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| Tuesday, March 22, 2016 |
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March 22, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:40 PM :: 4044 Views
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- Hawaii Republican State Convention Set for May 21
- Hawaii 12th Most Expensive State to Own a Car
- Hawaii Legislation Would Strengthen Franchisee Rights
- Hawaii Planned Parenthood Should be Investigated Not Celebrated
- Hawaii Family Advocates Legislative Week in Review
- Hunting for alternate site: TMT board members visit Canary Islands
- Sanders Panders to Anti-GMO Crowd
- Stanley Chang comes from the most liberal side of the Democratic Party
- Zika Lands on Chemophobe Kauai—‘No Spraying Was Done’
- OHA Cronies Grab for Control of Agricultural Water
- Transportation Department Holds Kauai Hostage to Fuel Tax Hike
- SB2690: Rise in Cigarette Tax Peddled as Aid to Cancer Center
- HB2466: Special Fund Raid Targets Community Health Centers as E-Cigs Continue to Cut into Tobacco Sales
- Just for Laughs: UH Administrators Pretend to have a Plan to Save UH Cancer Center
- 100% Goal is Still Fake – Renewable Energy Bill Deferred
- Senate Votes $28M for DHHL
- Committee tightens up a measure on transient rental taxes
- What’s Happened To Mayor’s ‘Bold’ Affordable Housing Plan?
- Task Force to Take Aim at Affordable Housing Money
- Crime Victims Flood Newspaper: Will my Perpetrator be released?
- Admiral, Police Team up for Maui Marijuana Business
- HB1072: Psychologists Want to Sell Drugs, Too
- Army to Reduce Hawaii Forces 8%
- Joining Dems and GOP is possible but unethical
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| Monday, March 21, 2016 |
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March 21, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:09 PM :: 4632 Views
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- Report: Rep Fukumoto Will Quit Republican Party
- DoH Announces Political Insiders Chosen to Review Marijuana Dispensary Licenses
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 21, 2016
- The hidden hand of the state is reaching for your car keys
- NYT: Hawaii Struggles to Keep Rail Project From Becoming a Boondoggle
- Big Dig, Rail: Grabauskas lands in familiar territory
- Chang thinks he can beat popular Slom; we’ll see
- Caldwell, Martin Still Playing Political games
- What really happened at the ʻAha, part III
- Agricultural future for Hawaii rests on removing many barriers to entry
- Throwing Bad Renewable Energy Projects Off the Bridge
- Hawaii Superferry Going to Maine-Nova Scotia Route
- Wahiawa General Hospital in danger of closing
- HPD officer resigns to help Wahiawa's homeless full-time
- Maui Council boosts transparency
- Anti-GMO Hawaii County Council Candidate Exposed as Paid Lobbyist
- 1,566 Hawaii Same Sex Marriages Since 2013
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| Sunday, March 20, 2016 |
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March 20, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:59 PM :: 6062 Views
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- Bill Burgess: Honolulu attorney fought race-exclusive programs
- Hawaii State Judiciary “Connect-A-Vet” resource fair
- Triple Referral Lateral
- Could You Please Pick Up That Pencil?
- Hawaii: Assault on your Second Amendment Rights Continues
- Clumsy and Secretive: Caldwell’s Minions Mug Ethics Director
- Thousands of Punatics, Anti-GMOs Joining Hawaii Democratic Party to Vote for Socialist
- Kauai Fact-Finding: Anti-GMO Pesticide Hype Completely Unsubstantiated
- Are you participating in Hawaii’s main political party caucuses to choose a presidential nominee?
- Wife of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders visits Oahu
- NYT: UH Lags Private Sector in Equal Pay, Womens’ Rights
- Financial woes threaten the UH Cancer Center
- Required testing of rape kits removed from bills
- HB2391: Release Hundreds of Criminals Back onto Streets
- Medicated: Another 1,800 Sign Up to Smoke Weed
- Affordable? Senior Housing Rents Jump 62%
- City says North Shore playground built by volunteers must come down
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| Saturday, March 19, 2016 |
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March 19, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 9:26 PM :: 3632 Views
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- Who’s Running: Candidates Pulling Papers as of March 18, 2016
- MDs: Gender Ideology Harms Children
- Where to Vote: Hawaii Democrats Presidential Preference Poll March 26
- Applicants Sought for Ethics Commission
- Hawaii State Senate: A Wall of Secrecy ‘for year or more’
- Anti-GMO Realtors Demand Seizure of HC&S Land
- Conflict of Interest: Anti-Ag Activist Appointed to Maui Water Board
- Obamacare Gives HMSA New Way to Reduce Quality of Medical Care
- Chilly temps aren't slowing state's push to cool classrooms
- Police Standards Board Bill Revived
- SB2411: Police Body Cams Committee Vote Tuesday
- Four Officers Involved in Conspiracy to Stage Auto Theft—Vehicle Later Used in Robbery of Drug Dealer
- Ethics Panel Seat Still Open
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| Friday, March 18, 2016 |
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March 18, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:23 PM :: 4759 Views
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- Police Raid Offices of Honolulu Rail Car Supplier
- Organic Farmers Thwart Tropical Disease Eradication Efforts
- Duke Aiona Legislative Update March 17, 2016
- Hawaii: Assault on your Second Amendment Rights Continues
- Beer Taxes: Hawaii Ranks #5 in USA
- Lava Tube: DLNR’s Case ‘setting up roadblocks to the media on matters large and small’
- March 18, 1959: Eisenhower Signs Hawaii Statehood Bill
- Alii Place: $50M State Giveaway to Owner?
- Hollywood Giveaway: Hawaii Offers up to $15M Taxpayer Money per Movie
- Office of Hawaiian Affairs Has 10 Employees In The Six-Figure Range
- Chang Aims for Total One Party Control of State Senate
- Kauai Mayor Carvalho calls for $20M increase in general excise tax
- Charter: Police Commission to get Teeth?
- Ferry Bill Clears First House Committee
- Water a Money Spinner for A&B
- Lawmakers ask HMSA, doctors to compromise on imaging pre-authorization
- Hawaii medical school drops off U.S. News list of top programs, law school drops 10 places
- FBI: Hawaii Overwhelmed with Perverts
- Civil Beat's Errors and Conflict of Interest
- Dolphins to Be Protected from Eco-Religionists after Decade of Harassment
- Ethnic bloc endorsements seem odd and out of date
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| Thursday, March 17, 2016 |
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March 17, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:33 PM :: 3878 Views
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- Na’i Aupuni Cancels Ratification Vote
- Anti-Gun Bills Deferred
- Plan to renovate or rebuild Aloha Stadium could become a taxpayer boondoggle
- Oahu Windfarm Proposed for Live Explosives Dumping Area
- 2016 County Health Rankings Hawaii
- Honolulu Drivers Waste 49 Hours in Traffic
- Hawaii House budget Boosts Spending by $2B
- House Budget Bill—$60M to be Wasted on Aloha Stadium
- House budgets $200M for new Maui jail, Undercuts OCCC, Halawa Plan
- Two Sheriffs Involved in HPD Stolen Car Scheme
- 81% Chance of Sanders Win in Hawaii
- Telescope: Selection of Hearing Officer ‘In Progress’
- SB2562: State Squad to Apply Pressure to Homeless Who Continue to Refuse Shelter
- Will Utah Housing First Leader Direct Honolulu Homeless Effort?
- Kauai Utility CEO: Renewable Energy Goal Not Cheap Or Easy To Meet
- Honolulu Police Commission’s job review of HPD Chief Louis Kealoha is an embarrassing whitewash
- Hawaii TSA had 'record number' of violations, discrepancies
- Prosecutors: Gay Prostitute Killed Woman in Honolulu—Faces Kiddie Porn Charges
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| Wednesday, March 16, 2016 |
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March 16, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:13 PM :: 4861 Views
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- HB2085: Ban Sale of Gasoline, Diesel Vehicles in Hawaii
- House committee to hear ferry bill Wednesday morning
- HB2555: Hemp Inc Behind Industrial Hemp Bill
- Anti-Gun Bills up for Senate Vote
- Hawaii County PD Seeks Community Input
- Rail, TheBus and HandiVan Operations – Under HART or the Mayor?
- State Hands IT Systems to New UH Tech Center
- Feathering Their Own Nests, UH Administrators to Peddle Latest Round of Tuition Hikes at Public Meetings
- Small Business Day at the Capitol, March 30
- Na’i Aupuni Ratification Trick
- Osorio: Three major problems with the ʻAha constitution
- Honolulu rail project's chief architect departs, warns of project's future
- HB1751: Alt Energy Meeting Goals By Screwing With Definitions
- Consultant faults Hawaiian Electric for geothermal contract failure
- DOE investigations into employees drag on for months
- Arakawa pushing for hard-wall housing units for Maui homeless
- Star Adv: Steal Affordable Housing Credits from DHHL
- 2 top Hawaii TSA managers sue agency for discrimination, retaliation
- HPD Officer on trial for allegedly buying, selling stolen SUV
- Lawmakers consider releasing hundreds of inmates to Boost Crime Rate
- Hawaii’s Largest Meth Dealer Gets Reduced Sentence
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| Tuesday, March 15, 2016 |
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March 15, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:29 PM :: 5175 Views
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- Interior Department Funds Guam ‘Self-Determination’ Outreach
- Chief Justice Seeks Public Comment on 3rd District Court Nominees
- HR21: Development Land Swap for Great Lawn in Hawaii Kai
- Complete List: Bills that Passed First Crossover
- Grand jury in Kenoi case issues subpoenas
- Caldwell Makes Excuses for not asking police chief to go on leave during FBI probe
- Legislature: Lets Make it Easier to Pass Around the Campaign Cash
- GEMS for DoE plan hits delay
- HTA against shifting $3M to UH sports
- SB2244: No Pension for Judges Unless They are reappointed
- Transparency-Related Bills Before Legislature
- HB2501: With Sugar Dead, Usual Suspects Fight to Take Away Ag Water
- State Fines Costco $16K for Helping With Hurricane Relief
- 1,000 Apply for 84 Affordable Rentals in Pearl City
- Declining oil prices lead to lower Electric Bills
- Planning director calls for revoking permits for Aina Lea golf courses
- Soft on Crime: Tweeker Gets Probation for Near-Fatal Shooting--Surprisingly She’s Back at it Again
- SB2309: Untested Rape Kits
- If Hawaii Had Dictatorship Like Cuba, We Could Shut Down Anti-Pesticide Nuts and Spray to Stop Dengue, Zika
- Dem Presidential Caucus a Test of Strength for Anti-GMO Nuts
- Trump gets huge win in Northern Mariana Islands GOP caucus
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| Monday, March 14, 2016 |
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March 14, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:26 PM :: 4280 Views
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- Anti-Gun Bills up for Senate Vote
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 14, 2016
- HB2558: State Travel Expenses to Flood DLNR ‘Carbon Credit’ Slush Fund
- Delaying Medical Tests To Save Money Is A Dangerous Game
- Police commission rating of Kealoha seems incomplete
- High Public Cost Of Race Case Bolsters Calls For Police Reform
- ‘Liquefied natural gas’ doesn’t always mean ‘fossil fuel’
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| Sunday, March 13, 2016 |
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March 13, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:02 PM :: 3988 Views
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- Regressivity
- Auditor: Incompetence Prevents Management of State IT Resources
- Auditor: Handi-Van Not ADA-Compliant
- Who’s Running: Candidates Pulling Papers as of March 11, 2016
- SB 2840–Kill Zombie Pensions
- Morita Comes up Short in KIUC Bid
- AP: Only Senator Sam Slom Responded Fully to Our Open Records Request
- Senators go along with Dubious $75M Gas and Vehicle Tax Hike
- SB2454: Make Income Taxes More Progressive
- State is squarely in path of unfunded liability landslide
- Affordable housing trade-off: Credit program aids Hawaiian Homelands
- Another $30M in Revenue Bonds for Political Insiders
- Hawaii Trump Voters: It’s time to move to a level of confrontation not seen in local politics
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| Saturday, March 12, 2016 |
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March 12, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:40 PM :: 5372 Views
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- Applicants Sought for Ethics Commission
- Hawaii Cesspools: Tax Credit, Ban
- Caldwell Minions finally force City Ethics Director Out for Being too Tough on Rail Crooks?
- OHA Mauna Kea Cash Grab: Judge Remands All Telescopes’ Sublease back to BLNR
- House Set to Approve $16B Budget, $300M in Red
- Hawaii could be only state that taxes Girl Scout cookies if Idaho bill passes
- Hawaii's general fund tax deposits up 7.4%
- Homeless are Big Part of Hawaii’s $1.2B Medicaid Bill
- Hawaii deals with dramatic shortage of doctors
- Like Tourism, State’s #2 Industry ‘In Slow Decline’
- Hawaii tech industry ranks 45th in the nation
- Civil Beat Hypes Latest Gaggle of Phony Taxpayer-Funded Tech Companies
- Anti-GMO Activists Just Keep on Lying
- 2 former GOP Hawaii chairs face complaint over their criticism of Trump
- Can Tulsi Gabbard Swing Hawaii Voters to Sanders?
- New state BOE policy embraces language diversity in classrooms
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| Friday, March 11, 2016 |
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March 11, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:03 PM :: 6994 Views
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- Final Results: Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus
- Guam Votes Tonight In The Republican Primary
- Nai Aupuni’s Secret Controllers
- Hawaii GE Tax Bites into 99% of Personal Income
- Maui: Auditor Undervalues our Garbage
- Maui Council Rejects 300% Agriculture Tax Hike
- American Samoa Fights Feds for Fishing Zone
- The Best—and Worst—States for Workers with Disabilities
- AM940 -- Grassroot Institute on the Air
- Full Text: Kauai Pesticide Report
- Local GOP hopes caucus turnout re-energizes party
- Hawaii Trump Voters “Disgusted with political correctness”
- Revolving Door: Politician Nestor Garcia Pays Largest Ethics Fine in History, Gets Hired by KHON
- Revolving Door: Ex-KITV Aide To Gov. Ige Launches Video Production Company
- How Fed Wreckers Kept Aha Distracted
- Drivers’ concerns rise as lawmakers advance bill to hike vehicle fees
- Maui Council Rejects Massive Ag Tax Hike
- Report finds no health impacts from pesticide use on Kauai
- FBI investigates allegations police chief's wife lied in court to fix ticket for Solar Contractor
- Calls for police chief to step aside grow amid expanding federal probe
- Hearing begins over Kauai Police Department’s body camera program
- Hawaii or Hawai'i: What's the official spelling?
- Kau: Sovereignty Activists Harass Landowners, Courts
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| Thursday, March 10, 2016 |
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March 10, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:09 PM :: 4217 Views
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- Over 15,000 Ballots Cast in Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus
- Beyond Political Sovereignty: Pathways for Native Hawaiian Advancement
- Hawaii’s Deficit Disaster: Learning from Illinois
- Raising Hawaii Taxes in 2016 - Unconstitutional Economics Exposed
- Hawaii Cruz Campaigners Disciplined by National Cruz Campaign
- Hawaii GOP caucus -- party hand-counts remaining ballots
- OHA Cronies: Seat a Government Before January 20, 2017, and Obama Will Make us a Tribe
- Rep. Choy’s bill would let legislators take jobs at the University of Hawaii
- HB2408: DoT to Award Secret Land Permits
- Kauai: Report Debunks Every Anti-Pesticide Claim
- Federal investigation into police chief broadens
- Honolulu police chief ‘exceeds expectations’ in annual evaluation (Meanwhile FBI closing in....)
- Ex-officer was bookie during HPD tenure, prosecutors say
- Missing OCCC extended furlough inmate captured, arrested for attempted murder
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| Wednesday, March 9, 2016 |
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March 9, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 11:23 AM :: 4265 Views
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- Results from Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus
- 2016 Hawaii Legislative Watch: People vs. Government
- Huge Voter Turnout for Hawaii Republican Caucuses
- $75M Tax on gas, auto weight would go up via bill OK’d by senators
- Sen Sam Slom, after a brief hospitalization, is back in true form at the Capitol
- Will TheBus be Handed over to Rail System?
- Hawaii County employees can keep frequent flier miles Purchased with P-Card
- What’s Up With Panel To Award Medical Pot Dispensary Licenses?
- Idle Rich Behind Hawaii Anti-GMO Activism
- Plans for Rusting wind junk off Waikiki moving ahead
- Hawaii’s Public Charter School Movement At A Crossroads
- Judicial Appointment Bills are Retaliation for DHHL Ruling?
- Homeless Tent City: Arguments, Yelling and a Party
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| Tuesday, March 8, 2016 |
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March 8, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:51 PM :: 4926 Views
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- Where to Vote: Tuesday March 8 Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus
- Rick Santorum Campaigning for Rubio in Hawaii
- Five Anti-Gun Bills up for House Vote
- Fitch: Hawaii debt levels are high
- Kasich: No Fake Hawaiian Indian Tribe
- Clinton Backs Fake Indian Tribe for Hawaii
- Native Hawaiian nation won’t be on public dime
- Duke Aiona Endorses Rubio
- Excitement Builds for Today’s Republican Presidential Caucus
- Can Hawaii and Idaho Stop Trump Tuesday?
- Rep Beth Fukumoto Chang on Trump: “I told you so”
- Hate on Display: As Sugar Layoffs Begin, Leading Hawaii Anti-GMO Activist Deploys Revisionist History to Cheer Demise
- Hawaii County Ethics Comm Holds Secret Hearings to Grant Exemptions to Double Dipping Self Dealing Contractors
- U.S. Senator Brian Schatz loses mind, calls on media to focus more on climate change
- Vehicle owners face increases to three separate fees under new bill
- Chronic Homeless Refusing Help, Return to Kakaako
- Proposed law would release even more criminals onto streets
- Men assaulted by Honolulu officer file lawsuit against city
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| Monday, March 7, 2016 |
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March 7, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:13 PM :: 3344 Views
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| Sunday, March 6, 2016 |
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March 6, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:03 PM :: 6064 Views
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- Nai Aupuni Aha Roll Call--How They Voted
- Energy Star Certification Program Promises Hawaii DoE $300M in Savings
- Tax Conformity: Can We Make It Move?
- March 8 GOP Caucus – Where to Vote
- What Really Happened at Aha: Delegate ‘Crying like a little B***h’, ‘Hostage’ Demands $5000 Ransom, and more
- Nai Aupuni ‘Constitution’ Becomes New Excuse for Multi-Million Dollar Cash Grab
- Mayor’s role on bank board seems to be a clear conflict
- Rail Tax Hike: ‘Can’t I get the Same Thing?’
- Maui County: Punitive tax plan has Real Potential to Shut Down Farms, Ranches
- Senate moving bill to grab veto power on reappointment of judges and justices
- Abercrombie, Sanders: Birds of a Feather
- SB2569: Homelessness Court Sought to handle 14,860 Tickets
- Star-Adv: Quit playing politics with homelessness
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| Saturday, March 5, 2016 |
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March 5, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:15 PM :: 5785 Views
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- Where to Vote: Tuesday March 8 Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus
- Former Bush Supporter Barbara Marumoto Endorses Rubio
- Former Carson Supporter Sen Sam Slom Endorses Ted Cruz for President
- Sen Sam Slom Hospitalized
- Who’s Running: Candidates Pulling Papers as of March 4, 2016
- Renewable Energy: How the 100% Mandate Hurts Hawaii
- Hawaii Drone Bill Would Hinder Federal Surveillance Program
- Hawaii Bill to Reject Some FDA Restrictions on Terminal Patients Clears Final House Committee
- HPD: Surfing on Duty? Beat your Wife? -- Get Promoted to Captain
- Obamacare: HMSA Refuses to Pay for Medical Tests, Patient Suffers Stroke While Waiting
- 78% Support Term Limits for Hawaii Legislators
- Kauai Council Considers Stupendous Gas Tax Hike
- After $10K and 2.5 Months, Builder Finally Allowed to Apply for ADU Permit
- How Caldwell Wants To Spend $61.7 Million On Housing
- Windward Residents Continue to Suffer Bus Cuts to Pay for Rail
- ACLU Desperately Trying to Keep the Homeless, Homeless: Urine is a Constitutional Right
- Hawaii lawmakers push to ban professors sex with students
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| Friday, March 4, 2016 |
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March 4, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:01 PM :: 5221 Views
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- Where to Vote: Tuesday March 8 Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus
- Waste Management: Millions for Company Tied to OHA Chair Pass Through House Finance on Three Minutes Public Notice
- Gasoline Taxes: Hawaii 4th Highest in USA
- Hawaii: Legislation that Violates Due Process Could be Voted on in the House Friday
- Hawaii Federal Court: Get Ready For Bridge Aina Lea Trial
- Hawaiian Electric Companies report record high renewable energy use
- Excitement Builds for March 8 Hawaii Presidential Caucus
- Star-Adv: Reject gas tax--bloated bureaucracy, not lack of money, is a fundamental obstacle to better roadways
- Your Tax Dollars at Work: HCDA, City Team up for Florida Boat Junket
- Governor: 100% Renewable Energy Formula ‘Flawed’
- Sen Keith Agaran: I Intended to Kill Term Limits from the Beginning
- Borreca: Gabbard Can Expect Retaliation from Clinton Machine
- Mayor keeps his options open for seeking another elected office
- Harry Kim to run for Hawaii County mayor again
- Hitachi hitting speedbumps in acquisition of rail car manufacturer Ansaldo
- Legislators Work to protect Tobacco Biz by Taxing E-Cigs
- Garbled gibberish, faux science and Utopian agricultural dreams
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| Thursday, March 3, 2016 |
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March 3, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:25 PM :: 5236 Views
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- Nai Aupuni ‘Constitution’ Dictated by Department of Interior?
- Honolulu Charter Commission to Discuss Rail-Related Proposals Friday
- Impact of Jones Act Shipping on Hawaii Cost of Living? House Refuses to Study Issue
- Caldwell, Liberal West Coast Mayors, Hope to Exploit Homelessness for Federal Megabucks
- Hawaii Republicans ready for March 8 Presidential caucus
- Contractor: Hawaii DoT Using Lawsuit to Cover up Incompetence
- Emergency? Lingle Built Shelter Space for 650 Homeless, Ige 20
- Senators Kill Bills To Elect Judges, Create Legislative Term Limits
- Residency: Josh Green Lives and Works on Oahu but Says he Still Occasionally Visits his Kona District
- OHA Trustee: Another $2M Must be Wasted on Nai Aupuni
- Judge strikes dollar amount from order to boost DHHL funds
- Kapolei students chosen for telescope time
- State of the City Fallout
- Jon Drinky Karimatsu Convicted on 2nd DUI
- IDG-Huena Geothermal Missed the High Price Opportunity
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