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Tuesday, September 30, 2014 September 30, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:28 PM :: 5964 Views For Second Day In A Row, Ige Under Fire For State Hospital Mismanagement Six Council Members Bought Off by Lobbyists, Key Rail Votes may be Nullified VIDEO: Ige Led the Way to Higher Taxes Total Arrivals Decline 1.3 Percent Solar City Horror Stories Wind Turbine or Tree? Certain Bats Might Not Know 1,400 Older Special Ed Students May Benefit from Class Action Lawsuit Victory Veterans in Politics Announces Campaign Endorsements Rate Hikes Coming as HECO Plans to Waste Big Money on Batteries Hospital Reform?  Randy Perreira's "F*** You" Makes Star-Advertiser Police chief needs to explain his role in family dispute HPD: No criminal case for sergeant in abuse probe DoH Cesspool Proposal Will Double Cost of Construction More Hawaii Co Property Tax Hikes on Agenda Justice: Sovereignty Mortgage Scammer Loses House in his own Scam HELCO Wants West Hawaii Geothermal, not Puna Jack Wong New KSBE CEO Professor claiming contract breach sues UH Read More..

Monday, September 29, 2014 September 29, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:00 PM :: 3613 Views New Aiona Ad: 'Staying on the path we're on...that's just not an option' Galuteria Pushed Kakaako Makai Bill While on Payroll of OHA Trustee October 6 Last Day to Register to Vote Hawaii is the 5th Worst State for Teachers HGEA, UPW are 'The Heart of the Problem' at HHSC Hospitals Hawaii Health Connector Secret Search for New Director Coming to a Close This Week? HPD Chief: ‘There’s No Dark Conspiracy Here’ Hawaii: Young Family Flees to Texas Djou Endorsed by the Hawaii Chapter of the American Academy of Ophthalmology Omidyar is Only Billionaire in Hawaii Read More..

Sunday, September 28, 2014 September 28, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:46 PM :: 3828 Views Native Hawaiian Roll: Threats and Scare Tactics The Second Most Unfair Tax System? Really? Same-sex marriage battle not over yet NYT: Aiona Competitive in Hawaii Kealoha Lashes out at Critics, Strikes Out HPD must drop culture of impunity Manoa Doesn't Have a Permanent Chancellor, But they are Selecting a Vice Chancellor Read More..

Saturday, September 27, 2014 September 27, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:46 PM :: 6411 Views Property Tax Hike? You Have Until Sept 30 to Get Out of It Livable Communities Survey Identifies Needs of Honolulu Residents 45+ 'Running Around With Mask and Gun': Romy Cachola Fined Another $50K Rothberg: CD1 Race 'Potential Democratic headache' Ige Slammed on HHSC Hospital Crisis Secret Attorney General's Opinion Protects Secrets of Board Members VA Waitlist: Veterans Not Fooled by Pfeffer Caldwell's Homeless Czar Quit a Week Ago KIUC Solar Array Sells Electricity at Half Price Lawmakers to hear from Honolulu police on domestic violence Testimony: Halawa Guard Charged $500 to Smuggle Meth Thirty Meter Telescope groundbreaking slated Oct. 7 Health Department to Replace DHS Regulating care home programs Read More..

Friday, September 26, 2014 September 26, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:16 PM :: 6438 Views VIDEO: Djou Releases First Campaign Ad Debate: Aiona Challenges Ige on Tax Hikes Ige Tried To Tax Everyone's Soda Carlisle: Maui Anti-GMO Law Would Send Farmers, Gardeners to Jail Will Solar Scammers Undermine Subprime GEMS Loan Program? Fired chief procurement officer blows whistle on Hawaii DOE procurement troubles Imua Manoa Demands Apple Reinstatement Second Amendment advocates score victory in Hawaii court After Wife Sued for Mortgage Fraud, Chief Kealoha Sends Six Officers to Arrest Plaintiff Lawsuit: Police Chief's Prosecutor Wife Used Old Lady's Money to Buy Maserati, Mercedes  Prison guard bribe prices quoted Hawaii’s Top Gov Candidates Talk Development Mocking Surfrider's Political Litmus Test Monsanto, keeping you healthy UH Administrators Set Up Legislature to Take Fall for Tuition Hikes Borreca: Obama Library Next on List of Failed Big Projects Sledgehammer Tom Brower Makes the New York Times Caldwell Signs Amended Plastic Bag Ban HECO Boss: Smart Inverters Can Open Up More Solar Penetration Read More..

Thursday, September 25, 2014 September 25, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:53 PM :: 4478 Views American Samoa Delegate Left Out of Obama Tuna Monument Talks Hawaiian Electric completes first phase of smart grid installation UH president’s proposed budget attempts to Blame Legislators for tuition hikes AG Louie Provides Excuse to Hide Financial Disclosures of Board Members 'til 2016 Waikiki sees improvement with new ‘sit-lie’ laws Chinatown building will house homeless Dopers Tell Silly Doper Stories at Marijuana Hearings, Media Laps it Up Dead Senator’s Aide To Anonymous Sex Accusers: Say It In Public Obama Relents, Leaves Two Areas open for Tuna Fishing Native Hawaiians Don't Want to Divert Lava Flow from Homes Prosecutor: Hawaii prison gang 'kings of castle' Life sentences overturned for Mililani Rapist Read More..

Wednesday, September 24, 2014 September 24, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:09 PM :: 6718 Views Conflict of Interest: Ige Was Both Legislator and Lobbyist While Serving on Committee Overseeing His Employer Ige Voted for Furlough Fridays, Responsible for $200M Health Connector Debacle Djou Only Congressional Candidate at Kahala Business Forum The Jones Act Is Irrelevant to Merchant Marine Shipbuilding Aiona: Hawaii Cannot Raise Tourism Taxes Any More Takai Votes to Raise Taxes Again and Again Poll: Retire Old Judges, Split on Preschool Insurer Dumps 1300 Medicare Advantage Clients After Losing $18.5M State Hospital workers sue bosses over patients' attacks HCF Funds Charity Reorganization for 'Housing First' Busted: Hee Family Tied to Massive Waste Dumping Scheme Lawsuit Exposes Haseko PR Plan Behind Scheme to Eliminate Marina Filmmaker: Brainwashing by UH Manoa Faculty Washes Off HPD Completes Investigation of Domestic Violence Case Study: Hawaii Potheads Worth $259.26 Each Lava’s impact — by the numbers Read More..

Tuesday, September 23, 2014 September 23, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:25 PM :: 4362 Views Hawaii GE Tax Bites Into 99% of Personal Income Debate: Ige Touts Legislative Mismanagement TV Ad Claims Ige Stands For ‘Government Living Within its Means’ (LOL!) Ige Purposefully Underfunded State Hospitals Fact Check: Attack Ads from Mainland Progressive Group "False and Nasty" HSTA Launches Campaign Against Preschool Voucher program Hawaii Department of Human Services Released from Federal Injunction Senators Ask for Hearings on DoH Proposed Cesspool Ban Survey: Hawaii Top ‘Hedonometer’ Score in USA Djou Up By 4 Points Over Takai in CD1 Aiona: "My opponent has been a part of this system for 30 years." Big Money Crowd Not Flocking to Ige's Side HGEA's Latest Scam: Transfer HHSC Hospitals to Counties Cronies Risk Losing $12 million in annual transportation funds Anti-GMO Hypesters Disappointed by Lack of Birth defects Mainland Dope Pushers Set Sites on Hawaii 3,000 Solar Jobs Gone as Quick Money Evaporates Kona: Gabbard Opposes Federal Water Grab Activists Fight to Keep Homeless on Public Display  City's Handi-Van meeting draws capacity crowd MPD Suspended Two Officers Records of sex abuse allegations against doctor destroyed Hawaii Among Best States to raise Black Children US Supreme Court asked to take Micronesian health care case Read More..

Monday, September 22, 2014 September 22, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:10 PM :: 4003 Views Hospital Reform? Randy Perriera Says "F*** You" Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted September 22, 2014 Class Action Suit Seeks Treatment for Autistic Children in Hawaii Poll: Ige 43% - Aiona 39% Underpaid by 30%--Living costs handicap local doctors Hawaii Ethics Commission Urged to Release Board Members’ Financial Disclosures HPD Transparency to Come of Latest Police Scandal? NYT: Gillibrand Chubby Enough for Inouye? Water Board Owes Customers a Justification Transcom leader tells Military car shipper to do better job Dispensary Will Just Create More Problems Read More..

Sunday, September 21, 2014 September 21, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:38 PM :: 3835 Views Pocketbook Issues: Ige on Defense The GMO Debate: Meetings about non-existent food safety issues Project SAM: Seven Marijuana Myths Timing Isn't Everything: How to Lose Your Solar Tax Credit Djou: Allow Vets to Use VA Benefits at Private Facilities As HHSC Collapses, Health Committee Sets Hearings Four Years: Hawaii Race to the Top $90,000 Per Mile?  Job is Cushy, Roads Aren't Drug Rehab Doctor Speaks Up Against 'Medical' Marijuana Faculty censure of Lassner feeble Water Board Fails to Show 'Sound Basis for Water Rates' Their bowels sparkle like diamonds Homeless Leave Mountain of Trash on Slippah Island Chinese, Russian Navies Get New Missiles to Nuke Hawaii Read More..

Saturday, September 20, 2014 September 20, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:46 PM :: 6955 Views Kelii Akina interviews Elwin Ahu Judge Grants TRO as ACLU Pushes Claim That Panhandling is First Amendment Right New UHM Chancellor orders 'Review' of Cancer Center Department of Community Services to hold GIA workshops Excellent News: Al Hee Faces Federal tax Charges, Could do Time in Prison HHSC to Close Leahi, Maluhia, Patients Have Nowhere to go Hospitals Down to Only a Few Days of Cash DLNR Gives Homeless Loophole to Stay in Waikiki Absentee mail ballots being readied ahead of Pahoa lava Solar Scammers Con 4,500 Homeowners into buying Systems they Cannot Connect Schatz, Hirono, Gabbard Funnel $2.1M to Anti-GMO Activist 'Kohala Center' House 47 Candidate Kent Fonoimoana Has Tax Debts to State, Feds  Domestic Violence: HPD Covers for 'Well-Known Member of the Community' Cachola's Victim "A Boxer" Water Board to Redevelop 6 acre Downtown HQ Site? Child Molester Breaks into Home, Robs Family Hawaii Prisons at 110% of Capacity Hawaii Gun Violence Lowest in USA Hawaii LTC Patients Get Anti-Psychotics Cut Read More..

Friday, September 19, 2014 September 19, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:10 PM :: 5408 Views Mazie Hirono Blocks Bill to Revoke US Citizenship of ISIS Terrorists Hirono is Biggest Spender in US Senate, Schatz not far Behind Abercrombie Releases $335,600 to New Nonprofit Formed by Leader of Carpenter's Union Obamacare’s Second Open Enrollment Starts in Two Months — and It Is Going to be Awful ACLU: Lawsuit Settlement Means New Rules for Protests at Capitol Lava Projected to Burn Through Center of Pahoa Town Hawaii 5th Richest State Auditor: Hawaii Health Insurers Should be Required to Cover Cleft Palate Surgery Oahu defense contractor sentenced on espionage charges Panos: Hoopili Traffic Assessments Untruthful INFOGRAPHIC: The Abercrombie-Ige Policy Agenda By The Numbers Aiona Only Candidate to Release Policy Initiatives Caldwell to Tourism Industry: I'm Cleaning up Waikiki, Now Pay Me  County: Panhandling limits constitutional Kauai Enviros Fight Agriculture, not Developers Kona: 100 Hawaiians Tell OHA trustees 'No Kanaiolowalu' Another Sovereignty Mortgage Scammer in Court Abercrombie’s Official Portrait Expected to Cost Taxpayers $45,000 Honolulu's Police Chief fires back at critics regarding a Sergeant shown in a violent video Soft on Crime: 34 Convictions, Out on the Streets Allegedly Selling Meth Revolving Door: Sierra Club Director Quits to Collect Paycheck Directly from Solar Company Blink: Chevron exploring sale of Kapolei plant Hanabusa, Gabbard oppose Obama's 'unwarranted' plan Read More..

Thursday, September 18, 2014 September 18, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:59 PM :: 3449 Views Slom: State Set to go Bust Unless Major Changes Made in 2015 Seabright: Green Card Holders Have Second Amendment Rights in Hawaii Korea: Caldwell Pushes the Bubble Council Action Needed to Restore Honesty to Water Board’s Billing Public school students earning AP honors at all-time high Costs Of Raising Children Burden Hawaii Families Anti-GMO Initiative Will Destroy Agriculture base of Molokai, Maui Kauai to Burn at Least $62,750 on 'Free' Appeal of anti-GMO Ordinance UH Manoa Faculty Senate censures President David Lassner UHWO has no Land Plan New Hope Church Buys Air Conditioning for Kaiser HS Kihei HS: Kanela Ing Fails to Get Full Funding Small business owners fret over rail’s impact Census: Hawaii's poverty rate lower than nation Police officer arrested on suspicion of sex assault After Chief Cancels, Sept 30 Hearing Set on Police, Domestic Violence Soft On Crime: 30 Convictions out on Street with Runaway Teen Girl Punatic Vandalizes Bulldozer Sent to Clear Lava Emergency Escape Road Read More..

Wednesday, September 17, 2014 September 17, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:42 PM :: 4088 Views Paychecks Hawaii General Election Endorsements – 2014 McDermott Responds to “Revised” Pono Choices Program How Things Are: Kalaeloa Partners Reminds HECO (again) Hawaii’s ‘most unusual political candidate’ vying to be next congressman UH Board of Regents Nominees Announced Strive HI appeals lead to slight changes in school, state results Hawaii.gov -- 'Best Government Website' Your Tax Dollars at Work: Energy Excelerator Funds 17 Startups Hawaii's out-of-control living costs can be beat Happy Constitution(s) Day Abercrombie Secretly Rewrites Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative Hawaiian Electric expects 'significantly higher prices' GEMS: PUC Slaps Ratepayers With New 'Green Energy Market' Fee EPA extends comment period for power plant rule DoE Claims $250K Cost per Classroom for AC--State Pushes for 'Solar Air Conditioning' Abercrombie's Education Cuts 'Everyone Will feel the Pain' Senator accuses State Hospital manager of lying under oath Defiant Homeless Spout Political Rhetoric:  Say new laws won't force them from Waikiki Lava: Election Office Prepares for Next Puna Election Fiasco HART Will Hire Drivers After Ansaldo's Automated Rail System Breaks Down Della Au Belatti Helps Gary Rodrigues Take Another $850K from UPW Members Pflueger's sentencing for dam breach deaths postponed for a fourth time Soft on Crime: Watson Gets off Easy, Was Part of Ring With Kauai Police Commissioner Kauai: 21 Firefighters Make Over $114K, More Raises Demanded   Opinions differ on handling of Police Domestic Abuse case Read More..

Tuesday, September 16, 2014 September 16, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:08 PM :: 4536 Views VIDEO: Paradise Lost Thanks to Ige and Abercrombie No Option: All Hawaii Obamacare Plans Cover Abortion Obama Admin: ACA Bans Use of Federal Funds for Abortion Veterans in Politics Announces Campaign Endorsements Hawaii Prison Population Drops 5% 100% renewable energy goal Will Drive Your Electric Bill Higher Hawaii economist says Honolulu rail agency 'shuffling the deck chairs' to pay for rail stations "Who has the more reliable and engaged voters?" Ige Seeks Campaign Cash in Washington, D.C. Pre-K Amendment on the Agenda at Community Meetings  Whole Foods' Anti-GMO Swindle Court ruling allows county to print ballots Another Anti-GMO Lie Bites the Dust Flawed Anti-GMO Ordinance Costs Kauai County $222,750 Will Housing First pay for Itself? Counties to Lobby State for Massive GE Tax Hike Former welfare supervisor accused of stealing benefits UHWO Pushed Rail Off Campus Hot weather fuels battle for cool classrooms Benefits of oil and gas to Hawaii Read More..

Monday, September 15, 2014 September 15, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:43 PM :: 5036 Views Hawaii 2nd Most Unfair Tax System in USA Federal Court Upholds the Free Market on Kauai Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted September 15, 2014 Senate Candidate Lethem Slams Kaka’ako Parking Scam Hawaii Among Final Four in Obama Library Competition Aiona is Only Candidate Supporting Private Preschool RTTT Pt 2? -- Hawaii  Grabs for Federal Preschool Development Grant Activists Demand Homeless be Kept on Display The left’s homeless pingpong Obama's Inequality Society Hurts GE Tax Revenues Hawaii TANF Enrollment Up 85% During Recession Obamacare’s Abortion Shell Game Housing $900M Less Affordable--Cost of Proposed DoH Cesspool Regs Three Candidates, Three Views on Future of Fast-Growing Kakaako Maui News: Leave Ludicrous Anti-GMO Initiative on Ballot Junk: Netherlands Returns Trains to Ansaldo Puna lava flow now within tenth of a mile of Kaohe Homesteads subdivision Read More..

Sunday, September 14, 2014 September 14, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:02 PM :: 4692 Views Rasmussen Poll: Ige 40, Aiona 39, Mufi 14 Meet the California Oilman Behind Brian Schatz USA Today: Make Less Than $122K? You're Uncomfortable in Hawaii Timing Isn't Everything, It's the Only Thing Djou vs Takai on Akaka Tribe Bills would benefit the city, but also help the homeless Doctors Flee Hawaii As Pay is Cut Common Core, RTTT: Foundation for Better Schools? MECO: $700M Undersea Cable Worth Only $60-175M Police shootings prompt questions Star-Adv: Council should back mayor's affordable housing plan Kauai: Luxury Resort Owner Continues to Harass Dairy Farm As Lava Approaches, Puna Insurance is Cancelled Read More..

Saturday, September 13, 2014 September 13, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:42 PM :: 3570 Views Hawaii lawmakers may ease access to marijuana Obama Finally Gets Around to Declaring Iselle Disaster JSC Lists Nominees for First, Third Circuit Courts Tuna Monument: Faleomavaega out in the Cold Again The New Post-Inouye/Abercrombie Era in Hawaii Politics UH president faces First-Ever censure over controversial firing of Manoa leader HMSA Plans Medicare Advantage Rate Hikes Sand Island Homeless Center to be in Fabric Building? HPD chief meets with lawmakers over assault video Hawaii Ranks #1 in Senior Pedestrian Fatalities Read More..

Friday, September 12, 2014 September 12, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:33 PM :: 4625 Views POLL: Ige 36% - Aiona 35% Aiona Commits to Eleven Gubernatorial Forums, Debates Sabato: Party Label is Ige's Most Important Attribute Hawaii Families Work Harder To Cope With Rising Costs DLIR Retakes Occupational Safety Job from OSHA Legislative Report Debunks Homeless Tent City Jobs?  Kakaako? Early Education? Ige Campaign Has Nothing for Abercrombie Supporters AARP Survey: Seniors Rate Housing, Healthcare Top Issues Confidence of rail finishing on time drops, Federal risk report shows HART: Will Ansaldo Go Away? Framing the problem: Honolulu government does not understand Housing First Caldwell's affordable-housing plan seen as a good first step by Council members Par Petroleum not closing Hawaii refinery--CEO Honolulu Council Pushes BioDiesel for The Bus Judge Orders New Title for Anti-GMO Maui Voter Initiative GMO: Where's the Middle Ground on Kauai? New video of fight between HPD Officer & girlfriend before violent attack Union: Hawaii cop should not be charged for accidental discharge Puna Will Finally Get Two New Access Roads Islamist Terror: Gabbard seeks suspension of visa-free travel for Europeans Read More..

Thursday, September 11, 2014 September 11, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:15 PM :: 3958 Views Full Text: Obama Declares War on Islamic State Djou: Combat Isis, Support the President Brickwood Galuteria: Tool of Special Interests Hawaii Schools Make Big Progress Says US Chamber of Commerce Remembering Hawaii’s 9/11 victims Takai Too Busy on Mainland Fundraising to Comment on Obama ISIS Speech Schatz, Hirono Vote to Gut First Amendment Hidden Super PAC Money Comes to Light in Campaign Spending Reports Sand Island Oceanfront Tent City a Rehash of Failed idea from 1980s Honolulu City Council Votes to Ban Sitting, Lying on Waikiki Sidewalks Council Votes to Ban Biodegradable Bags Caldwell advocates for a change in the calculation of who could buy the homes After Jacking up Property Taxes, Kauai Council offers Minimal 'Relief' WaPo: Hawaii's Glitchy Health Exchange Makes for Unhealthy Insurance Pool GQ Magazine: Homosexuals Rape 38 Servicemen Every Day Lawsuit filed to block anti-GMO initiative on Nov. 4 ballot Anti-Geothermal Activists Cheer Lava Flow Martinez Fined $1,505 for Campaign Spending Violations Drug Dealer Demands Marijuana Dispensaries Woman's assault by HPD officer costs him badge, gun Substitute teachers frustrated by new call system Hawaii schools report false billing of text books sales Read More..

Wednesday, September 10, 2014 September 10, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:07 PM :: 4371 Views Rail Opening Delayed One Year as Budget Busting Bids Tossed Out Auditor: Water Board Cannot Justify Monthly Billing Charge Keep the Poor Doped Up: Feds OK EBT Cards at Marijuana Dispensaries The Abercrombie-Ige Agenda Isn't Working: The Cost Of Living In Hawaii The Abercrombie-Ige Agenda Isn't Working: Housing Prices Soar, Burdening Family Budgets It's Official: Faleomavaega in the Race County of Hawai‘i Faces First Amendment Lawsuit Challenging Panhandling Laws Rep. Tulsi Gabbard: Unlawful Release of Muslim Terrorist Leaders Could Endanger U.S. National Security Djou Talks Balanced Budget -- Takai Skips Candidate Forums $357M Vanishes from HART Contingency Fund? Feds: ‘Aggressive Cost Containment’ Needed for Rail Project OHA Hawaiian Registry = Kanaiolowalu Governing: Hawaii Governor's Race a Tossup Return of the Blue State Republican Governor? Politico: Hanabusa, Abercrombie Biggest Losers in USA Will Kauai Property Taxes be Cut Back? A year after molasses spill, damage estimates are still secret Accusations of abuse, negligence, poor conditions against state animal quarantine Debate starts over ballot initiative supporting funds for private preschools DoE's Billion Dollar Solar Scheme Begins Construction Pesticide Facts and Fears UH Students Reject Administration Advice: Sustainability Does Not Equal 300% Tax Increase  Marijuana facilities would be magnets for crime HPD Debunks Medical Marijuana Claims Read More..

Tuesday, September 9, 2014 September 9, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:14 PM :: 4155 Views The Abercrombie-Ige Agenda Isn't Working: High Cost Of Living Leads To Doctor Shortage, Wait Times Caldwell Blocks off Two Lanes of King Street, Installs Bicycle 'Conflict Zone' Nine Years of Inverse Condemnation Djou: Exempt Hawaii from Obamacare, Jones Act French Frigate Shoals Superfund Site? Anti-Plastic Hysteria Reaches New High HART loses Another $75.4 million in construction delays Abercrombie Gave the Unions Everything, and Rail Just isn't Boosting the Economy Big Wind: How Could So Many be So Wrong for So Long? Farmers Fight Back Against Anti-GMO Activists Anti-GMO Activist: We Want Massive Tax Hike on Working Ag Lands Hawaii County Organic Farmers Fall Short in Bid for Tax Cut Honolulu Property Tax Hike Averaged $4157.43 per House City to hold public meeting on proposed Sand Island Housing First Center Legislative Report Criticizes Homeless Tent City Scheme $500M Contract to Demolish, Rebuild at Mayor Wright UH Manoa Ranks 168th in US Cancer Center Leaders Defend Michele Carbone Star-Adv: Obamacare Worsens physician shortage Cooking Books? Head of Hawaii VA Claims Wait Times Improved, Veterans Disagree Hawaii Big on Male Teachers Gabbard Votes to Condemn Obama Bergdahl Deal Read More..

Monday, September 8, 2014 September 8, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:53 PM :: 4872 Views Islamic Gulen Cult Pours Money into Takai Campaign Marijuana Task Force Releases Report Aimed at 2015 Legislative Session DePledge: Aiona vows to win trust of electorate, renew respect ILind: Time to Say a few Nice Words About Duke Djou: The Courage to Fight for our Future McDermott's Challenger to be Hit for Campaign Spending Violations Star-Adv 'Sheltered Life' Special Project on Homelessness Maui County Measure a ‘Farming Ban’ Star-Adv: Parents Should Opt in to Gay Sex Education Waimanalo Killing: Another Failure of Mental Health Care System? Proposed Sand Island homeless camp was an ash and municipal solid waste dump for 65 years Lava Emergency May Finally Get Puna Access Roads Built Read More..

Sunday, September 7, 2014 September 7, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:09 PM :: 4036 Views Hawaii LNG Shipping Options Is HOPE Probation Creating a False Sense of Hope? Reports of Hawaii's Climate Death are Greatly Exaggerated State-Provided Targeted Benefits: Help or Harm? Mayor’s Remembrance Walk to be held on Sept. 7 Borreca: Duke Aiona Leads on Energy Self-Sufficiency while HECO Fumbles Hanabusa Preparing for 2016 Rematch RNC invests in Hawaii Republicans 9th Circuit gets Gayest possible panel to Undermine marriage Star-Adv: Sand Island Tent City Needs Dedicated Police Patrol New transit companies pose risk to consumer protection and safety Hagel orders agency conducting MIA searches to be reorganized Read More..

Saturday, September 6, 2014 September 6, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:49 PM :: 4753 Views LA, TN, NV, HI Decisions: States May Uphold Traditional Marriage OHA Finally Gets Around to Announcing Roll Reopening--Takes Aim at Hawaiian Registry Program CNHA-OHA Backroom Deal to Control ‘Nation Building’? HECO Prepares to Disconnect Unapproved Solar Systems Governor candidates claim they can be independent from union supporters After Joining Queens, Kamuela Hospital in the Black, Recruiting MDs Doctor Shortage: Coverage Does not Equal Care Class-action suit accuses state of denying treatments for autism Homeless 88-year-old veteran a Housing First success story State Leases City Land for Sand Island Homeless Tent City Low funds idle Hawaii Army National Guard units GEMS: State to Fund $150M in Subprime Mortgages Manoa Rapist Sues State for Parole Read More..

Friday, September 5, 2014 September 5, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:39 PM :: 5053 Views The Ige-Abercrombie Agenda Isn't Working: Economy Again Falls Short Of Expectations Controversial sex education program reinstated in Hawaii public schools DoE: Pono Choices is Back for 2014-15 School Year Hawaii County Proclaims State Of Emergency Related To Lava Flow Refinery Switch: HECO Dumps Par Petroleum for Chevron VIDEO: 'Biblical' Spawning Event on Hawaii Reefs Hawaii Scores B+ in Government Technology Dreamhammer: Keeping Hawaii’s Drones Under Control Honolulu Grants-in-Aid Workshops Set Aiona proposes early college education initiative for Hawaii students Aiona: ‘People want hope, they want change’ Abercrombie casts around for somebody else to blame 2015 Senate Power Preview HMSA Chief: If Congressional Delegation Steps Up, Hawaii Can Get Obamacare Waiver Right Now Development Scheme Behind Kauai GMO Tax? GMOs: Farmers vs Organic Profiteers Hawaii is too small to be an energy innovator, expert says US oil refiners and marketers want Jones Act changes…but Capitol Hill doesn’t Hawaii Is a State. Can It Be a Country, Too? 32 states ask Supreme Court to settle gay marriage Accused Homosexual Child Molester Denies Charges Local Restaurant Loses out to Prostitution, Gambling Lazy Mazie Enjoys First Class Taxpayer-Funded Junket to Africa Kona: Federal Strategy to 'Affect Land Use' Behind Water Grab Hawaii County to Seek US CDC Help with Punatic Anxiety Symptoms One Homeless Dude Racks Up Numerous Arrests, Court dates Read More..

Thursday, September 4, 2014 September 4, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:17 PM :: 4342 Views Hughes Corp. Fails to Wheedle Out of Affordable Housing Requirement Wong, Dwyer, Namuo: Betray for Pay In Hawaii, Your Housing Dollar Worth Less Than 63 Cents Research Institute for Hawaii USA Hit With $843K Fine The State of Obesity in Hawaii Mufi Pulls Union Support Away from Ige State DoH Should Support Housing First Unfair property tax hike another case of poor city planning Hawaii Just Did What No Other State Would for GMOs Much of the current debate about food and agriculture in this country is elitist Settlement reached in dental tragedy case regarding 3 year old girl Alleged Homosexual Child Molester Attacks Boy at Kanoelani Elem School Break the cycle of absenteeism Big Island lava within one mile of closest subdivision Solar, Wind Contractors Line up to Protest HECO Plan Acting UH Manoa chancellor to relax hiring freeze Hughes Claims Innocence 54.6% of Voters Voted in 1998 Republican Primary Read More..

Wednesday, September 3, 2014 September 3, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:40 PM :: 4704 Views GE Tax: Will Cost Overruns Lead to New Rail Showdown? Teachers in Honolulu Lowest Adjusted Salary in USA HIRA 2014 Legislative Scorecard State Releases Premium Comparison for ACA Small Group Plans Aiona says he'd perform same-sex marriage if asked Akina Stands Out OHA: Waihee, Trask Bought n Paid for by Geothermal Money Road to reform begins for DHHL Wahiawa would be hurt by Army's proposed cutbacks 20 HHSC Employees Laid off on Kauai (Sort of) (Again) Maui hospitals exec hopes public-private partnership can avert future layoffs Pauahi Hale to be Housing First Location Nixing Kauai’s Anti-GMO Ordinance Was Good for Hawaii Wisdom Spreads: Hawaii Anti-GMO Ruling Becomes Precedent in Vermont Court Diver Defending Himself Against Anti-Aquarium Activists Howard Hughes Withdraws Petition to Provide Fewer Affordable Units in Kakaako Transit authority spends $223,000 on time-lapse cameras DPP Waives 85% of Fines As Lava Approaches, Punatics Fight over Bogus Geothermal Health Hype Public can comment on medical marijuana dispensaries next week Matson molasses spill: One year later No Lawsuit, No Fine School Custodian Arrested for Alleged Child Molestation Read More..

Tuesday, September 2, 2014 September 2, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:15 PM :: 4889 Views Ige Pushed $791M GE Tax Hike in Face of Protests HGEA, Legislature Force More State Employees into Union UHPA Approves Abercrombie $32M Gift Contract with 99% 'Yes' Vote Hawaii deemed ‘sinkhole’ state by fiscal watchdog for pension debt HGEA Endorses Mr Anonymous Pushover for Gov National Democrats are worrying about Losing in Hawaii Abercrombie the Martyr--Like Bonhoeffer (LOL!) Interisland cable also lost in latest primary election Should Kakaako development be handled by the city? Gubernatorial candidates disagree Star-Adv: HCDA should revisit 'affordable' policy TOD: Caldwell Plans Big Developer Giveaway in Kalihi MECO signs agreement to buy liquefied natural gas Hawaii Counties Prepare for Another Battle over Hotel Tax Revenue Working 174 hours a week? Chronic absences lower test scores Common Core in Hawaii Three Gay Activist Judges Appointed to Review Hawaii Gay Marriage Case Read More..

Monday, September 1, 2014 September 1, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:31 PM :: 3673 Views At First, Takai Voted FOR the Pension Tax 'Every Time' 1,500 Farmers, Ranchers Organize to Save Maui from Farming Ban Kauai Tries to Pick up the Pieces after Anti-GMO Hurricane Blows itself out Refiners seek Jones Act workarounds as crude export debate heats up Honolulu Ranks #10 in List of Hardest-working Cities Emancipated farmworkers till Kunia land Don't change new abuse law Read More..