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Saturday, August 20, 2016
August 20, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:21 PM :: 3525 Views
  1. Maili Most Stressed Place in Hawaii, Mountain View Least
  2. Honolulu adds hurdles for military families driving for Uber, Lyft
  3. Ninth Circuit Shields Hawaii Open Primaries
  4. HART: Two Down, Caldwell to Go
  5. Maui Hospital: Privatization injunction dissolved
  6. Suspended UPW Prison Guards Sue for Promotions, Lose
  7. Federal ban on Private Prisons Means Illegal Aliens Will be in Federal Penitentiary
  8. Cost of Living: Hawaii Teacher Salaries Lowest in USA
  9. ‘Green’ Energy Initiative to Justify $30B in Rate Hikes
  10. Biofooled: New Diesel Plant Will Provide Excuse for More Rate Hikes 
  11. Maui to Clear out Homeless Tent City at Kanaha Beach Park
  12. Anti-GMO Activist Blames ‘Brainwashed Filipinos, Puerto Ricans and Portuguese’
  13. Kathryn Xian Busted by Undercover Sheriffs in Lyft Sting

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Friday, August 19, 2016
August 19, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:41 PM :: 3440 Views
  1. Djou: Formby Will Further Politicize HART
  2. Regents approve Lassner as UH Manoa interim chancellor
  3. Ige Extends Homeless Emergency Proclamation (again)
  4. Homelessness Decrees: Short-Term or Shortsighted?
  5. Statehood Backed by Silent Majority of Hawaiians
  6. 1959: Martin Luther King Jr Salutes Hawaii Statehood
  7. Hawaii Statehood: Tiny 1959 opposition was anti-Japanese, not anti-American
  8. Caldwell, Formby will Beg Feds to Approve Middle Street Scheme—‘Tough Sell’
  9. Morishige: Emergency Proclamations Allow Government to Act Quickly on Homelessness 
  10. Caldwell to be Saddled with Waimanalo Ditch Just Before Election Day
  11. 1,678 Votes Will Not be Counted: Absentee Ballots Arriving Late at Election Office
  12. Hospital: Time for HGEA to settle with Ige
  13. School Reform: HSTA wants you to believe it’ll be Different This Time
  14. A Decade Later--Kauai Adolescent Drug Treatment Center Groundbreaking
  15. Harry Kim Job Killer?
  16. Felony? ‘Cancer free’ Kaaihue Offers to Drop out of CD2 Race in Exchange for Inducement
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Thursday, August 18, 2016
August 18, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:07 PM :: 5555 Views
  1. Djou: Dismiss the HART CEO Tomorrow; Mayor in November
  2. OHA Funds Voter Sentiment Survey to Help Incumbents
  3. OHA Incumbents: Is 20 Years too Long?
  4. CD1: National Defense PAC endorses Ostrov for Congress
  5. Full Text: 9th Circuit Court Tells DOJ to Back Off in Medical Pot States
  6. Construction 5.9% of Hawaii GDP—#2 in USA
  7. Desperate Defenestration -- to Save Caldwell, Hanabusa Sacrifices Grabauskas
  8. Hawaii State Senate News: Former Drug Dealer’s House Torched--Twice
  9. Energy ‘Green’ -- $8B in Rate Hikes Needed to Help Solar, Wind Schemers
  10. Ethics: Enviros Allowed to Bribe Legislators, Staffers with $900
  11. Papahanaumokuakea: Hawaii Punished for doing the Right Thing
  12. Telescope: What is the Cost of OHA Rent-Seeking?
  13. Hawaii Bureaucrats And The Can’t-Do Spirit
  14. DoBOR made a fool of themselves – Years of Income Lost
  15. Thanks to ACLU, Homeless Pay Cat n Mouse Game instead of Being Forced to Accept Shelter
  16. ESSA: “Administrative Empowerment” 
  17. Civil Beat reporters are too lazy to dig up news
  18. Former member of alleged Hawaii cult threatened as film featuring group debuts
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Wednesday, August 17, 2016
August 17, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:04 PM :: 3253 Views
  1. GE Tax: Audit Shows Tourists pay only 14.1% of Rail Surcharge 
  2. DBEDT Releases 2015 Hawaii Data Book Online
  3. Telescope: Educational Opportunities beat Rent Seeking
  4. Kenoi Copies Kealoha Strategy: Blame the Media for Grand Jury Indictment
  5. Did HECO-NextEra Merger Proponents have Insider Information from PUC?
  6. HD44 Dems: Who’s Trying To Sway Elections Now?
  7. Raises for DoE Execs? BoE Defers Action
  8. Board of Education considering a special performance review of the state’s charter school authorizer
  9. Ige reiterates opposition to LNG
  10. Candidates begin to file for District 1 special election
  11. Mother of Peter Boy now cooperating with investigators
  12. Maui taro farmers prevail in water dispute with state
  13. Local Enviros Aim to Score Megabucks from Waikiki Eco-Funders Conference
  14. Hawaii GOP: How many times does a party have to get skunked to wonder if there needs to be a Plan B?
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Tuesday, August 16, 2016
August 16, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:37 PM :: 4449 Views
  1. Akina: Protect Hawaiian Entitlements from OHA Federal Recognition Scheme
  2. Cato: Hawaii Ranks 48th in Freedom, Near Top in Cronyism
  3. Hawaii Obamacare waiver could serve as national blueprint
  4. Closed Primary? 9th Circuit Rebuffs Hawaii Democrats (For Now)
  5. Full Text: 9th Circuit Rejects Hawaii Democrats Closed Primary Suit
  6. Djou vs The Machine: We Care
  7. Puana Attorney to Police Commission: Too little, too late
  8. With Election Over, DoT Announces New Lanes to Ease Traffic
  9. Two election problems that need to be fixed
  10. CD1: Republican Candidate Shirlene Ostrov files for special election
  11. Hanalei Boatyard: NFIB, Owners Counsel ask Hawaii Supreme Court to Intervene
  12. Hepatitis Traced to Genki Sushi, Frozen Scallops
  13. Maui hospital plan a ‘blueprint’ for Big Isle, Ige says
  14. Democrats Urged to Fight for Patronage Positions at Honolulu Hale
  15. Power Mad Democrats Aim to Grab Last Senate Seat
  16. Hawaii Democrats May Sue Because Somebody Had the Audacity to Defeat ONE of their Incumbents Saturday
  17. Chief Kealoha Conspiracy Theory may Backfire
  18. Motions to dismiss filed in Kenoi theft case
  19. Will Ethics Commission Follow its own Rules?
  20. Hawaiian Electric Wins $80M Rate Hike—Spins it as Money Saver!
  21. Rail: HECO Wants to Soak Taxpayers for ‘Double Redundant System’
  22. Slow #1 -- Government Procurement: HPD Buying Only 80 Tasers Per Year—Needs 500 More
  23. Slow #2 -- 900,000 Gallon Sewage Spill from Animal Quarantine Station--While Waiting for Government Contracting
  24. Slow #3 -- After 64 Years Maui Gets Another Hospital
  25. Slow #4 -- Health Department Hiring — Will The Mosquitoes Wait?
  26. Quick Action! ACLU Nuisance Suit Scores $2300 cash payout for All Money-Grubbing Honolulu Homeless—Millions to be Distributed
  27. Years Later, Molokai Boy raised by Potheads Recovers
  28. Anti-GMO Losers: Every Candidate Trained by Hooser Defeated
  29. Prominent Maui Anti-GMO Activist in Court on Child Molestation Charges
  30. Alleged pimp held in beating is first charged under new law
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Monday, August 15, 2016
August 15, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:42 PM :: 4140 Views
  1. Runoff: Keli`i Akina Challenging 20-Year OHA Incumbent Haunani Apoliona
  2. Djou: Caldwell badly damaged and we are just getting started
  3. Judiciary Hosts Hawaii’s First Veterans Treatment Court Conference
  4. Hawaii’s ruling political party revels in its control over state
  5. Rail Scheme Exposed: Extend to UH Manoa in Exchange for Another GE Tax Hike
  6. Djou Wins in Kalihi, Waianae
  7. No Telescope Fabrication Until Site is Selected
  8. Surfrider: How Lawyers Aim to Destroy Agriculture in Hawaii
  9. Busted on Long Waits, VA now Denies Claims
  10. Neighborhood battles back against crime
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Sunday, August 14, 2016
August 14, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:07 PM :: 5128 Views
  1. Primary Races: Full Statewide Results here
  2. Hawaii Budget: Taxes on the Horizon
  3. The Little Engine that Could?
  4. Thought of One Party Senate Gives Democrats Pause
  5. Democrats Lose Incumbent to ‘Candidate Who Should not have been running as Democrat’
  6. Hawaii Turnout Sets New Record Low – 34.7%
  7. Anti-GMO candidates stumble in Hawaii
  8. Massive Pay raises sought for DOE execs
  9. Crumbling Capitol building Symbolizes State of the State
  10. Ethics: Union Lawsuit May Lead to More Free Golf for Procurement Department
  11. Waikiki Eco-Conference Seen as Opportunity to take more from Fishermen, Hunters, Farmers
  12. Hawaii—2nd Highest Concentration Of EVs Per Capita
  13. Hawaii Cult Leader Sexually Abused Male Followers
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Saturday, August 13, 2016
August 13, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:49 PM :: 3972 Views
  1. Primary Election Day Saturday Aug 13—Find Your Polling Place Here
  2. Full Text: State, UPW Reach Maui Hospital Agreement
  3. Papahānaumokuākea: A Model for Everything Wrong in Hawaii Politics
  4. DHS Director Rachael Wong Leaving
  5. Hawaii: How to Quit Paying Union Dues—Legally
  6. Hyatt Worker Says Hotel Ignored Sex Assault by Saudi
  7. Maui: Zika May Have Spread to Local Mosquitoes
  8. Maui Hospital: HGEA Issues Still Open
  9. Primary: Little Drama—Don’t Expect Much Turnover
  10. Many Democrats are running unopposed for Hawaii Legislature
  11. Oahu Turnout Down: 93K Absentee Votes so far
  12. TMT hearings: Two months grinding slowly through dilatory motions as clock ticks
  13. Maui Anti-GMO Activist Jailed on Child Molestation Charges
  14. Government Contracting: Waianae boaters upset as pier goes unrepaired 8 months after collapse
  15. Bill 36: Uber Drivers Must Have Hawaii Drivers Licenses
  16. With Big Eco-Conference Coming, State Finally Agrees to Let City Clear Bums off Prime Ala Moana Real Estate
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Friday, August 12, 2016
August 12, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:42 PM :: 4742 Views
  1. Honolulu Most Expensive in USA--$100 worth only $80
  2. India Parliament: War-Torn Kashmir is Approved as Site for Thirty Meter Telescope
  3. Two Years After Ousting Apple, Lassner forces to Appoint Himself UH Manoa Chancellor
  4. Hawaii: Fewest Malpractice Suits Per Capita
  5. ESAs: How to increase school funding without raising taxes
  6. It was 118 years ago today: Hawaii Becomes US Territory
  7. Kouchi Facing Senate Revolt—Caldwell’s GE Tax Hike Hangs in Balance?
  8. Sweetheart Deal: Lawmakers Ignore Risk to ERS
  9. ‘Running on empty’ — Many bumps and stalls in hospital management transition
  10. Djou Outraises Caldwell 4-to-1
  11. It Pays To Be An Incumbent In The Hawaii Legislature
  12. Council Rides to Rescue: Kakaako Repair Shop Taxed $33K per Year by Caldwell Regime
  13. OHA: Obama Won’t Ignore our Grab for Papahanaumokuakea
  14. State Email Accounts Used by Anti-GMO Activists
  15. Homelessness: Ige Sets Precedent for Rule by Decree
  16. Shelters shift strategy to house homeless more quickly
  17. Lawsuit: Waikiki Hotel Runs After-Hours Massage Parlor for Muslim Prince, Entourage
  18. Child Molesters on Loose in Ewa
  19. Criminal Escapes Justice
  20. Hawaii debates first Time-Of-Use community solar proposal
  21. PZEV Internal Combustion Engines are 9X Cleaner than Filthy, Disgusting Electric Cars
  22. New Owner for Big Island Dairy
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Thursday, August 11, 2016
August 11, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:32 PM :: 4193 Views
  1. Hunting, Farming & Fishing Association backs candidates who “help feed Hawaii”
  2. Ige: Obama Administration Turning ESSA into NCLB
  3. UH community colleges most affordable in the nation
  4. Hawaii Section 8 Waiting List Opening for First Time in Decade
  5. 79,395 Absentee Votes Cast on Oahu
  6. Ige: Telescope Like a Movie I am Watching 
  7. Proof of Hawaii Brain Drain: Hanabusa ‘One of our top public thinkers’
  8. Chief asks to be represented by private attorneys in police misconduct cases
  9. Entrepreneur Flees UH After Trying to fix Bureaucratic Black Hole
  10. Tax Credit Schemers Seek $3M from Taxpayers so they can buy themselves 70 Teslas
  11. Barrel Tax Slush Fund for Green Energy Schemers
  12. The price of democracy; how much does it cost to hold an election?
  13. No Science Behind Papahanaumokuakea
  14. GMOs Lead Fight Against Zika, Ebola And Next Unknown Pandemic
  15. Anti-Solar Protests Begin on Big Island
  16. Can Civil Beat Sink Any Lower?
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Wednesday, August 10, 2016
August 10, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:08 PM :: 3799 Views
  1. Full Text: ERS Files Suit to Stop SB2077 ‘Catastrophe’
  2. The Case for Stopping Rail Dead in its Tracks
  3. TVR in a Ag Condo: Must Your Neighbors Approve?
  4. Ige Appoints Nature Conservancy Employee to BLNR
  5. Attorney: OHA Chair Secretly Supports Telescope
  6. Rail: The Difference is Djou Won’t Raise Taxes
  7. OHA Candidates Trask And Akina Teaming Up
  8. GEMS: State Spends $2.1M to Provide $388K in Loans
  9. Anti-GMO Lawyer Goes to Work for Anti-Geothermal Punatics
  10. Sierra Club Lines its Pockets with Carbon Credits
  11. Judge throws out charges from state's largest gambling case (Again)
  12. 13,000 Gallons: More Caldwell Spills on Waikiki Beaches—Nobody Tells Lifeguards
  13. UH Ed School Still Using Decrepit Buildings in Campaign for More CIP Money
  14. Hawaii’s commercial fishery a good steward of the ocean
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Tuesday, August 9, 2016
August 9, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:24 PM :: 4611 Views
  1. How Much Is Enough to Replace the Mayor?
  2. Audit: How Hawaii VA Solar Project Delayed 21 Months
  3. Honolulu Auditor Releases Annual Report
  4. Hawaii Court Orders Online Travel Companies to Pay Rental Car Taxes
  5. $188K Cesspools: EPA Fines State, Counties
  6. Early Voting: 62,000 Votes Already Cast on Oahu
  7. Grabauskas Sacrificial Lamb—Baffled Hanabusa Rants and Raves as Secret 14 Hour Debate Spills out into Public
  8. HECO trying to Milk Rail for More Money
  9. Caldwell’s Bank Job: How To Make $250K In Just Hours A Month!
  10. Nightmare for Honolulu:  Three-Term Mayors
  11. Abercrombie Slams ‘Nowhere’ Ing on Kihei HS
  12. Who Should Control Charter Schools?
  13. Hepatitis A, Zika: Vaccination Confusion And Hiring Delays
  14. FDA Takes Control of E-Cigs
  15. AirBNB ’Committee to Expand the Middle Class’ Gives to Incumbents
  16. State DHS gets federal grant to research paid-leave programs
  17. TV News: How investigative can you be in eight hours?
  18. Biogas: A lot of hot air?
  19. State pension fund finishes fiscal year with a 0.9% loss
  20. Hawaii has nation's highest mortgage closing costs
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Monday, August 8, 2016
August 8, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:34 PM :: 3927 Views
  1. Karma: Tulsi Gabbard’s Cult Eyes $16B US Yoga Market
  2. I Feel Pretty: Gabbard’s looks cost campaign thousands
  3. Caldwell Ethics: Muzzled, Tarnished, Credibility Lost
  4. Kenoi coattails taint Lau
  5. TOD Kalihi: Shipping Containers, Then No Parking
  6. Ex-HPD sergeant pleads guilty to shooting bartender
  7. EV Drivers Caught Using Handicapped Parking Spaces
  8. Civil Beat Deletes Commenter(?)—Then Engages in Petty Bickering
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Sunday, August 7, 2016
August 7, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:13 PM :: 5502 Views
  1. Report: OHA Forms Secret Partnership with Homeland Security, FEMA
  2. Aftermath of the Maui Hospital Benefits Veto Override
  3. Caldwell Ducks Debate as Fundraising Fades
  4. State Issuing Fines on City for Sewer Spill and Failure to Maintain Infrastructure
  5. Fishery Council Asks for Transparent Analysis of Proposed Marine Monument Expansion
  6. Office of Elections Still Seeking Primary Day Poll Workers
  7. Rep Ing Under Arrest—Hammered for Absenteeism, Lying, Mishandling of Funds
  8. Death of Big Money:  Will Caldwell go the Way of Abercrombie?
  9. Rail projects in other major cities are dealing with similar budget woes
  10. 20 Honolulu Charter proposals Will be on Ballot
  11. Star-Adv: LNG Should Still be Considered
  12. Layoffs, “voluntary” buyouts hit Honolulu’s daily newspaper
  13. Next Step: Oceanfront Homeless Shelter Eases Rules
  14. Umi Street families to be displaced for months during cleanup, asbestos testing
  15. Voting preps underway ahead of Primary; volunteers still needed
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Saturday, August 6, 2016
August 6, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:18 PM :: 5467 Views
  1. This Day in History: Truman Announces Hiroshima Bombing
  2. Occupational Licensing: Hawaii Most Burdensome Requirements in USA
  3. UH Law Prof: White Milk is Racist Food Oppression
  4. Hawaii Seed Crop Worth $151M—Up 7%
  5. Maui’s long waiting list for water
  6. 9th Circuit Dismisses Challenge to Hawaii Gay Marriage Law
  7. Republican Candidate for Ewa’s Senate Seat Demands Change
  8. Feds to Hit Corrupt Hawaii Democratic Party with ‘Biggest Fine Ever’
  9. Sewage Spill Bringing Stiff Fine: State Orders Caldwell to Change Ways
  10. Star-Adv: Police Commission Needs to Act on Kealoha
  11. Telescope: Next Hearing August 12
  12. Dozens pack the Hilo YMCA for TMT hearing
  13. Zika Fears Drive Tourists to Choose Hawaii
  14. Scary News: Farrington HS to be Model for DoE Maintenance Programs
  15. Papahanaumokuakea: Environmentalists excuse to cripple Navy operations
  16. Travel websites ordered to pay Hawaii taxes on car rentals
  17. Act 202: $3M Per Year State Giveaway to Biofuel Producers
  18. Securitas officers plead guilty to theft at Honolulu airport
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Friday, August 5, 2016
August 5, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:38 PM :: 3781 Views
  1. Hawaii: 41% of Children Dependent on Government
  2. 53% – Hawaii Headed in Wrong Direction
  3. UPW Delays Destroying Maui Memorial Hospital
  4. Optimistic that hospital settlement is within reach
  5. Telescope Time Running Out: Flurry of Motions, Then Wait til October
  6. Tax Hikes Will Never be Enough to Pay for State DoT
  7. Djou: HPD needs to get a handle on officer misconduct
  8. How Kirk Caldwell Blew Through $500K In Just 29 Days
  9. Prominent Democrat Donors Give to Djou
  10. Public-Private Partnerships And Their Potential For Rail
  11. Rail Sinkhole is Developing Sinkholes in Ewa
  12. OHA Chair Claims Papahanaumokuakea Has Nothing to do with Money, LOL!
  13. Eco-Lawyers Push Federal takeover of Hawaii Agriculture
  14. Earthjustice has a great little scam going
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Thursday, August 4, 2016
August 4, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:00 PM :: 4438 Views
  1. Fundrace: Djou Beats Caldwell 3-1
  2. Latest Poll on Hawaii Island Shows 2-1 Margin in Support for TMT Construction
  3. Hawaii: $100 Worth only $85.62
  4. Hawaii Family Forum Primary Voter Guide
  5. Honolulu Green Light-Red Light Ratio Designed to Jam Up Traffic
  6. Why it’s so expensive to cool Hawaii’s schools
  7. Hawaii School System Quality Ranks 42nd
  8. US News Ranks Best Hospitals in Hawaii
  9. Hawaii Scores B+ for Laws That Help Expecting and New Parents
  10. Maunalua Bay Recreation Advisory Committee Meets for First Time
  11. DLNR Initiates Public Comment Period to Post One Sign at Marina
  12. Chief Justice Seeks Public Comment on Judicial Nominees
  13. Senatorial Candidates John Carroll and Makani Christensen Challenge Senator Brian Schatz to Debate
  14. Moody’s Hawaiian Electric Downgrade due to “unpredictable and highly political regulatory environment”
  15. Civil Beat Poll: How to Trick Voters into Supporting GE Tax Hike 
  16. Money: Civil Beat Co-Founder NOT Behind Anti-GMO Candidate
  17. Unconsummated hospital deal costs Kaiser $40M
  18. New police commissioner wants board to investigate embattled police chief
  19. City, State Still Talking About Removing Bums from Prime Walkway Between Waikiki and Ala Moana Mall
  20. Oahu Opening New Oceanfront Homeless Shelter at Kakaako
  21. Sanders Hawaii Leader: Vote for Green Party Candidate Jill Stein
  22. Hawaii Co Council Tries to Outfox Anti-Styrofoam Obsessives
  23. UH Manoa professor arrested on child porn charges
  24. Honolulu Airport bribery probe nets 3 guilty pleas
  25. Job Cuts Loom At The Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  26. Kauai Retaliation News: Assistant chief files injunction
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Wednesday, August 3, 2016
August 3, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:22 PM :: 3893 Views
  1. Caldwell Hammered on Bank Job, Lack of Ethics
  2. Will Olympic Visitors Bring Zika Back With Them?
  3. TOU Pricing: A Cool New Way to Raise Your Electric Rates
  4. Honolulu Ethics Commission Appoints New Director
  5. Hawaiian Electric Begins Peddling Batteries
  6. Elderly 45.8% More Likely to Suffer Traffic Fatality
  7. Hawaii Offshore Windfarms An Expensive ‘Political Agenda’
  8. CD1 Special Election Set for General Election Day
  9. Truth and Transparency Lacking at OHA
  10. Poll: Djou Ahead 42-33
  11. Money: OHA Cronies Demand Control of Papahanaumokuakea
  12. Caldwell Continues to Protect Chief Kealoha from FBI
  13. Computerization Opened Door to Cash Theft in Parks and Rec Dept
  14. Djou: Build Up in Urban Honolulu
  15. TOD Tax to Pay for Rail?
  16. Rap Back: Even Former Gun Owners Will be Included in Database
  17. Education: ESSA Forums Hit Big Island
  18. New charter schools’ authorizers sought
  19. Kapiolani Park Homeless threaten Journalist
  20. Stabbing suspect linked to previous incidents of road rage, pepper spray
  21. Big Island Windfarm Will Kill Endangered Bats and Birds
  22. Transportation Bill Decision
  23. Lawsuit: Kauai Marijuana Dispensary Funded With Stolen Money
  24. Believe in Sea Level Rise? Sell Now and Flee!
  25. Gabbard Slams Religious Bigotry in Clinton Camp
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Tuesday, August 2, 2016
August 2, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:18 PM :: 4927 Views
  1. Feds Contradict Caldwell: Hawaii Veteran Homelessness Only Down 3%
  2. Hawaii Medicare: 50% of Payments to be on Incentive Plan
  3. Why are more Micronesians coming to Hawaii?
  4. OHA Violates Trust Responsibility to Native Hawaiians
  5. If We Can’t Have it Nobody Will: More Delays as UPW, HGEA Work to Destroy Maui Memorial
  6. Kaiser Losing $500K a Week Waiting for UPW, Governor 
  7. Ige Doubles Down on Transportation Tax Blackmail
  8. Caldwell Boots Ethics Out the Door
  9. Rail: Caldwell Throws Out Option after Option until only Tax Hikes are Left
  10. Businesses blame Ridiculous, Irresponsible Years–Long Failure for Iwilei flooding
  11. Banks Pay Caldwell More Than City Does
  12. GEMS: Your Tax Dollars Shift to Corporations
  13. DoE Far Short of cooling a thousand classrooms
  14. Soft on Crime: Freeway stabbing suspect has previous felony conviction, pending cases
  15. Great News: 526 More Convicts may be Liberated from Expensive, Corrupt UPW-Controlled Prisons
  16. Death to Tourism: Zika Hits Miami, Visitors Cancel in Droves
  17. Barrons: Hawaii Only Place Anybody is Talking About Solar Battery Storage
  18. Hokulea Arrives at Nova Scotia Home Port of Hawaii Superferry
  19. Ilagan Gets More Contributions from SD2 than Anti-GMO Ruderman
  20. The Problem with Hawaii is Obscene Anti-GMO Activists Who Move Here from the Mainland
  21. Same-Day Voter Registration Available at Walk-In Voting Locations
  22. Who Can Fire Police Chief?  Case Heading for Supreme Court
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Monday, August 1, 2016
August 1, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:46 PM :: 3829 Views
  1. Walk-in Voting Begins Monday Aug 1
  2. On Rail, Caldwell Stonewalls Council, Legislature, and Feds
  3. A Dream and a Vision
  4. 1853 Hawaiian Mission to Marquesan Cannibals
  5. Papahānaumokuākea Expansion Public Meetings
  6. ‘Pretend School’ – 625 Teacher Vacancies Statewide
  7. Tighten Rail’s Leash
  8. Most Homelessness Money Goes to People on Verge
  9. High Cost of UPW Prisons Behind State’s Soft on Crime Approach
  10. Caldwell’s Sewage Incompetence
  11. Dying To Cross The Street In Honolulu
  12. Petroleum supplier wants to deliver clean energy
  13. Solar Dirty Energy Complain Waianae neighbors
  14. Public Hearing: Big Island Windfarm Wants to Kill Endangered Species for 20 Years 
  15. Want a Copy of the Constitution? Now, That’s Controversial!
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Sunday, July 31, 2016
July 31, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:27 PM :: 4697 Views
  1. SB2077: Randy Perreira Face-Saving Bill
  2. Hawaii Budget: Taxes on the Horizon
  3. Maui County set to strangle Airbnb
  4. Time for the Subcontract Deduction to Be Upended? Hafa Adai!
  5. Caldwell Already Lobbying for Multi-Billion Dollar GE Tax Hike
  6. Papahanaumokuakea: Question the Motives 
  7. 105 Hot Classrooms at Campbell HS--DoE, Contractors Figure Out How Much They Can get away with Charging
  8. HART to Make a Mess of UH Football Opener
  9. Rail: Murder on the Disoriented Express
  10. Gay Prostitute Gets Dishonorable Discharge
  11. Anti-GMO Activists Aim for Aug 13 Dem Primary
  12. Half of Medicated Marijuana Users Will Soon Become Unemployed
  13. Hot housing market leaves elderly tenants out in cold
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Saturday, July 30, 2016
July 30, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:47 PM :: 3746 Views
  1. Screaming Haole Trespasses on Farm, Destroys Papaya Trees
  2. Hawaiian Electric: Significant Alt-Energy Projects Underway Without NextEra
  3. KIUC: 40% Renewable for 2016
  4. Almost All Hawaii Catholic School Graduates go on to College
  5. High Tech Corporate Welfare: State Gives Away Another $3.2M of Your Tax Dollars
  6. Visitor Arrivals, Expenditures Increased in First Half of 2016
  7. Caldwell’s Darby Flood: 15 Homes Uninhabitable, 110 Damaged in Kalihi
  8. Convert Rail to Busway?
  9. Djou: Poor Zoning Blocks Affordable Housing
  10. Enviros Attempt to Force Fishermen out of Papahanaumokuakea discussion
  11. Mainland Lesbians Score $80K
  12. Bisexual Charged with Murder, Kiddie Porn, Prostitution
  13. DNC Finger Flipper Works for Gary Hooser
  14. Judge dismisses failure to disperse charge for six telescope protesters
  15. Five Years Later Hawaii-based BoA VP Arrested
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Friday, July 29, 2016
July 29, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:48 PM :: 4494 Views
  1. Rep Kaniela Ing Caught Lying About Arrest--Claims 'Conspiracy'
  2. Heart Association: Second Hand Marijuana Smoke Worse than Tobacco
  3. Djou: Open to More Money for Rail as Long as it is not Tax Money
  4. Caldwell Slips out of the Office to Meet with bank Board of Directors
  5. Fire Grabauskas on August 8? Caldwell Not Willing to Say
  6. HART Board Member Walkout Stops Action on Property Purchases
  7. Lawmaker Rebuffed At DOE Meeting
  8. Three Charter Schools Nearing Approval
  9. Anti-GMO Activists Demand Removal of HD7 Democrat District Chair
  10. Other Gays Call Tranny a Prostitute After Recreation Department Employee Busted
  11. Civil Beat Upset Because Homeless Cant Pee on Things Freely
  12. Homeless Shack Runs Aground, Washed out of Keehi Tweekers’ Camp—Lawyers Called
  13. Police Union Shouldn’t Block Body Cameras In Kauai
  14. Cow Manure: Anti-Dairy Phonies Find New Excuses to Whine
  15. Oahu, Big Island nearing Solar Cap
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Thursday, July 28, 2016
July 28, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:55 PM :: 4960 Views
  1. Rep Kaniela Ing Arrested by Maui PD
  2. Secrets: 24 Candidates Fail to File Financial Disclosure
  3. OHA Elections are Decided by Oahu Voters
  4. Hawaii Capital Gains Taxes 29.2%
  5. U.S. establishes new Jones Act enforcement arm
  6. Cover Up: Jones Act Whistleblower Case Costs Matson $1M
  7. Hot Schools: DoE Prepares for Illness and Exhaustion
  8. Bernie Sanders Resigns from Democratic Party
  9. DLNR: Keehi Lagoon is Caldwell’s Mess
  10. Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party Now Showing in Hawaii
  11. A Dozen Dead and Caldwell Does Nothing
  12. Gay Sex Scandal Rocks Caldwells’ Recreation Department
  13. Caldwell’s Darby Emergency Plan—Phone Hilo
  14. Here’s The Deal Caldwell Made to Oust Ethics Director
  15. HART to discuss council resolutions to suspend property acquisition, change of funding
  16. Most Doctors Don’t Want to Sell Weed
  17. Housing For Homeless Three Units in Waianae cost $752K
  18. Hawaiian Electric Industries Profits $60M from Failed Merger
  19. Hawaiians Plan to Violate Ige’s Kona Fishing Ban
  20. EPA Drawn into Dairy Farm Fight
  21. Why It Took A Republican Governor To Get Blue Hawaii On The Path To Clean Energy
  22. Soft on Crime:  Man on probation arrested in shooting
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Wednesday, July 27, 2016
July 27, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:47 PM :: 4372 Views
  1. Papahanaumokuakea: OHA’s Power Grab will harm State's ability to continue its trust responsibility to Native Hawaiians
  2. Hawaii Pension System $8 Billion in Trouble
  3. Sen. Sam Slom Endorses Kelii Akina for OHA Trustee
  4. Hawaii Police Departments decreasing in size per capita
  5. County by County: Where are the People Doped Up?
  6. Video: Tulsi Gabbard Nominates Bernie Sanders for President
  7. Lawsuit: Compel Department of Health to post long term care home inspection reports
  8. Hawaii Supreme Court: Hanalei Boatyard Connected to Area 51?
  9. Honolulu Tops Cities Where Coffee Costs the Most
  10. Hawaii County Mayoral Candidate Wally Lau Fears Perjury Charge in Billy Kenoi Case
  11. Djou is Only Candidate Pledged to Not Raise Taxes
  12. If voters don’t elect new leadership at City Hall, we’re all in big trouble
  13. Darby damage was avoidable?
  14. Fasi Building Air Conditioning Broken—Will Stay Down for Two Weeks Due to Caldwell’s Incompetence
  15. ‘That Ocean Belongs To Us,’ Former Governor Tells Feds
  16. HECO to Control Solar Development on Oahu?
  17. State, Feds Hand out $23.3M to so-called High Tech Companies
  18. State high court rejects ethics charges against Hilo charter school administrator
  19. Kauai Anti-GMO Activist Booted from Dem Convention After Giving Hillary Clinton the Finger on Live National TV
  20. BLNR OKs transfer of land lease in Milolii from Kahele to relative
  21. HPD Arrests City Employee in Gay Sex Scandal
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Tuesday, July 26, 2016
July 26, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:42 PM :: 4655 Views
  1. Senator Slom Publishes Financial Report on the State General Fund
  2. Honolulu: Property Tax Bills and Absentee Ballots Arrive in Mail
  3. Another Sewage overflow near Ala Moana
  4. Tulsi Gabbard: ‘The Congresswoman Trump Fans Can Love’
  5. DoE Community Meetings--Seeks Input on ESSA
  6. Precisely as Predicted: DoE Now Says $63K per Classroom is a Good Price for AC
  7. Crooked medevac firm files bankruptcy
  8. Liquefied natural gas bridge to Hawaii collapses
  9. Kauai: Anti-Agriculture Lawsuit Filed by Phony Environmentalists
  10. After Tuition Hike, UH to find out if it will get hit with a historic penalty
  11. Decade After Being Blocked by OHA, Will Kauai Finally Get Drug Treatment Center?
  12. Advocates For Elderly Sue State Over Inspections Of Care Homes
  13. 42 Handi-Van Vehicles out of Commission
  14. HPD officer arrested for DUI
  15. Makani Christensen has long been an ally of Hawaii’s fishing community
  16. Rod Tam Crosses The Aisle To Try To Come Back
  17. You Tube Video Reveals Homosexual Sex Harassment in Hawaii Community Service Program
  18. Here’s why the Hawaii LGBT Caucus doesn’t support Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s reelection campaign
  19. Corps of Engineers Plan for Waikiki?  ‘Build a Wall’
  20. UH astronomers test waters for new telescope atop Haleakala
  21. Readers Not Fooled by Latest HI-Tech Tax Credit Sales Pitch
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Monday, July 25, 2016
July 25, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:22 PM :: 5531 Views
  1. Debt Financing: The mayor's word on rail has been broken – again
  2. Bishop Museum: ‘Fears that some pieces might have disappeared’
  3. Telescope Doom: OHA intends to take state and UH to court
  4. Gabbard to Challenge Hirono in 2018?
  5. Should a deal be struck, it’s unclear how it will impact SB 2077
  6. Top donors to state and local candidates so far this year
  7. Bankrupt Puerto Rico Cited as Model for Hawaiian Electric
  8. WSJ Looks at UH 15-to-Finish Program
  9. Special Session’s Price Tag At Least $10,000
  10. Debunked Instantly: Civil Beat Pushing for Rent Control
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Sunday, July 24, 2016
July 24, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:35 PM :: 3450 Views
  1. Recreation Department Audit: No Way to Know How Much They Stole
  2. The “Turn Back the Clock Award”
  3. UH Law Grads Average $55K Debt
  4. City seeks non-profit organization for Kapolei City Lights parade and vendors
  5. Video: Winds of Change in Education
  6. How Much Money Does Hawaii Spend Per Student?
  7. Djou has a point, and Caldwell knows it
  8. Veto Override: The whole Democratic machine wobbles
  9. Maui Hospital: With Override, the transition should proceed
  10. Hawaii Sunshine Law—Constant Tug of War
  11. Hawaiian Electric: We’re Looking at all Fuel Choices
  12. Young Bros Seeks $3.1M Rate Hike
  13. The Evolution of Obamacare
  14. Kauai Anti-GMO Candidate Funded by Mainlanders, Celebrutards
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Saturday, July 23, 2016
July 23, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:53 PM :: 4617 Views
  1. Hawaii Reapportionment Case: Only Mark Takai Put his Name on the Line
  2. Tax Hike Coming: Rail ‘Recovery’ Plan to Remain Hidden Until After Election
  3. Even With Economy Booming, HART Claims GE Taxes Running Short of Projections
  4. The Hawaii Legislature's Exercise in Short-Term Thinking
  5. Jones Act Shipbuilders Fail Again: Navy’s latest aircraft carrier cannot be deployed
  6. Darby: Hawaii and Maui County Shelters Open
  7. Feds Nail $2M Tribal Scam–Thousands Got Free Hawaiian Homelands Cellphones
  8. Tulsi Gabbard Votes Against Zika Funding
  9. HART: Will Seek GE Tax Hike After Election, Feds Order Caldwell not to Build $280M Pearl Highlands Station
  10. Will Darby Duplicate Iselle Impacts? -- Activists Eager for Damage to Geothermal Plant
  11. Ward Heeler Predicts Kim-Lau Runoff
  12. Candidate profiles
  13. GOP Convention Coverage

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Friday, July 22, 2016
July 22, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:34 PM :: 4560 Views
  1. VIDEO: HART Vice-Chair Endorses Charles Djou
  2. Hawaii 3rd Highest Excise Taxes in USA
  3. Golden Parachutes are Expensive -- Massive tuition increases approved by UH regents
  4. Honolulu ADU Incentives Now Law
  5. Ige Announces $12M Homelessness Plan
  6. DoH Socks Hawaii’s Last Cane Plantation with $600K Fine
  7. TS Darby heading to Hawaii, tropical storm watch issued for Big Island, Maui Co
  8. Big Mess: Legislators’ Trash Heap imperils pension fund
  9. Suddenly Caldwell Claims City Finances are All Better Now, Just Ignore that Rail Thingy 
  10. Hawaii GOP’s Only Senate Seat May Be In Jeopardy
  11. NextEra to pull out of Hawaii wind farm, undersea cable and power supply improvement projects
  12. Your Tuition Hike At Work: Vice Chancellor Quits, Scores Big Fat Salary to Teach English
  13. Kealohas file motion to dismiss federal prosecutor from grand jury investigation
  14. Chinatown Gambling: Price of HPD Protection $7,000?
  15. Hawaii health agency faces challenge in Hepatitis A outbreak
  16. Valley Fever Could be Excuse to Release Hundreds of Criminals
  17. Cab companies see profits plummet as ride-sharing expands
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Thursday, July 21, 2016
July 21, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:08 PM :: 3330 Views
  1. It Begins: Caldwell Launches First Negative Campaign Ad
  2. Maui Hospital Veto Override will jeopardize the Employee Retirement System
  3. Ige: The concerns expressed in my veto message have not changed
  4. IUOE ‘Hawaiian Stabilization Fund’ All But Clear of Lawsuit
  5. Papahanaumokuakea: Hawaii Fishermen get no response from Obama, Schatz
  6. DHHL Begins Work on 2017 Legislative Package
  7. Souki: Rather Difficult to Implement HGEA-UPW Payoff Bill Without Funding
  8. HART considers federal loan to help patch rail shortfall
  9. After All the Hype Oahu Electricity Still 71% Oil
  10. Star-Adv: UH Tuition Hike is ‘Reasonable’
  11. Fitch warns utilities: Retail net metering could damage your creditworthiness
  12. Hawaii’s longline fisheries hit bigeye tuna limit early
  13. School Cleared In Ethics Case
  14. Prison Guard Facing Six Counts of Lesbian Rape
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Wednesday, July 20, 2016
July 20, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:38 PM :: 3227 Views
  1. Rep Mark Takai Dies--Special Election in November
  2. Hawaiian Electric withdraws request for approval of LNG contract and generation upgrades
  3. Supreme Court: Mixed Decision on Office Of Election Ballot Practices
  4. Voters win ballot shortage case against the Hawaii Office of Elections
  5. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 19, 2016
  6. Zika Spreads—1300 Cases in Continental US and Hawaii
  7. Hospital Privatization: Legislators Override Veto, Give HGEA, UPW Millions
  8. After All Caldwell’s Tax Hike Hype, HART Middle Street Contract Somehow Magically Comes in on Budget
  9. Facebook Being used to Impose Political Correctness: HPD Officer Reassigned After Writing Incorrect Things
  10. School misconduct investigations Sideline Employees for Year
  11. Teachers say Hawaii public schools plagued with faulty furniture, equipment
  12. County Recreation Department has One Employee for Every 2.8 Acres of parks
  13. ‘Village’ offers hope to homeless
  14. State Pays for Homeless Programs Slashed by Obama Administration
  15. Hawaii groups push co-op utility after failed merger
  16. Mainland Anti-GMO Loons, Civil Beat Team up to Attack Kauai County Water Board Nominee
  17. Poll workers sought for primary election
Kauai PD Lt Stole $75K intended for Drug Buys
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Tuesday, July 19, 2016
July 19, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:36 PM :: 4698 Views
  1. Keli’i Akina and Mililani Trask Team-up to Reform OHA
  2. EPA Imposes $425M in Costs on Tesoro, Parr Refineries
  3. VIDEO: Linda Lingle Addresses GOP Convention
  4. 2016 Candidate Info Available on League of Women Voters Website
  5. Hawaiian Electric Will Move Forward as an Independent Company
  6. Papahānaumokuākea Expansion Public Meetings
  7. Maui Hospital Bill: Legislators ‘Look Foolish Negotiating for Unions’
  8. The transfer of the hospitals would be the largest privatization project in state history
  9. Caldwell: I Want Another $1.5B of Your Money
  10. Poll: Native Hawaiians Support Telescope
  11. GEMS a drain on ratepayers as well as taxpayers
  12. Hawaii Poll: Nearly Half of Voters Want HPD Chief to Resign
  13. HPA Gives Lifelong Criminal Early Release due to Overcrowding
  14. Hawaii's educators fed up with slow progress to cool classrooms
  15. First in History: Hawaii DoE Adopts a Curriculum
  16. NextEra Rejection Places LNG Project in Limbo
  17. Ige Claims Others Wait to Buy Hawaiian Electric
  18. Kauai Enviros Really Thrilled About Letting Enemy Subs Sneak up on Navy Ships
  19. UH recommends raising its tuition 2%
  20. Hawaii County Council Considers $39M Tax Hike on Agricultural Properties
  21. HMSA Insurance Rate Hikes Average 11.1%
  22. GOP Convention Coverage
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Monday, July 18, 2016
July 18, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:49 PM :: 3112 Views
  1. NextEra Quits Hawaii Short $95M
  2. Mina Morita Lawsuit Challenges Gorak Appointment
  3. CPA Mobility—Accountants Denounce Dale Kobayashi
  4. Team Djou Challenge—Rail, Trust, Homelessness, Ethics
  5. Take rail all way to Ala Moana, voters urge
  6. Poll: People Happier About Homeless after they beat up Brower
  7. Porno Choices: Sex ed found to alter minds
  8. High cost of rents partially result of GE Tax
  9. Maui is being ruined by environmentalists
  10. Charter School Chief Job Offer Rejected
  11. SB2196 Creates Independent Police Review Board
  12. Civil Beat: We Need $400K for Hemp
  13. UH president’s pay in mid-range among college leaders, study finds
  14. Islanders hit Ohio for GOP convention
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Monday, July 18, 2016
Letters to the Editor July, 2016
By Letters to the Editor @ 12:50 AM :: 5567 Views
  • CPA Mobility—Accountants Denounce Dale Kobayashi
  • HB1850: Governor’s Vacation Rental Veto Perplexing
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Sunday, July 17, 2016
July 17, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 9:42 PM :: 5431 Views
  1. Poll: Djou Ahead 39-30
  2. See it Here: Your August 13 Primary Ballot
  3. DLNR Seeks Nominations for Game Management Commission
  4. Hawaii Says ‘Aloha’ to Direct Primary Care
  5. Feds: Honolulu Highest Consumer Prices in USA
  6. No Tax Hike? Then Wait 20 Years for Your Roads!
  7. OHA Chair Lindsey Still Missing in Action
  8. Sue and Settle Scheme Aims for Federal Control of Waters off Main Hawaiian Isles
  9. Honolulu Charter Commission Prepares 27 Amendments for Ballot 
  10. HGEA Loses—Ige Veto will Stand:  Perreira -- ‘Incompetent Fools’
  11. Clinton Winning Hawaii 49-25
  12. Caldwell’s mayoral chances dissipating, blowing in wind
  13. 2012 Election Pattern Repeats itself?
  14. Easing Council term limits will deny voters fresh faces, ideas
  15. LAWSUIT filed: Hermina Morita vs. Thomas Gorak
  16. NextEra Has Until July 29 to Appeal
  17. Ruderman: I can be Blackmailed into Raising Your Taxes
  18. Walter Ritte Tries  to Shake Down Queens Hospital
  19. Gabbard Sitting on $1.88M
  20. COFA: Guam Governor Deports Inmate back to Chuuk
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Saturday, July 16, 2016
July 16, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:22 PM :: 3186 Views
  1. State lawmakers to return Monday to discuss wasteful $25 million union deal
  2. Rep Pat Saiki Endorses Keli’i Akina for OHA
  3. Rally Protests Federal Takeover of NW Hawaiian Isles
  4. Mina Morita Lawsuit Challenges Gorak Appointment
  5. Auditor to review Maui county employee travel expenses
  6. Slim turnout for public hearings on Young Brothers’ proposed rate hike
  7. Hawaii Governor Signs Bio-Fuel Production Tax Credit
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Friday, July 15, 2016
July 15, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 9:32 PM :: 3503 Views
  1. PUC Rejects NextEra Deal 2-0: Gorak Abstains
  2. DLNR Officer: ‘Sucker Punched’ by Firing of Friel
  3. HB1850: Governor’s Vacation Rental Veto Perplexing
  4. Djou Raises $259K in First Month
  5. Three Candidates For Mayor, Three Positions On Honolulu Rail
  6. Full Text: AG Opinion Backs Ige’s PUC Appointment
  7. Full Text: Attorney General Sues Bounty Hunter Duane Dog Chapman
  8. HGEA Sues to Block Airport Security Privatization
  9. GEMS: State Asks Cronies for $150M in Schemes
  10. HART board tight-lipped about Next Scapegoat
  11. HART Board Member: Rail is Runaway Train
  12. Caldwell Spends $814K to Buy Election But Nobody Likes Him Anyway
  13. Modular houses near H-1 will go to the homeless
  14. State Of Poverty: Recovery Has Left Too Many In Hawaii Behind
  15. Star-Adv: ESSA should encourage local control
  16. Dark Days for Anti-GMO Activists
  17. Prison Guard Arrested for Rape
  18. Borreca: All Hawaii Republicans are Just Like Trump
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Thursday, July 14, 2016
July 14, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:54 PM :: 3867 Views
  1. VIDEO: Djou Launches First TV Commercial
  2. 2016 Democrat Platform: Hawaiians Among “Indigenous Tribal Nations”
  3. DoI Final Ruling: Slippery Slope to Fed Wreck?
  4. A Practical Approach to Occupational Licensing Reform
  5. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 14, 2016
  6. Register to Vote Online Here -- Before Today's Deadline
  7. Djou: Middle Street is Disastrous Idea
  8. Just in Time for Primary Election: Grabauskas to be Next Sacrificial Lamb
  9. Honolulu Charter Commission advances proposal to extend officeholders’ terms
  10. DoT: We Worked hard to Shake Down Legislators
  11. HGEA files lawsuit to stop privatization of airport security
  12. Criminal inquiry focuses on IBEW ex-leader
  13. General fund tax deposits up 8 percent
  14. Land Board Writes Greenmail into new water lease approach
  15. Fisheries: Local Food Production Up, Enviros Seek New Ways to Shut it Down
  16. Peter Apo: Marine Monument Proposal Isn’t ‘Hawaiian’
  17. Why Honolulu Can’t Be Sure How Many Homeless Veterans It Has
  18. Questions raised about mayor’s PV land lease
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Wednesday, July 13, 2016
July 13, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:33 PM :: 3995 Views
  1. CNBC: Top States for Business—Hawaii Ranks 49th
  2. Ex-Rep Richard Fale Pleads No Contest, Fined $1000
  3. Ige Vetoes Workplace Social-Media Privacy Bill
  4. Star-Adv: Hospital payout veto should stand
  5. Ige: HGEA Hospital Payoff Jeopardizes Tax-Exempt Status of ERS
  6. Legislators Give Ige Six Days to Negotiate Union Hospital Shakedown
  7. Djou: Police chief should step aside
  8. A Peek Inside The Corruption Probe Of Honolulu’s Police Chief
  9. NextEra Rejection Decision could come this week
  10. Ige Vetoes Far Fewer Bills Than His Predecessors
  11. Suit challenges Vacation rentals enforcement
  12. SB2559: New law could slash number of homeless beds in Hawaii
  13. 269 candidates vying for public office—5 Get Public Funding
  14. Next? Kauai Nearing Solar Caps
  15. Kenoi ethics saga drags on: Crony Board further delays complaints against mayor
  16. Dru Kanuha Ethics Violation Slow Walked by Laughable Hawaii County ‘Ethics’ Commission
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Tuesday, July 12, 2016
July 12, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:30 PM :: 3357 Views
  1. Ige Vetoes Eight Bills
  2. Full Text: Contractor Offered Cool Schools at $5990 per Classroom—Was Ignored by DoE
  3. Djou Challenges Caldwell to Respond to On-Going EMS Staffing Problems
  4. Maui HGEA Payoff: Still $25M too Much
  5. Papahānaumokuākea: Schatz Absurdly Wrong
  6. AG Seeks Deputy Solicitors General
  7. Neighbor island ESSA town halls start Monday
  8. Power Has Been out at Oahu Jail Since Friday
  9. Report: $10K ‘Affordability Gap’ for Hawaii College Students
  10. As Predicted: Ige Vetoes HGEA Hospital Payoff, Calls for Legislature to Amend in Special Session
  11. Special Session Called to Amend Maui HGEA Payoff Bill
  12. NextEra Hardball--Iwase Panics, Gorak Law License Threatened
  13. 2016 Democrat Platform: Hawaiians Among “Indigenous Tribal Nations”
  14. Star-Adv: Push for Fake Indian Tribe ‘Almost Certainly will Stall Out’
  15. Solar Contractors Scamming Consumers Again as ‘Grid Supply’ Maxes Out
  16. EMS plans changes, may reevaluate 12-hour shifts as UPW-induced staffing shortages continue
  17. Even PR Firms Don’t Want to Spin Rail
  18. Young Bros. seeks 4.36% rate hike
  19. GMOs Safe, Dennis Gonsalves A Big Island Hero
  20. Dark Money Behind Anti-GMO Candidates
  21. Ige Signs HB2707 – Giving Tax Credits to Marijuana Dispensaries
  22. State Marijuana Regulations so Complicated that Nobody Can Open on Time
  23. Honolulu Charter: Enviros Keep Tight Grip on Land Use Laws 
  24. Iwilei Sweep Teaches Skills to Homeless
  25. Ing Makes Fool of Himself, Forced to Apologize
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Monday, July 11, 2016
July 11, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:02 PM :: 4199 Views
  1. HGEA Maui Endorsements Leaked
  2. HGEA: Ige Preparing Reduced Hospital Severance Package
  3. Healthcare: Legislators Muddle Definition of ‘Direct Primary Care’
  4. VICTORY!  Nai Aupuni Won’t be Ready with Fake Indian Tribe Before Obama Leaves Office
  5. Problems In Interior’s Rule On Hawaiian Home Land
  6. Feds to OK New Kahuku Wind Farm
  7. Sister Islands: Registered Dope Fiends Exceed 2% of Population
  8. Disbarred Ex-Con Hired at UH Richardson Law School
  9. Four Killed by Police in Hawaii So Far This Year
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Sunday, July 10, 2016
July 10, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:46 PM :: 3369 Views
  1. Hawaii Legislature: 52% ‘Big Fail’
  2. Full Text: Lawsuit Accuses Movie Mogul of Pressuring Maui Mayor to Fire Film Commissioner
  3. Shady Deals? Honolulu Grants in Aid
  4. Organic Food Tax Credit wins ‘Rusty Scalpel’ Award
  5. $42 Million Bid May Stall Hospital Transition and Jeopardize Union Jobs
  6. Absentee ballots go out, triggering Election Month
  7. Solar loan program wastes millions
  8. Natatorium: 20 Years of White Collar Make Work
  9. Even With Extra Funding UPW Ambulance Drivers Play Overtime Games Leave Squads Unstaffed
  10. HSTA Vision for Future of Hawaii's public schools focus of day-long summit
  11. Childcare study finds low pay, few parent resources
  12. HCDA: Make Affordable Housing Cheaper
  13. Enviros Pump up Hype Campaign Against Remaining Plastic Bags
  14. The final chapter in the story of sugar on Maui
  15. Legal Marijuana may add $4.5M to Kauai Crony Dispensary
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Saturday, July 9, 2016
July 9, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:21 PM :: 3403 Views
  1. Cool Schools: How Government Contracting Makes a $2,500 job cost $138,000
  2. Hawaii Rap Back Law Coordinated with Obama Administration?
  3. Rifle Association: Six Lawyers Working on Hawaii ‘Rap Back’ Lawsuit
  4. Register to Vote Online Here -- Before July 14 Deadline
  5. UH study finds Housing First program improves quality of life for homeless
  6. Pro-NextEra PUC majority reached last month, but Iwase, Gorak stalled its release Just Long Enough to get rid of Champley
  7. Lawmakers May Call Special Session To Override Ige Veto of $40M HGEA/UPW Payoff
  8. HCDA: We Were Supposed to Call Insane Asylum to Report Sewage Spill
  9. ‘Untrustworthy’ People Attend Caldwell Fundraisers: City Council Shakeup
  10. Kauai Hearings for Floating Windfarm Boondoggle?
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Friday, July 8, 2016
July 8, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:53 PM :: 4836 Views
  1. Leaving Hawaii: Decision on New Site for Thirty Meter Telescope set for ‘Early 2017’
  2. Hospital Reform? Randy Perreira Says "F*** You"
  3. One Month Since Launch of Djou Campaign
  4. Djou Agrees to Eight Debates
  5. Will Obama Give Honolulu a Pardon from Rail Jail?
  6. Ige Signs Four More Bills Into Law
  7. Significant Increases in Labor Law Penalties
  8. Hemp: Hawaii’s ‘High’ Tech Future?
  9. Judge Finds No Evidence to Support So-Called ‘Whistleblower’ Lawsuit Against Maui County
  10. Does the Film Industry Need Taxpayer Subsidies?
  11. Doubled: More contractors qualify for Slice of ‘Cool Schools’ bonanza
  12. DoT Road Priority Blackmail not Blacktop
  13. Maui Hospital:  HGEA, UPW Members Play Games with Sick Leave
  14. State Education task group takes cues from HSTA Secretary-Treasurer
  15. Expert: Maybe Homeless Won’t be Political Football After Election
  16. Waimanalo Gulch Developer’s Trashy ‘Liveability’ Award used to Boost Caldwell
  17. Rail Contractor Kiewit defies environmental laws, suit says
  18. Hawaii: Coal and Oil Become Clean Energy When Political Insiders Profit 
  19. Offshore Wind: Another Expensive, Untested Pie in the Sky Scheme for Hawaii
  20. Zoning: Anderson out, Ozawa In
  21. Kauai: Developers, Tourism Interest Pay for Anti-Diary Farm Ads
  22. Smug Insiders Against Local Food: NW Hawaiian Isles Expansion
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Thursday, July 7, 2016
July 7, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:21 PM :: 4896 Views
  1. Keli’i Akina: Fed-up with Government? -- “Let`s Change It!”
  2. NextEra: Kouchi Asks for Formal Opinion from Attorney General (Full Text)
  3. Hawaii Timeshares: Highest fees in USA
  4. Ige Signs Three More Bills into Law
  5. Hawaii #1 for Distracted Driving
  6. Hawaii became a U.S. Territory July 7, 1898
  7. Senate to Hold Revocable Permit Hearing
  8. Report on UH lab explosion reveals deep, systemic safety failures
  9. HB2772: UH Rape Policy Now Written into State Law
  10. Maui hospital workers’ payout bill a ‘sweetheart’ deal
  11. After 20 Years of Torture, Lahaina Hospital Breaks Ground for Construction
  12. Corrupt ex-Liquor Commissioner and ex-HPD Charged with Child Molestation (No. 1)
  13. Retired police officer charged with assault in bar shooting (No. 2)
  14. Ex-HPD officer sentenced to 3 months in jail for Stolen Car Racket (No. 3)
  15. HPD Officer Charged with Assault in Road Rage Incident (No. 4)
  16. Emotions and Irrational Behaviors: Honolulu City Council Aborts Leadership Shake-Up
  17. Housing First reports a 97% success rate
  18. Sweet Vacation Memories: Homeless Leave Needles Behind After Using Waikiki Lifeguard Towers to Shoot Up
  19. Dopers decide: Marijuana or Oxy?  Decisions, Decisions
  20. Council Entices Homeowners To Build Accessory Dwelling Units
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Wednesday, July 6, 2016
July 6, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:34 PM :: 5898 Views
  1. Caldwell Planning Smear Tactics?
  2. OHA Trustees Banned from Talking to OHA Employees
  3. Ige Signs 13 Bills into Law
  4. Honolulu Republicans Endorse Djou for Mayor
  5. Russian Spy Ship Now Off Hawaii
  6. Former AG: Hawaii’s Short-Term Rental Regulation Preempted By Federal Law
  7. State and Local Sales Taxes: How Does Hawaii Compare?
  8. NYT: How Anti-Growth Sentiment Thwarts Equality
  9. Caldwell, Wife Paid Over $1M a Year by Local Banks
  10. HART Board Member: We Need to Reassess Rail Lies
  11. Pro-NextEra Senators Meet to Plan Lawsuit Against Ige
  12. Hawaii Ethics Board Member Caught Conspiring to Let Kenoi Off Hook
  13. Ominous Court Rulings For The State Ethics Commission
  14. HGEA: Our Hospital Job Trust is More Important Than Your Lives
  15. How Cool Schools Turned into a Gold Plated Christmas Tree
  16. Police Union Wants Final Say On Body Cams
  17. Honolulu ranked among the 10 most expensive U.S. cities for apartment rentals
  18. Workforce drug tests show highest marijuana use in Hawaii since 2013—1% of Hawaii Residents Now Have Marijuana Card
  19. Hawaii becomes last state to ban sex trafficking
  20. Retired Honolulu officer pleads no contest to negligent homicide charge
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Tuesday, July 5, 2016
July 5, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:19 PM :: 4127 Views
  1. SWAT Raids Honolulu Homeless Tent City after Night of ‘Wilding’
  2. Maui County Homeless Numbers Drop
  3. $40M Payoff? Maui Hospital negotiations May Extend into Special Session
  4. Rubber-stamping revocable permits must come to end
  5. Hawaii Extends Negotiation On New Private-Prison Contract
  6. Hawaii And Honolulu Agencies Really Try To Hide Public Records
  7. Hawaii: The Lowest-Paying State
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Monday, July 4, 2016
July 4, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:34 PM :: 4611 Views
  1. The 1840 Hawaiian Constitution and the Fourth of July
  2. The Verified Complaint In Equity: The Declaration Of Independence
  3. Mahalo for your service
  4. Caldwell Lets Another wave of homeless hit Waikiki beaches
  5. Billionaire Warren Buffett’s energy company may be eyeing Hawaiian Electric
  6. Honolulu rail project's CFO rescinds resignation
  7. ‘Rap Back’ law goes against federal law
  8. Hawaii Recidivism Rate 48.9%
  9. Cannabis group sees pot of gold ahead
  10. HGEA Psych Care $750 a day
  11. Ing to Be Tossed out of Office?
  12. Ex-special ed students are being sought for a lawsuit
  13. Plastic-bag ban has some ’splainin’ to do
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Sunday, July 3, 2016
July 3, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:21 PM :: 6552 Views
  1. The Verified Complaint In Equity: The Declaration Of Independence
  2. General Excise Tax Hits Charities Twice
  3. IRS Probe of Kamehameha Schools work for Nai Aupuni Tribe?
  4. Sitting on Unspent $540M, State DoT to Shut Down New Road Building in Gambit for Massive Tax Hike
  5. Roz Baker Supports NextEra Merger
  6. Councilmembers Squabble over who will play Second Fiddle to Ernie Martin
  7. Ige’s likely vacation rental tax veto bucks trend
  8. Enviros Against Local Food (again)
  9. Some Hawaii Democrats Distrust Gabbard Because she is too Honest About Islam
  10. Marijuana dispensaries delayed
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