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Tuesday, March 23, 2021
March 23, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:28 PM :: 4049 Views
  1. Plea Agreement Details How Miske Allegedly Ordered Chemical Attack On Rival Nightclub
  2. HB1286 Deferred: ‘Travel passport not quite ready for prime time’
  3. DoH Ignores Vaccine Requests from ‘Some’ Employers
  4. Did Unions’ Lack of Support Spell Trouble for School Superintendent?
  5. After a ‘lost year’ for many students, educators and advocates scramble to get them help
  6. 23.4% of State has one Vaccination
  7. Hawaii tourism gains momentum
  8. 12.5% Pay Raises For Lawmakers Raise Eyebrows
  9. Cancel culture, woke police, now Kauai’s Chief of Police
  10. HART Executive Director calls out previous contractor for 'shoddy work'
  11. Hopes dwindle for more clarity in HART board votes
  12. Hilo mom gets probation in child starvation case
  13. It's Ridiculous To Hide Public Information From The Public
  14. Birth certificates should identify paternity, not ‘parentage’
  15. Some UH students will likely have to wait until 2022 for a return to full in-person learning
  16. University of Hawaii could lose control over decisions on construction, renovation and backlogged repairs across 10-campus system
  17. Haleiwa families: Major flooding could’ve been prevented, if someone had listened to them
  18. Homelessness Worker Teams up with Clean and Sober houses to Steal $100K
  19. Teachers, parents and students call for Ke Kula O Ehunuikaimalino principal’s ouster
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Monday, March 22, 2021
March 22, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:20 PM :: 3247 Views
  1. Hypocrisy: Legislators Set to Scoop 10% Salary Hike This Year
  2. Hawaii ‘Vaccine Passport’ Coming by Mid-May?
  3. HPD Orders Anti-Vaxxer Rally to Disperse—Two Arrested
  4. Hawaii 8th-highest Vaccinated Percentage (or 9th)
  5. Maui Lagging: Only 51% of 75+ Kupuna Vaccinated
  6. Honolulu Council Hopes Federal Relief Can Reverse Cuts In Blangiardi Budget 
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Sunday, March 21, 2021
March 21, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:33 PM :: 2359 Views
  1. Uptick: Survey finds 44% of arriving visitors have been vaccinated
  2. Jumping the Line: DoH ‘forgot’ about some ‘essential’ workers
  3. Some fear tax increase could dissuade physicians from moving to state
  4. Lack of money in city coffers leaves question
  5. State and Office of Hawaiian Affairs step to never-ending dance on ceded lands
  6. HB247 – SB340: Billionaire wants to Seize Ag Property from Owners Without Compensation
  7. SCR152: Lawmakers want to require Hawai'i students to take finance classes
  8. Is ‘affordable housing’ a sick joke?
  9. Two Bills help Hawaii’s push mentally ill homeless into shelter and treatment
  10. Hawaii cuts welfare payments for ‘poorest of the poor’
  11. Rash of violent crimes against kupuna prompts push for tougher laws to protect them
  12. 4th Commercial Rent Survey expected to show relief for economy
  13. On the Move: Bills related to farm-to-school and institutional purchasing programs
  14. Crime Rates in Waikiki Plummet with no Tourists to Rob
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Saturday, March 20, 2021
March 20, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:57 PM :: 2374 Views
  1. Vaccinations to Hawaii residents 16 and older by May 1?
  2. Corruption and pensions
  3. The new head of DPP wants to modernize and speed up the city’s building-permit application process
  4. State affordable-housing incentive program under fire on Maui
  5. Bills would allow 17-year-olds in Hawaii to vote in elections
  6. KPD: Vape Shops Selling ‘Shrooms
  7. Hawaii coffee farmers hope lawsuit settlements guarantee the Kona in your cup is real
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Friday, March 19, 2021
March 19, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:59 PM :: 4041 Views
  1. How the media grotesquely distorted the Atlanta massacres
  2. Proposal to Rename McKinley High School and remove statue stalls at Hawaii Legislature
  3. ACLU Complains Groper Won’t be Getting 8th Chance
  4. Honolulu Planning Commission Considers 5-Mile Wind Turbine Setbacks
  5. Business Have Hard Time Filling Jobs
  6. Della Au Bellati to lead investigation of colleague Rep. Sharon Har    
  7. HART, Hitachi At Odds Over Wheel Defect As Rail Costs Soar
  8. Big Island Saves $160M--Scales Back Plans For Recycled Water
  9. Hawaiians set to receive $20M COVID Aid
  10. FAIL: Maui Criminals Having Trouble Maintaining COVID Count at MCCC
  11. Police commissions are supposed to be watchdogs. Are Hawaii’s up to the challenge?
  12. The business of game rooms
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Thursday, March 18, 2021
March 18, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:11 PM :: 2466 Views
  1. $1.6B Federal Aid will repay COVID Borrowing and more
  2. COVID Justice: Judge orders suspect in ‘sex assault spree’ to jail – But Only After Deputy Prosecutor Attacked
  3. Consider Shifting Police Funds To Social Services, Police Commission Says
  4. Rickard to serve as acting Maui police chief
  5. Hawaii Lawmakers Seek Exemption From Political Ad Disclosures
  6. Lawmaker to undergo investigation for conflicting alleged drunk driving accounts
  7. Delays Begin: Aloha Stadium won’t be torn down just yet
  8. Honolulu City Council advances measure to incentivize building affordable rental units
  9. Resolutions urge BOE to consider Hawaii residents for superintendent’s post
  10. Bail reduced for former DOE instructor charged with 5 counts of sex assault on a student
  11. Watchdog blames NOAA for lack of transparency on tsunami tracking system outage
  12. Kahuku Windfarm Appeals to be heard by Hawaii Supreme Court
  13. Relics Of Sugar’s Past, Hawaii Dams Will Take Years To Fix Or Remove
  14. The history of Hansen’s disease reminds that pandemics change us
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Wednesday, March 17, 2021
March 17, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:57 PM :: 2861 Views
  1. HART: Defective Train Wheels Are A ‘Major’ Problem And Possible Safety Issue
  2. Cataluna: We can talk about Asians but Raybuck can’t
  3. Bill that would bar suspension of public records requests during emergency advances
  4. SB912: Lawmakers look to claw back felons’ pensions
  5. Hawaii’s Unemployed Must Clear Up Earlier Benefit Snafus Before Getting Federal Dollars
  6. Aloha Stadium replacement plan includes maintenance risk shift
  7. COVID Justice: Man accused in alleged ‘sexual assault spree’ released following high court order
  8. Former public school teacher indicted for alleged sexual assault
  9. HPD Lawsuit Settlement: Teen Arrested By Classmate’s Father To Receive $150,000
  10. Big Island to get 3 Hydrogen Buses deemed “risky to operate” 
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Tuesday, March 16, 2021
March 16, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:51 PM :: 2846 Views
  1. Tourism Workers next to Jump Vaccination Line
  2. Hawaii adopts most extreme open records limits amid pandemic
  3. SB1334 Gets Quadruple Referral: Kakaako Makai tower opponents to rally again
  4. Hawaii Restaurant Association requests 2 year extension to plastic ban
  5. Hawaii logs its best three days of tourist arrivals in a year
  6. Unemployment call center understaffed, overwhelmed—But Vaccinated HGEA members still won’t see public in person
  7. Island of Retaliation: Attack on Kauai Chief Intended to Block Police Reform
  8. COVID Capital Improvement Projects: Hawaii Gets Extra $100M for Hawaiians
  9. Maui Schools expect more elementary students back in class next week
  10. Haleiwa flood victims slam response from state and county during visit from U.S. congressman
  11. 100s of Homeless Mentally Ill Drug Addicts to use Mobile Mental Health Homeless Service
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Monday, March 15, 2021
March 15, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:28 PM :: 2620 Views
  1. HART Wants to Hike GE Tax and TAT
  2. Vaccines could lead to lifting of travel restrictions     
  3. State BOE to begin search for new superintendent
  4. Tens of thousands of Hawaii residents live in areas vulnerable to dam failure
  5. City seeks public input –How much more can we jam up Keeaumoku St?
  6. Who Would Kidnap a Space Telescope?
  7. How One Private School Is Trying To Help Public Schools Catch Up
  8. HB533: Shark Protection Bill Is A Misdirected Conservation Effort
  9. Illegal campsites creating problems at Diamond Head Beach Park
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Sunday, March 14, 2021
March 14, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:14 PM :: 2795 Views
  1. To Get Leftover Vaccines In Hawaii, It Helps To Be Related to an HGEA Hospital Employee
  2. How major bills fared at the Capitol
  3. Public-private partnerships have a troubled history in Hawaii
  4. City’s proposed budget focuses on helping low-income families hardest hit in pandemic
  5. Use The County Initiative Process To Create Change In Hawaii
  6. Cataluna: Hawaii residents have bigger things to be upset about
  7. Heavy rain Proves Global Warming—Help Schatz Make Money Fall out of Sky
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Saturday, March 13, 2021
March 13, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:27 PM :: 2994 Views
  1. The Hike In State Income Taxes On Top Earners Is As Good As Dead
  2. Amid concerns about ‘discontent’ at HPD, chief denies authorizing new quota for officers
  3. Should Oahu’s tiered reopening plan receive a public hearing?
  4. Big Island Traffic Light Timing Improved by Spying on Your Cell Phones 
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Friday, March 12, 2021
March 12, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 12:44 PM :: 3839 Views
  1. Tax Hike: Real Goal is to Shrink State Population
  2. Our endless rail
  3. Rail Plan: Give Hanabusa a $1M Contract?
  4. Hawaii has graduated out of NIMBYism?
  5. $1M Bail for HSTA Member Charged with Child Molestation
  6. House is asked to investigate state Rep. Sharon Har’s DUI ‘incident’
  7. SHOPO calls for Raybuck resignation, Kawakami Defends
  8. Maui Police Chief Retiring While Under Commission Scrutiny For Hit-And-Run
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Thursday, March 11, 2021
March 11, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:39 PM :: 3568 Views
  1. Union Negotiations: “$1.6B is not Enough”
  2. HART: Expect Honolulu’s Full Rail Line To Be Done In 2031
  3. Schatz Cashflow Plan: ‘Native Wisdom’ Needs To Be Part Of $2T US Infrastructure Bill
  4. HB683: Your Fuel Tax to fund ‘Sustainable’ Jet Fuel Scammers
  5. Star-Adv Upset Because Legislators Not Subsidizing Electric Car Owners Enough
  6. Younger kupuna frustrated about inability to get vaccine, AARP survey finds
  7. Can ‘Racial Data’ help the next group of COVID vax line-jumpers?
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Wednesday, March 10, 2021
March 10, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:07 PM :: 3754 Views
  1. COVID Vax—How Public Employees find ways to jump line
  2. Hawaii Schools Superintendent To Step Down After Her Contract Expires In July  
  3. Hawaii Gets $17B COVID  Relief – ‘Still Not Enough’
  4. Mayor Blangiardi’s financial disclosure is incomplete
  5. Hawaii Senate Votes To Legalize Marijuana, Raise Minimum Wage
  6. HB1096: ‘Parental Rights’ to be assigned Politically, not Biologically
  7. SB132 prohibit sale of sunscreen products containing avobenzone and octocrylene
  8. KPD Chief Raybuck faces discrimination charges
  9. Maui Criminals Refuse Vax
  10. Ed Case Ran Furthest Ahead of Biden
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Tuesday, March 9, 2021
March 9, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:02 PM :: 2133 Views
  1. Hawaii lawmakers consider nation’s highest income tax—16% Income Tax Rate
  2. Stadium redevelopment aims to bring Waikiki tourism to Aiea
  3. Feds Examining Honolulu Police CARES Spending On ATVs, Robot Dog
  4. Hawai‘i Convention Center charges state millions for unemployment call center
  5. HSTA Gets Vaccination: Ige Still Wants them to get paid for not working
  6. State begins vaccinations for those 70 and older
  7. Hawaii Proposes Tax Penalty Relief For Small Biz Amid Virus
  8. House Speaker Seeks Hawaiian Nominees For Mauna Kea Group
  9. Chevron, Others Struggle To Keep Climate Suit In Fed. Court
  10. Mother in Hilo child starvation case is free, pending sentencing
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Monday, March 8, 2021
March 8, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:19 PM :: 3358 Views
  1. Rail Board Believed HART’s Former Director Misled On Costs, Records Show
  2. SB176: Ex-Tweeker Milton Holt and Sen Delacruz advance bill to facilitate sale of Sand Island Industrial Park
  3. DEA: Jalisco Cartel takes Hawaii from Sinaloa Cartel
  4. Settlement reached in lawsuit against an HPD officer accused of abusing his power
  5. Hawaii County plan will buy homes destroyed in 2018 eruption
  6. In Hawaii, Reimagining Tourism for a Post-Pandemic World
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Sunday, March 7, 2021
March 7, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:44 PM :: 2105 Views
  1. What’s Dead And Alive At The Hawaii Legislature
  2. Lawmakers End Efforts To Revamp Oversight Of Watchdog Agencies
  3. Honolulu’s housing director has new plans to tackle homelessness
  4. While Seniors Wait: 391,000 Vaccinations Delivered in Hawaii
  5. Kauai Mayor Derek Kawakami supports lifting interisland travel quarantine by April 1
  6. Will DoH Give Back Kauai Drug Treatment Center?
  7. Grant to help HPD process firearms permits
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Saturday, March 6, 2021
March 6, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:49 PM :: 5736 Views
  1. Retaliation for Discrimination Suit: Did Kaneshiro Frame ex-Mitsunaga Employee?
  2. SB1117: Pay Ex-cops to lead vigilante quarantine and mask crackdowns in Hawaii?
  3. Hawaii County looks to lift more COVID-19 restrictions soon
  4. Almost 500 state education employees received a shot of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
  5. UH finishing up employee vaccinations—’Nearly All’ staff vaccinated
  6. Report Calls For Better Data About And For Native Hawaiians
  7. Maui Bill removes Mandatory Fine for Trespassing
  8. Hawaii congressional delegation seeks national forest declaration—could transfer 1000s of acres to Federal Government 
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Friday, March 5, 2021
March 5, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:47 PM :: 2955 Views
  1. Hawai’i Proposes Banning Fossil Fuels by 2045
  2. Here’s How Tax Increases Are Shaking Out In The Hawaii Legislature
  3. Hawaii unemployment compensation tax exemption bill advances
  4. Blackmail: HSTA Operatives Admit Threat to Fire Kishimoto is Retaliation for Reopening Elementary Schools
  5. Proposed Office of Hawaiian Affairs towers in Kakaako gain ground in state Senate
  6. House passes resolutions to form Maunakea management working group
  7. Fishing for Campaign Contributors, Josh Green wants High-tech Tax Credit Scammers to Come back and Steal Another Billion
  8. State offers more food stamp flexibility amid record participation
  9. Officials believe a Kakaako garage fire was started by trespassing homeless people
  10. Hawaii Governor Has ‘Concerns’ About Legalization Bill Advancing In Legislature
  11. Lanai and Molokai on track to make COVID vaccine available to all residents 16 and up
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Thursday, March 4, 2021
March 4, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:31 PM :: 2324 Views
  1. Court backlogs, orders to minimize jail headcounts worsen ‘catch and release’ crime trend
  2. Police Commissioners: Redirect HPD Funds To Social Services And Cut Overtime
  3. Judge Upholds New State Law Requiring Police Misconduct Disclosure
  4. Oldsters will Have to Wait: HSTA members are the real vaccination priority
  5. Now That Teachers are almost Completely Vaccinated, State to expand eligibility to those 70 and up
  6. Lt. Gov. Green urges governor to drop interisland quarantine
  7. State's Biggest Projects Put 'Hawaii Political Time' On Display
  8. CSO telescope could be gone by 2022
  9. Streamlined Hawaii County Planning and permit system set to go live July 26
  10. COVID spurs bills to continue ‘work’ from home
  11. Military Spouses Hope For Easier Ways To Get Licensed To Work In Hawaii
  12. Kahele Seeks New Political Base: ‘Inmates Should Vote From Prison’
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Wednesday, March 3, 2021
March 3, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:52 PM :: 3731 Views
  1. Is the Aloha Stadium Deal a Criminal Offense?
  2. Rail construction in Dillingham corridor halted
  3. Hawaii Aims To Reopen Elementary Schools After Spring Break—HSTA Freaks out
  4. Unemployment office puts ‘bot blocker’ in place to reduce volume into call center
  5. Hawaii hits highs for needle exchange and overdose reversals
  6. Most Police Reform Measures Fail To Gain Traction At Legislature
  7. HB796: Public Reports of Inmate Deaths
  8. Maui County working on bogus lawsuit against Bank of America
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Tuesday, March 2, 2021
March 2, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:11 PM :: 4470 Views
  1. Catch-and-release policies create revolving door of crime as pending cases pile up
  2. East Hawaii Cultural Center to put up fence to combat drug-addicted homeless criminals
  3. The Fever Breaks: Maui County won’t tighten COVID-19 restrictions for now
  4. Love’s Bakery, which struggled with pandemic losses, to cease operations at end of March
  5. Different basic wage for tipped employees
  6. HPD sets quota for speed program, requiring officers to make more stops until March 27
  7. $80M for Native Hawaiian health care, housing, and education programs in new COVID-19 relief bill
  8. Keep the People Doped up: Marijuana-related bills progressing in Legislature
  9. 720,000 COVID Tests About to Expire: DoH Would Rather Trash them than Use Them
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Monday, March 1, 2021
March 1, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:55 PM :: 2431 Views
  1. COVID Relief includes $70 million for Rail
  2. If Honolulu Wants to Keep Homeless Lunatics out of Jail, We Will need a Lunatic Asylum
  3. Ige Again Withholds Funds from Commission Planning to let Lots and Lots of Criminals out on to the Streets
  4. 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
February 28, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:49 PM :: 3450 Views
  1. Union Bosses: Thanks for the Vax, Now we want a Raise
  2. Who in Hawaii should get Johnson & Johnson vaccine? (Clue: Anybody except age 65+)
  3. HGEA Jumps Vaccination Line – Still Refusing to Work (but getting paid)
  4. 5,000 UH Employees Get Vaccination
  5. Hawaii’s acting state epidemiologist calls for reopening public schools
  6. HSTA Tries to Stop Kauai Council from passing School Reopening Resolution
  7. No data for maps: Redistricting commission meets Monday
  8. Sand Island business group seeks to force sale of public land
  9. ‘Sham Transactions’ Trigger States to Crack Down on Tax Havens
  10. Nonprofit questions why HECO’s profits jumped in 2020 as customers struggled to pay bills
  11. The One Mistake That is Never Forgotten
  12. Kenji Price: An Uncertain Future For A Republican In Deep Blue Hawaii
  13. Federal Money Plus Tourism Recovery
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Saturday, February 27, 2021
February 27, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:52 PM :: 2794 Views
  1. In internal video, police chief says 263 officers abused overtime policy
  2. Report recommends no salary increases for Honolulu’s top officials
  3. Anti-GMO Whack-jobs Target ADC -- Farm development agency may be plowed under by Hawaii lawmakers
  4. Flip-Flop or Head Fake?  DOE considers plan to reopen elementary schools for full, in-person learning in late March
  5. Bills to create Hawaii commercial rent relief program advance  
  6. How Reliable Is Your Hawaii Electric Utility?
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Friday, February 26, 2021
February 26, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:26 PM :: 3387 Views
  1. Kealoha scandal fuels push to seize pension benefits from criminals
  2. Honolulu Council Chair Calls For Audit Of HPD Overtime
  3. First vials of single-dose COVID vaccine could arrive in Hawaii within 7 to 14 days
  4. Resolutions to form Maunakea working group advance
  5. Proposal to raise Hawaii’s minimum wage to $12 remains alive
  6. How this family making $83,000 a year in Hawaii lives paycheck to paycheck
  7. Kauai: $22M rental-assistance program to “effectively wipe out” missed rental payments
  8. University of Hawaii wants greater say in new stadium project
  9. Changes to Honolulu EMS could mean higher ambulance fees
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Thursday, February 25, 2021
February 25, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:22 PM :: 3204 Views
  1. DLIR to bill 40,000 Victims of COVID ID Theft in Hawaii?
  2. Unemployed Protest—Demand HGEA Show up for Work at DLIR
  3. Sacrifice? BoE Says Pay Hikes for Teachers are ‘Top Priority’
  4. 1 in 3 Hawaii residents now on Medicaid after record-setting job losses
  5. 18% on Kauai Vaccinated
  6. State says about half of Oahu, Maui inmates who qualify under 1B opted to get vaccinated
  7. Stadium redevelopment plan’s legacy of deceit
  8. Tax Hikes Coming: Public-private wastewater partnerships likely dead in Legislature
  9. Agribusiness?  Reverting to DoA Would be Worse
  10. DoA Ag Parks: ‘Politically Correct’ crowd wants to push out actual food producers to grab land-leases for themselves
  11. Aquarium trade reveals revised EIS for West Hawaii fishing
  12. Proposal Would Streamline Involuntary Treatment Of Those With Severe Mental Illness
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Thursday, February 25, 2021
Letters to the Editor February, 2021
By Letters to the Editor @ 12:36 AM :: 3279 Views
  • Supreme Court will be holding oral arguments on Kahoma Village development
  • Legislature Ignores Potential $850M Self-Insurance Savings
  • The ‘Other’ Side are Idiots
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Wednesday, February 24, 2021
February 24, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:29 PM :: 2436 Views
  1. Hawaii’s Fiscal Picture Is Looking Up. So Why Do Lawmakers Still Want To Raise Taxes?
  2. HB1278: Bill to halt unemployment tax hike on Governor’s desk
  3. Health providers allowed to ‘interpret’ vaccine prioritizations
  4. As Oahu prepares to move to next tier, mayor says he’ll also seek to allow organized sports
  5. Some who got unemployment benefits say they’re getting inflated tax bills
  6. HPD rolling out final body-worn cameras which have already been misused
  7. How Much Land is Needed to Meet Hawai`i 2045 Goals of 100% Renewable Energy?
  8. Fast-tracked stadium redevelopment = “Boondoggle”
  9. State Senate committee passes automatic voter registration
  10. Last call for booze tax bill: Legislation on beverages nearly dead for the session
  11. Lawmakers debate lowering DUI threshold
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Tuesday, February 23, 2021
February 23, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:39 PM :: 2486 Views
  1. Rep Sharon Har DUI—Wrong Way Driver on Beretania
  2. How to hide the Failure: DoE Can Fudge Testing but not Eliminate it, feds say
  3. 720,000 COVID Rapid tests Sit in Warehouse—Will Expire Unused because HSTA refuses to reopen Schools
  4. Kishimoto, Ige: No School Anytime Soon
  5. AARP wants state to prioritize everyone 50 and up for COVID vaccine
  6. Hawaii Health Director Says 3 More Weeks Until Age 70+ Vaccinations Begin
  7. Oahu: Loosened COVID-19 restrictions not enough
  8. Ige – Let Kauai have its Bubbles
  9. Kauai: No Tourists Anytime Soon
  10. Minimum Wage Bill Teed Up For Senate Vote
  11. Kill a Kid, Get Probation
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Monday, February 22, 2021
February 22, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:51 PM :: 2292 Views
  1. OHA Rentseeking vs ‘Bold’ plan to develop leasehold condos on state land renewed
  2. Shutdown of Agriculture Development Corporation just a trick to Kill Seed Industry?
  3. Former US Indo-Pacific Command Surgeon: Military approach offers lessons for Hawaii reopening
  4. Aloha Stadium parking lot events prove popular with more being booked
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Sunday, February 21, 2021
February 21, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:55 PM :: 3985 Views
  1. Schatz: This is not the time for another Akaka Bill
  2. Is The End In Sight? And How Will We Know It?
  3. AARP: Is State Really Prioritizing older adults for vaccinations?
  4. Kauai Council resolution urges reopening of schools, sports
  5. Legislators shovel money to HSTA while students suffer
  6. Kishimoto: We are very Comfortable not being Great
  7. Lawmakers Should Stop Meddling And Start Solving Problems
  8. Telescope protester: “the management organization would be a better situation for us”
  9. Former Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell and Lt. Gov. Josh Green cling to lucrative outside employment
  10. Questions raised by mayor’s late financial disclosure
  11. Worthless Joke: Oahu ‘affordable’ housing could include $1M homes
  12. Hawaii’s Labor Department declines to say how much lost to unemployment imposter fraud
  13. Kauai Bubble Resort at 40% Occupancy
  14. Outgoing U.S. Attorney Kenji Price thanks law enforcers, shares words of inspiration to keiki
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Saturday, February 20, 2021
February 20, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:06 PM :: 2626 Views
  1. Sacred Rent Money: House resolutions outline plan to transfer control of Maunakea Master Lease
  2. Star Adv: OHA’s Latest Scheme to Upzone Kakaako Makai “Not in Public Interest”
  3. One minimum wage bill still alive
  4. Affordable housing: Dozens of bills
  5. Sand Island Contributions to Blangiardi, Say
  6. DoE Employee Quits Just before Child Molestation Arrest
  7. Family Sues Over Fatal State Capitol Shooting By Deputy Sheriff
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Friday, February 19, 2021
February 19, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:59 PM :: 3656 Views
  1. HB393: Hawaii Gasoline Car Sales to be Banned by 2030--Scheme to Benefit Billionaire Industrialists
  2. Laughing at Your Sacrifice: BoE Approves $33M Pay Hike for Teachers
  3. With HSTA Refusing to Work, Child Abuse cases Pile Up
  4. Privilege: Thousands could be vaccinated Saturday during large-scale clinic reserved only for UH, DOE employees
  5. What happens after states legalize gambling to fund social programs?
  6. Broken Trust Figure Upset Because Six Inmates Die
  7. Soft on Crime Crowd Whines About OCCC Jail Replacement Costs (Again)
  8. 50% of Incarcerated Criminals Refuse COVID Vax
  9. HB1286: Make Statewide Travel Rules Consistent
  10. Kawakami Hides as 200 Business Owners Demand Answers
  11. Kauai to Close Parks for Mont to Replace Plumbing Stolen by Homeless Drug Addicts
  12. Hawaii commercial investment sales drop by half in 2020
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Thursday, February 18, 2021
February 18, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:11 PM :: 2889 Views
  1. HB1208: Legislators New Trick to Pass HSTA Property Tax
  2. Whac-a-Mole: Kishimoto has new excuse for not reopening schools
  3. Maui County Cop Fired for Dealing Drugs—Immediately Hired as DoE Teacher
  4. State Officials Admit They Have No Idea When New Stadium Would be Finished
  5. Surprise: Aloha Stadium district redevelopment plan divided in 2
  6. For a second day, Hawaii is unable to report the actual number of new COVID cases
  7. HB1142: Electric Car Promoters want to Tax Your Car to Pay for Theirs
  8. SB758: Committee passes marijuana decriminalization bill
  9. State to slash general assistance benefits as number of program recipients swells
  10. Unemployment benefits start flowing again for many but not all
  11. Bill to Terminate Contested Case Proceedings Was Killed
  12. A New Day For The Hawaii GOP?
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Wednesday, February 17, 2021
February 17, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:11 PM :: 2431 Views
  1. Low case numbers move Honolulu closer to Tier 3
  2. Kauai Small Business Back Reopening
  3. SB1334: Bill to let OHA build 400’ Kakaako Makai condos advances
  4. Strange Alliances Form in Fight Over Hawai’i Carbon Tax
  5. Bills would defy Sunshine Law
  6. While HSTA demands Raises. Legislative Committee designates relief money be used only for teacher salaries  
  7. Lab reporting error leads to undercount in daily COVID case total
  8. Real property tax appraisal process remains a mystery
  9. Lenders move to foreclose on Maui, Hawaii Island retail centers
  10. Bill could help Hawaii’s tenant-landlord dispute backlog
  11. Kauai to discontinue homeless tent cities at County Campgrounds
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Tuesday, February 16, 2021
February 16, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:19 PM :: 2895 Views
  1. Hawaii Lawmakers Are Considering Clamping Down On Gov’s Emergency Powers
  2. U.S. Attorney for Hawaii Kenji Price submits resignation
  3. CDC guidance indicates most Hawaii schools should reopen to full, in-person instruction – but HSTA has new excuse for not working
  4. COVID Vax: “affluent people trying push to the head of lines”
  5. US Spike In Deaths Surpassed Official COVID-19 Counts, But Not In Hawaii
  6. HB285: Your Insurance Rates will Increase to pay for Sex-Change Surgery
  7. Homeless Drug Addicts Flee Fire at Waikiki Bar  
  8. Bristol-Myers, Sanofi ordered to pay Hawaii $834 mln over Plavix warning label
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Monday, February 15, 2021
February 15, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:56 PM :: 5366 Views
  1. Did Miske-owned Longliners Run Drugs to Hawaii?
  2. Survey shows Hawaii’s long-term care facilities vaccination plan outpaces rest of the nation
  3. Homicide cases pile up as pandemic drags on
  4. Unions: Eliminate GE Tax on Groceries
  5. Are House Lawmakers Out To Get Josh Green?
  6. Sugary drink taxes can create systemic inequities by giving back to activists pretending to represent communities.
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Sunday, February 14, 2021
February 14, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:51 PM :: 4775 Views
  1. Does state government work for the public or for itself?
  2. Replace Aloha Stadium? “It has never been in our budget”
  3. Selling the Next Boondoggle: Aloha Stadium Development Interests try to Scare Legislators 
  4. Time to consider ‘Plan C’ for Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation?
  5. Sharing emergency powers: HB103 would temper governor’s power
  6. Saiki Telescope Proposal Just a Rehash of Kai Kahele’s
  7. HB1319: Life of the Land Opposes Carbon Taxes
  8. Hawaii setting up "Health Pass" system to verify a person's COVID-19 test results, vaccinations
  9. Hospitals resist Killing Patients on Site so Suicide Squad Wants Nurses to do it
  10. Mayor’s financial disclosure is MIA
  11. Jobless workers still seeking answers
  12. Years of Lawyering Begin as Counties, LUC Begin Forcing Land into IAL
  13. HB1205: Hijack ERS to Attack Grand Wailea Resort
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Saturday, February 13, 2021
February 13, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:26 PM :: 2380 Views
  1. Bills allow for state employee raises in Hawaii
  2. Ultimatum: Give all COVID Money to HSTA or Lose it
  3. HGEA demands a raise in exchange for agreeing not to come in to work
  4. Embattled Agribusiness Corporation Has Powerful Friends
  5. Soft on Crime: Baby Disappears, Lifelong Criminal Sought 
  6. Data offers insight into how many frontline workers have received COVID vaccine
  7. Activists Continue to Push Claim vs Bank of America
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Friday, February 12, 2021
February 12, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:30 PM :: 4571 Views
  1. Pssst…Hey buddy, can you use $100M?  How about $150M?
  2. The Fight Between Hawaii’s State Auditor And House Speaker Is Heating Up
  3. Amendments give Hawaiian Home Lands 5 years ‘Self-Determination’ to determine casino future—maybe sell weed                
  4. Strong evidence in-person schooling can be done safely, CDC says
  5. More In-Person Voting Sites Proposed For Hawaii
  6. 187K Download COVID Spy App
  7. Program buys free tickets for 50 ‘remote Workers’ to come to Hawaii
  8. Hawaii lawmakers again seek disclosure about inmate deaths
  9. Maui Water Treatment Operator Sues County Over Whistleblower Retaliation
  10. Proud Boys Hawaii founder and suspected accomplice plead not guilty to conspiracy charges
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Thursday, February 11, 2021
February 11, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:58 PM :: 2601 Views
  1. SB134: Senate Panel Moves To End Suspension Of Public Records Law
  2. SB720: Proposed bill would make County Councils Just as Secretive as the Legislature
  3. HB349 / SB282: Automatic Voter Registration
  4. Tax the Poor: State Lottery To Fund Public Education Moves Forward
  5. Nearly half of residents 75 and up have gotten at least 1 vaccine dose
  6. State figures: Thousands in Hawaii are overdue for second dose of vaccine
  7. Essential Workers: Sign up Here for Vaccination
  8. Mauna Kea management to be outlined before BLNR
  9. Aloha Stadium officials say facility needs overdue repairs to host fans (yadda yadda yadda)
  10. Hawaii woman charged in connection to Michael Miske case
  11. Massive Homeless Ticket Diversion Program Gets only 50 Bums off Street
  12. COVID Release: Maui woman accused of pointing loaded gun at victim
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Wednesday, February 10, 2021
February 10, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:31 PM :: 4414 Views
  1. Doom: Biden administration asks US Attorney for Hawaii Kenji Price to resign
  2. One-In-Five Hawaii Workers Are Unemployed, Underemployed, Or Have Quit Looking
  3. Ige Clams Public Employees Will get no Pay Raises
  4. Ige reduces budget cut for public schools
  5. SB590: Portable Retirement Plan for Some Public Employees
  6. Seniors Must Wait: HGEA Gets Vaccinations by Striking
  7. State Unemployment System Has No Idea When System Will be Fixed--Thousands Await Late Payments
  8. Proposal To Scrap Kauai’s Two-Test Protocol For Arriving Travelers Advances
  9. Who Will Blangiardi Appoint to Police Commission?
  10. HB901: Environmental Review
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Tuesday, February 9, 2021
February 9, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:22 PM :: 3520 Views
  1. Ige -- Aloha Stadium still usable, Kill $350M Boondoggle
  2. Maunakea: What’s Really Sacred is the Master Lease
  3. Bill to roll back employers' unemployment tax rate passes Hawaii House
  4. Hawaii Senate Proposes $12 Minimum Wage By 2022
  5. Proposed $1/pack Cigarette Tax Increase Advances At Legislature
  6. Soda tax won’t curb isle obesity, may hurt low-income people
  7. Hawaii Senate Advances Asset Forfeiture Reform Measure
  8. Vaccinations Mean Outlook brightens for Hawaii economy
  9. Striking balance between public health, economic recovery
  10. Useless: Hawaii 2.0 Recovery Plan Will Take 2 Years to Start up
  11. SIBA: Singing the same tune for nearly 30 years
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Monday, February 8, 2021
February 8, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:51 PM :: 2441 Views
  1. Lt. Gov. wants to push up vaccination of 65 and older as COVID-19 variants spread across mainland
  2. Hawaii Now 2nd-Fastest Vaccination Program per Capita
  3. 'The kids need to be in school': routine testing proposal for Hawai'i Island students gains support
  4. It Will Take 18 Months To Overhaul Hawaii’s Outdated Unemployment System
  5. Biden administration asking Trump-appointed US attorneys to resign
  6. HB344 would end contested case land use hearings, sending them directly to court
  7. Let’s not waste this crisis
  8. 322 Homeless Drug Addicts Abuse Queens Emergency Room
  9. COVID-19 created a new problem for recently released inmates, prison reform advocates say
  10. Kauai resort says bookings surged to pre-pandemic levels after it became a 'bubble’
  11. ‘Funky,’ ‘goofy’ and postponed: Waikoloa housing project withdrawn while FBI Investigates Hawaii Co Housing Agency
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Sunday, February 7, 2021
February 7, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:39 PM :: 3689 Views
  1. Aloha Stadium Biggest public Land Giveaway Since PLDC
  2. Saiki: Increase Taxes to Restore Programs
  3. Minimum Wage hike bills before Legislature
  4. HB134 / SB311: FACE Pushing ‘Carbon Cashback’ Ponzi Scheme
  5. Beware of new Fed Rec threat
  6. Imagine if Ige had been able to pick his own LG rather than be saddled with people who actually questioned his decisions?
  7. SB563: Hawaii lawmakers consider moratorium on commercial business evictions
  8. Red-light cameras for pilot program to be installed in Downtown Honolulu
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Saturday, February 6, 2021
February 6, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:38 PM :: 3365 Views
  1. Former council member details focus of federal probe into ex-HPD chief’s payoff
  2. SB1423: Stadium Authority Power Without Accountability
  3. Progressives' Poison Pill Strategy:  New Aloha Stadium eyed as site for potential Honolulu Harbor disasters  
  4. Hawaii Lawmakers Advance $186M Tax Hike On Alcoholic Drinks
  5. Reopening debate testing Biden’s ties with teachers unions
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Friday, February 5, 2021
February 5, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:28 PM :: 3191 Views
  1. HSTA Refusing to Teach 98% of  HS Students—38% on Track to Fail 
  2. O'ahu close to hitting Tier 3 requirements
  3. Infections and hospitalizations are dropping in Hawaii as more people get inoculated
  4. Honolulu’s Financial Challenges
  5. State’s outdated unemployment computer system to get a $10M overhaul
  6. Unemployment tax shocks hit claimants; employers next unless fixes pass at Capitol
  7. State Auditor: Protect The Agency’s Independence
  8. DHHL Casino: HB359 Deferred, SB1321 Still Alive
  9. Keep the People Doped Up: Lots of Marijuana Bills on the Move
  10. Bills Tinker With HART Board Quorum Rules
  11. Former Honolulu City Councilman Joey Manahan Scores HART PR Gig $120K
  12. COVID Spy App Not Popular
  13. More Tourists Visiting Maui than Oahu
  14. Schemers Still Pushing floating windfarm off Hawaii
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Thursday, February 4, 2021
February 4, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:46 PM :: 2923 Views
  1. Governor Race: Caldwell Leads Green in Campaign Cash
  2. HB413: Should Hawaii Let Candidates For Governor Pick Favorite Crony as LG?
  3. HB645: Hawaii Lawmakers Want Their free Meals to be Secret
  4. Fake Hawaiian Tribe Coming? Schatz advocates for native communities in meeting with President Biden
  5. Ballard says HPD still investigating COVID overtime violations
  6. ‘Significant’ Disparity In Use Of Force Questioned By Honolulu Police Commission
  7. Ige: Twice Monthly Furloughs Not Necessary This Year
  8. With COVID precautions in place, influenza cases in Hawaii are near zero
  9. Save millions by cutting administrative waste in public employees’ health care
  10. Blangiardi administration to verify HART requests
  11. Hawaii tries, for 8th time, to tax REITs
  12. Hawaiian Airlines may lay off more than 800 employees
  13. Court Rejects Hu Honua but they’ll be back
  14. Supreme Court Finally Rejects E-Signature Kaneshiro Impeachment
  15. Child Molester Stupidly Leaves the Safety of Hawaii, Guess What Happens Next
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Wednesday, February 3, 2021
February 3, 2021 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:06 PM :: 5400 Views
  1. HSTA Refusal to Work puts 38% of Seniors on Track to Flunk out
  2. SB202: Senate Committee Approves Tax Hike
  3. Raised unemployment tax could kill businesses
  4. Saiki, Belatti Try new Angle of Attack Against State Auditor
  5. Years-long Kealoha mailbox case to come to an end as last 2 defendants are sentenced
  6. UH Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Project Cost Jumps 20% in a Week
  7. Hawaii businesses, still struggling with no tourism rebound, expect long road to recovery
  8. Mother Hen State: Feeding Feral Chickens Could Result In $500 Penalty
Read More..
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