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Monday, June 30, 2014 June 30, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:18 PM :: 5553 Views Liliuokalani 1895: “Monarchy is Forever Ended, Republic of Hawaii is only lawful Government” Dozens Rally at Capitol for Religious Freedom Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 30, 2014 NYT: Abercrombie Conspiracy Theory Rocks Primary Akina for OHA: Stop Dividing Hawaii's People Small Business: Health Connector a Huge Waste of Time Star-Adv: Focus Sit-Lie Ban on Waikiki 40% of Public Schools Lack Librarian Schatz Pushes to Take Act 215/221 Tax Credit Scams National Bill Could Outlaw Hawaii Internet Sales Tax Big Isle prison ready to reopen with 60 inmates The challenge of getting mental health care for Hawaii's homeless League of Women Voters Debunks Governor’s Take on Disclosure Bill Governor to Sign Same-Day Voter Registration Bill into Law Sea Shepherd Math: Hawaii Aquarium Divers 'Multi-Billion Dollar Industry' Traffic Improves at Laniakea Read More..

Sunday, June 29, 2014 June 29, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:19 PM :: 4425 Views Ethics: Caldwell Admin Blocks Investigation of No-Show City Workers MOVIE: ‘Persecuted’ Opens in Hawaii July 18 We’ve Been Bracket Creeped! Ige, Abercrombie Blame Each Other for Bringing Obamacare to State Ige, Abercrombie Both to Blame Molokai, Lanai Say No to Akaka Tribe Abercrombie's argument that a transparency bill will harm women is sexist Hanabusa Camp Goes After Winer, Schatz Whines About Negative Campaigning Milk Price Controls Destroyed Hawaii Dairy Farms State still ponders ‘Pono Choices’ Dept. of Health fails nursing home inspections Even Mollway Thinks Ethics Comm. Should Oversee Legislative Allowances Read More..

Saturday, June 28, 2014 June 28, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:43 PM :: 4296 Views Abercrombie Rewards UHPA's Campaign Support with $32M -- 'Unprecedented' Early Contract Nanakuli House Candidate Andria Tupola wins SHOPO Endorsement Military Cooperation with China: RIMPAC as a Model for the Future Abercrombie buys UHPA: "I am confident that the faculty vote will be overwhelming..." Abercrombie endorses Tsutsui Claim: Only 40% of HSTA Members Registered to Vote Two University of Hawaii regents resign over Disclosures Maui Council to Hear Anti-GMO Initiative Monday Maui Mayor vs Council San Francisco buys 8,000 tickets out of town for homeless Hawaii Board Advances $1B Telescope Pending Review DLNR: Punatic Eco-Activists Murder Trees, Illegally Bulldoze Land Aloha Stadium Doesn't Know How Much Land it Owns Read More..

Friday, June 27, 2014 June 27, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:29 PM :: 4080 Views Two Polls Now Show Aiona In Lead Abercrombie Rewards UHPA's Campaign Support with 'Unprecedented' Early Contract Agreement HPD Ordered to Pay $31K over Censored Facebook Comments Ige, Slom Question Possible 'Financial Disclosure' Veto Capitol Rally for Religious Freedom June 28 Sledgehammer Tom Brower Loses Key HSTA Endorsement Anti-GMO Activists Write the Darndest Things Makakilo Tells Feds: "Get up and get out" Star-Adv: Abercrombie Puts Influential Individuals First Abercrombie's Sad Little Effort to Pander to AJAs Falls Flat HSTA Injects Teacher Morale into Governor's Race Fears rise for HHSC hospital staff in face of financial shortfall Unsterilized dental instruments used on local VA patients DHS Sabotages Quest Eligibility Renewal Again  PRP Under Investigation Over Its 2012 Campaign Spending PUC Dockets to Funnel Money to Green Energy Scammers BLNR weighs TMT sublease today Council committee clears homeless bills With $707K payment from state, Reynolds reopening BWS Still Can't Get Bills Right State to investigate Kamehameha Schools dump site Read More..

Thursday, June 26, 2014 June 26, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:26 PM :: 4140 Views Obama plan to tribalize native Hawaiians runs into trouble Prohibiting Sitting Or Laying Down On Oahu's Sidewalks 24/7 Makes Law More Susceptible To Challenge Seeking a Global Solution in Sugar Trade Policy Akaka Tribe: Bureau of Indian Affairs 'Involved from Very Beginning' Unable to Find any Supporters, OHA Blames Hawaiians Bob Jones: Obama a Colossal Failure, Wish he was Going Away Now Hawaii might be the only place left where an endorsement from Obama can be looked at as a positive A High-Stakes Initiative Could Ban GMO Farming in Maui County Ige Questions Governor’s Possible Veto of Disclosure Bill Legislators concerned about governor's pending veto list Hospitals on Kauai face potential staff, service reductions Abercrombie Admin Bungling Puts 100 People out of work Panel passes Biodegradable bag-ban bill Vendors blast Stanley Chang bill that would ban plastic and foam plates--Council Defers Aquarium Battle: Lost Fish Coalition tells Sea Shepherd to Get Lost Tranny's Charter school must shape up or dissolve Violent mental patients sent to South Carolina--State Saves 50% but Refuses to Send More Homeless Crime Fills the News HPD officer indicted for elaborate Criminal Enterprise Kam School Operating Illegal Dump? Read More..

Wednesday, June 25, 2014 June 25, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:30 PM :: 4661 Views Angry Aloha Slom: Legislators Should Override 'Financial Disclosure' Veto Report: 65% of Rooftop Solar Owned by Finance Companies Ige: Interior Hearings on Sovereignty are Premature Because Hawaiians Lack Consensus Ige Questions Akaka Tribe Rush, Health Connector Waianae Hawaiians Say No No No No No to Federal Akaka Tribe Scheme Con-Con Needed to Abolish OHA? Abercrombie Donors Get 10-day turnaround on PUC Decision Financial disclosure bill should come off the governor’s veto list PRP Campaign: "This is how its Done Now" HSTA DoE Revisions to Teacher Evaluations 'Just the First Step' Sit-lie ban sought for all of Oahu Explain $5M spent on Zipper Lane Legislators seek state hospital system's plan to stay afloat Another OCCC guard admits to selling ice--Remains Employed Another Alleged Homosexual Child Molester Arrested in Honolulu BoE Chair Horner to Develop Lot Across from Jefferson Elem School HC&S faces $1.3M fine from state After all the Talk, Only One School Gets AC NCAA Continues Investigation of UH Athletic Programs Read More..

Tuesday, June 24, 2014 June 24, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:06 PM :: 4424 Views DoI Hearing: 'A lot of noes' on Akaka Tribe Abercrombie Sends Notice to Veto 10 Bills Ward Questions DoT Plan for Kalanianaole Hwy USDoE: Federal Funds at Risk as Hawaii Special Ed Programs Fall Short Schatz Should Fire Winer Borreca: PRP Tactics Work for Unpopular Candidate like Hanabusa Caldwell Admin Stifles Investigation into Corruption Legislative ethics need tightening NYT: Honolulu Shores Up Tourism With Crackdown on Homeless Caldwell Returns Budget Bills Unsigned in HART Power Grab Six More Days: Longshoremen Contract Threatens U.S. West Coast Port Trade Lawmaker requests oversight committee to change Hawaii’s prison system Honolulu man must repay $200K defrauded from state 9th Circuit Court Orders Gay Juries for Marriage cases Marijuana Dispensaries Coming to Hawaii Next Year Read More..

Monday, June 23, 2014 June 23, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:17 PM :: 4361 Views At DOI Hearing, Grassroot Institute Disputes Department's Authority to Recognize a Hawaiian Nation Hawaii Teachers 3rd-Best Paid in USA Janet Grace–Waikiki HD22 Designated A Top House Race Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 23, 2014 Video: Shifting the Jones Act Tide Voters Look to Small-Business Owners for Guidance Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 23, 2014 Hawaii No Tsunami Threat from Rat Island Quake McCorriston: "All reasonable People Can See Hawaii isn't Benefited by Health Connector" OHA, Interior Department--Miasma of Frustration and Anger Ige Campaigns Against Kakaako condos as OHA Plans Comeback for Next Year Today is Deadline for Abercrombie to signal bill vetoes PRP Consultants Worked on Caldwell Campaign Governor’s Travels: Island Trips, Economy Travel and Obama Anti-GMO Propaganda Recycled as Legitimate 'News' California company plans $13M wind farm on Big Island High Cost of Living Puts Hawaii 46th on Retirement List As Obama Surrenders Iraq to AlQaeda, Veterans Anger Rises Read More..

Sunday, June 22, 2014 June 22, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:18 PM :: 3506 Views Tribal Agenda: Abercrombie led push to Exempt Akaka Tribe from State, Federal Laws Public to be Excluded from Honolulu Tribe Hearing—Protest Set Hearings Mask Scheme to Seize Control of Hawaiian Homelands How Hawaii Can Grow the Pie PRP Settlement Buys Insurance for Hanabusa Against Truth Coming Out No Surprise: Star-Adv Editors back Latest Akaka Tribe Scam The train will prove an expensive anachronism How Holzman Manipulated UH president search to Pick Lassner Brower Refuses Comment on Proposed Sledgehammer Ban HD5 Bateman Calls for Tax Cuts Unopposed Cachola Sign of Weak Demos Veterans Buying Private Insurance Because VA Won't Help Them Hawaii Faces Prescription Drug Overdose Epidemic HELCO using new timeline for geothermal project Mandatory minimum law on property crime takes effect Styrofoam food containers may be banned in near future Read More..

Saturday, June 21, 2014 June 21, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:33 PM :: 4228 Views How to Submit Your Comments on the Proposed Rule to Recognize a Native Hawaiian Government OHA Trustee Stender and Former AG Lilly question current efforts to create a sovereign Hawaiian nation Voter Registration Drive Set for Hawaii Catholic Churches June 21-22 HGEA Refuses to Endorse Governor, CD1 Candidates Modifying the Future of Food: What If GMOs Are the Only Option? Criminal, Energy, Emergency, Agriculture--Abercrombie Signs Bills Engineers complete nine-month Afghanistan mission, return to families in Hawaii Schatz' Chief of Staff Target of Campaign Spending Investigation Cayetano to Schatz: Fire Winer Hawaii school principals predict substantial drop in reading and math scores Proposal expands 'sit-lie' ban to Chinatown, Ward Governor Silent on Homelessness Issue Documentary Examines the Sierra Club's Decision to Support Rail Homosexual Child Molesters to be Targeted for Two More Years Opponents fail to stop Kulani Correctional Facility reopening Family sues HPD, firefighter over deadly arrest City sewer fees will increase 4% starting July 1 OHA Gets 21 Ac Site in Luxury Development Read More..

Friday, June 20, 2014 June 20, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:47 PM :: 4123 Views Full Text: Feds Release 'Proposed Rule' for Creation of Hawaiian Indian Tribe Voter Registration Drive Set for Hawaii Catholic Churches June 21-22 Sutton: Disconnect the Hawaii Health Connector Court Order Delays Implementation of Kauai Anti-GMO Ordinance Honolulu VA Still Worst in Nation--Wait Time 130 days Honolulu Rail And The Use Of Eminent Domain Andy Winer Behind PRP Attacks on Cayetano Borreca: All Hawaii voters, and not just Native Hawaiians, must be involved in 'Sovereignty' Discussion City might seize land in Honolulu for rail line Cachola may owe thousands of dollars for using campaign money to buy meals and a truck Supreme Court Unanimous: College Employees Have 1st Amendment Right to Testify Against Corrupt Legislators State sues official for failing to air income Roof where prisoner escaped was well-known hot spot for previous incidents Government Employees Warned not to Mail Drugs to Halawa Inmates Manoa Rapist Sues, Demands Work Release Matayoshi Pay Hike -- A tone-deaf decision Read More..

Thursday, June 19, 2014 June 19, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:14 PM :: 4660 Views OHA Candidate Keli’i Akina: "Tribal recognition is a scheme for exploiting Native Hawaiians" Nation Building? "Who benefits from this strategy?" Mayor Caldwell announces homeless action plan Controversial school superintendent gets $50,000 pay hike Gun Control Group Points to Hawaii as Example Law Prof: Interior Department Tribe Scheme 'On a Slippery Slope to Defeat'  Law Prof: Feds Do Not Have Jurisdiction Over Hawaiian Sovereignty Sovereignty Activists Reject Tribal Process Abercrombie GEMS Plan a Trojan Horse to Slip Big Cable Past PUC Gay-Atheist Plan for Your Children Depends on Election Outcome Brower Abuses Allowance With Sledgehammer Purchase Youth Detention Center: Employees do Marijuana, Cocaine on the Job Tranny, Cronies Seem Defeated After Charter School Ordered to End Nepotism DOE puts dozens of teachers on paid leave pending investigations Anti-GMO 'Agronomics' Tax Deferred GMOs: Who is Fooling Whom? Schatz vs Hanabusa #1 Democrat Primary in 2014 Honolulu rail agency may spend another $5M for help with property acquisitions HHSC Cost Savings Plan Focuses on Union Overtime Read More..

Wednesday, June 18, 2014 June 18, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:32 PM :: 4380 Views Feds Coming to Hawaii to Discuss Indian Tribe Plan--15 Public Meetings Set VIDEO: Interior Department CNHA Tribe Bribe Grace for Waikiki: Ethics Commission Should Ban Sledgehammer Purchases by Legislators Rep Hastings: Obama's Ocean Zoning Will Shut Down Tuna Fishery High Tech Development Corp still relying on carbon paper and typewriters Six New Ways to Visualize Hawaii Campaign Spending Data Aiona Proposal Will Divert Homeless to Social Services, not Jails Scientist: Obama Plan has no conservation benefit other than to penalize US fishermen Anti-GMO Councilman Challenges Conversion of Urban Land to Agriculture Manhunt for escapees ends with shift change because of resources Juvenile detention workers forced to work 16-hour shifts; complain of attacks Expert: OCCC Escape Exposes Failure, After Failure, After Failure Schools superintendent's pay increases to $200,000 Kahoolawe Commission Burns the Last of its Money Cabanilla Posts Campaign Signs Without permission Malama Solomon Complains Too many Whales in Hawaii Dive Tour Operators Humane Society Team Up to Attack Aquarium Divers Read More..

Tuesday, June 17, 2014 June 17, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:10 PM :: 4968 Views Aiona Proposes Homeless Court, Veterans Outreach Health Survey: 11.8% of DoE Students Treated After Attempting Suicide Missing IRS emails outrage targeted Hawaii tea party leaders Homelessness: It's A Sidewalk, Not A Sideseat Or A Sidebed Writ to Watch: Oahu Publications, Inc. v. Neil Abercrombie Supreme Court Briefs in Bridge Aina Lea: Takings, Reclassification, and Orders to Show Cause Louie Applauds US Supreme Court Ruling on Firearm Background Checks Kauai Prison Administrator admits running illegal gambling ring--Still Employed UH: Proposed Kakaako Obama Library 'Raises the bar for Sea Level Rise Planning' --to elevation 3' Supporters Step up to Defend Big Isle Farmers Against Mainland Activist Groups  Campaigning for governor is whole new sport for Ige Two escapes in one week from the Oahu Community Correctional Center Desperate to Save his job, Hawaii’s VA director promises shorter wait times by year’s end Obama Bans Fishing Between Hawaii and Am. Samoa--700,000 sq miles of Ocean Closed Kiribati to forbid fishing in 160,000 sq miles of Pacific Ocean HTDC Gives Away $248K to Rich People Obama invites self-proclaimed gays to sue federal contractors Honolulu 9th Worst City for Car Drivers Read More..

Monday, June 16, 2014 June 16, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:53 PM :: 3930 Views Public Corruption: Hawaii Ranks 26th Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 16, 2014 Aiona Proposes Homeless Court, Greater Outreach to Veterans Compassionate Disruption: Mayor's sidewalk strategy to Push Homeless in to Shelters Grading teachers can't be too easy Kauai Anti-GMO Initiative Will Ban Experimental Hemp Farms Today is Deadline for Obama Library Hawaiian Airlines Tightens Grip on Its Home Market Read More..

Sunday, June 15, 2014 June 15, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:21 PM :: 4125 Views 2014 Hawaii elections: May campaign ads roundup It's All About Delivering Value DePledge: Republican Legislative candidates are a bunch of Christians  Cayetano vs PRP: You're corrupt so you have no right to say I'm corrupt Housing First Keeps Promise Broken 50 Years Ago Honolulu’s failure to assist the homeless is an issue of both public health and social injustice Property acquisition for rail falls far behind At new luxe Kakaako condo, only the richest need apply Skip Common Core scores in evaluations -- Next Step for DoE Read More..

Saturday, June 14, 2014 June 14, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:39 PM :: 3399 Views Poll: Aiona Wins Three-Way Gubernatorial Race Tulsi Gabbard Full Text: Hawaii VA Director is a Liar, Should be Fired Solar City: Tax Subsidies For Them, Big Bills For Hawaii Scientist in Point-by-Point Debunk of Maui Anti-GMO Bill Abercrombie Appoints Rep Wooley Replacement from Secret List Pono Choices Authors Scheme for Upcoming School Year Pono Choices proves liberals don't even know their own behinds The High Cost of Living in Paradise Hawaii VA Insider: Real Waiting List is One Year Long Maui Mayor Arakawa endorses Hannemann for governor GE Tax Receipts Drop 1.4% State Board of Land and Natural Resources defers decision on Thirty Meter Telescope Abercrombie's Sea-Level Planning 'Ruinous and Unnecessary' FIT: PUC Moving to Give Green Energy Scammers Even More Money NYT Editorial: Plastic is so common in Hawaii soils you can’t avoid burning it in campfires Wrong man hounded for child support, allegedly for years OCCC: Rapist Escapes Again and Again and Again Island Hauling Company caught in alleged illegal dumping Read More..

Saturday, June 14, 2014 June, 2014 Letters to the Editor By Letters to the Editor @ 4:32 PM :: 3186 Views Drawbridges for Kailua? Money talks.  People vote. High-rises set stage for Hong Kong-ization of Honolulu Read More..

Friday, June 13, 2014 June 13, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:25 PM :: 5138 Views Poll: Ige 48% - Abercrombie 37% DoE Eases Teacher Evaluation Requirements DoE Forms Principals Roundtable with HGEA American Samoa Governor Puts Faleomavaega in His Place Hawaii wind player gets comeuppance in Maine HART completes 100th column along rail route Poll: Tsutsui Beat Hee 41% to 29% Lecture on budget bills rebounds on Abercrombie Hawaii Shippers’ Council president is making progress in his quest for a Jones Act exemption Decoupling raises Oahu's June costs Maui Memorial Stages Attack on Lahaina Hospital Proposal Cayetano accepts apology from PRP HECO: LNG Conversion on This Year's Agenda Pain killer shortage has some Big Island patients feeling the pain   Kauai Anti-Agriculture Activists Push Tax Hike Scheme Sovereignty Activists pester Intel Founders for Money HPD SWAT Lieutenant found guilty of drunk driving Tranny Calls Charter Schools Director 'Incompetent' $138K in scholarship funds delayed 9 days for 90 Hawaii athletes; some sleep in locker room Commercial fishermen consider strike Read More..

Thursday, June 12, 2014 June 12, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:39 PM :: 5495 Views Productivity and Innovation: Hawaii Stuck on ‘F’ 1901: Territory of Hawaii Adopts First Income Tax in USA Donna Kim: Ms Ruthless Beauty Queen Warner "Kimo" Sutton and Elwin Ahu hope to win the primary for lieutenant governor Hawaii's private doctors urged to help alleviate VA crisis Parents' efforts lead Hawaii educators to tone down sex-ed program While Building Kakaako, Abercrombie Signs Bill Claiming 3' Sea Level Rise Coming Tranny: "Kakaako Developer has made every effort possible to embrace iwi kupuna issues" Sex-abuse victims deserve more time to come forward State Hospital faces class-action lawsuit, administrator retiring Ernie Martin Rebuilding Slush fund for Profitable NonProfits Will Anti-Aquarium Nuts Be Charged for Harassing Divers? Budget Axe Hits UH Athletics 9% of Student Loans in Default Across Hawaii Retrial: Judge Rules Out Evidence Favorable to Deedy Big raises coming for Kenoi, top officials and County Council Union Bosses Look forward to Extracting Dues From New Class of Workers Hawaii has Fewest Muslims of Any State Anti-GMO Hype Part of Pesticide Company Sales Scheme? Read More..

Wednesday, June 11, 2014 June 11, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:58 PM :: 4711 Views Efforts to divide Hawaiians from non-Hawaiians Tribe Bribe: OHA Payoffs to Sovereignty Activists Veterans Affairs audit exposes Hawaii’s ‘infuriating’ wait list Paychecks Hawaii Ratings of the 2014 Legislature Abercrombie Campaign: "Sen. Ige can't add" Perreira: Dump EUTF, Bring Back Corrupt Union Health Plans Ernie Martin Thrilled as Council Vote Returns City to Ewa Villages Days No Eco-Lawyers in Sight as Cooke, Kamehameha, Hughes Divvy up Kakaako Galuteria: OHA Roll Signers Need to Vote for me Because I am Toast After Opposing the Community on Kakaako Makai Yukimura: Keep Kauai Jammed Rep. Bob McDermott Says ‘Pono Choices’ Is Dead Students Flee Tranny's School, Teachers Stiffed on Pay Tranny Sues, Demands Right to Use Women's Room MRC Greenwood Retires 'to Remain on the Mainland' Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant not in Appropriations Bill Read More..

Tuesday, June 10, 2014 June 10, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:15 PM :: 4172 Views Abercrombie taking $46M from DOE to balance state budget Djou: Give Veterans a Private Healthcare Option Court: No EIS Required For Haleakala Telescope More Hollywood Homosexuals Sued over Alleged Child Molestation in Hawaii Big Island Farmers File Latest Federal Court Salvo on GMO Front McCain Endorses Djou for Congress Abercrombie's road 'littered with human collateral damage' Did ERS Help Bail Out Central Pacific Bank? While Building Kakaako, Abercrombie Signs Bill to Study 'Rising Seas' Housing First homeless program Will not 'Create Positions' Kauai Anti-Agriculture Ballot Initiative Rejected PUC Asked to Approve Sub-Prime Energy Loans Voters Pick Candidate Who's "Coming on Very Hard" Third Handi Van Fire in Three Years HPD sued over violent arrest caught on video Forest City's Hawaii Housing Projects Need Further Investigation Star Advertiser credit card breach could impact hundreds, if not thousands, of customers Convicted Drug Dealer Ruggles Sues to get Marijuana Back Letters to farmers: No crop, no tax break Read More..

Monday, June 9, 2014 June 9, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:22 PM :: 4562 Views Voter Registration Drive Set for Hawaii Catholic Churches June 21-22 Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 9, 2014 The Surprising States That Have Greater Income Inequality Hawaii Rated Worst State to Make a Living 2014 9th Circuit Demands Briefing on Bridge Aina Lea Suit 145 Days: Hawaii VA Wait times Worst in USA Bishop asks parishes to conduct voter registration drive Legislature Cancels $5000 Bonuses for Top Teachers in Struggling Schools Debt: $35B in Tax Hikes Coming Cayetano, Kaneshiro Back Clayton Hee for Lt Gov HHSC Cuts Eliminate Urology Treatment Drug Overdose Top Cause of Accidental Death in Hawaii Hawaii Health exchange sets date for new director City Harasses Anti-Rail Handi-Van Supplier Schatz: Feds Should Loan Money to Honolulu for Transit-Oriented Development Political parties fight to manipulate voting times, locations Hawaii one of only Five States With no Republicans in Congress Styrofoam: Council Harasses Restaurants, Consumers Carol Fukunaga Proposal to Evict 309 Renters 'Needs to be Set Aside' HECO Submits EA for Giant Kahe Solar Farm Read More..

Sunday, June 8, 2014 June 8, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:19 PM :: 4464 Views Report Exposes Scheme to Funnel Interior Department Money to Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement What Happens in Vegas...Moves to Vegas Dave Bateman Announces for House 5 Ige Goes Wobbly on GMOs Bob Jones: State 'Tribe' is Only Realistic Outcome of OHA Roll Akana: “Why do Hawaiians have to look like we’re such idiots?" Commenters Mock Kauai Professional Protesters Abercrombie Hopes Nobody Reading CoR Report Abercrombie, Developers Join Private Celebration as Ground broken on first of 22 Ward Center residential towers Shapiro: Mufi's Rail Push Now Costing Millions Hawaii Food Stamp Use up 210% since 2007 Ban on food-grade foam containers Shut Down Local Manufacturers Call for leadership change at DOE ignores progress that's been made Failure of HHSC Reform Brings Health care hardships SB2365: Impact of doctor-dispensed drugs on comp costs drives new legislative efforts Kauai: Sex Harassment is Profitable Read More..

Saturday, June 7, 2014 June 7, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:48 PM :: 5770 Views Full Text: DoE Report Takes Pono Choices ‘Off the Shelf’ OHA Trustee: Hawaiian Nation "an attention-grabbing public policy issue" Video: OHA Trustees to go 'Full Speed Ahead' with Tribal Roll Video: Proud Hawaiians, Loyal Americans WaPo: Abercrombie is 'Schatz's Biggest Headache' Revolution of ‘54? Inequality Increases Since Statehood 130th troops wrap-up mission as lead engineer element in Afghanistan 55% of Maui anti-GMO Signatures Worthless, but Petition on Ballot Anyway Ethics: City Employee Processes Dozens of Permits for His Own Contracting Company Thai workers get multimillion-dollar EEOC settlement Military families file lawsuit; say housing project made them sick UHERO: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Watershed Management Brother of OHA Crony Trisha Watson Diverts UH Scholarship to Bookie Health Connector Board to lack Quorum as Rats Flee Sinking Ship Abercrombie vs. Ige Debates Set $250 million Honolulu rail funding passed in U.S. Senate committee Weakling Obama Inspires China to Patrol Guam Usual Suspects Protest Against Military on Kauai Anti-GMO Tax Cheat Gary Hoosier Launches New 'Progressive' Organization Backers, foes sound off on expanded Waikiki project State Historic Preservation Blocked from Kunia? Taxi Cos Upset at arrival of Lyft Read More..

Friday, June 6, 2014 June 6, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:22 AM :: 4382 Views Food, Flowers, Furniture: Ethics Commission to Look at Legislators Million Dollar Slush Fund VIDEO: Rough Seas for Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie's Obamacare Exchange Will State Lose $800M in Fed Funding Due to Governor Abercrombie? Hawaii Candidates: Beware of the Hawaii Center for Food Safety Questionnaire Waitlisted patients cost Hawaii Hospitals $62.7M NFIB Hawaii 2014 Legislative Wrap-up Eligible? Hawaii Ranks 49th in Welfare Participation Special Session Creates Opportunities in Politics Homosexuals Hope to Ride Hee into Lt Governor's Office ‘Hawaii thinks it’s progressive, but it’s not’ 801: Abercrombie Admin Fails to Protect Historic Resources Recertification visit stirs up residents' anger toward DOT Gabbard: Obama Taliban Deal Puts Price on Head of American Soldiers Drug Dealer Complains About Police before Hawaii Supreme Court Health Insurance Confusion for Hawaii’s Small Businesses? Read More..

Thursday, June 5, 2014 June 5, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:13 PM :: 6978 Views Civil Beat 'Tried to Throttle and Censor' Pritchett Hawaii Ranks #4 in Gasoline Taxes Takai, Cabanilla Inside Azerbaijan’s Bizarre Hawaii Lobbying Push Kauai Audit finds 'Favoritism' in Furloughs Poll: Ige Beats Abercrombie 46% - 41%  HGEA Admits it is Hidden Hand Behind Principals Attack on Matayoshi Lassner: "I know where the landmines are" Carol Fukunaga Scheme Would Put 309 on Streets, Cost City $18M New permit not needed for 801 South developer GMO food has been declared to be as safe as non-GMO food by every major reputable scientific body worldwide Kauai: Disingenuous Anti-GMO Councilmembers in Trouble? Kauai Anti-GMO Candidate an Ultra-Right Wing Conspiracy Theorist Single Payer in Action: Big Island Veterans Wait 7 Months for VA health care Hilo Medical Center cutting Doctors, Nurses After HGEA Kills Partnership Plan Hawaii Not as Unequal as other Blue States?  Hawaiian Electric CEO disputes report about $6B buy offer Auction set for Big Island Carbon's Hawaii assets Hu Honua: Contractors Sue Landowner in Latest Green Energy Debacle  Maui News: Return of Superferry 'A Good Idea' Honolulu Council budgets millions for homelessness Immigration: Feds Release Dangerous Lunatic onto Streets of Honolulu Another Inmate Mistakenly Released from OCCC HPD: Nearly $6 Million in Legal Settlements in 11 Years Feds affirm Kauai officer's retaliation allegations Read More..

Wednesday, June 4, 2014 June 4, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:23 PM :: 6029 Views Hawaiians Are Not A Tribe Hawaii Obamacare: Do you Pay for Other People's Abortions? June 3, 2014: Office of Elections Releases Candidate List Djou Officially Files for Congressional Race Duke Aiona Welcomes Candidates to 2014 Election Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Kyo-ya Case Encouraging ohana housing in Hawaii Am Samoa: Falomavaega Rips Obama, Clinton, Kerry Richardson is fifth least expensive among top law schools in the U.S. Hawaii Candidate Deadline Attracts Last-Minute Flurry Maui News: Aiona needs to be more Aggressive, Engaged, Assertive Goal is to house all chronic homeless on Oahu in two years Oakland company gets Hawaii Subprime green lending contract Kuokoa Profiteer Describes 2011 Effort to take over HECO Molokai: Big Cable is Corporate-Political Scam School superintendent's contract renewed Even After Death, DoE Lawyers Block Therapy for Autistic Girl Lassner, Lawyers Already Planning for Inevitable Disastrous Departure TOD: Real estate fundamentals giving UH opportunities to monetize its land assets $62.7M Cost of Hospitalized Medical Patients on Waitlists Five States' Health-Care Exchanges See Costly Fixes Levinson: GMO Producers not Gay Enough to Deserve Equal Protection Hawaii Republicans: Fracking and Global Warming Documents show drug problem spiking at Prison Another Fee Hike--This Time its Bulky Item Pickup Inaction by Congress Could Undermine Hawaii Transportation Thai workers settle lawsuit with Hawaii farms for $2.4 million Former councilman avoids jail time Read More..

Tuesday, June 3, 2014 June 3, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:08 PM :: 4453 Views June 2, 2014: Office of Elections Releases Updated Candidate List Star-Advertiser Poll Indicates a Lack of Enthusiasm for a Native Hawaiian 'Nation' DBEDT: Obama Orders Mainland to Follow Hawaii's Expensive Energy Policies Council on Revenues: Tax Revenue Will Decline for 2014 as Movie Moguls Grab Tax Credit Millions Representative seeks access to private medical care for vets Hawaii public school principals demand leadership change Hawaii Refinery Converts to Lower Cost Mexican Oil Pentagon wrestles with false climate predictions as military funds shifted to green agenda Baron and Budd negotiate $3.7 million settlement for State of Hawaii Danger: Waihee Launches 'Homeowners' Super-PAC Honolulu Patients 2nd Happiest in USA Abercrombie Campaign Touts Poll Showing Him at 42% Hawaii VA -- 10 week wait list As Predicted: Regents Pick Lassner 11-2-2 Lassner a 'Five Year Deal' Decoupling Drives New Electric Rate Hikes Star-Adv: Hurricane Would Send Solar Panels Flying State Hospital Being Used as Dumping Ground for Criminals Yang: Homeless Will Accept 'Housing First' 801 Construction Continues After Court Orders Halt Hawaiian Studies Blast Aimed at OHA Embrace of US Department of Interior Sovereignty Activists: Kulani Should be Health Spa for Criminals Anti-GMO Activists Harass Monk Seals Malama Solomon: Whales and Honu Have Too Many Protections Read More..

Monday, June 2, 2014 June 2, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:59 PM :: 5010 Views WaPo: Hawaii Going Wrong Way on GMOs The Worst of Both: The Rise of High-Cost, Low-Capacity Rail Transit Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 2, 2014 Capitol Rally for Religious Freedom June 28 Hawaii: 1,000 Veterans Wait Months for VA Care Sen Kim, Babes Against Biotech Team Up to Protest UH Presidential Selection Improving Teacher Quality and the Definition of Insanity More Homeless in Waikiki Than Ever Before Rail Provides only 27% of Promised Jobs Bill would let city try anew to sell projects UH moves 'free speech zone' GMO ban, UH research at odds Anti-GMO fervor, sanctimony Bill on biodegradable bags hits snag over definitions Hawaii’s premium cigar industry denied parity in state tax code Read More..

Sunday, June 1, 2014 June 1, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:54 PM :: 4137 Views Ige on Kakaako: ‘Too much, too fast’ The Hawaiian Tribe--Taxes Moody's: US state debt growing at slowest pace in years--but Hawaii Still Tops Am Samoa: Will Faleomavaega Join the Old Bulls Leaving Congress? NIOSH: Distant Water Tuna Fleet Workers at High Risk Caldwell: Accept $4M Tax Hike or I will Unleash Homeless on Waikiki Why Inouye steered clear of Hawaiian sovereignty Closed Primary: Louie, Ohigashi Conspire to Keep Democratic Party in Control Star-Adv: Limiting preschool expansion to public schools is a path to mediocrity HSTA Moves to Gut Teacher Evaluations Principals: Fire Matayoshi Ansaldo Allegedly to begin Work on Honolulu Rail Cars Corporations Line Up to Cash in on Hawaii PUC Battery Mandate Use of pesticides and GMOs faces vote if petition is OK'd Maui News: Failure of Mental Health System Behind Mass Shootings State Short on Hurricane Shelter Spaces City doesn't keep track of disciplined Refuse drivers Read More..