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Thursday, April 15, 2021 |
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April 15, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:53 PM :: 3905 Views
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Sacrifice? Unions Demand Pay Hikes ‘In single digits’
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HB613: Federal COVID Money Must be Used to Fund HSTA Pay Hikes before any other purpose
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HB1296: Raid Tobacco Funds to Balance Budget
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Lawmakers should follow the ‘golden rule’ of budgeting
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Hawaii is only wage-taxing state not to copy Internal Revenue Service in extending due date
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Renewal of Maunakea master lease the top priority for new Institute for Astronomy director
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Hawaii’s Search For A New School Superintendent Could Take Nearly A Year
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Rolling Blackouts for Maui Too? PUC fears potential clean energy project delays could slow closure of MECO oil-fired plant
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Hawai’i Powering Past Coal Task Force -- Secret or Public?
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Red light camera pilot program is moving forward on Oahu
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Kauai Police Chief’s Rising Star Began To Fall Last Year, Job Reviews Show
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Some Department of Health vaccine appointments going unfilled on Maui
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Hawaii Sees ‘Startling’ Increase In Number Of Children Facing Hunger
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Kalihi man resorts to desperate measures without unemployment
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Suspect killed in officer-involved shooting at Nuuanu home
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Wednesday, April 14, 2021 |
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April 14, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:08 PM :: 4250 Views
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Another $800M For Rail? Don’t Count On It, Schatz Says
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Blangiardi’s Pick For Police Commission Withdraws Nomination
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Homelessness: Team Blangiardi in Disarray
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Vaccinations for K-12 Students Before Schools Reopen
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Miske Gang Trying to Access Internet from Prison
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HMSA’s Mark Mugiishi To Chair State Redistricting Panel
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Honolulu building inspector is 4th to plead not guilty to federal bribery charges
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Anti-Tourism Protesters Protest Being Called Anti-Tourism
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Despite potential flooding threat, Wahiawa dam owners get more time to make repairs
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High court to hear Hu Honua Bioenergy LLC’s appeal
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Drug Oligarchy: Will State Clamp Down on Competition?
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Hawaii family horrified by video of autistic boy getting beaten in school bus
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Hawaii Jails COVID-free but ACLU Wants Supreme Court to Keep Releasing Criminals Anyway
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Money News: Historic duo puts climate on Indian Affairs agenda
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Tuesday, April 13, 2021 |
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April 13, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:25 PM :: 4548 Views
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Hawaii Shut Down Tourism for a Year and Didn’t Diversify Economy At All
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After Forcing out Ballard, McCarthy May Not Score Interim Chief Gig
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Building Inspector Took Money From A Homeowner. Her Punishment: 2 Years Paid Time Off
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Attorney for Kaneshiro Campaign Donors has Conflict of Interest?
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‘Safe Travel Cards’ in works
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Kids back full time at only 40% of Hawaii’s public elementary schools
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Price to pay: Increase price for goods sets up challenges for Hawaii restaurants and retailers
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HECO Proposes Large Petroleum-Powered Battery That Will Increase Rates
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Carbon Pricing Issue Rips Apart Hawai’i Progressive Movement
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Big Island Geothermal Agreement On Hold Pending Environmental Review
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HB576 Signed into Law: Nurses Can Perform Abortions
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Monday, April 12, 2021 |
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April 12, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 11:07 AM :: 2070 Views
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Tax Hike Coming: HB243 Sea Level Excuse means Bloated Government Budgets needed to fund grab for Biden Bucks
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Thirty Meter Telescope still on hold as it awaits decision on $850M funding
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Ige Withdraws Land Board Nominee Sam Gon
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SB159: Automatic voter registration bill nears passage
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Designed to Fail: Police Shootings Board Is Still Doing Nothing As Cases Pile Up
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Sailor’s suicide after Kahala Hotel barricade is the third tied to Hawaii’s submarine force in past 16 months
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Sunday, April 11, 2021 |
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April 11, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:41 PM :: 3733 Views
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Envelopes Stuffed with Cash Smooth Approvals at Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting
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Corruption Antidote: Blangiardi needs to embrace transparency
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We don’t need Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation’s memory of rail’s institutional failure
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Shameless: 16-yr old kid killed after 30 arrests and no jail--but ACLU Hawai'i pushes to continue early-inmate releases
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Home schooling rates soar during pandemic in Hawaii and nationally
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North Shore residents raise concerns about proposed military missile radar
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State ordered to pay $370K in attorneys fees in DHHL Waitlist case
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Homeless Drug Addicts Rob Graves in Pearl City
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Saturday, April 10, 2021 |
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April 10, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:56 PM :: 3782 Views
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Senate Compromise Lets OHA Keep its Corrupt LLC Secrets
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Honolulu airport Baseyard Facility investigation leads to 3 arrests
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Bans On High Capacity Magazines For Guns Fails At Legislature
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Diamond Head News: Four Homeless Finally Forced into Shelter—Jail
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City Homeless Response Lacks Key Element—Force
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Friday, April 9, 2021 |
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April 9, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:32 PM :: 3052 Views
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HB1348 Quietly Shifts $350M Aloha Stadium cost to Taxpayers
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Gut-and-replace bill threatens Tourism Authority funding
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‘Mismanaged and dysfunctional’: Longtime DOH official calls out alleged corruption in department
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State investigators raid Honolulu airport baseyard—One Arrested
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Honolulu prosecutor promises to take corruption seriously or something
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HB515 Would Make Superintendent Hiring Process More Local
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Honolulu Needs Transparency
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HART holds meeting to discuss progress of rail
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Thursday, April 8, 2021 |
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April 8, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:14 PM :: 2933 Views
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Commission that Loved Kealoha gives Ballard low marks for leadership, management
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Medical Examiner IDs 16-yr old boy killed after police chase—arrested 30 times, but he was back out on the street
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HB1174: Solar Schemers Whine About Loss of $18M Taxpayer Subsidy
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Chun reiterates UH support of astronomy on Maunakea is not a conflict of interest
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Citing safety concerns, state seeks $20,000 fine against owners of Wahiawa dam
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Money News: Greenmail Campaign Targets Mahi Pono
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Kauai Tiki Bar mandates employees receive vaccine
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Wednesday, April 7, 2021 |
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April 7, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:40 PM :: 2726 Views
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Honolulu building plans examiner admits to taking bribes
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2 plead guilty to wire fraud in city planning department scandal
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Here’s How Hawaii’s New State Budget Is Shaping Up
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Dark Clouds Are Looming Over Hawaii Even As The Economy Appears To Be Improving
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Blangiardi makes request to change Oahu’s tier criteria
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DOH official responsible for contact tracing program vacates position
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Proposed rules for Oahu vacation rentals raise concern amongst residents and rental owners
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Soft-on crime policies leave kids on street instead of being in a nice safe jail – one dead
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New Honolulu Police Policy On Using Force Aims To Defuse Tense Situations
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Anti-GMO Cowden Fined for Russian Propaganda Junket
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DLNR crews clean out more than 30 homeless camps at Diamond Head
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Tuesday, April 6, 2021 |
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Letters to the Editor April, 2021
By Letters to the Editor @ 6:00 PM :: 4295 Views
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- Rail Cost Nears $10,000 per Inch
- Vaccine Passport Unconstitutional?
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Tuesday, April 6, 2021 |
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April 6, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:50 PM :: 2651 Views
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O’ahu Coal Plant Shutdown: Nightmare Scenario of Rolling Blackouts
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Kaena Point Site for Gigantic Floating Windfarm?
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Will Oahu roll back to Tier 2 on Wednesday? Ige, Blangiardi patty cake
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Blangiardi working with legal adviser on agency abuses
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Ige: State not ready for vaccine passport
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Catch 22: HGEA-DLIR Cancel ‘Pending’ Unemployment Appointments
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Under New Leadership, HART Purges Nearly Half Its Staff
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Union Bosses Want Floor Vote on Minimum Wage Increase
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Maui County population could decline with job losses
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Kauai elementary schools back to in-person learning
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Monday, April 5, 2021 |
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April 5, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:36 PM :: 2266 Views
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If we can’t lower taxes, at least don’t increase them
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More Excuses: DOE ‘still waiting on funds, approval’ to address COVID learning loss
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HPD Chief Susan Ballard Is Up For Review This Week
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Hawaii police reform bills progress in Legislature
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Hawaii Data Landscape: Antiquated Infrastructure, Widespread Distrust
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Embattled hotel and condo project near Ala Moana Center hits another major snag
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Banning sunscreen ingredients means creating a greater risk of skin cancer
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Sunday, April 4, 2021 |
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April 4, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:08 PM :: 4661 Views
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Feds fight Hawaii corruption as local enforcers are MIA (again)
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A for Auditor, V for Vendetta
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Carbon Tax: Jack up gasoline prices by $0.60 per gallon to Get the little Peoples’ Cars out of our way
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Does your state want a cut of your federal unemployment benefits?
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HGEA, CoC: Hawaii legislative leaders wise to be patient
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COVID Justice: 13–Time Loser Finally Re-Arrested After Beating Elderly Woman Right in Front of Police
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Hawaii lawmakers poised to reform program that allows police to seize cash and cars
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Get Involved With A Public Board Or Commission. They Need You
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Saturday, April 3, 2021 |
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April 3, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:54 PM :: 2925 Views
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New CDC Guidance Paves The Way For Hawaii To Implement ‘Vaccine Passports’
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Watchdogs question HPD chief’s personal purchases from vendors awarded CARES Act fund
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OHA Will Sue to Build Kakaako Makai
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Hawaii Voter Suppression Worse than Georgia
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Friday, April 2, 2021 |
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April 2, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:27 PM :: 2527 Views
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Federal crackdowns on Honolulu County corruption point to importance of ethics system
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Rail Piñata: Hawaii Political Insiders Jockey For Advantage In Biden’s $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan
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Senate Panel Approves Increases In Hawaii Estate, Conveyance Taxes to pay for Vacant Positions
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Junk car solution: Its a tax hike, of course!
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Hawaii Restaurants Could Escape Shifting Pandemic Rules Under Proposed Program
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Kahuku Wind Farm Case Goes Before Hawaii Supreme Court
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Some restaurant owners calling switch to compostable utensils, straws challenging during pandemic
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Churches partner with the state to overcome vaccine hesitancy in their flocks
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Former Oahu Little League coach charged with 15 counts of child pornography
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Thursday, April 1, 2021 |
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April 1, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:04 PM :: 4700 Views
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Bribery: Ron Menor told DPP Employees to Keep Quiet
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Homeowner says former DPP employee arrested by FBI delayed his permits back in 2015
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Building industry workers say drastic changes needed at city department after bribery charges
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Gov. Ige warns Hawaii could go back to Tier 2 if coronavirus case trend continues
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SB1034: Virtual meetings to Continue After Pandemic?
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Biden Plan To Conserve More Ocean Habitat Worries Hawaii Fishing Interests
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$30M worth of COVID testing kits expire in state storage facility—Refused to Let Hawaii County Use Them
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Frustrated claimants protest HGEA Refusal to Show up for work at DLIR (again)
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Hawaii Supreme Court issues order allowing judges to once again set bail, keep alleged criminals in custody
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More Oahu homeless residents dying from meth overdoses
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Hawaii Lawmakers Seek Marijuana Exemption From DEA While Also Requesting Legal Psilocybin Plan
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Negotiating Tactic: Public Utilities Commission Suspends HELCO-PGV Application Pending Chapter 343 Review
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Wednesday, March 31, 2021 |
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March 31, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:57 PM :: 2804 Views
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Hawaii moving forward using coronavirus vaccine passport for travel
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Keeping Vacant Positions Funded and Secret--State officials won’t release unemployment office budget
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Hawaii Senate Committee Mulls Inheritance And Conveyance Tax Increases
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Hawaii Already Has A Job-Creation Program. It's Called Rail
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Judicial directive aimed at curtailing COVID in jails causing problems in streets, hospitals
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Keep Tourists off the Beaches so we can use them as a Gigantic Festering Homeless Tent City
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House Investigation Into Sharon Har Postponed Until Criminal Case Concludes
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13 Affordable Housing Bills Still Alive
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SB132: Expanded Sunscreen ban dead
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90% of visitors abide to mask mandate, survey shows
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Bill that would provide rent relief to businesses advances in state Legislature
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Rooftop Solar Increases Inequality
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Tuesday, March 30, 2021 |
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March 30, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:28 PM :: 3015 Views
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Na Leo CEO Stacy Higa To Take Leave Following Bribery Allegations
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State executives plead with lawmakers to save hundreds of vacant 'positions' at risk of being cut
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House Leadership Bails On Unemployed Tax Relief
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Hawaii Lawmakers Advance Capital Gains Tax Increase
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Hawaii seniors now have lowest rate of COVID cases
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Most Kaua‘i residents age 16+ eligible for COVID-19 vaccines
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Lawmakers Want New Group To Determine Future Of OHA Kakaako Makai
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Hawaii lawmakers to consider bill that would make sex with animals illegal
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Monday, March 29, 2021 |
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Letters to the Editor March, 2021
By Letters to the Editor @ 9:19 PM :: 2278 Views
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- Police: AntiVaxxers vs Chicken Fights
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Monday, March 29, 2021 |
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March 29, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:22 PM :: 2594 Views
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‘Understand the Enjoyment--We Are Royalty’: Legislators' Per Diem Cashflow Unsupervised and Undocumented
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Honolulu rail’s future tied to questions of federal obligation
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Solar water tax break program dims
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Social services should respond to homeless cases, Honolulu Police Chief Susan Ballard says
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HB1176: Spend Your Tax Dollars to Create make-Work Jobs for Telescope Protesters
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Aiea fatal shooting victim was ex-gang member who turned his life around, worked with troubled youth
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Police break up another large concert in Kapolei as partiers ignore COVID rules
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Sunday, March 28, 2021 |
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March 28, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:54 PM :: 2561 Views
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While others suffer in pandemic, Hawaii legislators see a payday
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HGEA files grievance against HART after interim CEO lays off dozens without notice
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SBA Testing will soon Reveal Depth of HSTA’s ‘Distance Learning’ Failure
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State eviction moratorium set to end in three weeks
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REIT Tax Dead Again
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Mass Shootings Excite Gun Control Nuts (again)
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Report shows Hawaii bucks national trend in pedestrian deaths
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Saturday, March 27, 2021 |
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March 27, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:27 PM :: 2445 Views
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Kauai instructor accused of child sex crimes was also a longtime foster parent
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HB1067: Conference Committee to Decide UH Capital Improvement System—PLA Coming for UH Contracting???
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Hawaiian Airlines CEO says state should loosen interisland travel restrictions
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Hawaiian Airlines calling employees back to work as its CEO sees bluer skies ahead
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Vigilantes Claim 100 COVID Arrests
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Friday, March 26, 2021 |
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March 26, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:47 PM :: 3140 Views
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Hawaii businesses, unemployed on the hook for $450M in state taxes on COVID Aid
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Honolulu rail project still determining who is responsible for needed rail track repairs
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More Homeless Mayhem: Screaming and Stabbing
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HSTA Member charged with sexual exploitation of former student
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Hawaii County Chief was Subject of Promotion-Rigging Lawsuit
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Despite potential obstacles, state pushes forward on vaccine passport plan
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A total of 12 fully vaccinated people in Hawai'i have contracted COVID-19
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Opponents demonstrate against putting solar farm on Hawaiian Home Lands site
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The ‘Green Energy’ That Might Be Ruining the Planet
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$300 a day for a Kia Rio. Why rental cars prices have gone insane
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Outdoor weddings up to 100 people now allowed on Oahu
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Thursday, March 25, 2021 |
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March 25, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:18 PM :: 4251 Views
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‘Rolling Blackouts’ to Come with shutdown of AES coal plant in 2022—Finger-Pointing begins at PUC, HECO
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Green Energy is a Joke: West Oahu Battery Farm will always be Charged by Oil-Burning Plants
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SB614: Unemployed to be Socked with $190M Tax Bill
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Coronavirus: Hawaii to Vax all Adults by Mid-May
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Hirono’s 8-Hr Boycott of Biden’s Whiteys designed to Push Coloretti for OMB
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The Early Childhood Community Emerges Ready to Lead
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SB804: Affordable teacher housing bill moves forward
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SB767: Ige has ‘big concerns’ about marijuana bill
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DUI threshold bill stalls: House committee defers measure to lower legal blood alcohol limit
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1 year later, Brun still awaits trial
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Lawmakers Advance Bail Reform To Help Keep Criminals on the Streets
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Fake UH study by BLM Wannabees concludes Hawaii should defund the police
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Concerns over coronavirus travel passport verification process
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City Council OKs audit of HPD’s overtime costs after department spends additional $38M
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Blangiardi Nominates Former HPD Officer For Police Commission
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Conflict of interest? Kern signs off on approval of project he represented as a planning consultant
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Wednesday, March 24, 2021 |
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March 24, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:27 PM :: 2182 Views
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The Hawaii Capitol Is Closed To The Public, But Some Lobbyists Still Have Entree
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Budget Fills with Biden Bucks—but Tax Hikes Still On Table
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Rapid growth in Hawaii arrivals stresses Safe Travels coronavirus screening
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Pandemic depresses college-going rates, especially for Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders
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Suicide Bill Dead
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Blangiardi ‘Solutions’ will make Honolulu Homelessness Mess Even Worse
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Fire chief selection questioned: Secret voting raises concerns
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Why The Public Needs To Know More About Police Contract Talks
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Police chief says murdered toddler’s case didn’t meet criteria for Maile Amber Alert
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Despite Lawsuit, HPD Still Lacks Conflict Of Interest Policy
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Billionaire wants the little people to stop driving cars
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Consultant Paid $300K to Demand $1.6B to Solve Affordable Housing problem
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Tuesday, March 23, 2021 |
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March 23, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:28 PM :: 3865 Views
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Plea Agreement Details How Miske Allegedly Ordered Chemical Attack On Rival Nightclub
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HB1286 Deferred: ‘Travel passport not quite ready for prime time’
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DoH Ignores Vaccine Requests from ‘Some’ Employers
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Did Unions’ Lack of Support Spell Trouble for School Superintendent?
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After a ‘lost year’ for many students, educators and advocates scramble to get them help
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23.4% of State has one Vaccination
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Hawaii tourism gains momentum
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12.5% Pay Raises For Lawmakers Raise Eyebrows
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Cancel culture, woke police, now Kauai’s Chief of Police
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HART Executive Director calls out previous contractor for 'shoddy work'
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Hopes dwindle for more clarity in HART board votes
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Hilo mom gets probation in child starvation case
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It's Ridiculous To Hide Public Information From The Public
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Birth certificates should identify paternity, not ‘parentage’
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Some UH students will likely have to wait until 2022 for a return to full in-person learning
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University of Hawaii could lose control over decisions on construction, renovation and backlogged repairs across 10-campus system
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Haleiwa families: Major flooding could’ve been prevented, if someone had listened to them
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Homelessness Worker Teams up with Clean and Sober houses to Steal $100K
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Teachers, parents and students call for Ke Kula O Ehunuikaimalino principal’s ouster
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Monday, March 22, 2021 |
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March 22, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:20 PM :: 3128 Views
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Hypocrisy: Legislators Set to Scoop 10% Salary Hike This Year
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Hawaii ‘Vaccine Passport’ Coming by Mid-May?
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HPD Orders Anti-Vaxxer Rally to Disperse—Two Arrested
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Hawaii 8th-highest Vaccinated Percentage (or 9th)
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Maui Lagging: Only 51% of 75+ Kupuna Vaccinated
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Honolulu Council Hopes Federal Relief Can Reverse Cuts In Blangiardi Budget
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Sunday, March 21, 2021 |
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March 21, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:33 PM :: 2255 Views
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Uptick: Survey finds 44% of arriving visitors have been vaccinated
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Jumping the Line: DoH ‘forgot’ about some ‘essential’ workers
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Some fear tax increase could dissuade physicians from moving to state
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Lack of money in city coffers leaves question
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State and Office of Hawaiian Affairs step to never-ending dance on ceded lands
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HB247 – SB340: Billionaire wants to Seize Ag Property from Owners Without Compensation
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SCR152: Lawmakers want to require Hawai'i students to take finance classes
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Is ‘affordable housing’ a sick joke?
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Two Bills help Hawaii’s push mentally ill homeless into shelter and treatment
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Hawaii cuts welfare payments for ‘poorest of the poor’
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Rash of violent crimes against kupuna prompts push for tougher laws to protect them
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4th Commercial Rent Survey expected to show relief for economy
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On the Move: Bills related to farm-to-school and institutional purchasing programs
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Crime Rates in Waikiki Plummet with no Tourists to Rob
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Saturday, March 20, 2021 |
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March 20, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:57 PM :: 2259 Views
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Vaccinations to Hawaii residents 16 and older by May 1?
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Corruption and pensions
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The new head of DPP wants to modernize and speed up the city’s building-permit application process
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State affordable-housing incentive program under fire on Maui
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Bills would allow 17-year-olds in Hawaii to vote in elections
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KPD: Vape Shops Selling ‘Shrooms
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Hawaii coffee farmers hope lawsuit settlements guarantee the Kona in your cup is real
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Friday, March 19, 2021 |
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March 19, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:59 PM :: 3791 Views
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How the media grotesquely distorted the Atlanta massacres
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Proposal to Rename McKinley High School and remove statue stalls at Hawaii Legislature
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ACLU Complains Groper Won’t be Getting 8th Chance
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Honolulu Planning Commission Considers 5-Mile Wind Turbine Setbacks
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Business Have Hard Time Filling Jobs
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Della Au Bellati to lead investigation of colleague Rep. Sharon Har
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HART, Hitachi At Odds Over Wheel Defect As Rail Costs Soar
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Big Island Saves $160M--Scales Back Plans For Recycled Water
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Hawaiians set to receive $20M COVID Aid
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FAIL: Maui Criminals Having Trouble Maintaining COVID Count at MCCC
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Police commissions are supposed to be watchdogs. Are Hawaii’s up to the challenge?
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The business of game rooms
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Thursday, March 18, 2021 |
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March 18, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:11 PM :: 2325 Views
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$1.6B Federal Aid will repay COVID Borrowing and more
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COVID Justice: Judge orders suspect in ‘sex assault spree’ to jail – But Only After Deputy Prosecutor Attacked
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Consider Shifting Police Funds To Social Services, Police Commission Says
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Rickard to serve as acting Maui police chief
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Hawaii Lawmakers Seek Exemption From Political Ad Disclosures
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Lawmaker to undergo investigation for conflicting alleged drunk driving accounts
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Delays Begin: Aloha Stadium won’t be torn down just yet
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Honolulu City Council advances measure to incentivize building affordable rental units
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Resolutions urge BOE to consider Hawaii residents for superintendent’s post
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Bail reduced for former DOE instructor charged with 5 counts of sex assault on a student
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Watchdog blames NOAA for lack of transparency on tsunami tracking system outage
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Kahuku Windfarm Appeals to be heard by Hawaii Supreme Court
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Relics Of Sugar’s Past, Hawaii Dams Will Take Years To Fix Or Remove
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The history of Hansen’s disease reminds that pandemics change us
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Wednesday, March 17, 2021 |
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March 17, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:57 PM :: 2727 Views
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HART: Defective Train Wheels Are A ‘Major’ Problem And Possible Safety Issue
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Cataluna: We can talk about Asians but Raybuck can’t
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Bill that would bar suspension of public records requests during emergency advances
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SB912: Lawmakers look to claw back felons’ pensions
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Hawaii’s Unemployed Must Clear Up Earlier Benefit Snafus Before Getting Federal Dollars
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Aloha Stadium replacement plan includes maintenance risk shift
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COVID Justice: Man accused in alleged ‘sexual assault spree’ released following high court order
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Former public school teacher indicted for alleged sexual assault
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HPD Lawsuit Settlement: Teen Arrested By Classmate’s Father To Receive $150,000
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Big Island to get 3 Hydrogen Buses deemed “risky to operate”
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Tuesday, March 16, 2021 |
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March 16, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:51 PM :: 2657 Views
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Tourism Workers next to Jump Vaccination Line
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Hawaii adopts most extreme open records limits amid pandemic
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SB1334 Gets Quadruple Referral: Kakaako Makai tower opponents to rally again
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Hawaii Restaurant Association requests 2 year extension to plastic ban
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Hawaii logs its best three days of tourist arrivals in a year
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Unemployment call center understaffed, overwhelmed—But Vaccinated HGEA members still won’t see public in person
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Island of Retaliation: Attack on Kauai Chief Intended to Block Police Reform
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COVID Capital Improvement Projects: Hawaii Gets Extra $100M for Hawaiians
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Maui Schools expect more elementary students back in class next week
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Haleiwa flood victims slam response from state and county during visit from U.S. congressman
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100s of Homeless Mentally Ill Drug Addicts to use Mobile Mental Health Homeless Service
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Monday, March 15, 2021 |
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March 15, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:28 PM :: 2485 Views
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HART Wants to Hike GE Tax and TAT
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Vaccines could lead to lifting of travel restrictions
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State BOE to begin search for new superintendent
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Tens of thousands of Hawaii residents live in areas vulnerable to dam failure
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City seeks public input –How much more can we jam up Keeaumoku St?
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Who Would Kidnap a Space Telescope?
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How One Private School Is Trying To Help Public Schools Catch Up
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HB533: Shark Protection Bill Is A Misdirected Conservation Effort
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Illegal campsites creating problems at Diamond Head Beach Park
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Sunday, March 14, 2021 |
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March 14, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:14 PM :: 2658 Views
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To Get Leftover Vaccines In Hawaii, It Helps To Be Related to an HGEA Hospital Employee
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How major bills fared at the Capitol
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Public-private partnerships have a troubled history in Hawaii
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City’s proposed budget focuses on helping low-income families hardest hit in pandemic
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Use The County Initiative Process To Create Change In Hawaii
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Cataluna: Hawaii residents have bigger things to be upset about
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Heavy rain Proves Global Warming—Help Schatz Make Money Fall out of Sky
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Saturday, March 13, 2021 |
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March 13, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:27 PM :: 2903 Views
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The Hike In State Income Taxes On Top Earners Is As Good As Dead
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Amid concerns about ‘discontent’ at HPD, chief denies authorizing new quota for officers
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Should Oahu’s tiered reopening plan receive a public hearing?
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Big Island Traffic Light Timing Improved by Spying on Your Cell Phones
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Friday, March 12, 2021 |
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March 12, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 12:44 PM :: 3696 Views
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Tax Hike: Real Goal is to Shrink State Population
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Our endless rail
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Rail Plan: Give Hanabusa a $1M Contract?
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Hawaii has graduated out of NIMBYism?
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$1M Bail for HSTA Member Charged with Child Molestation
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House is asked to investigate state Rep. Sharon Har’s DUI ‘incident’
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SHOPO calls for Raybuck resignation, Kawakami Defends
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Maui Police Chief Retiring While Under Commission Scrutiny For Hit-And-Run
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Thursday, March 11, 2021 |
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March 11, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:39 PM :: 3366 Views
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Union Negotiations: “$1.6B is not Enough”
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HART: Expect Honolulu’s Full Rail Line To Be Done In 2031
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Schatz Cashflow Plan: ‘Native Wisdom’ Needs To Be Part Of $2T US Infrastructure Bill
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HB683: Your Fuel Tax to fund ‘Sustainable’ Jet Fuel Scammers
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Star-Adv Upset Because Legislators Not Subsidizing Electric Car Owners Enough
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Younger kupuna frustrated about inability to get vaccine, AARP survey finds
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Can ‘Racial Data’ help the next group of COVID vax line-jumpers?
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Wednesday, March 10, 2021 |
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March 10, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:07 PM :: 3621 Views
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COVID Vax—How Public Employees find ways to jump line
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Hawaii Schools Superintendent To Step Down After Her Contract Expires In July
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Hawaii Gets $17B COVID Relief – ‘Still Not Enough’
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Mayor Blangiardi’s financial disclosure is incomplete
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Hawaii Senate Votes To Legalize Marijuana, Raise Minimum Wage
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HB1096: ‘Parental Rights’ to be assigned Politically, not Biologically
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SB132 prohibit sale of sunscreen products containing avobenzone and octocrylene
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KPD Chief Raybuck faces discrimination charges
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Maui Criminals Refuse Vax
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Ed Case Ran Furthest Ahead of Biden
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Tuesday, March 9, 2021 |
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March 9, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:02 PM :: 1978 Views
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Hawaii lawmakers consider nation’s highest income tax—16% Income Tax Rate
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Stadium redevelopment aims to bring Waikiki tourism to Aiea
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Feds Examining Honolulu Police CARES Spending On ATVs, Robot Dog
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Hawai‘i Convention Center charges state millions for unemployment call center
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HSTA Gets Vaccination: Ige Still Wants them to get paid for not working
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State begins vaccinations for those 70 and older
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Hawaii Proposes Tax Penalty Relief For Small Biz Amid Virus
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House Speaker Seeks Hawaiian Nominees For Mauna Kea Group
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Chevron, Others Struggle To Keep Climate Suit In Fed. Court
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Mother in Hilo child starvation case is free, pending sentencing
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Monday, March 8, 2021 |
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March 8, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:19 PM :: 3198 Views
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Rail Board Believed HART’s Former Director Misled On Costs, Records Show
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SB176: Ex-Tweeker Milton Holt and Sen Delacruz advance bill to facilitate sale of Sand Island Industrial Park
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DEA: Jalisco Cartel takes Hawaii from Sinaloa Cartel
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Settlement reached in lawsuit against an HPD officer accused of abusing his power
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Hawaii County plan will buy homes destroyed in 2018 eruption
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In Hawaii, Reimagining Tourism for a Post-Pandemic World
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Sunday, March 7, 2021 |
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March 7, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:44 PM :: 2001 Views
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What’s Dead And Alive At The Hawaii Legislature
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Lawmakers End Efforts To Revamp Oversight Of Watchdog Agencies
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Honolulu’s housing director has new plans to tackle homelessness
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While Seniors Wait: 391,000 Vaccinations Delivered in Hawaii
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Kauai Mayor Derek Kawakami supports lifting interisland travel quarantine by April 1
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Will DoH Give Back Kauai Drug Treatment Center?
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Grant to help HPD process firearms permits
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Saturday, March 6, 2021 |
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March 6, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:49 PM :: 5510 Views
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Retaliation for Discrimination Suit: Did Kaneshiro Frame ex-Mitsunaga Employee?
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SB1117: Pay Ex-cops to lead vigilante quarantine and mask crackdowns in Hawaii?
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Hawaii County looks to lift more COVID-19 restrictions soon
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Almost 500 state education employees received a shot of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
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UH finishing up employee vaccinations—’Nearly All’ staff vaccinated
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Report Calls For Better Data About And For Native Hawaiians
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Maui Bill removes Mandatory Fine for Trespassing
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Hawaii congressional delegation seeks national forest declaration—could transfer 1000s of acres to Federal Government
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Friday, March 5, 2021 |
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March 5, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:47 PM :: 2811 Views
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Hawai’i Proposes Banning Fossil Fuels by 2045
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Here’s How Tax Increases Are Shaking Out In The Hawaii Legislature
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Hawaii unemployment compensation tax exemption bill advances
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Blackmail: HSTA Operatives Admit Threat to Fire Kishimoto is Retaliation for Reopening Elementary Schools
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Proposed Office of Hawaiian Affairs towers in Kakaako gain ground in state Senate
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House passes resolutions to form Maunakea management working group
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Fishing for Campaign Contributors, Josh Green wants High-tech Tax Credit Scammers to Come back and Steal Another Billion
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State offers more food stamp flexibility amid record participation
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Officials believe a Kakaako garage fire was started by trespassing homeless people
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Hawaii Governor Has ‘Concerns’ About Legalization Bill Advancing In Legislature
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Lanai and Molokai on track to make COVID vaccine available to all residents 16 and up
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Thursday, March 4, 2021 |
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March 4, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:31 PM :: 2222 Views
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Court backlogs, orders to minimize jail headcounts worsen ‘catch and release’ crime trend
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Police Commissioners: Redirect HPD Funds To Social Services And Cut Overtime
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Judge Upholds New State Law Requiring Police Misconduct Disclosure
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Oldsters will Have to Wait: HSTA members are the real vaccination priority
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Now That Teachers are almost Completely Vaccinated, State to expand eligibility to those 70 and up
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Lt. Gov. Green urges governor to drop interisland quarantine
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State's Biggest Projects Put 'Hawaii Political Time' On Display
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CSO telescope could be gone by 2022
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Streamlined Hawaii County Planning and permit system set to go live July 26
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COVID spurs bills to continue ‘work’ from home
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Military Spouses Hope For Easier Ways To Get Licensed To Work In Hawaii
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Kahele Seeks New Political Base: ‘Inmates Should Vote From Prison’
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Wednesday, March 3, 2021 |
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March 3, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:52 PM :: 3601 Views
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Is the Aloha Stadium Deal a Criminal Offense?
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Rail construction in Dillingham corridor halted
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Hawaii Aims To Reopen Elementary Schools After Spring Break—HSTA Freaks out
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Unemployment office puts ‘bot blocker’ in place to reduce volume into call center
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Hawaii hits highs for needle exchange and overdose reversals
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Most Police Reform Measures Fail To Gain Traction At Legislature
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HB796: Public Reports of Inmate Deaths
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Maui County working on bogus lawsuit against Bank of America
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Tuesday, March 2, 2021 |
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March 2, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:11 PM :: 4276 Views
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Catch-and-release policies create revolving door of crime as pending cases pile up
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East Hawaii Cultural Center to put up fence to combat drug-addicted homeless criminals
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The Fever Breaks: Maui County won’t tighten COVID-19 restrictions for now
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Love’s Bakery, which struggled with pandemic losses, to cease operations at end of March
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Different basic wage for tipped employees
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HPD sets quota for speed program, requiring officers to make more stops until March 27
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$80M for Native Hawaiian health care, housing, and education programs in new COVID-19 relief bill
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Keep the People Doped up: Marijuana-related bills progressing in Legislature
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720,000 COVID Tests About to Expire: DoH Would Rather Trash them than Use Them
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Monday, March 1, 2021 |
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March 1, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:55 PM :: 2254 Views
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COVID Relief includes $70 million for Rail
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If Honolulu Wants to Keep Homeless Lunatics out of Jail, We Will need a Lunatic Asylum
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Ige Again Withholds Funds from Commission Planning to let Lots and Lots of Criminals out on to the Streets
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HSTA Member Charged with Rape of Child in Kihei, Extradited to Face Child Molestation Charges in Oregon
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Sunday, February 28, 2021 |
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February 28, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:49 PM :: 3322 Views
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Union Bosses: Thanks for the Vax, Now we want a Raise
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Who in Hawaii should get Johnson & Johnson vaccine? (Clue: Anybody except age 65+)
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HGEA Jumps Vaccination Line – Still Refusing to Work (but getting paid)
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5,000 UH Employees Get Vaccination
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Hawaii’s acting state epidemiologist calls for reopening public schools
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HSTA Tries to Stop Kauai Council from passing School Reopening Resolution
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No data for maps: Redistricting commission meets Monday
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Sand Island business group seeks to force sale of public land
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‘Sham Transactions’ Trigger States to Crack Down on Tax Havens
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Nonprofit questions why HECO’s profits jumped in 2020 as customers struggled to pay bills
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The One Mistake That is Never Forgotten
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Kenji Price: An Uncertain Future For A Republican In Deep Blue Hawaii
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Federal Money Plus Tourism Recovery
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Saturday, February 27, 2021 |
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February 27, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:52 PM :: 2678 Views
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In internal video, police chief says 263 officers abused overtime policy
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Report recommends no salary increases for Honolulu’s top officials
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Anti-GMO Whack-jobs Target ADC -- Farm development agency may be plowed under by Hawaii lawmakers
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Flip-Flop or Head Fake? DOE considers plan to reopen elementary schools for full, in-person learning in late March
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Bills to create Hawaii commercial rent relief program advance
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How Reliable Is Your Hawaii Electric Utility?
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