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Monday, March 16, 2020
March 16, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:27 PM :: 2776 Views
  1. SB2038: COVID-19 Becomes Excuse to Abolish Sunshine Law 
  2. Hawaii Gun Violence Commission Would Leave The Public In The Dark
  3. HB2543: Will KSBE Get the Money?
  4. Bill to boost teacher pay moves over to House—BoE Property Tax Bill Dead
  5. Sorry Kirk, COVID-19 won’t delay rail’s scheduled opening this year, says the head of HART
  6. Heiress said her estate won’t go to Hawaiians
  7. FAA Has Long Resisted Safety Board Calls For Tougher Air Tour Oversight
  8. COVID-19:  How One Case Got to Maui 
  9. Hawaii test drives COVID-19 drive-thru screening program in Kaneohe
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Sunday, March 15, 2020
March 15, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:56 PM :: 2097 Views
  1. How to navigate ‘coronavirus recession’ in Hawaii
  2. Corona Virus becomes Excuse for the Tax n Spend Make-Work Projects Proposed to the Legislature Before Corona
  3. Caldwell Pushes his Sue Big Oil Litigation Scam
  4. 5th & 6th & 7th COVID-19 cases announced in Hawaii--no local transmission
  5. Unsanitary Homeless Shelter-Refusers Spread Disease, 20 Dead (but it's not Corona)
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Saturday, March 14, 2020
March 14, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:37 PM :: 3459 Views
  1. Feds Want Katherine Kealoha In Prison For 14 Years
  2. Tulsi Gabbard Intervenes after ‘Friend’ Threatens Workers at Health Clinic
  3. Two Tourists Test Positive –Quarantined on Kauai
  4. Pentagon halts domestic travel for military due to coronavirus
  5. ACLU Plan: Mass Release of Prisoners When Corona Hits Jails
  6. No Longer Distracted by the Internet, Brun Impeachment Petition is now on Paper
  7. Smug UH Law Prof Quits Supreme Court Bar
  8. Homeless by Choice: Only 2 of 31 Accept Shelter
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Friday, March 13, 2020
March 13, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:17 PM :: 3312 Views
  1. $13 Billion Dollars: Proposed Hawaii carbon tax could cost as much as Honolulu's rail project
  2. Corona Virus is an Excuse for Tax-n-Spend Make-Work Projects    
  3. Criminal Al Hee’s Scam Company Service ‘Spotty’  -- DHHL, Customers Eager for Real Service Provider to Buy out Assets 
  4. Hawaii Minimum Wage Bill Clears First Senate Hurdle
  5. Judge: Hawaiian Heiress Is Not Capable Of Managing Her Own Affairs
  6. Allowing Homeless to Refuse Shelter Risks Spread of Corona Virus
  7. Corona Virus vs Transparency: Honolulu City Council budget briefings postponed indefinitely
  8. Hawaii Lawmakers Introduce Plan To Study Psychedelic Mushrooms With Goal Of Legalizing Access
  9. Maui Hospital could wait weeks for fast-turnaround COVID-19 test
  10. Birds of a Feather: Anti-GMO Whack Job Calls Maui Time Corrupt, Dishonest
  11. Mail-in voting has gaps to fill
  12. Gabbard not done with race, but it’s done with her
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Thursday, March 12, 2020
March 12, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:31 PM :: 3473 Views
  1. Coronavirus Forecast To Take $300 Million Bite Out Of Hawaii Tax Revenues
  2. Feds Want Judge To Throw The Book At Kealohas—While City Showers Them in Money
  3. Kawananakoa: I’m Not Dead Yet but my Money has Already been Stolen by the Usual Insiders
  4. Corona—Just the Excuse Caldwell Needs to Tap Rainy Day Fund for Rail, Blaisdell Projects
  5. Coronavirus: Military ‘Buying Time’ Until Countermeasures Ready
  6. DOT officials say federal directive would be needed to ban cruise ships
  7. Hawaii DOE Cancels All School Travel Outside State
  8. Happy News: No More Windfarms on Oahu?
  9. How One Homeless Mental Case Cycles Through System Again and Again
  10. Hawaii agents arrest alleged cartel member in nationwide drug bust
  11. Gabbard Keeps Campaigning to Line Cult Coffers
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Wednesday, March 11, 2020
March 11, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:19 PM :: 3393 Views
  1. Protesters Ensure Tourism Dominance,  Drive Exodus
  2. Weren’t we going to diversify our economy?
  3. Police Chief Susan Ballard supports enhanced sentence for her predecessor
  4. Hawaii Environmentalists Slaughter Baby Whales While Chasing Filthy Lucre
  5. Programs Give Money to Renters at Risk of Homelessness
  6. 17-Year Felony Record Out on the Streets Does it Again (What a surprise!)
  7. Liberal Air America Founder Arrested at Guam Airport (again)
  8. Foster Children Were Sent Out of State to Mental Health Facilities Where Some Faced Abuse and Neglect
  9. Hawaii visitor tests positive for coronavirus after she returns to Canada
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Tuesday, March 10, 2020
March 10, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:25 PM :: 3705 Views
  1. Some Waikiki Hotels now 90% Empty--But Legislators want to Raise Taxes Anyway 
  2. FEAR: Hawaii Democratic ‘Ranked-choice’ ballot might give Gabbard her only Primary Win
  3. Nadamoto Running for Prosecutor: Tough on Crime Except those Committed by Political Insiders  
  4. 110,000 with outdated voter registration won’t get ballots
  5. Showboating: Honolulu Files Climate Lawsuit Against Fossil Fuel Companies
  6. Kauai Readers Not Fooled by Article Titled: ‘1-person cars create congestion’
  7. HB668 Dead: Would Have Reversed Cancellation of 38,000 Sister Isle Medicaid Policies  
  8. Lawmakers Want To Subsidize Young Brothers Big Rate Increases
  9. Coronavirus vs Transparency: State Grants Hearing Canceled Over Coronavirus Concerns
  10. Some Brun charges dismissed by State—but Fortunately the Feds are Here
  11. Homeless Meth Dealer Wins 10 Years of Free Housing
  12. In trial for control of her fortune, heiress Abigail Kawananakoa takes the stand
  13. DPP Harasses Homeowner over Small Driveway Job
  14. Fear Of Fluoridation Ignores Science And Common Sense
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Monday, March 9, 2020
March 9, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:53 PM :: 2643 Views
  1. Elderly man who recently traveled to Washington state becomes Hawaii’s second coronavirus case
  2. Rail a heavy lift designed to force next mayor to raise property taxes
  3. Three Legal Snags for Na Pua Makani -- Kahuku Wind Farm
  4. Judge clears courtroom on opening day of Abigail Kawananakoa hearing
  5. Bill would protect school newspapers’ rights
  6. Aviation groups want Dillingham Airfield to keep flying
  7. Cult Member Annoys Family
  8. Charles Djou: Why I’m Not Running For Honolulu Mayor
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Sunday, March 8, 2020
March 8, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:33 PM :: 4222 Views
  1. Fallen Honolulu police officer Kaulike Kalama remembered during services
  2. Hawaii lawmakers consider raising income taxes, GE Tax—Carbon tax to hit Fuel, Electricity and Airline Tickets
  3. SB3104: Hawaii Senate’s promise of affordable housing morphs into Luxury Developer Giveaway
  4. Zoning committee decision could restrict wind farms on Oahu
  5. Hawaii High School Athletic Association policy regarding transgender athletes challenged
  6. Hawaii lawmakers show hubris over abortion funding
  7. Economy: Corona Recession 1% of GDP?
  8. To Survive Recession, Kill Big Tax n Spend Projects
  9. Will Diamond Head Attack Produce Change in Mental Health Approach?
  10. Caldwell’s Press Conferences catch up with him
  11. Audit says water department needs clearer contingency plans
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Saturday, March 7, 2020
March 7, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:32 PM :: 3741 Views
  1. Criminal Al Hee’s Scam Company Sold at Auction to Stop Insiders from Stealing Assets
  2. Hee Family: Garbage and Fraud Timeline
  3. Failed Strategy: Telescope Truce Yields only Defeat
  4. Senate unanimously votes to approve $37M teacher compensation bill
  5. SB2077 Copies 1980s Failure: DLNR to Manage Megabux Giveaway to Profitable Nonprofits—1 M Trees per Year
  6. Maui to Ban all Single Family Dwelling Vacation Rentals?
  7. Its Lahaina, again: Bum Threatens Officers with Rebar after Robbing other bums
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Friday, March 6, 2020
March 6, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:46 PM :: 3106 Views
  1. Senate Passes Ban On Side Gigs For Mayors And Governor
  2. SB3103: Return of the PLDC
  3. Idiot Alert: Senator’s Response to Corona Virus Recession?  Tax Airlines so even fewer will come
  4. Coronavirus Is Causing A New Set Of Problems For Honolulu Rail
  5. Corona Virus Becomes Excuse to Grab $120M Bag of Money
  6. Kauai Still Trying to Decide if Alleged Meth Kingpin Can be Removed from Council
  7. Poll: Public Fooled by Global Warming Hysteria, Business Leaders Not so Much
  8. Hysteria: Rampaging Horde of Punatics Blocks Cell Phone Tower
  9. Judge: Honolulu City Council Violated Open Meetings Law
  10. Another One: Tour Helicopter Crashes On Big Island
  11. Family says video proves police negligence in 2016 double fatal chase on Maui
  12. Security? Homeless Criminals Continue to Steal Cars from Wahiawa Open Air Chop Shop
  13. Soft on Crime Policy Kills Killer 5 years after Killing
  14. DoH Fail: Mentally Ill 14-year old disappears
  15. Homeless woman turned a drive to help others into a job ... and a path off the streets
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Thursday, March 5, 2020
March 5, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:20 PM :: 3196 Views
  1. DoD: Local Obstructionism Exposes Hawaii to Missile Attack
  2. Judge orders Kauai Councilman Arthur Brun to remain in custody—UPW-USO Prison Smuggling an Issue in Case
  3. Developer: What does it take to build affordable housing in Hawaii?
  4. HPD Reform: 95 New Positions to Swamp Remaining Kealoha Loyalists
  5. Penny Stock Tout Exploits Veterans in Money-Making Scheme
  6. Homeless Dude from Colorado Moves to Maui—Gets 6 months Free Housing in Jail
  7. Hawaii Legislature attempt to tax REITs advances for 7th year in a row
  8. SB2539: Insurers Must Provide Free Abortions
  9. Lawsuit Claims Surety Kohala has been Cheating on Taxes for 20 Years
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Wednesday, March 4, 2020
March 4, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:01 PM :: 2810 Views
  1. Corona Virus Recession Could Kill Preschool Expansion, Tax Credits for Poor
  2. State: Hawaii saw a $23M drop in visitor spending last month
  3. Add Councilman Arthur Brun to list of public employees getting paid while not working
  4. Hawaii’s teacher shortage explained by a teacher who left
  5. Hawaii lawmakers propose new state agency for getting around state laws
  6. Phoney Baloney #1: Environmentalists Working Hard to Make Affordable Housing Impossible
  7. Phoney Baloney #2 SB3110: Hawaii lawmakers take aim at international home buyers as foreign sales drop
  8. Phoney Baloney #3:  Hawaii Bills to Ban Coal; Offshore Oil & Gas Exploration
  9. Electric scooter company waits to operate until state laws change
  10. Endless Cycle of Retaliation: 8 Years Later Scott Nago’s Game Still in Court
  11. Maui: Time for people to decide on county manager system
  12. HPU Enrollment Drops, Debt Soars
  13. Hawaii bankruptcies rose 27% in February
  14. Tulsi Gabbard Gets 103 Votes in Am Samoa--her best showing anywhere 
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Tuesday, March 3, 2020
March 3, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:36 PM :: 2577 Views
  1. Rail Blows Hole in Caldwell’s $2.8B budget -- 5.1% spending increase
  2. BLNR approves $8.7M parks fee increase proposal
  3. Japan Reduces TMT Funding?
  4. Maui Bill 22: Bans new TVRs on Molokai
  5. SB2636: Tokenism and Overreach
  6. Green: Put Corona Virus Quarantine Patients in Leahi Hospital with Nursing Home Patients
  7. City’s mobile homeless shelter relocates to Mo'ili'ili—Gets One Criminal Off Street
  8. Glider Tours Get Federal Scrutiny After Dillingham Airfield Crash
  9. The Political Economy of Hawaii is already based on dreams – So Stop teaching 3 Rs
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Monday, March 2, 2020
March 2, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 11:48 AM :: 3750 Views
  1. Latest PRP Trick--New school facilities agency for Hawaii would dodge legal safeguards
  2. UPW Bosses Spent $319K on Meals, Airline Tix—$4.5M on Lawyers
  3. Honolulu Ethics Commission Scrubs Financial Disclosures From Website
  4. Kauai Can’t Figure out that Selling Meth is Un-Ethical
  5. SB42 Dead: Bill would have Blocked AG Investigation of Telescope Protesters
  6. Kauai Hollowing Out Population
  7. Stop Enabling Homelessness
  8. Homeless Return to Their Chop Shop, Torch it
  9. New voting changes require Democrats to register with the party to vote
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Sunday, March 1, 2020
March 1, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:19 PM :: 2991 Views
  1. Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge from Kahuku wind farm opponents
  2. SB2636: 50% Transsexuals on Hawaii corporate boards
  3. High-profile trouble casts Realistic light on Kauai
  4. Spirit of pessimism is woven through Hawaii discussion about the future
  5. HB2207: HDoT Tries to Parlay Global Warming into $15B
  6. Legislators Plan to Outlaw Gasoline, Diesel Vehicles—But First Some More Tax Credits for Elon Musk
  7. Budget: GE Tax Hike Completely Consumed by HGEA and UPW Pay Increases
  8. Bond Rating: City Rail Finances OK Because of Willingness to Tax You
  9. Increasing land taxes force Hawaiians off their ancestral lands
  10. Billionaire Cuts of North Shore Kauai Freeloaders
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Saturday, February 29, 2020
February 29, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:47 PM :: 3537 Views
  1. Kauai Still Trying to Figure out Whether to Remove Alleged Meth Kingpin from County Council, Committee Chairmanship
  2. History of Drug Dealers in Hawaii Politics
  3. Hawaii County Ethics Board Easily Confused over Maunakea Access Road
  4. KAHEA Telescope Protesters Cry ‘Racism’ to Keep Finances Secret
  5. Will Maui Charter be Amended to Allow Municipal Governments?
  6. SB3038: Tax Free Taro Money Laundering Bill    
  7. Funeral services for slain Honolulu police officer Kaulike Kalama to be at Kamehameha Schools campus
  8. Honolulu’s homeless tent project dispatches 156 Bums to Shelter –Now moving to Moiliili
  9. ‘Green’ Energy Project is the Dirtiest of them all
  10. Complaint filed over transgender MIL track athlete
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Friday, February 28, 2020
February 28, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:24 PM :: 3266 Views
  1. Corona Virus: Dr Josh Green Nowhere in Sight
  2. Homeless Camp Raid After Murder: Police arrest three and uncover hundreds of dumped vehicles in sweep of ‘chop shop’ near Whitmore Village
  3. Homeless Probationer Indicted for Murder of other Homeless Dude
  4. Hawaii lawmakers pass ban on large-capacity rifle magazines
  5. GIA Cesspool: Legislator Seeks Moolah for Illegal Resort in Puna
  6. HB1529:  Freedom for Student Journalists?
  7. ‘Clean’ Energy – Making it up as they Go Along
  8. Maui County TVR Count Soars: $50K Fines Collected
  9. $8.7M Parks fees increases proposed
  10. Report finds failures in county’s lava response
  11. Hawaii in line to get ICBM interceptors
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Thursday, February 27, 2020
February 27, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:59 PM :: 2855 Views
  1. Rail Operating Costs $918M—and That’s only Half the story for Half the Line
  2. Kauai Councilman, 11 others Arrested as Part of ‘Major Drug Trafficking Organization’
  3. OHA Takes Aim at Council--Esther Kiaaina Eyes Windward City Council Seat
  4. Will Farmers Unite to Drive Anti-GMO Whack Job from legislature?
  5. Despite warning signs, state failed to prevent abuse of 7-day-old girl, guardian says
  6. DUI: New legislation does not address traffic safety in Hawaii
  7. ‘Lucrative’ Enviros Still Seeking Control of Pacific Fishing Industry
  8. UPW, Enviros Fight over Unused Plastic Recycling Money
  9. It Begins: Hawaiian Airlines suspending service to South Korea due to spike in coronavirus cases
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Wednesday, February 26, 2020
February 26, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:50 PM :: 2955 Views
  1. Exposed: ‘Stormwater Utility’ Does Not Exist—Just a Disguise for Property tax Hike
  2. New election means being vigilant for old tricks
  3. Bill to exempt primary care providers from general excise tax moves forward
  4. Honolulu, Maui drop sharply in ranking of hottest US job markets
  5. ‘Inadvertent Mistake’ Deletes Online Evaluations Of Hawaii’s Top Judges
  6. City Answer to Corona Virus?  A Capital Improvement Project
  7. City Homeless Solution—A Tax Hike!
  8. Fluoride: Hawaii Teeth Rot Because of Sen Mike Gabbard Cult
  9. Hawaii County Water Rates to Jump 6%
  10. Court: Maui County streetlight project violated state environmental law
  11. Snorkel Rentals Kill—Hawaii Ground Zero for Snorkel Deaths
  12. Ahead of the Majority?  48 Years Later Aiea HS May Get Female Locker-room
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Tuesday, February 25, 2020
February 25, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:53 PM :: 3699 Views
  1. Audit: UPW Bosses Dip Beaks into Union Funds -- AFSCME “Greatly Concerned”
  2. Still unclear whether Maunakea ‘truce’ will be extended after Saturday
  3. TMT protesters don’t speak for all Hawaiians
  4. Caldwell Took In $155,000+ From Territorial Bank in 2019
  5. $4.8B GE Tax Hike Not Enough to Fund Rail Project
  6. Caldwell Wants to Burn $45M More on ‘Cancelled’ Blaisdell redevelopment
  7. Unfunded Liabilities Tamp Down Honolulu Credit rating
  8. 500,000 Trees – HLH Insiders Silent on Investment Scheme  
  9. Honolulu named 3rd most expensive U.S. city
  10. For Mayor of Hawaii County: Mitch Roth and 9 Others
  11. Maui Council:  More repeat races in county on deck
  12. Calvin Say to Leave House—Run for Council?
  13. Internet Advertisers Blast Privacy Proposal In Hawaii
  14. Mililani Stabbings are 5th Assault this School Year
  15. Clearing The Homeless Out Of Kuhio Beach Pavilions
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Monday, February 24, 2020
February 24, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:21 PM :: 3499 Views
  1. HANABUSA COVERUP: HART Employee Reported Improper Use Of Federal Funds In 2015—Was Asked to Resign
  2. Louis Kealoha allegedly assaulted by half brother, an HPD lieutenant
  3. Telescope Protest Leader vs Robert Lindsey for Big Island OHA Seat
  4. Airport Authority bill in limbo due to procurement code worries
  5. Streamlining sign variances: Hawaii County 5 Year Wait
  6. Enviros Using Sea Level Hype to Steal Your Oceanfront Land
  7. Only One Psychiatrist Sees Homeless Shelter-Refusers
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Sunday, February 23, 2020
February 23, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:40 PM :: 3074 Views
  1. Trump has flipped the 9th Circuit — and some new judges are causing a ‘shock wave’
  2. SB2488 Surprise: HSTA Cash Grab is $34M, not $25M 
  3. Kamehameha Schools vs HSTA: “We can make early learning accessible”
  4. Telescope Protests: Stop mollycoddling this minority of malcontents and lawbreakers
  5. Already dubious if proposed reconciliation commission will resolve anything, let alone TMT
  6. No need coronavirus tests when Hawaii leaders are psychic
  7. Hawaii doctors, patients need break from GET
  8. REIT Tax is Back
  9. Homeless Drug Addicts Use School Bus Shelter as Toilet
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Saturday, February 22, 2020
February 22, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:04 PM :: 2607 Views
  1. Next Boondoggle: Luxury Boxes top UH Aloha Stadium Wish List
  2. SB2543: Senators Want Medicated Potheads as Lawyers, Accountants
  3. West Oahu flight museum heads to court to fight eviction
  4. Sunetric Bankrupt, Shuts Down
  5. Study: Monument Expansion Cut Into Profits For Some Fishermen  
  6. REIT Contributions Fund Land Buy for Waianae Tweeker Camp
  7. Hawaii Democrats can vote by mail for presidential nominee
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Friday, February 21, 2020
February 21, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:34 PM :: 3079 Views
  1. Corona Virus Tourism Impact Could be “Like 9-11”
  2. Weight: Road Tax Could Hit Trucks 5,000 Times Harder
  3. Hawaii lawmakers again propose raising car rental tax to $8 per day
  4. OHA Working to Transform Telescope Protests into Voting Bloc
  5. Star-Adv: Legislators Should Demand Real Law Enforcement on Mauna Kea
  6. Hawaii Among States Picking Up Funding For Planned Parenthood Clinics
  7. Hawaii DOE’s Next 10-Year Vision Will Have To Wait
  8. Will DoT Regulate Uber/Lyft?
  9. Waianae man receives one of the strongest sentences in Hawaii state history
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Thursday, February 20, 2020
February 20, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:59 PM :: 2609 Views
  1. Honolulu Makes Long-Term Bet on Commuter Rail
  2. VIDEO: Governor Ige Talks TMT After Japan Visit
  3. New legislation pushes back against reduced Medicaid plan options on neighbor islands
  4. Honolulu City Council OKs moving jail to Halawa
  5. Stormwater Tax: More Public Meetings Set
  6. Don’t ease up on dangerous drugs  
  7. Ahead of sentencing, ex-Police Chief Louis Kealoha pleads for leniency
  8. Judge rejects Hawaii's opioid lawsuit; State plans to try again
  9. SB2788: Junk Science Sunscreen Ban Rejected
  10. Latest Round of Mindless Anti-Pesticide Hysteria Debunked by Activists own Lab Tests
  11. Kauai Council considers polystyrene ban
  12. Bill Would Make Sexual Assault Of Animals A Crime
  13. Homeless Mayhem Highlight of Waikiki Visitor's Experience
  14. Squatters Torch Yet Another House
  15. Governor open to ‘best way’ for Dillingham Air Field operations
  16. This Helicopter Safety Bill Is Unenforceable. Why Do So Many Lawmakers Support It?
  17. Island of Retaliation: Council declines to indemnify fire chief in employment lawsuit
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Wednesday, February 19, 2020
February 19, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:21 PM :: 5810 Views
  1. Hawaii County Council Love Triangle? Husband of councilwoman arrested for allegedly assaulting county official
  2. House cuts funding for TMT enforcement from state budget—Ige Wanted $65M to Not Enforce Law on Mauna Kea
  3. Protesters: We Will Be back Without Extension of Moratorium—Will TMT Decide to Relocate?
  4. Enviros Panic Over Bill Stifling their Efforts to Block Affordable Housing
  5. Affordable? Lawmakers considering imposing tax on housing built along Honolulu rail line
  6. Worries of misdirected funds swirl as trial over Princess Kawananakoa’s fortune set to begin
  7. OHA Operatives Harass Wailuku Water Co in Effort to Seize Control of its Land
  8. Young Brothers’ livestock shipping changes raise concerns
  9. Chemophobia Attack Targets Beef -- Hawaii's cattlemen take issue with marketing behind plant-based, meat-less products
  10. Kauai Mayor moves to prohibit disposable plastics
  11. Lawmakers Want More Transparency About Prosecutors’ Charging Decisions
  12. Giving up on Homelessness by Decriminalizing Meth
  13. Homeless Drug Addicts Torch House Three Times – it finally burns down
  14. Gabbard Campaign Funnels Money to Cult Members
  15. Selection Unopposed: State’s largest public worker union endorses Kai Kahele for U.S. House
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020
February 18, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:36 PM :: 3203 Views
  1. P3 Finger-Pointing: Rail authority hasn’t applied for Dillingham Boulevard closure permits, city says
  2. Thanks to Sea Level Rise Hysteria, Carbon Tax to become $15B Slush Fund for Developers
  3. Protesters: Extending Mauna Kea ‘Truce’ Would be Beneficial to us
  4. Green Energy Scammers Terrified of More Kahuku-Style Protests
  5. Four Ex-Hawaii Governors Say They Fear For Our Future
  6. HB285: Name Bad Cops?
  7. Kealoha case fuels push to change pension laws for disgraced government employees
  8. Hawaii’s destructive aviation policies affect jobs, safety
  9. Voter: I Will Quit Voting Because of 100% Mail-In
  10. DES: Caldwell Personally Decides Whether to Pick up Garbage in Chinatown
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Monday, February 17, 2020
February 17, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:34 PM :: 1953 Views
  1. No Future: Tourism Revenue Steadily Dropping Since 1989—Even as Tourist Numbers Soar
  2. Star-Adv: Legislators Should not Knuckle under to HSTA-DoE Coercion
  3. Honolulu Bill 25 – Enviros Stage Yet Another Attack on Affordable Housing
  4. Electric Car Chargers would unnecessarily raise the cost of Oahu homes
  5. Permitting: Insights from across the island chain
  6. Kauai Bill 2775 Ban Styrofoam
  7. Hawaii high court considers rule to narrow confidentiality of judicial discipline proceedings
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Sunday, February 16, 2020
February 16, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:37 PM :: 3084 Views
  1. Legislators Games: $868K ‘Affordable’ Houses
  2. How To Make Government Efficient?  Cut off their money
  3. Railroaded: City proposes Mind-Blowing 233% increase in bus fares
  4. The stink of rail will follow Kirk Caldwell wherever he goes
  5. Messaging on rail project changing
  6. Blangiardi Campaign Unites Lingle, Cayetano
  7. Implementation of Maunakea rules could take 6-12 months
  8. Hawaii to continue paying half of air fare to help homeless return to families
  9. More Homeless Mayhem: Dead Body found in Hilo Homeless Camp
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Saturday, February 15, 2020
February 15, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:19 PM :: 3003 Views
  1. HSTA Big Idea:  Tax Housing to … uh … Make Housing Affordable
  2. SB2793: Decriminalize Methamphetamines, Heroin, Cocaine
  3. Police Confiscate Gun Stash from Halfway House for Ex-Cons
  4. SB2697: REIT Tax is Back
  5. AG Debunks Protesters’ Latest Lawsuit
  6. Hawaii Police Shootings Review Board Finally Releases Its First Decision
  7. More Homeless Mayhem: Paia Murder, Kidnapping, Arson
  8. Big Fat Raises for Maui County Execs
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Friday, February 14, 2020
February 14, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:02 PM :: 4503 Views
  1. Coronavirus Patient Visited Maui, Oahu 
  2. Mauna Kea: What do they want, Money?
  3. Feds: Rail P3 Delays Caused by Caldwell Incompetence--work delayed by wait for city road closure permits
  4. SB2074: Hike Property Taxes on TOD Condos so they won’t be too affordable
  5. Municipal governing lack thwarts true democracy
  6. Restaurants are Profitable for Landlords
  7. Mainland Homeless Jailed after Lahaina Knife Fight over Stolen Sleeping Bag
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Thursday, February 13, 2020
February 13, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:16 PM :: 3053 Views
  1. Kauai councilman, out on bail, involved in car crash that injured 6-year-old boy
  2. Florence Puana, key figure in case against Kealohas, dies at 100
  3. SB2076: Counties to Handle Historic Preservation?
  4. Telescope Protesters Sue State (again) 
  5. AG Debunks Protesters’ Latest Lawsuit
  6. Will There Be A New Oahu Jail? The Legislature Has Varying Answers
  7. Missile defense budget leaves out funding for $1.9B Hawaii-based radar
  8. Feb 18 Registration Deadline for Hawaii Democrat Primary
  9. Conspiracy Nuts Win Again: Proposal to put fluoride in Hawaii water systems quickly dies
  10. Straub only Hawaii Hospital Among America’s Best
  11. Hawaiian Electric Puts Activist Fund Manager On Board
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Wednesday, February 12, 2020
February 12, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:03 PM :: 3165 Views
  1. $100M Tax Hike: New Storm Water Utility on Oahu
  2. Affordable Housing?  OHA, Enviros Get a Cut of the Action
  3. SB42: Telescope Protesters Above the Law
  4. Make $48K?  Here’s Your affordable home in Honolulu
  5. Mental facility for Kona -- “If it’s voluntary, it’s not going to work.”
  6. Open Hawaii Co prosecutor’s office draws candidate interest
  7. Hirono Bill Would Pretend to Zero Out GHG by 2050
  8. Chinatown merchants blame fears over coronavirus for drastic decline in business
  9. Bill to permit edible cannabis products advances over Objections from Police, HDoT, DoH
  10. EPA: Hawaii Toxic Releases Dropped In 2018
  11. EB5 Fraud -- Investors sue developer of 2 planned Honolulu condo towers
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Tuesday, February 11, 2020
February 11, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:54 PM :: 3164 Views
  1. HIOSH Supervisor Trades Sex for Fines?
  2. Caldwell: 'No Explanation' For Rail Delays On Dillingham Boulevard
  3. Hawaii panel backs Native Hawaiian reconciliation commission
  4. SB2774 would prohibit Red Hill fuel tanks in 2028
  5. The Case For Dissolving HART
  6. State Doesn’t Spend Junk Car Tax—but Senator wants to Raise it Anyway
  7. Dillingham Airfield Can be Better off Without Airports Division 
  8. Airport authority could make Kahului Airport ‘no ka ‘oi’
  9. Maui: Usual Fruits and Nuts Pull Papers
  10. Homeless Dude Killed by Other Homeless in Fight over Vodka Bottle
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Monday, February 10, 2020
February 10, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:30 PM :: 2597 Views
  1. Libertarian Gary Johnson offers ‘whatever I can do’ to help Tulsi Gabbard in New Hampshire amid third party talk around the candidate
  2. Uber and Lyft drivers say business has slowed at HNL, believe it's linked to Coronavirus.
  3. Bureaucratic Turf Battle Rages over Pre-K
  4. All prosecutor candidates but 1 agree with 2-term limit
  5. Rapist will Get ‘Time Served’
  6. Not All Born in American Samoa Want US Citizenship
  7. Hawaii lawmakers explore controversial ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws
  8. Getting Rid of Old Wind Turbine Blades
  9. Lawmakers consider expanding Hawaii Promise scholarship to 4 year colleges
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Sunday, February 9, 2020
February 9, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:16 PM :: 2524 Views
  1. DoE Pay Hikes: Million Here Million There no Accountability Anywhere
  2. Felix resigns from rail board—Calls for Audit
  3. City’s big idea of rail transit creates big money pit that next mayor will need to fill
  4. Controversial Kahuku wind farm is built, what's next?
  5. House Turns Homeless Housing Bill into another Study
  6. Heiress Abigail Kawananakoa may testify in fight over $215M estate
  7. Hilo: Political Insiders try to Block Charter School from Their Neighborhood
  8. Airbnb, Timeshare Industry fatten council campaign war chests
  9. Court orders banning firearms possession are hard to enforce
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Saturday, February 8, 2020
February 8, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:16 PM :: 2725 Views
  1. Fund Race: Carpenters Have $4M to Buy Election
  2. Attorney General gets go-ahead to subpoena anti-TMT nonprofit Kahea
  3. Hawaii Legislators Advance HB2037 to Create LGBTQ Commission
  4. Will Legislators Strip Safeguards from Assisted Suicide?
  5. With Six Months to Primary, Maui County Appoints New Election Officials
  6. Dueling Labtests as Food Snobs Freak out over Mahi Pono Potatoes—Some Nuts Coopted
  7. New HPD recruiting strategies boost number of graduates in 2019
  8. Accused Wahiawa killer left girlfriend behind in fatal 2007 street racing crash—Released from Prison, 2019
  9. Police nab accused purse snatcher in Homeless Camp
  10. Owners at affordable condo to appeal after seeing their property taxes skyrocket
  11. 7 quarantined in Hawaii homes following return from China
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Friday, February 7, 2020
February 7, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:43 PM :: 2575 Views
  1. HB2678: House Moves Bill Forfeiting State Pension In Felony Cases
  2. Rail to Launch Service in December, 2020?
  3. HB2188: One Mile Setback for Wind Turbines
  4. Sherwood Forest resolutions draw community criticism
  5. State Lawmakers Are Weighing A Slate Of Bills That Affect Native Hawaiians
  6. ‘Public Trust Doctrine’ Blocks Drilling Water Wells
  7. Paul Brewbaker: The economist speaks plainly about challenges facing Hawaii — and how to manage them
  8. Lawmakers push to create new crisis center aimed at diverting the mentally ill from jail
  9. HPD to Confiscate Stolen Bicycles from Criminals
  10. Maui Prosecutor’s Bills Target Elder Abuse by Street Criminals
  11. Kauai helicopter crash pilot lost license for 2010 drug use
  12. Honolulu Police arrest 37-year-old man accused of murder in Wahiawa Homeless Auto Thief Camp
  13. State proposal aims to repeal electric guns ban
  14. Navatek Money backs Sen Susan Collins after $8M Boat Deal?
  15. Corteva quits chlorpyrifos
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Thursday, February 6, 2020
February 6, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:57 PM :: 3146 Views
  1. SB2488 Passes EDU--Would Fund $40M HSTA Cash Giveaway
  2. SB42: Trying to restrict Hawaii AG
  3. Streamlining plan will require 38,000 Neighbor Island patients to find new health insurance
  4. Caldwell’s Storm Water Tax Hike Meetings Scheduled to Reduce Participation
  5. Enviro Admits Congestion Pricing is Designed to Force the Little People out of their Cars 
  6. Trump Taking Away Hawaii Activists Primary Obstruction Tool
  7. FAA Warns State -- Plan to vacate Dillingham Airfield is Illegal
  8. Hawaii County – Plan was to Transfer Your GE Tax Hike Money Directly to Political Insider 
  9. HECO Gives $222K of Ratepayer Money to Solar Scammers – For Nothing!
  10. Will Female Athlete be Allowed to Question Trannies?
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Wednesday, February 5, 2020
February 5, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:57 PM :: 2920 Views
  1. Fed Wreckers Trying to Steer Mauna Kea Protests Their Way
  2. Mayor Kirk Caldwell is renovating something, but not Blaisdell
  3. Bill Banning Moonlighting Mayors Moves Forward
  4. HGEA Member pleads guilty to charter school embezzlement
  5. TMT Should Sue State and County
  6. Man arrested for desecration after allegedly spitting on photo of fallen officer
  7. Lahaina Bumfight: Man charged with threat to set fire to assault witnesses
  8. ‘Kauhale’ housing for homeless suffers setback
  9. Single-use plastics eyed for next Maui County ban
  10. Hypocrites: Hawaii Co Council panel nixes herbicide resolution
  11. Reality: Flu Kills 25,000 this Season, Coronavirus Kills Less than 1,000
  12. Where the Campaign Contributions Come From
  13. Hawaii Democrats won’t have Iowa’s caucus problem, says head of state party
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Tuesday, February 4, 2020
February 4, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:43 PM :: 2404 Views
  1. $17M Wasted: Caldwell scraps plans for Blaisdell Center face-lift, citing rail cost uncertainty
  2. Hawaii Libraries Could Pack Early Learning Classrooms in with Homeless Mentally Ill—It’ll be Great!
  3. New bill would limit ‘revolving door’ for lobbyists
  4. Good News: Wind Farm Developers Terrified of Public Opposition
  5. Bill 25: Enviros Trying to Increase Housing Costs (Again)
  6. NYT: Hawaii Is a Paradise, but Whose?
  7. REIT Tax is Baaaack
  8. Genius: Prosecutor Endangers Felony Cases by Arresting Victims on Manini Warrants
  9. Criminal Outwits Witless Probation System, Allegedly Kills man while on Lam
  10. After Blocking Impeachment, Insiders Use it as Excuse to Push Appointed Prosecutor
  11. Kauai FD: 18 Months Without a Chief
  12. 1st Officer Still on Force: 2nd Officer Pleads Guilty to Making Homeless Dude Lick Urinal
  13. Statewide 67 officers disciplined last year, 15 fired
  14. Hawaii Medicaid Contract Award Stalled Amid Protest From Insurer
  15. Democratic candidates vow to cover Micronesians who lost Medicaid

 

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Monday, February 3, 2020
February 3, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:29 PM :: 2785 Views
  1. Telescope Protesters Want to be Tried by Military Tribunal, Guantanamo-style
  2. TMT Hot Potato: Hawaii Leaders Are Ducking Responsibility On Mauna Kea
  3. Campaign contributions up sharply in 2nd half of 2019
  4. Can changing a federal maritime law help lower Hawaii's cost of living? U.S. Rep. Ed Case thinks so
  5. Gun rights advocates rally at the state Capitol
  6. The Plan is to Let lots and Lots of Criminals Back out onto the Streets
  7. HTLA Flies 744 Homeless out of Hawaii—16 Fly Back In
  8. Red-light-scamera bill advances in Legislature
  9. Looking for solutions for Honolulu’s aging airport
  10. New entry restrictions put in place at Honolulu’s airport amid growing coronavirus fears
  11. Vacation rental denials appealed
  12. Window opens for tribes to seek licenses for internet access—Will DHHL be Included?
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Monday, February 3, 2020
Letters to the Editor, February, 2020
By Letters to the Editor @ 12:51 AM :: 2757 Views
  • Honolulu Stormwater Costs 400% of US Average  
  • SB2237: Sen Baker Blocks Abortion Survivor Protection Act
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Sunday, February 2, 2020
February 2, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:11 PM :: 3870 Views
  1. Mail-In Voting Heading for Disaster—Thousands will be Disenfranchised
  2. Running for Governor, Doomed Caldwell now wants others to stop making promises
  3. HART Shouldn’t Promise To Have Rail Ready In October
  4. Ige offers tall tales on Thirty Meter Telescope conflict
  5. OHA’s Water Plan Works—Agriculture Literally Dries up in East Kauai 
  6. Hawaii tourism has spun out of control
  7. Maui: On an Average Day, 28% of People on Island are Tourists
  8. Hypocrites on Hawaii County Council Try to Explain Why they Allow County Workers to use Herbicide
  9. North Shore farmland being carved up for crop, housing use
  10. Firearms incidents decline on Hawaii’s public school campuses
  11. HB1798: State lawmakers to set parameters on parental discipline of children?
  12. Anyone who arrives in Hawaii from China will be quarantined for two weeks, according to Lt. Gov. Josh Green
  13. Hawaii Republicans celebrate imminent impeachment acquittal
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Saturday, February 1, 2020
February 1, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:17 PM :: 2619 Views
  1. Multiple jobs. Doubling up. Hawaii adults say they’re doing it all and still struggling
  2. Megan Kau Leads Honolulu Prosecutor’s Race In Campaign Cash
  3. Caldwell Raises Nearly $300K For 2022 Governor’s Race
  4. How Young Brothers Hides Money in its Corporate Superstructure
  5. Deaf advocates seek role in governing Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind
  6. Mother of probation violator brutally beaten in OCCC joins lawmakers in seeking answers, oversight
  7. HB2507: Raise Hawaii’s Smoking Age From 21 To 25
  8. City: We want to expand appointment-only bulky item pickup islandwide
  9. Pigs out of control on Maunakea
  10. Bodycams and Kevlar for EMS workers attacked by homeless lunatics?
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Friday, January 31, 2020
January 31, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:37 PM :: 2594 Views
  1. Crowds line streets to mark end of watch for fallen HPD officer Enriquez
  2. Spy Satellites provide so-called ‘data’ for possible storm runoff fee on Oahu
  3. Star-Adv: No Property Tax for BoE
  4. HART Shouldn’t Promise To Have Rail Ready In October
  5. Kai Kahele’s Plan to Wipe out Mortgage Lending on DHHL
  6. Committee: Full Senate Should Confirm Aila As DHHL Director
  7. Property tax hike fails
  8. Bills About Nothing: Why Hawaii Legislators Write Measures With No Text
  9. Gun Rights Advocates: 2020 Bills Impact Law-Abiding Citizens, Don't Address Crimes
  10. Hawaii County PD: Five officers terminated in 2019
  11. Purse Snatchers Linked Back to Homeless Camp
  12. Caldwell Has a Glass Jaw—Punched out in Chinatown
  13. FAA employee blocked from inspecting Kauai tour chopper prior to crash
  14. Hawaii Looks To The Philippines For Its Newest Teacher Recruits
  15. Al Hee’s Lawyer Now Represents Donald J Trump
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Thursday, January 30, 2020
January 30, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:05 PM :: 2802 Views
  1. Low, stagnant wages are main factors in Hawaii's population decline
  2. Appointed Corruption:  Council Considering Abolition of Prosecutor Elections
  3. Public meetings start next week to discuss proposed stormwater fee
  4. Caldwell skeptical of HART’s promise to Help Mufi by opening Honolulu rail in October
  5. Beware The ‘Magic’ Of Public-Private Partnerships For Honolulu Rail
  6. Testifiers voice strong opposition to Young Brothers’ rate request
  7. Ethics Board to take on Maunakea road block
  8. Sovereignty Activist Lawyer on Trial for Mortgage Scams
  9. Judge appears willing to allow subpoena of anti-TMT group’s financial records
  10. Honolulu Voters Will Decide On Two-Term Limit For Prosecutor
  11. HB1676: Red-light cameras in the works
  12. Child Molester: Former House candidate is sentenced to 5 years in prison
  13. Hypocrites: Kauai County Still using Pesticides in County Parks 
  14. Homeless Man Forced To Lick Urinal By Police Files Civil Lawsuit
  15. Meth Bust During Homeless Sweep
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020
January 29, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:21 PM :: 5102 Views
  1. Honolulu Prosecutor Debate: Only Megan Kau Pledges to Keep Criminal Suspects Locked up
  2. Judge: Police, prosecutors hid evidence, violated Ewa Beach woman’s civil rights
  3. HGEA Member Charged with Stealing $628K from Charter School Overrun by Lava
  4. Hawaii to Shunt a Lot More Money to Elon Musk
  5. Can changing a federal maritime law help lower Hawaii's cost of living? U.S. Rep. Ed Case thinks so
  6. Bill 2: Can Fixing Parking Rules Make Honolulu More Affordable?
  7. SB2049: $50K to Buy a House With 
  8. Kauai, Maui, Hawaii Councils Sucked in by DHHL Mortgage Hysteria
  9. Next Boondoggle: View 3 possible design options for the new Aloha Stadium
  10. The Honolulu Morgue is Still a Mess
  11. HB2567: Hawaii Should ‘Study’ Magic Mushrooms Instead of Letting Genuine Medical Researchers do it
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Tuesday, January 28, 2020
January 28, 2020 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:23 PM :: 2716 Views
  1. HB2671: Saiki Proposes Constitutional Amendment Allowing Board of Education to Raise Property Taxes
  2. City considers creating a new utility (and fee) for tackling storm water
  3. HB2228: Exempt Medical from GE Tax
  4. School choice offers exciting ways to gain ‘ike in Hawaii
  5. SB2307-HB2055:  Don’t Let State Workers Access Online Porn
  6. SB2694: Low Income Housing Tax Credits
  7. Laniakea Test: Will Legislators Burn $34M on Altar of Sea Level Rise?
  8. Ige: Homeless will Accept Housing if Alternative is Jail
  9. Homeless Auto Thieves to be Kicked out of One’ula Beach Park
  10. How Makaha Neighbors Kicked Homeless Drug Addicts out of Neighborhood Botanical Garden
  11. ‘Affordable Housing’ -- Association Fees Jump 50% After Developer Sells Units
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