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Monday, May 20, 2019
May 20, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:39 PM :: 3145 Views
  1. Best States for Military Retirees? Hawaii 41st
  2. Video: Inside NSA Hawaii, the "front lines" of intelligence gathering
  3. Permitting reform update
  4. Hawaiʻi Jail Operating With Less Than Half The Normal Staff
  5. Hospitals move services to outpatient facilities
  6. HTDC Builds Big Empty Building at Kakaako Makai
  7. Caldwell likely to sign Affordable Rentals Bill
  8. UH Manoa Students Among Most Unhappy
  9. Solution to Homeless Criminals and Drug Addicts in Chinatown—More Police
  10. Ewa Shooting Case Dismissed After Prosecutors Miss Deadline
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Sunday, May 19, 2019
May 19, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:27 PM :: 3663 Views
  1. Gut-n-Replace 2019
  2. Tulsi Gabbard Campaign Funded by Putin Apologists
  3. Bill to cut pensions for convicted government employees stalled for years
  4. Competitor Exploits ‘Public Trust Doctrine’ to Destroy Kauai Small Business
  5. Puana Says she wants to Testify 
  6. Ala Moana Home Invasion Suspect Once Scored $462K State Settlement
  7. Hundreds of Mentally Ill Homeless may be forced into treatment
  8. Latest Excuse: Tent City Problems Caused by Release of Criminals
  9. Hawaii Jails Rough on Transsexual Criminals
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Saturday, May 18, 2019
May 18, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:34 PM :: 3659 Views
  1. Putting a spike into pension spiking
  2. Hawaii: How Safe is Your Hospital?
  3. HGEA: Contract Negotiations go to Arbitration
  4. HGEA / UPW / HSTA: Opt Out Today
  5. How a Robbery suspect was released from custody days before brazen attack 
  6. Ala Moana Home Invasion Suspect Once Scored $462K State Settlement
  7. What Does it Take to get ONE Homeless Shelter-Refuser to Accept a ‘Free’ Apartment in Kakaako?
  8. Kealoha Grandmother won’t be able to testify in person at Kealoha trial
  9. Maui Council Gives Big Wet Kiss to King Biofuel Biz
  10. PUC Approval Being Used to Leverage Lower Geothermal Costs?
  11. Lalamilo Windfarm Sues—Demands Water Rate Payers buy Useless Electricity
  12. Energy efficiency bill awaits Gov. David Ige’s signature
  13. Maui: Pay raises for council, mayor are put on hold
  14. Recycling Public Officials
  15. 30 years ago, Maui development set the course for modern protections of iwi kupuna
  16. Boats Sinking All Over Ala Wai
  17. Anti-Military Activists’ Trick to Make Military Look Secretive
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Friday, May 17, 2019
May 17, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:32 PM :: 4199 Views
  1. HAWSCT: PUC Must Consider Whether Renewable Biofuel Energy Plant Might Impact Property Right To Clean And Healthful Environment
  2. Micronesian Presidents to meet Trump at White House
  3. Ige Appoints Aila DHHL Director
  4. UH Regents Vote to Freeze Tuition
  5. UHERO: Counties see synchronized slowing
  6. Untested ‘Fireproofing’ Plan to retrofit Honolulu rail cars
  7. Honolulu mayor warns critics to keep rail on track after Feds Cancel California Hi Speed Rail Project
  8. Hawaii Supreme Court to determine whether state did its job to oversee Pohakuloa Training Area
  9. Big Island: Ex-cops, two others make initial court appearances
  10. Judge dismisses two prosecution witnesses in Kealoha case
  11. Insiders Still Pushing Massive Raises for top 40 Hawaii Co Execs
  12. Last-Minute Opposition Almost Derailed Smartphone Privacy Bill In House
  13. Legal records creating potential safety hazard for state courts
  14. Ewa Beach seeks to reclaim a park long known as a magnet for crime
  15. How Did A Long-Discussed Beach Park Project Sneak Up On Waimanalo?
  16. Zuckerberg Kuleana lawsuit moves on
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Thursday, May 16, 2019
May 16, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:35 PM :: 4105 Views
  1. Trump Administration Copies Hawaii Pay-for-Outcomes Medical System
  2. America's Senior Health Rankings: Hawaii #1
  3. Oahu Final PIT Homeless Report Released
  4. Big Island: Alleged Crooked Cop was in Running to Become Chief
  5. Report: Oahu’s homeless population falls 1% –not 4%
  6. Clear out Bum Feeding Operation to Clean up Chinatown
  7. Will Farmers Have Any Water After Dec 31?
  8. Wind Farm Pushing Plan to Murder 265 Bats—Uses Sound System as Excuse for Approval
  9. Major Maui Water Pollution Case May End Soon
  10. Maui: Bill would restrict use of plastic foodware
  11. Airbnb claims it could have collected $64M in taxes for Hawaii last year
  12. ‘Action plan’ necessary for county to access federal disaster recovery grant
  13. OSHA Fines Big Island Bus System
  14. Another DoE SPED Success Story: 8-year-old with autism served with restraining order
  15. Snorkel Rentals Kill: Searching For Answers To Unexplained Snorkeling Deaths
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Wednesday, May 15, 2019
May 15, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:45 PM :: 4485 Views
  1. Gabbard Defends Fringe Leaders’ Rights After Facebook Ban
  2. Lawyers for Hawaii Gun Carry Lawsuit File Supreme Court Brief in New York Case
  3. JP Morgan Report Highlights Hawaii Pension Problems
  4. Give OHA a Piece of Your Mind
  5. Hawaii: 2nd Highest Taxes on Pass-Through Businesses
  6. Honolulu: Lowest Starting Salaries in USA
  7. Drug, Gambling Charges Filed Against Big Island Cops Kaneshiro Refused to Prosecute
  8. Kealoha Lawyers Name Reporter as ‘Witness’ to Block Her from Courtroom
  9. From ‘Flying Carpets’ to the Kealohas: Hawaii’s Rich History of Scandal
  10. City council overrides mayor’s veto of a bill that will lower property taxes  
  11. Maui Council Hikes Property Taxes Even More than Mayor
  12. Unity House Scammers Trying to Force Way Back onto Waikiki Beach
  13. PUC to HELCO: Work to restore power to PGV requires approval, public hearing
  14. Collapse of Recycling Market May force Changes in Hawaii County polystyrene ban
  15. Honolulu police and local residents team up to ‘take back’ Chinatown from homeless
  16. Sovereignty Activist Builds Homeless Tent City in Downtown Hilo
  17. Catholic congregations are shrinking across the state
  18. 248 Lucky Prisoners Transferred to Arizona
  19.  Chinese Spy had Hawaii Connections
  20. Anti-GMO Cowden Gives All-Expense Paid Russian Propaganda Trip to Another Activist
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Tuesday, May 14, 2019
May 14, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:42 PM :: 3636 Views
  1. Source: Esther Kia’aina and Andy Winer Warned Jim Lyon About Investigation
  2. Hawaii to Sue over Global Warming? UH Law School Debunked
  3. Hawaii Republican Convention Reelects Ostrov Chair
  4. Grassroot: 2019 Hawaii Legislature Review
  5. "Equality" Act Hits Rewind on the Rights of Women
  6. HSTA Evaluates Legislative Session
  7. HSTA: Stop Ranking our Failing Schools 
  8. Hawaii Drivers Have High GPA and Low Test Scores
  9. Petition: Support DOE Budget Transparency to Improve Public Education in Hawaii
  10. Caldwell Lied About Rail-related Tax Hikes
  11. HART Poised To Approve $1.4 Million To Combat Bird Droppings
  12. Keanu Sai claims “diplomatic immunity” shields him from latest round of fraud allegations
  13. Trisha Watson: Everybody Liked the Kealohas when they were ‘at the top of their game’
  14. Kahala businessman stunned to be labelled ‘possible suspect’ in Kealoha mailbox theft
  15. Ford Fuchigami to return to Hawaii transportation department in civil service job
  16. Plaintiffs revise settlement in injection well case
  17. COFA Migrant Numbers Increase In Hawaii, Guam
  18. City slow to address fights, filth and lewdness that plague Waikiki pavilions
  19. Tweeker Stays Homeless for 23 years
  20. A closer look at Hawaii's temporary restraining orders
  21. Tulsi Gabbard Joins Sex Strike
  22. Attorney Crystal Rose Selected as KSBE Trustee
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Monday, May 13, 2019
May 13, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:13 PM :: 2648 Views
  1. DHHL Planning Multi-Family Complexes and Rental Housing
  2. Drug Use by State: Hawaii 2nd-Lowest
  3. Just the Beginning: Rubbish Fee and Property tax Hike Secretly Designed to cover Honolulu rail costs
  4. Caldwell Should Cancel Blaisdell Project to Pay for Rail
  5. Lyon Bribery: Hawaii engineer to be sentenced
  6. Potential jurors in Kealoha case line up at Blaisdell
  7. Kawailoa Windfarm Will Kill about 200 more bats than originally expected
  8. ACLU Hawaii expands Title IX lawsuit against DOE to a class action lawsuit
  9. Democrats Move to Eliminate Positions reserved for Independents, Republicans on Hawaii County Boards and Commissions
  10. Website Photos of Homeless Drug Mayhem in Chinatown
  11. Condo Associations May Be On Verge Of Gaining More Foreclosure Power
  12. Maybe Hirono Should Be A ‘Badass’ On Local Issues Too
  13. American Shipping Is Dying. But We Can Bring It Back
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Sunday, May 12, 2019
May 12, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:40 PM :: 4909 Views
  1. A Threat to Judicial Independence
  2. Keanu Sai, Dexter Kalama: Sovereignty Activists Mortgage Fraud in Court (Again)
  3. Corruption in Hawaii: Complacency Starts at the Top
  4. Rail: Fed-Forced City Payment Just the Beginning of Billions
  5. Special Session to Fix Water Mess?  Amid Finger-pointing, Nobody Knows How Water Will Flow After Dec 31
  6. Punatic Senator Ruderman Exposed as Anti-Vaxxer
  7. Fake ‘Evaluation’ Coming for DoE Sup’t
  8. Chinatown Held Hostage by 172 Bums
  9. Homelessness and Drugs: Legislature Didn’t do Much to Solve Mental health Crisis
  10. Permitting fines for pot crimes may not help many
  11. UH Shark Researchers push back against Hawaii shark protection bill
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Saturday, May 11, 2019
May 11, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:30 PM :: 3596 Views
  1. FSM Congress Elects New President
  2. Wahiawa Hospital: New Partnership Supports Mental Health Needs
  3. Joan Conrow: From anti-GMO journalist to crop biotech advocate
  4. Tuition freeze proposal to go before UH regents
  5. Carlos Penaloza recommended as next Leeward Community College chancellor
  6. “Rap Back” or Rip-Off? Aloha State Gun Owners Sue for Disclosure of Information
  7. State Corporate Income Taxes Increase Tax Burden on Corporate Profits
  8. Rep. Cabanilla Praises Decision to NOT fund Girls Locker Room for Campbell HS
  9. Maui Council Giving Big Fat Tax Bonus to Council Chair’s Pacific Biodiesel—While Raising Taxes on the Little People
  10. Maui Council OKs higher property tax rates for most
  11. Kauai County Council Hikes Property Taxes, TVR and Hotel Taxes
  12. SB1292: State TVR Tax Incentive for Counties to do Nothing 
  13. Bill 89: Abolish 30-day Rentals
  14. Corps of Engineers tries to address ‘misunderstanding’ about flood project
  15. 50% of School Bus Drivers Could Lose License
  16. Homeless Enablers Offer Free Food at Kailua Pier
  17. Animal Liberation Nuts Buying up Ookala Dairy Cows to Make Sure They Can’t Help Build a New Dairy 
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Friday, May 10, 2019
May 10, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:53 PM :: 3661 Views
  1. Biomess: Hawaii Supreme Court Overturns PUC Approval of Hu Honua
  2. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 8, 2019
  3. Audit the Rail: Why does it matter?
  4. Legislature pau, but its new taxes live on
  5. UH Law School Confab Outlines Plan to Sue Big Oil Over ‘Climate Change’
  6. Latest filing in Kealoha trial could lead to another delay
  7. Honolulu Socialists Organizing ‘Community Bail Fund’ – Raise $198 dollars so far
  8. Senators convene working group to address water use    
  9. Ige Admin Will Issues Long Term Water Leases
  10. Pine on Ice as Menor chairs 2 committees under new Council plan
  11. Airbnb and Miami Beach Are at War. Travelers Are Caught in the Crossfire.
  12. Hawaii Co Council scraps plan for behind-the-scenes budget panel after getting state’s opinion
  13. Maui Council Connections: King Can Vote on Land Developer’s Interests
  14. Suit alleges woman wrongfully spent 75 days at Hawaii jail because of a mistake
  15. Honolulu Police Department was working on detainer for released OCCC inmate
  16. Relatives of OCCC inmate who was fatally shot after escape to sue state
  17. Cops, Prosecutors Want Gov To Veto Seized Property Bill
  18. Rod Becker Will Stay At State Budget Agency — But Not In The Top Job
  19. A Maui homeless camp was cleared due to community complaints
  20. NIMBYs Still Have a Chance to Kill Affordable Housing Project
  21. Maui Tells High Court To Reverse CWA Ruling Amid Deal Talks
  22. UH Jocks Slightly Below Average
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Thursday, May 9, 2019
May 9, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:27 PM :: 4228 Views
  1. Grassroot: Bill 89 Unconstitutional
  2. Who will be the Next Hawaiian Homelands Director?
  3. Ethics: No Union Logo on City Uniforms
  4. Feds Forcing UH to Shutter Chinese Communist Spy Center ‘Confucius Institute’?
  5. City Council Defers Measures to Crack Down On Vacation Rentals
  6. Ookala dairy ending operations ahead of schedule
  7. Attorney linked to Kealoha investigation facing suspension from practice of law
  8. Witness: Trisha Watson a ‘Close Friend’ of Katherine Kealoha
  9. Mrs Kaniela Ing Writes Report to Create a New Position for Herself
  10. Former Head Of Hawaiian Home Lands Is Back At Agency In A New Job
  11. HB1453: Steer Patients to Urgent Care not ER
  12. Legislators Micro-Manage Your Health
  13. Hawaii Put This Woman On A Child Neglect List — And Now She Can’t Fight It
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Wednesday, May 8, 2019
May 8, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:19 PM :: 4403 Views
  1. No, Honolulu’s beaches aren’t going to disappear in 20 years
  2. The Role and Impact of Law Enforcement in Transporting Individuals with Severe Mental Illness
  3. Hawaii DOE Pitches '2030 Promise Plan'
  4. Ige: New Rules for EIS Process
  5. Best States for New College Grads--Hawaii 49th
  6. UH: 95% of our Students Tell Us They are Brainwashed 
  7. Federal investigations of Hawaii institutions ‘unprecedented’
  8. Federal officials insist Honolulu step up its funding of rail
  9. Sources: UPW Member who died at Halawa prison was found with a knife in his chest—Was Accused Child Molester    
  10. After manhunt, DPS Makes Excuses for release of Wanted Felon  from OCCC
  11. Soft on Crime: Rape Case Against Work Release Inmate Tossed out on Technicality
  12. DOCARE spent thousands on tasers. Four years later, they remain unused
  13. Alleged Maui Jail Rioter Sentenced for Police Impound Lot Break-in
  14. Wahiawa Hospital to become Stabilization Center for Mentally Ill
  15. Rate increases boost Hawaiian Electric Industries’ earnings 13.5%
  16. HECO, PUC Look for Excuses to Justify Expensive Battery Farms
  17. Hawaii County Missing Transportation Money Found Buried at State DoT
  18. Anderson Elected Chairman Honolulu Council
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Tuesday, May 7, 2019
May 7, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 9:07 PM :: 3367 Views
  1. Senators, Developers Set for Hong Kong-Singapore Junket
  2. UH Legislative Recap: Challenging yet successful session
  3. Want an Energy Revolution?
  4. Trump Reportedly Caves on Jones Act Waiver
  5. Audio: Akina Interviewed on KSSK ‘Perry & the Posse’
  6. Ron Paul Tells Russia Today: Tulsi Gabbard is the Best Candidate
  7. Kealoha mailbox trial – 148 witnesses
  8. Kouchi recovering after surgery
  9. HB1032: Last Minute Change Privatizes only Lanai small boat harbor
  10. Proposed rules to manage Mauna Kea Designed to Keep Public off Mountain
  11. How Many Millions Will Legislature Pour into Affordable Housing?
  12. After 16 years, Kauai finally gets residential drug treatment center for teens that OHA Once Blocked
  13. To shore up finances, Wahiawa General will stop doing surgeries
  14. Council considers caps on vacation rentals, fines of up to $50,000 for rule breakers
  15. Rental Crackdown Threatens North Shore’s Prosperity
  16. Kakaako Homeless Population Grows While City And State Dither Over Land Transfer
  17. Manhunt underway for convicted felon who was accidentally released from OCCC
  18. Van Owned by Miske’s Kamaaina Termite Co Involved in Fatal Accident
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Monday, May 6, 2019
May 6, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:30 PM :: 2859 Views
  1. Conflict of Interest? Judge Hiraoka’s Adventures in Dubinland
  2. OHA board approves revisions to trustee protocol allowance
  3. Hawaii Republican Party Convention Set for May 11
  4. Honolulu 5th-lowest Small Business Growth
  5. Star-Adv: Spur relocation from lava zone
  6. Puna: 50 Lawsuits Against Lloyd’s
  7. Tourist Growth Concentrated on TVRs and Timeshares  
  8. Kauai County nearing contract to track illegal TVRs
  9. Grab is on for West Maui Water
  10. NIMBYs propose county buy Affordable Kona Vistas subdivision parcel and turn it into ‘Open Space’
  11. Good News: Reducing Hawaii Carbon-Based Transportation Delayed Again
  12. The Death of SB1374 Retirement Savings Program
  13. Neighborhood Watch Volunteers Sought
  14. Alleged Molesters Locked up Awaiting Latest Trial
  15. Controversial Chinatown liquor store's license renewal up for review
  16. New Federal Rules Block Driver’s Licenses For Micronesians In Hawaii
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Sunday, May 5, 2019
May 5, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:16 PM :: 4041 Views
  1. Waimea DHHL Association Seeks Federal Recognition as Indian Tribe
  2. Corrections Officer charged with felony drug offense
  3. Carbon Credits
  4. Mazie Hirono’s rancorous attacks play into Trump game plan
  5. Hawaii to Sue Oil Companies for ‘Climate Change’?
  6. List of Failed Ethics-related Bills
  7. Legislature Warns on Voter Fraud
  8. Kauai Audit to Target ‘Pension Spiking’
  9. Kim’s proposed $583.9M budget is up 12.7% – 93 New ‘Positions’
  10. Andy Winer, Longtime Schatz Chief Of Staff, Is Leaving
  11. Bill aims to prevent Annoying Tourists From Parking
  12. Hawaii’s asset-forfeiture reforms go long way to restore public trust in police
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Saturday, May 4, 2019
May 4, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:35 PM :: 4857 Views
  1. HART Moves to Part Two of P3
  2. Audit: HART Gives HECO Anything it Wants for Overhead--No Questions Asked
  3. DoH: CBD Products are Illegal, 'Adulterated'
  4. Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
  5. City prosecutor hired felony defendant Miske while case was pending
  6. Legislators: We Gave Counties Five Years to Act on TVRs—We Just Can’t Wait any Longer
  7. House Blocked Illegal TVR Enforcement Measures
  8. After efforts to raise the minimum wage fail, lawmakers are being criticized for accepting pay raises
  9. Good News: Ranked Choice Voting Fails to Pass Legislature
  10. Anti-Vaxxer Charter School Board Members Resign
  11. Enviros Make up ‘Value’ for Reefs in order to sell you ‘Reef Insurance’
  12. Big Problem: U.S. Pacific Pilots Can’t Get Realistic Combat Training
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Friday, May 3, 2019
May 3, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:45 PM :: 5591 Views
  1. OHA: Where is the promised audit for fraud, waste and abuse?
  2. House Passes 298 Bills
  3. DLNR Audit: Four Material Weaknesses
  4. Mayor signs Bill 96 relating to fire safety into law
  5. ‘Sticks’ won’t resolve vacation rental debate
  6. UHERO: Recent data confirm weaker growth
  7. Two Anti-Gun Bills on Governor's Desk
  8. Republicans: Hirono an Embarrassment
  9. House Republican Caucus: Session Mostly Notable for Marijuana Legislation
  10. Senators: House Played us for the Fools that we are 
  11. No Aloha: House Leaders Lock Senators out of Closing Ceremony
  12. Fuchigami Quitting as Ige’s Administrative Director
  13. Wakai vs McCartney: DBEDT and Energy Office Under Attack by Cronies
  14. Ikaika Anderson nominated to be Honolulu City Council chairman
  15. Final State Audit On Rail Expected To Be Released Today?
  16. NEA: Hawaii Teachers Salaries 18th Highest in USA
  17. EPA Slaps Down Anti-Pesticide Hysteria (again)
  18. Homeless Tent City: 21 dog attacks in the last 3 years
  19. Hawaii is facing a tourism ‘tipping point,’ warn travel experts
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Thursday, May 2, 2019
May 2, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:39 PM :: 3583 Views
  1. BEA: Hawaii Economic Growth Slows to 1%
  2. How Clean Is Your Electric Vehicle?
  3. Schofield Manager Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy
  4. To What Extent Does Your State Rely on Property Taxes?
  5. Will Next Kauai Auditor have a Fake Diploma?
  6. More Fiscal Transparency Appears On The Way For Charter Schools
  7. Hawaii: Six Second Amendment Lawsuits
  8. SHOPO ‘Arbitration’ Protects Another Bad Cop, This Time Despite Domestic Violence Allegations
  9. DLNR: Watershed Management Means ‘Pay Us’  
  10. Maui Council Votes to Cut Tourism Marketing by $1M
  11. Native Hawaiian Taro Farmer Has Been Fighting A&B For Decades
  12. Activist Launches Chemophobia Campaign to Save Hawaii Mosquitoes after Legislature passes HB297
  13. Witnesses implicate former death row inmate in 2017 shooting
  14. Will Tulsi Gabbard get Bumped from Dem Debate?
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Wednesday, May 1, 2019
May 1, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:02 PM :: 4333 Views
  1. Hanalei Finds Excuse: 20 More Days Without Tourists
  2. Ethics Commission Resolves Charge Against Rowena Akana
  3. USD Finds 'Hawaiian Day' Legal
  4. Final Decking: House Passes Another 206 Bills
  5. Kailua Crash Kills 3: Case, Thielen ask FAA to Ground Helicopters
  6. Hawaii Gun Rights Group Sues FBI over 'Rap Back'
  7. FD Pension Bill $115K per Pensioner per Year
  8. HPD officers accused in federal corruption case still getting pay checks
  9. Why Is It So Hard To Fire Honolulu Police Sgt. Darren Cachola?
  10. Honolulu Police Chief Susan Ballard addresses abuse allegations against 4 officers
  11. TVR Tax: Hotel workers call it a major setback—Kauai Says it Helps Child Molesters
  12. Hanalei: Legal TVRs can resume operations
  13. REIT Tax Passes Final Vote
  14. Legislators Vote to Jail Builders of Affordable Home ‘Monsters’
  15. Honolulu is 11th highest priced city in the nation
  16. SB78: DoE Loses Pre-K Turf Fight
  17. Kauai Flood Funds Went to Insiders?
  18. Hawaii County Tax n Spend: How Many New Positions: 72?  75?  123?
  19. Big Island inmate to receive large settlement in case over a stolen lunch box
  20. Maui Council busybodies should work less to help residents
  21. Man acquitted of murder fighting deportation
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Tuesday, April 30, 2019
April 30, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:44 PM :: 3645 Views
  1. Contract Reopener: HSTA Gets Another $45.6M
  2. DoE Changes Teacher Evaluations: De-Emphasizes Student Performance
  3. EPA Imposes $425K fine for Waimanalo Gulch Spill
  4. Legislators Vote to Spend Millions More on Electric Vehicles
  5. Trump, the Jones Act and LNG
  6. Video: Akina and Roth Talk Rail
  7. Hawaii 2nd Worst State for Nurses
  8. Donovan Dela Cruz Plays Hardball With Foes Of The Airbnb Tax—and it works
  9. Honolulu City Council committee passes 2 vacation rental bills
  10. Special Purpose Revenue Bonds: More Millions for Navatek Front Company
  11. Maui Council Approves $17.7M Property Tax Hike
  12. Hawaii County Charter Commission rejects ballot measure abolishing minimum property tax
  13. Asset Forfeiture Reform Measure On Ige’s Desk
  14. Rep Chris Lee Killed Sex-abuse bill
  15. Kaneshiro ‘top of the food chain’?  Katherine Kealoha says she was ‘ordered’ to tell officer to ‘stand down’ in Miske Case
  16. McCartney’s DBEDT nomination heading to Senate
  17. Last-Ditch Effort to Save Cheap Electricity Source-- HECO Proposes New Way of Calculating Greenhouse Gas Limits
  18. Monday’s crash is latest for Robinson model
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Monday, April 29, 2019
April 29, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:06 PM :: 3507 Views
  1. ERS Invested Millions With Alleged Fraudster
  2. HB1552: Conference Committee Approves New System to Keep Criminals on Streets
  3. Proposed Hawaii Carbon Tax -- $66,000 per Person?
  4. Ala Wai Canal: Flood Control Project Will Do Little To Clean Up the Polluted Waterway
  5. Might Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund Disappear?
  6. Star-Adv Claims Jones Act Needed for Reliable Service
  7. Kealohas Lied About Mailbox Value to Make Theft a Felony
  8. Inside Deal: Mel Rapozo to Grab Kauai Auditor Position
  9. Plea Deal: Another Alleged Child Molester gets Probation
  10. Hawaiian salt could evaporate under federal ban
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Sunday, April 28, 2019
April 28, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:24 PM :: 2885 Views
  1. OHA CFO Ousted to Block 'Fair Treatment' of Grant Requests?
  2. HB172: Legislature Denies Funding for OHA and LLCs Unless Audit for Fraud, Waste and Abuse is Completed
  3. OHA’s LLCs: The Noose Is Tightening
  4. Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
  5. Public urged to participate in next round of hearings on proposed Maunakea rules
  6. Growing demands for more government money sure to pick pockets of Oahu taxpayers
  7. Legislators pitch savings but who’ll save us from them?
  8. Hospital liaison program offers help and hope for homeless
  9. Owner Fined $124K for Building Affordable Housing ‘Monster’
  10. Hawaii gun group aims to sue over ‘red flag’ law
  11. State officials worry low vaccination rates in some Hawaii schools may cause health risk
  12. Maui: Where the Anti-Vaxxers Are
  13. Sunscreen Hysteria: Lab Admits Skewing Oxybenzone Measurement
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Saturday, April 27, 2019
April 27, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:14 PM :: 3629 Views
  1. Let’s End ‘Gut and Replace’ at Legislature
  2. SB1353: Industrial Hemp Heading to Governor's Desk
  3. Legislators Send Three Anti-Gun Bills to Governor
  4. A Jones Act conversation with Rick Hamada and Mike Hansen
  5. OHA Releases Aina Summit Report
  6. City Releases 2019 Annual Sustainability Report
  7. Victory: Changes would make it easier to force homeless with severe mental illnesses to get treatment
  8. Bill to raise minimum wage appears dead for this year
  9. REIT Tax Passes Legislature
  10. Hawaii tax broker bill for Airbnb, vacation rental platforms fails on final vote
  11. Happy News: Climate Change Bills Died in Conference Committee
  12. Hawaii Legislature Botches Energy Legislation
  13. Hawaii lawmakers poised to approve proposal to reform state’s criminal justice system
  14. Poorest in Honolulu see greatest increase in housing costs, report says
  15. Roadside panhandling and fundraising could be outlawed
  16. Trash and tally: Numbers from recent state, county homeless cleanup initiatives
  17. 5 former Hawaii scouts among victims in growing Boy Scout sex abuse scandal
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Friday, April 26, 2019
April 26, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:58 PM :: 3139 Views
  1. Charlie Wade Sex Complaint Filed Over Year Ago
  2. 20 Gut and Replace, Frankenstein Bills in Conference Committee
  3. 40 Legislators, Insiders Set for Singapore Junket After Session
  4. More studies show Jones Act harmful to Puerto Rico
  5. Conference Committee Agrees on $3.4B CIP Grab Basket
  6. Conference Committee Approves Remaining Executive Budget
  7. Q1: Tourism Up, Spending Down
  8. A Flurry Of Deal-Making At The Hawaii Legislature As End Of Session Looms
  9. Hotel workers to council: Proposed property tax rate hike for resorts ‘punitive’
  10. Deferred Maintenance: Cost of repairing convention center soars to $50M  -- or $77M? – or $91.6M?
  11. Jail escapee says guards asleep
  12. Internal affairs case opened after Public Safety’s head trainer accused of puffing up resume
  13. OJ Simpson Innocence Project: ‘It’s Easy to Find Criminals are Innocent’
  14. Second Hawaii Superferry Joins Navy Fleet
  15. Judge freezes Trump abortion rule on Title X funding
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Thursday, April 25, 2019
April 25, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:53 PM :: 6862 Views
  1. Will the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Go Broke?
  2. SCR204: OHA Insiders Exploit Aloha Poke Controversy to Grab Ownership of Hawaiian Culture for Themselves
  3. Neighborhood Board Voting Begins Friday
  4. HB720: Ige Signs Firearm Reporting Bill
  5. Problem Gambling? Hawaii #2 in USA
  6. Poll: Ige Among Most Unpopular Governors, Again
  7. Profitable Nonprofit: Sand Island Rehab Exec Scores $500K Salary and a Slightly Used Miss Hawaii
  8. HDOT: If you really Believe in Global Warming You Must Give Us $15B
  9. State Senate poised to accept a proposal to allow vacation rental platforms to collect Hawaii taxes
  10. Effort to impeach Kaneshiro hits new roadblocks
  11.  Lawsuit: Officers Conspired to Coverup Domestic Abuse
  12. DOCARE Officers Use Illegal GPS Jammers to Cover up Overtime Abuse
  13. Hawaii Senate votes to reconfirm Nolan Espinda to lead Public Safety Department
  14. Lawmakers decline to issue budget surplus refunds
  15. Maui Council, Mayor Propose $140M Property Tax Hikes
  16. Raises get green light
  17. Are Medical Costs Dropping Under HMSA's New Doctor Payment Plan?
  18. Honolulu leads state in population loss, Census finds
  19. HB1165: Trannies to get ‘X’ on Drivers License
  20. State To Housing Applicants: Sign Up Online Or Lose Your Spot On Wait List
  21. Kalihi Valley Homeless’ Lower Stolen Piano in Riverbed Tent City
  22. No Sex Trafficking found at Brothel
  23. Trump spurs an uptick in politicians leaving GOP
  24. ‘Hawaiian Day’ Controversy Spurs SD Legislature to Act on Free Speech
  25. State-Run Presidential primary election would be good for Hawaii
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Wednesday, April 24, 2019
April 24, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:30 PM :: 3087 Views
  1. Will Trump waive the Jones Act for Domestic LNG shipments?
  2. Waimea and Hanapepe Property Owners to be Forced to Buy Flood Insurance?
  3. Legislature Votes to Fund Suicide Prevention
  4. DHS Audit: Significant Weaknesses and Deficiencies
  5. State of the Air: Hawaii Among the Cleanest
  6. After Problems with East Oahu Vote—Lawmakers still approve statewide mail-in voting
  7. REIT CEOs outline specific costs to Hawaii tax bill
  8. OHA to Get 20% Cut of Kailua-Kona Homeless Village?
  9. Neighborhoods Are Really Angry At The Feds’ $345 Million Ala Wai Project
  10. Maui Council looks to have final say over injection wells settlement
  11. Office of Information Practices says ad hoc budget panel could violate state Sunshine Law
  12. What’s The Holdup On A Bill That Targets Child Sex Abusers?
  13. Deputy Sheriffs, corrections officers using guns and ammo that violate state policy
  14. Criminals Whine About Jail Conditions after Riot
  15. HPD officer with troubled past arrested for felony abuse
  16. Honolulu looking for a new City Auditor
  17. Snobby Hanalei Elitists Try New Excuse to Keep Hoi Polloi Out
  18. Another plan for pedestrians?
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Tuesday, April 23, 2019
April 23, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:02 PM :: 4855 Views
  1. Full Text: Espinda Promises No Retaliation Against PSD Dissidents
  2. Hawaii's Best & Worst Small Cities to Start a Business
  3. Lavish salaries, perks focus of federal theft investigation into union boss
  4. Pattern for Unions? Hawaii firefighters get 4% plus bonuses
  5. Anti-Trust Violation? Capacity Payments’ Designed to Hide Real Cost of Solar, Biomass
  6. Hawaiʻi's Small Independent Doctors May Be Struggling Under New Payment System
  7. Charter Schools: Where the Anti-Vaxxers Are
  8. Trapped on the streets: Law stymies efforts to help homeless with severe mental illness
  9. Good News! Climate Activists whine Hawaii Legislature ‘Wasted An Entire Year’
  10. Petition to impeach city prosecutor prompts legal debate: Are e-signatures legal?  
  11. Ethics: Councilmember was PR Agent for Water Bottler
  12. Memorial honoring law enforcement officers vandalized
  13. Historic Maui church hit by vandals for second time in a month
  14. Leeward Coast Parks: Human waste, buckets of needles
  15. Homeless Criminal Charged in Iwilei Rape
  16. ‘Strong Evidence of Guilt’ – But State’s highest court reverses murder conviction in 2009 Chinatown shooting
  17. HPD officer arrested at Honolulu airport on suspicion of domestic abuse
  18. Hawaii hotels report lackluster first quarter
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Monday, April 22, 2019
April 22, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:11 PM :: 5392 Views
  1. Crichton: Environmentalism is a religion
  2. Ira Einhorn, Earth Day's Dirty Secret
  3. Activist Attacks Destroy 15% of Hawaii Agriculture
  4. Budget battle: Nonprofit seeks financial data on Hawaii public schools
  5. Electricity: Nobody Pays More for Less
  6. Quack! Charter Schools Have By Far The Highest Rates Of Unvaccinated Kids
  7. Quack!  Anti-Sunscreen Hysteria Debunked
  8. A city proposal to give people more options to get around could mean losing some parking
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Sunday, April 21, 2019
April 21, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:59 PM :: 2881 Views
  1. OHA's Crabbe out of the Bucket?
  2. HIDOE Achieves Success with Job Order Contracting
  3. Financial and Compliance Audit of the Department of Education
  4. Organizer asks supporters to re-sign Keith Kaneshiro petition
  5. Ozawa Loses: Pro-development forces flex muscle in Hawaii politics
  6. Bills Down to the Wire: Last Week for the Legislature
  7. HB673: Police to be allowed to smoke Marijuana—Potheads to be hired as Ambulance Drivers
  8. Political Correctness: Kahana homeowners defaulting on state loans
  9. Big Island Mass Transit mismanagement could hurt entire state’s federal funding
  10. What makes Tulsi Gabbard run? Maybe it’s about the perks
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Saturday, April 20, 2019
April 20, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:55 PM :: 4315 Views
  1. Audits, subpoenas and more: What's next for Honolulu Rail?
  2. Are Hawaii officials paid too much or too little?
  3. Hawaii residents voting with their feet
  4. Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
  5. Kealoha Lawyer Flees to Canada, Again Delays Grandmother Deposition
  6. 1980s Honolulu Developer Busted in Ponzi Scheme
  7. Some homeless play the charity cycle
  8. University of Hawaii to hold 2nd round of public hearings on proposed rules for Mauna Kea
  9. The state wants to redevelop the Ala Wai Boat Harbor. That’s got boaters worried
  10. Honolulu City Council OKs $70 annual tax break for Oahu homeowners
  11. Public Utilities Commission approves $12.1M MECO rate hike
  12. Self-Dealing Leads to Another delay for Hawaii Co building permits
  13. Snorkel Rentals Kill
  14. Soft on Crime: Hawaii Criminal Kills Girl in Ohio
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Friday, April 19, 2019
April 19, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:30 PM :: 4969 Views
  1. Hawaii's Good Friday Holiday - What's Up With That?
  2. Hawaii Senate to Vote on Anti-Gun Bills
  3. 80% of Oahu Residents Don't Have REAL ID
  4. HPD investigating reported kidnapping of attorney tied to Kealoha probe   
  5. Honolulu rail authority now plans to open Middle Street segment in late 2023
  6. Water officials mull options as session wanes
  7. Ige Assures Caldwell Of Ala Wai Flood Control Financing Plan
  8. Hollywood Movie Moguls Want More of our Money—But Won’t Tell us Who is Getting it
  9. Unlikely Allies United to Oppose a Carbon Tax
  10. Kauai has only One Homeless Shelter—19 Beds
  11. Kihei: DoE has a Plan to Build … an Administration Building
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Thursday, April 18, 2019
April 18, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:39 PM :: 4168 Views
  1. Candidates Hirono, Case, Gabbard Refused to Release their Tax Returns
  2. DLNR: Another Step Towards State-Run Carbon Credit Scheme
  3. Kids Oral Health--Hawaii Ranks Dead Last
  4. $17 Minimum Wage Cost $1.456 Billion per year
  5. HDOT Launches Accelerated Hiring System
  6. State Launches Aquaculture Accelerator 
  7. Ige: Failure of Water Bill will Kill Agriculture
  8. State revokes convicted Hawaii PKF accountant's license
  9. Two Ethics Reform Measures Clear House-Senate Conference Committee
  10. Can OHA Cash in by Claiming Native Title to Hawaiian Words?
  11. Honolulu City Council passes bill to crack down on affordable home monsters
  12. Short-Term Rental Regulation Advances at Honolulu Hale
  13. Hawaii lawmakers push to reduce number of unnecessary hospital visits from homeless
  14. Homeless Tweeker from Mainland Convicted in Crime Spree
  15. Soft on Crime: Alleged Child Molester Gets 6 Days in Jail
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Wednesday, April 17, 2019
April 17, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:15 PM :: 3410 Views
  1. Why Farm?
  2. The Unintended Hazards Of Red-Light Cameras
  3. Tax Foundation Hawaii: Motion for Reconsideration Rips Rail-Skim Decision
  4. Is lack of funding the real problem in the Department of Education?
  5. Auditor: AG's Child Support Fund Still Running Deficit
  6. Lahaina Injection Wells: EPA won't regulate pollution that moves through groundwater
  7. Economist: Regulations Add 24% to Home Construction Costs            
  8. Beating agriculture to death in Hawaii
  9. Honolulu Salary Commission Approves Pay Raises For Top City Officials
  10. Abercrombie Forced Micronesians onto Obamacare
  11. Politicians Tour MCCC After Riot, Spend $8M
  12. Latest DoE Grift: $11B for New Schools or Something
  13. Red Hill Tank Relocation Pricetag—$1.6B
  14. Meth Addict Who Dies After Being Tased was Son of American Samoa Police Commissioner
  15. 8 homeless shelters don’t meet new standards, but will be funded anyway 
  16. Busting prostitution businesses is a priority for the prosecutor's office
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Tuesday, April 16, 2019
April 16, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:24 PM :: 3739 Views
  1. Ethics: DOBOR Kauai Employee Quickly Begins Taking Stuff
  2. Caldwell’s Rubber Stamp Council will Tax and Spend
  3. UIPA Request: DoE Refusing to Release Check Register
  4. HDOT still seeking your thoughts on a proposal to tax drivers by the mile
  5. Community members come together to rally against crime and corruption in Hawaii
  6. Katherine Kealoha’s grandmother forced to pay over $100K in legal fees in corruption case
  7. Old Boys Line up Behind “Only Candidate’ Running for CD2—Kahele
  8. Gabbard Second to Last in Democrat Presidential Fund Race
  9. The High Price Of Luring The Movies To Hawaii
  10. HB1093: Proposed Bill Regulating Uber, Lyft Is Biased Against Taxis
  11. Recycling numbers are down but costs are up
  12. HIDOT Removes 14 Truckloads of Trash—All Seven Homeless Refuse Shelter
  13. Recovering Drug Addict ‘was homeless downtown for many, many years’
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Monday, April 15, 2019
April 15, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:17 PM :: 4870 Views
  1. Senate: OHA Must Complete Audit of LLCs
  2. Unlucky and Unclean: How Not to Steal House 13
  3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 14, 2019
  4. Rich States, Poor States: Hawaii Ranks 45th
  5. $100M Hawaii tax hike bills -- Job Loss and Lawsuits
  6. SB1000: Use EV Mandate to Make Housing Even More Unaffordable
  7. Do you believe in coincidences?
  8. Details lost in reporting election-by-mail results
  9. Vacation Rentals On Oahu May Face Tough Enforcement And New Limits
  10. Where Hawaii Renters Spend Half Their Incomes On Housing
  11. Kakaako Makai Celebrates Ten Years as Homeless Tent City
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Sunday, April 14, 2019
April 14, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:28 PM :: 6264 Views
  1. Special Election: Waters Beats Ozawa by 1,004 Votes
  2. Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
  3. JSC Seeks Nominees for Maui Circuit Court
  4. 30 Years Late: DoE Discovers IDIQ -- ‘Job Order Contracting
  5. Blankety Blank
  6. Hawaii Smallest Firearms Industry in USA
  7. Ethics: How Interest Group Can Plant its own People on State Payroll to Solicit Money
  8. How Kealoha, Kaneshiro Retaliated Against Officers After Miske Arrest
  9. Council Leadership Change This Week?
  10. Josh Green Finally Abandons Tent Cities?
  11. Another CWS Fail: Parents sue over 3-year-old’s death in foster care
  12. Inmate: ‘This is crazy; we going die’
  13. HELCO seeks 3.4% increase
  14. Oh, yeah? Well, how’d you like an audit, punk?
  15. Proposals would reduce building permit fees
  16. Mufi: Counties have Acted on TVRs—Now it is up to Legislature
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Saturday, April 13, 2019
April 13, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:57 PM :: 6399 Views
  1. Deadline: HART 'Pleased' that city received P3 submittals
  2. UH requesting second round of public hearings for Maunakea administrative rules
  3. City adopts new affordable housing rules
  4. Activists hurt farmers by fueling public’s disconnect with modern agriculture
  5. HART board chair under federal investigation — but it’s not about the rail project
  6. Hawaiʻi Farmers, Ranchers Lobby for Water Bill
  7. Administrator in charge of DPS training programs accused of lying on her resume
  8. Deputy Prosecutor Futa Says She Never Got Target Letter
  9. Trevor Ozawa vs. Tommy Waters: Round 3 of Honolulu City Council fight ends tonight
  10. 3 percent Maui council salary hike lacks the votes
  11. Councilman wants to make more clear what alternatives will be acceptable to polystyrene
  12. An old hospital in Hilo is being transformed into a haven for the homeless
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Friday, April 12, 2019
April 12, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:21 PM :: 3573 Views
  1. ILWU Executive Charged with Embezzlement
  2. Hawaii Tax Freedom Day is April 23rd
  3. NRA Seeks 'Immediate Injunction' Against Hawaii Gun Laws
  4. Hawaii Butterfly Knife Ban Challenged on Second Amendment Grounds
  5. Hirono: If Conservatives Don’t Want Content Removed From Social Media ‘They Shouldn’t Post Lies’
  6. Want higher wages? Try economic freedom
  7. Honolulu Council Special Election Voting Ends Saturday April 13
  8. Feds Demand City Pony up $111M for Rail--No Money Beyond Middle Street Until P3 Settled
  9. Ige supports giving water permit holders more time
  10. Legislators Advance HB1248 as Vote-by-Mail Problems Multiply
  11. While Honest Citizens 2nd Amendment Rights are Restricted, Shooters Walk Again and Again—Here’s How
  12. Senate panel rejects reappointment of Nolan Espinda as Hawaii’s public safety director
  13. Kauai: Entire System Comes Down on Whistleblower
  14. State housing project combines juvenile offenders and affordable housing; raises concerns
  15. Ex-Maui inmate gets $10K in sex assault lawsuit settlement
  16. Substitute Teacher Will Study for Marriage Counselor License While in Jail on Revenge Porn Conviction
  17. Teacher in Ewa Elementary’s A-plus program indicted in sexual assault of former student
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Thursday, April 11, 2019
April 11, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:13 PM :: 3621 Views
  1. OHA's $139 Million Dollar Question
  2. OHA Trustees Vote 8-1 to Extend Audit
  3. Hawaii Swamped by Carbon Dioxide Tax Bills
  4. HB217/HB218: Making Life Easier for Young Criminals
  5. Gabbard: US Health Care System Designed to 'keep people sick and on drugs'
  6. It’s April and Feds Still Aren’t Releasing $744 Million For Honolulu Rail
  7. Windfarm: Judge Approves Plan to Kill Lots of Bats 
  8. HB1326: Will All the Water be Cut Off?
  9. Voting Rights Violation?  Ranked voting could make its way to Hawaii
  10. Despite warnings, Kaneshiro continues to visit building that houses prosecutor’s office
  11. Carlisle Wants Embattled Prosecutor's Job
  12. Ala Wai: DLNR-DTL Scheme to Funnell Money to OHA will Damage Cultural Resources
  13. SB1000: Electric Vehicle Mandate Will Make Housing Even Less Affordable
  14. Aina Lea – After 10 Years in Court, Affordable Housing Project May Now Be Built
  15. Hawaii sees a significant increase in sexually transmitted diseases
  16. Pearl City intermediate school DoE Child Molester Gets Away With It—Then Foolishly Leaves Hawaii 
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Wednesday, April 10, 2019
April 10, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:31 PM :: 3604 Views
  1. PIT: Homelessness Down 21% on Big Island -- Volcano Forces Homeless to Accept Shelter
  2. Final Crossover: House Approves, Amends 85 Senate Bills
  3. Human Services Blueprint for COFA Citizens
  4. New UH Manoa leadership structure approved
  5. Health Department Audit: Material Weaknesses and Significant Deficiencies
  6. Is Federal Recognition Dead or Dormant?
  7. Gov. David Ige having a rough year at the Legislature
  8. Minimum Wage, REIT Tax Head to Conference Committee
  9. HB820: Gut-n-Replace Keeps leasehold condo scheme alive
  10. SB33/SB365: Megabux for Movie Moguls—Heading to Conference Committee
  11. Hawaii lawmakers hope a recent ruling will play in their favor in regulating vacation rentals
  12. Hawaii Agribusiness Development Corp faces audits
  13. More than 30,000 ballots already cast in special election for city council
  14. Trial of former HPD officer delayed as more Miske info tied to Kealoha is sought
  15. Lawmakers grill public safety director
  16. Maui County attorney resigns from post following abuse allegations
  17. Maui Mayor Describes Being Attacked by Homosexual Child Molesters
  18. Puna officer faces felony charges in domestic incident
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Tuesday, April 9, 2019
April 9, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:44 PM :: 3232 Views
  1. Relax Maui zoning to allow more urban dwellings
  2. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 8, 2019
  3. Hawaii 2nd Worst Financial Knowledge and Education
  4. Hawaii--78 Bridges 'Deficient'
  5. Hawaii: County by County Health Reports
  6. Ige: Electric Company to Collect from GEMS Green Energy Deadbeats
  7. Hawaii Firearm Seizure Bill Eligible For Floor Vote
  8. Old Boys Last Hope?  Kahele Says He’s Raised $250,000 To Challenge Tulsi Gabbard
  9. State Senate leaders say they don’t intend to revive water bill
  10. Hawaii lawmakers consider vacation-rental tax legislation
  11. DeVos: Hawaii DoE Should do Exactly the Opposite of What it Does Now
  12. 30 Years Late: DoE Discovers IDIQ -- ‘Job Order Contracting’
  13. State Initiates Audit Of School Impact Fees On Developers
  14. Retaliation: DUI investigation initially under Katherine Kealoha's division
  15. Former police officer heads to court accused of luring boy for sex
  16. Permanent supportive housing will reduce homelessness
  17. Snuffed out: Tobacco tax increase proposal dies
  18. DOH begins enforcement against CBD-infused products
  19. Smoking Marijuana vs. Smoking Tobacco: Which is More Harmful?
  20. Hawaii boaters facing big increase in fees
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Monday, April 8, 2019
April 8, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:33 PM :: 2908 Views
  1. Secret Timeline Shows OHA Lying to Legislature While Stonewalling LLC Audit
  2. Stop Anti-Vaxxers From Putting Hawaii Kids At Risk
  3. Does Hawaii Really Want Agriculture?
  4. The future of marijuana: Island cannabis industry reps talk hurdles, economic woes
  5. Former Real Estate Commission vice chairman sentenced to jail, court supervision for theft
  6. Moving Hawaii’s Technology Out Of The Dark Ages
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Sunday, April 7, 2019
April 7, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:08 PM :: 3437 Views
  1. Revenue Raisers Already Sent to the Governor
  2. Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
  3. Giveaway to Public Employee Unions Hidden in Minimum Wage Bill
  4. A&B Water Rights Bill May Have New Life
  5. A Three-Step Guide: How Women Can Protect Themselves from Joe Biden
  6. HB285: Release Names of Suspended or Fired Police Officers
  7. EMS Tries to justify Fuel Truck Purchase
  8. UHPA: Lassner Not Angry Enough
  9. Ige Touts State-Run ‘Hawaii Saves’ Retirement Program
  10. Socialist Utopia: Kahana Valley living park concept ‘broken’
  11. Solid Waste: UPW Exploits Absenteeism in Push for New Positions
  12. Soft on Crime: Five Time Loser Kicks Cop in Head—Gets Probation
  13. Stupid Pimp Leaves Soft-on-Crime Hawaii—Quickly Gets 72 Year Sentence
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Saturday, April 6, 2019
April 6, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:35 PM :: 4739 Views
  1. New Petition Launched to Impeach Kaneshiro
  2. 9th Circuit: City Can Only Enforce Sleeping Ban if Shelter Available
  3. Kishimoto Demands Media Cover Up Failing Schools
  4. DoE: Only 56% of our Grads Need Remedial Math (not counting the ones who don't go to college and the ones who don’t graduate)
  5. UHERO: How Obamacare Affects Micronesian Health
  6. Ige Signs 20% Death Tax into Law
  7. Does House bill’s demise affect Upcountry water?
  8. Lawmakers pass Red Light Camera bill through State House of Representatives
  9. HB748: Fixing Hawaii’s civil asset forfeiture program
  10. Gut & Replace --- Hawai’i State Energy Office
  11. Another CWS Fail: Lawsuit filed in toddler death
  12. Over 25,000 Votes Cast in Special Election
  13. Judge OKs recorded testimony from 99-year old key witness in Kealoha case
  14. Riot at Maui CCC caused $5 million damage
  15. Maui Police Dept. internally investigating if traffic section misused money
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Friday, April 5, 2019
April 5, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:44 PM :: 4077 Views
  1. Levinson: Ballard's Second Amendment Stance 'Could Precipitate Legal Catastrophe'
  2. Kiss of Death: OHA Endorses Amended Water Bill Just Before Senate Committee Kills It
  3. #AuditTheRail finally on track!
  4. OHA Trustees Approve New Governance Framework
  5. OHA Gives $500K to Nonprofits
  6. DLNR Seeks Bidders to Redevelop Ala Wai Harbor
  7. Hawaii: Anti-Gun Bills Eligible for Floor Vote
  8. Dela Cruz: If A&B Can’t Have Water then Nobody Can
  9. Screw A&B—Part 2: Surprising Support For New Tax On Hawaii’s Powerful Real Estate Interests
  10. Two HPD officers indicted after allegedly making a homeless man lick a toilet
  11. SB567: Will Legislators Let us Round up Homeless Mentally Ill?
  12. Homeless Drug Addicts, Chinatown Merchants May Hire Security Guards
  13. Guam Begins Process to Legalize Recreational Use of Marijuana
  14. UPW Backs Espinda Reappointment
  15. Vital piece of evidence in investigation into Maui jail riot goes missing
  16. Caldwell’s plan for monthly garbage fee could be trashed
  17. Waters Leads Ozawa In Money Raised And Spent In City Council Race
  18. Polluted Subsoil Causes 3 month Delay in Rail Station Construction
  19. HB593: Now we have green versus green
  20. DoE Forms Secret Gender Committee
  21. Maui Council to Hire Lawyer to Sue over Mayor’s Interim Appointments 
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Thursday, April 4, 2019
April 4, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:00 PM :: 3016 Views
  1. Full Text: MCCC Officers Tell Riot Story, Slam 'Upper Echelons' of PSD
  2. Sin Taxes: Hawaii 3rd Highest in USA
  3. Do You Think Like an Islander?
  4. Hawaii: Anti-Gun Bills Pass Committee, Age Restriction Bill Eligible for a Floor Vote
  5. HEI Plans to Shut Down State's Cheapest Energy Producer to Make Way for More Tesla Batteries
  6. 2019 Graduation Dates
  7. 2 men accused of storming OHA offices could face felony charges
  8. Another 3.4% Rate Hike: PUC sets HELCO hearings
  9. HB593: Plan to allow solar farms on top-rated agricultural lands killed
  10. Legislators Trying to make A&B give $62M to Politically Connected Mahi Pono?
  11. Bill Would Criminalize Driving Under The Influence Of … Almost Anything
  12. Middle Street Rail Solution: Run Bus Lanes on North King Street
  13. Desperate to Save Insider Control: Department of Public Safety proposes plans to relieve overcrowding
  14. DPS Plans to Stack Hearing for Espinda—Worried ‘Outsider’ will be Next Boss
  15. Puana Grandmother to Provide Key Details on Mailbox Frameup?
  16. Council leadership: Taxpayers shouldn’t pay for ex-police chief’s legal defense
  17. Whistleblower tells police commission concerns about upcoming promotions
  18. Nearly 23,000 Votes Cast in Council Special Election
  19. Unionization of UH grad students a Financial Burden to State
  20. Hawaii Population Decline Military-Related?
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Wednesday, April 3, 2019
April 3, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:43 PM :: 2742 Views
  1. Lawsuit: Hawaii Discriminates Against Legal Immigrants on Gun Permits
  2. ACLU: Kealoha Lawyers Threaten Free Speech
  3. Rail: P3 Contractors see “Untenable Interface Risk”
  4. Oil Companies, Enviros Support Carbon Taxes
  5. Micronesian government official pleads guilty to federal bribery charge    
  6. Stuck with Obamacare Micronesians In Hawaii Struggle To Get Health Care
  7. Despite court order, Katherine Kealoha fights to keep personnel files secret
  8. How Many People Make Minimum Wage?
  9. $1000 Fine Threat Shuts Down Homeless Enablers
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Tuesday, April 2, 2019
April 2, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:44 PM :: 5188 Views
  1. State of the State Budget 2020
  2. Is Leasehold Housing Built on Government Land a Solution to Unaffordable Housing in Honolulu?
  3. Hawaii County has Least Expensive Housing in Hawaii
  4. Hawaii--2nd Highest State Tax Burden in USA
  5. Governor Announces 2020 Census Committee
  6. Stressed States? Hawaii Ranks 42nd
  7. Community meeting to be held for O‘ahu’s first Pedestrian Plan
  8. Tax Hikes: How The Senate Aims To Take More of Your Cash
  9. Federal Prosecutor: Former HPD Officer Admits being Homosexual Child Molester
  10. Police Commission Disputes Honolulu police chief on handgun carry permits
  11. Sumida: I helped Kealoha Beat the rap once—he can do it again if the media helps
  12. After Maui Jail Riot UPW Takes Aim at PSD Leadership
  13. Questions raised over DPS officer's less-lethal weapons
  14. DPS Doesn’t Buy Non-Lethal Weapons—But Spends Thousands on Rifles and Shotguns that are not given to Officers
  15. Charges dropped against Maui’s top civil lawyer
  16. Answer to High Cost of Living: Give Even More Money to Silicon Valley Billionaires and Hollywood Movie Moguls
  17. Histrionics, Chemophobia Begin to pay off in Court
  18. Biofuel Schemers Fret as Subsidies Decline
  19. Electric Car Owners Scoop up $3.5M in Free Airport Parking
  20. Mainland Drug Addict Demands Money for Homelessness at Legislature
  21. City Contractor Works Hard to Keep Homeless Tent City Near Children's Center
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Monday, April 1, 2019
April 1, 2019 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:45 PM :: 4000 Views
  1. The Biggest Fruit Ever Grown in Hawaii
  2. HHS Cuts Funding to Hawaii Planned Parenthood
  3. Auditor: Many Deficiencies in State Federal Funding Compliance
  4. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 31, 2019
  5. Hawaii County Police Community Satisfaction Survey
  6. Honolulu Republicans Reelect Brett Kulbis Chair
  7. Honolulu Council Special Election Walk-in Voting Begins Today
  8. Several Hawaii Charter Schools Under Federal Investigation
  9. Stopping rail at Middle Street might save $440M
  10. Salary Commission recommends MORE raises for city executives
  11. Still Alive: SB192/HB1552 Would Lets Lots and Lots of Criminals Back out onto Streets
  12. SPED Student Raped by Three HSTA Members Gets Settlement
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