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Sunday, January 24, 2016
January 24, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:21 PM :: 3972 Views
  1. Hirono: Obama’s CIA Spied on Me
  2. Honolulu Rail Project Cost Approaching One Half of Boston Big Dig
  3. HB326: Bad Mortgages to be Foundation for Calvin Say State Bank
  4. Tax Is for the Birds
  5. Ige to Propose Massive Utility Tax Hike--use hot schools as excuse
  6. Ige Calls for More Spending Questioned After Departments Fail to Spend Federal Money
  7. Governor No Can Do
  8. HGEA Job Trust: 45 Years old Computers Churn out State Payroll
  9. SB2297: Allow Counties to take Over Utilities via Eminent Domain
  10. Maui News: County Has No Idea How to Run Utility
  11. Puunene Mill will no longer provide power to the island's electric grid—may cause blackouts
  12. State Seizes HC&S Water 
  13. Anti-GMO activists endangering future of agriculture in Hawaii
  14. Barking dog law a sad sign of changing times on Kauai
  15. Combine ax-grinding masquerading as science with poor reporting, and what do you get?
  16. After Massive Rate Hikes, HMSA Now Refusing to Pay for X-Rays, CAT Scans
  17. Wednesday is Deadline for Legislators to Introduce Bills
  18. Bills: Campaign Spending, Ballots, Open Gov’t on the Agenda
  19. Hawaii Future Caucus Outlines Agenda
  20. Ballot-Photo law to be reconsidered this legislative session
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Saturday, January 23, 2016
January 23, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:57 PM :: 4023 Views
  1. ‘Sacred’ Greenmail: OHA urges Legislators to charge observatories higher rent
  2. Low Income Tax Relief: Hawaii Earned Income Tax Credit
  3. Jones Act Shipbuilding: Only the Price is American
  4. Everything you need to know about Zika, virus that’s spreading like wildfire
  5. Hawaii Obamacare Exchange -- 20,000 bogus enrollees
  6. Is Hawaii in danger of losing the Thirty Meter Telescope? (duh)
  7. HB1525: Sit-Lie Ban on State Land
  8. No Tent City for Big Island: Hawaii County Council Votes for Homeless Micro-Units
  9. HB1740: Medicare Doesn’t Pay Enough—So Lets Force Doctors to Work
  10. HB1532: UH Regents’ Finances None Of Your Business
  11. Only a few early bird legislators have filed personal financial disclosures
  12. HTA Secretly Refinances convention center debt
  13. DLNR Officer Allegedly Demanded Sex, Drugs or Money after Catching Girl Smoking Weed
  14. Anti-GMO Activists Very Very Happy After Kauai Pesticide Blunder
  15. 20 Acres and a Mill: Sugar making Comeback on Kauai (sort of)
  16. Luxury Kakaako condo project cancelled after slow sales (Rising Dollar Claims First Victim?)
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Friday, January 22, 2016
January 22, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:01 PM :: 3827 Views
  1. SB217: Bill to Abolish First Amendment Deferred
  2. LNG could save Oahu gas utility customers more than 25 percent
  3. Minimum Wage in Hawaii Compared to Median Income
  4. Breakthrough: ACLU Allows City to Dispose of Homeless People’s Urine, Feces
  5. List of Neighborhood Board Vacancies
  6. Fatal work injuries -- 31 in Hawaii
  7. Alaska Groceries Short due to Repeated Ship Breakdowns by Jones Act Carrier Behind El Faro Disaster
  8. Gov. Scott Walker to Speak at Hawaii Lincoln Day Dinner
  9. Video: Duke Aiona on Hawaii Legislative Session
  10. Only 12,764 people in Hawaii sign up for Obamacare with days to go
  11. Second Year: Ige Admin has no Answers and no Strategies 
  12. Delay Costing Telescope Millions of Dollars (so OHA Can Collect Rent)
  13. Alleged DoE Child Molester Rewarded with Paid Vacation: 12 DOE employees on leave with pay for a year or more
  14. Can Roz Baker Use Kupuna to Sucker You into Accepting 12.5% GE Tax Hike?
  15. Tax Policy? Nobody Here Knows What They are Doing
  16. Consultant recommends Cancer Center Dump Incompetent UH Admin, go private
  17. Even Legislators not fooled by Incompetent UH Administration
  18. As UH Tuition Soars, Poor Need More Scholarships
  19. Keeping Old, Inefficient OCCC is Priority for UPW Job Trust
  20. 318 Apply but Caldwell’s Planning Department issues only one ADU Permit
  21. Hawaii County to spend $650,000 on homeless micro-units while old buildings sit vacant
  22. Anti-GMO Losers Call Rally, Nobody Shows Up
  23. Big Island tourism taking a hit from dengue outbreak
  24. First family’s Hawaii vacation cost HPD $341K in overtime
  25. State-owned building to become operational after rotting for 13 Years
  26. After Multiple Offenses Spanning Generations, Child Molester Finally gets Hard Time
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Thursday, January 21, 2016
January 21, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:46 PM :: 4616 Views
  1. Speaker Souki Proposes Fee Simple Conversion of State-Owned Commercial Leases
  2. Full Text: Speaker Souki Opening Day Remarks
  3. “Lofty and dogmatic statements that have no basis in substantive policy”–Hawaii Legislature Reconvenes
  4. Unfulfilled promises, wasted tax money, poorly written contracts and unenforceable legislation—Hawaii Legislature Reconvenes
  5. Aloha Aina ‘Aha Against US Tribe
  6. Sen Kahele Hospitalized on Opening Day
  7. Lawsuit: Lopaka Ryder, Killed by Drug Dealer, was exposed by Police as Informant
  8. Opening Day at Legislature
  9. $10 Billion: The Ultimate Price Tag for Honolulu Rail?
  10. Sen Gil Kieth Agaran Proposes to Abolish Free Speech
  11. Leaders call for converting commercial leasehold lands to direct ownership
  12. Budget Preview for Legislative Opening Day
  13. HB1041: Hawaii State Gaming Commission
  14. Bought n Paid For: Legislators Employed by HGEA, AFL-CIO
  15. Vote Tuesday March 8--Hawaii Republicans could play bigger role in shaping GOP presidential race
  16. Competent Biography Would Explore Inouye Wartime Atrocity
  17. Apo: OHA is ‘De-Facto Governing Entity’
  18. Bishop Museum on path to irrelevancy
  19. Ex-Principal: Imposition of Statewide Curriculum ‘Troubling’
  20. Court OKs New Rules On Homeless Sweeps
  21. NextEra - Navy Deal Exposed
  22. Jones Act: Inconsistent Trade Policy Hinders Economic Growth
  23. Judge Grabs HC&S Water
  24. Will Paranoia Keep Pot Heads Away from Dispensaries
  25. ACLU unveils privacy fight in 16 states
  26. Lawsuit: Judge Improperly Sealed Records in Police Child Rape Case
  27. Little League thief granted reprieve
  28. Hawaii health officials worried about threat from Zika virus
  29. Kenoi Finally Gets Around to Filling Ethics Posts
  30. PETA Harasses Army Officer over Kahuku Pig Hunt
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Thursday, January 21, 2016
Letters to the Editor, January, 2016
By Letters to the Editor @ 12:35 AM :: 4179 Views
  • Job opportunities and tax revenues suffer as a result of fallow fields
  • Muslims Celebrate Christmas
  • Labor Camps for Deadbeat Dads


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Wednesday, January 20, 2016
January 20, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:42 PM :: 4388 Views
  1. Governor Ige Proclaims Jan. 24-30 “Hawai’i School Choice Week”
  2. State-Local Tax Burden—Hawaii Ranks 14th
  3. Legislators Scale Back Opening Day Celebrations, Focus on Campaign Fundraisers Instead 
  4. State Squeezing Counties on TAT in Hope of 12.5% GE Tax Hike
  5. Senate Reorganization Drops Massive GE Tax Hike in Roz Baker’s Lap
  6. Public Housing, DHHL Rentals top Homeless Agenda
  7. Great News: Homeless Sweeps Would Proliferate Under Ige’s Budget Plan
  8. Bill Would Get Rid of Scott Nago
  9. Revealed: Wealthy Mainlanders Funding Hawaii Anti-GMO Movement
  10. Oahu customers could have saved $132M on fuel costs with LNG in 2015
  11. Honolulu spending $5.2B on sewage system, but not expanding capacity
  12. Federal Grab for West Hawaii Water Could Take Years
  13. SHOPO Asks State To Stop Kauai Body Camera Use
  14. Man accused of setting fire to girlfriend had been released from jail days ago
  15. Peter Carlisle Wants to be Your Cannabis Connection
  16. Hawaii County to begin Hiring Drug Addicts, Thanks to ACLU
  17. Lawsuit: ACLU Board Member was Homosexual Child Molester at Kamehameha School
  18. FBI: Property crimes make up majority of crime in Honolulu
  19. BNP Paribas prepares multi-billion IPO of First Hawaiian Bank, say sources: Reuters
  20. Coast Guard suspends search for 12 Marines off Oahu’s North Shore
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Tuesday, January 19, 2016
January 19, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:58 PM :: 3383 Views
  1. Supreme Court Declines to hold Nai Aupuni in Contempt
  2. Hawaii Poll: Clinton, Trump Lead Races for Nomination
  3. Study Shows how Coral Death Hype can be used to Gain Control of Your Land
  4. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How they Voted January 19, 2016
  5. Search for missing Marines continues into 5th day
  6. Caldwell in Trouble Against Aiona
  7. 41% of voters denounce Ige’s work
  8. Titanic Legislature has same deck chairs, just rearranged
  9. Homelessness Top Issue
  10. Green: Homeless is good excuse for Minimum Wage Hike, Tax Increase
  11. Kenoi Helps Charter Schools Push Back against Oversight, Ethics
  12. DHHL under fire for creating positions when vacancies are high—Danner Smells Opportunity
  13. Anti-Pesticide Hucksters Tour State -- Sugar Cane Victory Lap
  14. Hawaii has a shortage of farmers, not farmland
  15. Hawaii 4th Most Expensive State to be a Smoker
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Monday, January 18, 2016
January 18, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:13 PM :: 3344 Views
  1. 1959: Martin Luther King Jr Salutes Hawaii Statehood
  2. Maui TEA Party Hosts Pulitzer Prize Winning Cartoonist Michael P Ramirez
  3. Honolulu Charter Commission Discusses Ethics, Police, Fire and Salaries
  4. Rep. Ward: Legislators don’t have to Follow Souki and Ige Against DHHL Funding
  5. VIDEO: Is America Racist?
  6. Hawaii Residents Most Likely to be Living Paycheck to Paycheck
  7. Search for missing Marines finds life rafts but no sign of 12 Marines
  8. Poll: 45% of Native Hawaiians Reject Nai Aupuni
  9. Poll Shows Rail Planners How Much they Can Jack Up Costs
  10. HYCF Overtime Abuse has plagued the facility for years
  11. After 20 Years of paying, Tourism authority still owes $317M for convention center
  12. Food Injustice Comes to Hawaii (Again)
  13. Motivated Students Sacrificed to Satisfy Utopian Ideals?
  14. California to Build 10,000 Units for Mentally Ill Homeless
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Sunday, January 17, 2016
January 17, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:23 PM :: 5033 Views
  1. “The only result the Nai Aupuni process can get is federal recognition”
  2. Maui County Report: Co-op Should Buy MECO Transmission Grid
  3. Buy America! For an extra $3M – this time
  4. Hawaii Family Forum Gearing up for 2016 Legislative Session
  5. Hawaii March for Life Jan 22
  6. VIDEO: RNC member urges Republicans to rally against Trump
  7. VIDEO: Politically Incorrect Hawaiian Punch Prepares You for the Real World
  8. Military releases names of Marines involved in helicopter crash
  9. Poll: Aiona Beats Caldwell 43% to 38%
  10. Cronies Fail without Inouye to tell Them What to Think
  11. Great News: Public labor unions could lose their political clout
  12. Counties Challenge HECO Monopoly
  13. Cheering some pie-in-the-sky idea of agriculture
  14. Community spearheads effort to cool classrooms
  15. Too Many Children Being Placed in Foster Care
  16. Certificate of need process limiting isle health care options
  17. DoTax Helping Illegal TVRs
  18. Easy money: Slush fund gives Hawaii County Councilmembers spending power
  19. Birtherism Continues to Serve Democrats Well
  20. Kailua Boat Death Tied to Hare Krishna Cult?
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Saturday, January 16, 2016
January 16, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:19 PM :: 3544 Views
  1. Ted Cruz on the Ballot for March 8 Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus
  2. 10 Ideas that Could Improve Life in Hawaii
  3. Hawaii Senate Democrats: 2016 Legislative Priorities
  4. Priorities not Politics for New Schools
  5. Highlights of HART Rail Project (2004 to 2015)
  6. Indict Somebody: Judiciary Hiring Independent Grand Jury Counsel
  7. Kauai Girls Court Celebrates Success of First Cohort
  8. Families Identify Missing Marines after helicopters crash
  9. DHHL Funding: Are Hawaii Public Trust obligations enforceable?
  10. Lawsuit Challenges Secrecy at UH Manoa Bio-Safety Lab
  11. Search for Missing Marines Continues
  12. Plantation Closure: Doing a dance or drinking champagne is hurtful and mean-spirited
  13. Star-Adv: State Should Seize HC&S Water 
  14. Police Reform Gaining Steam At Honolulu Charter Commission
  15. State confirms it knew rape suspect had been fired by Honolulu Police Department
  16. Candidates Line up for Big Island Mayor
  17. Some think KIA tenants should have option to buy
  18. Hawaii Speaker: Lottery Bill A ‘Distinct Possibility’
  19. After Dengue: Babykiller Zika Virus Arrives in Hawaii
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Friday, January 15, 2016
January 15, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:02 PM :: 3760 Views
  1. Full Text: Ige Signs Agreement Privatizing Maui Hospitals
  2. Where’s the Farm Justice Summit?
  3. Jones Act, LNG at Center of Puerto Rico Recovery Plan
  4. 1959: Martin Luther King Jr Salutes Hawaii Statehood
  5. Supreme Court to Consider Nai Aupuni Contempt Today
  6. Search continues for 12 Marines after fiery helicopter collision off Haleiwa
  7. Suit Against Nai Aupuni “overwhelmingly likely” to succeed
  8. Nai Aupuni ‘Delegates’ Have to Show Up to get $5000 Bribe
  9. Legislators Demand Cash from Lobbyists
  10. LTC: Latest Excuse for Massive GE Tax Hike
  11. Crony Capitalism: Obama’s DoD Negotiates Sweetheart deal with NextEra
  12. HEI ‘Time of Use’ Rates Will Squeeze After-School Programs
  13. Anti-Agriculture Activists Seek 100% Tourism Economy
  14. Experts: Maui will Never Recover from Death of HC&S
  15. Taxes Vacuum 9.5% More out of Economy
  16. DoH Bungling Risks Loss of Funding for New Mental Hospital
  17. UH Inouye Center Plans ‘Shelved Indefinitely’
  18. CDC Secrecy Over UH Biolab Safety Failures Challenged In Court
  19. DHHL Seeks Developers for Parcels Near Rail Stations
  20. Former Kauai police lieutenant indicted for theft, money laundering
  21. Gambling Would Cost More than it Earns
  22. Rent Control Would Eliminate Rental Units
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Thursday, January 14, 2016
January 14, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 11:38 AM :: 5371 Views
  1. OHA Elections: Throw These Bums Out
  2. Hawaii: Only 11,949 Sign up for Obamacare
  3. HB1170: Geothermal Fast-track, part two
  4. HB1524: Obama Opens Door to Home Energy Project Loans
  5. Bed Bugs—Honolulu Slips to 49th Place
  6. Full Text: State of the Union Address
  7. Republican Response to State of the Union
  8. Fake Cap becomes Real Threshold—Council now demands HART Spend Money Planning to Extend Rail to UH Manoa
  9. Rail Operating Subsidy will Require 9% Property Tax Hike
  10. Hawaii’s Top Lobbyist Quitting?
  11. More on Land and Power from Nai Aupuni Wanna Be
  12. Hawaii Health Connector board members resign
  13. Marijuana Money Rains Down on Bishop Street
  14. Know-Nothings Talk up Plantation Closure as Boon to Agriculture
  15. Kouchi: Millions Earmarked for UPW Suit vs Maui Hospital Privatization
  16. Staff at HYCF rack up $1M-plus in overtime – With only 23 Inmates
  17. City Finds Way to Start Losing Money on H-Power
  18. Lawmakers open to gambling
  19. State ignored HPD’s recommendation not to hire officer now charged with sex assault
  20. Killer Gets to Stay Free Until September
  21. Meth Dealer Arrested 100 Times, Out on Street Does it Again
  22. Bizarre News: Government Employees Forced to Work Thru Lunch Break
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Wednesday, January 13, 2016
January 13, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:45 PM :: 3625 Views
  1. DoI Adds 2,000 Pro Fed-Wreck Testimonies
  2. Reviewing Hawaii’s FY 2017 supplemental budget
  3. VIDEO: Thirty Meter Telescope, Putting The "Puaa" Back In Ahupuaa, And Oprah Elections
  4. DHHL ‘Disappointed’ by State’s Appeal of Court Ordered Funding
  5. Gold Coast Seawall Hot Potato Case: Supreme Court Hears Arguments
  6. DBEDT: Family of Four Requires $75K to live on Oahu
  7. Council Still Pretending to ‘Cap’ Rail Expenses, Will Abandon Charade Soon 
  8. After Wasting $87.5M, DoTax Still Can’t Process Tax Returns in Time Because of Outdated Computers
  9. UH Payroll — 1,600 Unauthorized Positions
  10. Kihei HS: Bureaucratic Delay Costs State $100M
  11. County Worker Stole Cash for Two Years
  12. Chun Oakland’s Homeless Tent City Idea Mocked
  13. Caldwell Objects to City Studying Electric Coop, Council Votes to do it Anyway
  14. Hawaii: More Than 40% of Workers Have no Retirement Plan
  15. Still Spreading Pesticide Hype, Eco-Lawyer Debunked
  16. State of State: Ige Catches Kalihi Prison Fever
  17. Soft on Crime: Probationer Charged with Child Molestation, Gets Supervised Release
  18. Civil Beat Pushes Gambling Again
  19. Suicide Squad Launches Annual Push to help Insurance Companies Save Money by Killing off Expensive Patients
  20. Ige Budget: $15 million to expand inmate capacity on Sister Isles
  21. Hawaii Democrats Feel the Bern—Hillary Losing Fundrace
  22. Coming Soon: Video On Demand From The Hawaii Capitol
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016
January 12, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:46 PM :: 4133 Views
  1. Up to 72% of Council Campaign Contributions from Hoopili and Rail
  2. Expert Slams Hawaii Legislature for Lumping E-Cigs in with Tobacco
  3. Calling all Cronies: Marijuana Dispensary License Application Now Available Online
  4. Legalize Marijuana-Criminalize Fireworks
  5. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 11, 2016
  6. Kasich for America Files to Appear on Hawaii Ballot–Djou to Lead Campaign
  7. From Inside the Supreme Court, the Key Exchanges on a Case Pitting Unions vs. First Amendment
  8. Pro Life? Hawaii Ranks 43rd
  9. Five Unanswered Questions About Honolulu’s $6.6 Billion Rail Project
  10. Why Did DLNR Hire A Cop Who’d Been Fired By HPD?
  11. Stock Analysts finally Figure out that NextEra’s purchase of Hawaiian Electric won’t happen
  12. Long Term Care Mandate: Mainland Progressives Want Hawaii GE Tax Hike
  13. Bishop Museum to Sell Waipio Valley
  14. Star-Adv: OHA Not Doing Enough for Hawaiian Youth, Broken Families
  15. Wanna Be Marijuana Dealers Concerned About Illegal Competitors
  16. More Ignorant Babble about Hemp Replacing Sugar
  17. State Can’t Find Way to turn Hana Pier into Recreational Site
  18. Homeless Threaten HNN Photographer with 2x4
  19. Homeless Come up With New Excuse for Refusing Shelter
  20. Maybe We Can Fool People into Accepting Homeless Tent Cities if we call them Hawaiian Grass huts
  21. 4 women inmates accuse 2 guards of sex acts
  22. Kauai Council Finally Gets Around to Regulating Lobbyists
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Monday, January 11, 2016
January 11, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 11:27 AM :: 4092 Views
  1. Update on Honolulu Charter Commission – Meeting Friday
  2. Hee steals from other Hawaiians and gives to me me meeeeeee
  3. Real Income: Hawaii Residents Lose 3.8% in Decade
  4. New Laws for 2016
  5. Secular State Just Can’t Reach Spiritual Hawaiians
  6. Kauai: Jail is a Great Place to Work
  7. We Use GMOs, So Does Everyone Else—and we’ve been doing it for 20 Years with no harm
  8. Death In Paradise Is All Too Frequent For Visitors To Hawaii
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Sunday, January 10, 2016
January 10, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:15 PM :: 5526 Views
  1. Sorry OHA, Free Trade Zones are not free of the Jones Act
  2. Obama Administration Promoting Race-based Hawaiian Election
  3. Plantation Era: They Came With Hope
  4. $6.8 million in grants promote STEM jobs for Hawaii
  5. Unfriendly Skies?
  6. March for Life--State Capitol January 22
  7. War on Coal: How Hawaii Clean Energy initiative Killed HC&S
  8. A sad week for agriculture in Hawaii – Pakalolo Plantations in our Future?
  9. Maui--Enviros Talk About Water, Get Luxury Homes
  10. Update your calendars for the 2016 political year
  11. State tax refunds might be late again this year
  12. Hawaii AG contests court order to increase DHHL funds
  13. Record high construction costs slam Honolulu
  14. Caldwell: I want City Workers to be forced into Unions and Controlled so they will vote for me
  15. Homeless are cleared again from Kakaako
  16. Hawaiians at risk: Keiki locked in cycle of foster care system
  17. Hawaii GMO Success Story
  18. Aloha Aina Party Holds Petition Drive for Ballot Status
  19. Historic North Kona church heading to tax auction after pastor Falls for Sovereignty Scam
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Saturday, January 9, 2016
January 9, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 10:51 AM :: 3737 Views
  1. Judicial Watch Opposes Obama Executive Action to Create Hawaiian Tribe
  2. Lawsuits Have Consequences: Aloha To Hawaii Sugar
  3. DLNR Officer Arrested--Charged with sexual assault of Minor
  4. ‘Tens of Thousands’ Kicked off Medicaid by State’s Heartless Computer—Blind and Disabled Hardest Hit
  5. 2 OCCC supervisors in trouble for allowing inmate's gangster father behind bars
  6. Soft on Crime: Schizo Slasher to be Allowed Back out on Streets
  7. Homeless Hygiene Station Becomes Magnet for Crime—8 Assaults Since October
  8. Another group of homeless moved from Moiliili area
  9. Councilwoman Calls For Domestic Abuse Audit
  10. Rail Contractors Slice into Huge Gas Line, Lucky No Explosion
  11. Hawaii Gas Selects LNG Vendor, Expects Savings of $2B
  12. Planning for HECO-MECO-HELCO Inter-Island Cables is Underway
  13. PUC chief scolds NextEra (again)
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Friday, January 8, 2016
January 8, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:12 PM :: 5086 Views
  1. Where to Vote: Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus
  2. Nai Aupuni in Contempt of Supreme Court? Latest Filings
  3. Supreme Court to Consider Nai Aupuni Contempt January 15
  4. Ige Budget: $104M omissions, mystery spending cuts
  5. Federal Aid? Hawaii Ranks 49th
  6. Glass Houses of Marijuana: Pots, Kettles and the Color Black
  7. UH Reports Hawaii Hemp is Top Shelf
  8. DLNR to Loosen Death Grip on Hilo Businesses?
  9. Public Meeting on Honolulu Bikeways January 13
  10. What the Constitution Really Says About Race and Slavery
  11. 76% ‘Not Good’ -- Overall, what do you think about the condition of our city parks and playgrounds?
  12. UH Manoa—10 Salaries over $300K
  13. Honolulu City Council Will Consider Co-op or Muni Alternative To HECO
  14. Increase In Hawaii Revenue Forecast ‘Doesn’t Really Amount To That Much’
  15. Are Charter Schools Funded Equitably? Lawmakers Want Clearer Numbers
  16. DoE Campbell Contract $1M per Classroom
  17. OHA Kakaako Makai Deal Puts $1.2M Hole in HCDA Budget
  18. Charles Djou Endorses John Kasich for President
  19. House Candidate Jaci Agustin Launches App to Communicate with Constituents
  20. Supreme Court Redistricting Case Is New Front in Voting Wars
  21. Keeping a lid on Kauai property taxes?
  22. Maui Risks loss of $186M Federal Money
  23. Gun Permits: HPD Admits Nearly 100 False Denials in Just One Year
  24. Homeless Rob Restaurant Workers in Chinatown
  25. Civil Asset Forfeiture In Hawaii: Crime Deterrent Or Legalized Theft?
  26. Publicize names of dispensary applicants
  27. HMA Recommendations for Marijuana Dispensaries
  28. 40 Years Ago On Kahoolawe, A Faith Is Reborn?
  29. Hawaii is ground zero for Ag innovation
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Thursday, January 7, 2016
January 7, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:07 PM :: 4560 Views
  1. OHA Trustee, Ex-Legislator Come up with Excuses, Get Added to Aha Participant Roster
  2. A&B to Shutter State’s Last Cane Plantation—Activists ‘Happy’
  3. Quality Counts: Hawaii K-12 Achievement Ranks 32nd in USA
  4. HART: Construction Costs Soaring—Another $240M Tacked on to Overruns
  5. VIDEO: “Lessons Learned” from Turtle Bay
  6. VIDEO: Hawaii Water Law In A Nutshell
  7. Hana Pier to be Removed due to Public Opposition to Repairing it
  8. Confucius on Hawaii’s New Smoking Age
  9. VIDEO: Everything You Wanted to Know About the Jones Act with Michael Hansen
  10. Foes of cane burning cheer sugar’s demise – Plan to Keep up Fight Against Seed Farmers
  11. Smug Activists Party as Last Plantation Perishes
  12. Criminal Hee Gets 46 Months in Federal Prison as Powerless Cronies Look on
  13. With Mehau Dead, Criminals Begin Killing Each other?
  14. Medicated Marijuana: ‘If a Minor is Busted with a Baggie of Weed, I can Track Every Seed’
  15. Caldwell Inserts Himself in Senior Services, Makes a Total Mess of it
  16. Child Molesters’ Victims Have Until April, 2016 to Come Forward
  17. Who In City Government Gets A Six-Figure Paycheck?
  18. NextEra Merger News
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Wednesday, January 6, 2016
January 6, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:28 PM :: 3576 Views
  1. OHA Trying to Convince Telescope to Stay and Pay
  2. Friedrichs v CTA: Will Supreme Court End Mandatory Union Membership for Government Employees Nationwide?
  3. Anti-GMO Leader: “Bring Islamic Nation to Battle in Hawaii—Allah Akbar”
  4. Possible Pipe Bomb Found After Big Island Police Arrest Three at Protest Against License Plates
  5. UHERO: Status Update on Federal GHG Emissions Reduction Policy for Hawaii
  6. “Entire American Samoa school system must be revamped”
  7. UH appeals NCAA ruling on men’s basketball program
  8. Guard Your Wallet: State lawmakers gear up for new legislative session
  9. Legislators Baffled by State’s Inability to Spend Federal Money—DoE Fails to Even Ask for It
  10. Shed light on NextEra/HECO alliance
  11. PHOCUSED: Profitable Nonprofit Nailed by Ethics Commission
  12. Lawmaker argues new 'limited' driver's licenses open to abuse
  13. New ID Law May Trip Up American Samoa Residents
  14. 2012 Law Saves Hawaii Fisheries from Rampaging Eco-Whackos
  15. Study Of Pesticide Use On GMO Crops Delayed
  16. Nonprofit launches new housing program for recovering addicts
  17. HPD officers erred in not arresting men for major illegal fireworks bust
  18. Orgy of outlawed fireworks flaunts our island anarchy
  19. DOE report reveals 21 students caught with So-Called ‘firearms,’ most in elementary, middle schools
  20. Gun Sales Through the Roof after Obama Cries
  21. North Korea Tests Possible H-Bomb
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016
January 5, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:32 PM :: 3984 Views
  1. Big Island Police Arrest Three at Protest Against License Plates
  2. Gun Control Nuts Tout Hawaii as Example
  3. Ige Budget Does not Include Union Pay Raises
  4. State Steals Money from Conservation to Subsidize Fancy Waikiki Eco-Conference
  5. After Negative Audit, KOLEA Touted as Model for Hawaii IT Reform
  6. Merger or Not, NextEra is Writing HECO’s Renewable Energy Plans
  7. Hawaii’s strict gun laws will not be affected by President Obama’s proposals
  8. Homeless Sweeps Push 51 into Shelters
  9. Tomorrow is Deadline for UH to appeal NCAA sanctions for men’s basketball team
  10. Hawaii workforce drug tests show hike in cocaine use in 2015
  11. Prosecutors seek to revive major gambling case dismissed in 2014
  12. Former HPD officer to report to L.A. prison
  13. 2015: The Year in Claims Against the State of Hawaii
  14. 2016: An Opportunity to Finally be Rid of Gary Hooser
  15. Maui Anti-GMO Activists Spray Pesticide in their own Homes, Call Heath Department
  16. Why Are Online Classes, Degrees Hard To Get At The University Of Hawaii?
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Monday, January 4, 2016
January 4, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:00 PM :: 3516 Views
  1. Alleged Monk Seal Harasser Sues Police over Arrest
  2. 80% Not Great: How is the plastic-bag ban working out?
  3. Honolulu dead last in starting pay
  4. “Expensive renewables do nothing”
  5. Baboozes in isles’ top jobs gave us yearlong headache
  6. Inspiring quotes for leaders start the new year off fresh
  7. 5 Issues for 2016
  8. Anti-GMO Activism is Probably Not About the Technology At All
  9. DoH Rules Allow Sale of Hash Oil, but no Joints no Brownies and no Candies (for now)
  10. Homeless tents reappear in Kakaako, Idiot Brower Demands State Create More Homeless Tent Cities
  11. Not REAL ID: New License Specially for Homeless and Illegals

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Sunday, January 3, 2016
January 3, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:00 PM :: 3743 Views
  1. Leaked Nai Aupuni Emails: ‘Godless’ Faction Pushing to Ban Pule at Aha
  2. Permanent Internet Tax Freedom
  3. Josh Green to Run for Governor in 2018?
  4. Anti-GMO Activists Blamed for Arson at Waialua Farm
  5. $23,000 Rate Hike Coming: Data show Obamacare will produce results opposite of what was intended
  6. Nai Aupuni Exercise in Frustration, Obviously a Surrogate for OHA
  7. ERS pension plan shortfall rises to $8.77B
  8. New federal education law offers more flexibility, say isle officials
  9. Hawaii pedestrian death rate among seniors leads the nation
  10. Star-Adv: Don’t Give More Money to Corrupt HI-5 Program
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Saturday, January 2, 2016
January 2, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:05 PM :: 3812 Views
  1. Testimony: 76% say No Fake Tribe for Hawaii
  2. AAA Hawaii: Lower 2015 Gasoline Prices Save Drivers $400
  3. KGI: Election year is here. Who are you going to vote for?
  4. Former Cancer Center director failed to disclose major financial conflicts of interest
  5. State Takes $13.2M from Conservation to Subsidize Fancy Eco-Conference
  6. Star-Adv: Counties should get more of TAT
  7. Hawaii would be better off with a true two-party system
  8. Deregulate Transportation-Let the PUC Focus on Energy and Telecom Utilities
  9. Thanks to Feds, Ethanol still in gas, even with new state law
  10. Visitors still being arrested for enjoying moonlight on Waikiki Beach
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Friday, January 1, 2016
January 1, 2016 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:34 PM :: 4818 Views
  1. OHA 2016 Legislative Package: Telescope Rent Money, Control of Mauna Kea Tours
  2. ‘Santa Claus Came Early’ for Hawaii’s Politically-Connected Marijuana License Seekers
  3. Hawaii Pesticide Complaints: Urban Homeowners are #1 Violator
  4. DoTax Claims IT System Success
  5. Looking Forward to 2016
  6. Hawaii Air National Guard destroys Islamic State targets
  7. Telescope Faces Years of Delay
  8. Secret Cabal of Insiders Plot Electric Rate Hikes, Tax Increases
  9. Thanks to Fracking, Hawaii drivers saved more than $400 on gas in 2015
  10. Mobi PCS President Wants to be Your Dope Dealer
  11. Annual Budget Pitch for DHS
  12. Maui Hospital: ‘Extremely complex negotiations’ drag on into 2016 
  13. Minimum Wage Hike May Result in Fewer Employees
  14. City Refuses to Take Responsibility for Dozens of Roads
  15. Hawaii County Council Debates Agricultural Property Tax Exemptions
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Thursday, December 31, 2015
December 31, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:04 PM :: 3742 Views
  1. First Hawaiian No Longer Servicing OHA ‘Malama Loans’
  2. State of the State Budget 2016
  3. New High School? What is DoE’s top priority?
  4. Man OK With Pedophilia Loses Bid to Teach Kids
  5. 2015 Wrapup Stories
  6. 14 new state laws to take effect on New Year's Day
  7. Honolulu Charter Commission denies proposals for public vote on rail
  8. Hawaii Medicaid Fraud makes  Top Ten Government Waste List for 2015
  9. Report: Hawaii’s Phony Hi-Tech Tax Credit Schemers Not getting any Venture Capital
  10. State Negotiating New IT Contract in Wake of Obamacare IT Debacle
  11. Kakaako homeless moving into HCDA areas to Evade enforcement and Stay out of Shelter
  12. Minimum wage hike could mean higher prices for consumers
  13. NCAA appeal due or dead Jan 6
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Wednesday, December 30, 2015
December 30, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:07 PM :: 4125 Views
  1. Only Moments Left to Stop Fed Wreck
  2. Last Day: Say "No!" to Interior Department Rule
  3. Grassroot Comments on DOI Proposed Rule
  4. Real ID Begins Jan 10: Will Washington State Residents Need Passport to Fly to Hawaii?
  5. Hawaii’s Expensive Green Energy Program Saves No Energy
  6. KOLEA: After Burning $155M, Hawaii’s Other Obamacare Eligibility System Falls Short
  7. Report: Return County TAT Deal to Status Quo Ante
  8. Hawaii Visitor Arrivals Set New Record for November
  9. Jones Act Unions file protest over crewing of APL Guam
  10. Champagne Taxes? Hawaii Ranks #3 in USA
  11. Overrun by Solar, Wind Scammers, Does HECO need NextEra Bail Out?
  12. Judge Tosses Solar Scammers Suit out of Court
  13. Telescope: Hawaii Supreme Court invalidates lower court documents
  14. Local Food Win: Enviros Fail to Kill off Ahi Fishery
  15. City’s explanation of discrepancies in real property tax assessments don’t satisfy
  16. Caldwell’s Repaving Project Continues to Slip
  17. Star-Adv: Homeless Tent Cities are Not a Solution
  18. After Six Years, Homeless Man Decides to Accept Shelter
  19. AG: Woman Collected Welfare Illegally for 7 Years
  20. Center for Food Safety – Luddite of the Year?
  21. Anti-GMO Councilmember Concerned About Marijuana Strains with ‘Strong Hallucinogenic Properties’
  22. Vandals set fire to Ewa Beach church lawn, destroy religious statues
  23. Advocate of sex with minors kept from becoming Hawaii teacher
  24. Dispute continues over aerial shooting that’s killed thousands of goats, sheep on Mauna Kea
  25. Dengue Hits 190 Cases
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015
December 29, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:56 PM :: 4324 Views
  1. Green Party v Nago: ‘Mistakes were made, Election Office Fell Short’
  2. Hoopili: Is the State Prohibited from Rezoning "Potential" Important Ag Land?
  3. Obama Vacations Cost Nearly $500K per Day
  4. Survey Designed to Push for Long Term Care Insurance Mandate
  5. Top High School Teams to Compete in Lifesmarts Hawaii State Championship
  6. Hawaiian Humane Society restores services under city contract
  7. Lifting US Oil Export Ban could substantially change Jones Act dynamics
  8. Bill to drop American Samoa flight fee reaches Senate
  9. Former Lt. Gov. Duke Aiona appears to set stage for mayoral run
  10. Loophole: Legislators Made marijuana dispensaries tax free
  11. Hawaii County to Hire Dopers for 97% of Jobs
  12. Crushing Defeat for so-called ‘Innocence Project’ as Federal Judge Rejects Tweeker’s Effort to Re-try Murder Conviction
  13. Giant New Year’s Party Moved to Accommodate Homeless Tent City
  14. Lack of Recycling Centers May Drive Homeless out of Rural Locations
  15. Oil Still Accounts for 71.3% of Hawaii Electricity—Dropping Prices Panic Green Energy Profiteers
  16. State regulators roll back the net-metering electricity scam
  17. Alt-Energy Schemers Publish new Rent-a-Poll
  18. Upheaval at KITV
  19. Former med student sues University of Hawaii for sex harassment, termination
  20. Dengue Fever Case Count Holds At 181
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Monday, December 28, 2015
December 28, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:30 PM :: 3638 Views
  1. Gov. Scott Walker to Speak at Hawaii Lincoln Day Dinner
  2. 5 minutes to stop federal creation of a Hawaiian tribe
  3. Housing: Cheaper to Rent than Buy -- only in Honolulu and Silicon Valley
  4. Hawaii Democratic Presidential Caucus Date Changed to Help Clinton beat Sanders
  5. Rewarding Failure: NCAA Bans UH, UH Compliance Director Gets a Promotion, Gib Arnold Gets $700K
  6. Leader of almost 260 meth addicts wants to lease Waianae site for Homeless Tent City
  7. How Can We Get our ‘Medical’ Dope onto Airlines?
  8. Wind Schemers Chased off of North Shore, Focus on Waikiki for Offshore Wind Facility
  9. University Of Hawaii Seeks A Speedier Path To Graduation
  10. We Need More Transparency In Our Public Boards
  11. Hawaii-Made Dengue Vaccine Deployed in Philippines
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Sunday, December 27, 2015
December 26, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:17 PM :: 3355 Views
  1. Delays Upon Delays at DHHL
  2. 5 minutes to stop federal creation of a Hawaiian tribe
  3. KPD implements first body-worn camera program in state
  4. Joint Hearing Set for Marijuana Dispensaries
  5. Big Q: 83% Say Nai Aupuni Must Stop
  6. Telescope project stalled ‘for years’
  7. Aiona for Mayor?
  8. HSTA, UH to Claw Back Millions from Ige Budget
  9. KPD officers 1st in state to use new body-worn cameras, despite SHOPO disapproval
  10. Ignorance: Anti-Pesticide Superstitions Allow Banana Disease to Wipe out Crops
  11. Does Pesticide Exposure Cause Anti-GMO Activism?
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Saturday, December 26, 2015
December 26, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:53 PM :: 3484 Views
  1. Jones Act unfairly hurts Hawaii while jeopardizing security of U.S.
  2. DHHL Funding: Ige to Appeal Court Order?
  3. Gov. Ige goes big on budget for buildings
  4. Prosecutor: Legislature Must Close Baby Killer Loophole
  5. Defending GMOs ‘Right thing to do’
  6. Police Memorial to Begin Construction
  7. Leasehold: State to Loosen its Grip on Hilo Businesses, Resorts
  8. What's next for marijuana in Hawaii?
  9. Obama: “I Feel Small”
  10. Dengue Hits 181
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Friday, December 25, 2015
December 25, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:47 PM :: 3968 Views
  1. How Christmas Came to Hawaii
  2. HART Didn’t Pick Lowest Bid For Rail Stations
  3. ‘Conditional’ -- 22 Delegates Demand Changes to Aha Agenda
  4. Obamacare: COFA Gets 60 Day Extension after 4,300 fail to Reenroll
  5. Ige Issues New Homelessness Emergency Proclamation
  6. Wine & Dine: Rail Lobbyist Chairs Honolulu Charter Commission
  7. Hawaii Attorney General to Push for Nationwide Marijuana Legalization?
  8. Judge upholds rule allowing more Hawaii bigeye tuna fishing
  9. Electric Vehicles Less Than 1% of Total
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Thursday, December 24, 2015
December 24, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:35 PM :: 3467 Views
  1. How Christmas Came to Hawaii
  2. Leaked Email Reveals Aha Agenda
  3. Need a Job? OHA is Hiring
  4. Judges Lead Grassroots Effort to Help Landlords and Tenants Curb Evictions
  5. 2016: Unemployment Taxes to Drop 26%
  6. Airport Division Turned Blind Eye to Sex Harassment
  7. Nai Aupuni Leaves Rowena Akana, two others out of Oprah Aha
  8. 2016 Legislative Calendar Released
  9. HART Didn’t Pick Lowest Bid For Rail Stations
  10. Unfunded liabilities for Hawaii's state pension increase this year and will keep rising until 2023
  11. Anti-GMO Activists Act Without Giving Much Thought
  12. Family Flees Honolulu Finds Paradise in Houston, Texas
  13. Child Molester Exploits Homeless Teen—Gets 10 Years
  14. Allow ride-hailing, taxis to innovate
  15. Milner: Ige should hand more money to Profligate UH Administrators 
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Wednesday, December 23, 2015
December 23, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:02 PM :: 7429 Views
  1. Mafia Godfather Larry Mehau Dies
  2. NCAA Suspends Gib Arnold – UH Regents Then Award Him Another $700K
  3. 5 OCCC guards accused of smuggling drugs—back at work after 30 Day Suspension
  4. UH Coverup: Did Asbestos Litigation Shake Down Fund UH Cancer Center?
  5. State hosted Obama’s roots but (fortunately) isles don’t reap his fruits
  6. Founder of Kamehameha Schools would almost certainly have supported the telescope project
  7. Those wary of Monsanto’s aim should tour its property
  8. What Could $1.5 Billion Buy You (Besides More Of The Rail Project)?
  9. HART awards 3 Station contract to Nan, Inc.
  10. Jones Act great for some but most of us here suffer
  11. Marijuana Grow-Op Faces $1.5M Electric Bill
  12. Espero Still Pushing For More Citizen Oversight Of The Police
  13. Kenoi Staffers Claim he is Going to Make Appointments to Ethics Commission
  14. Residents to challenge property assessments
  15. Hawaii: 11,000 New Residents for 2015
  16. Lawyers Show Homeless How to Evade City Sweeps, Stay out of Shelter by Moving to State Parcels
  17. Ige’s homelessness plan just a start
  18. Businesses blame King Street bike lane on drop in sales
  19. LEDs Produce 40% Electricity Savings
  20. CPA mobility bills unlikely to gain traction next year
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Tuesday, December 22, 2015
December 22, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:48 PM :: 4308 Views
  1. What Is The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs?
  2. Akina, Chang, Lilly: Is Nai Aupuni State-Sponsored?
  3. Ige Presents Supplemental Budget--$31B in New Spending
  4. OHA Publishes 2015 Annual Report
  5. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted December 21, 2015
  6. GAO: Freeze Funding for Littoral Combat Ship Building
  7. NCAA: Arnold violated NCAA ethical conduct rules, UH Program Banned
  8. Ige Budget Coverage
  9. Will Duke Aiona Run For Mayor Of Honolulu?
  10. Half of Nai Aupuni Candidates Fail to Register for Oprah Aha
  11. ‘We got crushed’: NCAA hands down sanctions against UH
  12. Gov. Ige puts lump of coal in UH’s coffers
  13. $250 million for Rail part of a year-end Congressional spending bill
  14. Airports Division 3 years Behind on $2.7B Modernization Program
  15. NextEra Testimony: How Lawyer Planted ‘HECO as a Snack’ Remark in Media
  16. NextEra-HECO to put almost all intervenors on the stand
  17. Federal Budget: Corporate Welfare Continues to Flow to Wind Farms, Solar Contactors
  18. Why is island hopping so expensive?
  19. State has yet to lend out one penny of $150M in solar loan funds
  20. Investors’ claim triggered Hoana Medical bankruptcy  (Latest Act 221 Debacle)
  21. Hawaii’s flawed ‘concealed carry’ law makes us easy victims
  22. Dengue fever outbreak in Hawaii has global impact
  23. GMO Primary: Ilagan vs Idiot Ruderman in Puna
  24. City Crew To Sweep Kakaako — Again
  25. How City Charter will Provide Kyo Ya End Run
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Monday, December 21, 2015
December 21, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 12:30 PM :: 3867 Views
  1. Report: Hawaii Youth Drug Overdose Deaths Double
  2. 2018: Hanabusa vs Ige?
  3. HART Plays ‘Big Game of Chicken’ With Council
  4. Billionaire’s Website Favors HSTA Plan to Make Peasants Pay 25% More GE Tax
  5. After Decades of pandering to Filipino WW2 Vets – Hirono asks Obama to finally Let a few 80-year olds into USA
  6. ‘Natural’ Supplements Industry Behind Overharvesting of Sea Cucumbers
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Sunday, December 20, 2015
December 20, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:36 PM :: 3848 Views
  1. How Christmas Came to Hawaii
  2. The Racial Spoils System Invents a Tribe for Native Hawaiians
  3. HRC: Hawaii Counties Not Gay Enough
  4. UH Manoa #1 in Eyes of Chinese Communists
  5. GEMS: Gets Everyone’s Money Swiftly
  6. Lawsuit: OHA Paying Lawyers Millions of Dollars to Evade Sunshine Law
  7. Na‘i Aupuni convention unlikely to craft anything credible or legal
  8. Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus -- So far, GOP’s nominee for president is anyone’s guess
  9. Ige Budget Constrained by Act 268
  10. NextEra hearing delayed Until February
  11. Hawaii reading scores improved after ‘preschool to third grade’ initiative
  12. States Are Struggling To Keep Medical Weed Safe
  13. Church opens Work Farm for the Homeless
  14. Bill 85 Requires Taxi meters for Uber, Lyft
  15. Aloha Stadium study waiting on direction from Gov. Ige
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Saturday, December 19, 2015
December 19, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:08 PM :: 3906 Views
  1. A new test on Hawaii’s future?
  2. Latest On The Hawaiians-Only-Oprah/Costco-Everyone-Wins Election
  3. The U.S. Constitution Still Applies to Hawaii
  4. VIDEO: Law & Corruption in Hawaii
  5. TAT Already Applies to TVRs—but DoTax Not Enforcing it
  6. State Quietly Approves Oceanic-Charter Merger
  7. Video: Millennials as Free Market Champions
  8. Hawaii Poorly Prepared to Resist Infectious Disease Outbreak
  9. Wastebook 2015: The Farce Awakens
  10. HECO Overstaffed, Underskilled—1,000 Deadwood Employees Boost your Electric Rates
  11. New law: Tax Credits for Alt-Energy Projects to Begin Before the Projects are Built
  12. Ige: State Had trouble getting Truth from Health Exchange
  13. Treatment of troubled youth better in Hawaii
  14. Should Hawaii caregivers receive training in-hospital?
  15. Gun permit applicants denied over medical dispute
  16. OCCC Overcrowded, Fobs Prisoners off on Feds
  17. Military tops isle spending gains
  18. Obama Returns Again
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Friday, December 18, 2015
December 18, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:23 PM :: 3380 Views
  1. Hawaii Family Advocates Geared up for 2016 Legislative Session
  2. Fake Energy Savings? Airport Division Lets Contractor Write its own Check for 20 Years
  3. Audit: Old Contracts Tie Up DHHL Special Funds
  4. HHSC, DoH: Nineteen special funds and two trust funds did not meet criteria
  5. Judiciary: Six Funds out of Compliance
  6. Vegetarian Questions
  7. Obama to Arrive Tomorrow
  8. Decision to forgo election toxic for Nai Aupuni
  9. Rail costs rise another $12M—and More Overruns Expected Soon
  10. Building Costs Day by Day--Rail Contracts Delayed Until Tax Passes
  11. NextEra Energy expected Hawaii's governor to favor sale of Hawaiian Electric
  12. Kauai utility's members have each saved nearly $1,000 in 2015
  13. Obamacare: Hawaii Insurance Rate Hikes Among Top 4 in USA
  14. Obamacare: Only 8,000 re-enroll for 2016 
  15. Caregiving mandates could cost Hawaii hospitals an extra $23M
  16. Covanta Contract Reeks of Corruption
  17. City property appraisal not legal, attorney says
  18. Dengue Cases up to 160
  19. Kauai Pesticide Report Delayed to Jan 6
  20. Ala Wai Sewage Spill—Caldwell Had Nobody Watching Largest Sewage Pumping Station
  21. State's largest prison over capacity, with plumbing and cell lock problems
  22. Feds Fine Hawaiian Air for Cheating Customers

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Thursday, December 17, 2015
December 17, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:41 PM :: 4247 Views
  1. VIDEO: Hawaii Could Still Get the Fed Wreck
  2. 5 minutes to stop federal creation of a Hawaiian tribe
  3. Science--The Life of the Land
  4. Feds: ‘Organic Farms and General Opposition to Chemicals Present Insurmountable Obstacle’ to Dengue Eradication
  5. Lawsuit: Deadly ‘Natural’ Supplement contained “methamphetamine-like chemical”
  6. Desperate: Obamacare Deadline Extended 48 Hours
  7. Honolulu Awarded Sexual Assault Justice Initiative Grant
  8. Honolulu: Average Small Business Invoices $105K per Year
  9. Class Action Suit Filed over Canceled Soccer Game
  10. With TMT project stalled, heavy equipment removed from Mauna Kea
  11. Ige: Telescope Waiting on State, State Waiting on a District Court Judge
  12. Peter Apo Debunks Claims of ‘Sacred’ Mauna Kea
  13. Williamson Chang: Nai Aupuni Convention Contrary to Supreme Court Order
  14. Kauai Council—$800 per Year GE Tax Hike to pay for Plan to Force you out of your car
  15. Honolulu Charter Rewrite Just for Kyo Ya Developers
  16. City Puts 465 Homeless into Homes
  17. City says number of documented homeless could grow in new year
  18. HPD chief outlines body cam plans, challenges Police Commission Discipline
  19. Kakaako Street ownership dispute clouds rail acquisition
  20. Honolulu, Kahului rank low in airport survey
  21. Dengue fever outbreak in Hawaii biggest in 60 years—thanks to anti-pesticide activists
  22. How the Fed's rate hike makes Hawaii’s biggest problem even tougher
  23. Amicable Divorce?  Hawaii Ranks #11
  24. Poll: Hawaii 3rd Most Desired State
  25. Hawaii: 2nd Fewest Gun Dealers Per Capita
  26. Eco-Shysters Study Fisheries Agreements for Path to Total Shutdown

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Wednesday, December 16, 2015
December 16, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:21 PM :: 4940 Views
  1. Nai Aupuni’s "Oprah Theory Of Elections"
  2. Grassroot: Nai Aupuni is undercutting its own efforts
  3. Hawaii Ranked in Bottom Five States for Economic Freedom
  4. Word with Ward: Portnoy, Kato Discuss Shield Law
  5. Honolulu Is the 11th Best City for Singles
  6. DoH Posts Interim Administrative Rules For Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
  7. Study: Honolulu Lowest Per-Patient Health Spending in USA
  8. Criminal Hee Claims ‘Food Allergies’ Should Exempt him from Prison—Sentencing Delayed Again
  9. "Nai Aupuni has the integrity of a Costco membership at this point."
  10. Ritte: “Bad Joke -- It’s not going to Work.”
  11. Nai Aupuni Devolves into Embarrassing Circus
  12. Big Island Delegates May Take $4000 Bribe
  13. Nai Aupuni: Dwindling Time Left for Tribal Cronies
  14. New Lawsuit Challenges Nai Aupuni Blood Quantum
  15. Honolulu Charter Commission Exempts itself from Ethics Disclosure, Plans Kyo-Ya Amendment
  16. Obamacare Deadline Extended 48 Hours
  17. Health reform's escape hatch may be too narrow for states seeking to use it
  18. Kohala: Existing Pot Growers Demand Protection from State-Controlled Corporate Crony Marijuana
  19. Anti-Dairy Obsessives at Kauai Meeting with Governor
  20. ‘Deficiencies’ found in dengue effort—More Pesticide Needed, anti-Pesticide Activists Remain Silent
  21. DOE tackling shortage of special education teachers
  22. Charter School Paying $110K/Month for Portable Classroom
  23. Criminal Al Hee Sentencing Delayed Until January 6
  24. Kauai police chief explains body camera usage, despite union protest
  25. Lawyer Targets Police After Arrest of Monk Seal Harasser – Caldwell Panders
  26. Criminals, Thieves Cleared out of Kewalo
  27. Hawaii Renters Among Most Cost-Burdened
  28. State's unclaimed property pot exceeds $200M
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Tuesday, December 15, 2015
December 15, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:04 PM :: 4264 Views
  1. Nai Aupuni Terminates Election—$5000 Bribe Offered to Delegates for a Self-Appointed ‘Aha of Cronies
  2. Internet tax ban could offer relief for Hawaii businesses
  3. 87 Times More Homeless in Honolulu than Las Vegas
  4. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted December 14, 2015
  5. Trump Files to be on the Ballot in Hawaii
  6. Another Triumph of Jones Act Shipbuilding: USS Milwaukee breaks down on Maiden Voyage
  7. HSTA Taxes Without End—$750M / year Forever
  8. Kauai Council Considering Massive GE Tax Hike
  9. Caldwell Turns on Kealoha—But Still Claims he has no Authority over Chief
  10. Micronesians Face Long Waits as ObamaCare Deadline Today
  11. Feds to Stick Hawaii With 3% Obamacare Fee
  12. HPD detective arrested on suspicion of abuse of family member
  13. Maui Jail Overcrowded
  14. Hawaii a model for how to improve K-12 education
  15. Others have shown interest in buying Hawaiian Electric, Gov. David Ige says
  16. 70 Pages of Secret NextEra Documents to be Made Public
  17. Excuses: Ige Claims lack of infrastructure on state-owned lands stymies development
  18. Kakaako Homeless Sweep—One More Decides to Accept Shelter
  19. Governor turns his back on Hawaii football fans
  20. Honolulu Council Dumps P-Cards in Wake of Kenoi Scandals
  21. Hawaii County Council to Reform Kenoi-Controlled Ethics Commission?
  22. Hawaii County Council Wants to ‘Loosen’ Sunshine Laws
  23. How Casinos Fiscally Impact Counties
  24. Anti-Gun Nuts Disappointed to Report only 16 Gun Deaths in Hawaii
  25. Ivory: Animal Liberation Nuts to Renew Harassment of Antique Dealers, Musicians, Gun Collectors
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Monday, December 14, 2015
December 14, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 12:38 PM :: 3378 Views
  1. Audit: H-Power Contracts Designed to Hide Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
  2. Court Of Appeals: Pig Hunting is a Traditional Hawaiian Practice (In This Case)
  3. Nai Aupuni, Telescope: If not this, then that.  So settle.
  4. Nai Aupuni Undermines its own Legitimacy
  5. Has the ACLU Tied Homeless Sweeps up in Red Tape?
  6. Hawaii County Police body cameras still in the works
  7. State Energy Bank costs money but has no loan portfolio
  8. Dopers to Run up Multi-Million Dollar Electric Bills
  9. NINBYs, ENVIROs Sue to Block Affordable Housing
  10. Hawaii Republicans Majority-Minority, 50% Female
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Sunday, December 13, 2015
December 13, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:44 PM :: 3674 Views
  1. Law & Corruption in Hawaii
  2. Why you should oppose the DOI Proposed Rule—And How
  3. Charter Commission Agenda: Defer all ‘Proposals to Dismantle HART’
  4. Jonesing for a Fix? Delving into the Merchant Marine Act of 1920
  5. Chained dogs on Legislative Agenda for 2016
  6. An Early Christmas Present from IRS to Heald Students
  7. Star-Adv: Cancelling IT Contracts is Ige’s Only Real Accomplishment
  8. How Many Federal Billions has Hawaii not Spent?
  9. TAT already applies to TVRs but state lacks ability to ensure compliance
  10. ‘Worst state for doing business’
  11. Mountain’s sacredness seems a recent thing
  12. Ige: UPW, HGEA to Represent Workers at Kaiser-Controlled Maui Memorial Hospital
  13. Bunda Lined up to Take Ernie Martin’s Seat
  14. City Lets Varona Village Decay for 20 Years
  15. Dengue outbreak largest in US State in more than 60 years
  16. Report: Hawaii Best State for African-American Students
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Saturday, December 12, 2015
Letters to the Editor, December, 2015
By Letters to the Editor @ 9:41 PM :: 4464 Views
Chained dogs on Legislative Agenda for 2016
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Saturday, December 12, 2015
December 12, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:25 PM :: 3887 Views
  1. A Short History of Islam in Hawaii
  2. ‘Hawaii’s George Soros': The Hidden Funding Behind Efforts to Disrupt Hillary Clinton’s Opponents
  3. Wanna Be A Drug Dealer? Hawaii has an Opportunity for You
  4. After Telescope defeat: “It would be very hard for a new project to come here, ever”
  5. Hawaii's Telescope Controversy Is the Latest in a Long History of Land-Ownership Battles
  6. Hoana Medical—Another Act 221 Tax Credit Company Goes Bankrupt
  7. Ige Still Chasing Vaporware – The Key to 100% Renewable is a non-existent technology
  8. Obama Coming to Hawaii Dec 19
  9. Thanks to ACLU, Kakaako Makai Homeless Sweeps Tangled up in Red Tape!
  10. Police Union to Fight Against Deployment of Body Cams on Kauai?
  11. Doped Up Cop, firefighter told medical pot not OK at police, fire departments
  12. Homosexual Child Molester Chases Boy in Kaneohe
  13. All Four Counties Switching to LED Streetlights
  14. Attorney: Aloha Stadium turf inspection finds flaws
  15. Court Upholds Right to Tresspass
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Friday, December 11, 2015
December 11, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:40 PM :: 5008 Views
  1. Medicare Penalizes Maui Memorial, Pali Momi, Wahiawa General over Safety Incidents
  2. Hawaii: 64% of your income for infant child care
  3. After Recent Failures, Ige Admin Revamps IT Project Approval Process
  4. UHERO Hawaii Forecast: Expansion Will Continue, Despite Global Challenges
  5. Education: U.S. House Passes ObamaCORE!
  6. Recent IT Failures Cost State $259M
  7. Marumoto vs Trump
  8. Hawaii County review of Kenoi’s alleged spending scandal stalls, while state investigation continues
  9. HPD Latest: Overtime irregularities, theft and kidnapping
  10. Lawmaker wants police commission to have disciplinary powers
  11. Charter school stricken by financial strain
  12. Teachers want action at ‘unsafe’ Pahoa school after spate of violence
  13. Advocates continue to lobby for CARE Act as caregivers increase in Hawaii
  14. HIRA Summed Up
  15. Homeless Dump Feces in Downtown Mailboxes
  16. NextEra Merger News
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Thursday, December 10, 2015
December 10, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:07 PM :: 4897 Views
  1. Why You Should Mahalo the Grassroot Institute
  2. HSTA Launches Push for 25% GE Tax Hike
  3. Hawaii Island Energy Cooperative would deliver transformation better, faster and cheaper
  4. National Report: Hawaii Ranks 6th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
  5. Gambling with our health in 2016
  6. Report: Hawaii Ranks #1 in Overall Health
  7. Christmas Comes Early for Teachers’ Unions With No Child Left Behind Rewrite
  8. Sugar Subsidies to be Cut in Budget Bill?
  9. Another Muslim Makes Unsubstantiated Claims of Honolulu Harassment
  10. Muslim Leaves Suspicious Package at Honolulu Airport, Then Retrieves it, Escapes 
  11. Don’t increase GET to fund HSTA plan
  12. Honolulu Council Approves Massive GE Tax Hike for Rail
  13. Hawaii Internet access tax will end under bill expected to pass Congress—Consumers to Save $20M
  14. Ige: Opposing NextEra is a Key Achievement of My First Year in Office 
  15. Schatz--Talking to an Empty Chair
  16. As deadline looms most have yet to re-enroll in Obamacare
  17. Kaiser, HMSA Hike Rates, Cut Coverage for 20,000 Seniors
  18. U.S. Bids A Not-So-Fond Farewell To ‘No Child Left Behind’
  19. Kakaako Sweeps to Begin Again--110 Tents Put up by Homeless Refusing to Accept Shelter
  20. Kenoi not doing his job but Won’t Resign
  21. Bobby Bunda Raising Money to Succeed Ernie Martin—in 2016?
  22. Shutting Down rail project Would Save Billions
  23. HPD Officer Arrested After Allegedly Beating Trucker
  24. Video: Police Officer Takes Down Monk Seal Harasser
  25. City council considers stricter rules for taxis, rideshare companies
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015
December 9, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 12:50 PM :: 3593 Views
  1. Hawaii Might Finally Be Forced To Include Military Among ‘We The People’
  2. Retired Hawaii police officers frustrated by barriers to concealed carry
  3. Teacher Quality? Hawaii Scores D+
  4. No Joke: Hanabusa named Distinguished Visiting Scholar at UH Manoa
  5. Robotics championship to qualify Hawaii teams for World event
  6. 2015 Most Charitable States--Hawaii Ranks 21st
  7. Ige Seeking Applicants for 170 Boards and Commissions
  8. Rail: Massive GE Tax Hike Proposed Without Cap
  9. HSTA urges 25% GE tax increase -–$750M/year to Lard Coffers
  10. Lawmakers Criticize University of Hawaii Budget, Maintenance
  11. HMSA tells kupuna they’ll pay more
  12. Insiders Still Pushing Federal ‘Rule’ for Fake Indian Tribe
  13. What The Supreme Court’s TMT Decision Didn’t Say
  14. Amid union dispute, police body cams remain stacked in supply closet
  15. HECO's Smart Grid roll-out continues to be plagued by delays
  16. How Pothole May Cost The City $1.2M
  17. Tsutsui Uses Soccer Debacle to Push ‘Sports Authority’
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015
December 8, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:58 PM :: 3847 Views
  1. GEMS: Electric Ratepayers Pay Millions for Nothing
  2. Evenwel: Will Supreme Court Overturn 50 Years of Hawaii Apportionment Law?
  3. Nai Aupuni: The View from Outside the Hawaii Bubble
  4. Debating Inouye on Jones Act
  5. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted December 7, 2015
  6. Gauging Home Affordability: The Challenge
  7. Does Your State Adjust Its Income Tax Brackets For Inflation?
  8. Hawaii might finally be forced to include military among ‘We the People’
  9. Existing Mauna Kea Telescopes at Risk thanks to Supreme Court: ‘Master Lease is Holy Grail’
  10. Protests over Mauna Kea unlikely to ever go away Thanks to State’s Miserable 1978 Constitution
  11. March 8 Hawaii GOP Caucus—Civil Beat Gets Almost Everything Wrong
  12. Anti-GMO Activists Team up with Rail Consultant to Ramp up Fear
  13. PUC Approves Another Ridiculously Expensive Electric Supply Contract
  14. Thanks to UPW, Repairs to Public Housing Cost $820M
  15. Hawaii Democrats Join 10-State Push for ‘Debt-Free’ College Tuition
  16. Hawaii Universities Ranked by Earnings of students
  17. Airport Div Cancels Commuter Terminal, Wastes Three Years
  18. Woman prisoner claims she repeatedly had sex with male, female guards
  19. Legal dispute brewing between state, U.S. Soccer over cancelled soccer match
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