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Thursday, April 30, 2015 April 30, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:19 PM :: 4205 Views Politicians Paid so Navatek Can get $20M Play? Desperate to Push GE Tax Hike Thru, HART Pretends Property Tax Hike is Only Alternative Hazardous Waste: DHHL Sues Evicted Racetrack Operator Hawaii Republican Convention Set for May 2 Rail Tax Hike Twists in Wind -- TGIF? Star-Adv: Kill $20M Pay to Play Tax Credit Bill Randy Perriera's Shortsightedness Drives Big Island Hospital to Seek Private Partnership We’re broke, they’re loaded HB1140: Cesspool Tax Credit in Conference Gay Sex Education before BoE Again Bills on Drug overdoses, closed-door meetings Approved by Legislators  On The Move in the Last Days of the Legislative Session Homelessness Began With Decision to Close Insane Asylums Turnabout: Dobelle forced to Pay University After Being Fired Looking for a Great Read? Try Auditor’s Annual Report KIUC Pushes Back Against Pushy Solar Salesmen Geothermal Developer Denies Fraud in Response to Whistleblower Lawsuit New Yorker Appointed to UH BoR After years of delays, work begins on traffic center Hawaii Nation's Lowest Rate of Workplace Deaths 'Swift & Certain': Hawaii Probation Program Goes National Who Should Pay For Poor Decisions? Read More..

Wednesday, April 29, 2015 April 29, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:27 PM :: 5115 Views Full Text: Unanimous Conference Committee Approves Maui Hospital Partnership Bill Souki: HB1075 'Will open the doors for a vital public-private partnership' UPDATE: 81 Republicans Running for Honolulu Neighborhood Board Powdered Alcohol Prohibition Wins in Hawaii Senate Telescope: Dangerous Intersection of Social Policy and the ‘Sacred’ Hawaii's Thirty Meter Telescope website still under attack periodically Agreement Reached on Hawaii’s State Budget SB 555: The Last Bill Standing to Give Low-Income People a Tax Credit Politically Connected Companies Grab for $20M Tax Credit Hawaii could save up to $100M annually if LNG replaces oil Lawmakers set goal of 100% renewable energy by 2045 We need energy technology, not ideology State agency has 92 questions regarding sale of Hawaiian Electric Co. to NextEra Energy Incubator companies have $214M economic impact on Hawaii, Self-Interested HTDC study Claims Nobody Noticed, But Hawaii's Not Gonna Get Obama Library Marijuana Stores: House Wants to Dope the People Up Even More than Senate Crackpot Launches Doomed Petition to Recall Kenoi Free speech protection updates still in the works Anti-GMO Hooser Goes to Switzerland, Makes Fool of Himself Lawmakers consider options for Oahu Community Correctional Center State lawmakers tackle bill to ban sex trafficking Outrigger and IHS partner on homeless strategy Statement by So-Called 'Innocence Project' Tied to Prison Death of Murderer, Rapist? State fines two companies $40K for illegal dumping John Henry Felix Saves Hawaii Civil Air Patrol Read More..

Tuesday, April 28, 2015 April 28, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:23 PM :: 4390 Views UPDATE: Governor, Legislators Come to 'Understanding' on Maui Hospital Partnership Bill OHA Survey: Will You Like Us if We Reverse our Support for Telescope? Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 27, 2015 Hawaii Open Budget: Online Conference Committee Tracking Tool "Sex Change" Surgery: What Bruce Jenner, Diane Sawyer, and You Should Know Drunk? Reckless? How Much Will Your Car Insurance Increase? Best Cities to Start a Business? Honolulu Ranks 66th Roads in Limbo for Rail? Hawaii Senators Pitch Tax Hike Deal Details of Ige’s Maui Memorial public-private partnership measure HGEA Reworks Contract after HSTA Leaves Perriera in the Dust House Republicans Give $470 for Hawaii Defense Spending Hack attack continues on Hawaii state government websites TMT fight puts education grants in jeopardy Obama Administration Shutdown of Heald Flummoxes 100s Ka Iwi land deal nearly sunk as Bureaucrats, Eco Groups Squabble over Who Will Score Millions in Management Funding Hawaiian Electric sale to NextEra Energy should be done by end of year, CEO says Layoffs at Hu Honua Biofuel Plant Tracking truth, transparency promises at HPD Busy city ambulances temporarily closed last weekend Star-Adv: New E-Cig Rules Make it Harder to Smoke Marijuana Under 21 New campaign to help sex trafficking victims in Hawaii HB864: Mandates Insurance Coverage to Provide $20K Test Tube Babies to Lesbians Colorado Welfare EBT Cards $7000 in Hawaii SB1280: Ridesharing Bill in Conference Committee HB1007 Drivers Licenses for Illegals Health Officials Concerned About Side Effects of Care Home Bill Read More..

Monday, April 27, 2015 April 27, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:20 PM :: 4042 Views Peter Carlisle: Dropping a Dime on Ethics Scofflaws Making a Deal on Rail Without All the Answers? Contractors' Complaints could delay the system's opening, HART says HGEA reaches new tentative agreement for more than 14,000 white-collar workers, supervisors The Jones Act Pays Off — in Politics Telescope: NPR Finds a Religion it Can Look Up To State Website Hacked, Telescope Site DNS Attack There's No 'Hawaiian View' on the Thirty Meter Telescope Anti-Telescope Lies About Water Pollution Debunked Rent subsidies fall short for isle vets The Price of a Place Called Home in Hawaii Chaperones taken aback by advice Lawmakers push for ban of plastic microbeads in personal care products Star-Adv: Third Trial for Deedy 'A Travesty' Read More..

Sunday, April 26, 2015 April 26, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:05 PM :: 4006 Views Study: Hawaii Health Connector Loses 63% of 2014 Enrollees--Worst in US Feds Block Deal to Transfer Heald Students, College Shuts Down Monday The Magical Appearing Tax Pay to Play: Extent of Rail's influence a mystery Anti-Telescope Protesters Bring Invasive Ant Species to Mountain, Weiku Bug Threatened Enough of the Islands of “No” Ige to Meet With Feds About Health Connector HMSA Profit Drive Requires MDs to Talk up Costs DoE on Common Core: Greater Failure Means Greater Success 'Residential A' Tax Hike Would Mean Higher Rents NextEra Plan: Keep Rates High for Next Four Years Electronic cigarette bill SB1030 may not have been passed constitutionally Fire chief's excellent rating surprises union president Off Duty Cop Arrests Knife-Wielding Lesbian 100 at Hawaii County Democratic Convention Read More..

Saturday, April 25, 2015 April 25, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:33 PM :: 6442 Views Sacred? Protest Leaders Demand $50M Yearly Rent for Telescope Site Land and Power atop Mauna Kea 7% Solution Makes Hawaii Pension Debt Seem Smaller UH: $14M Plan to Save Cancer Center Accreditation Common Cause: Audit the Clinton Foundation Neighborhood Board elections now open for voting Anti-Telescope Leader Calls for killing telescope supporters -- HS Girl Targeted Hospital measure still waiting for action from Ige State Budget Negotiators ‘Still Have a Lot of Issues’ $38B in capital spending (Rate Hikes) needed to reach Hawaii's original renewable energy goals Age 21 for E-Cigs?  With Tobacco Taxes Declining, Legislators Clamp Down on their Competition IHS: Homeless panhandlers 'Very Comfortable Living this Lifestyle' Hawaii Tourism Taxes 'Shambolic and Annoying' State to waste $2.9 million on water feature at Maui airport Judge rules Deedy must stand trial a third time Read More..

Friday, April 24, 2015 April 24, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:33 PM :: 4012 Views 75 Republicans Running for Honolulu Neighborhood Board—Voting Begins Today HART GE Tax Receipts $9M Above Expectations Crabbe: OHA Wants 'percentage of gross receipts' from Telescope OHA, University to Di$cuss Telescope To Taxi or Ride-share?  Limiting Government’s Role One Simple State Tax Code Tweak to Favor Marijuana Taxpayers over Tax Evaders Auditor: No Special Fund Raids After AG Tightens Enforcement Suffering Loss of Tobacco Tax Revenues, Health Department Applauds Act 19 Restrictions on E-Cigs Contract Re-opener a $58M Giveaway to HSTA Instructional Time: Ige Signs Bill Allowing Schools to Fake it Kaiser Suddenly Interested in Maui Memorial Partnership Will Poison Pill be Slipped into Maui Memorial Partnership Bill? Telescope Case: Dangerous Expansion of Religious Rights? UH Considers Destroying Perfectly Good Telescopes to Satisfy Protesters Work on Rail Tax Hike Moves Behind Closed Doors Contractors 7 Months Behind on Rail Construction Unaccountable State spends nearly $14 million on failed DOT Accounting system House, Senate Lawmakers Debate Education Bills HGEA cancels contract ratification voting for white-collar units P-Card Holder 'may be held legally and personally responsible for Fraud' Attorney General asked to investigate lawmakers HPD investigating whether supervisor bullied detective before Suicide Hawaii Needs a ‘Marsy’s Law’ to Ensure Victims Rights SB1030 Minimum Age 21 for Cigs, E-Cigs Comcast plans to drop $45B Time Warner Cable bid, reports say Hawaii Gas chief backs bill Pretending to curb use of LNG Hawaii's top solar companies accounted for 800 jobs, $151M in revenues in 2014 Battle Over Geothermal Contract Plays Out in Court and at PUC Read More..

Thursday, April 23, 2015 April 23, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:23 PM :: 5107 Views Hawaii Congressional Delegation Dead Last in Clout HSTA Contract Reopener Showers Teachers in Cash Audit: DoE Bungles Federal Grants, Gives Teachers Excess Sick Leave, Vacation Time UPDATE: Governor, Legislators Come to 'Understanding' on Maui Hospital Partnership Bill Feds OK Pasha Acquisition of Horizon's Hawaii Business Sen Murkowski: An Effort to Look at Jones Act, Energy Exports London Times: Jones Act 'Key Bargaining Chip' in Trans-Atlantic Trade Negotiations Chinese Communist 'Confucius Institute' a Threat to Academic Freedom at UH Manoa Tiny Honolulu Rail Stations Limit Capacity of $300M per Mile System Your Electric Bill is Higher than you Think Ohana Policy Group Pushes Back Against Kindergarten Gay Sex Education Anger at Kenoi: "What the hell else is this guy Cheating?" Resign Already: Hawaii County Residents Overcome Fear of Retaliation, Speak out Against Kenoi Ashamed and Disappointed: "Mayor has intimidated you into being followers" When Will Kenoi Grow Up? Senate Galuteria Hearing Follows Model Used on Convicted Felon, Racketeer Star-Adv: Follow through on privatizing Maui hospitals Lawmakers consider $5 million infusion for Hawaii Health Connector HGEA Contracts offer 4 percent raises even as Existing Contracts Drain General Fund Protesters occupy OHA ahead of Board of Trustees meeting Thirty Meter Telescope May be Affected by Haleakala Case Before Supreme Court Adrenalin-addicted activists to the latest cause celebre Anti-GMO Wooley to be Unemployed June 30? Children's Nonprofit Terrified by Invasion of Homeless Heroin Addicts Kitesurfer Harassed by Police, Prosecutors working for Krilua NIMBYs Enviros Upset because H-Power Recycling Stifles Brainwashing Opportunity HCDA rule could cancel developer's plan for affordable rentals Rail, Eminent Domain, And Who's Going To Pay Only Two Politicians Poll Above 50% Read More..

Wednesday, April 22, 2015 April 22, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:27 PM :: 7213 Views Governor, Legislators Come to 'Understanding' on Maui Hospital Partnership Bill 25% Tax Would Make State Senior Partner in Marijuana Business Conference Committee Begins Negotiations on State Budget Ira Einhorn, Earth Day's Dirty Secret Crichton: Environmentalism is a religion Poll: Oahu Voters Against Rail Tax Hike 55%-35% Oahu Burial Council Chair on Payroll of Kakaako Developer BOE weighs anal sex policy Money at Center of Anti-Telescope Lawsuit Regents to Discuss Telescope Deal in Hilo Sunday Hawaii County Officials Squelch First Attempt at Kenoi Recall Petition Worthless Hawaii County Council Supports Kenoi in pCard flap  Kenoi Attempts to Emerge from Hiding With Help from Cronies on Hawaii Co Council HB1286: Legislators Pass Anti-LNG Bill  Bill in Congress Will Grant Flexibility to School Boards, Principals Hawaii Legislature negotiates state’s $26B budget Hawaii Hospitals 2nd Slowest to Adopt EHR Are schools equipped to handle population boom in Kakaako? Students Raise Money for Campbell HS AC Impact on shareholders if the Hawaiian Electric merger fails to go through? Attention Protesters: Egg Farm Planned for Oahu Ag Land Lawmakers consider expanding sit-lie law to Kapalama Canal Homeless from Indiana, California need to be Forced into Shelters  Star-Adv: Bills to Provide Emergency Housing Now Read More..

Tuesday, April 21, 2015 April 21, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:15 PM :: 4145 Views The day when America moved toward becoming a global power Honolulu: 40% of Homeless Refusing to Accept Shelter New Laws Regulate Aquarium Fishermen Governor Ige to Sign Bill Designating the Hawaiian Hoary Bat As State Land Mammal Last Chance to Vote on School Calendar House Agrees to Senate Version of Hospital Privatization Bill Star-Adv: Ige Shows Lack of Leadership on Telescope Protests Ige has gone from decider to messenger on TMT issue Money Committees to Begin Final Review of State Budget Honolulu Council Considers Massive Property Tax Hikes Special Committee Hearing to Investigate Galuteria HR158: NextEra Not Acting in Good Faith 'Lots of Employees' Depend on Failure of Hawaii Gov Tech Feds: Hawaii Fails to meet 70% of Nursing home Inspection Standards More Federal Funds to End Homelessness Among Vets Occupy Honolulu Pays off for Bumbling Lawyers Convicted Mortgage Scammer Keanu Sai Helps Foreigner Evade State Taxes Walter Ritte Associates Fail in Attempt to use Sovereignty Defense Against Charges Related to Molokai Fishing Boat Attack Christopher Deedy returns to court as judge weighs dropping remaining charges against him Hawaii lawmakers push for audit of alleged sick time abuse by prison officers DPS Waited One Month to Report work furlough escapee Family of victim shocked that suspected hit-and-run driver was released Attempts to Crack Down on ECigs Still Alive in Legislature Hawaii marijuana dispensaries could become reality this year Poll: Republicans Least Likely to be Fooled by Anti-GMO Hype Groups question state's rules for ocean permits Read More..

Monday, April 20, 2015 April 20, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:37 PM :: 4563 Views Hawaii Noted for 'Anti-Innovation Policy Choices' Mark Takai: 100 Days of Nothingness Some States Pay Doctors More to Treat Medicaid Patients Mayor's Election Payback Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 20, 2015 NOAA: Successful conservation efforts recognized in revised ESA Humpback Whale listing Ige DLIR Nominee Involved in Post-Iniki Insurance Fraud?  Tax hike that victimizes Small Business, Professionals to expire High costs keeping isle homes crammed HMSA rule tightens control over MDs Mauna Kea Telescopes: The Business of Astronomy Is Not an Easy One Anti-Pesticide Activists Silent About 100 acres of Herbicide at Princeville  Lawsuit alleges PGV owner Ormat Industries defrauded federal government Poll: Strong Support for Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Honolulu PR Maven Needs Kenoi Land Use Shenanigans on the Windward Side Panel OKs Mizumoto, Cox and Minn for seats on state Board of Education Read More..

Monday, April 20, 2015 Letters to the Editor, April, 2015 By Letters to the Editor @ 12:27 AM :: 4170 Views Mayor's Election Payback HPD Accreditation Requirements?  $80 to Find Out Kenoi Must Resign Read More..

Sunday, April 19, 2015 April 19, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:25 PM :: 3552 Views Tobacco Tax Frankenbill: Smoking It Out Hawaiians and the Law: Kelii Akina and Michael Lilly SB 555 - Increasing the Food/Excise Tax Credit Report: Illegals Pay $31M in Hawaii State Taxes OHA Trustee: Telescope Protests About 'Finances, Growth Models' Protesters: Science a European Idea which has Inundated our Society Telescope: Enrich our legacy by moving forward Rail: No Plan for Cost Controls and No Plan for Operating Expenses Legislature nears finish with big issues unresolved Star-Adv: Time for Hawaii Public Hospitals to Privitize Star Adv: Get Rid of Ethanol Mandate Bean counting, corrections and nominees await Legislature State computer system initiative: Too huge, too costly Guests at vacation rentals, B&Bs spend less on their island getaways Maui Politicians Squabble over EUTF's Lost $21M Solar Power Battle Puts Hawaii at Forefront of Worldwide Changes NextEra sues U.S. Government for $97.5 million More Positive than Negative from Police Body Cams Group appeals Kulani court ruling--Complain Prison Not Enough Like a Resort Read More..

Saturday, April 18, 2015 April 18, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:20 PM :: 4433 Views Ige: Telescope Legally Entitled to Proceed With Construction Auditor: City Unable to Track Federal Transportation Funds Desperate to Pass Rail Tax, HART Finally Agrees to Televise One Meeting BoE to Debate Sex Education Policy DoH: Tobacco Use Down 20%, E-Cigs Up OHA Refuses to Reveal Geothermal Investments, Losses -- Like Bishop Estate Abigail Kawananakoa Funds Anti-Telescope Protests Student’s pro-TMT stance gains traction Cronies Develop Garbage Projects, Want to Risk Taxpayer Money Senate committee unanimously approves DLNR nominee Suzanne Case Senate Panel Recommends Balfour to Water Commission A case of legislative immunity in the ongoing Say saga Hawaii County Releases More P-Card Statements Hawaii County Water Board Used P-Card to Evade Sunshine Law? Kauai mayor releases pCard statements Not Fooled by Battery Scammers: KIUC, Paniolo go for Pumped Hydro SB1316: Condo Associations to be Forced to Accept Electric Car Chargers SB1050 Community-Based Solar U.S. Antitrust Lawyers Said Leaning Against Comcast Deal Patients Rank only One Hawaii Hospital '5-Star' Veterans treatment court graduates first class Soft on Crime: 10 Priors, out on Street now Faces Murder Charge 10 Maui officers wearing body cameras for department study Read More..

Friday, April 17, 2015 April 17, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:03 PM :: 5559 Views DBEDT: Solo Commuters up 74% DoE: Students Meet 79% of 'Wellness Guidelines' Coverup: HART Hiding Damaged Rail Spans Since Last June Rail Contractor tries to Block TV Crew From Filming Giant Cracks in Rail Spans With Tax Hike, City Will Face no Consequences if Rail not Finished Maui hospital privatization could pave way for Big Island HGEA Contract Drives HHSC Hospitals Further into Red Cowardly Kenoi 'On Vacation', Withdraws Nominee, May Skip Budget presentation Aghast at Health Connector HB496: Employers Must Provide 3 Months Paid Vacation House Tries to Wiggle Out from Under Unfunded Liability Mandate Supporters of Bill Requiring Autism Coverage Say This is the Year Mauna Kea telescope in line with Hawaiian values Testimony candid and caustic at HPD accreditation forum Murder?  Kidnapping?  Soft on Crime Supreme Court Overturns Conviction on Technicality Prosecutor Became Defense Attorney After Being Fired by Kaneshiro Attorney general files DUI-related charges against Karamatsu Family Claims Ownership of State Hemp Farm Read More..

Thursday, April 16, 2015 April 16, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:34 PM :: 5707 Views HS Senior Launches pro-Telescope Petition Stewardship by UH to protect Maunakea for future generations Final Act 221: Hoku Plant Cut Up, Pieces Auctioned off Small Business Tax Index -- Hawaii 47th HPD Accreditation Requirements?  $80 to Find Out Kauai Council Calls for ‘Home Rule’ on Marijuana Dispensaries Forbes Worst States for Taxes: Hawaii 31st Public input sought on school calendar Hawaii State Auditor Presents 2014 Annual Report HAWSCT Clarifies Joinder Of Indispensable Parties, Timely Appeals Chief Justice Appoints Dyan M. Medeiros as Oahu District Family Court Judge Anti-Telescope Protesters Opportunistic, Self-Righteous Kenoi Silent After Being Caught Double Dipping Expenses for Mayor Billy Kenoi did not come with receipts Kenoi a Dead Politician Walking Maui News: Kenoi's Sense of Entitlement 'Cannot be Tolerated in Public Official' Before Rail and GMOs, There Was the Jones Act Senators Grill Water Board Nominee, Delay Decision Legislation on the Move House Resolution Backs Electric Co-op NextEra Will Take Hawaii Where it has Taken Florida Oahu electric rates continue to decline as Oil Prices Fall DoE Solar Plan Still Lagging Enrollment drops at town public schools, prompting rumors one school will close HART says rail guideways are safe despite concrete looming above Maui PD Claims NM Officers Arrested Over Burglary Report Claims Illegals Pay $31M in Hawaii Taxes After Months of Waiting, Disabled License Applications Slowly being processed Again Study: High school smoking fell as e-cigarette use boomed Read More..

Wednesday, April 15, 2015 April 15, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:28 PM :: 5654 Views Criminal Charges? Attorney General to Investigate Kenoi Senate Passes Rail Surcharge Extension, State to Skim $496M House Passes Nearly 150 Senate Bills on Second Crossover Senate Passes Nearly 200 Measures on Crossover Auditor: Fraud-riddled HI5 Program Ripped off by Whole Foods Market for 6 Years Feds Cite Honolulu Taco Bell Placement in $30M Fine Against Heald College Lawsuit Challenges HC&S East Maui Water Diversions Inspector General, Special Purpose Revenue Bonds, and Monolithic Monopoly: House Republicans Speak Out Hawaii Has Most Tax Brackets of Any State Carlisle: Only 2,100 Signatures needed to Impeach 'Repulsive' Kenoi I'm done talking about pCard, says arrogant mayor Senate advances bill to Raise GE Tax for rail DoT Won't Open H-1 Shoulder Lane until Legislature Done with Rail Tax Hike Second Crossover Legislation Hawaii Senate approves Maui state hospital private partnership HGEA nurses ratify new contract with 4 percent raises (still waaaay behind private sector nurses) House Passes Two Senate Bills to Save Health Connector Homeless can't stay on sidewalks As Mauna Kea Protests Grow, Some Hawaii Island Residents Worry About Jobs Hawaii County Council Rejects Ethics (Again) Oahu bag ban Kills Trees, Brings Thicker Plastic Bags Internet Billionaire Behind Solar City  Solar Contractors: We Have Installed Hundreds More Fraudulent Solar Systems Kauai Soft on Crime Judge Lets Two Attempted Murderers off probation early Vacation Rentals: Come Back in 30 Years and We'll Talk Maui OPEB Audit Disputed State tax refunds delayed 10-14 Weeks by new fraud prevention procedures Read More..

Tuesday, April 14, 2015 April 14, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:45 PM :: 3866 Views Stop the Rail GET Surcharge Extension Bills Let Your Voice Be Heard for Maui Hospital! Momentum for Jones Act Reform Reaches Faraway Shores Incense and Candles Can Pollute Rise Up People: Redefining What It Means HSTA Contract Reopener Comes down to wire: Study Terms Teachers' Pay 'Robust, Very Competitive' OHA Trustee: Pay Us Rent and Telescope will become 'Extension of Spirituality' Who Needs Telescopes? Hawaii Can Always Rely on Tourism Mauna Kea Is a Special Place in Humanity’s Quest for Knowledge TMT tries to counter misinformation Senate to vote on Maui state hospital private partnership Tuesday Hawaii Health Connector's future is in the governor’s hands State Hospital had most patients ever last month Water Commission: Enviros Hammer Nominee for Refusing to Support Federal Water Grab DLNR Rules Linger in Governor’s Office Not Red Hot: Hawaii carpenters union advocacy group reports fewer workers HB496 Sick Leave Bill to be voted by Senate NextEra: An Evening With the Illusionist NextEra spreads around money HCDA to Pave Endangered Species, Install Solar Farm Homeless Camp Generates 37 Tons of Trash Career criminals bail out of jail, even after allegedly assaulting cops Former New Mexico police chief sues Maui Police Star-Adv: Drunk Cops Shouldn't be Armed Nobody Wants Gary Hooser so he is running for Council Again Read More..

Monday, April 13, 2015 April 13, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:31 PM :: 4871 Views Insider Deals: OHA, Kanaiolowalu Procurement Code Violations Fences and Eradication: Petition Calls for Rejection of Suzanne Case My Father Was Gay: Why I Oppose Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage Inside look at Monsanto’s Hawaii farm nursery Secret Subcontractors: What Honolulu Rail Officials Aren’t Telling You OHA Illegally Refuses to Reveal Geothermal Investments, Losses  Energy cooperative ready to take root on Hawaii island Anti-Telescope Hysteria Still Spreading NextEra: People won't want rooftop solar Suzanne Case: Ige's Wily Ways Unlike Mayor, Hawaii County Council controls pCard use Arakawa: Hawaii County Also Withheld OPEB SB64 preschool opportunities for at-risk children Waikiki Homeless: 18 Contempt Warrants, Passing Around Vodka and Fighting Tighten rules that let prisoners on work furlough Advocates want Hawaii to ban sex trafficking Top firefighters sue Hawaii county claiming alleges wage inequities Read More..

Sunday, April 12, 2015 April 12, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:41 PM :: 4799 Views OHA seeks TMT moratorium to "address unresolved legal matters" Alii Place: Where Will the $90M Come From? PBS Video: Gridlocked by the power grid: Hawaii's Solar Industry Rail Tax: If You Don't Ask You Don't Get HB459: The Science and Politics of Casual Sex Star-Adv: It's time for Mayor Kenoi to resign Spending scandal threatens to end Kenoi's career Sen Josh Green takes heat from psychologists, retirees on potential conflicts of interest Thirty Meter Telescope construction delayed to April 20 Shapiro: Ige Turns it Around with Case Nomination Kidnap--Inmates Given 'Work Furlough' to Look for a Job Union Planning to Represent Marijuana Workers Criticizes Dispensary Legislation Marijuana Bills Will be Rewritten in Conference Waimanalo family claims UH hemp study land belongs to them Airport sees dramatic decline in number of homeless people Creating a Hawaii electric co-op Schatz: I have no 'Head Space' for Reflecting, but I Talk Story with Biden Kona Church Marks 195 Years Read More..

Saturday, April 11, 2015 April 11, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:00 PM :: 4974 Views Telescope: For OHA, it’s all About the Rent Money Suzanne Case Pays for Aerial Shooting and Eradication: Can Hunters Trust Her? Marijuana, Gender-Opinion Birth Certificates, and Unsafe Places Head for Final Votes Kenoi Paid for Promotional TV Shows with County Funds, County Hiding His Emails Kenoi fails to file gift disclosures, State Cancels his P-Card Caldwell: Honolulu Rail Tax Is Not ‘Chump Change’ Ige Negotiates with Feds to Shunt Failed Health Connector into DCCA Feds Won't Confirm Health Connector Takeover Claims Star-Adv: Telescope Protests Show that Buying Off OHA is a Waste of Money OHA Trustee Thanks Telescope Protesters for Helping with Rent Hike Pathetic Anti-GMO Activists Reduced to Whining About 'Red Dust' Bill 6: Council Pushes Harder on Homeless Who Continue to Refuse Shelter Pothead Distressed at Changes to Marijuana Dispensing Bill Drunk Prosecutor Loses License for Two Years DOE: Crackdown on chronic absenteeism Part of Strive HI Campaign HSTA Files Grievance at Honokaa HS Matlin's salary set at $1.45M+Bonuses, Inevitable Termination Pays $150K After Wasting $11M, State Launches 2.0 Version PBS Interviews Hawaii Man Scammed by Solar Contractors State parks Use Illegal Hiking in Budget Pitch Former drug court clerk allegedly stole gift cards meant for participants Woman's rental search meets Section 8 stigma Family blames quarantine station for dog's death Read More..

Friday, April 10, 2015 April 10, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:54 PM :: 5415 Views Telescope Protests: Hawaii is not the A'ole State HB500: Hawaii Legislators Vote on Secret Budget Rep Luke Gives One Hour Notice for Hearing on Open Government Bill HPD to Face on-site Accreditation Commission Local 5 Pushing Self-Funded Insurance Scheme Senate Committee Amends, Approves Interisland Ferry Resolution Study: At Home Care Costs Increase in Hawaii Small Business Group Challenges Employment Law Proposals Scrounging for More Money, Health Exchange Falsely Claims to Hold Prepaid Health Care Act Hostage Kenoi failed to report $1000s of 'gifts' Honolulu Releases 100s of P-Card Records Star-Adv: Audit the P-Cards Growing larger is the thing state government does best PKF Pacific Standing by Indicted Partner Tow Truck Could have Closed Zipper Lane Under Suzanne Case, Nature Conservancy in "Acquisition Mode" Senators want state to explore interisland ferry system Proxy materials detail Next Era takeover of Hawaiian Electric Oil — not renewables — touted as isles' linchpin Anti-GMO Neocolonialism in Agriculture Senate Passes Resolutions Calling for Removal of US Flag from State Buildings Jan 17 each year Telescope protesters appeal to Office of Hawaiian Affairs Protesters: OHA Should Demand 'Back Rent' Ige Spends Hours with Protesters on Mauna Kea Science, Not Superstition, Brought Polynesians to Hawaii Resurrected media access bill heads to Senate floor Hawaii campaign contribution case still awaiting 9th Circuit ruling after 18 months Criminals with 88 priors and 60 priors Out on Streets of Waikiki Thanks to Hawaii's Soft on Crime Judiciary Homeless Who Refuse to Accept Shelter Whine About Raids Panhandling Laws: ACLU Working Hard to Keep the Homeless Homeless Legislators Secretly Scheming to Gut n Replace Uber/Lyft Bill Obama's Bank of Hawaii Pick for the Fed May Be in Danger Not as Robust as Projected: Gay Tourist Weddings up by 2% After Legalization Artificial Sweeteners May Cause Obesity, Diabetes Read More..

Thursday, April 9, 2015 April 9, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:26 PM :: 6459 Views Rail Tax: 2022 Sunset is Only Remaining Check on HART Spending Kanaiolowalu: How to Make Your Girlfriend Rich Guam, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Alaska Join Call for Jones Act Reform DBEDT: International Students Contribute Over $205M to Economy Ige Names Appointees to Head DLIR, OIMT City launches Important Agricultural Lands (IAL) website Grassroot: Public-private partnerships for Hawaii Hospitals DLNR Seeks Comment on 2015 Outdoor Recreation Plan Caldwell Admits GE Tax Hike is to Extend Rail to Manoa, Kapolei Telescope Protesters Will Stay until OHA Gets Pay Civil Beat: Kenoi Should Resign--Mayor just a Common Thief Intent to Defraud: Kenoi ethics to be Examined by Maui Counsel HGEA Still Looking for Excuses to Oppose Maui Memorial joining Hawaii Pacific Health Hawaii veterans wait longer for care on outer islands Senate Committee Sets Hearing for Ige’s New Choice to Head DLNR 14 Burials Found in Rail Path Mainland Homosexuals Winning Easily in Legislature UH Women's Studies Prof: 'Yes means Yes' is all about Money Ige: 'Absurd' Road Construction Delays Put Hawaii on Federal 'Watch List' Hawaii health officials hope to bring back bill to release millions in federal funding for Medicaid Kauai Anti-GMO Trial Begins, Judge Rules There are no Health Concerns Anti-GMO ex-Councilman Wants to Open Marijuana 'Dispensary' Tobacco-Free Coalition cleared on lobbying charges NextEra’s Bid Could Lead to Dissolution of HEI Oil Refiner Says LNG is a Bad Idea Youth Quit Gov't Jobs Fast After Getting Taste of Red Tape Hawaii Export Sector Growing Fast, But Still Smallest in US State Senator says prisons should review work furlough policies Patrick Oki stepping aside from managing PKF Pacific Hawaii OHA provides funding to support Na Pua No`eau Honokaa High principal under fire from HSTA Ige vs Feds: Keauhou aquifer is county’s responsibility Read More..

Wednesday, April 8, 2015 April 8, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:20 PM :: 4649 Views Full Text: Drunk Prosecutor Resigns from Kaneshiro's Office Hawaii Has No Hate Crimes (Officially) Guess What: Hawaii Housing Is Expensive! Hawaii GE Tax: Broadest Sales Tax in US SB1280: Cab Companies Offer to Retrain Uber Drivers Senate Committee Approves 5-Year GE Tax Hike No Resignation Yet: Kenoi Hires Three Criminal Defense Lawyers, Attorney General Takes Over Felony Theft Investigation Unlike Others, Kenoi Still hasn't Been Fired for P-Card Theft ML&P, Grove Farm Owners Really Thrilled with Suzanne Case for DLNR Legislature May Do Little to Address Hawaii’s Housing Shortage Don't rush into buying Alii Place Telescope Stand down While Ige, UH negotiate Payoffs for OHA Maui Memorial: "We cannot wait for one more session or one more study" Arakawa: Maui County to explore buying MECO, forming co-op (good) or Public utility (bad) How charter school system in Hawaii is a success House bill Authorizes Marijuana Stores on Ag Land and in Residential Areas Tax break for cesspool conversions advances Lobbyist Spending Is Concentrated at the Top DoT Orders Commuters off Shoulder Lanes While Senate Votes on Rail Tax Hike Former Gov. Linda Lingle talks Hawaii politics BOE approves school meal price increase Five of HPD's breathalyzers broken at the same time Some rethinking the Justice Reinvestment Act Work furlough inmates arrested in robbery, kidnapping investigation Hawaii Homosexual Child Molester Charged: 57 Counts, 12 boys Victimized City Worker Arrested as Peeping Tom Read More..

Tuesday, April 7, 2015 April 7, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:18 PM :: 5059 Views Worst in Nation Hawaii Health Connector Looking for Another $28M House Speaker mum so far on complaint against Karl Rhoads Prosecutor: HART & OHA Auditing Firm Victim of 3-year, $500K Embezzlement Scheme Senate Minority Alternative Budget cuts spending, caps collective bargaining Hawaii Republican Convention Set for May 2 Ige Nominates Suzanne Case to DLNR, Names Three to School Board Gallup: Honolulu 2nd Healthiest Community in US Ethics complaint: 'Kenoi should be removed from Office' Celebrutards asked to Join Telescope Protest, Ige Calls for 'Timeout' Indictment names companies, fake identities used by PFK Pacific Hawaii's Patrick Oki Carlisle Slams Kaneshiro for Hiring Drunk Prosecutor Arakawa Mocks Energy 'Experts' State Tracking 'Sustainability' Progress Via New Online Dashboard Ige to make Nominations by April 8 Bill to buy Alii Place goes to full Senate as more companies ditch office space 14.4% of Hawaii Teens Using Long Term Birth Control J-1: A Cultural Exchange Program or a Ticket to Sweatshop Labor? Lawmakers want cap on interest rate for payday loans Feds Push Preschool for Hawaii HSTA Opposes Phony 'Pay Raise' Resolutions HSTA Dissidents "Eliminate Educator Effectiveness" National Liberal Group Upset at Hawaii's Failure to Implement Massive Tax Hike for Long Term Care Complete Debunk of Anti-GMO 'Food Babe' Maui PD Officer sentenced for endangering her son in Drunk Driving Crash DoE will reopen Keonepoko Elementary for next school year Rep Tupola Works With HPD to Open Leeward Emergency Access Roads Kauai Council to Consider 'Homestay' Vacation Rental Ordinance Native Hawaiian Population Began Growing with Territory, Statehood Borreca: Sea Level Rise will Drown us all or something Poll 75% of Hawaii Suckered by Al Gore Tax freedom getting later 'Extinct' Hawaii Shearwater Found Alive in Japan Read More..

Monday, April 6, 2015 April 6, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:49 PM :: 5098 Views Sea-Based Radar a $2.2B Flop, Mothballed at Pearl Harbor Kelii Akina interviews Michael Hamnett -- UH and Hawaii's Future US Census Looks at Small Businesses in Hawaii Rail Auditor Arrested for Money Laundering -- Ties to OHA, DAGS, UH Ige: Rail Tax Hike would 'Condone Mismanagement' State Tech: Deathly Afraid, Nightmares, and Sleepless Nights How Much Does Shipping Increase the Cost of Living? After Nago's Latest Disaster, Legislation Moves After the Sexual Revolution--University must administer students' sex lives First Amendment Beats Gay Hype 51% -45% More Solar: Can Grid Handle it? Crystal meth in Hawaii: Still bad Locks don't work at Halawa, Prisoners to be Flown to Arizona Bicyclist critically injured after struck by car near Ala Moana, off-duty officer involved Pearlridge TOD Boosts Traffic, Pedestrian Danger Bikeshare Fails to Launch Hoopili Still Haggling over Affordable Housing Rules On the verge of homelessness: A Kailua woman’s struggle highlights rising elderly homeless population Read More..

Sunday, April 5, 2015 April 5, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:26 PM :: 4602 Views Trustee: OHA Drains $20M from Trust Since December The Turtle Bay Bill, Part 2 Rail Tax Hike 'Orchestrated False Crisis, Flim-Flam, Theatrics' Star-Adv: Kenoi clearly has violated public trust Kenoi's excuses cannot overcome the plain facts Deputy prosecutor, former lawmaker, and Drug Rave Producer Jon Riki Karimatsu arrested for DUI ... again Vote by Mail Won't Boost Turnout, Will Disenfranchise Elderly Media access bill gets new life $90M to Buy 'Prestige' Office Building Slipped into HB1366 Vampire: Rail Construction Causes 36% Shortage in Hawaii Blood Supply No free travel for teachers, panel says Read More..

Saturday, April 4, 2015 April 4, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:43 PM :: 4411 Views Kenoi Must Resign Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative Secretly Killed DBEDT: 65,000 New Housing Units Needed in Next 10 Years Legislative Week in Review: Sex, Drugs, Birth Certificates, and a Place to Hide the Kids from Mom "Through a Glass Clearly: Predicting the Future in Land Use Takings Law" Criminal Defense Lawyer Thinks he can Help Kenoi Avoid Prison Kenoi kept misusing county card despite warnings State Attorney General takes over Criminal Kenoi Investigation Five Senators Named to Investigate Galuteria Star-Adv: New Prison Part of Turtle Bay Deal Obamacare Offers Money to Community Health Clinics  Homeless Drunks Find Loophole at Waikiki Pavilions Tweekers Jump 150%--Nearly 1% of Workforce HB888 Illegal to Carry Gun While Drunk Greenmail: Usual Suspects Demand Payoffs for Telescope Construction to Continue Pesticides: Fear Mongering Anyone? DLNR Leader Must Embrace the Eco Religion LA Times: Giant Golf Ball a $2.2B Hole in Hawaii Anti-Missile Defense Kamehameha Withholding Evidence Against Alleged Child Molester ex-Teacher Default on Student Loan, Lose Professional License Hawaii’s State Senate passes Armenian Genocide resolution Read More..

Friday, April 3, 2015 April 3, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:20 PM :: 4924 Views Hawaii's Good Friday Holiday - What's Up With That? PUC: Decoupling Boosts Electric Rates--'Adjust Revenue' up by 229% 'Without Review' SCR181: Interisland Ferry System Study Hawaii AG Joins call for Congressional Investigation of ‘Natural’ Supplements Industry Mauna Kea Protesters Arrested for Blocking Road to the Top Ige Nominates Six UH Regents Success of independently funded GMO papaya confounds anti-tech ideologues 'Conservative Hawks' See Tulsi Gabbard Senate bid as 'Natural' Where Do Our Tuition Dollars Go? Kenoi Spend Hundreds at Another Hostess Bar-- Criminal Charges Considered Kenoi Paid Bar Association Dues with Taxpayer Funds Schatz apparently following Michael Corleone's advice on Gabbard Star-Adv: Authorize Maui hospital plan After Carmageddon, DoT Decides to do Simple Things They Should Have Done Years Ago In Desperate Effort to Con Legislators into Raising Taxes, Grabauskas Pretends to Skip Bonus This Year Maui might exit HEI, create its own utility School guidelines prevent testing 'opt-outs' Monday Deadline Looms for Ige to Pick New DLNR Chair Maui County audit: $21 million lost Hawaii corrections OCCC might be moved to Halawa Legislature unlikely to bail out UH Athletics Ethics ruling could put public school trips in jeopardy Off-duty officer involved in Honolulu bar shooting Hawaii Has Lowest Proportion of Teen Drivers--53.8% Ride sharing company protests proposed Hawaii regulations Bowie steps down as head of Maui Tomorrow, Returning to California Read More..

Thursday, April 2, 2015 April 2, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:47 PM :: 4038 Views Hawaii 4th Graders Being Brainwashed Against GMOs MIT: Scientific illiteracy in left-wing politics 61 Hawaii Bridges Need Structural Repair DoE Announces Statewide Graduation Dates for 2015 Hawaii Senate creates panel to review Sen. Brickwood Galuteria's qualifications I Oppose Gay Marriage. Should I Still Be Able to Get a Job? ADHD in Hawaii: 70% on Prescription Drugs, 61% Get 'Behavioral Therapy' Council votes back extension of GE Tax for rail Several nonbinding resolutions urge changes by HART, including cost-cutting Senate shaves less than 1 percent from the governor's funding proposal Mauna Kea: OHA Demands Payoffs for Mountain HB819: Bullying the Gay Agenda into Schools HSTA: Blame Common Core for Upcoming Low Test Scores Kenoi Refuses to Say Who He Partied With at Hostess Bar Brothel.  "I came to represent Big Island." Kenoi Billed Taxpayers for Surfboard, Bike, Clothing and Hostess Bar: Kenoi releases credit card statements, pays back $7,500 Kenoi Racks Up $26K in Illegal P Card Expenses Legislators so far have wisely resisted anti-GMO hysteria Green Energy Schemers Miffed After PUC Misses Chance to Stuff Even More Money in their Pockets Mauna Kea Blockade Intensifies, Arrests Expected Feds Raid Honolulu Museum of Art, Seize Stolen Antiquities Ige appoints 6 to serve on UH Board of Regents Hawaii Senate to Post Résumés of Nominees on Website Honolulu's construction costs highest in the U.S. Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative officially ends after 7-year run Call for More Lanes, Tunnel Under Pearl Harbor Read More..

Wednesday, April 1, 2015 April 1, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:03 PM :: 4508 Views State DoT Stages Massive Traffic Jam Just in Time for April Fools Day Rail Tax Vote Roll Commission Squandered Millions, Spent Only $270K on Signup effort Applicants Sought for District Court Per Diem Judges Ige’s Old Senate Faction Gets Checked Schatz, Gabbard Team up Against Hirono Star-Adv: After 5 Years--Release Kenoi's pCard records Database: Checking Up on Top State Officials Just Got a Lot Easier Zombie crossing—a dead bill crosses over to the Senate and becomes undead Only After Drivers Complain About Rail Construction does City Synchronize Traffic Lights  City Council Amendments Would Alter Hoopili Affordable Housing Requirements Fired Judge Randall Lee fires back, Names Names UH Student Challenges Anti-Male Campus Environment VIDEO: Homeless Passed out in Waikiki Pavillion-pools of blood and urine Bill attempts to address lack of mental health treatment Religious freedom laws not used against gays What Happens to Molokai if GMOs are Banned? Protesters thwart work on TMT for second day B&B Owners Look for Path to Legitimacy Maui County Budget Spending up 16% Office of Hawaiian Affairs looks for short-term users in Kakaako Makai Molokai calls for county subsidy-- Ferry trapped Behind Wall of PUC Regulations Is Hawaii Poised to Become a Top State for Gun Ownership? Federal judge: Navy's training plans off Hawaii, California inadequate Read More..