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Sunday, August 9, 2020
August 9, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:23 PM :: 2789 Views
  1. Mass Layoffs Coming at UH?
  2. Hawaiian Airlines: From Bad To Worse
  3. Police issued over 200 citations on the first day of Oahu’s new park closures
  4. Two more OCCC inmates have confirmed cases of COVID-19
  5. Homeless Dude has 10 Convictions—State Fails to Force him into Prison-Shelter – now wanted for #11
  6. Kauai 181 Homeless Moved into Housing
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Saturday, August 8, 2020
August 8, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:27 PM :: 4859 Views
  1. During unannounced visit, senators find only Five Contract Tracers on the job at DoH
  2. DoH Leadership: Senators Visit ‘Reprehensible’
  3. DoH Taking too Long to Notify Micronesian COVID-Positive Cases
  4. DoH Wastes $250K CARES Funds on Marketing Firm
  5. UH-Hilo pushes back on student restrictions
  6. After several delays, Kealoha sentencing discussions resume
  7. Soft on Crime Activists Thrilled about COVID in Jail
  8. Maui County Voter Turnout 43% so far -- Exceeds 2018 Levels
  9. 1,000 Violators -- Maui Prosecutors focusing on travel quarantine violators
  10. Maui police investigating nonprofit
  11. Kauai Bill 2775 -- Styrofoam Ban 
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Friday, August 7, 2020
August 7, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:16 PM :: 2350 Views
  1. One More Day -- You Can Still Register and Vote in Person
  2. ReelectMeMoney: Council members each get $100,000 in coronavirus relief money to give to constituents
  3. 160 HPD Officers to Enforce COVID Rules
  4. Lack of Contract Tracers—DoH Blamed
  5. As COVID-19 infections surge, Oahu hospitals race to create more critical care units
  6. COVID survivor warns of gaps in exposure, prevention and plasma treatment
  7. KFD pension spiking tops entire County
  8. Thousands Languish Without Unemployment Checks Months Into Pandemic
  9. Does Hu Honua Make Financial Sense?
  10. Plaintiffs seek judgment in Maunakea Access Road lawsuit
  11. DoD drops funding for Hawaii-based missile defense radar
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Thursday, August 6, 2020
August 6, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 11:06 PM :: 2589 Views
  1. Parks, beaches to close, inter-island traveler quarantine reinstated amid COVID-19 surge
  2. COVID Ravages Micronesian Community
  3. Controlled by Unions, Hawaii County Council Crushes Plan to Build Panelized Pre-Fab Housing on Big Island
  4. Mayor Fumes as Chemophobia Caucus Attempts to ‘Settle’ Injection Wells Case 
  5. Supreme Court Hears Challenge To Lawmakers’ Gut-And-Replace Tactics
  6. A&B 31% of Tenants are not Paying Rent
  7. State sees soaring demand for food stamps, health insurance assistance
  8. “100% Hanabusa Supporter” behind the anti-Keith Amemiya attack ads
  9. Hu Honua Costs 3 times more than other energy sources
  10. How One Homelessness Group Gets Lots of Ballots Mailed to it
  11. Soft on Crime: Mother Stabber Gets off Easy, Assaults Police Officers and is still out on street to do it again
  12. Soft on Crime Courts Play Patty-Cake with Murder Conviction
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Wednesday, August 5, 2020
August 5, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:33 PM :: 5848 Views
  1. 30,000 Vanished Workers Just the Beginning of Mass Exodus from Hawaii
  2. Kaneshiro Held Fundraiser at Accused Murderer’s Nightclub (and so did Carlisle)  
  3. Caldwell: Now That FBI is after Amemiya he is ‘Needed on the job more than ever!’
  4. Mrs Blangiardi Gives Money to Josh Green Campaign
  5. Oahu Voters Have Already Cast More Ballots Than In 2016 Primary
  6. COVID Enforcement: Alaska vs Hawaii
  7. Ige Likely to Cancel Sept 1 Reopening
  8. Poll: Hawaii Voters Don’t Like School, Tourism Reopen Plans
  9. Hawaii’s military COVID-19 case count still a mystery
  10. Crackdown After 36 Cases in Public Housing
  11. Many private schools' enrollments are up in pandemic
  12. Business owners unsure if bar closure applies to them
  13. Blue Planet Foundation: Here are 50 Ways we can exploit COVID Crisis to put more money in Green Energy Scammers Pockets
  14. Hu Honua: ILWU’s Overpriced Tree-Burning Scheme Back Before PUC
  15. Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting changes process for residential permits
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Tuesday, August 4, 2020
August 4, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:06 PM :: 2748 Views
  1. Poll: Blangiardi Holds Double-Digit Lead In Honolulu Mayor’s Race
  2. Poll: Steve Alm Still Ahead In Race For Honolulu Prosecutor
  3. More than a year after guilty verdict, still no sentencing date for Kealohas, police officers
  4. Hospital CEO Warns Hawaii On Track To Exceed Health System Capacity
  5. DoH Again Resists call for More Contract Tracers
  6. House COVID-19 Committee: We Need More Info From Health Department
  7. DoH:  Where COVID Spreading
  8. 30,000 Hawaii workers may have opted out of job market in July
  9. Small business revenue sees a decline in July
  10. Hawaii’s vacation rentals hard hit in June by lockdowns and low travel demand
  11. EMS faces 'challenges with staffing' as more first responders test positive for COVID-19
  12. Micronesians make up one-third of all COVID-19 cases in Hawai'i
  13. State debunks popular Oahu church’s fake face mask waiver
  14. Locals Trash Hawaii Parks in Ways Tourists Never Did
  15. The Dirty Secrets Of ‘Clean’ Electric Vehicles
  16. Ten of the 23 shelters at Waiale park are occupied
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Monday, August 3, 2020
August 3, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:09 PM :: 3769 Views
  1. Federal Agent Shot Dead at Maui Police Station—News Kept Secret 3 Days
  2. Green says new statewide lockdown might be only way out
  3. Summer School Tied to Six COVID Cases
  4. Hawaii's Tourism Industry Has Ground To A Halt, Taking State Revenue Down With It
  5. Hawaii County Bill 179: PRP, Carpenters Union Try to Block Affordable Modular Housing
  6. Proposed Hawaii Island Tree-to-Electricity Saga Enters New Phase
  7. Large Discrepancy in Reported Union Campaign Contributions
  8. My mail-in ballot was rejected…so I’m voting in person
  9. Plaintiffs seek judgment in Maunakea Access Road lawsuit
  10. Oceanit Schemes for COVID Subsidy Money with Copycat Saliva Test
  11. ACLU: We made you close the insane asylums, now we will force you to stop arresting crazy people when they commit crimes
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Sunday, August 2, 2020
August 2, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:47 PM :: 3404 Views
  1. HART to Sign Secret $4B Rail Contract 
  2. COVID: Hawaii Heading for 5,000 Cases by Sept 1
  3. Borreca: Democrats Must Vote for Mafia Candidate for Mayor
  4. More Mafia News: Miske defendant seeking release from federal detention also faces felony assault charges in state court
  5. Pushing Overpriced Hu Honua Electricity, PRP, ILWU Trying to Buy Big Island Council Seat
  6. Health official says COVID-19 cluster on Maui is tied to large beach parties
  7. Hawaii business owners hold virtual rally to call for government action
  8. Lab result delays cause lower case count as health leaders continue call for self-sustained testing
  9. Hawaii Wanted To Save Insurance Money. People Died
  10. Maui Uses COVID Rules to Clamp Down on TVRs (again)
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Saturday, August 1, 2020
August 1, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 9:06 PM :: 2047 Views
  1. Isle voter turnout surging in first-ever all-mail election
  2. Quarantine is Fake: Number of Tourists Doubles Every Month Since April
  3. Students being welcomed back on campus at private schools
  4. Former homeless mothers enjoy new apartments after transitioning from Kahaluu housing program
  5. Proposed Kalihi homeless shelter opposed by some in community
  6. UH telescope atop Maunakea to get big upgrade
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Friday, July 31, 2020
July 31, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 11:32 PM :: 6852 Views
  1. Roy Amemiya a ‘Subject of Investigation’ -- dragged before grand jury
  2. Soon to be Repossessed: Grand Wailea?  Turtle Bay?  Ritz-Carlton Kapalua?
  3. Experts Predict ‘Shocking’ Income Drop For Hawaii Residents As Tourism Shutdown Continues
  4. As infections soar, COVID-19 is hitting Micronesians particularly hard
  5. Board of Education approves Aug. 17 start date for schools  
  6. Ige: Hawaii doesn’t have enough contact tracers for COVID-19 surge
  7. Labor Unions Spend Heavily Trying To Sway Hawaii Elections
  8. Special Session to Save Stadium Boondoggle?  State Sen. Glenn Wakai tells Aloha Stadium Authority that hope is not lost on Bill 2940
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Thursday, July 30, 2020
July 30, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:22 PM :: 3269 Views
  1. Alleged Oahu Crime Boss’ Nightclub Was A Popular Place For Political Fundraisers
  2. Governor wants to close bars again, limit gatherings to rein in COVID-19 surge
  3. Hawaii income forecast coming amid troubled economy
  4. Hawaii releases Med-QUEST re-procurement RFI
  5. Start of TMT construction may be delayed 3 years
  6. State Legislature sides with Nanakuli landfill opponents
  7. Another Worthless Lawsuit Against BoA over DHHL Loan Program
  8. Commission, CPAC chairs face conflict allegations
  9. How Many Crimes Can One Homeless Tweeker Commit?
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Wednesday, July 29, 2020
July 29, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:47 PM :: 2662 Views
  1. KSBE Insider Directs Billions in COVID Relief -- to Landlords of course
  2. Hawaiian Airlines moves to reduce staffing in the wake of devastating earnings report
  3. COVID Clusters Spread Among Micronesians on Oahu
  4. COVID Positive Quarantine Breakers Locked up by Order of DoH
  5. State investigates large COVID-19 cluster tied to Kalihi funeral
  6. DLNR says 'bad behavior' has led to closure of Polihale State Park
  7. Hundreds who lost homes in 2018 eruption could be eligible for up to $230K
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Tuesday, July 28, 2020
July 28, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:15 PM :: 4737 Views
  1. ‘Defend Hawaii’ Logo Created by Miske Co-Defendant—Busted Union Boss Seeks Bail
  2. Election Fraud: Ballots for Dead People, Previous Tenants Flood Mailboxes Statewide
  3. Young Bros Shipper asks for ruling on rates by Aug. 17
  4. Oahu Poll: 89% Reject ‘Defund the Police’
  5. Voter service centers now open
  6. New Union Super PACs Pour Money Into Honolulu Races
  7. Caldwell submits request to Governor Ige to shut down bars
  8. Concerns raised about quarantine enforcement as number of mainland travelers to Hawaii increases
  9. Oahu homelessness has gotten ‘worse’ in past year, poll finds
  10. Accused killer was deemed insane years ago after trying to burn down a condo unit
  11. Storm shined light on lack of North Shore shelters
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Monday, July 27, 2020
July 27, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:56 PM :: 3469 Views
  1. The Feds Are Back In Hawaii As Corruption Probe Picks Up Steam Again
  2. Bar Reopening Behind COVID Spread?  Health officials advise patrons of 2 Oahu bars to get tested
  3. Poll shows slice of optimism about Hawaii’s economy
  4. COVID-19 claims 900 Honolulu businesses, survey finds
  5. KIUC Revenues Down 8%
  6. Labor Board: Governor’s Emergency Powers ARE Limited -- Kauai County returns to 5-day ‘work’ week
  7. State Land Use Commission takes up Hawaii County’s TVR law
  8. Constructing Honolulu’s Rail Project During A Pandemic
  9. Kauai Island crime down 35%
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Sunday, July 26, 2020
July 26, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:16 PM :: 5119 Views
  1. Rick Blangiardi, Mafia Hanabusa lead Honolulu mayoral field, poll finds
  2. Steve Alm out front in Honolulu prosecutor race, poll finds
  3. Gov. David Ige, Mayor Kirk Caldwell beat Trump in handling pandemic, poll finds
  4. Report: Hawaii Isn’t Collecting And Sharing Enough Data On COVID-19
  5. Chamber of Commerce Hawaii to hold rally to save small businesses
  6. Honolulu opens ballot dropoffs early, neighbor islands protest
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Saturday, July 25, 2020
July 25, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:43 PM :: 2416 Views
  1. Laughing at Your Sacrifice: BoE Gives Teachers $27M Non-negotiated Pay Boost
  2. Rail’s P3 Proposals Finally Arrive But Costs Remain Sealed
  3. Maui mayor asks Gov. Ige to restore quarantine restrictions on inter-island travelers
  4. Ige says breaking quarantine for hurricane prep OK as a ‘last resort’
  5. First Hawaiian puts aside $55.4 million for potential loan losses
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Friday, July 24, 2020
July 24, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:00 PM :: 2690 Views
  1. Rail Running out of Money—May have to Slow Construction
  2. Hawaii Officials Warn Shelter Space Is Limited as Hurricane Douglas Approaches
  3. COVID Begins to Spread Thru Downtown Homeless Population
  4. State unemployment office riddled with "fires"—Emails shunted to dead server
  5. BOE votes to schedule emergency meeting to discuss possible change in new school year
  6. Decision pending on whether alleged Hawaii crime boss will face death penalty trial
  7. Tupola Leads Fund Race for Council Dist One
  8. Ala Wai Flood Control Project Looms Large In District 5 Council Race
  9. MidWeek's Troubling Pay-To-Play Journalism
  10. PRP Pushes Hawaii  County Council to Kill Low-Cost Factory-Built Housing with Obstructionist Regulations
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Thursday, July 23, 2020
July 23, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:18 PM :: 7513 Views
  1. Laughter Fills Courtroom as Federal judge grants bond for Miske defendants  
  2. Prosecutor’s Race: Kau vs Alm
  3. Maui: More than 6,700 ballots mailed in, 1,329 ‘return to sender’, 103 invalidated
  4. City signs a new agreement giving construction unions a monopoly
  5. Families Of Children With Special Needs Are Suing Hawaii DOE. Here's Why.
  6. Faced with COVID uncertainties, some teachers are calling it quits
  7. Overall campaign contributions up sharply this campaign season
  8. SB126: $366M CARES Splash Out Not a Done Deal?
  9. COVID: Over 1,200 businesses closed statewide
  10. Hawaii County Council Panders to anti-5G Conspiracy Nuts – Will your cellphone service suffer as a Result?
  11. Ex-detective pleads not guilty to intimidating witness, other charges
  12. Sacrilege!  Honolulu Police Chief Denies Racial Disparities Are Proof Of Profiling
  13. Toll Road to Hana?
  14. Hawaii Offers Bar Applicants Nothing And Calls It A Gift
  15. ‘Organic’ Food Market is Full of Fraud
  16. Kauai -- More Affordable Housing Fakery: Housing policy targets resort requirements
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Wednesday, July 22, 2020
July 22, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 11:33 AM :: 2520 Views
  1. How Hanabusa Lawyering Helps Politicians with ‘Unreported Gifts’
  2. Where to Drop off Your Ballot
  3. In search for hidden COVID-19 cases, state program tracks surge of virus in Hawaii  
  4. Attention Witnesses: 2 men involved with accused Miske crime ring may be released on $50k bond
  5. Why Ige Vetoed Two Bills And Allowed Three More To Become Law
  6. Honolulu Replaces Head Of COVID Recovery Agency Hired Just Weeks Ago
  7. ‘Geofence’ could help tourists roam
  8. Kalihi residents say they weren’t consulted on a proposed homeless prevention center
  9. Hawaii hurricane shelters may take temperatures due to virus
  10. Maui: Reported crimes in 2019 at 44-year low
  11. Hawaii County explores joining lawsuit against fossil fuel companies
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Tuesday, July 21, 2020
July 21, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:41 PM :: 3359 Views
  1. HSTA Threatening COVID Sickout August 4    
  2. Reopening schools on Aug. 4 is a misguided rush to failure
  3. Parents consider homeschooling as option to part-time virtual learning
  4. The mayoral candidates on rail: 4 of 5 top contenders say pausing project is an option
  5. Pinata: $28.7M Kauai County CARES Money
  6. Vacation rental owners urge Honolulu mayor to allow reopening
  7. Vacation rental permits could be delayed
  8. Tourists are gone but problems remain
  9. Three COVID-19 deaths linked to six Hawaii care homes
  10. Kai Kahele Says He Wants Police Reform, But His Vote Says Otherwise
  11. 69 Arizona Inmates have COVID—Soft on Crime Crowd Still Hoping for a Hawaii Inmate to Get it
  12. Former HECO executive to serve as so-called princess’ conservator
  13. “This Was Abuse”: The Fall of CBS Cocaine Powered Hawaii 5-0 Showrunner
  14. Sen Wakai Goes to Bat for Overpriced Hu Honua Scheme
  15. Hawaii’s Invasive Predator Catastrophe
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Monday, July 20, 2020
July 20, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:34 PM :: 2960 Views
  1. Star-Adv: Vigilantes Should Hunt Tourists on Beaches
  2. Reopened destinations not attracting large numbers of tourists
  3. Rise in Hawaii coronavirus cases not as bad as feared
  4. People are saving money in pandemic, survey finds
  5. Hawaii Joins Scheme to Outlaw Gasoline, Diesel Trucks in 30 years
  6. Hu Honua Petitions the Community to Challenge Hawai`i Public Utilities Commission
  7. Kahuku Red Raiders vs PC Mob: “Petition Against the Dumb Petition”
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Sunday, July 19, 2020
July 19, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:33 PM :: 9723 Views
  1. Miske Mob Were All Union Drivers on Set of Hawaii 5-0
  2. State won’t be ready to reopen Sept. 1, – Schools Should not Welcome Mainland Students -- Kim says
  3. Reopening May Bring COVID but not Tourists
  4. COVID: Five months of work and tough decisions have been erased
  5. Legislators need right job-creation map
  6. Hanabusa Mafia: Amemiya Company Made Millions from DMV Relocation
  7. PR Flack for alleged gang leader convinced Civil Beat to hide ownership of Kamaaina Termite
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Saturday, July 18, 2020
July 18, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:05 PM :: 4174 Views
  1. Who is at ‘The Top of the Food Chain?”
  2. Weighing the apparent evidence against the Miske Enterprise
  3. State: At least 182 people have been arrested for violating quarantine order
  4. Soft on Crime Crowd Finds New Hope for First COVID Case in Arizona Prison
  5. ‘Essential’ Maui Lab Keeping People Doped up
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Friday, July 17, 2020
July 17, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:30 PM :: 3386 Views
  1. Oahu man dodges bullets after turning down alleged hit during Miske saga
  2. Feds: Alleged crime boss spent far more than he earned from legitimate business
  3. Hawaii County seeks proposals to spend $80 million: Fast-tracked bid request to get money on the street
  4. 40 Currently Hospitalized with COVID Statewide
  5. Hawaii Health Officials Back Superintendent’s Plan To Reopen Schools
  6. Decommissioning plan for Hoku Ke‘a teaching telescope on board agenda
  7. Hawaii agency seeks to terminate Hunt Cos. from $1B Mayor Wright Homes redevelopment
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Thursday, July 16, 2020
July 16, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:56 PM :: 3058 Views
  1. Hawaii Just Decided to Kill off Tourism Industry
  2. COVID Tests at Airport Starting Aug 1
  3. Hawaii County Indictment accuses retired police officer of intimidating witness
  4. SB2139 Dead – Would have Rigged Senate Special Election
  5. TMT construction on hold until after the new year, official says  
  6. Big Island Ballots Arrive in Mailboxes
  7. Tourists Could Soon Have To Pay More To Visit Hawaii Parks
  8. Use Of Force Or ‘Response To Resistance’? Police Policy Change Considered
  9. ACLU Busted Cherry Picking Data
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Wednesday, July 15, 2020
July 15, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:08 PM :: 2554 Views
  1. First experimental coronavirus vaccine poised for final testing
  2. Governor details how he plans to shore up $2.3B budget shortfall  
  3. $100M Housing Fund to Provide $600/mo When Federal Benefits Run Out
  4. June bankruptcies in Hawaii surged amid COVID crisis
  5. Maui County: More study needed on short-term rental caps for Maui, Lanai
  6. 70% Hawaii parents say their kids didn’t learn as much with ‘distance education’, survey shows
  7. 6-foot rule means fewer kids in school
  8. Aiea Kama'aina Kids program temporarily closed after 6-year-old tests positive for COVID-19
  9. Soft on Crime Crowd Exultant!  Finally, a Hawaii Prisoner Tests Positive For COVID-19!!!
  10. Governor says his mother is quarantined at nursing home grappling with COVID-19 cluster
  11. Kailua NIMBYville
  12. HPD Sex Harassment Complaints Begin in Training Academy
  13. HB2097: Hawaii Could Soon Allow The Sale Of Medical Cannabis Edibles to Keep People Doped up
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Tuesday, July 14, 2020
July 14, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:16 PM :: 2594 Views
  1. After Extending Quarantine, Ige Must Veto pay raises
  2. Police: Video Show Sovereignty Activists Lied About Home Depot Takeover—Framed Pahoa Man
  3. Drug Addicted Criminal Released for COVID back in Jail Again
  4. Third COVID-19 death tied to small private care homes raises concerns
  5. DOH: Clusters at Hawaiian Airlines, local gyms involve same patient
  6. State, teachers union come to agreement on what social distancing will mean at public schools
  7. Hawaii’s Charter Schools Are Listening To Parents When It Comes To Reopening
  8. Revisit trust lands to allot for homesteads
  9. HB285: Here's Why The Police Misconduct Bill Is So Important
  10. Par Hawaii Refinery using COVID to reopen HECO, Gas Co Contracts
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Monday, July 13, 2020
July 13, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:46 PM :: 2363 Views
  1. Governor announces plan to delay reopening of tourism for at least a month
  2. Ige Should Block Union Pay Raises
  3. With 20% Unemployed, State Preps for Wave of Drug Addiction
  4. Over 150 visitors have been sent home, VASH reports
  5. Is YB Capable of Sound Fiscal Management?
  6. New budget director’s campaign contributions show he was no stranger to politics
  7. 6 cases tied to a cluster at the Pearl City Nursing Home
  8. Hawaii passes new gun control law restricting interstate commerce
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Sunday, July 12, 2020
July 12, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:39 PM :: 3758 Views
  1. Star-Adv: If we don’t reopen Tourism now, we never will  
  2. Kai Kahele traveling a gilded political fast lane to Washington
  3. UH Board of Regents resolution calls for emergency proclamation, drastic cuts
  4. TMT supporters and opponents reflect one year after Mauna Kea demonstration started
  5. Hawaii claimants seeking jobless aid end up with big PUA bills instead
  6. No School Will offer 100% Face to Face Instruction on Big Island, Kauai, Parts of Oahu
  7. Oahu Superspreader tied to Three Outbreaks
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Saturday, July 11, 2020
July 11, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:26 PM :: 2585 Views
  1. Ige’s COVID Fake Out: After weeks of prepping for tourism’s reopening, hotels face the prospect of a costly delay -- Food Lines Form Again
  2. Live and Let Die: What Made it at the Legislature?
  3. Incumbents Maintain Money Advantage In Hawaii Legislative Races
  4. Grim prognosis for state budget
  5. 8,000 citations were issued for violating stay-at-home orders. They’re all entitled to jury trials.
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Friday, July 10, 2020
July 10, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:57 PM :: 3841 Views
  1. Frustrated Hawaii businesses feel further delay in reopening could beget ‘economic catastrophe’
  2. Bill would change election laws to make Rep. Takayama eligible to run for Sen. Harimoto’s seat
  3. Hidden Agenda?  Outside Influence? SB2940 paving way for new Aloha Stadium dies in Hawaii Legislature
  4. ‘Patently Absurd’ Amemiya Contributes Money to Hanabusa, Hannemann
  5. Gun control bills hang in the balance as lawmakers wrap up the legislative session
  6. Coronavirus clobbers Marshall Island communities in U.S.: Infections have 'skyrocketed'
  7. "We need more testing immediately" Hawaii doc cautions against testing complacency    
  8. BoE Delays Vote on COVID Agreement
  9. Plans For Increasing COVID-19 Testing At Care Homes On Hold
  10. Young Bros. files New Request for Rate Increase—47% This Time!
  11. Gov. Ige appoints Bennette Misalucha to the late Breene Harimoto’s Hawaii Senate seat
  12. Utilities commission rejects Hu Honua’s Overpriced deal to Jack up Electric Rates
  13. Yes, window AC units require building permits in Hawaii County
  14. Kauai Anti-Styrofoam bill amended to delay implementation
  15. Hawaii Prison Oversight Commission: ‘Maybe We’ve Been Forgotten’
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Thursday, July 9, 2020
July 9, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 9:21 PM :: 2811 Views
  1. Gov. David Ige and the state’s mayors will meet again to decide whether to lift the 14-day travel quarantine
  2. Hawaii Lawmakers Won’t Give Health Director Broad COVID-19 Screening Powers  
  3. Hawaii debates how close is too close for kids in classrooms
  4. Honolulu City Council holds off on $26M bond for rail
  5. Bill 12: Will ‘Historic’ Manoa Political Insiders Have to Pay More than $300 in Property Taxes?
  6. Realtors survey finds alarming number of Oahu tenants unable to pay their rent in June
  7. Is COVID-19 causing an increase in island suicides?
  8. Hawaii among nation’s worst for COVID racial disparity
  9. Friends and Family: Hawaii County Begins Passing out $80M ‘Relief’
  10. Measures On Track To Clear Hawaii Legislature
  11. Some PUA payments grind to halt amid Hawaii’s push to end fraud
  12. Will Maui Liquor panel help small businesses survive COVID?
  13. Anti-Telescope Lunatics Blockade Hilo Home Depot Store over ‘Zip-Tie’ Conspiracy Theory
  14. Get public input on solar projects
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Wednesday, July 8, 2020
July 8, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:37 PM :: 2673 Views
  1. Vote by Mail: ‘Universal Disbelief’
  2. Designed to Fail:  CVS can’t deliver COVID test in 72-hour window
  3. Prominent Hawaii doctor says state should delay plan for trans-Pacific visitors
  4. Hawaii’s coronavirus testing capability to be reduced in half after mainland company cuts off supplies
  5. Garbage: Kouchi Business Gets PPP Money
  6. Crooks and Cronies: A quick look at Colleen Hanabusa’s campaign fundraising during 2019
  7. Another School Announces Plan to Continue with ‘Distance Learning’ Scheme
  8. A colored placard system could soon identify businesses abiding by COVID precautions
  9. Maui restaurants plead for rule changes to stay in business
  10. DHHL conducts removal of unauthorized campers in Waimanalo
  11. Criminal Enters Country, Spends Next 44 Years on Maui Committing Crimes
  12. Soft on Stupid: Hawaii County Council Panders to anti-5G Idiots
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Tuesday, July 7, 2020
July 7, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:35 PM :: 3897 Views
  1. COVID Upsurge not Affecting Hawaii Hospitals Much—Only 5 ICU or Ventilator Patients Statewide 
  2. Bought n Paid for -- 42% of Kahele’s Money Coming from Out of State
  3. These Hawaii Businesses Got Federal Loans During The Pandemic
  4. A small-business owner’s perspective on the minimum wage
  5. Pay Raise Retaliation? Hawaii Senate committee rejects Gov. Ige’s pick for state director of finance
  6. Senate committee recommends rejection of Ige’s BLNR nominee
  7. Senate passes COVID-19 screening bill, despite protests
  8. HB460: A tool to ferret out unlicensed rentals
  9. COVID Cluster -- 9 at Local Gym
  10. Soft on Crime: Recidivist Tweeker Gets 5 Years for 11-day Crime Spree
  11. Soft on Crime: Plea deal still on table in alleged child starvation
  12. Judge blocks auction of Hawaiian heiress’ belongings
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Monday, July 6, 2020
July 6, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 9:41 PM :: 3068 Views
  1. Ige: State facing $2.3B in lost tax revenue due to coronavirus pandemic
  2. Public chance to weigh in on the major overhaul of election rules  
  3. Hawaii Senate worker tests positive for coronavirus but legislative session to resume Monday
  4. Senate passes bill granting emergency powers to Hawaii health director
  5. Hawaii State Legislature passes police reform bill
  6. Substitute teachers’ unemployment benefits in limbo in Hawaii
  7. Future of Hawaii's "only free dental clinic" in jeopardy due to Cancellation of State Grants in Aid Program Statewide
  8. COVID News: Taxpayers won’t be Covering Cesspool Expense at Gay TVR in Puna 
  9. Kakaako condo tower construction upended by coronavirus
  10. Envisioned vertical public school in Kakaako faces new delays
  11. Surfing Goat Dairy Down 89% Without Tourists
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Sunday, July 5, 2020
July 5, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:00 PM :: 3941 Views
  1. WCIT/DTL Chairs Amemiya Campaign
  2. Ige warns that without more federal aid, Hawaii public worker pay cuts or furloughs are inevitable
  3. Republican Incompetence to Blame for Hawaii’s meager ballot choices
  4. Get ready for Hawaii’s inaugural vote-by-mail election coming up in weeks
  5. Should Hawaii counties defund police? No: Make warranted decision, not vengeful one
  6. Suicide Squad Writes 30 Prescriptions in First Year
  7. Report: Residents don’t want quarantine for travelers
  8. Lack of clear vision for pre-arrival testing program is hindering Hawaii’s tourism reopening
  9. Kapa'a man freaks out over mask in store -- arrested for terroristic threatening
  10. HNL Clogged up with Electric Vehicles Parked Free
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Saturday, July 4, 2020
July 4, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:31 PM :: 4097 Views
  1. Anti-Telescope Activists Vandalize and Protest Kailua July 4 Display—Make Americans Apologize
  2. 1,000 American flags in Kailua back up after being removed, vandalized
  3. After Months of getting paid to ‘work’ from Home, HGEA Members Try to weasel out of going back to ‘work’
  4. In spike of cases, Oahu sees worrisome evidence of broader community spread
  5. DOH Signs Contract--CVS To provide COVID Testing to Hawaii Tourists
  6. 141 Quarantine Violators Deported—and counting
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Friday, July 3, 2020
July 3, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:07 PM :: 2576 Views
  1. Federal judge rules Hawaii’s quarantine is reasonable during coronavirus pandemic
  2. HB460: COVID Excuse to Clamp Down on TVRs -- ‘Place of stay declaration form’ draws concerns
  3. HB2501: Controversial pandemic powers bill moves forward
  4. The Real Plan for Fall Semester—School 2 Days per Week, Teachers Get Paid for 5 days
  5. Virus Shifts Kekaha ES to 100% Online
  6. Hilo HS: Teachers voting on their preference
  7.  COVID Retaliation Behind Senate rejection of Ige Tax Director?
  8. SR159: Senate Committee Rejects Special Rights for Sovereignty Activists
  9. 'Police Lives Matter' Honolulu Group rallies at Capitol
  10. Kauai police detective arrested in domestic abuse case
  11. Efforts to combat unemployment fraud create new headaches for filers
  12. Bankruptcy filings soar in Hawaii as economic fallout of pandemic widens
  13. One after another after another, small businesses in Hawaii call it quits
  14. HONU: COVID Put an End to Plan to Move Homeless into Shelters
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Thursday, July 2, 2020
July 2, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:36 PM :: 6256 Views
  1. Rick Blangiardi Part of 1980s Savings & Loan Fraud Scheme
  2. Wealthy Retirees on Kauai Seeking to use COVID to Kill off Tourism now want double testing
  3. States Hold Immense Powers To Handle Public Health
  4. Some 11,000 people in Hawaii still haven’t gotten unemployment payments
  5. SB2206: State says new homes for 32 Waimanalo homeless not allowed
  6. N King St to Become New Homeless Hub
  7. Recent study shows less Hawaii residents believe management of COVID-19 is 'heading in right direction'
  8. US judge to examine Hawaii quarantine challenge today
  9. Diversification Underway: Tourism is Half of what it was in 1989
  10. Lawmakers, public question BLNR member’s intentions
  11. Interim state tax director withdraws from senate confirmation process
  12. County Council urges quick roll out of coronavirus relief funds
  13. Family of Waianae man files suit against HPD over fatal Mililani shooting
  14. Petition to Stop Mark Zuckerberg From 'Colonizing' Hawaii Island With His New Mansion Goes Viral
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Wednesday, July 1, 2020
July 1, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:13 PM :: 2616 Views
  1. After 29 Years--Hawaii Supreme Court rules in favor of Hawaiian homelands beneficiaries
  2. Gut n Replace SB1427: YB Rate Hike Decision to be Taken Away from PUC to Ice out Consumer Advocate?
  3. HB2475: Allow HDoT to Give Money to YB
  4. HB2728: Lawmakers Want To Keep Foreign Interference Out Of Elections 
  5. HB1902: Lawmakers again move forward on ban of large-capacity rifle magazines
  6. HB1529: High school journalism bill dead for this legislative session
  7. After Aug 1 Real Time Database will Track Quarantine Breakers
  8. To help keep virus out and residents safe, a senior living facility turns to tech
  9. Starting this fall, new immunizations required for Hawaii students
  10. Laughing at Your Sacrifice: Maui Council to Put Vote for New County Ag Dep’t on ballot
  11. To woo customers back, city announces Chinatown beautification plan
  12. Convenience fee added to Hawaii DMV Now kiosks
  13. Hawaii COVID-19 cases broken down by age
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Tuesday, June 30, 2020
June 30, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:06 PM :: 3047 Views
  1. Ige Nominee to re-Shape Hawaii Supreme Court?
  2. Aug 1 Reopening Details: “We’re working on that” 
  3. HSTA-DoE Agree to More Fake ‘Distance Learning’
  4. HSTA Pres: My Members Will Get Paid for Work from Home Days this Fall—We Will Block Standardized Testing Again Next Year
  5. Honolulu Star-Advertiser To Lose 12 Journalists
  6. Racial Disparities Emerge In HPD Enforcement Of Stay-At-Home Violations
  7. Department of Retaliation: Honolulu Fire Department Infighting Places Rescue Units in Moldy Basement
  8. Funding could save a program helping women transition to post-prison life
  9. SB2206: Gut n Replace Bill would permit festering homeless tent cities on all state land
  10. SR159: Make Sovereignty Activists into a Protected Class so they Can’t be Prosecuted for their Criminal Activities
  11. HB2035/SB2012: Bills pending at the Hawaii Legislature would aid local ranchers and farmers.
  12. Honolulu Bill 2 Would Unbundle Parking
  13. Felony child pornography charges filed against an Oahu little league coach
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Monday, June 29, 2020
June 29, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 11:21 AM :: 2293 Views
  1. Aggressive contact tracing by state identifies new COVID cases
  2. Some of Abigail Kawananakoa’s items are going up for auction. That’s raising concerns
  3. Debating Christopher Deedy, again
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Sunday, June 28, 2020
June 28, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:22 PM :: 2119 Views
  1. Honolulu police chief says department doesn’t need reforms despite recent spike in fatal shootings by officers
  2. Distance Learning? Students MIA
  3. Pandemic or not, legislators open vault for public workers
  4. Honolulu city bus driver tests positive for coronavirus
  5. Time will tell if Gov. David Ige’s slow-steady style proves wise against COVID-19
  6. Union expresses concern about hotel worker safety
  7. Cruise Ships Heading for Hawaii in October
  8. Work from home era may leave rail behind
  9. ‘It was hamajang’: East Oahu residents sue the city over shoddy road work
  10. Who is going to pay for Aloha Stadium’s health and safety repairs?
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Saturday, June 27, 2020
June 27, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:57 PM :: 2097 Views
  1. Tourism Industry Kept 33% of Hawaii Households on Edge of Poverty—and that was before COVID
  2. Lawmakers, schools superintendent trade blame for lack of preparation ahead of school reopenings
  3. Hawaii vacation rentals see low occupancy, demand amid Covid-19 restrictions
  4. Hawaii Attorney General victimized by identity thieves who targeted unemployment program
  5. Legislators Allocate $7M to Remove Homeless Trash, ACLU Whines About it
  6. COVID Tourism Control: State set to reopen Hana Highway to public
  7. High court rules in favor of county on timeshare taxes
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Friday, June 26, 2020
June 26, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:26 PM :: 2659 Views
  1. Reopening Means Spying: State-County Database to Track Your Movements ‘In Real Time’ 
  2. HB460 Spying: State senators to introduce bill that would require Hawaii's visitors to document where they'll be staying
  3.  As tax revenues drop, Honolulu’s rail project faces $450M funding shortfall and new delays
  4. Gut and Replace Hawaii Supreme Court Oral Argument
  5. HB2502: Lawmakers pare back quarantine-powers bill after public concern
  6. Union organizes mass COVID-19 testing for hospitality workers, it calls on employers to follow suit
  7. Different Kind of Tourist?  Under Quarantine only Cheap Hotels have any Occupancy
  8. Steep Drop in Real Estate Prices Coming?
  9. Supreme Court declines to hear appeal in Christopher Deedy trial—Prosecutors will Try ‘Plan C’
  10. Charlatans Whip Up Big Island Mob over missing children—Councilmember Warns Against Vigilantism
  11. Thousands of Mainlanders sign petition calling for the removal of 1874 Hawaiian Kingdom Era Captain Cook monument
  12. Trump wants federal hiring to focus on skills over degrees
  13. Condo associations again face liability for past “wrongful foreclosures”
  14. "Renewable Energy” is easy to grasp and slippery to define
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Thursday, June 25, 2020
June 25, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:29 PM :: 2809 Views
  1. Surprise: Public Employee Wage Hikes Total $150M
  2. Group drops lawsuit against Gov. Ige's emergency proclamation
  3. Hawaii Economic Chief: Tourism Is ‘Who We Are’ And Must Be Rebuilt
  4. Hawaii Ready to take more COVID so Bring It
  5. Hawaii lawmakers advance police reform bill that’s been obstructed for years   
  6. Police Shootings Soar Under Ballard
  7. Bill expands state powers on quarantine and health emergencies
  8. Ala Moana Towers Designed to Create Rail Route?
  9. Child abuse bill advances
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Wednesday, June 24, 2020
June 24, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 11:03 PM :: 2749 Views
  1. 20 Years Of Honolulu Police Misconduct Summaries Document Serious Bad Behavior
  2. Laughing at Your Sacrifice: Lawmakers give preliminary approval to $70M public-worker raises
  3. Chamber of Commerce Hawaii urges Ige to create a ‘definitive plan’ for reopening transpacific travel
  4. Oahu restaurants ask for delay in starting plastic-ban law
  5. State Cutting Lifeguards—Will Counties Pick Up Expense?
  6. Sacrifice: Maui County to Create Entire New Department? 
  7. 20 Years Of Honolulu Police Misconduct Summaries Document Serious Bad Behavior
  8. Facial recognition surveillance to screen for COVID-19 at Hawaii airports in July
  9. Lawmakers call on state to give all 14,000 seniors at Hawaii care homes a COVID-19 test
  10. NTSB to investigate loss of 21 shipping containers from barge off Big Island
  11. DLIR Effort to Transform Uber Contractors into Employees delays unemployment payments for drivers
  12. Stanford Carr to turn Honolulu bowling alley site into affordable rentals under $137M DHHL contract
  13. Gangster Shot Dead in Pearl City
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Tuesday, June 23, 2020
June 23, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:00 PM :: 4631 Views
  1. Group Admits COVID Testing Plan is Scheme to Shrink Tourism Industry
  2. Rep Wildberger, Candidate, Judge Get $5000+Jail Tickets for Violating COVID Emergency Orders—Judge Already Walks Free
  3. YB COVID Money Grab—Why did Containers Collapse on Barge in Calm Seas and Light Winds?
  4. SB126 to be CARES Spending Vehicle
  5. Negotiations Begin On Hawaii Police Misconduct Bill
  6. Mayor: Only 30 to 35% of businesses have reopened
  7. Kauai Mayor Having Fun as Dictator
  8. Some families of around a dozen residents at Hale Nani nursing center have chosen to remove them
  9. Federal census of isle homeless is rescheduled for September
  10. Program for women inmates is cancelled
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Monday, June 22, 2020
June 22, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:36 PM :: 3306 Views
  1. Lawyer known for “sovereignty defenses” barred from future foreclosure assistance
  2. Ige reportedly close to announcing testing protocol, loosened quarantine based on Alaska Model
  3. Hawaii Currently Fastest Spreading COVID in USA
  4. SB2629 Carbon Credits: House Committee Hearing Gut-and-Replace Legislation
  5. Lawyer known for “sovereignty defenses” barred from future foreclosure assistance
  6. Convicted Anal Rapist of Child Gets Lucky at Supreme Court 
  7. Police transparency bill being considered in Hawaii
  8. How 12 Teens Who’d Never Met Before Organized Honolulu’s Black Lives Matter Protest
  9.  Three more people test positive for COVID-19 at Hale Nani; senior facilities are concerned
  10. With thousands out of work, scammers are targeting the unemployment system
  11. COVID Cuts: Hawaii's only halfway house for women is closing
  12. Hawaii’s Cesspool Problem Continues To Bubble Up As EPA Cracks Down
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Sunday, June 21, 2020
June 21, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:09 PM :: 5460 Views
  1. Approving Public Employee Raises Top Legislative Focus
  2. Up to 45K Hawaii renters on brink could fall into abyss after July
  3. Rail: How Many Honolulu mayoral candidates will go to jail?
  4. Does a lawsuit against Ige have grounds?
  5. Department of Health: Masks in classrooms are "Not recommended"    
  6. Hello! Anybody There At The D-L-I-R?
  7. First installment: $40M in CARES funds hits Hawaii County coffers
  8. Maunakea command plan again delayed
  9. Honolulu City Council takes aim at new regulations against monster homes
  10. Honolulu City Council defers decision on mall tower changes
  11. Airlines to Shirk Dramatically After Oct 1
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