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Saturday, July 6, 2019 |
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July 6, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:42 PM :: 2998 Views
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- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 6, 2019
- Divided Legislative Leaders: No Override Session
- OHA: Akina Stands up to Thugs and Thieves
- Next Big Boondoggle: $679.3M to Renovate Blaisdell Center
- Why DPS Couldn’t Make Offendertrak Work When Every Other Prison System in USA Could
- Caldwell: New Plan to Maintain Biki Monopoly
- Activists Find Another Way to Make Housing More Expensive
- Witness Saw Grave Vandal Before Kawaiahao Attack
- Hawaii County Council Hearing on Telescope
- Cocaine Use up 25%
- Yakuza Behind Crystal Meth Epidemic?
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Friday, July 5, 2019 |
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July 5, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:16 PM :: 2670 Views
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Thursday, July 4, 2019 |
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July 4, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:39 PM :: 2605 Views
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- The Verified Complaint In Equity: The Declaration Of Independence
- The 1840 Hawaiian Constitution and the Fourth of July
- OHA LLC Records Being Destroyed?
- Kealoha Barred from Practicing Law
- Kealoha joint task force needed
- Legislative Leaders Counting Votes In Case They Try To Override Vetoes
- HPD: Time of Blind Following is Over
- Katherine Kealoha mingles with fellow inmates at Federal Detention Center
- State to take closer look at FEMA’s repayment requests to some eruption evacuees
- City Council passes bill that reserves 160 parking spaces for car-sharing companies
- Maui Council Votes to Kill Affordable Housing
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Thursday, July 4, 2019 |
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Letters to the Editor, July, 2019
By Letters to the Editor @ 5:41 PM :: 2134 Views
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Kealoha joint task force needed
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Wednesday, July 3, 2019 |
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July 3, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:16 PM :: 2514 Views
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- Hawaii to Erase Prostitution Convictions After Three Years
- Ige Signs More Bills into Law
- Still at 1% After Debate—No Bounce for Gabbard
- Kealoha Lawyer Quits—Setup for Appeal?
- Time To Force Some Homeless People Into Treatment
- Prosecutor’s Safe House For Abuse Victims To Close As Questions Swirl
- HPD launches murder investigation into a deadly shooting of an OCCC inmate
- Seizures of illegal firearms soar in Hawaii, feds say
- Some California travelers can't buy marijuana in Hawaii
- Murder for Hire: Hawaii Judge Sends Alleged Criminal to Live With Victim
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Tuesday, July 2, 2019 |
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July 2, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:35 PM :: 4763 Views
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- OHA Needs a Watchdog!
- DoH: Six Months of Suicide in Hawaii
- Carpenters Union, PRP Covered up Kealoha Crimes
- ’Chronic Malingerer’ Katherine Kealoha needs to get out of jail for surgery or cancer or something
- Criminals Still on HPD Payroll: Nguyen, Hahn still on paid leave after conspiracy conviction—Sellers Still Working as Sergeant
- Taxpayers Shouldn’t Expect Louis Kealoha To Pay Them Back Anytime Soon
- Secret Reports Holds Keys to Hawaii’s Underperforming Jails
- State again seeks to subpoena Airbnb records
- DOE Required To Collect More Teacher Data
- Ritte Grabs for Molokai Ranch Water (again)
- Prosecutors try to seize $140,000 from Meth Dealer
- Maui Council Amateur Hour
- Dimwitted Hawaii County Council Members Try Again on Old Bank of America Shakedown
- Leilani Estates Community Association exploring ways to curb tourist access to subdivision
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Monday, July 1, 2019 |
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July 1, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:14 PM :: 3211 Views
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- Senator: Did Espejo Cover up Shooting Autopsy During Nomination Hearing?
- In California Solar Electricity Wholesales Below 2 Cents per kWh—Hawaii Pays 5-10 Times More
- Assisted Suicide: Two Dead, Six More Prescriptions Filled
- Hawaii Hospital Dispute Could Prove Costly For Patients
- Slow Permitting Stalls Self-Help Home Builders
- Missile Alerts to be Federalized?
- Hawaii Governor Wants To Veto Bill That Would Stop “Government-Sponsored Theft”
- Sentencing delayed for Associate of Tulsi Gabbard’s Cult
- New Laws Taking Effect
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Sunday, June 30, 2019 |
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June 30, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:40 PM :: 3100 Views
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- DHHL Announces Search for Larry Mehau's Successor
- OHA looking for Someone to Give Away $1.66M
- The Tax on Ghost Homes
- Telescope: DLNR vs KAHEA 'No Sound Cannon'
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 30, 2019
- Roth, Heen: OHA should allow trustee to speak out
- How Caldwell’s Minions Protected the Kealohas, Kaneshiro
- Criminal Lt Derek Hahn Still Getting a Paycheck from HPD
- Hawaii inmate data tracking review takes 4 years to go in big circle--costs nearly $1.4M
- Oahu’s new short-term rental law opens the door to a host of policy, permitting problems
- Kauai TVRs -- 90 days to comply
- Maui Council Bungles Budget
- Blue Planet: If the Little People Want Lower Electric Bills, They Should Use Less Electricity
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Saturday, June 29, 2019 |
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June 29, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:52 PM :: 5658 Views
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- Better Education for Military-Connected Children
- HB748: Hawaii needs civil asset forfeiture reform
- Housing and the Hendersons
- ‘Positive disruptor’ shares policy views on 'Perry & the Posse'
- Will Hawaii be the Next Puerto Rico?
- Ige Appoints New Budget and Finance Director
- Activist Attacks Destroy Another 17% of Hawaii Seed Industry Acreage
- Caldwell Afraid Feds Will Nail Him for Obstruction
- Will Katherine Kealoha Rat out Caldwell, Kaneshiro, Leong?
- Kealoha Verdict May Affect Other Cases
- Kealoha To Keep Pension?
- OHA’s code of conduct attack on free speech
- HPD Investigating Fatal Shooting By Deputy Sheriff As A Possible Murder Case
- Homeless Trash Kailua-Kona
- ACLU Complaint Not Enough Homeless On Display
- Dozens of schools and even a food truck are feeding Hawaii kids for free this summer
- Ige, Trump Agree: Expand Apprenticeship Programs
- Would-be water bottler appeals denial of permit
- Second Lady Karen Pence addresses military families at Pearl Harbor
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Friday, June 28, 2019 |
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June 28, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:43 PM :: 4956 Views
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- Akina: LLC Ruling 'A Big Win for OHA Beneficiaries'
- Meth Bust Nets Retired Guam Police Officer
- Auditor Rips DLNR Leasehold Management
- Knee Jerk Reactions
- Debates: On Agriculture, Democrats Pander to 'Regressive Left'
- What The US Supreme Court's Property Rights Decision Means For Hawaii's Property Owners
- VIDEO: Why People are Leaving Hawai'i
- Owner of Engineering Firm Sentenced To Five Years For Tax Scheme
- No, it’s not time to move on after Kealoha verdict
- Jury: Kealohas Guilty – Caldwell: Time for Feds to Move On Before I Get Caught
- Judge: Jail Katherine Kealoha to Prevent Further Tampering
- Kym Pine: ‘Strongly Considering’ Running For Mayor
- Hawaii County Salary Commission: Lets Give Large Bags of Money to Top Execs
- Firefighters Win Final Council Approval of Contract
- UPW Member Still Employed as Jail guard while on Trial for Meth
- Cesspool Fix $21K—Enviros Scheme to Push it up to $31K
- Ala Wai: Another Corps of Engineers Disaster?
- Scheme to Establish Giant Festering Homeless Tent City in Hawaii Kai
- Habitat for Humanity Takes on Cost of Home
- 50 Turn out for Anti-Telescope Protest
- Ige signs ‘red flag’ gun bill
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Thursday, June 27, 2019 |
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June 27, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:51 PM :: 49167 Views
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- Judge Orders OHA LLCs to Hand Over Check Registers
- What are OHA Trustees Trying to Cover Up Now?
- John Stossel to interview Keli'i Akina at FreedomFest
- Ige Signs 57 Bills into Law
- Initial Online Polls Say Gabbard Wins The Day
- Financial Disclosures: Ethics Commission Releases Five Page List of Late Filers
- Tourism: Spending Down--Arrivals Up (again)
- Profitable Non Profit: Absentee Boss Salary Cut to Measly $253K, but keeps Miss Hawaii
- KPD investigated officers in alleged cheating scandal—Secret Documents Affecting Criminal Cases
- Kealoha mailbox case now in the hands of the jury
- Maui Mayor plans to Copy Honolulu crackdown on illegal vacation rentals
- AirBnB: We Want to be Your Tax Collector
- UH says it reached out to protesters before ahu were removed at TMT site
- Veto for Suicide Prevention Month?
- Anti-GMO Maui Councilmembers Want to Hire Florida Lawyer to Push Fake Claim Against Bank of America
- Anti-Dairy Activists Attempt to Respond After Berkeley Livermore Lab Destroys Their Credibility
- Measure requires restaurants to offer ‘healthy’ drink options as default choice for keiki meals
- Hawaii Supreme Court: Boards Must Prove Privacy Interest To Close Meetings
- Ethics Comm: Ige Signs Three Ethics Bills into Law
- Hawaii’s Longliners Could Soon Be Allowed To Catch 18 Million Pounds Of Tuna
- Soft on Crime: Dude with 34 Priors out on the Streets, Does it Again
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Wednesday, June 26, 2019 |
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June 26, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:04 PM :: 2731 Views
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- OHA Granted Marijuana Grower Right to Audit LLCs
- HART Stonewalling Federal Subpoenas since February
- Kealoha Head of The Secret Police
- Closing Arguments: Alison Lee Wong Shows up in Court
- Akina’s right to speak up to demand a better OHA
- Vacation rental enforcement: Caldwell signs Bill 89 – Vetoes Bill 85
- ‘Digital Stings’ To Identify Illegal Vacation Rentals In Oahu Start Aug. 1
- Lawsuit: Major Mental Illness Untreated in Hawaii Prisons, Jails
- Soft on Crime: Woman arrested in Keaukaha shooting has multiple felony convictions
- Ige Signs Bill Creating Special Drivers Licenses for Trannies
- Water is NIMBYs Latest Excuse to Oppose Affordable Housing
- Kishimoto Reminds Principals that Roundup is Banned
- Karen Pence visits Hawaii
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Tuesday, June 25, 2019 |
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June 25, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:31 PM :: 2495 Views
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- Ige: Intent to Veto 20 Bills--Including AirBnB Tax
- Microbiologists Not Getting Enough Global Warming Grant Money
- OHA trips over accountability, sunshine, and free speech
- Bills Ige Won’t be Vetoing
- Prosecutions Could be Reversed Because Kealoha was prosecuting cases while faking ‘serious’ medical condition
- Judge to decide on change to Kaneshiro removal petition
- Anti-Pesticide Hysterics Decide to target Schools (again)
- Soft on Crime: Thief Let out to ‘Socialize’, Allegedly Commits Rape
- Telescope Should be Blocked Because Some People Have Decided Mauna Kea is Sacred
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Monday, June 24, 2019 |
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June 24, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:27 PM :: 3007 Views
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- Civic Engagement: Hawaii Ranks Dead Last
- $10K Daily Fines for illegal vacation rentals may begin in August
- Honolulu Councilman Ron Menor calls on Gov. Ige to veto vacation rental tax bill
- Don’t Scapegoat Airbnbs For Honolulu’s Housing Crisis
- HGEA, UPW Obstruct Push for Airport Authority
- Labor Force Count Drops to Four Year Low
- Homeless Criminals Trash Oneula Park, Assault Park Workers
- Iwilei: Massive Clinic to be Built to Divert Expensive Bums from Emergency Rooms
- Soft on Crime: HPA to Determine Rapist’s Real Sentence
- Stairway to Heaven Could Be Removed By 2022
- Salt Farming Used to Gain Control of Airport
- HPD trying innovative ideas to fill hundreds of vacancies
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Sunday, June 23, 2019 |
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June 23, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:24 PM :: 3634 Views
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- It’s the Economy, Stupid
- On Board Video Shows 2016 Incident with Skydiving Plane
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 23, 2019
- Kahele Full of S***
- Tough issues of TMT for governor, TVUs for mayor require leadership neither has shown
- ‘Resilience’ Strategy: Property Tax Increases and Less Affordable Housing
- Collecting taxes not job for Airbnb
- Teacher: Student Suspensions Necessary for Safe Work Environment
- State re-files single theft charge against former charter school director
- Maui Meadows NIMBYs Oppose Solar Farm
- Maui County Still Uses Pesticides to Keep Isle Looking Good for Tourists
- Hawaii County Charter proposals – Raid Open Space Fund to Pay HGEA Members
- Surfrider Attempts to Respond After Berkeley Livermore Lab Destroys Their Credibility
- Failed Ocean Boom Returns to Non-Existent Garbage Patch
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Saturday, June 22, 2019 |
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June 22, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:31 PM :: 3617 Views
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- The average Hawaii household forks over more than $10,000 a year for food
- Honolulu Workers Need $39.75 Per Hour To Rent A 2-BR
- Inspired by ‘simplicity and efficiency’
- How High Are Spirits Taxes in Your State?
- Why doesn’t Hawaii privatize more public services?
- OHA Trustees form PIG to Silence Discussion of Corrupt LLCs
- Autopsy of man killed by sheriff’s deputy at Capitol contradicts official account
- Hotel industry softness portends downward trend
- Contrary To Civil Beat Claims, Wespac Is Effective And Transparent
- Will ‘sound cannon’ be used against TMT protesters?
- Water leases still in court
- Ige To Sign A Host Of Traffic Safety Bills Into Law
- After 7 Years of Delay, Murder charge in death of Zion McKeown, 4, dismissed
- Mokuleia crash death toll now at 11; Same plane spun toward ground in 2016 over California
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Friday, June 21, 2019 |
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June 21, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:08 PM :: 3055 Views
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- ‘De facto ban’ could poison tourism well
- OHA board appoints interim chief executive officer
- Prosecutors: Attorney Sumida Stole Evidence from File and Lied On The Witness Stand
- SB1292: Governor Still Deciding Whether to Veto TVR Tax Bill
- City budget for nearly $3 billion approved without mayor’s signature
- Caldwell Says Property Tax Hikes Will Cover Rail Operations
- Budget becomes law without Mayor Harry Kim’s signature
- Maui Water Board to Buy Ditch System?
- Kona judge to decide whether to Keep Police Corruption Secret While Alleged Drug Dealer Walks Free
- Hawaii Police Shooting Board Won’t Release Its Findings — At Least For Now
- Student Absenteeism Is Plummeting At Waipahu Elementary
- Fewer Bus Rides for Low-Income Kids?
- Keep Expensive Bums out of Emergency Rooms -- Second urgent care clinic that caters to homeless set to open in Kaneohe
- Squeezed by Communist Government, Chinese Tourism Drops 25%
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Thursday, June 20, 2019 |
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June 20, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:11 PM :: 4192 Views
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- OHA Majority Targets Trustee Akina
- Telescope: State Issues Notice to Proceed, Rips Down Protesters Shacks
- First Congressional Hearing on Citizenship Choice for Individual American Samoans
- Auditor: No More Silly Talk About Profits at the Convention Center
- Judiciary Program Tackles Absenteeism at Keaau Middle School
- Solar Schemer: As a Political Insider, Former police chief received discounted solar deal not Available to the Little People
- A&B may get water permit in the end
- Maximizing Hawaii for Tourism: Most Enviro Court Cases Filed by One Lawyer on Maui
- Double taxing REITs sends wrong message about Hawaii
- As Country after Country Rejects Shipments of Foreign Garbage, Hawaii County Council Amends Styrofoam Ban
- ‘Simply Madness’: City Owes $100K For Missing Deadlines In Garbage Disputes with UPW
- Where the Polynesians Are: Kauai Ranks 15th behind California, Nevada, Washington, Utah, and Arizona
- Lunatic Asylum Finally Decides to Replace Broken, 25-yr old Security System
- Pension Spiking Kauai firefighters nearing raises
- Hawaii Employees Contribute the Least to Health Insurance Costs
- Smug Snobs Hassle Tourists in Hanalei
- NIMBYS Turn out to Protest Affordable Housing Project
- Homeless Rockthrower Attacks Homelessness Meeting
- Maunakea Liquor Store Gets License Renewed
- Honolulu Council Helps Homeless Stay Homeless
- Court ruling annuls PPA, creating potential setback for Hu Honua Wood-Burner
- A number of Honolulu public parking spots could be reduced, rented out to rideshare companies
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Wednesday, June 19, 2019 |
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June 19, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:23 PM :: 5391 Views
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- Hawaii State Veterans Summit
- Damien Kim Leaving HART Board as Federal Investigators Close in
- Prosecutors: Kealoha ‘Witness Tampering’ and Lies Won Civil Case
- New Kealoha Lawyer Makes Fool of Himself
- Council members sped up passage of vacation rental bills to Influence Ige on SB1292
- Which TVR Bill will Caldwell Sign?
- Honolulu rail authority must replace 15 cracked canopy arms
- Use County-Owned Land for Affordable Housing
- Maui Budget: Anti-GMO Wack-jobs on Council Again Show They Have No Clue
- New Ruling In Maui Water Case Still Doesn’t Resolve Old Dispute
- Lawsuit puts blame on the state for high inmate suicide rate
- Panic After False Shooter Report at Honolulu Airport
- Hawaii DoE: We Really Are Zeroes
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Tuesday, June 18, 2019 |
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June 18, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:13 PM :: 3389 Views
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- Why is the Hawaii Attorney General too busy to prosecute charter school corruption?
- Hawaii 3rd Most Dangerous for Older Pedestrians
- Kahele: I am a F****** Tiger on Tulsi's Tail
- Council Passes Both Anti-TVR Bills
- Kauai protestors block visitors from entering Kuhio Highway into Ha‘ena
- Debunking Keanu Sai’s Response to Office of Consumer Protection
- Defense Attorneys take floor in Kealoha ‘mailbox trial’
- How Much Does Hawaii Really Spend On Education?
- In battle over iwi kupuna, Maui judge invalidates license for archaeology firm
- Palolo Valley Basin Might Be Cut From Ala Wai Flood Project
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Monday, June 17, 2019 |
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June 17, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:43 PM :: 3158 Views
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- After Lying to Legislature OHA Shoots Messenger--and Misses
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 16, 2019
- Economic Well-Being of Children: Hawaii Ranks 34th
- Splitting Oahu Into More Counties Might Not Be A Bad Idea
- Contributions grow as vacation rental bills advance
- Kealoha Trial Resumes—New Lawyer joins Defense
- Honolulu and D.C. could soon join global warming-litigation craze
- Potent pot, vulnerable teens trigger concerns in first states to legalize marijuana
- Kupuna Caregivers Program a Test Run for Long Term Care Insurance
- Guam Abortions Reduced 99%
- State lawmaker wants to take away licenses from drivers with 2+ violations in a moving vehicle
- The state’s first Veterans Summit aims to bridge generational boundaries for the benefit of all veterans
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Sunday, June 16, 2019 |
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June 16, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:57 PM :: 3671 Views
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- Conservative Rankings of Hawaii State Legislators
- Conservatives Rank Hawaii CongDel: Schatz Hits 14%
- OECD Jones Act Study generates very large impact numbers
- HI-5 – Have We Stopped the Leakage Yet?
- Caldwell: Rail is the Next Mayor’s Problem
- Anderson Not Running for Mayor
- Another Victim of Child Molester Files Lawsuit Against KSBE
- Hawaii Tourism Authority distorts value of vacation rentals
- Hearing set for TMT water pollution permit
- Honolulu Airport: 50 Years of Failure
- Kailua Kona: Shelter-Refusing Drug Addicts Take Over ‘Bermuda Triangle’
- DOE: 42% of High School Students Vape
- Scots Work to Save Falls of Clyde
- Gabbard Against Identity Politics
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Saturday, June 15, 2019 |
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June 15, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:00 PM :: 2880 Views
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- Debunked: Caldwell’s ‘Vancouver Tax’ Does Nothing to Ease Rental Crisis
- Feds: Hawaii #2 for White Collar Crime
- Hawaii Mortgage Debt--2nd Highest in USA
- Office of Hawaiian Affairs censors itself
- Kauai: Former Police Chief Target of ‘nine-year vendetta of continuous harassment’
- 7 Years Later -- KPD assistant chief Mark Begley reinstated
- 30 Convictions in 30 Years—Criminal Finally Busted by Feds
- Hawaii’s traffic fatalities have soared 18% so far this year
- Grade Inflation: More Hawaii public students receive honors diploma
- Disbarred Lawyer and Mafia Associate John Carroll announces run for mayor of City and County of Honolulu
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Friday, June 14, 2019 |
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June 14, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:52 PM :: 3358 Views
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- Hawaii needs a handy ‘adjust policy’ tab
- Hey, shipbuilders, Jones Act reform is your friend
- How High Are Wine Taxes in Your State?
- Let’s be reasonable about STRs
- P3 or not P3? Rail project faces difficult transition
- Gov. Ige and President Trump find common ground on some policies
- ACLU Says Disparities in School Suspensions Must be Racial—Can’t Possibly be Family Structure
- Task force to examine rules of involuntary hospitalizations
- Homeless Drug Addicts Take over Coco Palms Property
- Shakedown: Activists Begin Running ‘Water Quality’ Scheme on Maui
- Waikiki Mayors Confab to see Push for More Crackpot climate change cases
- Second Schofield employee charged with bribery
- No Surprise: Pinky Tows Driver and Vehicle have Numerous Violations
- Credit card debt in Hawaii grows at fastest clip in the nation
- Vacation rental applications trickling in
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Thursday, June 13, 2019 |
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June 13, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:59 PM :: 2924 Views
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- Bill 31 Dead: No Sanctuary City
- Home Sharing Under Attack
- Ige Signs 64 Bills Into Law
- 15 Seconds of Terror--Near Repeat of Sacred Falls Tragedy
- More allegations of improper spending by Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustees
- Bumbling Attorney General Office Helps Charter School Principal Evade Justice
- CIU Wiped Kealoha Hard Drive
- Next Trick: Tell the Little People Property Tax Hike will ‘Solve’ Affordable Housing Problem
- Most Of Legislature’s Major Bills Are Still Sitting On Ige’s Desk
- Farmer Plows Thru Red Tape to Import Water Buffaloes
- Homeless Court: 159 Bums, 1,862 Cases
- Sex Assault of Minor on Kealakekua HS Campus
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Wednesday, June 12, 2019 |
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June 12, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:58 PM :: 2929 Views
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- Hawaii #2 for Suicide: Drug, Alcohol Deaths up
- Republicans Against Bill 31: No Sanctuary City
- Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustee in trouble for alleged disloyalty
- Feds: One Month to Evaluate Latest Rail Recovery Scheme
- National Gathering of Mayors—Another Chance to Buy Influence with Caldwell Admin
- Mitch Roth for Big Island Mayor?
- Where’s The Money, DOE? Time To Turn Over Public Financial Records
- City-funded domestic violence shelter that was barely used is slated to close down
- Maui Council Budget Chair Dazed and Confused—Doesn’t Know Up from Down
- DHHL Claims it Will Ramp up Housing Construction
- Saving for a down payment on a home in Hawaii takes 40 years, report says
- Kauai County attorneys push courts on TVR issue
- ‘Shift Change’ – 1 Hr Police Response time to Call for Wanted Fugitive
- Soft on Crime: MADD outraged over hit-and-run sentence
- This Texas Lawyer Flies Marshallese Women Through Hawaii For Black Market Adoptions
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Tuesday, June 11, 2019 |
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June 11, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:02 PM :: 4254 Views
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- Kamehameha: The Founding of the Hawaiian Kingdom
- Tulsi Gabbard Had a Very Strange Childhood
- Maui Jail Short Staffed Because 85 UPW Members Stopped Showing up for Work
- Office of Consumer Protection Calls for Criminal Prosecution of Sovereignty Mortgage Scammer Keanu Sai
- Judge rejects city prosecutor’s request to throw out a petition for his impeachment
- Legal expert says expect prosecutors to finish strong when Kealoha trial resumes next week
- Arrests of Corrupt Police Hit Three Counties
- Sam Slom Wants To Be A State Senator Again
- Ethics Board rules Kierkiewicz violated code when she didn’t report possible conflict
- Maui Line Item Vetoes: Mayor Nicks $6.5M from Council Budget
- Protection from floods getting pricier
- Loss of 2 key specialists at Hilo hospital underscores scope of doctors shortage
- Staff Turnover High at North Hawaii Community Hospital
- Nanakuli residents at wits’ end over volatile homeless camp on federal property
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Monday, June 10, 2019 |
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June 10, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:39 PM :: 2659 Views
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- HB1383: Will Ige Veto Marijuana Decriminalization?
- 25 Republicans Elected to Honolulu Neighborhood Boards
- Sunscreen, Straws and Subtlety: The Dangers of Oversimplifying a Complex Environmental Problem
- Marriages Have Fallen 20% in Hawaii Since 2008
- City Council Considers Measure To Make Honolulu A ‘Sanctuary City’
- Why the Inouye International Airport remains in disrepair
- Vacation rental guests contributing less to tourism economy
- Spending Big On Lobbying Didn’t Guarantee Success At Legislature
- Tamara Paltin to be the Next Ruggles? Maui Council Ctte Hears Convicted Fraudster Keanu Sai on ‘How the County Council Complies with International Law’
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Sunday, June 9, 2019 |
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June 9, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:22 PM :: 3233 Views
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- DOE, Fork Over That General Ledger!
- Warmers: $23B Homes to be Destroyed in Urban Honolulu
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 8, 2019
- Shapiro: Homeless help must sometimes be forced
- LG Josh Green: “Get these people off the streets or their health problems will blossom and they will die”
- Homeless Criminals who evaded police Demand Permanent Homeless Tent City in Kakaako
- Maui police arrest Molokai police officer suspected of multiple drug-related offenses
- Kealoha Trial in Recess This Week
- Vacation rental giants look to temper Council bills
- Hu Honua Faces Four Legal Actions
- Hawaii County: 21 charter amendments heading to 2020 ballot
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Saturday, June 8, 2019 |
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June 8, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:36 PM :: 3660 Views
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- Nepotism within Department of Hawaiian Home Lands
- Honolulu needs a spending cap, pronto!
- Hawaii 3rd Highest Beer Taxes in USA
- Democrat Senator Reveals His Ties to the Knights of Columbus
- ACLU: Proposed Mauna Kea Rules Unconstitutional
- ACLU: DoE Would Rather Litigate Than Build Locker Rooms for Female Students
- Kealoha Flunkeys Tangled up in Lies
- 5 Years Late--Honolulu Rail Officials Hand-Deliver Latest Attempt at a Recovery Plan To Feds
- Maui: Hotel association issues public call to oppose 17% tax hike
- Firefighters Squeeze Kauai Council for Contract Approval
- After 15 Years of Empty Promises, SWAC Says ‘Next Year’ AGAIN
- Police Raid Homeless Camps Arrest 40 Criminals for 200 Warrants
- State wants to fly prison guards to Maui to address severe staffing shortage
- Corrections Officer Was Harboring Fugitive? -- Still Employed while on Trial for Meth
- Hawaii ranks among the nation’s worst states to have pets
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Friday, June 7, 2019 |
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Letters to the Editor June, 2019
By Letters to the Editor @ 10:06 PM :: 4585 Views
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- Nepotism within Department of Hawaiian Home Lands
- Agreeing on Abortion
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Friday, June 7, 2019 |
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June 7, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:53 PM :: 3262 Views
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- Crabbe Out as OHA CEO
- OHA Trustees target one of their own for ‘investigation' -- then chicken out
- Ex-City Ethics Director: When We Got Close The Kealohas Fought Back
- Judge to mull ‘unprecedented’ Closure of Public case
- Canopy cracks may delay rail construction timeline
- Honolulu one step closer to cracking down on vacation rentals
- More projects, more trouble, no lasting solution in sight
- Maui Council leadership defends property tax, fee hikes, record $823.5 million budget
- Fake Hawaii Carbon Neutrality—Ignores Tourism Impacts
- Vast Majority of Dead Homeless Were Drug Addicts
- City Council to deny funding increase for little-used domestic abuse safe house
- Makiki Library Volunteers Grew Old Waiting for Government to Act
- Only California Pays More For Gas Than Hawaii
- Hawaii issues RFP for Road Usage Charge demonstration project
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Thursday, June 6, 2019 |
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June 6, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 9:28 PM :: 3035 Views
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- Crabbe Out as OHA CEO
- Feds Debunk Surfrider's Fake Bacteria Counts
- Death Gets 373 Homeless off Streets
- ‘Housing First’ Gets 450 Homeless off Streets
- Honolulu ranked America’s best small city for second year in a row
- Final Report: Utility Ownership and Regulatory Models for Hawaii
- Cross-examination on Katherine Kealoha's deeds against uncle, Gerard Puana
- Honolulu Council Votes to Hike property taxes—Immediately Spends Money
- Hawaii County Council Adds 93 ‘positions’
- Some Community Leaders In Kailua Want To Break Up With Honolulu
- HART hopes to avoid relocating 42-inch water main under Dillingham Boulevard
- Honolulu City Council approves Councilmember Pine's $23 million initiative to help homeless
- Jury rejects claim that officers used excessive force in arrest that left tweeker dead
- Foes blast Maunakea rules
- Doctor Shortage Getting Worse
- Abortion by Telephone in Hawaii
- 'More ghetto’: Maili residents turn out to protest 52-unit affordable housing project
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Wednesday, June 5, 2019 |
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June 5, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:07 PM :: 4035 Views
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- Panos: Some Ways To Stop The Exodus To The Mainland
- OHA Distributes $6M Grant Money
- Low Participation Breakfast: DoE is Serving it All Summer
- Leaks detected in deck of Honolulu rail line
- Alleged Drug Dealer to Go Free to Protect ‘Confidentiality’ of Dirty Cop
- Hotel industry mounts 11th-hour push to block $17M property tax hike
- Editorial: City must impose spending controls
- Hawaii County Council Chickens Out -- Firefighters get raises
- ‘Good old boys’ replace political parties
- To help solve Hawaii’s housing crisis, some leaders are looking to ... Singapore
- ‘We’ve got to fix this’: CEO of United Airlines points out flaws of Honolulu’s aging airport
- Soft on Homeless Policies Killing Homeless in the Streets
- Leadership: San Francisco to force treatment on mentally ill drug users
- Guam: No Abortions for a Year Before Anybody Notices
- Former Las Vegas Captain Adapts To New World As Kauai Police Chief
- Hawaii Senators Favorite former Hitman Blake Tek Yoon Hides out in the Philippines?
- DPS Ordering Stun Guns
- Petition questions commission decision
- After Mindless Hysterical rage anti-pesticide case Settles for a Whimper
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Tuesday, June 4, 2019 |
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June 4, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:25 PM :: 3283 Views
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- Hawaii joins states suing OxyContin maker
- Feds Identify Hawaii's Six Worst Nursing Homes
- Katherine Kealoha's grandmother says that she 'didn't know' about a joint checking account
- Judge raises voice at federal prosecutors during Kealoha Corruption Trial
- ACLU: Proposed Mauna Kea Rules Unconstitutional
- Green Energy Plan: Burn Hawaii’s Forests Down
- Vacation rentals tax bill removes pressure on Councils to Act
- Economists: Higher Revenue Estimates Do Not Signal Economic Growth In Hawaii
- Years-long investigation into allegations of corruption at Boating Division drags on
- Change would allow for property liens on TVRs
- Panel advances measure that gives vendors more options for Styrofoam alternatives
- Bills to know on the Governor's desk
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Monday, June 3, 2019 |
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June 3, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 9:29 PM :: 3169 Views
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- Hawaii Economy is Booming--And It's the 4th Worst
- Eco Religion vs You: Electricity Even More Expensive AND Transfer $4B from Hawaii Ratepayers to Silicon Valley
- Eco Religion vs You: Civil Beat Pushes Garbage Fee Hike
- Some Ways To Stop The Exodus To The Mainland
- Is HMSA’s new health initiative best for patients? Not likely
- HPD sergeant pleads not guilty in latest spousal abuse charge
- Man arrested at airport on child porn charges was part-time teacher at Laie Elementary
- Proposed rules to manage Mauna Kea – Hearings This Week
- Enviros Launch Another Attack on Fishing Fleet
- Growing the budget to create 93 new ‘positions’: Final council reading Wednesday
- Honolulu City Council panel discusses sliding fee scale for vacation rentals
- Pali Closed: Kailua Businesses Complain About Lack of Tourists
- Waikiki pavilions might be converted to deter homeless
- 15 Years Later Seawater air-conditioning project for Honolulu buildings clears last major regulatory hurdles—Still has excuses for not starting construction
- Proponents of new gun law say it will help police, protect owners; others say it’s obtrusive
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Sunday, June 2, 2019 |
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June 2, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:38 PM :: 3403 Views
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- Shining Light on Revenue Estimates
- Earth Is Nearly 520 Percent More Abundant Now Than in 1980
- Unable to Make 2% in Polls, Gabbard to be Thrown out of Democrat debates?
- Money may determine fate of vacation rental measure
- Caldwell: Raise Taxes on Hotels
- Maui County Homeless Program Based on Disastrous Seattle Model
- Hawaii Council seeks to tweak polystyrene law
- HB1163: How Freakonomics Inspired Hawaii Legislator to Revamp Savings Laws
- Physicians need not help patients die
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Saturday, June 1, 2019 |
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June 1, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 9:05 PM :: 3206 Views
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- Why people are leaving ‘paradise’
- VIDEO: Cato Jones Act Forum
- Hawaii US Dollar Worth Only 84 Cents
- Help the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board develop ethics training
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 1, 2019
- ‘First Time in Memory’ -- Firefighters Contract Arbitration to be Rejected?
- Caldwell $2.4M Giveaway to Public Employees Undermines Contract Reopener Negotiations
- Pilikia: Hawaii lawmakers give Sierra Club Crony $135K to make Global Warming Video
- PUC Cost of Green energy ‘Reasonable’
- Kealoha Trial: ‘That’s Not The Way That Mailbox Should Come Off’
- Prosecutor’s Decision to Give Molester-Cop a Plea Bargain ‘Outrageous’
- FEC Warns Gabbard She’s In Violation Of Ethics Rules Over Financial Disclosures
- Waimanalo: Nobody Noticed for 9 Years
- Stadium Boondoggle Based on Rail Boondoggle
- Kahului’s homeless crisis gets an unflattering comparison: It’s starting to look like Honolulu’s
- Lawmakers explore public/private partnership for maintenance of school facility
- Survey: Most UH Manoa Students Don’t Support Increase To Athletic Fee
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Friday, May 31, 2019 |
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May 31, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:54 PM :: 2902 Views
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- Neighborhood Board Election Results Released after Inquiry from Hawai’i Free Press
- HTA: Tourist Arrivals Up, Spending Down
- Caldwell: Raise Taxes and Make Housing More Expensive to Build—Sea Level Rise is the Excuse
- Caldwell’s speech gets mixed reaction
- Can Hawaii Become Carbon Neutral?
- Hawaii’s per pupil spending ranks 15th highest in the nation
- State launches misconduct investigation after deputy sheriff’s testimony in Kealoha trial
- Council Resolution Targets Decision To Pay For Louis Kealoha’s Legal Defense
- DoH Inspects Dairy to Make Sure no Milk is Produced
- New proposals aim to add affordable housing by creating incentives for developers
- Caldwell, Homeless Team up to Attack Sharee Bikes
- Homeless: “If I want to be able to stay in this f—— park, I should be able to”
- Across Hawaii Island, HNN found homeless people who had just stepped off an airplane.
- Defense: ‘Excited Delirium,’ Not Excessive Force, Killed Sheldon Haleck
- OJ Simpson Innocence Project Helps Convicted Bank Robber After Escape
- State Health Department team evaluating safety concerns surrounding use of full-face snorkel masks
- ‘Death Doula’ Demands to be Hired by Hospital
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Thursday, May 30, 2019 |
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May 30, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:27 PM :: 4302 Views
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Thursday, May 30, 2019 |
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Letters to the Editor May, 2019
By Letters to the Editor @ 4:37 PM :: 2620 Views
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- Concerns About Vote-by-Mail
- Mail voting and corruption
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Wednesday, May 29, 2019 |
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May 29, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:20 PM :: 3962 Views
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- No Ethics Conclusion: OK to Solicit State Employees to Support Espinda?
- ‘I Perpetuated a Lie’: Former Officer Details His Role In Mailbox Conspiracy
- HPD Pedophile ex-Cop Gets Probation
- Retired HPD officer who pleaded guilty to tax evasion will not go to jail
- Soft on Crime: Suspect Arrested for Kaneohe Murder Tried it Before
- First Hawaiian Bank agrees to take control of Kawananakoa trust
- Alexander & Baldwin Had A Tough Legislative Session Despite Its Lobbying
- Hawaii County prepares for 2020 mail-in election
- Competitors Get DLNR to Act Against Kama‘aina Kids’ commercial use of Kaneohe Bay
- CBD Users Tell the Same Stories as Potheads
- New arrivals who end up homeless test aloha, resources on Friendly Isle
- Djou: An Open Letter To Democrats About Trump
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Tuesday, May 28, 2019 |
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May 28, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:53 PM :: 2776 Views
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- Lyon Bribery: A Sewer Project on Chuuk
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 26, 2019
- How spending hike rammed thru Council
- HSTA Members Discriminate Against Low Income Areas
- Critical testimony still to come in Kealoha trial
- Kauai mayor wants island to be test site for controversial mental health plan
- Homeless Tweeker Avoids Culpability Thanks to Supreme Court
- Former BWS employee says automated meter reading system is bogus
- Hawai`i Public Utilities Commission Proceeding Stalled for 3,000+ Days
- Local Government Can Stop Crashing And Burning
- Pohakuloa vital site for training our military
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Monday, May 27, 2019 |
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May 27, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:39 PM :: 3389 Views
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- Patient Dumping Alleged at Adult Care Home
- How Congress and Unions Stopped Hawaii’s Minimum Wage Hike
- Kalaeloa: HCDA Launders Illegal Dirt
- Economist: Overtourism And Crowding Is A Pricing Problem
- Additional lawsuits filed against Lloyd’s of London
- 500 Kamehameha parcels to be checked for cesspools
- Fewer homeless vets on the street
- Memorial Day
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Sunday, May 26, 2019 |
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May 26, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:31 PM :: 3656 Views
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- The “Rail Skim” Suit: We Lost the Battle, Taxpayers Won the War
- Judicial Vacancy 3rd Circuit
- NPS: Eruption Cut Volcanoes National Park Traffic 45%
- SHOPO: Homeless Must be Saved from Obstructionist ACLU
- Data shows that housing is available for Maui’s unsheltered
- ‘Death doula’ accused of taking assets of woman suffering from foot pain before death
- So Far 6 Assisted Suicide Prescriptions – And 100 Death Doulas
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Saturday, May 25, 2019 |
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May 25, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:53 PM :: 3490 Views
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- Senate Confirms Ninth Circuit Judge for Second Time in a Week
- Report: Hawaii Gives the Most 'Green' to Elon Musk and Al Gore
- When Revival Swept Hawaii
- Deputy Chief McCarthy: After Mailbox Theft Kealoha Planned 2nd Frame-up
- Fake ‘Evaluation’ for DoE Sup’t
- Hawaii's Lack of Protection for Journalists Poses Challenges to Covering Wrongdoing
- Council of Revenues predicts increased growth rate in general fund tax revenues
- Tax, Fee Waivers Make Housing Affordable?
- Tentative deal reached in Maui’s OTHER injection well suit
- All eyes on Pohakuloa Training Area
- Ferdinand Marcos Security Detail Provided by Larry Mehau
- ‘Drug House’ Residents Hire Michael Green to Fight Eviction
- Foster families needed across Hawaii
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Friday, May 24, 2019 |
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May 24, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:55 PM :: 3710 Views
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- 'Wildly irresponsible betrayal' Kishimoto Freaks Out Over UIPA Request
- Let’s get smart about government spending
- Judiciary Seeks Applicants to Discipline Wayward Lawyers
- How the Jones Act has cost Puerto Rico dearly, and Hawaii, too
- Census: Oahu Population Declines Again
- Homicide detective who helped investigate Kealoha mailbox theft asked ‘Why us?’
- Someone earning $67,500 a year on Oahu is now considered ‘low-income’
- 88,000 Cesspool Lawsuits: Injection well case settlement deferred after council panel deadlocks on vote
- Despite shortage of beds for Big Island’s homeless men, shelter’s expansion hits red tape
- Big Island Residents Express Concerns Over Road Usage Charge
- Cost Concerns Raised Regarding Proposed Palehua Wind Farm
- Arson Suspected As Bulldozer, Excavator Burn At Sherwood Forest
- Jails to Expand on Big Island, Maui, Kauai
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Thursday, May 23, 2019 |
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May 23, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:38 PM :: 3831 Views
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- Debunk: Sierra Club Fluff Piece on Hawaii Carbon Credit Scheme
- To What Extent Does Your State Rely on Sales Taxes?
- Does Legalizing Uber and Lyft 'Take' The Property Of Taxi Companies?
- Ige Administration Announces Job Openings
- ‘You are going to have to decide’: Prosecutors, defense make opening statements in Kealoha trial
- Police sergeant pleads not guilty, requests jury trial
- Honolulu Climate Change Commission to Hear Carbon Tax Presentation
- TVR Taxes Boost Kauai Budget $33.8M
- “Our system almost encourages spending at the back end”
- Hanalei Bay Filth: DoH Contradicts Surfrider
- Rep Ward: Shortfalls Of The 2019 Legislative Session
- US sees biggest slump in tourism for four years
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Wednesday, May 22, 2019 |
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May 22, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:38 PM :: 3563 Views
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- DBEDT Predicts Anemic Economy for Years to Come
- Joint Statement from the President of the United States and the Presidents of the Freely Associated States
- Mandatory Abortion and Sex Change: Hawaii AG Sues Trump
- VIDEO: Hirono, Megaphone, Abortion, 8th Graders
- Council might take Police Commission to court over Louis Kealoha’s legal fees
- Kealoha Trial Begins Today
- Ewa Villages Crook Gets State Pension—Owes $1M Fines
- There’s Still No Word On How Much Honolulu Rail Will Cost —To Ride
- New Affordable Housing law incentivizes building walk-up apartments
- Maui: Affordable Units Sit Empty for Decade Because They Are State-Owned
- New proposal would allow reserved street parking for car sharing companies
- Hawaii has seen a 50% jump in tourists since 1989, but spending has remained flat
- Ige Walked Away from Plan for Puunene Jail
- Mahi Pono GM Larry Nixon resigns
- Lawyer Upset Because Not Offered Settlement in Dead Tweeker Case
- Hawaii Child Molester Stupidly Leaves State—Gets Jailed
- Indecisive Crackpots Now Say Global Warming will Add 6 Feet to Sea Level in Next 80 Years
- Hawaii GOP looking ahead to ‘a new day’
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Tuesday, May 21, 2019 |
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May 21, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:13 PM :: 3745 Views
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- Lyon Corruption: Will Peter Christian Run or Turn Himself In?
- Maui Injection Wells Settlement Could Lead to 1000s of Lawsuits
- Privacy vs Big Tech: Will Hawaii HB702 Spur US Congress to Act?
- Jury pool for the Kealoha trial narrowed down to less than 50 people
- Bills On Ige’s Desk Could Let Lots and Lots of Criminals Out
- Unions, Hotels Pressures Ige To Veto Pro-Airbnb Bill
- Jones Act expensive
- Subminimum Wages for Disabled: Will US Congress Act where Hawaii Legislature Did Not?
- Hawaii ranked 8th highest state for number of missing persons per capita
- Sen. Mazie Hirono Says She Told 8th Graders Their Abortion Rights are Under Attack
- 100 Quacks Looking for Victims: End-of-life doula training took place here recently
- Defending Convicted Child Molester, Michael Green Slimes Victim
- Soft on Crime: Tweeker, Arsonist, Thief avoids jail time for stealing vehicles while on probation
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