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Wednesday, September 30, 2015 September 30, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:54 PM :: 4478 Views Nai Aupuni Candidate List Released No Public Hearings Set for Federal Hawaiian Indian Tribe Rules Indian Tribe for Hawaii? Grassroot Challenges Interior's End Run Around Congress Full Text: OHA, DHHL, Politicians Comment on Proposed Federal Indian Tribe Rule VIDEO: OHA Crying Over Mauna Kea Rent Money GAO: Jones Act Ships Drive up Cost of US Food Aid Online Travel Companies Pay $53.1M Hawaii Tax Judgment Hawaii AG on Reapportionment: We Want to Count Everybody--But only in Texas Panos: Why Rail Projects Don't Get Stopped Hilo: Testimony Runs 10-1 Against NextEra Many Hawaiians Angered as Feds Ignore Testimony Against Fake Indian Tribe Even Supporters Admit 'Aha is All About Federal Recognition Hawaii PUC ruling cuts off federal subsidies to Criminal Hee's Company HMSA 50% Obamacare Rate hike is #1 in USA Anti-GMO Activists, Anti-Telescope Activists, Kauai Democrats Team up to Train Candidates Mauna Kea: Not A Sacred Place, But A Precious Resource Carlisle: Court Will Soon Let Lawyers Work for Weed Why Can’t the State Make Developers Keep Their Promises? Former DOE official sues department--Claims She Was Fired for Supporting Ige NextEra faces opposition on the Big Island Homeless Manslaughter and Mayhem Statewide Pesticide Sales Faculty salaries at Hawaii colleges and universities IHS program helps 550 people on the verge of losing housing It begins: Product laced with marijuana extract sickens several teens Former Honolulu police officer gets 4-year probation Read More..

Tuesday, September 29, 2015 September 29, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:17 PM :: 4138 Views Feds Demand their Money Back from Dysfunctional Hawaii Medicaid Fraud Unit Attorneys Evaluate Hawaii Obamacare Waiver Proposal Electric Rates: Hawaii 90% Higher Than #2 State Economic Growth? Honolulu Ranks 428th HTA: Visitor Arrivals Set New Record in August Hawaii 6th Worst Sinkhole State--Out-dated accounting policies blamed 10 things Hawaii Can Do So That Everyone Gets Richer Hawaii DoE Pledges to 'Reset Career Education' Video: Democrats Breaking the Mold (with Rep. Sharon Har) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Protections for 49 Species in Hawaii Kaneohe Base commander told 'God bless' sign can stay Caldwell Campaign Strategy: Blame HART OHA Grabs for Pohakuloa Lease Money Military Spending Down $500M -- 9.9% of Hawaii GDP 69% Support “God bless the military” sign on the grounds of Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Commission Tightens standards for charter schools Honolulu Charter Commission--a Chance for Police Reform DelaCruz Writes "Genealogy of Energy Development in Hawaii" for NextEra  Arakawa Kokua Fund Scrutinized, Legal  Online Petition Targets 5th Principal This Year Sex Offender Program Claims 2% Recidivism  HPD finally done with internal investigation into Sgt. involved in violent video Sweeps Forcing More Homeless People to Finally Accept Shelter ​Free Clinic Waikiki Health Experiences 'Explosive Growth' Hawaii Supreme Court drafting proposal to amend legal ethics for 'medical' marijuana Communists Run Another Bumpy Kanahele Fluff Piece Honolulu Tunnels, Roads, Schools, Piers Falling Apart DLNR Plans More Aerial Shooting of Pigs, Goats, and Sheep Less Smoke, More Complainers Read More..

Monday, September 28, 2015 September 28, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:30 PM :: 3421 Views Tulsi Gabbard to be Republican Cabinet Appointee? Blue Planet, Skai Ventures Grab for Marijuana Licenses Feds to Cut off Funds: Hawaii DoH Fails to Spend $33M Federal Water Grants, Illegally Pools Money with DoT Study: Hawaii Is the 6th Worst State for Teachers Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted September 28, 2015 GMOs Not the Ugly Monster We Thought Sweeps Force 90 Homeless to Accept Shelter ACLU Upset Because City Does not Return Feces and Used Syringes to Homeless It’s a Once-in-a-Decade Chance to Change the Honolulu City Charter STARS Supports Families of Crime Victims Three More Inmates Escape Over Weekend Solar Applicants Race to Beat Net Energy Metering Decision Once a Hedge Fund Favorite, SunEdison Has a Long Climb Out of Its Current Hole Regulations Force family business to shut 98 years after start Event unites kin of heroes killed on military duty Read More..

Sunday, September 27, 2015 September 27, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:30 PM :: 6214 Views UH Scientists: Pacific Sea Levels DROP, Causing Massive Coral Die off Captive Insurance: The Clean Version Public Comment Period Opens for 1st & 3rd Circuit Judicial Nominees Hawaii AG Launches Charity Solicitor Database Alaska Rep Young Files Bill to Prevent Presidential Marine Monument Designations Al Hee Gave Stolen Money to Hawaii Congressmen, Senators Al Hee paid $6000 'Consulting Fee' to masseuse Diane Doll Politics plays important role in Kaiser's moves on Maui Caldwell: My Sudden Interest in HART Budget is Aimed at Council Tax Hike Vote Business Roundtable: DoE Should Stay the Course on Testing OHA's NHLC Lawsuit Against Pohakuloa Military Training Lease Goes to Trial San Francisco Develops $100K Toilets to Keep the Homeless Comfy on the Streets Cash, Tax Credits Buy More Affordable Housing No sharing, no caring with sewage, ethics on the line Read More..

Saturday, September 26, 2015 September 26, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:07 PM :: 4254 Views Kaka‘ako enforcement continues next week Honolulu Police, Parents Discuss 'Drug Proofing Your Kids' Hee Crony Loses Support of other Kamehameha Schools trustees FTA Helping HART Squeeze More Rail Tax Money out of Legislature Pretending to be Frugal, HART Board Again Delays Ansaldo Delay Claim Hawaii Supreme Court Seeks Input on Whether to Let Lawyers Sell Weed More Marijuana Cronies Come out of Woodwork New Mental Hospital Needed Because of Homeless Kauai Homeless Camp clearing Anaergia charges HECO and MECO with "unlawful and wrongful behavior" after $0.26 per KWH rejected Not very tax friendly Hawaii retirement health care is a bargain Enviros Ask Court to Kill Off Hawaii Tuna Fleet UH Manoa Researchers Predict Sharp Drops in Sea Level Next Year BLNR approves Turtle Bay Development deal Read More..

Friday, September 25, 2015 September 25, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:48 PM :: 4272 Views We Hawaiians need to quit feeling sorry for ourselves Caldwell, Hanabusa: HART Will Need More from Legislature Al Hee’s Campaign Contributions—Money Stolen from Native Hawaiians Mazie Hirono, Bernie Sanders Denounce Obamacare Cadillac Tax VIDEO: Free Market Solutions to Homelessness and Affordable Housing Study: Hawaii Hispanics 7th Most Assimilated Study: Hawaii #1 for Minority-Owned Firms Smart Growth Policies Worsened Hawaii Housing Crash Hawaii Apportionment Plaintiffs to Supreme Court: ‘Count Everyone’ Hawaii GOP: Proud to be an American UHERO: Tourism, Construction Lead Economy Tropical Storm Niala Forms off Big Island Carlisle, Louie: Let Lawyers Work for Weed Marijuana: Many, many applications and very few licenses 6,700 Plants Confiscated: Big Island Police Use Medicated Marijuana Registry to Find Grow-Ops Homeless Leave hypodermic needles, possible chemicals, and 'biological things' Medicare Cuts Punch $838M Hole in Hawaii Hospital Revenue Hawaii is underserving its 12,000 youths who suffer from mental illness Two more tents are removed from Mauna Kea $75,000 tax exemption to rent to Section 8 tenants Public Utilities Commission asked to Investigate Different Utility Models Soft on Crime: 57 Priors, Out Two Weeks, Allegedly Does it Again Roads Full of Potholes-- Even the new ones Kauai Fields Far from Schools Read More..

Thursday, September 24, 2015 September 24, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:34 PM :: 3433 Views Everyone’s talking about how Hillary Clinton ignited the birther movement Sen Keith Agaran's Law Partner Seeking Marijuana Dispensary License Kaiser Selected to Operate Maui Memorial Hospital Tsutsui: Ige Should Consider Halting Maui Hospital Negotiations Kiplinger: Hawaii 4th Least Tax Friendly State Kakaako: 126 Needles Found in Homeless Clean-Up Legislative Incompetence: Banks, Lawyers, and Marijuana Mauna Kea: More Empty Talk from OHA? Matson pledging not to scrap ships in South Asia Chief Justice Seeks Public Comment on Judicial Nominees Public Comments Invited on Project to Erect Wall Around Ala Wai Canal KIUC Offers Daytime Electric Discount--25% Off DBEDT: State Was Opposed to First NextEra Application, Undecided on Second 17 Years Too Late: Soon-to-be-ousted KSBE Trustee Claims Sandwich Isles will Finally Get Around to Keeping Promise to DHHL Feds, Danner Sisters Staging Phony 'Listening Session' to make Indian Tribe Look Good  Akina: Hawaiians Are an ‘Inclusive People’ Ige Admin Working on Inventory of all State Land Omidyar Rag: Lawyers Must be Freed to do Weed, Gil Keith-Agaran Agrees Two Groups Quit Dispensary Process After Lawyers Barred Joe Souki wants Hawaii lawmakers to scrutinize fantasy sports betting HPD Ignores ‘Toothless’ Police Commission in Use of Force Case Maui: Homeless Steal Drugs, are Mentally Ill and Infected with Diseases Are Hawaii Nursing Home Clients Coerced Into Arbitration Agreements? Hawaii Supreme Court Rules Against Kyo-Ya Shoreline Exemption Cool Our Keiki Rallies Planned New Chinese Sub Could Nuke US Mainland from Hawaii Read More..

Wednesday, September 23, 2015 September 23, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:18 PM :: 3713 Views Hawaii Supreme Court: Political Cronies Who are also Lawyers will be Iced Out of Marijuana Goldrush Will Jones Act Lobby Sink Puerto Rico to Save Itself? VIDEO: How Surfing the Nations Transformed Downtown Wahiawa UH: Telescope legal costs over $2.2M No Ho'oponopono for Telescope Protesters PUC Dysfunctional: Henry Curtis Debunks Civil Beat Judge Rejects ACLU Effort to Keep the Homeless out of Shelters City Finds More than 100 Needles While Removing Trash from Kakaako Homeless Camp Campaign spending filing targets PRP Rail Plan to Eliminate More Lanes: "Streets are not for cars" Hawaii's charter schools face new contract renewal criteria Anti-GMO Activists Harass UH Professors Developer Stiffs DLNR, Keeps Getting Extensions Meth Dealer Admits She was Lying About Prosecutor  More than 100 vacancies in Honolulu parks department Read More..

Tuesday, September 22, 2015 September 22, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:02 PM :: 4651 Views Hawaii's Largest Windfarm Developer Investigated for Self-Dealing DoH Releases Master Plan for Mental Hospital Was The Hawaiian Kingdom Race-Based? 'Natural' Supplements Sold in Hawaii Recalled -- 'Could be Lethal' Honolulu Charter Commission Seeks Proposals Marijuana Dispensary Licenses: An Unregulated Lobbying Cronyfest Hee Crony Lining Her Own Pockets at KSBE Nai Aupuni Violates its own Rules to Get Aha Candidates Registered TMT protest enters new phase Ernie Martin close to missing his chance to run for mayor City was warned in 2010 of rail’s costs TRO against Honolulu’s homeless sweeps would leave the City without an alternate plan Another $26M to be Wasted on Obamacare Connector UH Cancer Center Can't Get its Act Together Treating homeless patients costs Queen's Medical Center millions Private and public sector officials talk solutions to Hawaii homelessness Can Churches Help Hawaii’s Homeless? Does rule protecting Kauai endangered birds jeopardize students’ health? Touring the Kauai Seed Fields Hanalei, Koloa Schools Top Kauai Assessment Results Hot classrooms prompt DOE to rethink starting school year in July Molokai Speaks up Against NextEra Plan looks to turn Lake Wilson into energy producer Pete Hoffman announces Hawaii County mayoral bid Maui cop charged for flashing Economist to speak at Friday event Read More..

Monday, September 21, 2015 September 21, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:03 PM :: 3862 Views Nai Aupuni: We are Legal Because we are Organizing an Indian Tribe DLNR Removes Telescope Protest Tent Hawaii's Poor, Middle Class Among Most Overtaxed in US Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted September 21, 2015 Feds Coming for 14th Annual CNHA Confab Sovereignty Activists Running for 'Aha to Block Indian Tribe Telescope: OHA to Grab for More Ceded Lands Money at Legislature OHA Power Struggle--Akana, Hulu Lindsey Ousted Iwase Pushes the PUC Boulder Colorado Municipalizing Shareholder-Owned Utility Which Dared to Oppose Rooftop Solar How Do Kids Feel About Being Homeless? We Asked Them Multiple Convictions--Back at Work Driving Cab City 'Abandons' Taxi Complaints Dead in the Water Scott Walker drops out of '16 race, has harsh words for Trump Read More..

Sunday, September 20, 2015 September 20, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:30 PM :: 4385 Views Petition: Hawaiians Protest Na'i Aupuni Feds Rate Hawaii Health Insurance Plans Can We Save the EITC by Making the Form Tougher? Soft on Crime: Convicted Felon Threatens Armed Action Against Telescope TMT still shooting for 2024 completion Work continues on mirror, other telescope features 'Build rail better' devolves into just build rail somehow Rail Wastes Another $100M Olds’ bid to remain trustee splits Kamehameha Schools Shapiro: Hawaii Global Warmers a Bunch of Phonies  Windfarm Request to kill more bats, nene pending Tightening the screws on Procurement HMSA, state seek price transparency on medical services Homeless “just doesn’t want to deal with the bills” Taxi contract lacks bidding competition Oakland: Hawaii needs to decide if state should support Children and Youth Day events Ethics Commission helping DOE bring school-related travel into compliance Read More..

Saturday, September 19, 2015 September 19, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:47 PM :: 6308 Views Guam: Busted Again, Sex Offender Resigns as Rep Bordallo's Chief of Staff Courtroom Showdown: Hee Crony to be Ousted from KSBE Board of Trustees? Fake Indian Tribe Aha--Court Hearing October 20 How Executive Branch Lobbying is Exempted from Ethics Rules NextEra, HEI recruit boosters Feds: Rooftop Solar is Useless, Hawaii Needs More Windfarms, Industrial Solar Arakawa: Maui Electric Co-op?  Muni? Report Due in October  UH president discusses building on school’s scientific strengths Mental Health Plan: No Psychiatrists and No Money to Pay Doctors Next phases of Kakaako enforcement to take place Monday and Tuesday 100 Homeless Vanish into Thin Air Retired police major arrested again for negligent homicide Hawaii Population up 1.1% to 1,419,561 Criminal Defense Lawyer Happy: Appeals Court Finds Way to Reverse Murder Conviction Read More..

Friday, September 18, 2015 September 18, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:19 PM :: 3756 Views Telescope Protesters Agree to Remove Tent from Mountain Report Finds Hawaii’s Obamacare Exchange Wasted At Least $11 Million US Navy, Coast Guard Sinking Under Weight of US Shipbuilders Federal Funds for Road Building? Hawaii Dead Last 'Smart Growth' Causes Hawaii Losses in Affordable Housing Economic Freedom of the World: US Ranks 16th TMT controversy Could Cost Big Island $30M/Year and 275 Jobs KIUC on Track for 50% Renewable DoE: Some Schools 90% Proficient--Others 0% Pay Scale: Real estate brokers and lifeguards are No. 1 in Hawaii Gifts Given to Honolulu Officials Remain Under Wraps Anti-Dairy Protesters Make Fools of Themselves Again 5 million gallon oil plume beneath Pearl Harbor Hawaii’s uninsured population on decline, Census Bureau finds Hawaii one of only Three States With Increasing Prison Population Star-Adv: Caldwell Homeless Plan Similar to Seattle Tent City Nightmare "Seriously disturbed and dangerous" homeless people roaming Wailuku City sweeps second area in Kakaako Makai After More Homeless Refuse Shelter Honolulu Plans Modular Housing for Homeless in Waianae (Almost oceanfront) Lawsuit alleging misconduct in Maui’s Liquor Control Dept. returns to court Breene Harimoto: "I Tell Everyone I Will Be Back" Read More..

Thursday, September 17, 2015 September 17, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:57 PM :: 4200 Views OHA’s Mauna Kea Payoff ACLU Sues Honolulu in Bid to Keep Homeless out of Shelters Report: Challenges Facing Hawaii 40 Years After the Prepaid Health Care Act Hawaii tsunami watch after 8.3 Temblor in Chile The Supreme Court’s ‘One Person, One Vote’ Case Worthless Hawaii County Council Rejects Kenoi Reprimand 7-1 Perhaps profits went to Hee’s massage therapist AG, Ethics Questions About LoPresti's 'Cool Schools' Fundraising Hawaii's energy chief, governor mum on stance towards NextEra-HECO sale WaPo on Kauai: Why storing solar energy and using it at night is closer than you think Hawaii Senators Provide Key Votes for Obama's Nuke Iran Plan BoE, DoE Squabble over Ige's 10% Budget Restriction Pearl City Regrets Rail Support Isles have highest median housing costs, census data show Kaneshiro Proposes Homeless Court DLNR to protesters: Remove the camp 'Bi-Polar' Anti-Telescope Protester Arrested for Breaking into Car on Mountain  Anti-Dairy Farm Protesters Funded by Tourism Industry deliver petition to Ige Shipping containers taking shape as transitional housing Hawaii Deserves Better than Anti-GMO Nonsense Are Pono Choices pono? Read More..

Wednesday, September 16, 2015 September 16, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:26 PM :: 5514 Views DoE Releases First Common Core Test Results Full Text: Hawaii AG Supports Vermont GMO Labeling Law Study: Hawaii Ranks 4th in Safer Sex Increased marijuana, heroin use contribute to highest reported illicit drug use in more than a decade Conference to discuss development opportunities, environmental issues along rail line Hawaii Hits Residents with Wave of New Bans NextEra? Iwase Laughs in Schatz' Face Higher Costs and More Delays on the Way for Honolulu Rail Yet Another Fundraiser for Caldwell OHA Flunkey Running for Aha from Kauai--Guaranteed vote for Federal Recognition Hawaii's Phony '100% Renewable' Law could allow the use of up to 50 percent fossil fuels three decades from now NextEra Holding on for $90M? Bloody Windmills not so ‘clean’ Anti-sugar-farming views represent effort to instill fear in community Will Anti-GMO Lunatics Make Hawaii a Model for the rest of USA? Caldwell Admin Still Can't Get Sewage Spill Story Right Sit-Lie Pushes 246 Bums to Finally Accept Shelter Lawyers, Civil Rights Commission Unveil Groovy New Plan to Sue Homeless Shelters State IDs New Oceanfront Homeless Shelter Site Employee: State Hospital downplayed assault by violent patient Have your say on Kakaako Makai Read More..

Tuesday, September 15, 2015 September 15, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:40 PM :: 5513 Views Video: Why are there so few doctors in Hawaii? Planned Parenthood Baby Parts: “Everything we provide is fresh” Illegal Immigration Demographics in Hawaii ACLU Scores Big Wins for Panhandlers and Potheads Recession Recovery? Honolulu Ranks 59th Livable? Honolulu 37th Sexually Active High Schoolers Without Birth Control—Hawaii Ranks 7th Study: Hawaii #1 in Hedonism and Depression GOP Boots HIRA Leader Schatz Backs NextEra After Receiving Campaign Cash Sen DelaCruz Comes up with Cool New Way to Score NextEra Money Without Reporting it NextEra Burns $21M Buying Favor in Hawaii Hawaii employers share a heavy burden of rising health care costs, study shows First World Anti-GMO Activists Can't Face Third World Realities Intelligent people to Discuss What to do with Anti-GMO Idiots Common anti-GMO Narcissists Global Warmers Try to Have it Both Ways Anti-Telescope Ahu Knocked Down Last Month Nobody Noticed til Now College graduation rates in Hawaii fall behind national average State crews resume cleanup of homeless encampments Honolulu Police Officer Sued For Killing Mentally Ill Man Dope Activist Busted for Selling Drugs (again) Read More..

Monday, September 14, 2015 September 14, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:24 PM :: 3377 Views Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted September 14, 2015 UH Manoa Comes up with new Scheme to Waste $300M on Nothing Recycling Wastes $1.2M/Year in Honolulu More to Waste: Hawaii tax revenues jump 17% in first two fiscal months A Year After Sit-Lie--Predatory Bums out of Waikiki and No Lawsuit Can Rapid Rehousing Get Homeless Families off Street Poverty and Hazardous Waste Go Together Killing Nene, Hoary Bats--A High Price for Energy LNG Secrets: 9200 Pages Turned over by HEI, NextEra State Stops Posting Care Home Inspection Reports Online Read More..

Sunday, September 13, 2015 September 13, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:30 PM :: 4869 Views FULL TEXT: Hawaii DoT v Ciber  Kahuku Windfarm Batteries Fail Before They Are Installed  New Federal Overtime Proposal Affects 45% of Salaried Hawaii Workers  Attorney Timothy Sutton Takes the Helm of Senate Minority Research  Tax Cheat Al Hee Ripped off Native Hawaiians, Could Get Boot from Hawaiian Homelands  Rail’s changing course on design plans means up to $100M wasted funds Complaints reveal the grip developers have on Council Star-Adv: Ige Shows Lack of Leadership on Mauna Kea  Big Q: How should the state be handling the Mauna Kea / TMT situation?  Danner Desperately Tries to Coopt Mauna Kea for Fake Indian Tribe  Procedural Intrigue in HECO-NextEra Merger Deal  Mainland cities tapped for homeless tips  Hawaii County Now Hiring Dopers  Ewa Beach community holds ‘fan drive,’ as more ACs installed in Campbell High classrooms  Another Tech Debacle: City may have to scrap costly high-tech parking meters  Cemetery Unlicensed for 20 Years Read More..

Saturday, September 12, 2015 September 12, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:27 PM :: 4156 Views Hawaii Learning Pitfalls of renewable energy Evenwel v Abbott Could Affect Hawaii Reapportionment Sen Ted Cruz Backs Airline Deregulation for American Samoa Report: Meth use among older Hawaii adults nearly doubles Obamacare Waiver: Ige Plans Statewide Hearings DoE Outlines Heat abatement program at public schools Remembering September 11 Attack Strengthen government ethics rules Solar has a Carbon Footprint Activists Promote Gay Sex Ed to Trans-Form Kids New Way to Cover Up Hawaii's Affordability Crisis Flag flap in Kapolei neighborhood Electric Car Not Quite Enough for Kauai Driving Medical Marijuana Advocate Busted Allegedly Selling Drugs--Again Solar Schemers a No-Show for their own Community Meeting Read More..

Friday, September 11, 2015 September 11, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:55 PM :: 4292 Views Who is running for the 'Aha? Candidate List Secret until too late Media Monopoly Grabs for Tourism Market Hawaii: $10,137 State, Local Bond Debt Per Capita Keli'i Akina: Silent Majority of Native Hawaiians Reject 'Aha AG Chin Takes on Kenoi, Ciber, Legislators  Honolulu Rail Contractor Entertains Rail Consultant Who Oversees Him A wrong that is entrenched is unlikely to be made right Lanai ILWU Backs NextEra Merger NextEra: HEI is not Local Council to consider toothless resolution reprimanding Kenoi 200 Criminals Run Chop Shops under airport viaduct Mauna Kea: DLNR vs OHA Protesters Expect to be Double-Crossed by OHA McKinley HS Students, Faculty, Alumni Reject Rename Demand Parents, keiki rally for cooler classrooms in light of record-breaking heat How Honolulu paychecks stack up Read More..

Thursday, September 10, 2015 September 10, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:53 PM :: 3830 Views Permission to Work in Hawaii? Fake Indian Tribe Coopting Aloha `Aina March? Gabbard vs Clinton: Tulsi Demands More Presidential Debates Hawaii 4th Best State to Have a Baby Drug Proofing Your Kids Rail Builds Four Miles, First Car Shipped from Italy VIDEO: Eight Arrested on Mauna Kea NextEra, Hawaiian Electric Clear Another Hurdle The Anti-GMO Club is a Danger to Native Hawaiian Forests Where did our interisland ferry go? 'Smart911' Gives Your Profile to Emergency Responders Homelessness Effort: Business as Usual? Mauna a Wakea? Economist Magazine Falls for Name Change Rate Hikes Coming--Solar Scammer Scores 23.8 cents per kwh Wholesale US DOE Inter-island Final Programmatic EIS finally available City preps for next round of homeless enforcement in Kakaako Honolulu’s Affordable Housing Rules Only Produced 33 Units in FY 2014 New Incentives for Affordable Housing Development? Unwarranted Privileges for Chun Oakland Ethics Board ponders trips paid by anti-tobacco lobbyists Activists Put Corporations in Control of Agriculture If the minority gets its way, many will be out of work Kauai: Will Hordes of Lunatics Follow Water Commissioners on Inspection Tour? DOE distributes air conditioners based on temperatures, electrical capacity Hanalei Elementary School principal under fire for management style Lahainaluna principal removed and investigated after tough back-to-school message Read More..

Wednesday, September 9, 2015 September 9, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:18 PM :: 4028 Views Full Text: Lawsuit Seeks Nullification of Six Councilmembers’ Rail Votes Rail Revote: Is There Anybody Without a Conflict of Interest? Feds Asked to Step in Earlier on Future West Coast Port Disputes Obama Nominates Clare Connors Hawaii Federal Judge Silent Majority of Hawaiians Gain Voice Lawsuit filed to invalidate rail vote HGEA helps Coach Get Away with Millions from UH Lawsuit:  How Ciber Bought Abercrombie NextEra Opponents 'Represent Mainland Interests'--Want high electric rates Track record makes county poor choice to run utility Maui Wind Farm Wants to Kill More Bats, Nene Eight arrested on Mauna Kea Heat emergency! A thousand portable A/C units sought for Hawaii's public schools Kakaako Sweep Pushes 11 More Homeless into Shelters Kakaako Homeless "Like What They're Doing" Homeless: We Resist Sweeps Because We Want You to Give Us Cash Instead Sand Island homeless facility to be ready by Dec 18th Pure Anti-GMO Hypocrisy Activists Demand McKinkley HS be Renamed Read More..

Tuesday, September 8, 2015 September 8, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:07 PM :: 5042 Views Hawaii: $100M in Tech Fraud in Just one Year Ige's DoT Slaps Down Takai's $100M Rail Bailout Scheme Lawmakers will have more money to fritter away Tax cheat Al Hee asks for a new trial, blames the IRS Hospital Privatization Marks Shift from Public Sector Labor to Private Sector Labor Can Consumers Use NextEra Chaos to Get Better Deal on Rates? Malia Zimmerman asks state court to order sale of Sen. Slom’s house 71 Empty Beds as Homeless Continue to Refuse Shelter Agreement with HCDA allows all sidewalks in Kakaako to be cleared Hawaii's Useless Congressional Delegation Still Dreams of Using Kakaako Camp to Score Federal Funds Bizarre News: Honolulu Among Top Cities Showing Improved Livability Time for New Approach to Fast-Rising Heroin Addiction UH Med School Built Child Care Center, Forgot About it for Decade Kindergartner goes to ER for dehydration, police reports filed HPD internal affairs probes deaths of 2 dogs left in van outside cell block for 24 hours Shortage of Dock Space Leaves Hawaiian Sailing Canoe Adrift Read More..

Monday, September 7, 2015 September 7, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:35 PM :: 3283 Views Autism: Federal Judge Orders DoE to Pay for Special Education in Private Schools 9 Years of Hawaii Law Blogging Mayor’s 9-11 Remembrance Walk held Sunday Telescope: Major delay and added costs coming Charges for medevac flights soar Waikiki condo manager frustrated by homeless woman who refuses help Star-Adv: Oppose Bike Lanes?  Sit down and shut up Obama: Federal Contractors must pay for sick leave The Grinch is about to give back Christmas Read More..

Sunday, September 6, 2015 September 6, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:15 PM :: 4911 Views New UH Policy: Rape is just another Violation of Political Correctness The State of Fathers in the State of Hawai‘i Hawaii Free Market Solutions to Homelessness & Affordable Housing Statewide immunization rates for HPV lagging What Should We Be Asking of the HECO Merger? Revealed: How Telescope Fits in to OHA's Ceded Lands Cashflow DLNR Expects Mauna Kea Land Transfer before Legislature Convenes State lawsuit weaves a tale of graft, political cronyism Public Favors Electric Co-op, Opposes Government-Owned Utility Coop?  Public Ownership? Former PUC Chair Speaks Out Borreca: Ige, NextEra Not Listening to Each Other 'Value-based' payment a threat to Hawaii health care Organizers cancel Children and Youth Day event at state Capitol Child-abuse list at heart of a lawsuit filed against state agency Oahu Beset With Commuter Chaos Researchers are trying again to help you take your medicine Read More..

Saturday, September 5, 2015 September 5, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:53 PM :: 3384 Views Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus Set for Tuesday March 8, 2016 Supreme Court to take up case involving alleged retaliation by powerful state senator Governor Touts 13 Kakaako homeless moved to shelter--but 6 Return to Street after One Night Honolulu Gun Destruction Reveals Radical Gun Control Agenda Drillers Unleash 'Super-Size' Natural Gas Output Deadline to File as Candidate for 'Aha is September 15 Former top UH budget exec qualifies for retirement nine months after being replaced Maui Gives State Utility Regulators an Earful on NextEra Deal NextEra Energy underestimated challenges in Hawaii during HECO sale process, exec says DoT to Waste $2M Studying 'Water Recycling at Airports' Hawaii  County 'Ethics' Commission to Pretend to Question Kenoi Crony Kakaako Homeless Refuse Shelter, 51 Empty Beds in Waipahu Available Criminal With Lengthy Rap Sheet Violated TRO Got Probation Before Home Invasion Read More..

Friday, September 4, 2015 September 4, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:49 PM :: 3321 Views Auditor: DoTax allows $2B in Tax Credits Without Checking Obama Push for Federal Recognition is On Lawmakers Call for Exploration of Publicly Owned Utilities for Hawaii Ward: Coop Does not Mean Lower Rates Report: Hawaii 1st in solar energy per capita Bridge Aina Lea: Federal Court Dismisses Most of Case A Mom on a Mission for Science Omidyar’s EBay urged to Stop Selling Illegal Drugs Call for nominations for University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents Moody's Downgrades UH as System Burns Cash Reserves DoTax Wastes $87M on Failed Tech Upgrades, Wants $30M More Morita: Utility ownership models a distraction Wrong Species: Caldwell Spokesman says Sewage Flooding Claims are 'Bullshit' 13 More homeless moved out of Kakaako and into shelters CoR: More Money for 2016, But Hawaii’s Fiscal Forecast Less Certain Later iLEAD Charter School denied second time Legislators: We Gave DoE $258M for AC--Where is it? Start School Cool--After Labor Day Trifling over field trips does disservice to teachers, kids Soft On Crime: Multiple Felony Convictions, out on the Street Does it Again Cops in Court Anti-GMO Activists Hold Back Progress Read More..

Thursday, September 3, 2015 September 3, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:34 PM :: 4384 Views Djou: "I don't care for Mr Trump" State Sues Tech Firm for Buying Influence with Abercrombie Administration Big Solar's Subsidy Bubble Former World Bank Chief Economist: Jones Act Very Costly Honolulu Recycling Plan Needs Revisions Apo: Failure of Akaka Bill Creates Power Vacuum Chang: Telescope Gonna Lose at Supreme Court Council re-vote on rail measures considered New Proposal Means More Questions for Hawaiian Electric? Does Health Connector Ineptitude Mask Wrongdoing? State officials want to Build Homeless Housing on Waianae Coast Kailua residents concerned with growing number of aggressive homeless Kakaako homeless camp attracting flies Assault reported on another worker at State Hospital Oahu teacher sent to ER due to heat exhaustion in classroom Council approves mayor’s bill for accessory dwelling units Refined Oil is Hawaii's Largest Export Read More..

Wednesday, September 2, 2015 September 2, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:30 PM :: 4287 Views Closing the DoE achievement gap: "Inadequate Progress Made" Maui Hires Consultant to Study Utility Takeover Options Video: Baby Parts dealers “funding places in Hawaii for themselves” Telescope Prediction: Hawaii Supreme Court Will Rule for Challengers Morita: "Very expensive energy transformation done on the backs of those who can least afford it" NextEra Pushes Back Against Utility Coop Model NextEra Energy's initial HECO sale application doesn't apply anymore, exec says When Cops Become Criminals: Arrests of HPD Officers Point to a ‘Culture of Corruption’ Honolulu earns a C grade for small business friendliness, Thumbtack survey finds DOE’s budget to air-condition schools Debated Hawaii Board of Education Passes Student Discipline Policy BoE Seeks Ethics Workaround on Free Travel Councilmembers vote to override veto of sit-lie ban expansion Schatz: Housing First Is Solution to Hawaii’s Homelessness Problem Homeless Taking over Kewalo Basin Hawaii County Council Grudgingly Votes to Raise Ethics to Kenoi's Level Residents petition DOH for stricter cane burning rules First Plea in Molokai Fishing Attack Fishing Dispute Muddies Already Confusing State of Sovereignty Claims Why one naturopath quit after watching her peers treat cancer patients Read More..

Tuesday, September 1, 2015 September 1, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:25 PM :: 7235 Views VIDEO: Suit Gives Voice to the Silent Majority of Hawaiians Full Text: NextEra Makes its Case for Merger Auditor: Hawaii Health Connector Sent $21.6M to a House in Virginia Hawaii Community Colleges Ranked Auto Theft, Fuel Cost, and Commute Time Make Hawaii one of Worst States for Drivers Eight Legislators to Face Criminal Charges--Rep Tokioka agrees to plea deal Renewable? 100% Does not Really Mean 100% Anti-Cane Burning Activists: We are Planning A&B's Future Takai Plan: Loot Highway Funds to pay for Rail Millionaire Eco-Hypocrite to Co-opt Public Land on Diamond Head? DoE 1,100 Homeless Families Send Kids to Schools UH Admin Racks up $18M in Deferred Maintenance to Justify Awarding $50M to Contractor DoTax to Hire Private Bill Collector to Chase down Tax Debtors Bills would extend help to businesses coping with rail construction Christians Help Kakaako Homeless into Apartments Maui County Council Hides Minutes from OIP $173M Proposal to Wall off Ala Wai Canal   Read More..