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Saturday, March 11, 2023 March 11, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:28 PM :: 2779 Views 53 Years of Legal Abortion in Hawaii Supreme Court Says 'No' to Homeless Camps on Ag Land More Red Light Cams Activated Biden Proposes $537 Million in the FY 2024 Budget for U.S. Territories and the Freely Associated States Kouchi Thanks Green for Releasing Capital Improvement Project Funds for Kauai First Crossover: Republican Legislative Report Land Board Sidesteps Eminent Domain Law: Tries to steal shoreline land without compensation to owner         Land Board Threatens to let Kaanapali Hotels Fall into Sea Malasada News: DPP requests $34.6M budget to staff, turn around agency Judge denies bid to dismiss Kaneshiro case charges Ethics reform at Capitol? Eliminate GE Tax on Medical Care? Saiki Sets up Tough Road for SB1035 This Year’s Roof Repair Sales Pitch: ‘Convention Center about to be Condemned’ Emergency SNAP Benefits End Next Month As Hawaiʻi's minimum wage rises, some lawmakers want to scrap the tip credit         Maui settles civil suit tied to officer convicted of sex crimes Read More..

Friday, March 10, 2023 March 10, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:25 PM :: 1666 Views Smuggling Drugs into Jails--PSD Arrests Five Blangiardi signs Bill 25: Relating to Anti-Bias and Inclusion Policy Hawaii Unemployment Claims Jump 26.59% Schatz Goes YIMBY UHERO Report predicts challenging year for Hawaii tourism Hawaii Real personal income declined more than 6 percent last year New stadium wouldn’t be able to support itself It’s not your imagination: The price of rice is way up Punaluu homeowner faces $188K fine for shoreline violations Waiahole Valley tenants get reprieves over rent Citizens patrols in Waikiki are making a difference Read More..

Thursday, March 9, 2023 March 9, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 11:22 AM :: 2610 Views House Finance Committee Approves $18.9 Billion Budget House passes 11 ethics reform bills Hawaii isle zoning review could lead to more housing Who will be fooled? COR ‘projection’ becomes instant excuse to eliminate tax cuts $773M Pure Waste: HART proposes $108.9 million operating budget for fiscal 2024 plus another $95M to operate trains and $569M to build tracks House Budget Gives Millions More to Crooked HTA ‘Creating Positions’--New Law Enforcement Director Plan focuses on replacing Private Security Guards with Sheriffs Roth on health care crisis: ’A matter of life or death’ Beth Fukumoto: We Passed Crisis Level With Mental Health Services A Long Time Ago Kauai North Shore Tops List of Anti-Vaxxer Schools County code changes might be needed before Hawaii County’s Corrupt ‘Affordable’ Housing Program can be fully improved City clears trash from homeless encampments in Waianae Read More..

Wednesday, March 8, 2023 March 8, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:39 PM :: 2170 Views ​HB1291: The Ghost of Peter Boy is Waiting Hawaii Man Indicted for Child Porn Four Individuals Arrested for Investment Fraud Scheme Targeting Hawaii Residents Watered Down GET bill clears state Senate--House Version Dead High Court: Former HPD Chief Kealoha was not entitled to city legal representation Miske co-defendant pleads “no contest” to state felony assault charges Dozens Of Sunshine Bills Survive Session’s Halfway Mark Council on Revenues Suddenly Makes $328M Disappear Tax relief measure aimed at helping farmers advances Hydrogen -- Fossil Fuel’s ‘Solution’ for Climate Change Navy provides details on surveys for repurposing Red Hill Honolulu Medical Examiner backlog of reports causing death certificate delays Permanent, affordable housing for former women inmates Honolulu Police officer arrested for violating temporary restraining order Lefties Claim Homelessness is Caused by Evictions not Methamphetamines, LOL $600 A Month In Kakaako Gets Seniors Mold, Shocks And The Smell Of Death Read More..

Wednesday, March 8, 2023 Letters to the Editor March, 2023 By Letters to the Editor @ 2:37 AM :: 3024 Views ​HB1291: The Ghost of Peter Boy is Waiting How One Dentist Stays in Hawaii Read More..

Tuesday, March 7, 2023 March 7, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:23 PM :: 1839 Views Link home exemption to increase in home values Changing tax credit to portion of income would help Oahu homeowners Time running out at Legislature for bills hoping to make it to the governor's desk How Police Department Spending in Hawaii Compares to Other States FBI Raids 800-Person Cockfight--Four Arrested Hawaii Meth Supplier Gets 24 Years for $5.5M COVID Fraud Tax Hike set for Senate Vote Hawaii lawmakers kill excise food tax exemption SB1035: Senate to Vote on Eliminating GE Tax on Medical Care Report: Teacher Turnover Increases Sharply In Hawaii Guards: PSD Covers Up Drug Use At Hawaii’s Largest Prison Soft on Crime: DNA Match but Alleged Killer Walks Free Gov. Josh Green ‘simplifying’ Aloha Stadium P3 plan-now stuck with ownership of this boondoggle Local zoning reform is hot topic at federal level, too How to Stop Affordable Housing Lease dispute escalates over state land in Hilo ‘Nobody Wants To Sell’: An Iconic Honolulu Church Makes A Difficult Decision Read More..

Monday, March 6, 2023 March 6, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:21 PM :: 4738 Views Labor Board Nails DPS Conspiracy, Cover-up ‘Visitor impact’ fee inherently flawed Honolulu Rehab Boss got $500K Salary and Absconded to Colorado with Miss Hawaii--Stiffed Employees for $452K, Federal Probe Finds Not Dead Yet--Government Reform Bills Still Moving At The Legislature Green Says he Will Sign Bills To Make Hawaii Government More Open--If Legislature Approves Them Pension fund exec optimistic despite $13.5B shortfall As Marijuana Becomes Legal, Tobacco is Outlawed Unlicensed midwives push to practice in the islands without getting certified Read More..

Sunday, March 5, 2023 March 5, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:06 PM :: 2049 Views Love-Hate Relationship with Tourism  HB622 Suicide Prevention Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 4, 2023 Proposed new category for ‘transient vacation’ rentals would burden residents ​‘Wealth Tax’ has a wealth of problems A Deep Dive into the Governor’s Tax-Cut Proposal State $2B Surplus: Taxation without Reason SB741: Keep DHHL Beneficiaries Trapped on Waitlist Transgender athletes “impulsive decisions based on the fear of being politically incorrect” 7 Things Hawaii Lawmakers Could Do Now To Vastly Improve The Legislative Process--But Won’t Red Hill Not Really Shut Down? Hawaiians Moving to Las Vegas--No problem, there are still enough here to keep protesting Public rallies to ‘Save Kaka’ako Makai’ Former athletic director at Mililani High allegedly stole $60,000 from school booster club Soft on Crime: Judge dismisses 23-year-old murder case Jails Crowded with Criminal Homeless Drug Addicts Read More..

Saturday, March 4, 2023 March 4, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:44 PM :: 3679 Views ​Two Maui Men Sentenced for Racially Motivated Attack on White Man Congressional Delegation Calls on IRS to Exempt Red Hill Assistance How One Dentist Stays in Hawaii Applicants Wanted for State Ethics Commission Foreclosure Suit: 'Way too long, way too confusing' SB151: Hawaii lawmakers considering police reforms  Hawaii Cult Leader behind Mainland Child Kidnappings? Bribe: Oahu homeowners to possibly receive one-time property tax relief Council Bill 4 -- 14% Tax on Taxing transient vacation units Read More..

Friday, March 3, 2023 March 3, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:50 PM :: 4237 Views Moody's Downgrades Honolulu Bond Rating Because of Rail Borrowing Blangiardi Outlines Proposed 2024 Budget UHERO: Public Campaign Financing for Hawaii? DBEDT: Hawaii Economy Still Recovering from COVID  Hawaii's Best & Worst Cities at Personal Money Management  Kakaako Kickback in Plain Sight: DelaCruz Slips OHA $84M--He will get it back via DTL Maui PD Can’t Protect Hate Criminals from Feds--Get 6 1/2 Years in FEDERAL Penitentiary HECO Plan will Triple Electric Bill New Aloha Stadium May Be Smaller As Green Rejects Original Development Plan New Mauna Kea Authority Tussles With DLNR Over Conservation Lands Why is $16M Waianae police station partially empty? Charter school students rally for their campus as BOE examines oversight concerns Military Stonewalling On Controversial Diversity Official Leading K-12 Schools Public housing agency struggling with $800 million repair backlog as hundreds of units remain vacant After volunteer-driven repairs, air rescues at Koko Crater Trail cut in half Read More..

Thursday, March 2, 2023 March 2, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:23 PM :: 4218 Views Hawai‘i Would Not be the Same Without Hawaiians HB192/SB690: Ban fluorescent bulbs SB1179 Outlaw Campaign Contributions by Nearly All Publicly Traded Corporations SEC Charges Hawaii Investment Adviser with Running Ponzi Scheme Cayetano Dumped Kali Watson After DHHL Secret Land Deals Lawsuit: Kali Watson Boat Runs Over Surfer off Waikiki Maui: Shovel-Wielding Hate Crime Attackers Protected by Maui PD to be Sentenced by FEDERAL Judge Today UH Board of Regents to hold special session on president amid leadership criticism Campaign Spending Violations: Kaniela Ing to be Arraigned March 14 Help Hawaii’s Governor Keep His Promise To Stop Taxing Food Hawaii’s legislative leaders assess big issues at session midpoint To expedite building permit process on Oahu, Tupola proposes updates to exemption list Another Step Towards Windfarms Off Waikiki Extra pandemic EBT benefits ending this month for 156,000 Hawaii residents Maui County Sat On $8 Million That Could Have Helped Struggling Homeowners Soft on Crime: 2009 Burglary-Rape Whittled Down to ‘Time Served’ because Defendant Felt Anxiety Read More..

Wednesday, March 1, 2023 March 1, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:55 PM :: 2946 Views Lawsuit: Ke'eaumoku Condo Site--15 Burials and Counting Sheriffs Bust Waikiki Marijuana Dealer Sherwoods: Remediation of cancelled ball field project continues Hawaii’s Housing Shortage Explained Senate Suddenly Begins Posting Legislative Allowance Expenditure Reports One Guy’s Honolulu Fireworks Cases Always Get Dismissed Soft on Crime: Meth-head Rapes Mother, Gets Time Served Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Steve Alm seeks pay raises No Property Taxes for Movie Studio? With property taxes set to rise, Honolulu seeks to Copy Maui County No Surprise: Maui County’s 5,000-home goal could take much longer Lawmakers debate funding demands for ‘safety net hospitals’ as one facility issues stark warning Lawmakers ask for DOE performance audit following Kihei High School delays Hide the Failure: DoE, Kapela Working to Eliminate Standardized Testing State-run retirement program off to slow start Hu Honua News: Legislature Proposes Micromanaging the Public Utilities Commission Election Day May Soon Be Out As A State Holiday--Will be Replaced by NotColumbus Day HB1294: Require Candidates to Use Real Name Accused Russian ‘Spy’ Says he Just Wants to Pay His Bills   Read More..

Tuesday, February 28, 2023 February 28, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:47 PM :: 1821 Views Priced out of paradise Ed Case Reintroduces Helicopter Noise Bill Five bills of importance to small business  Average of 259,514 visitors in Hawaii every day ‘Audacious’ tax relief plan advances at Hawaii Legislature Gov. Green puts cost of new Aloha Stadium at ‘under $500M’, LOL! Senate Committee Passes Honolulu Rail Tax Extension--Dela Cruz Claims it is a ‘Mistake’ Hawaii's state population is expected to continue its steady decline Who Pockets Hawaii Visitors’ Money May Surprise You Early Release Story: Lunatic Kills Vagrant Outside Police Station, City Gets Sued HB1366: Another Trick to Keep Lots and Lots of Criminals on our Streets Hawaiian Airlines’ COVID vaccine mandate challenge set for trial Read More..

Monday, February 27, 2023 February 27, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:50 PM :: 1942 Views HB1291: Will Abused Foster Children Ever be Represented? Minor Parties to be Removed from Hawaii Ballot Filipino Americans Making it out of Hawaii Another Miske Co-Defendant tries for Release Again Can raised crosswalks really cost so much? Contract for Red Hill facility alternatives is an enigma SB72 Hu Honua Bill on the Move Bills aim to add ‘tiny home’ sites for homeless Mayor Rick Blangiardi offers 5-point homeless plan for Oahu  Honokowai condo evades shoreline access requirement for 45 years Read More..

Sunday, February 26, 2023 February 26, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:19 PM :: 2288 Views Creative Districts  Five Republican Bills on the Move in the House Assisted Suicide Expansion Bill: Weirdness Unfolds What’s not to like about a $72,348 part-time job with the right to take lucrative outside gigs from special interests? Unsteady, Unfocused, Thoughtless: Green’s Amateurish Agenda Finished for Session DHHL, Aloha Stadium spending could trigger COVID aid payback Hawaii County response to affordable housing credits audit Business owners voice concerns over proposed district $50M Subsidy for Waiahole Valley? Starting at Age 10: Hawaii Media Outlets help Raise $150K for Honolulu Juvenile Sex-Change Clinic Read More..

Saturday, February 25, 2023 February 25, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:10 PM :: 2313 Views Hilo Complex DoE Manager Arrested for P-Card Theft Campaign Spending Reform: Two Bills Pass, Four Killed Another Sue-n-Settle targets Hawaii and American Samoa Fisheries Report: Hawaii's hotel revenue back to pre-pandemic levels Hawaii bill would boost rental tax credit fourfold Maui: Feds Take Aim at Alleged $145M Ponzi Tale of Two Systems: State Wouldn’t Charge Alleged Child Molester, Feds Won’t Give Him Bail HB84: Allows Counties to Reverse TVR permits from 1980s De-Covidization: Cheating on Medicaid to be Illegal Again Starting April 1 Hawaii Tourism Authority turnover continues as another top exec resigns Schizophrenics Kill Three in Hawaii Maoists Rally for Abortion Attacker Hawaiian homesteaders on Molokai say spill of hundreds of gallons of fuel made them ill 'It's a health hazard' -- Dilapidated restrooms, sinking piers plague Maui harbor Following state’s costly missteps, parents push for solution to safely open new Kihei high school Read More..

Friday, February 24, 2023 February 24, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:20 PM :: 2243 Views House Judiciary Committee Kills off Ethics Reform Bills Audit: DHHL Traded 42 Affordable Housing Credits for a Fence HB984 'Gun Free Zones' Gets Another Committee Hearing After Years of Campaign Spending Violations, Kaniela Ing Finally gets some Criminal Charges Rep. Gene Ward: ‘Reform Proposals Will Be Very Disappointing This Session’ Oahu public charter faces closure following questions about online learning, enrollment Former Punahou Coach pleads 'not guilty' for child sex crimes allegations Hawaii hospitals at full capacity even with drop in COVID patients Failing infrastructure threatens future of only hospital that serves West Hawaii Lanai residents invited to virtual meeting on proposed 357% water rate hike Read More..

Thursday, February 23, 2023 February 23, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:43 PM :: 3242 Views After Indictments, Al Hee Took $9M More After Bribery Arrests: House Adopts New Rules DHHL Redux: This time Green nominates Kali Watson Hawaii Household Bills Among Highest in USA New report urges licensure reform to boost ranks of medical workers GET exemption bills move forward Big Island Prison Guard In Federal Prison--Got Fired, But HLRB Orders him Reinstated with Back Pay After Driving Anderson Out, DeLaCruz Pushes Geothermal Scam for Hawaiian Homelands Better Background Checks Proposed For Certain State Employees Conveyance Tax Hike: SB362 Vehicle to Steal Your Money HB820: Hawaii Vacation Rental Tax Total Of 33% On the Move Last Round Of Honolulu Covid Relief Money Released--CNHA Gets Another $25M Slush Fund Judge: Miske Can Keep A Key Defense Attorney Media Blackout?  Attorney for Miske co-defendant wrongly predicted a “flurry of publicity” 20% of fatal crashes involve unlicensed drivers Lobbyist Pleads Not Guilty To Animal Clinic Drug Charges $4.5M -- Council OKs first settlement in police chase that prompted felony probe City Measure To Restrict Concealed Guns In Some Areas Moves Ahead After Council Vote Gun-Free Zones May Work. Just Don't Ask For Proof Group: Cost to convert cesspools on Big Island would be exorbitant Read More..

Wednesday, February 22, 2023 February 22, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:10 PM :: 3081 Views Corruption or incompetence, transparency still the antidote House Judiciary Committee Set to Dispose of 16 Ethics Reform Bills Civil Beat Publisher Bankrolls Shadowy Anti-Musk Group HSTA: Our LGBTQ Students are 'Lovable'--Raise Money for Sex-Change Clinic The 1886 U.S. Passenger Vessel Services Act has been a bonanza for foreign cruise lines and foreign ports, to Hawaii's detriment Green’s AG says Senators Have no Authority Over Nominees Anderson Remains Interim DHHL Chair, AG’s Office Says Hawaii Car Insurance Would Cost More Under Legislation Pushed By Trial Lawyers OIP Delays Are Worse Than Ever Honolulu police chief pleads with drivers to slow down after ‘rough week’ on Oahu’s roads OHA: Hawaiians are Leaving Hawaii so Lets Jack up their Electric Bills Some More Rhoads: Give Millions More to Released Convicts Lawmakers find talking about legalizing recreational weed and doing it are very different things Military Families In Hawaii Could Soon Have An Easier Time Finding Schools The Decades-Old Debate Over Breaking Up Hawaii’s Statewide School System Vacation Rentals Are In The Hawaii Legislature’s Crosshairs DOH Computer Crashes During ‘Upgrade’, COVID Numbers Not Available Read More..

Tuesday, February 21, 2023 February 21, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:22 PM :: 1826 Views Hawaii Prepaid Health Care Act Keeps Employer Insurance Costs High Zoning, planning reforms would help produce more Hawaii County housing Bill 2891: Retroactive property tax credit for Kauai? Hawaii Senate Committees Pass Two Bills to Legalize Marijuana Despite Federal Prohibition Legislature: Devils, Idiots, and Snarky Kims Should Hawaii’s Legislature Meet Year-Round? Hirono Plans Another Run For US Senate The Military's Public Information Black Hole Recent string of injuries involving HPD officers on duty are ‘troubling,’ authorities say Soft on Crime: Traffic Scofflaws Kill Three Several restaurants announce closures amid staffing issues City fined after investigation revealed it didn’t provide gun range staff with proper PPE Read More..

Monday, February 20, 2023 February 20, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:12 PM :: 1825 Views CNHA Inside Track: Robin Danner Snags Gig in Governor's Office Russian Flags Fly at Tulsi Gabbard's Anti-Ukraine Rally Pilots Spot Large White Balloon Heading for Big Island--Should be overhead at Midnight Probe ongoing in 10 likely felony charges against officers Gov. Josh Green requests additional $2.5B for state budget Green requests $45M to reimburse physicians who treat Medicaid patients Council passes bill for organic standards, regulations at Kula Agricultural Park Read More..

Sunday, February 19, 2023 February 19, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:36 PM :: 2725 Views Debt: Honolulu 3rd-Worst Sinkhole City PILOT for Real Property Tax Legislative Week in Review: Abortion, Drugs, Suicide Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 18, 2023 Abolish Zoning: Land Use Solution for Hawaii? What is Hawaii’s General Excise Tax? Judiciary Chair Tarnas ‘a key ingredient in the formula for corruption’ Logan: I just found out I can’t fire dirty cops UH Power Game: Mercado Kim’s Next Move? Star-Adv: HTA Problem is DeFries Bumbling of CNHA Bid Rigging HB1049 Tax Relief: Invest in families to help them stay here Kauai Council to Select Replacement for Evslin Big Island gun case tests high court ruling Bills propose lowering drunken driving threshold to 0.05% Bum Removal: Waikiki Beach to be Closed 2AM-5AM to reduce feces and needles Read More..

Saturday, February 18, 2023 February 18, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:57 PM :: 2956 Views Abraham Lincoln Abolished Slavery in Hawaii too Climate Solution: Grab $100M of Your Dollars, Light Them on Fire Green Seeks Comment on Maui Judicial Nominees Kauai District Judge Applicants Sought Kauai Council: Oppose HB132, Eliminates Election Auditing Judge denies Native Hawaiian group’s bid for promised home loans Abercrombie: “You’re an idiot!” Hawaii Dodges Bullet by Rejecting Anderson Suspect in fatal hit-and-run has no driver’s license, 164 citations--‘Released Pending Investigation’--AGAIN Hawaii Lobbyist Charged With Vet Clinic Drug Violations HB745: Equal Pay for Transsexuals $50M to Subsidize 93 Waiahole Valley Renters Read More..

Friday, February 17, 2023 February 17, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:02 PM :: 2085 Views Senate Committees Advance Bill Legalizing Hashish and Honey Butane Oil Candidate registration for Neighborhood Board Elections closes Friday 4:30 p.m. Ninth Circuit wades into debate on abortion in Guam Hanabusa: Feds Have Still Not Agreed to Cut Rail Short Honolulu’s Rail Line Readies To Open 1st Section In ‘June-ish’ — Or Maybe July Religious observances by Hawaii’s school employees are OK’d Doomed in House, Office of Hawaiian Affairs Kakaako Makai bill advances in Senate Medicated Marijuana Dispensaries Behind Opposition to Legalization of Recreational Dope? Phoney Baloney: Hawaii Senator Votes ‘No’ Then ‘Yes’ To Legalize Marijuana DLNR clears Makua Beach encampment of Sovereignty Thug Read More..

Thursday, February 16, 2023 February 16, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:40 PM :: 2849 Views Ethics: Clerk at AGs Office Fed Info to Lawyer Suing Crooked Sheriff for Sex Assault Shining a Light on the Legislature--Do Anti-Corruption Bills Have a Chance? Green Appoints Evslin, LaChica to House DHHL Nomination Withdrawn: 'Evasive' Anderson 'Misrepresents Commission' DoH: Hawaii among highest hepatitis B death rates nationwide Hawaii Families Spend 62.3% of Income on Mortgage--Highest in USA DLNR--Build Parking Garage at Ala Wai Hawaii Ranks 39th for Innovation Hawaii ACT Scores 10th-Worst in USA Abercrombie: OHA Should Stop Lying About Kakaako Makai Deal One Down 19 to Go: Which Green Nominee will Senators Kill Next? Legislators Latest ‘Affordable Housing Bill’--a Tax Hike on Houses Red Hill families forced to stay in hotels amid tainted water crisis hit with huge tax bills Read More..

Wednesday, February 15, 2023 February 15, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:25 PM :: 3290 Views Rejected for DHHL: 'Evasive' Anderson 'Misrepresents Commission' HB1049 Cuts Income Tax Senate Committees to Hear Bill Legalizing Hashish and Honey Butane Oil Hawaii Republicans lose challenge of 2022 election audit process DLNR--'No Plans to Eliminate Free Parking Spots at Ala Wai' City: Koko Head Shooting Complex to reopen for Archery in March New Aloha Stadium will be built of Steel Recycled from Old Aloha Stadium, LOL! Otake to be Disqualified in Another Corruption Case? HB106: Crooked DPP will Seize Your Property SB911: Sen Karl Rhoads and Megan Kau want Convicted Felons to Serve on Juries Exposed:  City program to ban repeat offenders from Waikiki is Fake Manini News: Legislature Looks To Tweak Internal Rules To Accommodate Ethics Reform Alleged cocaine dealer received COVID relief loan Tracking Hawai‘i Homeowners Who are Equity Rich or Seriously Underwater Soaring fuel surcharges boost HEI’s revenue over $1B Downed Chinese balloon aimed for Hawaii but was blown off course -U.S. official Commission on Native Children’s Hawaii Regional Hearing begins today American Samoa youth allowed to remain in Hawaii Youth Challenge program after outcry Read More..

Tuesday, February 14, 2023 February 14, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:54 PM :: 1991 Views HTA Splits RFP for US: Marketing vs 'Stewardship' Hawaii: House Judiciary Committee to Hear Anti-Gun Bills HB1049: Avoiding disincentives in new affordability plan Governor sends additional budget requests to Legislature Hawaii GET Taxes 119% of Personal Income Will Senate Committee Reject Union Owned DHHL Nominee Ikaika Anderson today? City hopes to reopen Oahu’s only public shooting range by next month About the Occupied Forces Hawaii Army “warship” Court rejects appeal of Miske co-defendant’s 2018 conviction Soft on Crime: Killer Gets Two years--Shockingly, he is Wanted Again Hawaii’s Innovative Plan To Manage Marine Resources Is Being Quietly Rolled Back Homelessness Industry Looks to City for Cash Flow Read More..

Monday, February 13, 2023 February 13, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:45 PM :: 1420 Views Multiple tax hikes moving through the Legislature Gun Bills Die in Committee Request for Public Comments – Applicants for Hawaii Supreme Court Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 11, 2023 Legislative Agenda: Abortion, Cannabis, Suicide Kim, DelaCruz, Kidani: Regents Should Dump Lassner to Help Boost Aloha Stadium Boondoggle 2,000 appeals received disputing current Honolulu property tax assessments How Just One Person Gets To Decide Important Issues Like Term Limits SB678: Homelessness Industry Wants to Tax Your House to Line Their Pockets Hawaii lawmakers weigh bills creating gun-free zones Hawaii Senators Approve Bill To Promote Research Into Legalizing Shrooms and Ecstasy HB1165: Carbon Offsets Have Created A new Industry -- Suing Carbon Offset Scams Many Hawaii schoolkids going without routine vaccinations as Antivaxxer Conspiracy Theories Spread Hawaii’s lodging industry workers missing out, expert says Read More..

Sunday, February 12, 2023 February 12, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:10 PM :: 2379 Views How Fast is Hawaii’s Economy Growing? ‘The more-government stuff doesn’t work’ A ‘Capitol Convo’ about Hawaii’s high cost of living Hawaii VEX IQ Championships qualifies 18 robotics teams for World event in Dallas, TX How Living Off the Grid in Hawaii Compares to Other States Get Out, Evil!  Stay In, Good Fortune! Silvert: State Laws Don’t Prohibit Corruption Court documents disclose Miske’s alleged “purchase” of stevedore jobs, and ties to a prison guard at OCCC Over the last 45 years, there have been more than 80 unsolved missing persons cases on Kaua‘i Lawmakers Announce Plan to Kill Green tax Cuts, Green Agrees Self-interested state legislators duck term limits once again HB89: Ban all elected officials from soliciting and accepting any campaign donations while the Legislature is in session Saiki, Morikawa:  Give More Money to Stop OHA Whining About Kakaako Makai settlement Not on Board with Aloha Stadium Boondoggle: Key state senators call for University of Hawaii President Lassner to resign Births decline: Several factors contribute to drop in Hawaii-born babies Read More..

Saturday, February 11, 2023 February 11, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:03 PM :: 2530 Views Lawsuit: Catholic Charities Approved Foster Care Home with Schizophrenic Child Molester NASA: Chinese Satellite Behind Green Lasers over Mauna Kea Bribery News: Ex-Mayor Arakawa Asks Judge to go easy on Stant Alleged Crime Boss Mike Miske Just Lost One Of His Longtime Defense Attorneys DHHL News: Will Senate reject Union-Owned Ikaika Anderson? SB1602: Hawaii Bill to Intimidate Activists is Killed Liquor Commission Implodes After Gay Bar Complains State to pay out $450K to man who alleged DOE officer sexually assaulted him in 1970s Illegal gun range in Waianae highlights lack of shooting ranges on Oahu Read More..

Friday, February 10, 2023 February 10, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:56 PM :: 1720 Views Remember Syria? Syriously -- Tulsi Gabbard Tells Congress She is not a Russian Bot Miske Witness Guilty --Threatened to 'Behead' Governor, Mayor DLNR, Agriculture Department to Settle on Pasture Management? Hawaii: Third Highest Proportion of Unsheltered Homeless After Bribery Arrests, A few Ethics Bills Advance--But Most Don’t Hawaii Is Short Medical Workers. Interstate Compacts are part of the Solution Catch-n-Release: Various criminal acts would be subject to fines instead of arrests HB111: Give counties authority to raise their minimum wage Bill to tax gambling travel from Hawaii passes committee New Maui High School May Sit for Years After DOE Finally Agrees To Build Overpass 10 Years Late Textbooks for the Blind: Another DoE Fail Hawaii preschool at center of contentious dispute with state closes its doors 50 Years Later, Waiahole Residents May be forced to pay rent S. Africa rugby player killed by Hawaii police had acute CTE Read More..

Thursday, February 9, 2023 February 9, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:59 PM :: 2646 Views HTA Says You Like Tourism Now Spent $60K at Hostess Bars: Decade In Prison For ‘Brazen’ Maui Official Who Took Bribes Volta: Hawaii's Latest Hi-Tech Failure Gets Recycled by Shell Oil Hearings Set for Three Gun Bills House Judiciary Committee Rejects Five Ethics Bills Governor Green called to testify in beheading case -- media silent SB736: Unity House Felon Leads OHA Push to Upzone Kakaako Makai Hawaii has ‘biggest loophole in any pay-to-play law around the country’ Hawaii is the Only State where Parole Authority sets Minimum Sentences Feds: State did nothing for 20 Years about ‘prolific, aggressive child predator’ ex-Punahou basketball coach DOH investigator describes video of toxic fire suppressant spill HB537: 70% Tax Hike for E-Cigs HB828: Free school bus legislation rolls on Business district pushback: Property owners, tenants voice concerns about proposal for downtown Hilo The skyrocketing price of eggs has shoppers choosing local Read More..

Wednesday, February 8, 2023 February 8, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:01 PM :: 4143 Views Hawaii medical excise tax affecting patient care, physicians say  House Sends Four Campaign Finance Reform Bills to Senate Eco Lawyers Head to Court to Block Kauai Hydro Project A Trio of Bills in Hawaii Would Legalize Marijuana Despite Federal Cannabis Prohibition Federal Grant-Matching Requirement to be waived for Territories HB1146: Statewide Carbon Tax Designed to Support Big Island Hu Honua Scam? Senators find DCCA Office Empty, Lights Out--Afraid to Make HGEA  Members Show Up for Work SB720: Hawaii Senators Move To Keep Public Records Secret Kaneshiro Lawyers -- Our Client Should Get Away with Frame-up Due to Statute of Limitations Settlement reached for 4 injured in high-speed police chase-- Police ‘Thinking like criminals’ SB350 Crime Wave Coming: Will Green Sign Cash Bail Bill Vetoes by Ige? Her child care business was a labor of love ― until she couldn’t make a living with it Pandering to Ignorance Deemed Unconstitutional: Bills Blaming ‘Outsiders’ for High Cost of Housing -- Dead UH to Bulldoze Charter School, Build Condos HB1366: Should State take over HTLA program to fly bums back to Mainland? Red Light Cams Issue 763 Tickets Read More..

Tuesday, February 7, 2023 February 7, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:13 PM :: 1220 Views Maui Council Tries Again: Finally Selects Lutey County Clerk Taxi Rates: Council should repeal price fixing law Transsexuals Push Bethany Hamilton out of Surf Contests Bills Would Establish Process to Incarcerate Mentally Ill in Asylums This homeless shelter for families has the money to reopen and the need. So why hasn’t it yet? Bills Would Force Hawaii To Seek Court Orders In Many Child Welfare Cases For the first time in 19 months, the median price for an Oahu home is under $1M Haleakala Fuel Spill Caused by Lightning Strike Oahu Women’s Prison May Have To Install Cameras In Control Booths Read More..

Monday, February 6, 2023 February 6, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:32 PM :: 1375 Views Kauai: F-22s Scramble to Intercept China Spy Balloon Senate Agenda: Abortion and Suicide Two Gun Control Bills Set for Hearings CNHA News: Danner Scores Gig on Indian Corporation, Sends Herself $4M Many Tax Hikes on Legislative Agenda Legislators Figuring out how to Kill Affordable Housing without leaving Fingerprints Tackling teacher shortages: Bill aims to ease licensing process for out-of-state educators OHA’s Totally Futile Effort to Up Zone Kakaako Makai Rep. Natalia Hussey-Burdick: How To Reform Government Without Even Passing New Laws Affordable Housing; Who needs another useless plan? Mentally Ill Person Dies Homeless Due to Lack of Mental Health care on Big Island State Employees Close Octopus center in Kona so they will stop being annoyed by Animal Liberation Nuts Read More..

Sunday, February 5, 2023 February 5, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:00 PM :: 2440 Views Did You Meet Your Goals This Year? – Pff, We Don’t Care After Fraudsters Jailed, Auditor Discovers Affordable Housing Program Has no Administrative Rules Green Affordability Plan: It would be simpler to just cut the tax rate for food Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 4, 2023 Kailua-Based Former Navy Captain Gets 30 Months in 'Fat Leonard' Scandal Grassroot Institute hits the ground running in promoting liberty at Legislature Tourism Management?  Hawaii Hotel Construction Boom Biggest Since 1970s HB1375: Convert Hawaii Tourism Authority to a CNHA Slush Fund New Hawaii DBEDT director ‘fighting fires’ or fanning flames? Spent $60K at Hostess Bars: Decade In Prison For ‘Brazen’ Maui Official Who Took Bribes? DINO News: The Democratic Party Platform Calls For Serious Government Reform. So Why Are Democrats Reluctant To Do It? An important week in the case against Mike Miske and his co-defendants Suspect Shot by Police has 13-Year Criminal Transcript, got Probation Prohibition Again: A generational ban on tobacco? Not Taking Seriously: Few schools have undergone vulnerability assessments meant to ID campus weaknesses Read More..

Saturday, February 4, 2023 February 4, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:32 PM :: 1916 Views Committee recommends dissolution of Hawaii Tourism Authority Hawaii committee OKs proposed constitutional amendment on abortion Lawmakers eye tax relief proposals as residents grapple with rising costs for medical care, groceries Agenda 2023: Hawaii Legislature Transgender Bills Money News: Fuel spill reignites activist histrionics over military’s land lease DNA testing leaves Dana Ireland murder unsolved Read More..

Friday, February 3, 2023 February 3, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:15 PM :: 2461 Views Federal Recognition of Hawaiian Sovereignty: One People, Many Views SB36: Senate Passes Bill Restoring Procedure for Initiating Felony Cases Waitlist opening for the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program City seeks highly-qualified candidates to serve on Oʻahu Historic Preservation Commission Families in Hawaii spend 20.8% of their income on child care BoE Approves Another Worthless 'Strategic Plan' ‘Asset Tax’ Advances--Legislature will Steal 1% of Everything you Own Every Year  Native Hawaiian Home Loan Program Won’t Fund Mortgages on Sites Littered with Unexploded Bombs -- Star Adv Calls this Racial Discrimination, LOL! Hawaii Tourism Harpooned As Residents Abandon Ship Occupancy for Hawaii vacation rentals in 2022 remained below pre-Covid levels Man who ran over woman with stroller was not locked up for previous attacks Gaming the System: Hit-and-run defendant Jared Denault tries to withdraw plea Deputy Prosecutor With History Of Neighbor Problems No Longer Employed By Hawaii County Council to Pick Next Maui County Clerk Another setback for Ka‘u satellite dish project Read More..

Thursday, February 2, 2023 February 2, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:20 PM :: 1633 Views VIDEO: FBI Raids Home of former Punahou Basketball Coach Alleged Chinatown Pimp Indicted Who is having abortions in Hawaii? Marine Debris Found in Stomach of Stranded Kauai Sperm Whale Proposed Short Term Rental Regs Could Harm Big Island Farmers, Economy. Hawaii GOP Chair, Vice-Chair Suddenly Resign City reaches $2.85M settlement with central victim in Kealoha corruption scandal In wake of Memphis case, commission grills HPD chief about slow discipline for officers accused of wrongdoing Criminals Usually Allowed to Return to Waikiki and Chinatown Hawaii Lawmakers Pretend to Show Interest in Limiting Their Own Political Fundraising Is Hawaii Government Effective? It’s Hard To Tell Hawai’i Senate’s Hu Honua Bill Faces Opposition Room for Shrooms? Psychedelics Bills Filed Hawaii Legislature  Read More..

Wednesday, February 1, 2023 February 1, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:44 PM :: 1820 Views Poll: 86% residents believe cannabis should be legal Biomass plant appeals to Hawaii Supreme Court to begin operations Hawaii leads in pharmacist-prescribed birth control Senate Agenda: Three Abortions and a Suicide Webinar: Hawaii Anti-Gun Bills for 2023 Session House Working Groups to Examine Red Hill, DHHL Funding Fifth Circuit Launches Small Claims Online Dispute Resolution Pilot Notice of Anticipated Judicial Vacancy – District Judge, District Court of the First Circuit (island of O’ahu) Profitable Non Profits: COVID Slush Fund Ends Feb 6 After state senator compares housing chief to the devil, Gov. Green files harassment complaint After years on the beach, these Native Hawaiians occupied a housing complex. Some got to stay Legislators: Turn Hawaii Tourism Authority into CNHA Slush Fund HB87: Recycling was a Lie so lets Ban Plastic Water Bottles Miske Lawyers Think they can get the jury they want in Las Vegas 13 Years Later Hilario Murder Case Begins with Court-Mandated Juror Intimidation Discipline report reveals cellblock beating in which officers were fired for excessive force, falsifying reports SHOPO Continues Effort to Oust Maui’s Outsider Chief--Latest tactic sex harassment suits Read More..

Tuesday, January 31, 2023 January 31, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:47 PM :: 1738 Views New report makes case for exempting medical services from Hawaii's GET Judge Lifts West Hawaii Fishing Injunction Bill 62 Higher Taxes Mean Higher Rent on Oahu December Tourist Count 91.5% of 2019 Level Green Abandons GET reform effort--Still Lying About how Much Tourists Pay Governor’s ‘green fee’ plan scaled back to target park, trail and beach users The local news media landscape Former police chief Ballard prevails in defamation suit brought by ex-SHOPO president Lawmakers Want More Information Made Public On Inmate Deaths In State Prisons And Jails Under pilot, Homeless Drug Addicted Criminals in Chinatown are being given a choice: Jail or treatment To Reduce Rent, Many Oahu restaurants eliminate their dining areas Read More..

Monday, January 30, 2023 Letters to the Editor January, 2023 By Letters to the Editor @ 5:30 PM :: 3063 Views Bill 62 Higher Taxes Mean Higher Rent on Oahu HB132 Would Eliminate Election Auditing Read More..

Monday, January 30, 2023 January 30, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:06 PM :: 2565 Views Are Zoning Laws the Cause of Hawaii's Housing Crisis? Hold off on Maui County executive pay raises? High cost of living drives family, friends out of Hawaii Hawaii may become the first U.S. state with climate change warnings on all gas pumps SB19: Allow Dead People to Vote  “What we have had here is quite a bit of corruption” Bills seek GET exemptions: Some focus on medical services in an effort to ease physician shortage Bills would expand fees to access Hawaii state parks, trails DLNR Nominee Dawn Chang Faces Tough Questions About Her Past Work Raising Taxi Rates Helps, But Rate Deregulation Is What’s Needed A State Abortion Coordinator? Mrs Kaniela Ing wants to Model Reproductive Rights on State’s Wildly Successful Homelessness Initiative Lawmakers considering $250,000 settlement in case stemming from sexual assaults at Kona school Hu Honua case heads to high court again Peculiar: Tulsi Gabbard on Shortlist for Trump VP Read More..

Sunday, January 29, 2023 January 29, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:20 PM :: 3426 Views What’s In the Governor’s Bill Package Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 28, 2023 Green Signs Homeless Emergency Proclamation--Amends it Three Days Later Evidence says offshore wind development is killing lots of whales SB1: Abortion Expansion Bill Scheduled for Hearing Corruption?  The conference room at the Capitol erupts in laughter Truth in Taxation: Honolulu Homeowners Are Shocked At New Property Tax Bills. Here’s Something That Could Help The implication that batteries are going to be the source of backup for lack of sunlight on Oahu is simply wrong Suspending laws is a recurring tactic in Hawaii to shelter homeless Kakaako Makai: OHA Still Looking for a Re-Do Buying erosion sites: Enviros Reward their Rich Friends The legal odds appear stacked against any request to move the Miske trial Our lawmakers look for respect in all the wrong places Prince Kuhio Made Pearl Harbor ‘The Nation’s Chief Pacific Outpost’ Read More..

Saturday, January 28, 2023 January 28, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:01 PM :: 1522 Views ​I Caught COVID Former Prison Guard Arrested for Sexual Abuse of Inmates Navy: No Groundwater Pollution from AFFF Spill Maui Airport Mini-Rail to be Shutdown for Repairs--Replaced by Golf Carts HPD: We don’t need more Police Ethics Training Hawaii Lawmakers Seek To Ease Process For Bringing Felony Charges Green Tax Cut may become reality--But Only for Some Public Employees  2nd Amendment advocates balk at Green proposal to create gun-free ‘sensitive places’ Waiahole families facing huge rent hikes as farmers fight to keep local agriculture alive Read More..

Friday, January 27, 2023 January 27, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:07 PM :: 2373 Views BIA Commission on Native Children to Hold Hawaii Hearing Maui Sovereignty Squatters Interfere with MEO Affordable Housing Project To Stop Reformers, Legislators propose Changing OHA Elections Aloha Stadium: Green Plan to Benefit Carpenters Union Delays RFP Lawsuit: Former Kaua‘i prosecutor fired for opposing judicial nominee Hawaii County PD releases annual disciplinary report UH graduate assistants’ fight to unionize reaches high court Hawaii Ordered An Acupuncturist To Stop Practicing. Three Years Later, He Still Was Hawaii tourist or resident misbehavior what's worse? Read More..

Thursday, January 26, 2023 January 26, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:43 PM :: 2205 Views There’s still time to counter higher property taxes Full Text: 2023 State of the Judiciary Address Feds May Seek Change of Venue: After Drug Bust, Lawyer Otake Met Miske, Malone in Parking Lot Renters suffer when Hawaii property assessments increase 1,300 Jobs Culled At Largest Hawaii Vacation Rental: Shocks Industry Revising ‘outdated’ law to curb Hawaii emergency powers        Ex-HPD chief Ballard takes stand in defamation trial, blames misquoted online news article Authorities arrest former prison guard accused of sexually abusing inmates Cost Comparison of Hawaii Solar Projects MEO clears disputed site of future housing project in Waiehu Oahu aims to clear blocked sidewalks near schools Read More..

Wednesday, January 25, 2023 January 25, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 11:22 AM :: 2896 Views Preventing the Next Foster Care Disaster--Bills Mandate Court-Appointed Attorneys for Biological Parents Schweitzer Exonerated of Dana Ireland Murder After 25 Years Could this be a good year at the Hawaii Legislature? 30 Years Later: Will Court Toss Out $150M Grift Against Bank of America? Hawaiian Electric issues call for projects to significantly expand renewable energy generation on Oahu, Maui US Department of Justice Orders Handi-Van to Answer Phones, Book Rides Feds: Female Guard Gave Miske associate access to cell phone, drugs while detained at OCCC DoE Enrollment will Soon be at 65-Year Low Hawaii legislators want to expand program to keep drug dealers out of jail if they act crazy  New Park Rangers to Hunt down small businesses Former Kamehameha Schools CEO appointed as new interim leadership for Bishop Museum Hawaii had a total of 1,440 millionaires in 2020 Eco-Religion Children's’ Crusade to be tossed out of Court? Read More..

Tuesday, January 24, 2023 January 24, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:06 PM :: 1847 Views Green's State of the State: What's to like? Green Signs Homeless Emergency Proclamation December Unemployment 3.2% Proposed Hawaii State Privacy Laws Hawaii ranked as most expensive state to buy eggs Kouchi: Tax Cuts are Dead on Arrival, but we’ll make it look good Attorney General launches cover-up of illegal fireworks delivery to Guards at Oahu jail Decision forthcoming to fill 2 state House vacancies Don’t be a Fool: Hydrogen is Just Oil Company Greenwashing Hawaii Lawmakers Seek Shields Against Supreme Court Rulings On Abortion, Guns HSTA-Owned Legislators Plan to Kill Preschool Plan by Requiring Fully Credentialed Teachers 3 decades after Dana Ireland’s murder, innocence project attorneys ask judge to vacate conviction Statewide four year delay to receive birth and death certificates Read More..

Monday, January 23, 2023 January 23, 2023 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:09 PM :: 2244 Views VIDEO: State of the State Address Supreme Court: Election Officials moved office furniture instead of ‘curing’ hundreds of invalidated ballots HB132 Would Eliminate Election Auditing U.S. Marine runs toward gunfire, applies lifesaving aid in Waikiki shooting Perruso: Republicans Will Take Wahiawa if Dems Don’t Pretend to Clean up Corruption Experts: Hawaii’s economy poised to slow down ‘significantly’ School Choice Week: Our keiki deserve an education fitting their unique needs State Regulators Gratuitously Orders Shut Down of Octopus Farm Hawaii Highways Closed For Accidents, Infuriating Residents and Visitors Read More..

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