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| Wednesday, April 10, 2019 |
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April 10, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:31 PM :: 4279 Views
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- PIT: Homelessness Down 21% on Big Island -- Volcano Forces Homeless to Accept Shelter
- Final Crossover: House Approves, Amends 85 Senate Bills
- Human Services Blueprint for COFA Citizens
- New UH Manoa leadership structure approved
- Health Department Audit: Material Weaknesses and Significant Deficiencies
- Is Federal Recognition Dead or Dormant?
- Gov. David Ige having a rough year at the Legislature
- Minimum Wage, REIT Tax Head to Conference Committee
- HB820: Gut-n-Replace Keeps leasehold condo scheme alive
- SB33/SB365: Megabux for Movie Moguls—Heading to Conference Committee
- Hawaii lawmakers hope a recent ruling will play in their favor in regulating vacation rentals
- Hawaii Agribusiness Development Corp faces audits
- More than 30,000 ballots already cast in special election for city council
- Trial of former HPD officer delayed as more Miske info tied to Kealoha is sought
- Lawmakers grill public safety director
- Maui County attorney resigns from post following abuse allegations
- Maui Mayor Describes Being Attacked by Homosexual Child Molesters
- Puna officer faces felony charges in domestic incident
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| Tuesday, April 9, 2019 |
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April 9, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:44 PM :: 3890 Views
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- Relax Maui zoning to allow more urban dwellings
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 8, 2019
- Hawaii 2nd Worst Financial Knowledge and Education
- Hawaii--78 Bridges 'Deficient'
- Hawaii: County by County Health Reports
- Ige: Electric Company to Collect from GEMS Green Energy Deadbeats
- Hawaii Firearm Seizure Bill Eligible For Floor Vote
- Old Boys Last Hope? Kahele Says He’s Raised $250,000 To Challenge Tulsi Gabbard
- State Senate leaders say they don’t intend to revive water bill
- Hawaii lawmakers consider vacation-rental tax legislation
- DeVos: Hawaii DoE Should do Exactly the Opposite of What it Does Now
- 30 Years Late: DoE Discovers IDIQ -- ‘Job Order Contracting’
- State Initiates Audit Of School Impact Fees On Developers
- Retaliation: DUI investigation initially under Katherine Kealoha's division
- Former police officer heads to court accused of luring boy for sex
- Permanent supportive housing will reduce homelessness
- Snuffed out: Tobacco tax increase proposal dies
- DOH begins enforcement against CBD-infused products
- Smoking Marijuana vs. Smoking Tobacco: Which is More Harmful?
- Hawaii boaters facing big increase in fees
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| Monday, April 8, 2019 |
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April 8, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:33 PM :: 3526 Views
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- Secret Timeline Shows OHA Lying to Legislature While Stonewalling LLC Audit
- Stop Anti-Vaxxers From Putting Hawaii Kids At Risk
- Does Hawaii Really Want Agriculture?
- The future of marijuana: Island cannabis industry reps talk hurdles, economic woes
- Former Real Estate Commission vice chairman sentenced to jail, court supervision for theft
- Moving Hawaii’s Technology Out Of The Dark Ages
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| Sunday, April 7, 2019 |
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April 7, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:08 PM :: 4056 Views
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- Revenue Raisers Already Sent to the Governor
- Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
- Giveaway to Public Employee Unions Hidden in Minimum Wage Bill
- A&B Water Rights Bill May Have New Life
- A Three-Step Guide: How Women Can Protect Themselves from Joe Biden
- HB285: Release Names of Suspended or Fired Police Officers
- EMS Tries to justify Fuel Truck Purchase
- UHPA: Lassner Not Angry Enough
- Ige Touts State-Run ‘Hawaii Saves’ Retirement Program
- Socialist Utopia: Kahana Valley living park concept ‘broken’
- Solid Waste: UPW Exploits Absenteeism in Push for New Positions
- Soft on Crime: Five Time Loser Kicks Cop in Head—Gets Probation
- Stupid Pimp Leaves Soft-on-Crime Hawaii—Quickly Gets 72 Year Sentence
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| Saturday, April 6, 2019 |
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April 6, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:35 PM :: 5683 Views
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- New Petition Launched to Impeach Kaneshiro
- 9th Circuit: City Can Only Enforce Sleeping Ban if Shelter Available
- Kishimoto Demands Media Cover Up Failing Schools
- DoE: Only 56% of our Grads Need Remedial Math (not counting the ones who don't go to college and the ones who don’t graduate)
- UHERO: How Obamacare Affects Micronesian Health
- Ige Signs 20% Death Tax into Law
- Does House bill’s demise affect Upcountry water?
- Lawmakers pass Red Light Camera bill through State House of Representatives
- HB748: Fixing Hawaii’s civil asset forfeiture program
- Gut & Replace --- Hawai’i State Energy Office
- Another CWS Fail: Lawsuit filed in toddler death
- Over 25,000 Votes Cast in Special Election
- Judge OKs recorded testimony from 99-year old key witness in Kealoha case
- Riot at Maui CCC caused $5 million damage
- Maui Police Dept. internally investigating if traffic section misused money
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| Friday, April 5, 2019 |
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April 5, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:44 PM :: 4833 Views
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- Levinson: Ballard's Second Amendment Stance 'Could Precipitate Legal Catastrophe'
- Kiss of Death: OHA Endorses Amended Water Bill Just Before Senate Committee Kills It
- #AuditTheRail finally on track!
- OHA Trustees Approve New Governance Framework
- OHA Gives $500K to Nonprofits
- DLNR Seeks Bidders to Redevelop Ala Wai Harbor
- Hawaii: Anti-Gun Bills Eligible for Floor Vote
- Dela Cruz: If A&B Can’t Have Water then Nobody Can
- Screw A&B—Part 2: Surprising Support For New Tax On Hawaii’s Powerful Real Estate Interests
- Two HPD officers indicted after allegedly making a homeless man lick a toilet
- SB567: Will Legislators Let us Round up Homeless Mentally Ill?
- Homeless Drug Addicts, Chinatown Merchants May Hire Security Guards
- Guam Begins Process to Legalize Recreational Use of Marijuana
- UPW Backs Espinda Reappointment
- Vital piece of evidence in investigation into Maui jail riot goes missing
- Caldwell’s plan for monthly garbage fee could be trashed
- Waters Leads Ozawa In Money Raised And Spent In City Council Race
- Polluted Subsoil Causes 3 month Delay in Rail Station Construction
- HB593: Now we have green versus green
- DoE Forms Secret Gender Committee
- Maui Council to Hire Lawyer to Sue over Mayor’s Interim Appointments
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| Thursday, April 4, 2019 |
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April 4, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:00 PM :: 3802 Views
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- Full Text: MCCC Officers Tell Riot Story, Slam 'Upper Echelons' of PSD
- Sin Taxes: Hawaii 3rd Highest in USA
- Do You Think Like an Islander?
- Hawaii: Anti-Gun Bills Pass Committee, Age Restriction Bill Eligible for a Floor Vote
- HEI Plans to Shut Down State's Cheapest Energy Producer to Make Way for More Tesla Batteries
- 2019 Graduation Dates
- 2 men accused of storming OHA offices could face felony charges
- Another 3.4% Rate Hike: PUC sets HELCO hearings
- HB593: Plan to allow solar farms on top-rated agricultural lands killed
- Legislators Trying to make A&B give $62M to Politically Connected Mahi Pono?
- Bill Would Criminalize Driving Under The Influence Of … Almost Anything
- Middle Street Rail Solution: Run Bus Lanes on North King Street
- Desperate to Save Insider Control: Department of Public Safety proposes plans to relieve overcrowding
- DPS Plans to Stack Hearing for Espinda—Worried ‘Outsider’ will be Next Boss
- Puana Grandmother to Provide Key Details on Mailbox Frameup?
- Council leadership: Taxpayers shouldn’t pay for ex-police chief’s legal defense
- Whistleblower tells police commission concerns about upcoming promotions
- Nearly 23,000 Votes Cast in Council Special Election
- Unionization of UH grad students a Financial Burden to State
- Hawaii Population Decline Military-Related?
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| Wednesday, April 3, 2019 |
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April 3, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:43 PM :: 3404 Views
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- Lawsuit: Hawaii Discriminates Against Legal Immigrants on Gun Permits
- ACLU: Kealoha Lawyers Threaten Free Speech
- Rail: P3 Contractors see “Untenable Interface Risk”
- Oil Companies, Enviros Support Carbon Taxes
- Micronesian government official pleads guilty to federal bribery charge
- Stuck with Obamacare Micronesians In Hawaii Struggle To Get Health Care
- Despite court order, Katherine Kealoha fights to keep personnel files secret
- How Many People Make Minimum Wage?
- $1000 Fine Threat Shuts Down Homeless Enablers
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| Tuesday, April 2, 2019 |
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April 2, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:44 PM :: 6386 Views
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- State of the State Budget 2020
- Is Leasehold Housing Built on Government Land a Solution to Unaffordable Housing in Honolulu?
- Hawaii County has Least Expensive Housing in Hawaii
- Hawaii--2nd Highest State Tax Burden in USA
- Governor Announces 2020 Census Committee
- Stressed States? Hawaii Ranks 42nd
- Community meeting to be held for O‘ahu’s first Pedestrian Plan
- Tax Hikes: How The Senate Aims To Take More of Your Cash
- Federal Prosecutor: Former HPD Officer Admits being Homosexual Child Molester
- Police Commission Disputes Honolulu police chief on handgun carry permits
- Sumida: I helped Kealoha Beat the rap once—he can do it again if the media helps
- After Maui Jail Riot UPW Takes Aim at PSD Leadership
- Questions raised over DPS officer's less-lethal weapons
- DPS Doesn’t Buy Non-Lethal Weapons—But Spends Thousands on Rifles and Shotguns that are not given to Officers
- Charges dropped against Maui’s top civil lawyer
- Answer to High Cost of Living: Give Even More Money to Silicon Valley Billionaires and Hollywood Movie Moguls
- Histrionics, Chemophobia Begin to pay off in Court
- Biofuel Schemers Fret as Subsidies Decline
- Electric Car Owners Scoop up $3.5M in Free Airport Parking
- Mainland Drug Addict Demands Money for Homelessness at Legislature
- City Contractor Works Hard to Keep Homeless Tent City Near Children's Center
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| Monday, April 1, 2019 |
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April 1, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:45 PM :: 4693 Views
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| Sunday, March 31, 2019 |
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March 31, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:19 PM :: 4246 Views
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- Judgments Aren’t Necessarily the End of Litigation
- JSC Seeks Applicants for Judicial Vacancy – District Family Judge, First Circuit
- Got Milk? DoH Consent Decree Requires Shut Down of Big Island Dairy
- Trump Tax Cut Lowers Electric Bills--HECO Gave Back the Least
- Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
- Legislators Raise Taxes to Boost State Workers Minimum to $17—in the middle of contract reopener
- Legislative Pay Hike Needed to Attract More Layabouts
- Kim talks management during meeting with Ige, other officials about mountain’s future
- HART work went off the rails, report says
- MECO Another 3.8% Rate Hike—Utility Squeezed by Alt-Energy Schemers
- Bureaucratic Infighting, Money and Positions--Turf War over public preschools
- HB748: Reform Asset Forfeiture
- Police Could Save Millions by Dumping Subsidized Vehicles
- Halawa: Prisoner Commits Suicide After Being Raped by Homosexual for 5th Time
- Big Island: Where the Anti-Vaxxers Are
- Tour Boat operated by Anti-Superferry Activists Runs over (yet another) Baby Whale
- Lihue: Mainland Homeless Build Tent City Next to Shopping Center
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| Sunday, March 31, 2019 |
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Letters to the Editor March, 2019
By Letters to the Editor @ 12:39 AM :: 4611 Views
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- Ozawa, Waters Lucky They Didn’t Run in Bad Old Days
- How to cause a train wreck?
- Salvage Contract for Failed Plastic Boom in Hilo Bay?
- HART Spends Money to Prove Spending Money is a Good Idea
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| Saturday, March 30, 2019 |
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March 30, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:30 PM :: 6714 Views
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- Court: OHA LLCs Subject to UIPA
- Akina: OHA spending rate unsustainable
- Complaint Filed in NRA-supported Challenge to Hawaii Concealed Carry Law
- PEW: Hawaii Pension Fund Positioned to Withstand Next Recession
- ‘Backward budgeting’ wrong way to move forward
- Honolulu Rail Cars Fail Fire Test
- Contempt of Court: Judge issues stern warning to new City Prosecutor Nadamoto
- Kealoha Attorney: Ken Lawson’s OJ Simpson Innocence project Defends other Criminals, What about mine?
- SA Editorial: Pay raises Make Legislators Disconnected, Illogical
- Department of Hawaiian Home Lands director to step down after failing to win Senate support
- Proposal to curb Affordable Housing deemed to be ‘monster houses’ ready for final Honolulu City Council vote
- Homeless Plans before funding (part 2)
- Water Rights Bill Affects Many Small Farmers And Ranchers
- Trump Budget Zeroes out OHA Cronies Cash Flow (again)
- DOH: 2017 Mumps Epidemic Caused by Anti-Vaxxers
- 9th Circuit Moves Dopers Closer to Winning Right to Drive Forklift
- Incident at Work Results in Lack of Staff, Closures of Transfer Stations
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| Friday, March 29, 2019 |
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March 29, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:33 PM :: 7175 Views
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- Auditor Rips Rail Oversight: DAGS 'Busy Work Gives False Sense of Assurance'
- Environmental Review for Aloha Stadium Tear-Down Begins
- Tourist Numbers Up, Spending Down (again)
- Busted: Former ILWU Boss to Rat out other Criminals in Union?
- Legislators Pass Death Tax, Internet Sales Tax
- SB301: REIT Tax Will Cost State a Fortune
- Maui: 100% Against Mileage Tax
- Faculty union blasts UH president
- Kauai Council pretends to be divided on raises
- Fraudster Gets 30 days Jail for Ripping off Charter School
- Developer Builds Affordable Units Despite City Obstacles
- Waikiki Homeless Stab Tourists Again and Again, Defecate on Beach
- City Contractor Violates Agreement, Feeds Homeless at Kakaako Makai
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| Thursday, March 28, 2019 |
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March 28, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:38 PM :: 3892 Views
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- Ala Wai? Corps of Engineers has Long History of Corruption and Cost Overruns
- Auditor: Transportation Division Books a Mess
- Federal Investigation Forces Hawaii AG to Back off Mandatory Abortion Stance
- Nominations Open for Commission on Water Resource Management
- Six Solar Schemes Approved by PUC
- First phase of grid modernization plan approved--Ratepayers Soaked to Funnel More Money to Silicon Valley Billionaires
- Reforming Rental Car Excise Taxes
- Billion Dollar Give-A-Way: Legislators Consider ‘Unlimited’ Tax Credits for Hollywood Movie Moguls
- Ballots for the Dead and Mainlanders
- Djou: A Vote For Ozawa Is A Check On Caldwell
- City council considering raising TheBus and Handi-Van fares for adults, seniors and those with disabilities
- Hawaii County GE Tax Hike to Fund 72 new ‘Positions’
- SB856: Audit the DoE
- Feds Want Testimony From Katherine Kealoha’s Aging Grandmother Before It’s Too Late
- Meth Up: Police and courts dealing with more mental health cases
- Colonized: Hawaii PUC Submits to California Control—More Hawaii Ratepayer Dollars to be Sent to Silicon Valley Billionaires
- SB666: Legislation aims to make management of seven Hawaii airports more efficient
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| Wednesday, March 27, 2019 |
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March 27, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:38 PM :: 4320 Views
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- Hawaii: Anti-Gun Bills to be Heard This Week
- Anti-Vaxxer Charter School May Lose Charter over Financial Irregularities
- Kouchi, Saiki Behind Massive Pay Hikes for Hawaii Legislators
- Public Employee Unions: 1,600 Members Making Less than $15/hour
- Residents report more ballot abnormalities in hotly-contested City Council race
- Rocky start to Special Election mail-in ballots raises eyebrows with some voters
- 'Gross incompetence or worse’: Rail purchase of reinforced steel questioned
- Hawaii County’s outstanding debt stands at $475M—up 33%
- Raises proposed for Kauai county officials
- Star-Av: Time to Clamp Down on Anti-Vaxxers
- Kaiser Suicide Squad Pushes for Easy Drugs
- Bill Could Make It Easier To Pursue Sexual Harassment Claims In Court
- HB307: Redefining Renewable Energy
- Public Safety admits less-lethal options are on hand — but not for use in the field
- Firefighters rescue Drunken Belligerent homeless ‘man’ from Kapalama Canal
- The Twisted History Of Honolulu Traffic Engineering
- On a day dedicated to the ‘people’s prince,’ GOP pushes a re-branding in his honor
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| Tuesday, March 26, 2019 |
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March 26, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:16 PM :: 4889 Views
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- Prince Kuhio’s Fight to Americanize Hawaii
- Pearl Harbor Profligacy
- UH Class Constitutes "material support of a Foreign Terrorist Organization"?
- Hilo Has the Highest Food Prices in America
- The hypocrisy of minimum-wage laws
- Tulsi Gabbard says Mueller clearing Trump is 'a good thing for America'
- Hawaii: Worst Taxpayer Return on Investment in USA
- Maui Mayor Proposes $869.5M Budget
- Hawaii More drug deaths than traffic fatalities
- Hawaii Democrats Propose Ranked-Choice Voting in Presidential Preference Poll
- Lawmakers Move Swiftly On Spending Plan, But That’s Not The End Of The Debate
- HB1191: Amended Minimum Wage Bill a Lot Tougher on Small Business
- Homeless: Ohana Zones Money Begins to Flow—No Tent Cities Yet
- Honolulu councilwoman seeks $21M to Build Massive Festering Homeless Tent Cities in Every District
- Special East Honolulu election further scrutinized after a voter is mailed 2 ballots
- Child Molester Internet sting nets retired police officer looking for 13-year-old Boy
- EMS staffing shortage leads to units closing down on Oahu
- Hawaii hotels report February as worst monthly performance in about a decade
- Volcano Effect on Tourism -- ‘Like 9-11’
- Coco Palms Defaults
- Blue Planet: We Must Destroy the Environment to Stop Climate Change
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| Monday, March 25, 2019 |
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March 25, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:11 PM :: 3395 Views
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- Best States for Doctors? Hawaii Ranks 46th
- Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
- Iowa Poll: Gabbard Surges to 1%
- How to cause a train wreck?
- Lawmakers Must Stop New Tax Increases
- Bill to put solar farms on prime ag land elicits stiff opposition
- Permits for Thirty Meter Telescope Canary Islands Location proceed amid Mauna Kea obstacles
- Hearing Set for possible Final Draft of Hawaii County Vacation rental rules
- The Boat People Of The Ala Wai Fear They’re Getting Forced Out
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| Sunday, March 24, 2019 |
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March 24, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:04 PM :: 3516 Views
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- Ethics: Board Member May Not Negotiate Spouse's Union Contract
- DHHL Releases Draft 2019 Native Hawaiian Housing Plan
- Hawaii Ranks 40th for Neighborhood Watch Programs
- Post Those Tax Returns, Darn It!
- Honolulu Council Kills Homeless on our Freeways
- Cost grows for delayed upgrade at Halawa Correctional Facility
- Honolulu police chief Susan Ballard's evaluation report released
- HB1326: East Maui streams are protected regardless of permit decision
- Case allegedly exposes flaws in Hawaii’s child-abuser registry, critics say
- Waiahole Valley preservation pact frays as state considers remedies to homestead issues
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| Saturday, March 23, 2019 |
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March 23, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:06 PM :: 4322 Views
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- WSJ: How a Train Through Paradise Turned Into a $9 Billion Debacle
- High medical costs another threat to Hawaii taxpayers
- Hawaii GOP Speaker Cleared of Hatch Act Violation
- Lawmakers pass $8 billion budget – Will Focus on Tax Hikes
- Kauai Drivers Say ‘No’ to DoT Road Mileage Tax Scheme
- Bus ridership slide points to ‘Fraud’ in Rail Ridership Estimates
- Lyon Bribery Could be Next Major Corruption Scandal in Hawaii
- Anti-Geothermals Go to Enviro Court to Block Re-Start of Plant
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