity Effort:  Hawaii Hospitals Faking It Hawaii Advances Public Financing Bill Hawaii Senate committee to vote on shield law Hawaii Bankers Assn Backs Gambling Bill PLDC: Police investigate So-Called ‘threats’ to Solomon, DelaCruz Officials' proposals at odds but all tackle homelessness US to move Missile Defense System to Guam after North Korea threats Grassroot Board Split Over New President Workforce housing tower proposed in Kakaako Global Cooling Alert: Hawaii Hits Record Low Temps Hawaiian Electric can recoup costs of Big Wind studies from customers Big Rooftop Solar Panels Make Sense in Hawaii - Without Any Subsidies! Greek Shipowner Moves LNG Tankers to USA UH Manoa Cracks Down on Bums Read More..

Tuesday, April 2, 2013 April 2, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:11 PM :: 6111 Views Hawaii Impact? Supreme Court Rejects Texas Reapportionment Case 15 Years Without Global Warming Today's top headlines for Lanai: News or April Fools? Hyeonseo Lee: My escape from North Korea China mobilizing troops, jets near Korea HB903: Toilet Tax movement in Legislature Legislators May Cut Income Tax Abercrombie not doing well in attempts to raise taxes UH Contracts: Legislators Move Closer to Snatching Kobayashi’s Sweet Deal Workboat Magazine: Don’t limit Jones Act reform KSBE Cites Six ‘Myths’ in Push for Preschool Voucher Program Clayton Hee Celebrates National Atheists Day Teacher Subs Lawsuit Could Cost Hawaii Taxpayers $75M Mayor open to a 4% pay raise Hawaii House to Vote on Bill to Protect Absentee Ballot Process Proposed changes to bill aimed at tightening gambling law Apoloiona: Akana is Sophomoric, Cheap, Irresponsible Pot Arrests Don't Clog System Hawaii senators propose judiciary, OHA budgets Pentagon comptroller says no furloughs past September Backlog forcing thousands to renew vehicle registrations in-person Taxes Already Too High on Tobacco Products Sold in Hawaii Craft Brewers Face Regulatory Challenges Giant 'golf ball' radar ship to monitor North Korea Mililani school raises funds for computers Read More..

Monday, April 1, 2013 April 1, 2013 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:27 PM :: 3228 Views Hawaii: Worst State to Make a Living Anti-GMO Activist: Crazy Hawaiians Make us Look Bad SJR12: Schatz, Hirono Tinker with Hawaiian Homelands Blood Quantum Transsexual 'Marriage': Court Challenges Gender Change on Hawaii Birth Certificate WAM Votes for Semi-Clean repeal of Public Land Development Corp. Star-Adv: PPPA May be Converted to PLDC in Conference Committee Commission proposes 4 percent raises for mayor and city officials State Burns $140K per Acre to turn farmland into farmland SA: Natural Beauty Allows Hawaii to Enact Bad Laws Patient responsive months after end-of-life case HPD Lieutenant charged with drunk driving after Crashing into Parked Car in Waikiki HFP only 1% Female Longer Wait For Disability Benefits In VA Secretary's Home State Heterosexuals Only: Hawaii Bill Limits Chlamydia Treatment Hitler Invented Term ‘Assault Rifle’ Read More..