Current Articles | Archives

Saturday, May 31, 2014 May 31, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:20 PM :: 5270 Views Hawaiian Sovereignty by Fiat? Feds 'advance notice' not a serious proposal Djou: Allow vets to bypass VA for health care Appeals Court Rules: Hanabusa a Big Loser on Waimanalo Gulch May 30, 2014: Office of Elections Releases Updated Candidate List IDG Geothermal Scammers Could Score $0.195 per Kwh Sandwich Profits HSDC Gives Away Another $4.5M in 'HI Tech' Corporate Welfare Child Support Enforcement Abuse: Hawaii Parents Org. Scores Victories in Legislature Carroll Cox: Exposing the Dark Side of Paradise Council Considers 71% Property Tax Hike Obamacare Insurance Hike 8.9% Approved for HMSA Star-Adv: Give new UH president a 3-year deal so we can Pay Again Defeat of Occupy May Ease Path to Force Homeless into Shelters Judge halts construction of second tower at 801 South St. Mass Insanity on Kauai Anti-GMO Protesters Can't Figure out Difference between Charter Amendment and Ordinance Hare Krishna on Rampage Stabs Three in Hilo Minimum wage boost draws mixed reviews Read More..

Friday, May 30, 2014 May 30, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:32 PM :: 4308 Views HTA: Visitor Spending Down 2.9% Am Samoa: Faleomavaega Losing Touch With Reality OHA now claims no meeting took place in Washington Today in 1984: SCOTUS Upholds Hawaii Land Redistribution Eminent Domain Plan OHA asked to delay nation-building plan OHA CEO Presents Two Options to Roll HECO: LNG Will Save Ratepayers $500M/year Bill calls for $32M to be used to build housing for homeless Revenue forecast for Hawaii continues downward UH Regents: Next President Will Be Month to Month Forever Video Features Abercrombie Breaking into Old Man's Home Gabbard 60% Popular Anti-GMO Activism Behind Collapse of Progressivism at Democratic Convnetion UPWs Sorry Record Makes it Kinda Hard to Sell Repatriation of Prisoners Victim Speaks out about Homosexual Child Molester HSDC Gives Away Another $4.5M to Rich People Read More..

Thursday, May 29, 2014 May 29, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:17 PM :: 5749 Views Keli’i Akina to Run for OHA Trustee-at-Large Native Hawaiians would be 'Indians' under Obama plan Will OHA Delay Kana'iolowalu? Live Stream Here Duke Aiona Releases First Campaign Video Controversial candidates fill ballot for Ewa Beach House Seat Melodie Aduja: Former State Senator with troubled past wants another chance May 29, 2014: Office of Elections Releases Updated Candidate List Aiea: More Condos, Fewer Traffic Lanes, and Toxic Waste Hawaiian Affairs CEO: delay nation-building plan Ohigashi: Closed Primary 'Not My Passion' Veto Coming?  Abercrombie Babbles Incoherently about SB2682 Hawaii Has 80 New Laws; 161 Bills Await Action Kakaako developers co-sponsor fundraiser for Gov. Neil Abercrombie Six More Condo Towers for Kakaako Congressional debate canceled for low attendance from business community Hawaiian Electric receives three bid proposals for LNG supply Veterans Affairs clinics under review in Hawaii Homeless Flying to Kauai Chinatown Tenant Income Levels Debated in City Housing Sale City Council bill would ban foam food containers Hawaii Ranks #3 in Unionization Hawaii Man Gets Probation for Making Kid Walk Mile UH athletics to post $2 million loss Read More..

Wednesday, May 28, 2014 May 28, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:54 PM :: 4348 Views Department of Interior Secretly Planning Native Hawaiian Recognition Since 2012 Court Guts Atheist Lawsuit Against Oahu Churches The Climate Moe'uhane in Hawaii Audio: Hawaii Shippers’ Council Discusses the Jones Act on Guam Radio CitiBike? No, SillyBike War and Democide Author Rudy Rummel Remembered Boylan: Why Republicans are a Good Bet in 2014 CD1 Dems Kim v Takai, Rest Trail Did Hee poll show Ige favored by Dem primary voters? Tribalizing Hawaii CNHA Eager to Turn Hawaiians into Fake Indian Tribe Atheists Push DoE into Massive Rent Hike on Churches Subpoenas: Atheists to begin Harassing Churches, Schools Next Week  Final Dog n Pony Show Before Regents Pick Lassner NCAA Sanctions Loom at UH Athletic Program 'Clean Energy' = Rate Hikes for 85% of Consumers Ige opposes public money for private preschool Insurance Companies Score $1500/year for 1000s of Quest Ghost Patients  Ethics Comm to go after Legislative Allowances? Council resolution would reconfigure the board of directors governing the water system HPD No Explanation for Use of Force Increase Kaneohe neighbors concerned over halfway house with 18 residents City pays millions each year in lawsuit settlements, many due to potholes Kenoi’s travel bill: $13,968 Read More..

Tuesday, May 27, 2014 May 27, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:32 PM :: 3953 Views VA Exec Overseeing Hawaii has Fake Masters Degree Am Samoa: Candidates Line up for Run at Faleomavaega's Seat Afghanistan: The Meaning of Service on this Memorial Day Railroading Paradise: Pro-Rail Sierra Club Releasing Rail Documentary Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 27, 2014 Poll: Schatz leads Hanabusa 44 - 39 Djou supports allowing vets to bypass VA for health care Obama Administration Seeks Race-Based Government In Hawaii Akaka Tribe to Bypass Congress? Anti-GMO Crackpots to Submit 10K More Signatures Today Crooked Sen Melodie Aduja Goes After Clayton Hee's Old Seat HCDA: Saiki Bill Reduces Affordable Housing Options, Transparency UH presidential fumble will diminish the University UH president finalists' interviews will be public KaLeo: Neither Candidate for UH Pres Meets Qualifications Morita TVR Fine Retaliation from Abercrombie Read More..

Monday, May 26, 2014 May 26, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:11 PM :: 6049 Views Hawaii Memorial Day Ceremonies Democrats argue who can "take on Djou" Bye-Bye Closed Primary? Stephanie Ohigashi defeats attorney Tony Gill for Democratic Party Chair Will OHA Reopen or Delay Kana‘io­lowalu Roll? Ige Attacks School Board on Behalf of HSTA Ige: I work for HSTA, Abercrombie Works for Billionaires Mayor: Homelessness is My Latest Excuse for Property Tax Hike Proposal Hawaii GOP Pledges Jones Act Reform Read More..

Sunday, May 25, 2014 May 25, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:38 PM :: 4517 Views Feds Secretly “Reorganizing the Native Hawaiian Community as an Indian Tribe" -- Since 2012 Hawaii's "Environmental Court" - A Bad Idea Whose Time (Apparently) Is Nigh Sex and science: Hawaii’s ‘Babes Against Biotech’ flaunt T&A to attack GMOs Abercrombie Signs Minimum Wage Hike Time for the Kapalama Terminal Credit Army hosts Memorial Day Remembrance Democrats are committed to keeping the Hawaii Republican Party “in its place” Abercrombie: 'Stand up against those who think that they can buy elections' (LOL!) Borreca: Mufi Swings Election to Aiona? Obama Interior Department Reviving Akaka Tribe For Two Years OHA Trustee Os Stender Didn't Know About Interior Department Rulemaking for Akaka Tribe Jim Crow alive and well in Eric Holder's Justice Department Jim Crow Prowls Paradise Massive Fraud: 33% of Quest Enrollees Exposed as Ghost Patients Star-Adv: Hurry Up and Fill UH Position so We Can Pick a Vice-President NCAA Investigates UH Basketball Program High levels of diesel found in Tripler well JPAC Retaliates Against Whistleblower Union Work Rules Killing Lahainaluna Boarding School Read More..

Saturday, May 24, 2014 May 24, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:00 PM :: 3976 Views Feds Begin ‘Rule Making’ to Create Akaka Tribe Decision on CNMI Vote Demonstrates the Illegality of OHA's Nation-Building Process Hawaii GOP pledges Jones Act reform Heritage: Jones Act Hinders National Security UHERO: Tourism Weakness Continues May 23, 2014: Office of Elections Releases Updated Candidate List House candidate with criminal rap sheet withdraws from 2014 race Democratic Party Chairmanship Vote a Referendum on Closed Primary PUC head Mina Morita fined $31,000 for unauthorized rentals Ethics panel closes case against Rep. Cabanilla over nonprofit Unions, Obamacare Conspire to Destroy Sister Isle Hospitals Kauai Dem Legislators Force Hospital Cutbacks, But Pose as Saviors John Sosa: Longtime educator urging DoE to take a critical survey seriously HPU loses 10% of students; lays off professors Cost of Preventing Ala Wai Canal Flood Rises to $200 Million DR Horton Loads Contaminated Soil into Kapolei Development Docs: Honolulu Occupy Not Worth Spying On Read More..

Friday, May 23, 2014 May 23, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:38 PM :: 6593 Views Free Ride for Legislators who Vote Against Religious Freedom? ADF to Hawaii court: Dismiss renewed attack on churches UHERO: Natural Gas is Cheaper and Cleaner VIDEO: Why is the Rent So High in Hawaii? Saiki: Republican Convention Energizing Party Military Officers Assoc. Backs Jones Act Reform Sen. Sam Slom: Legislative Session in Review Should Honolulu Ban Biodegradable Bags? Djou Urges Thai armed forces to return power to democratic institutions Army hosts Memorial Day Remembrance Abercrombie Releases CIP for Prisons, Mental Hospital Prekindergarten classrooms available at 18 public schools this fall Gold: Positive Feedback From Public on Proposal to Dump Obamacare Ige, Abercrombie call on regents to reconsider UH prez search Cabanilla Claims She Didn't Use Taxpayer Dollars for Drawing of Herself--Takayama Caught 'Accidentally' Double Dipping $4,464 Honolulu Council Considers Massive Property Tax Hike Caldwell: EMT’s “still not really tired” after 12-hour shifts Bullying Poll Part of Gay Activists Legislative Strategy to Impose Agenda on Schools Inside look at Navy Region Hawaii sex assault prevention program TRO Against Man Tied to Assault on Carroll Cox Kauai Developers Ride on Anti-GMO Coattails Hawaii 'Clean' Energy Initiative Born in Secrecy 24 Housing-First Units Planned for Waikiki Tourist Ag Forms Used to Generate Instant Tourism Stats Read More..

Thursday, May 22, 2014 May 22, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:13 PM :: 3708 Views Lingle: Public Being Misled About 'Common Core' It's Time to End Public University Speech Zones Hawaii Rifle Association Final 2014 Legislative Report Strange Lights Caused by Barking Sands Missile Launch Rothenberg: Mufi Could Swing Gubernatorial Race to Aiona Republicans Can Win By Reaching Voters on Issues that Matter to Them No Republican Running After Convict Withdraws from Race Against Corrupt Rep Rida Cabanilla Maui: Most Anti-GMO Signatures Phony Mufi Joins Call for UH Presidential Do-Over HSTA Steps Up Anti-Evaluation Agitation APEC Sweeps Forced 445 Homeless to Accept Shelter Chinatown Businesses Push $500K Plan to Build Public Toilets No Ethics in Legislative Allowances State Task Force Members Must Disclose Financial Ties Under Ethics Ruling Read More..

Wednesday, May 21, 2014 May 21, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:29 PM :: 7133 Views RGA: "ObamaCare is not working for Hawaii" Anti-GMO ‘Yogic Flying’ Expert is Latest Mainland Crackpot to Tour Hawaii Dangerous by Design: Hawaii Worst for Elderly Pedestrian Fatalities Akaka Bill to Native Roll Meyer: 'HIRA Gives Fodder to Democrat Narrative' Legislative Prayer, Tradition, and the Establishment Clause Intermediate Court of Appeals: No Landlocked Real Estate in Hawaii Leader of Internet Gambling Operation Sentenced to Prison Mercado Kim vs Regents on Reopening UH Presidential Search Hawaii Ranks #2 in Senior Health Souki: Djou Ahead in Polls, May Win WaPo: Hawaii Among 15 Top Gubernatorial Races to Watch  Bill would create environmental court 22% of Schools Have Employee on leave, under investigation Auditor assigned to probe HawCC fees Trask: OHA Infighting Endangers my Geothermal Scheme There's power and money to be found in fear-mongering Anti-GMO Activism Like Fundamentalist Religion New Director: Waikiki Aquarium Will Teach Eco-Religion Waikiki Natatorium Placed on National Trust for Historic Preservation List 12,000 apply for rental aid via city's Section 8 program 875 Days Pali Momi Volume up 30% Chinatown businesses upset over homeless and lack of bathrooms $221K Settlement after State Hands Boy Over to Homosexual Child Molester Big Island man living through child support nightmare VA Whistleblower on Active Duty in Hawaii Hawaii Has $52M in Unspent Funds for Drinking Water Projects Indictment: Longterm Deceit Alleged in Honolulu Landfill Disaster Read More..

Tuesday, May 20, 2014 May 20, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:43 PM :: 5739 Views Feds Surprised Hawaii did not Change Health Exchange Duke Aiona Announces Gubernatorial Campaign With Capitol Rally WaPo: Rep Beth Fukumoto Nationwide 40 under 40 Turtle Bay: A Real Difference Between Ige and Abercrombie Congressional Report: Jones Act Boosts Oil Prices Seven Myths About the Office of Hawaiian Affairs OHA trustees, CEO promise to work together (for now), Possible Delay to Nation Building Crabbe: OHA May Delay Kanaiolowalu Roll Office of Hawaiian Affairs Public Meeting May 29 Crabbe Supporters Refused to Clear OHA Trustees' Room $25,000 for Crook Keanu Sai to Write Kerry Letter? Russia Today: US Illegally Annexed Hawaii 8 Years Later: NELHA Solar Project Shuts Down After Producing Nothing but Tax Credits Ivy League dean with Hawaii roots never considered for UH president CDC slams UH biolab Matayoshi: Teacher, Principal Evaluations Will Reap Dividends  Star-Adv: Financial Disclosure Bill Should be Signed Hawaii State Hospital plagued with security issues Kauai: Alleged Child Molester Daisy Chain Wins Mistrial Suit: DHS Negligence in returning boy who died to his parents Charter schools get pass on sunshine law Former UH Coach Tomey Passes On Run as Hannemann’s LG Kauai Police Chief Perry for Council Read More..

Monday, May 19, 2014 May 19, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:29 PM :: 4579 Views Congressional Delegation Blocks Obamacare Exemption to Avoid “Awkward Political Narrative” Grassroot Institute Applauds Trustees' Call to Halt Nation-Building Transparency and Influence: A Report from the Secret Dialogue on Hawaii Lobbying Democrats Bend Their Own Rules to Get Gays, Enviros on Ballot Star-Adv:  Cachola a sign of corruption that must be rooted out Waikiki Homelessness: Savio, Sofos Demand Caldwell Take Action Herding Cats and Democrats Hawaii Legislature Blocks Funding for Family-Interaction Preschools HHSC Kalaheo Clinic closing Concierge Medicine Lags in Hawaii Honolulu Prosecutor Agrees More Transparency Better In Police Shootings Read More..

Sunday, May 18, 2014 May 18, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:11 PM :: 4101 Views Peter Apo: OHA should abandon its role in nation building Djou, Aiona Rally State GOP Convention The Turtle Bay Gut and Replace Bill Sledgehammer Tom Brower Taxpayer-Funded Survey: Should Homeless Shopping Carts be ‘Disposed’? Follow the Money: The Mainland Anti-GMO SHAKA Movement Shapiro: Take cue from Hawaiians and end enrollment effort Waihee: This is Just a Blip on OHA's Radar Screen Star-Adv: Politics in the Way -- Hawaii needs waiver from ACA without delay Gay marriage lights fire beneath new candidates Voter registration key to victory, leaders say Dems Exclude All CD1 Candidates--Except Kim Tokuda: Pre-kindergarten not a Voucher program Secret NCAA Investigation of UH Athletic Program Launched in March Akana: Disappointed, OHA Will Proceed with Kakaako Master Plan   A muscular mind Read More..

Saturday, May 17, 2014 May 17, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:59 PM :: 4400 Views Hawaii Republicans Get Back to Basics at Today's State Convention May 16, 2014: Election Commission Releases Updated Candidate List Search Tool: Where Politicians Spend Your Money Chamber of Commerce 23 Harmful Bills Stopped in Legislature OHA Scandal is the Inevitable Result of their Rhetoric Sea Shepherd accused of using 'pirate' tactics in Hawaii Sen. Hee Gets Dem Convention Speaking Role, But 6 CD1 Candidates Shut Out Former OHA Trustee Backs Crabbe State to scale back Failed Obamacare Exchange Regents Will Quit if Financial Secrets Exposed Regents Grab for Tuition Money to Line Contractors Pockets HECO Seeks to Skip Competitive Bidding to Keep Solar Expensive Dark Weather Continues for Hawaii's Solar Industry Electric Cars: More Free handouts Demanded Sick-leave abuse Makes Arizona Prisons Look Good Homeless People Choosing 2014 Tent Cities Over Shelters HPD Shoots Mentally Ill Homeless Female, She Gets $195K Money Crowd Pushes Insured to Just Die Already UH Board of Regents Will Fake it one more time, then Select Lassner June 2 Shake up in Maui Police Department, Chief quits Laie, Hickam is Top Bicycle Commuter Centers Kauai police chief runs for county council Alaskan Native Corp Loses $24M in Hawaii Deal Read More..

Friday, May 16, 2014 May 16, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:51 PM :: 5106 Views Cachola lawyers up as investigators probe use of campaign funds Duke Aiona: Have I done all I can do for the people of Hawaii? Squeezed by Lawsuit, UH Hilo adopts interim policy on speech and assembly Ryan Anderson and Jim DeMint Promote Religious Liberty in Hawaii Matson’s Corporate Governance Dangerous to Hawaii’s Consumers Medicaid Expansion to Cost Hawaii $326M OHA Chaos hits Maui: "Do We Want to Increase the Bleeding?" Star-Adv: Crabbe Interferes with Drive for Federal Recognition of Akaka Tribe Obamacare Socks Insurers with $54.1M in New Costs HART Showboating Costs $57M in Rail change orders Could Abercrombie really lose? Prostitute's Black Book Lists Judges, Former Congressman DoH Pesticide Study Busts Anti-GMO Hype Grad student organization votes 'no confidence' in UH Presidential search UH: Narrow-Minded Anti-Military Haters Advocate 'Critical Thinking' LOL!  Broken Windows Policing Strategy for Waikiki Double Dipping: Cachola Billed Taxpayers for Car Bought With Campaign Funds Kim and Chang Join Schatz and Abercrombie on TV Judge Awards Attorneys' Fees in Police Records Case How much are you paying for Hawaii’s bad roads? Kauai Council approves more fees Hawaii County Agency reining in property tax breaks Change orders at McKinley High School will be costly People Not Fooled by Gay 'Marriage' Read More..

Friday, May 16, 2014 Letters to the Editor May, 2014 By Letters to the Editor @ 12:02 AM :: 3669 Views Matson’s Corporate Governance Dangerous to Hawaii’s Consumers Read More..

Thursday, May 15, 2014 May 15, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:59 PM :: 4313 Views Did OHA Violate Sunshine Law with Secret Meeting(s) in DC? It's Time! Judge Elwin Ahu Launches Lt. Gov. Campaign Hawaii’s Obamacare exchange most costly in nation Hawaii welfare cheat gets 57 months in federal prison DBEDT: Building Permits Up 20.6% Gallup: Hawaii, Texas Best States for Minorities Honolulu's rail project faces 'risk factors' that could affect schedule and budget The Uproar at OHA's Door HMSA: Exempt Small Business from Hawaii Health Connector Legislators: Dismantling Health Connector does more harm than good Same-Day Voter Registration Awaits Veto Decision Principals' Survey critical of new teacher evaluations Months Later Principal Still Not Informed of Charges Hawaii Among Lowest Scoring K-12 Students DHS Botches Passive Renewal -- Creates Excuse to keep Ghost Patients on Rolls Health-Care Nominee Promises to Review State Obamacare Exchanges Hawaii senators inspect safety at state hospital Judge Approves Telescope, Next Stop Supreme Court UH and UHPA Reach Settlement of the HLRB Prohibited Practice Charge Hawaii Co Ethics: Election Official OK to Run for Office Read More..

Wednesday, May 14, 2014 May 14, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:52 PM :: 5492 Views Full Text Push Poll: Schatz beats Hanabusa 49%-34% Honolulu Ethics: 100 Building Permits, Free Golf, Prizes for 40 City Employees Hawaii Republicans Get Back to Basics at Upcoming State Convention After 9 Years, City Reopens Section 8 Waiting List for 6 Days Calling all Cronies: Hawaii to Burn $150M on Subprime Energy Loan GEMS Proud to be American and Hawaiian - Keli'i Akina Schofield: 100 Soldiers Deploy to Afghanistan VIDEO: Elwin Ahu Its Time to File! Cachola Busted: $64,000 Paid With Campaign Funds for SUV & 'Hundreds of Questionable Expenditures' Rep Brower Billed State for Sledgehammer Used to Attack Homeless Eco Activism: A vapid shell that allows people who are grasping for meaning to sustain the illusion Waihee Backs Tsutsui vs Hee OHA Trying to Push Forward With Akaka Tribe Scheme 1,417 Gay 'Marriages' so far in Hawaii  ERS Hits Record High, Will be Square by 2014 Perfesser: Wiercinski is just like Eisenhower. Therefore he does not meet the high standards for UH President set by Lassner, Greenwood and Dobelle  Some UH regents appear open to adjusting tuition increases Hawaii DoE Keeps Graduating High Schoolers Hawaii Tops List of Little States That Couldn't on Obamacare Keeping the Homeless on the Streets, City Council Guts Housing First Star-Adv: Sweeps help but not solution How Counties Using Extra $10M TAT Honolulu Least Affordable Housing in USA Lobbyists: Ghosts in Hawaii's Legislative Machine Enviros Launch New Attack on Fisheries Honolulu Pays $50,000 to Bicyclist Hit by Garbage Truck PGV cited by EPA for violations Feed Mill to be Built in Hilo Read More..

Tuesday, May 13, 2014 May 13, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:57 PM :: 3833 Views OHA Chaos: Machado, Crabbe Dueling Statements (full text) Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 12, 2014 Penn & Teller: Bullshit! -- Takes on Organic Food Hawaii #22 Per Capita Income Tax $922 Report: Hawaii State of Preschool 2013 SBH Conference: Working for a Better Hawaii Business Climate Poll: Schatz 49% - Hanabusa 34% Hulu Lindsey Joins Dan Ahuna: Trustees Now 7-2 Machado: Crabbe Undercuts Nation Building 37% More Homeless Refusing Shelter Hawaii State Task Force Recommends Jones Act Exemption Concerned Veterans of Oahu: Inefficient VA system should not be tolerated any longer Sanctimonious Dive Tour Operators Harass Aquarium Collectors--Get Payback Dive Tour Operators Admit Repeatedly Harassing Aquarium Fish Collector Maui Anti-GMO Group Illegally Posts Voter Information Online for Every Voter in Maui County Bill to Add 'Precautionary Principle' to Hawaii Co Charter Fails 1-8 Monsanto to Donate Land for Internment Camp Memorial UH Perfessers Sign Petition Say Military Leader 'Incapable of Thinking' Blue Zone: HMSA Grabs for Control of Your Life Stover investigation prompts transparency concerns in complaint process Paramedics forced to work 16-hour days; union balks at shift changes After 9 Years, City Reopens Section 8 Housing Applications Campaigning, Schatz Signs on to Tourism Industry Wish List A Moment for the Late R.J. Rummel, Who Documented the Murderous Nature of Government Read More..

Monday, May 12, 2014 May 12, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:09 PM :: 6217 Views UPDATE: OHA Trustee Dan Ahuna Recinds Recission Hawaii’s Schatz among U.S. senators hogging federal earmarks, report says Molokai Ranch Achieving Success with … Ranching Health Insurance Rate Hikes: Hawaii is a 'Consensus Pick' Thanks to Obamacare Failure Watson: Crabbe Firing Would Start 'Exodus' State Ethics Commission Attacks Free Speech, Right of Assembly SD23 Riviere Filp-Flop: Now Supports gay marriage Anti-GMO Show Timed to Match Pesticide Number Release? Personnel details should accompany city settlements Hawaii farmland swelled recently, feds say Battery Cash: Green Energy Scammers Line up for "Investments" Honolulu Rail Takes Shape, City Prepares for Development Boom Crime crackdown sweeps through Waikiki Hawaii Mortality Rate Among Lowest in USA Schatz Defends East-West Center From Pigs Hawaii could end life sentences for minors Kauai Anti-GMO Thug Running for Mayor Dispute over Kapolei landfill 'in limbo' Read More..

Sunday, May 11, 2014 May 11, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:48 PM :: 5998 Views Grassroot Institute Calls on OHA Trustees to Own Up for CEO Comments UH Manoa Profs Petition OHA: Stop ‘Nation Building’ Until John Kerry Answers Letter VIDEO: OHA Roll Commission Secret Budget $2.3M Wasted for 18,000 names Hawaii's Top Marginal Tax Rate: 367100% Settlement Brings Free Speech Victory for MAUIWatch Oahu, Maui, Kona, Hilo: ‘Irreplaceable’ Returns May 15 To Err Is Human – And Then We Can Really Mess Things Up Fitch Downgrade: Kauai County Spending Out of Control 'Bipolar, Egotistical, Boorish' Clayton Hee Running for Lt governor Hee Endorses Gil Riviere for Senate "OHA Should not be in the Nation Building Business" $40.6M per Year Giveaway to Insurance Companies: Ghost Patients to be Exorcised from Quest just this once Shapiro: Self-Righteous Dogmatists Hijack UH Suuurrrprise! Malama Solomon is First to Score Lucrative Property Deal after DHHL Lifts Moratorium Rate Hikes Will Line Tesla's Pockets as Hawaii confronts 'green' energy's bugaboo: batteries Star-Adv Postmortem on Sopogy Failure Failed Obamacare Exchanges Cost Taxpayers Half a Billion Dollars Hanabusa, Schatz differ on Pre-K VFW Not Ready to Dump Shinseki Glenn Greenwald: the explosive day we revealed Edward Snowden's identity to the world Read More..

Saturday, May 10, 2014 May 10, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:20 PM :: 4556 Views Djou: “Obamacare’s punitive costs and punishing demands hurt working people” DoT Director Glenn Okimoto Flees Abercrombie Administration OHA to John Kerry: Is Hawaii Really a State? May 9, 2014: Election Commission Releases Updated Candidate List Gawker: Hawaii Anti-GMO Speaker a "Cock-Fixated Megalomaniac Email Addict" Hawaii GOP Convention Registration Open Hawaii Exiting Inflated Asian Oil Markets, Will Buy from Mexico Want energy independence? Waive the Jones Act Video: Grassroot and Buckeye on School Choice HMSA CEO: Shut Down Hawaii Health Exchange Gold released the following statement Friday afternoon DHHL Preferential Treatment for Malama Solomon Hee to announce run for Lt. Governor? Gabbard Voter Registration Mailer to 76,000 unregistered persons HB2590: No Proof of Residency Needed for Same-Day Registration Hawaii Pacific Health reportedly interested in partnering with Hawaii Health Systems Corp. Act 37: HECO to Stick Ratepayers with Cost of old plants 'Stranded' by growth of alt energy Hawaiian Electric cut oil imports by 3M barrels Geothermal debated by Hawaii County Democrats BJ Penn’s mother returns to politics with slightly altered name Homeless highschooler overwhelmed by reaction Read More..

Friday, May 9, 2014 May 9, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:32 PM :: 3596 Views Slom: Governor Should Seek Jones Act Exemption Hawaii Obamacare Cost Tops Nation -- $23K Per Enrollee Parks Service Announces Hearings on Honouliuli Gulch Internment Site Aiea Mom Selected as 2014 National Young Mother of the Year Motion for Injunction Filed against Kakaako Condo Tower 801B Developers: Bulldoze Aloha Stadium, Build Condos Commission Rejects Most Hawaii Charter School Applicants Legislators Conceal Hawaiian Electric Stock Ownership  GMO Labeling Would Drive up Food Costs Catholic League Calls for Veto of SB2687 Hawaii Tourism Director Advocates for Funding, Policy Changes Before U.S. Congress Can Mufi do What Fasi Couldn't? Pohakuloa: Nuts Should not go Bonkers Bus riders tired of homeless sleeping on benches Criminal Complains that his fellow Criminals are in Prison, Wants 'Wellness Center' Spa instead FAA declares Alaska-Hawaii-Oregon drone test ranges "operational" Indicted Waste Management Co Runs Hawaii Co Dump Fined $350K Embattled Big Island doctor has medical license revoked Honolulu Building Dep't Cracks Down on Kunia Structures Animal Liberation Nuts Harass Fair Read More..

Thursday, May 8, 2014 May 8, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:46 PM :: 4126 Views Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint in Honolulu May 8 Statewide Hearings on Hawaii ‘Clean’ Energy Set for May Task force: Unshackle Hawaii from archaic shipping regulation DoE: Hawaii public school students continue to increase readiness for college and careers Legislative Changes Aren't Slowing the Pace of Kakaako Development Cox Attacked While Investigating DHHL/Aiwohi Bros Trucking HEI faces questions about a push for it to support renewable energy Neal Milner: Getting Serious About Voter Turnout in Hawaii Democratic Party alters rules for filling legislative vacancies Measure on bus ads faces delay Star-Adv: Evict the Professors! Musings: On Human Wastage Kauai County hits the jackpot Publisher says charges violate rights Read More..

Wednesday, May 7, 2014 May 7, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:40 PM :: 4910 Views Finding Probable Violations, Ethics Commission Seeks Jurisdiction Over HART Earmarks: East-West Center Stars in 2014 Congressional Pig Book Aiona: Republicans Will Win Statewide This November Slom: Daily Prayer Could Be Restored for Hawaii State Senate Sessions Johnsrud Explains how Regents Manipulated Presidential Selection Process to keep her Out Puppets on a String: Usual Suspects Stage Anti-Military Protest at UH Manoa Tobacco, Gays, ACLU, Developers, Big Oil Top Lobbying List  34 Years Pushing Big Cable Hawaii Health Systems Corp. executives look for efficiencies as they face $48 million shortfall for state's public hospitals Carroll Cox Attacked by Masked Men in Kalaeloa Star-Adv: Gore Cult Helps Hype TOD Which Hawaii Senators Got the Most Bills Passed? Protest Planned Over HECO solar rules Bird Deaths Spur Call for Hawaii Windfarm Moratorium Dairy Farm Continues to Play Defense Against Tourism Industry, Eco-Protesters Report: Hawaii 10th worst in nation for patient safety Hawaii Insurance Division opts to extend 2013 'grandmother' plans into 2016 Hawaii Department of Health recruits Colorado administrator to lead state's psychiatric hospital VIDEO: Pohakuloa not expanding, says Lt. Col. Shwedo NIT League Doesn’t Expect ILWU Strike But Warns of Slowdowns UH Leads the Way in Feminizing Fight Songs Read More..

Tuesday, May 6, 2014 May 6, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:44 PM :: 4524 Views Hawaii AG Stops Pretending to Defend Nuclear Family Airports Division Target of Federal Sex Harassment Lawsuit SBH Conference: Working for a Better Hawaii Business Climate Hawaii State Task Force Recommends Jones Act Exemption Saiki to UH Hilo Chancellor: Uphold Students’ First Amendment Rights Janice Pechauer Memorial Services Waihee: Rice Decision May Save Hawaiians from my Roll Failed Abercrombie less attentive, less skilled--Almost Botched Turtle Bay Legislature Fiddles While HHSC Burns GOP Caucuses Score Victories at Legislature Prayer Smackdown: US Supreme Court Crushes Hawaii Attorney General and Atheists Millions of Consumer Dollars at Stake as Star-Adv Pushes Biodegradable Bag Ban Kauai's Strange Milieu Cannon Fodder for Mainland Anti-GMO Movement Hawaii’s Use of Renewable Energy is 6% Abercrombie Two More $5000/head California Fundraisers Anti-Gay Marriage Stance Still In Most GOP Platforms, But Not in Hawaii Regents vote to evict Faculty from Housing State Opens Prison Gates, Lets Hundreds of Prisoners Loose Daily Criminal Complains about Prison Resolution Customers could be next in Honolulu gambling indictment City investigates possible sick leave abuse by road test examiners Read More..

Monday, May 5, 2014 May 5, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:53 PM :: 3510 Views Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 5, 2014 Informational Briefing on Native Hawaiian Roll Commission Maui Council Approves Budget with Tax and Fee Cuts Malama Solomon receives pass on land, Illegal Buildings critics say SA: HECO needs to be specific about plans to make green energy scammers even richer Explore cancellation of landfill contract, councilwoman Pine urges Finalists to lead UH will tour campuses Campaign Cash Used to Portray Abercrombie as Grandfatherly, Good with Kids! Politicians Wheedle Reporter to Stop Reporting on Raising Campaign Cash During Session New bill could delay Oahu’s plastic bag ban Two, Three, Many Kakaakos Homeless Build Tree House 'To Get High Ground' on Cops Community members plot different plans for Ewa Cemetery Read More..

Sunday, May 4, 2014 May 4, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:09 PM :: 4769 Views Full Text: UH Presidential Selection Committee final report How Second Amendment Bills Did in Hawaii Legislature HART 3 Month Take--Another $61.7M from Taxpayers So You Want A Stable Funding Source? Clayton Hee to Run for Lieutenant Governor? Ige Needles Abercrombie over Kakaako Development Larry Ellison Buys Abercrombie Monday Gabbard looks the dupe as sole Dem on bipartisan trip Grants, tax credit benefit for-profit entities Maui region health official says layoffs, cuts possible School Nonprofit Drives 'Teach Lessons for Life' Honolulu Polyamory 'Church' Has Been Pushing Pono Choices for Decade One Liberal Elite Lawyer sends Kid to Public School, gets article in Star-Adv Senate president requests inquiry into HawCC student fees Panel in place to fill lead position at UH-MC Soft on Crime: Two 20 year sentences = Out after 3 Years TOD Pitch: Report says Honolulu most expensive urban area in USA Read More..

Saturday, May 3, 2014 May 3, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:43 PM :: 4171 Views May 2, 2014: Election Commission Releases Updated Candidate List State Senate Adjourns Session Approving More than 240 Bills OHA Pressure Yields 10,000 Reluctant for Roll Star-Adv: Cabanilla Cemetery Grant "Unconscionable, Galling" Democrats, Republicans to Convene Frank Fasi’s third-party challenge in 1994 Legislature Passes Measure to Boost Funding to Rental Housing Trust Fund Ruderman's Hippie Commune Zoning Bill Fails Honolulu rail project's General Excise Tax surcharge revenue tops $1.25B Hawaii Shippers Council seeks Jones Act exemption 20 Nene Dead: Hundreds of Endangered Animals Killed by Hawaii Wind Farms Sources: Officials have denied father of Hawaiian Airlines stowaway access to his son HPD undercover officer faces second sexual misconduct claim 3-year investigation sparks 414 count indictment against game rooms Ward Misquoted? Ca-Ching! BIA, Realtors Line Up Behind TOD CNN: N Korea readies test of missile that could reach Hawaii Read More..

Friday, May 2, 2014 May 2, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:42 PM :: 11209 Views Final Deadline: Hawaii Spends the Most and Gets the Least from Obamacare Pinata: HART Celebrates Cinco de Mayo With Rail Contractors' Festival Ordered by State: HECO to Waste Millions on Worthless Batteries Oahu, Maui, Kona, Hilo: ‘Irreplaceable’ Opens May 6 House Passes Final Group of Bills for 2014 Session Budget: Spend now, pay later LA Times: Sam Slom, Party of One Waste Management of Hawaii, others indicted for 2011 ocean contamination Hawaii Health Connector Claims 9,785 Enrollees Legislative debate, prostitution arrests put Honolulu police in spotlight Charity controlled by Hawaii House leader gets $100,000 to maintain cemetery HIP Offers Ballot Space to Disaffected Pro-GMO Democrats Cabanilla Cemetery Deal "Reeks of corruption and fraud" Deadline to sign Native Hawaiian registry arrives--only 1,000 sign up Turtle Bay Gut n Replace 'Debacle' Approved 48-2 Regents nominate 2 for UH president Kauai: Backlash Building against Anti-GMO Crowd Ethics Commission Seeks Greater Oversight of Honolulu Rail Contractors HHSC: State Burns $585M Propping up HGEA Job Trust Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning project gets funding extension from Hawaii lawmakers Funding failure could spell end for Kahoolawe commission (or not) Money runs at UH-Manoa suffer big security gaps Caldwell signs off on 5 Towers: Kam Drive-In $766M in TOD Hawaii County Council Deadlocks on Ethics Read More..

Thursday, May 1, 2014 May 1, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:03 PM :: 4287 Views Audit not Random: Feds Target UH Manoa in Sexual Violence Investigation Feds Release Profile of Hawaii Health Connector Signups Hyatt Waikiki Employees Hit Union with Federal Labor Charges Property Tax Exemptions Reduce Honolulu Tax Revenue $100M HTA: Visitor Spending and Arrivals Decline for Month and Quarter Hawaii Teen Pregnancy Rate Down 43% since 1988 Commonwealth Fund: Hawaii State Health System Performance, 2014 Waimanalo Gulch Flooding: Federal Indictments Handed Down Candidate Djou says Congress needs more centrists Dems Barely Avoid A Messy Convention Profitable Nonprofit: Cabanilla Tricks Legislators into Giving Her Group $100K House Votes on Ige's Turtle Bay Funds Today Retaliation as Policy: Kim Asks House Not to Kill Dole Land Swap in Retaliation Against DelaCruz HCDA Kakaako Reform Bill Signed Helping Hands Hawaii, Catholic Charities Hawaii start 'housing first" model to tackle homelessness HGEA/UPW to Blame in State Hospital Mess County airs draft rules on GMO, pesticide law 11 testify at hearing on hot topic: property taxes Teacher Evaluation Results Due at End of May UH Among Fastest Rate of Tuition Increases,  Hawaii Child Care Can Cost More Than College Google to Stop Mining Univ. of Hawaii Student Emails for Ad Ideas Interior Department rule would set aside 'Indian country' lands in Alaska Obama: Overthrow of Hawaiian Kingdom Part of America's History of Injustice Read More..