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Monday, September 30, 2019 September 30, 2019 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:30 PM :: 3282 Views Ethics: CEO Serves on State Board that Shovels Taxpayer Money to his Company Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted September 29, 2019 Hawaii Population to Fall for Next 20 years? New Oahu Jail Project P3 or $525M Which will Legislators Choose? Council members question Caldwell’s Blaisdell plan Kailua woman openly defying new law against illegal vacation rentals 12 Spots Left--Free Tuition Hawaii Teacher Program Hu Honua Forest Incineration Controversy Enters 12th Year Bumfight on Alii Drive Read More..

Sunday, September 29, 2019 September 29, 2019 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:48 PM :: 2315 Views OHA Refuses to Cooperate with Auditor—May Lose Legislative Appropriation to Hide LLC Secrets Economic Curtain closing on Jones Act They’re Taking Their Business Elsewhere On TMT issue, political solution Must Come from Legislature What do we do with inept and shady pols? Reelect them EV charger mandate bad for new housing OCCC guard, deputy sheriff will not be prosecuted in fatal shootings Read More..

Saturday, September 28, 2019 September 28, 2019 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:44 PM :: 2488 Views Feds: We Will Not Pay for Rail Relocation Program Australian Man Sentenced To Prison For Illegally Possessing Firearm In Hawaii Auditor: DoTax Continues to Illegally Hand out Film Tax Credits for Out of State Expenses Hedging Bets?  Mauna Kea Board Declines To Advance Hōkū Keʻa Telescope Decommissioning Power bills topping $1,000 draw ire of Military Families in Ewa Beach Maui Eco-Faction Still Trying to Claim they have Ended County’s Supreme Court Appeal Engineers propose changes to Ala Wai flood project Honolulu deputy prosecutor admits to shoving defense lawyer State charges dropped but federal charges pending against MPD officer   Oops, we did it again: Maui sends out false emergency phone call Snorkel Rentals Kill: Big Island Tour Companies Still Allow Deadly Full-Face Masks Read More..

Friday, September 27, 2019 September 27, 2019 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:32 PM :: 2711 Views Tents, Trash, and Toilets: OHA Funds Make Mauna Kea Protests Possible Mauna Kea Traffic Enforcement: 717 tickets, 4 Arrests Small Business Regulatory Review Board Launches New Website Feds: Hawaii Firm Bribed Schofield Employees to get Contracts Flip-Flop Tulsi Gabbard reverses position, decides to climb on Impeachment bandwagon Caldwell approval ratings drops to all-time low – 31% to 59% Djou draws the most favorable numbers Majority of Oahu voters support new short-term rental laws Hefty Property Fine? Honolulu Will Happily Settle For 10% Hawaii DOE: Who Earns More Than You? Young Bros Seeks 34% Rate Hike Former Maui corrections officer accused of violent rampage at Honolulu airport Prosecutor Refuses to File Charges Against Maui Officer Accused of Sex Crimes Woman Accused of Embezzling KSBE Says She is Confused with Kealoha, but Can find Alison Wong Waimanalo Suit Filed: Enviros Say DOI, Hawaii Gov't Let Sports Complex Flout Regs After Arrests, Caldwell Tweets: 'We Are Not Building Sports Complex In Waimanalo' DFS Hawaii laying off 165 workers amid international visitor market declines 3.4lbs of Meth: Homeless Dude Offers to Accept Shelter if Released from Jail Read More..

Thursday, September 26, 2019 September 26, 2019 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:44 PM :: 2901 Views Lawsuit Strips TMT of Canary Islands Permit TMT Responds to Poll Showing Supporters Outnumber Opponents by 14% Telescope Protesters Chose Not to Appeal to US Supreme Court Court Upholds Ethics Comm Ruling Against Rowena Akana Hawaii’s One-Stop Solution for Professional Licensees Wins State Government Project Experience Award Tulsi Gabbard: Transcript doesn't show 'compelling' case for impeachment Tourist Arrivals up 9.8% Poll: Legislature Less Popular than Ige Neil deGrasse Tyson on TMT: What would ancient Polynesian navigators think? Police arrest 30 protesters Blocking Sherwood Forest construction site in Waimanalo Red Light Cameras: Big Tech Surveillance is Answered with More Big Tech Surveillance Co-defendant: Officer accused of forcing homeless man to lick urinal has done it before Public safety trainer a ‘no show’ at hearing to question her qualifications Hedge Fund Wants to Murder 160 Bats, 24 Petrels on Oahu Feeling Guilty About Your Private Jet?  Give Money to a Penny Stock Tout Listed in the Panama Papers HECO wants to modify greenhouse gas caps The future of Aloha Stadium: State extends public comment period DHHL successes few, far between Majority of voters say homelessness has gotten worse Crews left with 5 tons of garbage (and counting) after Diamond Head sweep Criminal Lunatic Indicted for Welfare Fraud Read More..

Thursday, September 26, 2019 Letters to the Editor, September, 2019 By Letters to the Editor @ 12:09 AM :: 3178 Views Telescope Protesters Chose Not to Appeal to US Supreme Court Should We Designate a School Zone on Judd Street? Read More..

Wednesday, September 25, 2019 September 25, 2019 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:46 PM :: 4734 Views Auditor: DoE School Impact Fee Illegal and Indefensible Debt: Hawaii Owes $31,200 Per Taxpayer Wind Farms Could Drive Bats to Extinction 3 Titanic Floating Windfarms to Surround Oahu? 35% -- Ige’s job approval rating tanks amid TMT debacle Poll: Public support for TMT drops sharply FBI raid of city records tied to Kealoha case, lawyers say Council: Audit HPD, Prosecutor, and Ethics Comm   A New Indictment for Katherine Kealoha Ala Wai project needs better options How much of the Blaisdell’s redevelopment will taxpayers pay for? The city isn’t sure Money for Nothing: Honolulu Won’t Try To Recover Almost $100,000 It Overpaid Workers Rent high? Don't blame short term rentals said expert Electricity bills for some Navy housing residents in Hawaii to increase by 68% City Council considers resolution to reinstall barriers near Laniakea Beach   ‘Reef Insurance’ New Eco Scam will pay Enviros to go Scuba Diving Whenever they Hype ‘Coral Bleaching’ Fortunately, Nobody Really Believes in Global Warming The end of Coal—Rate Hikes Coming Kapu aloha in 1974 practiced the real meaning Honolulu officer charged with failure to report in urinal licking case Family of stabbed Mililani woman say justice system failed to protect her Soft on Crime: 14 Time Loser Goes for Second Chance Gets Busted 50 Burglars Cleared from Drug Camps on Diamond  Head—no arrests Defense lawyer accuses deputy prosecutor of assault, Gets Attempted Murder Trial Delayed Cost of much-needed HFD equipment balloons—City Blames Trump tariffs Read More..

Tuesday, September 24, 2019 September 24, 2019 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:38 PM :: 4489 Views Hawaii Public School Spending 16th Highest per Pupil OHA seeks nonprofit to administer $1.1 million grant for higher education scholarships Welfare Fraud: 23,000 Dropped From Hawaii’s Medicaid Coverage After Data Review 27 Years of Double-Pay Fraud At Prominent Honolulu Rehab FTA Won’t Confirm ‘High Praise’ For HART—Still Refuse to Release $744M Oahu vacation-rental law will Eliminate 80,000 tourists per month High-ranking DLNR officer stripped of police powers after crash reveals misconduct Clean Energy? $0.221 per KwH to Burn Trees A&B seeks 30-year water lease Wrong Address Costs Hawaii Doctor Medicare Billing Privileges Native Hawaiians join call for global indigenous representation in ocean research “Money for nothing” Hawaii companies invest in local carbon credit scheme New late night outreach will target Waikiki’s chronically homeless Soft on Crime: Man with 37 convictions faces attempted murder charge in Mililani stabbing of his girlfriend Attorney General won’t prosecute sheriff behind deadly state Capitol shooting Read More..

Monday, September 23, 2019 September 23, 2019 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:09 PM :: 2714 Views Telescope Protesters Lead 'Two Minute Hate' Council Bungles Rail Cover-up Money—May Require Re-Vote ERS Underfunded by $13.4B Renewable Energy Definition Lies in the Eye of the Beholder Maui County: $270K to Clean up After Homeless on Market Street Snorkel Rentals Kill: Sisters save snorkeler at Hanauma Bay Snorkel Rentals Kill: Tour operators start ban on full-face snorkel masks Money the state budgeted for educational composting programs is given to an engineering company Read More..

Sunday, September 22, 2019 September 22, 2019 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:57 PM :: 3314 Views Feds Approve Hawaii Windfarm Plan to Kill 424 Bats, 47 Nene, 27 Petrels Effects of the Jones Act Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted September 21, 2019 Honolulu Monthly Cost of Living $9,632 Poll: Most Hawaii residents say state elected officials don’t care about them HART May Try to Slip ‘Lawyers’ into Next Year’s Rail Budget  With TMT stalled, time for a moratorium on Mauna Kea When it comes to gambling crackdowns, Hawaii is all in — with help from the feds DHHL lets delinquent lease swell to $242,000 Plastic bags are bad, but good when mayor says so Keep up efforts on park security Read More..

Saturday, September 21, 2019 September 21, 2019 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:23 PM :: 3538 Views Akina: OHA should disclose Maunakea expenditures Trump Continues to Reshape Ninth Circuit With Two New Picks Public Comment on Judicial Nominees -- 30 Days Emails show turmoil in state Auditor’s Office during rail audit Navy Man Sentenced to 20 years to Cover up for DoE Child Molester Maui Council Approves Water Pollution Settlement But Mayor May Have Final Word Environmentalists Torch Borneo: Forest Fires Set by Biofuel Producers Cover SE Asia in thick Noxious Haze Alert-mistake prevention, quick error messages among neighbor island protocol First case under Kaulana's Law: Judge chooses not to impose harsher punishment in deadly hit and run Read More..

Friday, September 20, 2019 September 20, 2019 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:16 PM :: 3702 Views Mauna Kea: Theft Suspect Arrested at Protesters Camp Hawaii unable to make progress in improving grade for shared parenting efforts Hawaii retiree health care severely underfunded Drivers of well-being in Hawaii: Quantifying individual and community impacts Trump 'One National Program Rule' Could Wipe out Electric Car Subsidies: Hawaii AG Joins Suit to Save Elon Musk AG Subpoenas OHA over ‘Support’ for Mauna Kea Protesters Only Three OHA trustees meet with protesters, offer support Hawaii Mayor Kim Tells OHA Trustees his plan includes building TMT, but that is a nonstarter for protesters King Kamehameha Opened Hawaii to astronomy Mayor: Injection well settlement could cost county $800 million HART Gets Its First New Board Chair In About Three Years Rail construction along Dillingham will snarl traffic, but the plan, and how long it will take, is still up-in-the-air P3 Trouble? Honolulu extends deadline for Blaisdell Center redevelopment P3 RFQ Pay Increase Approved For Hawaii School Officials Manahan’s Chief Of Staff Running For City Council Seat Sentencing for Kealohas delayed until Halloween Soft on Crime: Thugs ‘evict’ family from house, get probation—5 Years Later Family still can’t get back into house Climate Litigation at Hawai`i Supreme Court Heading for Supreme Court: Enviro Lawyers Attempt to Block Kauai Water Main Project Council Asked to Retroactively Approve Partial Privatization of Hawaii County’s Incompetent Bus System Read More..

Thursday, September 19, 2019 September 19, 2019 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:49 PM :: 3629 Views 6 Months After Last Raise--DoE Begins Process of Hiking HSTA Pay Again Hawaiian Mission Houses Commemorates 200th Anniversary Connecting New England to Hawai'i Uber's Days Are Numbered More Reasons to End HART Rail at Middle Street After 40 Years DoE Finally Shuts Down Fake HS Diploma Program Railgate Tapes: New questions raised over dozens of costly change orders for the rail project Group sues to halt Ala Wai project Hawai`i Forest Incineration Project -- Regulatory Proceeding Advances DPP Bungling: City Slaps UH With $35 Million Sewer Bill After Failing To Charge Them For 7 Years—Many New Construction Sites Don’t Get Sewer Bill New law is aimed at streamlining building permit process DoT Exploits Sea Level Hysteria to Push Massive Tax Hike and Road building program Global Warmers Push Council “Climate Emergency Declaration” Mitsunaga PAC’s Inaccurate Reporting Leads To $15,000 Fine Katherine Kealoha gets first jail visit from husband Louis Big Island Prosecutor Won’t Handle TMT Arrests Because Of Son’s Job Another go-round on those Royal Patents Litterbugs are the problem, not plastic or foam items Hawaii’s ‘Death Care’ Industry Lacks Oversight Milo Yiannopoulos Honolulu Show Cancelled Read More..

Wednesday, September 18, 2019 September 18, 2019 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:47 PM :: 2743 Views Mauna Kea Press Conference features convicted drug dealer and protester "acquitted due to mental incapacity" Ige: Finding a way forward on Mauna Kea, TMT Feds Charge 15 in Hawaii Gambling Bust Opportunity Urbanism for Honolulu? 'Gravely Disabled' Homeless Forced Into Mental Health Care in More States Rail:  Honolulu Will Pay For ‘Confidential’ Criminal Defense Work For Years Telescope Protesters: Know Them by What They Deny Economist: Stop using Traffic as an Excuse to Block Affordable Housing Honolulu’s Poorly Timed Traffic Signals Aren’t Very Smart Small public schools risk closure if minimum headcount is adopted Will Health Codes be Sacrificed for Anti-Plastic Hysteria Running for Congress, Telescope Protester Kahele Panders to Upcountry Maui on Water Supply Prosecutors Won’t Charge Guard in Fatal OCCC Shooting Assisted Suicide: Politically Connected ‘Death Doula’ Got House for $10  Moiliili Homeless Stay on the Streets Because Do-Gooder Idiots Keep Feeding them and Giving Them Money Want to Stay in the USA?  No More Welfare Golojuch Upset by Lack of Hate Crimes Snorkel Rentals: 3 suffer apparent shark bites while snorkeling off Haleiwa Read More..

Tuesday, September 17, 2019 September 17, 2019 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:27 PM :: 2999 Views Kondo to OHA: I can Subpoena You OHA Trustees to Visit Anti-Telescope Protest Site After Saudi Drone Attack, Tulsi Gabbard says she is not being Pimped out by Donald Trump Police Track Down Source of Anti-Telescope Shooting Threat—in Arizona—Speaker Saiki Calls for Prosecution Louis and Katherine Kealoha offered plea deals from federal prosecutors Judge allows former death row inmate to represent himself again Hawaii County Prosecutor ‘Alarmed’ After Investigation into claims of retaliation in DLNR’s boating division comes up empty Sister Isle Counties: Who is Making More than You? Why Is the Cost of Living in Hawaii So High? Shortage of doctors could be disastrous Civil Beat Blunders Big Time on Energy Story Bill 25: Solar Scammers want to Outlaw Cheap, Clean Natural Gas On Demand water heaters So They can Take More of Your Money Cost for monthly housing in Honolulu not hurt by illegal vacation rentals, study finds Impact of Oahu’s Vacation Rental Crackdown Hawaii State Hospital: Bureaucrats Rotate After Lunatic Escapes to California Soft on Crime: Alleged Homeless Shooter has long criminal record Snorkeler using full-face mask in critical condition Read More..

Monday, September 16, 2019 September 16, 2019 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:33 PM :: 3580 Views Most Traffic: Honolulu Ranks 9th Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted September 14, 2019 Unity House: After 70 Years, Corruption Comes to an End Kaneshiro, Kealoha fake investigation of Board of Water Supply aimed at Distracting Ethics Commission Protesters Latest Wheeze: Fake TMT Twitter Account Lahaina Injection Wells: Enviros to Continue Circus Before Maui Co Council UPW on the Job: Adult corrections officers work hard under intense pressure HGEA on the Job: Backlog for Hawaii property title certificates now 6 years HGEA on the Job: Tech fix to Hawaii County’s ‘Beleaguered’ Permitting System? Climate Lawsuits Increasing Globally & Locally Former cop makes plea deal in domestic abuse case Read More..

Sunday, September 15, 2019 September 15, 2019 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:41 PM :: 3872 Views Video: Anti-Telescope Activists go to Hawaii County Building, Threaten to 'Arrest' County Officials Vicious Rumors--Not the First Time Why Flushing the "Clean Water Rule" Was the Right Thing to Do Grassroot: Are we doomed to run out of resources? Thirty Years of State Tax, Part 2 Cato Jones Act Criticism Prompts Industry Backlash Rail: With Construction Costs Limited, P3 Will Soak Taxpayers on Operating Costs Loyal? University of Hawaii regent declares support for TMT protesters Market changes, doctors struggle in Hawaii 2020 election will bring all-mail voting DLNR Officer Cited for No Driver's License -- Twice City tells DOT it has no plans for Laniakea park, urges barriers be put back City considers buying long-derelict building for affordable housing Vandalism Repair Costs Drop as Security Guards Drive Homeless Drug Addicts out of Parks Court Orders Sovereignty Activists to Dismantle Hilo Homeless Tent City Read More..

Saturday, September 14, 2019 September 14, 2019 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:07 PM :: 4510 Views Loyal? Retired Hawaii County Police Lieutenant Supports Telescope Protesters Caldwell: "There will always be issues on construction costs and delays" People are the solution, not the problem MaunaKea: DoE Sup't Reminds Teachers not to 'Coerce' Students ACLU Hawaii Announces Plan to Let Lots and Lots of Criminals out of Jail OHA Seeks Vendor to Handle $1.66M Cash Giveaway DHHL Wants Outside Attorney to Negotiate Land Swaps FBI Hunting Telescope Protester After Threat to Shoot up Hawaii State Capitol Telescope Protesters Threaten Kidnapping A Peek into the Life of an Anti-Telescope Protester Judge Orders New Civil Trial For Puanas Against Katherine Kealoha   Hawaii has highest percentage of middle school vapers in the nation Gender-neutral option coming to Hawaii IDs Nonprofit to end critical case management for mentally ill Kahului Homeless Camp: After Two Deaths in 12 hrs, Only Two Homeless Accept Shelter Read More..

Friday, September 13, 2019 September 13, 2019 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:24 PM :: 4313 Views Road Fees and Taxes: Nobody Pays More than Hawaii Drivers Hawaii Judiciary Seeking Volunteers Registration Open for 2019-2020 Hawaii LifeSmarts Competition Scooterville: Honolulu #1 for 'Micro-Mobility' State of Play: Youth Sports in Hawaii Hawaii: 'Natural Resources Management' Jobs up 33% 37 Oahu TVRs Get Notice of Violation Court: Fox Must Face Lawsuit over Malia Zimmerman Conspiracy Theory Telescope Protesters Put $5,000 Bounty on Police Officer Soft on Crime: Convicted Killer Barricades himself, Shoots it out with Police Every Time he is Released from Prison Gun law questions raised after four shootings in five days Delays prompt judge to dismiss charge against accused killer Religious freedom and Mauna Kea Maui Windfarm Allowed to Kill 140 Bats   Honolulu City Council: Who’s Raking in the Big Bucks? Sweeps: 8 bums forced into shelter–in jail Experts tell lawmakers: Localize Hawaii’s CBD industry to safeguard consumers Read More..

Thursday, September 12, 2019 September 12, 2019 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:50 PM :: 4332 Views DLNR: Protesters Rip Out Last Examples of Endangered Plants Mauna Kea: 2,237 Tickets, 24 Arrests Mauna Kea: Ige Hits Back on Flag Tactics High profile attorney threatens to sue over ‘vicious’ TMT rumors Star-Adv: Settlement Must Allow TMT to Proceed Protesters plan to gather outside telescope backer’s home Kahuku: New bid to stop development of a third wind farm on Oahu’s North Shore City: Anti-TVR Efforts Wipe out 1/3 of Vacation Rentals New conviction-eviction law for public housing? Just Like Rail: New Aloha Stadium may be ready in 2023, firm says, trying not to laugh Top Hawaii Sheriff Officials Lacked Basic Training For Decades Physician left Hawaii to find welcoming workplace in Fresno UH Enrollment Drops 3 Percent Multiple Warrants Criminal Arrested: Family May Cash in 100 Homeless People Get Free Stuff---Only 13 Accept Shelter Homeless Bumfight: He Tried to Throw Me off Cliff Homeless Bumfight #2: Maui Bum Shoots other Maui Bum, then Gets beaten by Gang of Bums Comedian Augie T. Eyes Honolulu City Council Run Read More..

Wednesday, September 11, 2019 September 11, 2019 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:54 PM :: 3004 Views 9/11 Truthers Meet the Birth Certificate Brigade Hawaii 2nd Most Likely to Slip into Recession US News Ranks UH campuses Planning to Create More Traffic Jams: Kalihi Complete Streets community meeting Sept. 17 Cabotage Sabotage? The Curious Case of the Jones Act Kim Proposes Giving Native Hawaiians A Say In Managing Mauna Kea Does the governor have a conflict because of TMT security contract? North Shore Wind Farm: Residents say ‘no more’ High Costs Make Hawaii’s Poverty Rate Higher Than U.S. Average ‘Affordable in perpetuity’ chokes Maui housing supply Some vacation rental owners bow out before Sept. 30 permit application deadline Lyft & Uber Not Regulated by Public Utilities Commission Hawaii Students Feel Safer At School, But Not Everywhere Junkies to be Legal Pot Buyers? New cash smuggling and Sex Assault allegations raised against Filipino mega-church officials Gabbard Says She Does Not Support Open Borders and Even Backs Some Physical Barriers Read More..

Tuesday, September 10, 2019 September 10, 2019 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:04 PM :: 3481 Views DoE Enrollment Drops Again--Charter School Enrollment Up Tulsi Gabbard Says She Supports Regulating Abortion in the Third Trimester 2020 Candidates Are Pushing To End Private Prisons — But The States They Serve Use Them For Better Inmate Conditions The Experience of Homeless, Runaway and Other Street Youth on O‘ahu Hawaii Among States with Lowest Death Rate Matson pays the highest wages in Hawaii Jones Act denies domestic ocean shipments of propane The Impact of Artificial Intelligence in Hawaii Harry Kim Mauna Kea Proposal to be Presented this Week Protesters Spend all Week Hyping Police raid that Never Came—Kahele Blames State A Peek into the Life of a Shoeless Protester If TMT goes, billions of research dollars could go with it Caldwell: Just Like Jeremy Harris,  ‘I’m seriously looking at running for governor’ Council to put ‘pension spiking’ on Legislative Agenda? HMSA Payment Transformation Chasing Doctors out of Hawaii PUC Denies Gill Family Waianae Wind Farm Exemption from Competitive Bidding MECO Rate Hike to Pay for Just Four EV Chargers Will Hawaii Electric Customers Ever Save Money With Renewable Energy? State Fills One Of Its HART Board Vacancies, Two More Seats Remain Open As tensions over TMT run high, plan to build small observatory in Lanai faces scrutiny Honolulu Most Livable City in USA Bumfight at Kalihi Homeless Camp: One Dead Gabbard Needs to Decide on Run for Congress Read More..

Monday, September 9, 2019 September 9, 2019 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:46 PM :: 5114 Views Legal Fees: OHA Lawyers Bill 15 Times Higher Lahaina Injection Wells: Maui Mayor Scores Council for Refusing to Consider County's Settlement Offer DLNR Hikes Small Boat Harbor Fees Debunking the Latest Anti-Telescope Conspiracy Theory I Am One Hawaiian -- Those blockading the highway on Mauna Kea do not speak for me. Report shows 3 preliminary concepts for new Aloha Stadium Boondoggle New law requires Hawaii’s private schools to be licensed or accredited Dr Feeeel-Gooood: Insulin Price Cap on Legislative Agenda Hawaii’s 129 Judges Are The Top Paid Judiciary Employees Why Is Tulsi Gabbard Paying This Obscure Consultant Big Bucks? Read More..

Sunday, September 8, 2019 September 8, 2019 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:17 PM :: 2779 Views The Fight Over Honolulu Vacation Rentals Begins Should We Designate a School Zone on Judd Street? City Pays Outside Lawyers to Keep Employees From Informing on Higher-ups How Rail Can Squirm Past Federal Spending Limits DHHL, city land swap for rail stirs questions Caldwell Plan for Dillingham?  Let the next Mayor Figure it out $4M Plus Spent to Police Anti-Telescope Protests Kim: No Police Action Set for Mauna Kea Monday Disabled Exploited: Internships offer subminimum wages Abandoned Vehicles Cost Kauai $2,000 each Privatization More Efficient for Hawaii County Hele On Bus System Hilarious: State Bureaucracy so Dense it Even Makes Marijuana Dispensaries Unprofitable Read More..

Saturday, September 7, 2019 September 7, 2019 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:29 PM :: 4359 Views DHHL vs OHA on Teardown of Protesters Sacred Shack UH Terminates Contractor After Data Breach Exposes 70,000 Students Senate Special Session to Confirm Judicial Nominees DoE Releases Draft 2030 Promise Plan Neo-Nazis Brag About Boosting Gabbard's Small-Donor Count Kouchi Names Broken Trust Figure to Prison Oversight Committee Third guilty plea in IBEW union case Attorney: Honolulu taxpayers could pay millions more if city doesn’t settle lawsuit over Kealoha wrongdoing Honolulu rail agency to move from current office space next year Ex-HUD worker, who used alias ‘Debbie Kim,’ found guilty of fraud and ID theft Soft on Crime: What does it take for a Rapist to Actually Do Some Jail Time? DHHL: Illegal structures removed in Anahola Sunday ‘Mauna Convoy’ across Oahu WOTUS: Maui Council Committee Recommends Capitulate to EarthJustice Read More..

Friday, September 6, 2019 September 6, 2019 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:54 PM :: 3148 Views UPDATE: Police Demolish 3rd Illegal Structure on 'Sacred' Mauna Kea The cure for Hawaii’s doctor shortage DHS Amends REAL ID Rules for Micronesia Maunakea Observatories support vehicles vandalized Helicopter Company Fined $10K/Day for ...uh... Unpermitted Structures ... Near Anti-Telescope Activists’ Hanapēpē Salt Ponds Financial Times: Rain in Hawaii and Brooklyn UH Will Ask The Legislature For $236M To Build, Demolish And Consolidate Schizo Homeless Running Amok on Kauai Long-time Hawaii law enforcement officer arrested at airport in theft case Star-Adv Runs Larry Mehau Fluff-Piece Read More..

Thursday, September 5, 2019 September 5, 2019 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:48 PM :: 4035 Views Sen Lorraine Inouye: "We are complicit if we don’t do something.” Tattered Flags Build a Wall? Mokapu Wall Money Moves to Border Hawaii 'Throwback Rule' Keeps Business Out VIDEO: Hawaii residents are leaving the state in record numbers Mauna Kea: 1,806 citations, 19 arrests Recovery Plan Approved: Caps P3 Costs for Rail Beyond Middle Street—Feds Still Refuse to Release Money Despite federal conviction, rail spokesman to stay on the job Council Votes to Use Taxpayer Dollars to Fight Disclosure of Records, Emails Seized by Feds in Raids on Fasi Building    Kealoha Cases Are Racking Up ‘Endless’ Taxpayer Legal Bills Keith Kaneshiro not running for re-election amid federal probe, his attorney says Rare Display of Bravery: “I will not be Anonymous” Maui jail guards met with ‘Hurt Feelings’ form for ‘whiners’ Another Lawsuit Filed over short-term rentals Maui Council Votes to Boost TVR Fines to $10K/Day Council advances wide-ranging plastics ban Eco-Circus: Councilors hear injection well testimony into the night Enviros Deploy to New Front in War to Grab Control of WESPAC Fixing the Backlog of Native Hawaiians Waiting for Homesteads Study: Hawaii has the 23rd highest rate of burglary in the nation Ed Case: China Keeps Me Up at Night Read More..

Wednesday, September 4, 2019 September 4, 2019 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 11:36 AM :: 3456 Views Good Stewards? Protesters Build 3rd Illegal Structure on 'Sacred' Mauna Kea DoTax Deploys Final Phase of Tech Upgrade Prosecutor’s Race: Megan Kau vs Steven Alm vs RJ Brown? HART Spokesperson and Former TV sports anchor Russell Yamanoha pleads guilty to conspiracy—Keeps Rail PR Gig Because Police Were not Allowed to Act, Hawaii County has now spent more than $3.6 million on TMT-related expenses Looming Recession Expected To Take A Bite Out Of State Revenues Homeless Advocates Test Hawaii’s New Forced-Treatment Law Firefighter Injured Fighting Multi-Alarm Blaze at Homeless Squat Bill 40 Plastic Ban on Honolulu Council Agenda TVR Ban: 18 Notices Issued, no Fines Yet Oahu, Big Island: New Building Code Drives up Housing Costs Jones Act: Pro and Con Hawaii Contractors Face New Costs and Restrictions on State and City Bid Protests New White House rules would drop Families Making $59,000/yr from food stamp program Read More..

Tuesday, September 3, 2019 September 3, 2019 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:04 PM :: 4644 Views Regents Chair: University Must Lead Effort for Mauna Kea Resolution RAND: Chinese Influence in Micronesia Ken Lawson’s Gift Keeps on Giving: Former death row inmate arrested in Waikiki robbery False police report at center of new retaliation allegations against prosecutor’s office Effort To Impeach Honolulu Prosecutor Continues With Dwindling Numbers, Telescope Protesters Try to Whip up ‘Excessive Force’ Hysteria Stalled in Hawaii, giant telescope faces roadblocks at its backup site in the Canary Islands Bill 25: Make Housing Less Affordable by Outlawing Natural Gas On Demand Water Heaters HECO to Sell Emission Permits After Closing Coal Plant State Makes Excuses for Leaving Airplane Emissions out of Global Warming Calculations Isles have second-longest wait time for transplants, national study finds Will Council Charge Biki for use of City Land? Plans for the expansion of a construction debris landfill riles some Nanakuli residents New Prison Oversight Commission Is Off To A Slow Start Doped up Sovereignty Activist Fights with Police, Loses Read More..

Monday, September 2, 2019 September 2, 2019 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:04 PM :: 3496 Views Can Tulsi Gabbard Protect India's Government from Sanctions? 2019 Report: Fixed Wireline Broadband Speeds in Hawaii Reopeners: Will State, Counties Boost Lowest Public Employees Pay to $15/hr? DHHL Loans--Bumpy Kanahele pushing $400M Grift: AG Debunks Latest Round of Phony Political Hype Espero: Child Molester probation sentence a travesty of justice Concerned parents say HPV vaccine shouldn't be mandatory for school immunization Water panel OKs permit to remove some EMI diversions Read More..

Sunday, September 1, 2019 September 1, 2019 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:28 PM :: 3293 Views OHA: Crabbe Spent Last Month in Office Hiding From Auditors Thirty Years of State Tax, Part 1 Maunakea Protesters Down to Skeleton Crew during week Arrests, clearing road is all it takes to move TMT project forward—But Some Want ‘Settlement’ Instead Their Model for Hawaii’s Future: Why Molokai Is the Least Developed of Hawai’i’s Islands Big Island schools working on bringing more AC units into classrooms Public hearing set for water power cost charge increase Hau Bush: Shelter-Refusing Addicts Pimp Teenage Girls for Drug Money Ideological Control: Anti-GMO Activist determines Who Gets to Farm on Mahi Pono Land Congress? Gabbard Refuses to Rule out Run for Reelection Read More..