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Tuesday, June 30, 2015 June 30, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:17 PM :: 5156 Views $4M Lawsuit Claims Bumpy Kanahele Defrauds Am. Samoa of Tsunami Recovery Funds Hawaiian Electric Proposes Higher Solar Price Structure Hawaii Reapportionment Commission Breathes A Sigh Of Relief Ige Releases ‘Intent to Veto’ List Critics Question Ige's Sex Trafficking Veto "Zero Emission Vehicles" Are Not Emission Free It Begins: Kenoi, Hawaii County Council Launch Push for GE Tax Hike It Begins: Kauai County Council Majority backs GE Tax Hike State, Counties have time to Raise Your GE Taxes, But they can't be Bothered to use Existing Federal Road Building Funds Former Tax Director is Al Hee's Lawyer and Alibi Rep Tom Brower Gets in Fight With Homeless, Loses Brower: Homeless Becoming Angry, Unsafe University Shuts off Telescope Protesters' Access to Toilets Gay Marriage: We Tricked Stupid Hawaii Voters and now we Laugh at You Civil Beat Promotes Anti-Religion Sex Show at Honolulu Museum of Art Hawaii governor plans to veto sex trafficking bill Busted: Another Luxury Real Estate Broker Behind Anti-GMO Hype Former Oahu probation officer pleads guilty to theft, forgery Read More..

Monday, June 29, 2015 June 29, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:58 PM :: 4381 Views Grassroot Institute Publishes HART Check Register Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 29, 2015 Patriotism: Hawaii Ranks 24th Report: Jones Act Reform Could Help Save Bankrupt Puerto Rico Hawaii State Judiciary Launches New Environmental Court Deadline Today: Will Ige Veto Rail Tax Hike? Officials may be fudging Rail Financial numbers for political purposes Ethics panel's media policy must be voided No Pule: Civil Beat Attacks Prayer at Hawaiian Charter Schools Governor must quit pandering to interests of protesters Supreme Court upholds power of independent commissions to draw districts Ige's Entry to Politics Approved by President of Hawaiian Tel Hawaii Wrestles With Vagaries of Solar Power Volunteer HPD officer pleads guilty for not reporting game room assault KPD to buy body cameras, Tasers Guam Veterans Still Unable to Use 'Choice Card' Pacific Missile Range Spends 17% of Budget on Electricity Puerto Rico’s Governor Says Island’s Debts Are ‘Not Payable’ Is sugar’s dominance in peril? Read More..

Sunday, June 28, 2015 June 28, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:27 PM :: 6213 Views Danner: Hawaiian Homes Commissioners "Have Rings in Their Noses" Bribed by Bumpy: Former American Samoa Government Official Sentenced to 22 Months in Prison Independence Means Freedom from Special Funds Gay Marriage Decision Requires New Policy Rationale of Legislature? You Can’t Get on a Canoe Without a Real Plan Health Dep't Taking Action to Reduce New HIV Cases in Hawaii Project Imua: Hawaii Student payload tested at NASA Flight Facility State Attorney General Asks Five Legislators to Take Lie Detector, Four Refuse Legislators Will not Overrule Ige Veto of Rail Tax Hike Rail: See no evil, hear no evil, say no evil Federal highway funding: After years of stalling projects to create demand for rail, it's Use it or lose it time Greenmail atop Mauna Kea stymies Ige administration, McCartney a Proven Loser Sharia Court of the Eco Religion Will Rule on Anything it Wants Farmers question need for eco-court Fight for gay dominance doesn't end with historic ruling Is county’s structure right? Maui police officer arrested again for public drunkenness in California Read More..

Saturday, June 27, 2015 June, 2015 Letters to the Editor By Letters to the Editor @ 10:42 PM :: 3959 Views Gay Marriage Decision Requires New Policy Rationale of Legislature? Tortured Souls--The New Normal Hilo Hospital Cuts are Bandaids Read More..

Saturday, June 27, 2015 June 27, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:18 PM :: 5980 Views Hawaiian Homes Commission: Proposed Federal Rules Inappropriate Mauna Kea: Ige Claims he will do Whatever Necessary to Keep Road Open Hawaii Supreme Court: County Initiative Preempted by State Law You Can Never Know What Plantation Days Meant From Google Hawaii Family Advocates Responds to Gay Marriage Ruling Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage may pave way for expanded gun rights in Hawaii Hawaii 61% Against Supreme Court Gay Marriage Decision Major ethics investigations underway at the city City Ethics Commission rejected staff concerns about restrictive media policy Altars to be moved out of roadway -- But only because Protesters Agree to it (And Media again barred) Equal Right to Access Mauna Kea? Environmental Court to Take Control of Hawaiian Rights, Sometimes Civil, Sometimes Criminal Monday is Deadline for Veto Announcements Hawaii businesses blocked from health care subsidies until state finalizes eligibility process Countdown to Oahu's plastic bag ban WaPo: 35% of Hawaii Roads are 'Poor' Homeless Harass Students at HCC Study: Electric Cars Worse For Environment Than Gas Powered Cars Kauai Solar Farm: Industrial Eyesore Tipping Point Democratic Party Completely Dead in Marianas Islands, Obama sends Photo of Dog Pilot program to eliminate 'invasive' fish species by electrocuting them Stop HECO Stopped: Lack of standing for group challenging state energy policy Read More..

Friday, June 26, 2015 June 26, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:40 PM :: 4747 Views Maui: Protesters Stop Haleakala Telescope Construction Convoy Visitor Arrivals Jump 9.3% Even Where Gay Marriage is Legal, It’s not Equal Judicial Activism From Supreme Court on Marriage Rail Fail: Caldwell Admits He Was Lying About Massive Property Tax Hike used to Justify GE Tax Extension Martin vs Caldwell: Petty Amateurs Duke it Out University: Mauna Kea Resolution in Ige's Hands Arrested protesters post bail, return to Hawaii mountain University Conspires to Keep media out as Protesters Clear Rocks Star-Adv: Clock is Ticking on Hawaii's Obamacare Waiver Application Sierra Club Attack on Agriculture Schizophrenic Hawaii Supreme Court rules against county marijuana initiative Hawaii Traffic Up 8.1% After Getting Big Fat Raise, UPW Returns EMS to 8 hr Shifts Read More..

Thursday, June 25, 2015 June 25, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:30 PM :: 3916 Views NYT: Ige’s diffidence risks making things on Mauna Kea worse Ige Fails to Clear Mauna Kea Protesters, Relies on 'Mutual Respect and Aloha' Ige 'On National Stage' Faking It -- Touts 7 solar farms blocked by HECO, PUC NYT: Obamacare Ruling May Have Just Killed State-Based Exchanges TMT crews fail to reach Mauna Kea summit Because Police not willing to clear path Protesters Jubilant, Plan to Come Back Again and Again Exposed: Attack on Ethics Director is All About Rail Let public know about misconduct by police officers Two more HPD officers charged for game room attack Demonstrators also protest against solar telescope construction atop Haleakala Peter Apo: Ticking Clock 18 Months until Federal Recognition is Dead Ige in DC touting 7 solar farms blocked by HECO, PUC Anti-GMO Activist, Luxury Realtor Plan Cane Smoke Lawsuit Bridging the Space Between Islands with a Ferry System Could Lower Costs Oahu EMS workers to change schedule again--After Getting Huge Raise Hoffmann, Ruderman consider Big Island mayor’s run Read More..

Wednesday, June 24, 2015 June 24, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:16 PM :: 6677 Views Proposed Federal Rules for Hawaiian Homelands Parallel Obama Admin Rewrite of Indian Law Full Text: Court Orders Release of Kanaiolowalu Roll CNHA to Administer 'US Tribal Justice' on Mauna Kea? CNBC: Hawaii Worst State for Business Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 22, 2015 Video: Adventures of a Monsanto Agronomist Wine Taxes: Hawaii Ranks 12th Sexual Paranoia: Why Professors Are Becoming Scared of Their Students HS Sports: Hawaii 2nd Lowest Gender Gap Kaiser: King v. Burwell will not Affect Hawaii Video: Crying Police Apologize to Telescope Protesters Protesters Occupy TMT site; "This is a Place for Religion, not Science" New rules in the works to Control public use of Mauna Kea 'Significant changes' made for Thirty Meter Telescope construction in Hawaii to resume, board member says Non-Hawaiian people of Hawaii are not 'guests' Al Hee Criminal Trial Begins What Is Really Being Sustained by 100 Percent Renewable Energy? Medicare cuts, underpayments could mean $3.3B loss for Hawaii hospitals, study shows HECO: Legislature Killed Chance to Cut Electric Rates with Bulk LNG $40K--PCard Pays for DLNR first-class travel The Public Has the Right to Know About Police Misconduct Practice or Preach: Anti-GMO Activists Begin Making Excuses Prices Going Up Due to Bag Ban Hawaii County Water Rates Going up 24% Kalihi 'Over Burdened' With Public Housing UH plans to spend extra $500,000 on athletic stipends Texas couple's plan to open North Shore business falls flat Marines looking at deploying aboard foreign ships as Jones Act Continues to Fail Military Read More..

Tuesday, June 23, 2015 June 23, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:05 PM :: 4042 Views Caldwell refuses to sign Council Budget Bills Ige in DC to Teach Feds How to use Green Energy Hype to Jack Up Rates, Taxes Ouch! Mounting Medicare Cuts Hurt Hawaii Hospitals University of Hawaii: The empty ‘marketplace of ideas’ Internal Report: Gay Human Rights Campaign a Judgmental White Men’s Club Feds Extend Hawaii NCLB Waiver Star-Adv to Police: Don't Arrest Telescope Protesters Civil Beat Witch-hunt Continues--One Very Confused White Supremacist Corrupt Charter School Could Leave Taxpayers on the Hook for Debts Caldwell vs Martin 2016? Why Do We Tax Food in Paradise? Homeless Families Have Free Housing Waiting, Not Motivated to Sign paperwork 47 Homeless Flown Back to Mainland Former PUC chair says solar industry pursing narrow self-interest in opposing NextEra buyout $90M Kahuku wind farm project on agenda for public meeting Tuesday Humpback Blowback: Over 3,000 Testify on Federal Sanctuary Expansion Kenoi Fails on Key Hilo Tourism Project HPD Officer Allegedly Caught Breaking into House Council lets Kauai police purchase 105 body cameras, Tasers Muslims Demand UH Divest from Israel Two Miles of Fencing Torn Down:  To Liberate Pigs, Goats? Study: Scant evidence that medical pot helps many illnesses Two Military Trannies Switch Gender, Hook Up--Get Invited to White House Lawsuit: Man Claims he Got AIDS from Honolulu Blood Transfusion Read More..

Monday, June 22, 2015 June 22, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:20 PM :: 4971 Views Contested Case or Court Case? The Hawaii Supreme Court Decides Oahu, Maui Among Metro Areas That Least Resemble U.S. Anti-Telescope Protesters Prepare for 'Showdown' Wednesday Hawaii Hospitals: $3 billion in losses due to Medicare cuts and underpayments Bag Ban to Nickel and Dime Consumers, Small Businesses Full accounting needed in delay of tax refunds Progressive Utah Shows Reactionary Hawaii Way Forward on Homelessness "Being Homeless in Hawaii Easier than Michigan" What can we do to make housing more affordable? The Death of Aaron Torres: ‘What’s the Big Secret?’ Environmental Court to open next week Enviros Plan to Give Themselves More of our Tax Money  Study: Teen Marijuana Use Decreases With Legalization Usual Activists Exploit Charleston Attack to Celebrate Themselves Gay Activist Excited by BoE Sex Ed Plan U.S. developing 'Plan B' for deporting Saddam Hussein's convicted Honolulu-bound plane bomber Honolulu City declares June 21 Chinese Communist 'Confucius Institute' Day Read More..

Sunday, June 21, 2015 June 21, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:54 PM :: 3705 Views $481M 'Clean Energy' Tax Hike: Fewer flights and fewer visitors to Hawaii would be expected Telescope Construction to Re-Start Wednesday Friends Don’t Let Friends Pay Higher Taxes? BoE Appoints New Superintendents Fishery Management Council Questions use of Turtles to Strangle Tuna Industry Preparing for OHA Toll Booth?  Mauna Kea Traffic now being Counted Stopping TMT would be singular event that irreparably damages Hawaii's future On Cue from on High, Usual Protesters Show up for Red Hill Meeting Homeless Moving from Mainland 'Not Uncommon' PHOCUSED: Don't Build Homeless Shelter, Give us Money Instead Abstinence-based emphasis replaced with new program Star-Adv: New Sex Ed Policy risks well-being of Hawaii youth  White-Collar Make Work: Politicians perfect the art of leaving business undone Growing popularity of (tax free) e-cigarettes pushes Hawaii to raise legal smoking age to 21 School Bus Fees? Hawaii Nearly Alone UH vs Arnold: 'Histrionics, Little Substance' Ticket Scalping Scandal: FBI Seizes Computers at Arizona Memorial Read More..

Saturday, June 20, 2015 June 20, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 11:40 AM :: 3677 Views APHIS on Invasive Species: "The truth is we just don't care that much" Hawaii Obamacare Exchange hasn't Paid IT Vendor Since January Luxury Realtor Behind Maui Anti-GMO Initiative Shifts Attack to State's Last Cane Plantation HPD Officer Arrested Breaking into House Bill on Hawaii governor's desk could spell relief for older Oahu homes under historic review Witness: Pier situation ‘out of control’ Am Samoa citizenship battle Read More..

Friday, June 19, 2015 June 19, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:50 PM :: 8067 Views DHS: For First Time Majority of Homeless Refusing Shelter DLNR Steps in to Save Sea Cucumbers Harvested at Behest of Anti-GMO Huckster Promoting Quack Cancer Treatment Ward, McDermott Call for Souki to Drop Complaint Against Ethics Chair Government of a Few: New Data Shows Just How Broken Hawaii's Democracy Really Is European Trade Talks 'Can Open Jones Act' Rail’s Deep Black Hole The Average Honolulu Worker Needs 12.8 Years of Wages to Buy a House Endangered Bats May Stop Wind Farm Developers Marijuana to be Legal Cash Crop for Puna? Another Attack on Tourists in Hanalei? Food Justice Hawaii Kai Abuzz Over Possible New Restrictions on Maunalua Bay Governor signed off on $2M for Hawaii Health Connector 2 weeks ago Hawaii’s High Court Considers Whether Police Misconduct Should Be Public Hawaii Claims Zero Prisoners on the Lam Right Now No apparent misuse in Honolulu’s pCard spending Navy responds to hundreds at meeting over Oahu’s drinking water Pasha quietly drops Tacoma route, beefs up L.A. services Guam Second Amendment Forum Saturday Military Contractor May Lose Medical License over Homosexual Harassment of Military Personnel Read More..

Thursday, June 18, 2015 June 18, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:00 PM :: 4693 Views Hawaii Lowest Median Income for Families with Father Present Sex Ed? Board of Ed Says 'Trust Us' Anti-GMO Activists Attack State’s Last Cane Plantation Secret text of Trade Agreement ‘forms a new Pacific Union’ Rail Creates Only 870 Local Jobs Hawaii Government Workforce Seventh Least Productive in USA Hawaii Transportation Energy Plan--Mostly Tax Hikes Kauai Council Will Have to Cut Positions to Fund Union Contracts Ethics Complaint: Kenoi Hired Campaign Manager for $110K Job FBI Investigating Terrorist Muslims in Hawaii, other States Hawaii DoE Evades Feds by Holding Back School Suspension Data Controversy Grows Over federal takeover of Moanalua Bay Up to ten wind turbines could be added to Kahuku wind farm Co-op seeking to buy HELCO adds consultant Employers, UH System Asked to Rearrange their Schedules Because of Rail Traffic Jams Falling Rail Junk Damages 12 cars on H-1 ... So Far Videos Used to Convince People to Die, Save Insurance Company Money Maui Homeless Choose Cave over Shelter Homeless Czar Has Been in Limbo for 6 Months, But the End May Be Near State vector control unit ‘limping along’ MPD: Arrests Show Integrity of Police Suspected in Murder, Assault: Homeless male receives beating in jail Hawaii—and all other states—fail to comply with international law on the use of lethal force by police Read More..

Wednesday, June 17, 2015 June 17, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:13 PM :: 4593 Views Hirono, Schatz Nominate Three for Federal Judge DUI Enforcement? Hawaii Ranks 27th Meet the Gay Activist in Charge of Federal 'Safe Schools' Policy Hawaii is home to the nation’s largest share of multiracial Americans Excuse for Tax Hike Evaporates as New bids for rail stations come in $9M below estimates Hawaii's Phony Renewable Energy Standards: How 35% Renewable = 115% Renewable The Solar farms we sabotaged would have saved $800M, but its all the PUC's Fault, HECO says Honolulu on track to end veteran homelessness by year's end Hawaii #1 in Homelessness Hawaii #1 in Welfare, So Lets Give the Homeless Even More money as a 'Solution' How Military Policies Drive Up Rents on Oahu Hawaii Public Schools Must Offer Gay Sex Education, Board Decides Case Against GMOs Evaporates in Federal Courtroom After 9 Months Serving Billy Kenoi, Social Climber Peter Boylan Returns to Oahu Tail Between legs Circus: UH, Arnold file second replies to NCAA infractions panel Souki’s reported investment in Hawaiian Electric a “mental error” Sources accuse women's prison managers of covering up guard assault After Burning Thru Trust Fund, Kahoolawe commission raises only $38,000 online Hawaii Lowest Rate of 'Self-Insurance' Plans Read More..

Tuesday, June 16, 2015 June 16, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:54 PM :: 4297 Views Sex Ed: BoE Opting In to Opt Out? Best Cities for Families? Honolulu Ranks 92nd Couch Potatoes Short in Hawaii Hawaii Food Stamp Use Drops After Waiver Allowing Able Bodied to Collect Expires Waiting for your tax refund? -- Keep Waiting Hawaii Health Connector Cuts of Multi-Million Dollar Cash flow to Profitable Nonprofits Kona Hospital Layoffs: Public-Private Partnership Needed Study Looks at Emergency Room Readmissions in Hawaii Judge Hears Arguments: Expected to Slap Down Ruling on Maui Anti-GMO Initiative Soon Will Monsanto Be Able to Reverse Effect of Anti-GMO Hysteria? Hawaii Democrats to Anti-GMO Protesters: "Just Keep at it" Greenmail: Hokulia Shakedown artists try to use Herbicide Claims for cash White-Collar Make Work: Natatorium EIS Fortune: Honolulu 10th Best City to Get a Job Homeless Advocates Admit Shelters not Filled Up, Homeless Can Quit Being Homeless Any Time They Want  Homeless Person Dies Alone in Jungle Because Activists Blocked Effort to Force Him into a Shelter Wailuku Suicide Might Be Alive Today if he had not been let out of Prison Again and Again HPD officer pleads no contest to assault charges at nightclub Hawaii’s strict gun laws are unconstitutional Even After Attempted Murder Conviction, Criminal Defense Lawyer Wins Second Chance at Mental Disturbance Defense Criminal Refuses Orders, Complains About Result Hawaii Only 3.1% of Mortgages Upside Down Kauai County Bill would require B&B owners to live in same building Falls of Clyde to receive funding from Scotland? Read More..

Monday, June 15, 2015 June 15, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:11 PM :: 4402 Views Is "Safe-Sex" Education the Reason Behind the Drop in Abortion in Hawaii? Why Johns Hopkins Quit Providing Trans-Gender Surgery Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 15, 2015 Sand Island Homeless Housing Based on Eugene, Oregon Success More sit-lie bills being heard Monday PHOCUSED: Don't Build another Homeless Shelter, Instead Give the Money to Us Desperate to keep the Homeless, Homeless UH Activists Publish 'Study' Likely to be used by Lawyers  Kids in foster care benefit from being placed with ohana, and Hawaii leads nation Kakaako Developer Sells Singles for $625 psf, calls it 'Affordable' H Power Begins Burning Sewage Sludge PUC Rejects Independent Solar projects, Sets Stage for NextEra to Build its Own Did the ethics commission violate the sunshine law? Anti-GMO Hooser Arrested for Trespassing Schatz Desperately Playing Catch-up to Gabbard  Read More..

Sunday, June 14, 2015 June 14, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:39 PM :: 4330 Views Where’s the Tax Stamp on that Eggplant? June 14, 1900: The Abolition of Slavery in Hawaii 96.8% of Hawaii Gays stay outside 'Marriage' State Will Run Deficit For Rest of Ige Administration Hawaii Kai: Protesters Reject Federal Control of Maunalua Bay HB321: Mainland Dopers Expect to Sell Average Hawaii Family $185 Worth of Weed Annually New Arnold generation brought worse woes to UH Could an energy co-op be a viable alternative to NextEra-HEI merger? Hawaii Business Roundtable releases sales pitch for 'high tech' corporate welfare Speaker Souki stocked up on shares of Hawaiian Electric before merger announcement Man dies following police-involved shooting in Wailuku Read More..

Saturday, June 13, 2015 June 13, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:48 PM :: 3911 Views Hilo Hospital Cuts are Bandaids Escape Hatch in 100% Renewable Bill Signed into Law Honolulu? You Need to Be a Millionaire to Retire TMT to Boost UH Hilo Astronomy Program, add Scholarships for Hawaii Students Land Board's Roehrig Shakes Down DFS for Lucrative 'Hawaiian Sense of Place' Contract Ernie Martin Political Games Deliver Council HART Appointment to Developers' Attorney City Spends $15K/week to Provide Garbage Collection Services to Homeless Camps Homeless man Finally in Jail After allegedly Attacking 75 year old woman with baseball bat SB791: Autism Insurance Bill on Ige's Desk Ige Signs Cesspool Conversion Credit, Turtle Bay Conservation HI Tech Tax Credit Scammers Want Another Billion of Your Tax Money  Religious Freedom or a State Religion on Mauna Kea? Anti-Telescope Protesters Prevent Workers from Stopping Oil Leaks on Mountain Hawaii, Alaska need Exemption from Federal Freshwater Grab Lawsuit aims to halt seafloor mining--but only by US Companies Preparing for Next lawsuit: UH Coach Still Working Without 'Fully Executed' Contract Domestic Violence: Another 'Taskforce' another 'Strategic Plan' Profitable Nonprofit: Another Embezzler Convicted, Stole $153K from Disabled Read More..

Friday, June 12, 2015 June 12, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:55 PM :: 3968 Views Kahuku Windfarm Draft EIS: 21 Years of Death for Shearwater, Nene, Hoary Bat and more Sea Level Rise? Nonsense, Oahu is Rising From the Sea for Next 1.5M Years The Carbon Tax Charade Tweet Analysis Shows Hawaii #1 in Job Satisfaction Sales Tax Collections Per Capita: Hawaii Ranks #2 in USA NextEra Behind Bogus Windfarm Tax Credit Study BWS: Leaking Red Hill Tanks Just 100' Above Key Aquifer Survey: Multiracial in America $1.6B Waikiki windmills plan means Higher Electric Rates NextEra Buying HEI Because of Renewables Hawaii’s clean-energy goal has some escape clauses HMSA rate request could lower with federal financial relief Hawaii Health Connector: Abject Failure only 8,200 Paid First Premium Arnold-UH spat is making both sides look like losers Hawaii lawmakers reject Obama on trade authority Strangled by Regulations, Sea Link Molokai Ferry proposes changes to PUC Incompetent State putting up $10M to acquire 500 acres of ag lands in Central Oahu -- Will be Fallow for Years to Come Ads Seek to Overcome Anti-GMO Ignorance Green Police Now Control a Green Court to Lord over Hawaii Why Are the Autopsy Results for Man Tasered by Honolulu Police Still a Secret? Trapped Rats: Hawaii County pCard audit may be delayed Union: Hackers Have Personnel Data on every Federal Employee Why are bail amounts so inconsistent? Homeless Dude Suspected of Murder Arrested and Released Again and Again Read More..

Thursday, June 11, 2015 June 11, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:44 AM :: 3833 Views Three Steps to Turn Hawaiian Homelands into Indian Tribe Full Text: UH files lawsuit against former men’s head basketball coach Study: Hawaii 4th Best State for Teen Drivers US House Votes to Permanently Ban Hawaii's Tax on Internet Access Kamehameha: The Founding of the Hawaiian Kingdom Rail: The Cost is the Benefit Media: Court Orders Release of Native Hawaiian Roll Rail Operating Costs Pegged at $1.7B, Tax Hikes Planned HGEA: We Will Make Privatization as Expensive as Possible Star-Adv: New HSTA Leaders Must End Their Attack on Testing Hawaii works on waiver to preserve state's Prepaid Health Care Act TMT issues trespass notices, verbally warns protesters Lindsey's Taxpayer-Funded Scheme Includes Golf Course, Cemetery on DHHL Land Maui pCard investigation results in changes, but so far no charges Ethics Director Survives Political Challenge--for now Climate Adaption Commission Claims Hawaii will Drown in Burning Sea of Acid Greenpeace Director: Anti-GMO Activism Puts Ideology Ahead of the Needs of the Poor Civil Beat: Feds Should Use the Monk Seal as an Excuse to Take over Hawaii Waters  State to conduct aerial hunting on Mauna Kea China deploys surveillance ships to Hawaii Read More..

Wednesday, June 10, 2015 June 10, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:17 PM :: 4981 Views Insurgents Win HSTA Leadership Election (again) Hawaiian Electric Shareholders Finally Approve NextEra Merger Calvin Say case shakes up Hawaii Supreme Court Full Text: UH Manoa Interim Accreditation Report Star-Adv: Ernie Martin -- Dysfunctional, Disjointed, Failure -- Should Resign Who Got the $130M Wasted on Hawaii Health Connector? Ige: State will Run Deficits for Duration of my Administration Thousands Protest:  Once Feds Grab Control of Hawaii Waters, we'll never get it back Big Changes Ahead for HSTA Connector clients treated unfairly Kaiser: Big Rate Hike Coming, but HMSA Makes us Look Good Telescope Protesters’ camp allowed to remain in Spite of 'No Camping' Rule Escape Hatch in 100% Renewable Bill Signed into Law Escape Hatch in Oahu Plastic Bag Ban Fear of Lawsuits after Armed robbery at 'Birthing Stones' spurs OHA to clear Lake Wilson homeless encampment Homeless 'Feel at Home' on Street Fronting Canal City Crews Remove 22.5 Tons of Garbage from Homeless Camps KHON did not Demand Resignation of Nestor Garcia After Repeat Ethics Violations Contractor Campaign Contributions Raise Concerns of Corruption DoT Admits Zipmobile Needed only 15 minutes of Repair Work Coach Arnold's Attorney Lines Up Witnesses NCAA Doesn't Know About UH steps up security after second burglary at Institute for Astronomy 161 Calls Missed During 911 Outage DCCA Disciplinary Hearing Decisions Posted Online HB119: ABLE Allows Disabled to Save Money without losing Benefits  Read More..

Tuesday, June 9, 2015 June 9, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:55 PM :: 5160 Views Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 8, 2015 Ige Signs Bill Setting 100% Renewable Energy Goal SB359: First step toward "carbon tax" in Hawaii Maui hospital privatization negotiations to begin with governor's signature Republicans Right all along About Obamacare  New McCarthyism:  Civil Beat Randomly Targets Mitch D'Olier for Opposing Gay Marriage No school in Hawaii  evacuated due to pesticide drift from seed companies HNN Hypes Waianae as Destination for Homeless HGEA Contract Forces Kona hospital to cut 34 staff, close skilled nursing unit Domestic violence efforts blocked Hawaii Highest Proportion of Children in Private School Kauai Mayor 'Fired Up' over Drug Treatment Facility Once Blocked by OHA Oahu's rooftop solar industry heats up after months of decline Major Oahu solar energy farms on hold are not dead yet, PUC chief says, (Iwase is Dreaming) Civil Beat Logic: Raise Property Taxes to Cut Cost of Living Hole in door at Subaru Telescope not from bullet Arnold's reply to NCAA notice may raise more issues at UH Booker T. Washington’s chief mentor was born and raised in Hawaii Read More..

Monday, June 8, 2015 June 8, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:25 PM :: 4415 Views Can OHA Keep Na'i Aupuni from Stealing $2.6M? Full Text: Court Dismisses American Samoa Suit for US Citizenship Travel Assoc: FAA Bill before Congress Should Cut Taxes on Airfares Police investigating bullet shot into Mauna Kea observatory The Inside Story of How Karl Rhoades Screws up a Bill FBI Investigating Oregon Obamacare Exchange, Hawaii Next? Star-Adv: Push back against Thieving Administrators Gives UH 'a Bargain' Hawaii: Asian-Based Civility Trampled by Professional Activism Anti-GMO Boss Developed Marketing Techniques in Manoa Hawaii Police Have Killed More People Per Capita Than Most of the U.S. Soft on Crime: Alleged Bisexual Child Molester Caught on Video (Repeat offender) Star-Adv: Push 'Talia's Law' and help save a young child's life Mandatory tips are subject to state general excise tax Read More..

Sunday, June 7, 2015 June 7, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:11 PM :: 5503 Views Whither the Resort Fee? Waianae Coast schools a national model for counseling UHERO Electric Vehicle Forecast for Hawaii UHERO: Neighbor Island Tourism Still Has Room to Grow Abortion Down 30% in Hawaii: Planned Parenthood, McDermott Agree it is due to Improved Contraception SB519: Vacation Rental Tax Will Give State Interest in Tourism Everywhere Council plays into hand of Homelessness Industry rather than trying to aid homeless Gunshot Damage at Mauna Kea observatory Stalemate continues atop Mauna Kea No love for Kahoolawe After Commission Burnt all its money? Crony Capitalist Billionaires Pour Money into Schatz, Gabbard Campaigns Trial set for Developer who Welched on Marina Deal Gay Activist Joins Assault against Sunshine Law, OIP--Calls for Appointed Neighborhood Boards Another Alleged Homosexual Child Molester Busted Read More..

Saturday, June 6, 2015 June 6, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:29 PM :: 4776 Views Supreme Court Seizes Control of Telescope Case, Will Decide Who Gets Payoffs Not Really Closing: Another $70M to be Wasted on New Hawaii Health Exchange Plan Almost 80% of Hawaii Obamacare Enrollees Have Failed to Pay Premiums in 2015 Hawaii Cigarette Taxes 5th Highest in USA Maui County Meets with Municipal Utility Operators PUC: HECO Sabotages Seven Big Solar Projects on Behalf of NextEra IDEA: 9th Circuit Slaps Down DoE Harassment of Autistic Student, Parents Repeat Homosexual Child Molester Gets 10 Years Suspected Killer Walks, But then Can't Get out of Jail after being Busted for Loitering in Park Latest Tax Hike Idea: Garbage Fee Developer: Send Spy to Disrupt Homeowners Association Gov. Ige’s Telescope decision sets Hawaii back 30 years Environmental Cost: Activists Scheme to Collect Money from Seabed Mining Read More..

Friday, June 5, 2015 June 5, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:20 PM :: 4206 Views Raising a family in Hawaii is already difficult, why are you making it harder? Daily Beast Celebrates 'Triumph' of 'Samoa's Caitlyn' Adulthood - Interrupted: Hawaii Leads the Way Study: Hawaii Charitable Giving at all-time high Big Island Press Club: Keeping Government Transparent State Technology Transformation 'will not move forward without the right people in place' After Wasting $130M, State Gives up on Obamacare Exchange As Predicted: Lawyer Plans Quick Lawsuit to Keep the Homeless, Homeless Council Funds its Own Homelessness Experts, Refuses to Pay for Caldwell's Lobbyist for Indicted Union Fund Appointed Deputy City Clerk Ethics: Lobbyists shielded from accountability, illicit behavior by public officials will continue Musical Chairs at Hawaii Senate Now Ended Hospital cuts spark public outcry Attention Drug Addicts: Hawaii County halts some pre-hire urinalyses Federal Judge Orders Guam to Redefine Marriage Unless US Supreme Court Allows States Freedom to Choose Report: So-Called Human Rights Campaign a 'Gay White Men's Club' UH Prof: Idiot Anti-GMO Activist is a Junk Science Embarrassment CB: E-W Center must get serious Sucker Bait: Koa grower poised to sell ‘carbon credits’ Hanabusa Scores Another Cush Gig Downtown--Gas Co This Time Free Floating Anxiety: Hanalei Mob Attacks Tourists  Appeals court: No birthright US citizenship for American Samoa Read More..

Thursday, June 4, 2015 June 4, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:42 PM :: 4861 Views Court Orders Release of Native Hawaiian Roll How Corn Ethanol Is Worse For Climate Change Than The Keystone Pipeline Live the Words You Speak Representation based on 'Eligible Voters' would Underrepresent Families So you want to run the university like a business? Try making nice to the faculty. Sit-lie ban: Lawyers Circle, Eager to Keep the Homeless on the Streets Residents, Military, FAA Pose Sharp Questions about Waikiki, Kaena Windfarm Scheme Ige Has Until June 29 to Sign Ethanol Mandate Repeal Trial for Patrick Oki of PKF Pacific Hawaii pushed to January Abercrombie Spins Conspiracy Theories About Latest UH Manoa Faculty Infighting Is Hanabusa Through With Politics? Singapore’s Brilliant Housing Plan a Model for Hawaii Peter Apo to Hoopili -- I can help for a Price B&B Sheep and Wolves How Island Appeal Adds to the Nation’s Highest Rents Adulthood Interrupted--Hawaii Leads the Way HI Congressional Delegation interested in Talia's Law Soft on Crime: One Day for Robbery, One Day for Murder Lewd acts reported in Maui parking lots linked to police employee Read More..

Wednesday, June 3, 2015 June 3, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:05 PM :: 5143 Views HMSA blames Micronesians for 50% Rate Hike Feds: Only 8,200 Hawaii Obamacare Enrollees Pay First Premium Hawaii "Is Exception To Constitutional Law" In State Reapportionment Auditor: HGEA Keeps UH Research Corp from Achieving Potential City Plans Sand Island Modular Housing for Homeless Déjà vu: Offshore wind plan vs. whales and solar Honolulu Among Worst in US: 78% of Jobs Created since 2010 do not Pay 'Living Wage' Mauna Kea: Shake Down and Payoffs Feds:  Al Hee Stiffs Board of Water Supply for $5M, Faces Criminal Charges Some teachers unhappy with union election do-over Budget leaves DOE short by $22 million Privatization of Hospitals will relieve Hawaii Nursing Crisis Council overrides mayor's veto of expanded sit-lie bill Kenoi Cronies Stall Ethics Bill Untangling the Ethics of Educational Travel Hawaiian Electric Co. delays $235M LNG project for two years Solar Scammer Sticks Library With Defective System UH budget to allocate some funds based on student enrollment Lack of School Nurses in Hawaii Contributes to High Absentee Rates Psychiatrists Going Crazy as Criminal Lawyers Swamp System With Bogus Mental Health Exams Kahuku Windfarm Plans to Kill Many Endangered Birds Crappy Wildlife 'Jobs'?  Pacific Whale Institute Anti-Dairy Obsessives File Federal Lawsuit HPD Ignores FOIA Request for 21 months Inmate allegedly robbed man in Makakilo after escaping OCCC Double Jeopardy? Deedy trial put off, pending appeal Multiple sources: Flasher on Maui is a police officer Read More..

Tuesday, June 2, 2015 June 2, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:51 PM :: 5493 Views Fox, Henhouse: Caldwell Appoints Hanabusa to HART Board UH Releases ‘implementation plan’ for control of Maunakea Koa Ridge Arguments Before Supreme Court - State Prohibited From Rezoning "Potential" IALs? EPA, State, Navy Agree on Red Hill Fuel Tank Upgrades Communist Party: 'Aloha' best Hollywood feature about Hawaiian sovereignty movement Study: Hawaii 5th Safest State Obamacare: HMSA 50% Rate Hike on Individual Plans State ethics chief might be headed for some trouble Kenoi entertainment funded in new budget, Scrutiny Expected Will HEI Shareholders Approve NextEra Merger by June 10 Deadline? Rusting Junk: $1.6B Hawaii offshore wind energy project to be discussed Wednesday Snookered: How Pseudoscience Gets Mainstreamed Three Perfectly Good Mauna Kea telescopes to go Desperate: Ritte makes 'Groundless, Unfair' Charges over Haleakala Telescope 'Aloha' About Bumpy's Shakedown of State, Bank After Burning up all its money, Kahoolawe Commission outlines plans for scaled-down operations No-frills housing units target Waianae homeless City's latest plan to house the destitute involves modular or container-style units at Sand Island Child Molester gets 8 Years for Kiddie Porn Read More..

Monday, June 1, 2015 June 1, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:35 PM :: 3669 Views Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted June 1, 2015 Why Unions Want Exemption from the Minimum Wage Hikes They Fought For Antiquated Law Spares Rail Lobbyists in Honolulu Ethics Scandal Media Ethics: Why is Nestor Garcia Still a TV Reporter? High standards of ethics needed Explanation is required from HSTA Bosses Kahuku residents express concerns surrounding new proposed wind farm Want to Fill Up Your Homeless Shelter? Ditch Some of the Rules Kakaako Population up 474% Eased housing rules may breathe life into project Family pursues lawsuit alleging Handi-Van fault Read More..