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Monday, May 25, 2015 May 25, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:37 PM :: 4288 Views Best state in America: Hawaii, for making the ultimate sacrifice HART Worried About Ige Veto, So Rail's Pretend operating cost pretend to rise by $13M/year Obama’s radical health care ‘solution’ is about to implode Anti-GMO Activists' Dust Verdict a gift to Developers: Will Subject Agriculture to Similar Harassment Suits Statewide Telescope Builders Knew OHA Shakedown Was Coming Tap private sector to fix Handi-Van Kauai Council Chair Distances Himself from Hooser's Swiss Lies How militarized are local police departments? Charter nears deal for Time Warner Cable Read More..

Sunday, May 24, 2015 May 24, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:25 PM :: 3574 Views HSTA Insurgents: We Won the Election, Will Sue Tuesday A Tale of Two Fleets: Canada Reforms its Version of Jones Act 2015 Legislative Recap: Victories for Social and Economic Justice Cheese: The GMO food die-hard GMO opponents love (and oppose a label for) Unfunded Liabilities – Smoke and Mirrors? Dust is a Worldwide Pollutant Hawaii: Honest Politician Became Bored and Frustrated Tsutsui Ignored Senators Remember their Roots--Bill helps Small-Time Crooks Tax Cuts for the Poor Defeated Pakistan Questions Hawaii's Status as US State After Initial Rush, Gay Marriages Drop Sharply:  Only 170 on Big Island Sand Island Homeless Tent City Decision Coming Soon Crony Capitalism: Biofool Scammers Call for Veto of Ethanol Mandate Repeal 'Accountable Care Organization' for Hilo? Instead of Protesting, How About Paying Attention? Aliamanu Middle School Ranks 5th for Diversity Read More..

Saturday, May 23, 2015 May 23, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:39 PM :: 4272 Views 'We just elected a Governor, and now this?'  -- Teachers Angry at Corrupt Union, Lawsuit to be Filed Tuesday Fraud?  'Unreasonable' tax refund delays Bolster General Fund Before End of Fiscal Year Star-Adv: Ige Should Veto 3 Anti-Transparency Bills New ethics complaint filed in Kenoi pCard case Hawaii Health Connector Platform Hopeless, But DHS Kolea Works Ex-Civil Air Patrol pilot gets fine for forgery NextEra Dimly Begins to Identify Solar Schemers as Competitors--After they Out Themselves Following UH Regents, Legislator talks up State Divestment from 'Fossil Fuel' Stocks Rail Bid Protest Rejected, Opening Delayed Another 3 Months City Council may let sit-lie veto stand, go with mayor's plan U.S. Census Bureau: Hawaii's population jumps by 4.4% over four years Part-time teachers and subs awarded $46M Army, DOE demonstrate school partnership success UH Manoa: Self-Righteous Pseudo Intellectuals Denounce Filipino who Builds Affordable Housing for the Poor Enviro Protesters Threaten Nesting Octopus, Violate Safety Regs Inundated With Propaganda, Americans Vastly Overestimate Size of Gay and Lesbian Population Read More..

Friday, May 22, 2015 May 22, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:02 PM :: 4082 Views Best state in America: Hawaii, for making the ultimate sacrifice Rusting Windfarm Junk off Waikiki: Europe's Disaster Coming to Hawaiian Waters Tulsi Gabbard: How She Isn’t Making Hawaii Better Anti-GMO Activists Cheer Kauai Pioneer Seed Farm Layoffs Conspiracies and Paranoia: Hector Valenzuela Plays the Victim UPDATE: HSTA Election Conspiracy? Okabe Complains About Release of Information Beer Taxes: Hawaii 5th Highest Auditor: School Bus Reforms Not Rolled Out Statewide FAIL: State transferring Obamacare Connector to federal insurance exchange HSTA Meltdown: Obviously Trumped up Strategy to Hold on to Power Why Is House Speaker Joe Souki Going After Ethics Director Les Kondo? Final Pieces Fall Into Place for State Senate Reorganization State finally pays newspaper for nominees battle Doomed: Hawaii Supreme Court takes up Koa Ridge dispute Zero Evidence for Anti-GMO Claims No quick decision on overriding mayor’s sit-lie veto UH Hikes Tuition, Calls it Cut Crackpot Investment Theories Help UH Regents Divest from Energy New 'Green' power plant could be headed to Central Oahu, Residents not Fooled DOE breaks ground on first 'Ka Hei' Crony Solar projects State Hospital plans 150-bed Privately Operated long-term care facility Thanks to HGEA, Kona Hospital to lose 20% of Staff Sex assault charges against HPD officer are dropped Staff and program cuts possible for Kahoolawe Read More..

Thursday, May 21, 2015 May 21, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:34 PM :: 3653 Views Three Years of Secret Meetings Behind Feds' DHHL Rules -- What you can do Hawaii Obamacare Enrolls ZERO People During Special Enrollment Period Auditor: Federal Land Use Issues Dog Aloha Stadium A Troubling Excess Of Optimism: Examining the Hawaii State Budget Hawaii State Capitol: MD on Errors in ‘Politically Correct’ Sex Ed Insurgents Demand HSTA certify election victory SB265 Soft on Pimps, Loophole for Child Traffickers Thanks to Fracking, Oahu power bills drop again--causing Panic Among 'Green' Energy Schemers NextEra Merger: 54% No Opinion or Don't Know Emergency Money Made Easy, If You’re a Democratic Governor Hawaii Legislature chips away at reforming police Caldwell vetoes sit-lie expansion, offers alternative bill While Honolulu dithers, a Canadian city says it has eliminated homelessness, and Utah homelessness is down 91% over 10 years Protesters use claims of sacredness for political agendas “If you want to decolonize it, take it over.” Protest Funder: 'True economic value of observatory sites was never pursued' NCAA compliance expert says more sanctions could be added UH Greenhouse Renovation Enters 6th Year 5 more parcels could be seized for rail Hawaii Underage smoking decreases Read More..

Wednesday, May 20, 2015 May 20, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:33 PM :: 4024 Views 2015 Neighborhood Board Election Results A-1 A-Lectrician Case: 9th Upholds Hawaii Election-Finance Laws 84% of Hawaii Rural Roads Poor, Mediocre Hawaii Ranks Fourth for Senior Health Hawaii: Report Looks at the State of Preschool NELHA Transparency? 'Continues to Struggle with Sunshine' Ige Signs Rain Tax Bill Barrel Tax Expanded to Drive Up Electricity Rates--Star-Adv Complains it is not Enough Trapped Under HGEA, 90 to be Laid off from Big Isle Hospitals More Escapees Not Charged:  Lawmakers question state’s inmate work furlough program UH pays Shrink $200/hr to Analyze Demented Deans TMT collaborators moving forward with project Green: Fundraising Drives 'Environmentalist' anti-GMO Strategy Mayor to OK Ho'opili rezoning bill City administration ignores homeless, except in Waikiki Handi-Van: "It's as bad as its ever been" Insurer Sticks Patient With Bill Over Labor Negotiations Officer Pleads Guilty: 'I lost my temper' Second U.S. Marine dies from injuries sustained during MV-22 Osprey crash at Bellows Read More..

Tuesday, May 19, 2015 May 19, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:52 PM :: 4026 Views Stirring the Hysteria Pot Hawaii’s health care collapse a bad omen for state Obamacare exchanges Out of Reach 2015: Hawaii Most Unaffordable Rentals in USA Study: Hawaii 12th Best State for Military Retirees Kicked out of Public Housing, 1 in 12 COFA Migrants now Homeless Okabe Makes Excuses for Union Election Re-Vote HART's 'Tough Year' Behind Resignations? As HCDA board changes, so does the discussion Will Congressional Delegation Let Obamacare Punish Hawaii? View from Mauna Kea: Looking Forward or Looking Back? Dates Set for Third Hawaii Teachers Union Election This Year Worthless Election Commission retains embattled election chief Scott Nago for another 4 Years Work furlough, prison ‘escapes’ don’t always lead to charges How Will We Restore Trust in Hawaii’s Police? Honolulu Prosecutor to Hawaii Governor: Veto the Sex Trafficking Bill Caldwell signs bills creating Waikiki Tax Hike district Hawaii Foster Children More Likely to be Placed with Extended Family Pro-Life Rally at UH Manoa Advocacy group: Wind turbine rules needed to protect birds in Hawaii EPA Creates Fake 'Public Comments' to Back its Initiatives 1985: Democrats Punish Three For Switching to Republican Read More..

Monday, May 18, 2015 May 18, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:19 PM :: 4068 Views Osprey Crash Landing at Bellows: 1 Marine Dead, others wounded Attorney Seeks Hawaiians Placed on Kanaiolowalu Roll Without Permission Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 18, 2015 Crabbe: No one owns Land in Hawaii Until OHA Owns Land HB287 to keep data from public gets to the governor Star-Adv: Obamacare Punishes Hawaii for Being Superior Environmentalists Upset Because Tax Hike Won't Increase Electricity Prices Enough The Hole in the Rooftop Solar-Panel Craze Billionaire's Website: 'UH Regents Should Let Tuition Hike Move Forward' UH Ranks 9th in Scramble for Rich Kids Read More..

Sunday, May 17, 2015 May 17, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:01 PM :: 4375 Views Tulsi Gabbard's Cult Tied to "Billion Dollar Drug Empire"-- Funded Taliban HSTA Refuses to Certify Union Election after Insurgents Win We Have Met the Enemy, and He Is Us Rail Tax Hike: "The House talk was theater" County GE Tax Hike Will Result in More TAT Cuts Kouchi: New Senate President a 'Good old Boy' In Tourism-Dependent Hawaii, Takai Against Obama's Free Trade Pact A'ole TMT: Nothing could be further from the truth. UH: Aquarium Accreditation Not Worth Our Time Work furloughs are vital to successful re-entry of prisoners back into society Mental health screenings could reduce hospital readmissions Kauai Faces $9.4M Budget Hole Thanks to HGEA Hawaii One of only 5 States to Tax Lawyers Hawaii Mid-Term Election Voter Turnout 'Average' Read More..

Saturday, May 16, 2015 May 16, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:13 PM :: 3803 Views Which States Receive the Most Federal Aid? -- Hawaii is 49th CON: Hawaii Ranks #3 in 'Certificate of Need' Laws Jones Act Ready for Retirement Chris Butler Cult Tied to "Billion Dollar Drug Empire" Marine Biologist: Self-Dealing Whale Sanctuary Staff Ignore Public Jump Sinking Ship? Two Quitting HART Board More Rate Hikes Coming: HMSA, Kaiser bleed $78M Thanks to Obamacare Star-Adv: Stockholders can block Utility sale Bill 35: Another Property Tax Increase Record Turnout in Neighborhood Board Elections Pflueger completes so-called sentence San Francisco Cuts Homelessness 50% by Building 3,000 Units People Who Actually Work for a Living Get off Street into Permanent Housing UH athletics complex opens 2 years late; cost 60% more than first estimate Read More..

Friday, May 15, 2015 May 15, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:19 PM :: 4429 Views Voting for 2015 Neighborhood Board elections ends tonight Ige: Feds Secretly Declared Hawaii Health Connector 'Non-Compliant' in February Robin Danner in DC: "I speak for Native Hawaiians" There’s ‘No Sugarcoating’ Health Insurance Exchange Failures Dog Bites? Hawaii Ranks 40th Enviros Challenge Deep-Sea Mining Licenses Court: State Cannot Place Tax Lien on Hawaii PEO Business Owned by Mainland Tribe UH Faces Hearing before NCAA Committee on Infractions Senate Boss Kouchi: Tough and Calculating Voice for Pro-Development Interests If Hawaii Dumps State Exchange, Supreme Court Could Block Subsidies Star-Adv Runs Fluff Piece on Hostile Whale Sanctuary Director UH Manoa Faculty, Administrators Continue to Play Retaliation Games on Your Dime  Obama Library Rejection Goes from UH Losers Bet to HCDA Foolish Optimism OHA Gives Away $37.4M in 'Loans' Feds to License Windfarm off Waikiki Beach? Paper Bags Will be Even Worse Maui Small Businesses to be Hit with 600% Fee Hike Anti-GMO Idiots Demand Hawaii County Stop Buying Roundup Honolulu police officer, 41, arrested for alleged sex assault Homeless Wish-List for Legislature falls Short 26% of Homeless Have Serious Mental Illness City’s sit-lie laws result in many warnings, but few arrests Farrington HS to be Model for Discipline Reform Statewide? Bullying Gay Agenda into the Schools After Decade: Brand New Lahainaluna stadium sits idle, one of many DOE delays Gabbard, Takai Defy Obama Veto Threat, Vote for Republican Defense Budget Read More..

Thursday, May 14, 2015 May 14, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:49 PM :: 4287 Views OHA: $2.8M Giveaway to Wife of Kanaiolowalu CEO Two days left to vote in the 2015 Neighborhood Board elections Behind Closed Doors: Shining the Light on Government Secrecy in Hawaii 252 Criminals Deported from Hawaii in Last 7 Years Hawaii Legislature adjourns without passing any anti-gun bills DBEDT: Hawaii Economic Growth Slows IRONMAN fined $2.7M for illegal lottery Wind and Solar Facilities Face No Consequences for Killing Millions of Birds Tulsi Gabbard takes on Obama Attorney General Slams Hawaii County Ethics for Letting Kenoi Off Hook Apo to Protesters: Thanks for Helping OHA Score Rent Money from Telescope  Failed Health Connector: Hawaii risks losing $1 billion in matching federal Medicaid funds After Months of Secret Negotiations ZipMobile Breaks Down, but with Rail Tax Passed, no need to Create Traffic Jam Now That Rail Tax Debate is Over, Traffic Signals to be Synchronized State retirement assets hit record Anti-GMO Activists Suckered by Broken Trust Figure Why Did a Fatal Car Wreck Cost State Taxpayers $900,000? Ige Plays Small Ball, Abercrombie Went for Home Runs Progressive Whines Because Legislature Did Not Raise Taxes Enough One Day in the DoE: Sex, Assault, and Retaliation KITV to be Sold to New Owner Read More..

Wednesday, May 13, 2015 May 13, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:10 PM :: 4737 Views Hawaii’s $205 Million Obamacare Exchange Implodes Hawaii Bans Smoking For Young Adults, Lets Kids Continue to Have Sex Council Refuses to Back Down After Caldwell Threatens to Make Kakaako a Homeless Tent City Study: Honolulu not Nearly as Diverse as You Thought 70% Tuition Hike: UH System Ranks #2 in USA Hawaii County Ethics: Kenoi Cronies Vote Unanimously to do Nothing Rail Checkbook: $3M to Washington Lobbyist Dennis Dwyer HART Refuses to Cover $3M Cost of Blood Bank Move Ige administration plans to use federal exchange for Obamacare Health Connector Boss Learned of Exchange Shutdown Plan from Media 'Policy Progress' -- Legalize Marijuana, Criminalize Tobacco Doomed: Half-Built Haleakala Telescope Before State Supreme Court UH Regents Consider 4%-5% Tuition Hike--Call it a Cut! State officials: Majority of Kaka'ako homeless are COFA migrants HCDA: Obama Center Land is a Pinata 60 Arrests, 15 Convictions: Naturally, Dead Criminal Was Represented by Politician Now That Rail Tax is Past Lege, New Lane for H-1 Westbound The case for an energy co-op on the Big Island Honolulu to Pay $17 Million to Resolve Air Violations at Landfill Questions surface about judges’ gift disclosures Pandering to Pandemonium: A Quack Moves to Maui Study: Honolulu a top city for young college grads Read More..

Tuesday, May 12, 2015 May 12, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:23 PM :: 4086 Views Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 11, 2015 Powerwall or Powerdream? Merger Vote Comes up Short, Hawaiian Electric Extends Deadline State Planning Office Publishes 'Land Use System Review' Bicycle Friendly? Hawaii Ranks 43rd Caldwell: I will Make Kakaako a Homeless Tent City Unless Council Funds 'Positions' Luke, Tokuda on long quest to find hidden budget funds Unedited Video: Kenoi Lies Thru Teeth in April Fools Day Interview Obamacare State Exchange Disasters: Hawaii is the Worst With heavy lifting done, Kaiser wants in Costly consequences of Hawaii's 50-Year Old payroll technology State tax returns could be delayed 16 weeks, DoTax Racks up Overtime Bill Would Require State Worker Participation in Return to Work Programs Renewable? How Often Does Civil Beat need to repeat a lie to make it true? HEI Takes Aim at Takeover Group UH Manoa Boosts Graduation Rates by Cutting GPA Requirement Tuition hikes, belt tightening ahead for UH Latest UH Manoa Faculty Infighting Claims Scalp Maya Soetoro-Ng says Hawaii won’t be forgotten by The Obama Tesla's New Battery Doesn't Work That Well With Solar They gave their all to make sure we are safe' Criminal Not Grateful to Soft-on-Crime Judge Read More..

Monday, May 11, 2015 May 11, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:22 PM :: 3652 Views Draft DoI Rules Create Path for Fake Indian Tribe to Take Over DHHL Sacred? OHA Trustees Dream of "Millions or Billions" in Telescope Revenues Mandatory GMO food label not backed by science HB888 Deedy Bill Coming Back in 2016 Best City to Start a Career? Its not Honolulu Telescope: "Conver$ation$ are Happening" Mauna Kea Telescope tied to Haleakala Case Kauai Mayor’s proposed budget tops $182M, HGEA Continues to Drain Reserves Who Will be Next HSTA President Did NextEra spy on Occupy Wall Street? Giant Offshore Windfarm Coming to Hawaii? Implementing the Community-Based Renewable Energy and the Green Infrastructure Loan Programs HB148-SB145: Make Crime Pay Some in HPD can't wait for body cams Read More..

Sunday, May 10, 2015 May 10, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:36 PM :: 3407 Views Laulima not A'ole: Restoring Our Roots Whose Tax Is It, Anyway? (Part 2) Court Challenge to Guam’s race-based plebiscite will go Forward OHA Gives Away $7.4M in Grants Women in Hawaii: Poverty and Opportunity Could Private Exchanges Save Health Care? Facts not Ideology Star-Adv: Let's Start Talking about Recreational Marijuana Now Ige Helped Write Legislation on HHSC, Health Connector Solar Shifts $53M in Costs to Others  BOE is considering a plan to make out-of-school suspensions a last resort Nago Designated At-Will Employee Subject to Post Election Review Shapiro: Drop Scheme to Build Obama 'Center' at Kakaako Lower property tax rates in Maui council budget proposal Bill 32 Reform 'Residential A' Tax Cliff  Truth-Challenged Anti-GMO Activists Hype Dust Damages Alleged victim speaks about game room attack Some Question Bag Ban Read More..

Saturday, May 9, 2015 May 9, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:52 PM :: 4198 Views DHHL 'No Advance Notice' as Feds Grab for Rule-Making Authority over Hawaiian Homelands Tranny Birth Certificates: How They Voted Kaiser to Bid for Maui Hospital Partnership Health Connector to Shutdown, Transfer Technology to State Ethics Board: Kenoi still hasn't filed gift disclosures (Take Mayor to Japan, get a 'contract') 7 Top Hawai‘i Teachers on What It’s Like to Work in the State Department of Education Board eyes gay sex ed policy change Ernie Martin pushes to study utility options on Oahu Failed bills show anti-GMO movement has been wrong all along Anti-Agriculture 'Dust Damage' Verdict is End Result of Year of Anti-GMO Hype Revoking the TMT Permits Would Be a Huge Mistake Will Supreme Court Undo Hawaii Apportionment Commission? Medical marijuana dispensary law will face challenges Isles' autistic kids, families will benefit from Luke's Law UH: Up to 7% Tuition Hike Coming UH Manoa Administrators, Professors Play Retaliation Games in Media  Star-Adv: Don't Bust Prostitutes Any More Maui PD Identifies Hit and Run Diver Military-impacted schools striving toward accreditation Hawaii visitor spending drops 1.3 percent in first quarter Lawmakers approve construction of memorial for fallen officers Read More..

Friday, May 8, 2015 May 8, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:23 PM :: 7032 Views Feds Grab for Rule-Making Authority over Hawaiian Homelands Hawaii, Alaska Independence Movement Requests Russian Support “We don’t follow laws, we make them” Heritage: Jones Act Reform Part of Seven-Point Plan for Economic Recovery How They Voted: HB321 Marijuana Death Taxes: How Does Hawaii Compare? CEOs Rank Hawaii 44th Worst for Business Feds try to get Kauai Protesters Arrested: "I want you to hit me" Borreca: Randy Perriera a Big Loser? City Ethics Commission investigating HPD chief Police Reforms Killed in Conference Committee Dozens of UH P-Card Users Rack up $100K-$200K Each Rail Will Use 122.4 GigaWatts of Electricity Telescope viewed as an opportunity for science education to some Telescope Protesters: "This court has no legal authority over me" Fear and Pseudoscience: Another Bogus Anti-GMO Pesticide Study Released $3-5M Needed to Legally Launch Marijuana 'Dispensary' Honolulu is worst in the U.S. for affordable housing for young adults Opponents say Okada Trucking case raised Hawaii construction costs After Launching TAT, Tourism Industry Now Surprised to See it 'Picking Their Pockets' Solar Scammers Game HEI Merger With Takeover Offer  Overpriced Tesla Home Batteries: Who Will be Suckered into Buying Them? City Needs to Manage Bike Lane Projects Better, Audit Says Mayor Wright theft eviction reversed Ex-Drug Court clerk pleads guilty to stealing $930 in gift cards Former probation officer pleads not guilty to theft Hawaii could be first to Ban Animal Circus Acts Read More..

Thursday, May 7, 2015 May 7, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:14 PM :: 4884 Views The Senate says 'yes' to marijuana and 'no' to anti-GMO protesters Hawaii State Senate Announces New Committee Chairs Rail: It’s Going to Be a Bumpy Ride OHA Telescope Neutrality: Do You Smell Something Fishy? Honolulu 86th Worst Small Business Environment Over 14,000 ballots cast in the 2015 Neighborhood Board elections -- Voting Open One More Week Rep. McDermott critical of new state budget for ignoring pressing needs at Campbell High School Kilauea Largest Source of SO2 Pollution in USA Ige says he is not sold on the need for a law extending the rail transit tax Job Trust Being Dismantled: Thanks to Perriera's Incompetence, 300 HGEA, UPW Members to be Laid Off at Hospitals Anti-GMO Crowd Ousted in Senate Shakeup Kouchi 'More Friendly to Development' Grant in Aid: Politicians Give Themselves Money How Will Kenoi Appointees Sabotage Ethics Investigation? Maui County Employee Uses PCard to Build Catering Business at Baseyard, County Covers it Up Arch of Hysteria Wanes: People Losing Interest in Telescope Protest Hardest Days of Fiery Testimony, Anger Over Federal Grab for Control of Hawaii Waters Council passes sit-lie bill over Objections of Activists Who Want to Keep the Homeless Homeless Homeless Parents Continue to Refuse Shelter, Keep Children on Streets Legislators Approve $80M Loan Guarantee for Hawaiian Electric Two Alternatives are Floated to replace HECO and NextEra Hawaii Second State to Dump Ethanol Mandate Maui County RFP for Electric Co-op Conversion Rail Construction Behind Massive West Oahu Traffic Jams City council unanimously approves Hoopili project in West Oahu Council Votes to Hike Taxes on Waikiki Businesses Hawaii Nursing Care Costs 4th Highest in USA Bungling State Destroys Yet Another Small Business Federal charges filed against Honolulu police officer after alleged beating (#1) HPD will fire officer accused of fondling girl during traffic stop (#2) Maui cop accused in hit and run (#3) Maui: Homosexual Child Molester Gets 10 Years Lawyer Tries to Knock Down Massage Parlor Charges King Street bike path design flaw creates handicap parking problems Read More..

Wednesday, May 6, 2015 May 6, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:43 PM :: 5075 Views Rail Tax Hike: How They Voted HB321: Gamesmanship and Shenanigans Hawaii seed industry estimated at $159M--Down 14% Unanimous House Rejects HB888: Bill Would Have Prohibited Gun Owners from Drinking at Home Kim Out: Marijuana Last Straw as Senate Committee Chairs Overthrow President Advanced Industries? Hawaii at Bottom of Heap 12 Subpoenas: AG investigation into Kenoi heats up Dozens of Maui County Employees Implicated in P-Card Abuse Rail Tax Spotlight Shifts to Ige, Council Hundreds Rip Federal Scheme to Take Control of Hawaii Waters Still No Love for Public Interest Bills at Hawaii Legislature Legislature passes health exchange funding bill Maui moves closer to forming own utility Hawaii legislation sets 100 percent renewable energy goal for the state Tranny birth certificate bill passes HB1366 State to Buy Fancy $90M Office Building 2 former Waikiki Aquarium directors say facility is mismanaged Kenoi releases $438.8M budget seeking 30 new positions Lingle Joins Superstar Team Fixing Broken Democrat Illinois Schatz' Brother Scores Cush Gig at DoE--Tops $160K? Kakaako Camp Doubles: Homeless Watch Big Screen TV in Tent  10 Years of airport viaduct homeless camp Organic Farmer Pesticide Poisons School full of Children on Big Island Read More..

Tuesday, May 5, 2015 May 5, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:04 PM :: 4761 Views Thanks to HGEA, Hawaii 2nd Worst State for Nurses Slom: Hawaii Will Deplete Cash Reserves by 2021 With Josh Green out of the Way, Lawmakers Advance Marijuana Bill for Final Reading Securities Fraud: Former Maui Mayoral Candidate Sentenced to 20 Years Former Oahu Probation Officer Charged with Theft, Forgery Public Comment Period Open on OHA Budget Senators Conspire to Oust Kim: Kouchi to be New Senate President? Council upset at having to approve tax increase for Rail Why So Little Information About City Council Meeting With Feds About Rail? Handi-Van chief replaced in shakeup of troubled service Perriera: HGEA Expects to be Paid $330M in Hospital partnership Deal Hawaii GOP Presidential Caucus Set for March 8, 2016 OHA 'Useless Tools' Marijuana Bill: Big Increase in Dopers Expected Panos: Good Riddance to Ethanol Mandate HB1007 on Governor's Desk: Drivers Licenses for Illegals Care home measure is deferred Hawaii to Pilot Juvenile Justice Reform Housing Office: Council Members Play Games, Posture Ambulance units close temporarily due to staffing shortage Homeless Camp Catches Fire Under H-1 Rich Luddites File Appeal Over Delayed Maui anti-GMO Moratorium Sources: 15 day Extension granted after UH Misses Deadline for response to NCAA allegations Big Island mayor’s campaign manager named Department of Aging director Caldwell Moots Plan to Make King Street Even More Difficult for Drivers Family of Wahiawa man who died in police jail cell seeks answers Read More..

Monday, May 4, 2015 May 4, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:47 PM :: 4659 Views Forgotten Honouliuli: Jack Burns, Police Spy Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 4, 2015 Best States for Working Moms: Hawaii Ranks 31st Rigged: Kenoi to Appear before Useless and Pathetic Hawaii County Ethics Board Stacked with His Cronies Who is building rail?  Impossible to accurately assess potential influence peddling Hospital strategy is unite or fail Hawaii has legacy of aloha for science The Jones Act, the Cost of Living and the Search for the Truth Here’s One Doctor Who Isn’t Sold on Raising Legal Smoking Age to 21 Media access bill falls Hawaii’s Preschool Open Doors Funding May Continue Admirable Activists Soft on Crime: Courts Find Way to Get Dope Dealer off Hook Feds Suggest Stranded Corinthian Students Transfer to Other Suspect For-Profit Schools Obama foundation to officially name Chicago home of Obama library May 12 Read More..

Sunday, May 3, 2015 May 3, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:33 PM :: 4072 Views Hawaii Republican Convention Meets, Elects New Party Leaders HB888: Gun Owners May Not Drink at Home--Even with Gun Locked in Safe Full List: $28M Grants in Aid Funded in State Budget Whose Tax Is It, Anyway? (Part 1) NextEra: Legalized Tax Fraud Sacred? NYT Complains Telescopes Pay 'Little to no Rent' Telescope Protesters Ugly Words Demonizing Telescope: A matter of faith? Maui Hospital Partnership: The Hardest Part Still to Come State Tax System Becomes More Regressive as Rail Tax Extends, Income Tax Sunsets SB519 Vacation Rentals Report to Homeowners Associations, DoTax Cesspool conversion tax credit passes Rep Creagan Still Wants to Get Rid of UH Hilo Pharmacy School University Refers only 2% of Rape Complaints Kauai Homosexual Child Molester Dead After Portland Bust Hall of Mirrors: Tranny is Everywhere in Media Gloves Have Come Off in the War for Tobacco Tax Revenues Marijuana Retail Store bill not dead, Josh Green removed from Conference committee Newsflash: Marijuana Causes Global Warming Another Maui Mayoral Candidate Heads for Prison Kunia Camp Residents to Get Boot Read More..

Saturday, May 2, 2015 May 2, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:56 PM :: 3601 Views We stand to lose more than a telescope Conference Committee Jones Act Industry Lawyer Addresses Full Repeal Strawman JSC Seeks Applicants for First and Third Circuit Courts Survey: Hawaii Ranks #2 in Sleep Deprivation Conference Committee Approves .5% GE Tax Five Year Extension for Rail Plan to Retool Unfunded Liability Mandate Rejected Hawaii lawmakers poised to give $2M to Hawaii Health Connector Bills that would require Hawaii insurers to cover autism, orthodontics head for final vote Gay Agenda Fails: Bullying and a Place to Hide Your Kids Hawaii lawmakers may revive dead marijuana dispensaries bill Bill boosting distance from turbines OK'd Care Home Bill Fails to Advance Despite Pleas Effort to Cap Payday Loan Rates Dies After Maui Lawmakers Clash Winners and Losers in Conference Homelessness: Lack of Leadership from Ige Homelessness 'Shaping Hawaii Tourism Industry' Read More..

Friday, May 1, 2015 May 1, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:35 PM :: 6728 Views End the Bleeding of Aloha By Hobby Activism “The Indoctrination of our children” with Dr. Joe McIlhaney Tuna Monument: Rep Aumua Amata to Oversee Investigations of 'Insular Areas' Hawaii Republican Convention Set for May 2 UPDATE: 84 Republicans Running for Honolulu Neighborhood Board KIUC: Solar Contractors Selling Systems Which Cost More than Electric Bill Safety? How Did Your Hospital Do? Turtle Bay Deal Announced While Pushing Rail, State Fails to Use $820M in Federal Highway Funds Now That Rail Tax Debate is Done, DoT Begins Opening New Lanes on H-1 Westbound Unconstitutional?  State skims millions off city’s rail tax OHA Trustees Re$cind Support for Telescope Anti-Telescope Activists Threaten HS Girl AGAIN Who Will Want to Partner with Hilo Hospital? HGEA Members Approve Contract Senators: Galuteria is a Tax Cheat, but he's good enough for us  UH Does it Again Kim Swears She Wasn't Seeking HTA Post Who Is Tesla’s Home Battery For?  -- Apparently only Hawaii Ethanol mandate nears end of road More Pressure on Homeless to Accept Shelter 61.6 Acres Left out of Turtle Bay Deal Obama library will be built in Chicago Tranny Birth Certificates and Sex Trafficking Pass Conference Committee Last day for medical marijuana dispensaries bill Persons with an exaggerated sense of self Bike Lane Unnecessary, and Confusing: Bicycle Accidents Begin Read More..

Thursday, April 30, 2015 April 30, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:19 PM :: 4203 Views Politicians Paid so Navatek Can get $20M Play? Desperate to Push GE Tax Hike Thru, HART Pretends Property Tax Hike is Only Alternative Hazardous Waste: DHHL Sues Evicted Racetrack Operator Hawaii Republican Convention Set for May 2 Rail Tax Hike Twists in Wind -- TGIF? Star-Adv: Kill $20M Pay to Play Tax Credit Bill Randy Perriera's Shortsightedness Drives Big Island Hospital to Seek Private Partnership We’re broke, they’re loaded HB1140: Cesspool Tax Credit in Conference Gay Sex Education before BoE Again Bills on Drug overdoses, closed-door meetings Approved by Legislators  On The Move in the Last Days of the Legislative Session Homelessness Began With Decision to Close Insane Asylums Turnabout: Dobelle forced to Pay University After Being Fired Looking for a Great Read? Try Auditor’s Annual Report KIUC Pushes Back Against Pushy Solar Salesmen Geothermal Developer Denies Fraud in Response to Whistleblower Lawsuit New Yorker Appointed to UH BoR After years of delays, work begins on traffic center Hawaii Nation's Lowest Rate of Workplace Deaths 'Swift & Certain': Hawaii Probation Program Goes National Who Should Pay For Poor Decisions? Read More..

Wednesday, April 29, 2015 April 29, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:27 PM :: 5112 Views Full Text: Unanimous Conference Committee Approves Maui Hospital Partnership Bill Souki: HB1075 'Will open the doors for a vital public-private partnership' UPDATE: 81 Republicans Running for Honolulu Neighborhood Board Powdered Alcohol Prohibition Wins in Hawaii Senate Telescope: Dangerous Intersection of Social Policy and the ‘Sacred’ Hawaii's Thirty Meter Telescope website still under attack periodically Agreement Reached on Hawaii’s State Budget SB 555: The Last Bill Standing to Give Low-Income People a Tax Credit Politically Connected Companies Grab for $20M Tax Credit Hawaii could save up to $100M annually if LNG replaces oil Lawmakers set goal of 100% renewable energy by 2045 We need energy technology, not ideology State agency has 92 questions regarding sale of Hawaiian Electric Co. to NextEra Energy Incubator companies have $214M economic impact on Hawaii, Self-Interested HTDC study Claims Nobody Noticed, But Hawaii's Not Gonna Get Obama Library Marijuana Stores: House Wants to Dope the People Up Even More than Senate Crackpot Launches Doomed Petition to Recall Kenoi Free speech protection updates still in the works Anti-GMO Hooser Goes to Switzerland, Makes Fool of Himself Lawmakers consider options for Oahu Community Correctional Center State lawmakers tackle bill to ban sex trafficking Outrigger and IHS partner on homeless strategy Statement by So-Called 'Innocence Project' Tied to Prison Death of Murderer, Rapist? State fines two companies $40K for illegal dumping John Henry Felix Saves Hawaii Civil Air Patrol Read More..

Tuesday, April 28, 2015 April 28, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:23 PM :: 4388 Views UPDATE: Governor, Legislators Come to 'Understanding' on Maui Hospital Partnership Bill OHA Survey: Will You Like Us if We Reverse our Support for Telescope? Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 27, 2015 Hawaii Open Budget: Online Conference Committee Tracking Tool "Sex Change" Surgery: What Bruce Jenner, Diane Sawyer, and You Should Know Drunk? Reckless? How Much Will Your Car Insurance Increase? Best Cities to Start a Business? Honolulu Ranks 66th Roads in Limbo for Rail? Hawaii Senators Pitch Tax Hike Deal Details of Ige’s Maui Memorial public-private partnership measure HGEA Reworks Contract after HSTA Leaves Perriera in the Dust House Republicans Give $470 for Hawaii Defense Spending Hack attack continues on Hawaii state government websites TMT fight puts education grants in jeopardy Obama Administration Shutdown of Heald Flummoxes 100s Ka Iwi land deal nearly sunk as Bureaucrats, Eco Groups Squabble over Who Will Score Millions in Management Funding Hawaiian Electric sale to NextEra Energy should be done by end of year, CEO says Layoffs at Hu Honua Biofuel Plant Tracking truth, transparency promises at HPD Busy city ambulances temporarily closed last weekend Star-Adv: New E-Cig Rules Make it Harder to Smoke Marijuana Under 21 New campaign to help sex trafficking victims in Hawaii HB864: Mandates Insurance Coverage to Provide $20K Test Tube Babies to Lesbians Colorado Welfare EBT Cards $7000 in Hawaii SB1280: Ridesharing Bill in Conference Committee HB1007 Drivers Licenses for Illegals Health Officials Concerned About Side Effects of Care Home Bill Read More..

Monday, April 27, 2015 April 27, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:20 PM :: 4039 Views Peter Carlisle: Dropping a Dime on Ethics Scofflaws Making a Deal on Rail Without All the Answers? Contractors' Complaints could delay the system's opening, HART says HGEA reaches new tentative agreement for more than 14,000 white-collar workers, supervisors The Jones Act Pays Off — in Politics Telescope: NPR Finds a Religion it Can Look Up To State Website Hacked, Telescope Site DNS Attack There's No 'Hawaiian View' on the Thirty Meter Telescope Anti-Telescope Lies About Water Pollution Debunked Rent subsidies fall short for isle vets The Price of a Place Called Home in Hawaii Chaperones taken aback by advice Lawmakers push for ban of plastic microbeads in personal care products Star-Adv: Third Trial for Deedy 'A Travesty' Read More..

Sunday, April 26, 2015 April 26, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:05 PM :: 4004 Views Study: Hawaii Health Connector Loses 63% of 2014 Enrollees--Worst in US Feds Block Deal to Transfer Heald Students, College Shuts Down Monday The Magical Appearing Tax Pay to Play: Extent of Rail's influence a mystery Anti-Telescope Protesters Bring Invasive Ant Species to Mountain, Weiku Bug Threatened Enough of the Islands of “No” Ige to Meet With Feds About Health Connector HMSA Profit Drive Requires MDs to Talk up Costs DoE on Common Core: Greater Failure Means Greater Success 'Residential A' Tax Hike Would Mean Higher Rents NextEra Plan: Keep Rates High for Next Four Years Electronic cigarette bill SB1030 may not have been passed constitutionally Fire chief's excellent rating surprises union president Off Duty Cop Arrests Knife-Wielding Lesbian 100 at Hawaii County Democratic Convention Read More..

Saturday, April 25, 2015 April 25, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:33 PM :: 6439 Views Sacred? Protest Leaders Demand $50M Yearly Rent for Telescope Site Land and Power atop Mauna Kea 7% Solution Makes Hawaii Pension Debt Seem Smaller UH: $14M Plan to Save Cancer Center Accreditation Common Cause: Audit the Clinton Foundation Neighborhood Board elections now open for voting Anti-Telescope Leader Calls for killing telescope supporters -- HS Girl Targeted Hospital measure still waiting for action from Ige State Budget Negotiators ‘Still Have a Lot of Issues’ $38B in capital spending (Rate Hikes) needed to reach Hawaii's original renewable energy goals Age 21 for E-Cigs?  With Tobacco Taxes Declining, Legislators Clamp Down on their Competition IHS: Homeless panhandlers 'Very Comfortable Living this Lifestyle' Hawaii Tourism Taxes 'Shambolic and Annoying' State to waste $2.9 million on water feature at Maui airport Judge rules Deedy must stand trial a third time Read More..

Friday, April 24, 2015 April 24, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:33 PM :: 4009 Views 75 Republicans Running for Honolulu Neighborhood Board—Voting Begins Today HART GE Tax Receipts $9M Above Expectations Crabbe: OHA Wants 'percentage of gross receipts' from Telescope OHA, University to Di$cuss Telescope To Taxi or Ride-share?  Limiting Government’s Role One Simple State Tax Code Tweak to Favor Marijuana Taxpayers over Tax Evaders Auditor: No Special Fund Raids After AG Tightens Enforcement Suffering Loss of Tobacco Tax Revenues, Health Department Applauds Act 19 Restrictions on E-Cigs Contract Re-opener a $58M Giveaway to HSTA Instructional Time: Ige Signs Bill Allowing Schools to Fake it Kaiser Suddenly Interested in Maui Memorial Partnership Will Poison Pill be Slipped into Maui Memorial Partnership Bill? Telescope Case: Dangerous Expansion of Religious Rights? UH Considers Destroying Perfectly Good Telescopes to Satisfy Protesters Work on Rail Tax Hike Moves Behind Closed Doors Contractors 7 Months Behind on Rail Construction Unaccountable State spends nearly $14 million on failed DOT Accounting system House, Senate Lawmakers Debate Education Bills HGEA cancels contract ratification voting for white-collar units P-Card Holder 'may be held legally and personally responsible for Fraud' Attorney General asked to investigate lawmakers HPD investigating whether supervisor bullied detective before Suicide Hawaii Needs a ‘Marsy’s Law’ to Ensure Victims Rights SB1030 Minimum Age 21 for Cigs, E-Cigs Comcast plans to drop $45B Time Warner Cable bid, reports say Hawaii Gas chief backs bill Pretending to curb use of LNG Hawaii's top solar companies accounted for 800 jobs, $151M in revenues in 2014 Battle Over Geothermal Contract Plays Out in Court and at PUC Read More..

Thursday, April 23, 2015 April 23, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:23 PM :: 5105 Views Hawaii Congressional Delegation Dead Last in Clout HSTA Contract Reopener Showers Teachers in Cash Audit: DoE Bungles Federal Grants, Gives Teachers Excess Sick Leave, Vacation Time UPDATE: Governor, Legislators Come to 'Understanding' on Maui Hospital Partnership Bill Feds OK Pasha Acquisition of Horizon's Hawaii Business Sen Murkowski: An Effort to Look at Jones Act, Energy Exports London Times: Jones Act 'Key Bargaining Chip' in Trans-Atlantic Trade Negotiations Chinese Communist 'Confucius Institute' a Threat to Academic Freedom at UH Manoa Tiny Honolulu Rail Stations Limit Capacity of $300M per Mile System Your Electric Bill is Higher than you Think Ohana Policy Group Pushes Back Against Kindergarten Gay Sex Education Anger at Kenoi: "What the hell else is this guy Cheating?" Resign Already: Hawaii County Residents Overcome Fear of Retaliation, Speak out Against Kenoi Ashamed and Disappointed: "Mayor has intimidated you into being followers" When Will Kenoi Grow Up? Senate Galuteria Hearing Follows Model Used on Convicted Felon, Racketeer Star-Adv: Follow through on privatizing Maui hospitals Lawmakers consider $5 million infusion for Hawaii Health Connector HGEA Contracts offer 4 percent raises even as Existing Contracts Drain General Fund Protesters occupy OHA ahead of Board of Trustees meeting Thirty Meter Telescope May be Affected by Haleakala Case Before Supreme Court Adrenalin-addicted activists to the latest cause celebre Anti-GMO Wooley to be Unemployed June 30? Children's Nonprofit Terrified by Invasion of Homeless Heroin Addicts Kitesurfer Harassed by Police, Prosecutors working for Krilua NIMBYs Enviros Upset because H-Power Recycling Stifles Brainwashing Opportunity HCDA rule could cancel developer's plan for affordable rentals Rail, Eminent Domain, And Who's Going To Pay Only Two Politicians Poll Above 50% Read More..

Wednesday, April 22, 2015 April 22, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:27 PM :: 7208 Views Governor, Legislators Come to 'Understanding' on Maui Hospital Partnership Bill 25% Tax Would Make State Senior Partner in Marijuana Business Conference Committee Begins Negotiations on State Budget Ira Einhorn, Earth Day's Dirty Secret Crichton: Environmentalism is a religion Poll: Oahu Voters Against Rail Tax Hike 55%-35% Oahu Burial Council Chair on Payroll of Kakaako Developer BOE weighs anal sex policy Money at Center of Anti-Telescope Lawsuit Regents to Discuss Telescope Deal in Hilo Sunday Hawaii County Officials Squelch First Attempt at Kenoi Recall Petition Worthless Hawaii County Council Supports Kenoi in pCard flap  Kenoi Attempts to Emerge from Hiding With Help from Cronies on Hawaii Co Council HB1286: Legislators Pass Anti-LNG Bill  Bill in Congress Will Grant Flexibility to School Boards, Principals Hawaii Legislature negotiates state’s $26B budget Hawaii Hospitals 2nd Slowest to Adopt EHR Are schools equipped to handle population boom in Kakaako? Students Raise Money for Campbell HS AC Impact on shareholders if the Hawaiian Electric merger fails to go through? Attention Protesters: Egg Farm Planned for Oahu Ag Land Lawmakers consider expanding sit-lie law to Kapalama Canal Homeless from Indiana, California need to be Forced into Shelters  Star-Adv: Bills to Provide Emergency Housing Now Read More..

Tuesday, April 21, 2015 April 21, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:15 PM :: 4141 Views The day when America moved toward becoming a global power Honolulu: 40% of Homeless Refusing to Accept Shelter New Laws Regulate Aquarium Fishermen Governor Ige to Sign Bill Designating the Hawaiian Hoary Bat As State Land Mammal Last Chance to Vote on School Calendar House Agrees to Senate Version of Hospital Privatization Bill Star-Adv: Ige Shows Lack of Leadership on Telescope Protests Ige has gone from decider to messenger on TMT issue Money Committees to Begin Final Review of State Budget Honolulu Council Considers Massive Property Tax Hikes Special Committee Hearing to Investigate Galuteria HR158: NextEra Not Acting in Good Faith 'Lots of Employees' Depend on Failure of Hawaii Gov Tech Feds: Hawaii Fails to meet 70% of Nursing home Inspection Standards More Federal Funds to End Homelessness Among Vets Occupy Honolulu Pays off for Bumbling Lawyers Convicted Mortgage Scammer Keanu Sai Helps Foreigner Evade State Taxes Walter Ritte Associates Fail in Attempt to use Sovereignty Defense Against Charges Related to Molokai Fishing Boat Attack Christopher Deedy returns to court as judge weighs dropping remaining charges against him Hawaii lawmakers push for audit of alleged sick time abuse by prison officers DPS Waited One Month to Report work furlough escapee Family of victim shocked that suspected hit-and-run driver was released Attempts to Crack Down on ECigs Still Alive in Legislature Hawaii marijuana dispensaries could become reality this year Poll: Republicans Least Likely to be Fooled by Anti-GMO Hype Groups question state's rules for ocean permits Read More..

Monday, April 20, 2015 April 20, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:37 PM :: 4560 Views Hawaii Noted for 'Anti-Innovation Policy Choices' Mark Takai: 100 Days of Nothingness Some States Pay Doctors More to Treat Medicaid Patients Mayor's Election Payback Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 20, 2015 NOAA: Successful conservation efforts recognized in revised ESA Humpback Whale listing Ige DLIR Nominee Involved in Post-Iniki Insurance Fraud?  Tax hike that victimizes Small Business, Professionals to expire High costs keeping isle homes crammed HMSA rule tightens control over MDs Mauna Kea Telescopes: The Business of Astronomy Is Not an Easy One Anti-Pesticide Activists Silent About 100 acres of Herbicide at Princeville  Lawsuit alleges PGV owner Ormat Industries defrauded federal government Poll: Strong Support for Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Honolulu PR Maven Needs Kenoi Land Use Shenanigans on the Windward Side Panel OKs Mizumoto, Cox and Minn for seats on state Board of Education Read More..

Monday, April 20, 2015 Letters to the Editor, April, 2015 By Letters to the Editor @ 12:27 AM :: 4167 Views Mayor's Election Payback HPD Accreditation Requirements?  $80 to Find Out Kenoi Must Resign Read More..

Sunday, April 19, 2015 April 19, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:25 PM :: 3551 Views Tobacco Tax Frankenbill: Smoking It Out Hawaiians and the Law: Kelii Akina and Michael Lilly SB 555 - Increasing the Food/Excise Tax Credit Report: Illegals Pay $31M in Hawaii State Taxes OHA Trustee: Telescope Protests About 'Finances, Growth Models' Protesters: Science a European Idea which has Inundated our Society Telescope: Enrich our legacy by moving forward Rail: No Plan for Cost Controls and No Plan for Operating Expenses Legislature nears finish with big issues unresolved Star-Adv: Time for Hawaii Public Hospitals to Privitize Star Adv: Get Rid of Ethanol Mandate Bean counting, corrections and nominees await Legislature State computer system initiative: Too huge, too costly Guests at vacation rentals, B&Bs spend less on their island getaways Maui Politicians Squabble over EUTF's Lost $21M Solar Power Battle Puts Hawaii at Forefront of Worldwide Changes NextEra sues U.S. Government for $97.5 million More Positive than Negative from Police Body Cams Group appeals Kulani court ruling--Complain Prison Not Enough Like a Resort Read More..

Saturday, April 18, 2015 April 18, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:20 PM :: 4429 Views Ige: Telescope Legally Entitled to Proceed With Construction Auditor: City Unable to Track Federal Transportation Funds Desperate to Pass Rail Tax, HART Finally Agrees to Televise One Meeting BoE to Debate Sex Education Policy DoH: Tobacco Use Down 20%, E-Cigs Up OHA Refuses to Reveal Geothermal Investments, Losses -- Like Bishop Estate Abigail Kawananakoa Funds Anti-Telescope Protests Student’s pro-TMT stance gains traction Cronies Develop Garbage Projects, Want to Risk Taxpayer Money Senate committee unanimously approves DLNR nominee Suzanne Case Senate Panel Recommends Balfour to Water Commission A case of legislative immunity in the ongoing Say saga Hawaii County Releases More P-Card Statements Hawaii County Water Board Used P-Card to Evade Sunshine Law? Kauai mayor releases pCard statements Not Fooled by Battery Scammers: KIUC, Paniolo go for Pumped Hydro SB1316: Condo Associations to be Forced to Accept Electric Car Chargers SB1050 Community-Based Solar U.S. Antitrust Lawyers Said Leaning Against Comcast Deal Patients Rank only One Hawaii Hospital '5-Star' Veterans treatment court graduates first class Soft on Crime: 10 Priors, out on Street now Faces Murder Charge 10 Maui officers wearing body cameras for department study Read More..

Friday, April 17, 2015 April 17, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:03 PM :: 5556 Views DBEDT: Solo Commuters up 74% DoE: Students Meet 79% of 'Wellness Guidelines' Coverup: HART Hiding Damaged Rail Spans Since Last June Rail Contractor tries to Block TV Crew From Filming Giant Cracks in Rail Spans With Tax Hike, City Will Face no Consequences if Rail not Finished Maui hospital privatization could pave way for Big Island HGEA Contract Drives HHSC Hospitals Further into Red Cowardly Kenoi 'On Vacation', Withdraws Nominee, May Skip Budget presentation Aghast at Health Connector HB496: Employers Must Provide 3 Months Paid Vacation House Tries to Wiggle Out from Under Unfunded Liability Mandate Supporters of Bill Requiring Autism Coverage Say This is the Year Mauna Kea telescope in line with Hawaiian values Testimony candid and caustic at HPD accreditation forum Murder?  Kidnapping?  Soft on Crime Supreme Court Overturns Conviction on Technicality Prosecutor Became Defense Attorney After Being Fired by Kaneshiro Attorney general files DUI-related charges against Karamatsu Family Claims Ownership of State Hemp Farm Read More..

Thursday, April 16, 2015 April 16, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:34 PM :: 5705 Views HS Senior Launches pro-Telescope Petition Stewardship by UH to protect Maunakea for future generations Final Act 221: Hoku Plant Cut Up, Pieces Auctioned off Small Business Tax Index -- Hawaii 47th HPD Accreditation Requirements?  $80 to Find Out Kauai Council Calls for ‘Home Rule’ on Marijuana Dispensaries Forbes Worst States for Taxes: Hawaii 31st Public input sought on school calendar Hawaii State Auditor Presents 2014 Annual Report HAWSCT Clarifies Joinder Of Indispensable Parties, Timely Appeals Chief Justice Appoints Dyan M. Medeiros as Oahu District Family Court Judge Anti-Telescope Protesters Opportunistic, Self-Righteous Kenoi Silent After Being Caught Double Dipping Expenses for Mayor Billy Kenoi did not come with receipts Kenoi a Dead Politician Walking Maui News: Kenoi's Sense of Entitlement 'Cannot be Tolerated in Public Official' Before Rail and GMOs, There Was the Jones Act Senators Grill Water Board Nominee, Delay Decision Legislation on the Move House Resolution Backs Electric Co-op NextEra Will Take Hawaii Where it has Taken Florida Oahu electric rates continue to decline as Oil Prices Fall DoE Solar Plan Still Lagging Enrollment drops at town public schools, prompting rumors one school will close HART says rail guideways are safe despite concrete looming above Maui PD Claims NM Officers Arrested Over Burglary Report Claims Illegals Pay $31M in Hawaii Taxes After Months of Waiting, Disabled License Applications Slowly being processed Again Study: High school smoking fell as e-cigarette use boomed Read More..

Wednesday, April 15, 2015 April 15, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:28 PM :: 5651 Views Criminal Charges? Attorney General to Investigate Kenoi Senate Passes Rail Surcharge Extension, State to Skim $496M House Passes Nearly 150 Senate Bills on Second Crossover Senate Passes Nearly 200 Measures on Crossover Auditor: Fraud-riddled HI5 Program Ripped off by Whole Foods Market for 6 Years Feds Cite Honolulu Taco Bell Placement in $30M Fine Against Heald College Lawsuit Challenges HC&S East Maui Water Diversions Inspector General, Special Purpose Revenue Bonds, and Monolithic Monopoly: House Republicans Speak Out Hawaii Has Most Tax Brackets of Any State Carlisle: Only 2,100 Signatures needed to Impeach 'Repulsive' Kenoi I'm done talking about pCard, says arrogant mayor Senate advances bill to Raise GE Tax for rail DoT Won't Open H-1 Shoulder Lane until Legislature Done with Rail Tax Hike Second Crossover Legislation Hawaii Senate approves Maui state hospital private partnership HGEA nurses ratify new contract with 4 percent raises (still waaaay behind private sector nurses) House Passes Two Senate Bills to Save Health Connector Homeless can't stay on sidewalks As Mauna Kea Protests Grow, Some Hawaii Island Residents Worry About Jobs Hawaii County Council Rejects Ethics (Again) Oahu bag ban Kills Trees, Brings Thicker Plastic Bags Internet Billionaire Behind Solar City  Solar Contractors: We Have Installed Hundreds More Fraudulent Solar Systems Kauai Soft on Crime Judge Lets Two Attempted Murderers off probation early Vacation Rentals: Come Back in 30 Years and We'll Talk Maui OPEB Audit Disputed State tax refunds delayed 10-14 Weeks by new fraud prevention procedures Read More..

Tuesday, April 14, 2015 April 14, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:45 PM :: 3865 Views Stop the Rail GET Surcharge Extension Bills Let Your Voice Be Heard for Maui Hospital! Momentum for Jones Act Reform Reaches Faraway Shores Incense and Candles Can Pollute Rise Up People: Redefining What It Means HSTA Contract Reopener Comes down to wire: Study Terms Teachers' Pay 'Robust, Very Competitive' OHA Trustee: Pay Us Rent and Telescope will become 'Extension of Spirituality' Who Needs Telescopes? Hawaii Can Always Rely on Tourism Mauna Kea Is a Special Place in Humanity’s Quest for Knowledge TMT tries to counter misinformation Senate to vote on Maui state hospital private partnership Tuesday Hawaii Health Connector's future is in the governor’s hands State Hospital had most patients ever last month Water Commission: Enviros Hammer Nominee for Refusing to Support Federal Water Grab DLNR Rules Linger in Governor’s Office Not Red Hot: Hawaii carpenters union advocacy group reports fewer workers HB496 Sick Leave Bill to be voted by Senate NextEra: An Evening With the Illusionist NextEra spreads around money HCDA to Pave Endangered Species, Install Solar Farm Homeless Camp Generates 37 Tons of Trash Career criminals bail out of jail, even after allegedly assaulting cops Former New Mexico police chief sues Maui Police Star-Adv: Drunk Cops Shouldn't be Armed Nobody Wants Gary Hooser so he is running for Council Again Read More..

Monday, April 13, 2015 April 13, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:31 PM :: 4868 Views Insider Deals: OHA, Kanaiolowalu Procurement Code Violations Fences and Eradication: Petition Calls for Rejection of Suzanne Case My Father Was Gay: Why I Oppose Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage Inside look at Monsanto’s Hawaii farm nursery Secret Subcontractors: What Honolulu Rail Officials Aren’t Telling You OHA Illegally Refuses to Reveal Geothermal Investments, Losses  Energy cooperative ready to take root on Hawaii island Anti-Telescope Hysteria Still Spreading NextEra: People won't want rooftop solar Suzanne Case: Ige's Wily Ways Unlike Mayor, Hawaii County Council controls pCard use Arakawa: Hawaii County Also Withheld OPEB SB64 preschool opportunities for at-risk children Waikiki Homeless: 18 Contempt Warrants, Passing Around Vodka and Fighting Tighten rules that let prisoners on work furlough Advocates want Hawaii to ban sex trafficking Top firefighters sue Hawaii county claiming alleges wage inequities Read More..

Sunday, April 12, 2015 April 12, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:41 PM :: 4797 Views OHA seeks TMT moratorium to "address unresolved legal matters" Alii Place: Where Will the $90M Come From? PBS Video: Gridlocked by the power grid: Hawaii's Solar Industry Rail Tax: If You Don't Ask You Don't Get HB459: The Science and Politics of Casual Sex Star-Adv: It's time for Mayor Kenoi to resign Spending scandal threatens to end Kenoi's career Sen Josh Green takes heat from psychologists, retirees on potential conflicts of interest Thirty Meter Telescope construction delayed to April 20 Shapiro: Ige Turns it Around with Case Nomination Kidnap--Inmates Given 'Work Furlough' to Look for a Job Union Planning to Represent Marijuana Workers Criticizes Dispensary Legislation Marijuana Bills Will be Rewritten in Conference Waimanalo family claims UH hemp study land belongs to them Airport sees dramatic decline in number of homeless people Creating a Hawaii electric co-op Schatz: I have no 'Head Space' for Reflecting, but I Talk Story with Biden Kona Church Marks 195 Years Read More..

Saturday, April 11, 2015 April 11, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:00 PM :: 4972 Views Telescope: For OHA, it’s all About the Rent Money Suzanne Case Pays for Aerial Shooting and Eradication: Can Hunters Trust Her? Marijuana, Gender-Opinion Birth Certificates, and Unsafe Places Head for Final Votes Kenoi Paid for Promotional TV Shows with County Funds, County Hiding His Emails Kenoi fails to file gift disclosures, State Cancels his P-Card Caldwell: Honolulu Rail Tax Is Not ‘Chump Change’ Ige Negotiates with Feds to Shunt Failed Health Connector into DCCA Feds Won't Confirm Health Connector Takeover Claims Star-Adv: Telescope Protests Show that Buying Off OHA is a Waste of Money OHA Trustee Thanks Telescope Protesters for Helping with Rent Hike Pathetic Anti-GMO Activists Reduced to Whining About 'Red Dust' Bill 6: Council Pushes Harder on Homeless Who Continue to Refuse Shelter Pothead Distressed at Changes to Marijuana Dispensing Bill Drunk Prosecutor Loses License for Two Years DOE: Crackdown on chronic absenteeism Part of Strive HI Campaign HSTA Files Grievance at Honokaa HS Matlin's salary set at $1.45M+Bonuses, Inevitable Termination Pays $150K After Wasting $11M, State Launches 2.0 Version PBS Interviews Hawaii Man Scammed by Solar Contractors State parks Use Illegal Hiking in Budget Pitch Former drug court clerk allegedly stole gift cards meant for participants Woman's rental search meets Section 8 stigma Family blames quarantine station for dog's death Read More..

Friday, April 10, 2015 April 10, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:54 PM :: 5413 Views Telescope Protests: Hawaii is not the A'ole State HB500: Hawaii Legislators Vote on Secret Budget Rep Luke Gives One Hour Notice for Hearing on Open Government Bill HPD to Face on-site Accreditation Commission Local 5 Pushing Self-Funded Insurance Scheme Senate Committee Amends, Approves Interisland Ferry Resolution Study: At Home Care Costs Increase in Hawaii Small Business Group Challenges Employment Law Proposals Scrounging for More Money, Health Exchange Falsely Claims to Hold Prepaid Health Care Act Hostage Kenoi failed to report $1000s of 'gifts' Honolulu Releases 100s of P-Card Records Star-Adv: Audit the P-Cards Growing larger is the thing state government does best PKF Pacific Standing by Indicted Partner Tow Truck Could have Closed Zipper Lane Under Suzanne Case, Nature Conservancy in "Acquisition Mode" Senators want state to explore interisland ferry system Proxy materials detail Next Era takeover of Hawaiian Electric Oil — not renewables — touted as isles' linchpin Anti-GMO Neocolonialism in Agriculture Senate Passes Resolutions Calling for Removal of US Flag from State Buildings Jan 17 each year Telescope protesters appeal to Office of Hawaiian Affairs Protesters: OHA Should Demand 'Back Rent' Ige Spends Hours with Protesters on Mauna Kea Science, Not Superstition, Brought Polynesians to Hawaii Resurrected media access bill heads to Senate floor Hawaii campaign contribution case still awaiting 9th Circuit ruling after 18 months Criminals with 88 priors and 60 priors Out on Streets of Waikiki Thanks to Hawaii's Soft on Crime Judiciary Homeless Who Refuse to Accept Shelter Whine About Raids Panhandling Laws: ACLU Working Hard to Keep the Homeless Homeless Legislators Secretly Scheming to Gut n Replace Uber/Lyft Bill Obama's Bank of Hawaii Pick for the Fed May Be in Danger Not as Robust as Projected: Gay Tourist Weddings up by 2% After Legalization Artificial Sweeteners May Cause Obesity, Diabetes Read More..

Thursday, April 9, 2015 April 9, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:26 PM :: 6456 Views Rail Tax: 2022 Sunset is Only Remaining Check on HART Spending Kanaiolowalu: How to Make Your Girlfriend Rich Guam, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Alaska Join Call for Jones Act Reform DBEDT: International Students Contribute Over $205M to Economy Ige Names Appointees to Head DLIR, OIMT City launches Important Agricultural Lands (IAL) website Grassroot: Public-private partnerships for Hawaii Hospitals DLNR Seeks Comment on 2015 Outdoor Recreation Plan Caldwell Admits GE Tax Hike is to Extend Rail to Manoa, Kapolei Telescope Protesters Will Stay until OHA Gets Pay Civil Beat: Kenoi Should Resign--Mayor just a Common Thief Intent to Defraud: Kenoi ethics to be Examined by Maui Counsel HGEA Still Looking for Excuses to Oppose Maui Memorial joining Hawaii Pacific Health Hawaii veterans wait longer for care on outer islands Senate Committee Sets Hearing for Ige’s New Choice to Head DLNR 14 Burials Found in Rail Path Mainland Homosexuals Winning Easily in Legislature UH Women's Studies Prof: 'Yes means Yes' is all about Money Ige: 'Absurd' Road Construction Delays Put Hawaii on Federal 'Watch List' Hawaii health officials hope to bring back bill to release millions in federal funding for Medicaid Kauai Anti-GMO Trial Begins, Judge Rules There are no Health Concerns Anti-GMO ex-Councilman Wants to Open Marijuana 'Dispensary' Tobacco-Free Coalition cleared on lobbying charges NextEra’s Bid Could Lead to Dissolution of HEI Oil Refiner Says LNG is a Bad Idea Youth Quit Gov't Jobs Fast After Getting Taste of Red Tape Hawaii Export Sector Growing Fast, But Still Smallest in US State Senator says prisons should review work furlough policies Patrick Oki stepping aside from managing PKF Pacific Hawaii OHA provides funding to support Na Pua No`eau Honokaa High principal under fire from HSTA Ige vs Feds: Keauhou aquifer is county’s responsibility Read More..

Wednesday, April 8, 2015 April 8, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:20 PM :: 4647 Views Full Text: Drunk Prosecutor Resigns from Kaneshiro's Office Hawaii Has No Hate Crimes (Officially) Guess What: Hawaii Housing Is Expensive! Hawaii GE Tax: Broadest Sales Tax in US SB1280: Cab Companies Offer to Retrain Uber Drivers Senate Committee Approves 5-Year GE Tax Hike No Resignation Yet: Kenoi Hires Three Criminal Defense Lawyers, Attorney General Takes Over Felony Theft Investigation Unlike Others, Kenoi Still hasn't Been Fired for P-Card Theft ML&P, Grove Farm Owners Really Thrilled with Suzanne Case for DLNR Legislature May Do Little to Address Hawaii’s Housing Shortage Don't rush into buying Alii Place Telescope Stand down While Ige, UH negotiate Payoffs for OHA Maui Memorial: "We cannot wait for one more session or one more study" Arakawa: Maui County to explore buying MECO, forming co-op (good) or Public utility (bad) How charter school system in Hawaii is a success House bill Authorizes Marijuana Stores on Ag Land and in Residential Areas Tax break for cesspool conversions advances Lobbyist Spending Is Concentrated at the Top DoT Orders Commuters off Shoulder Lanes While Senate Votes on Rail Tax Hike Former Gov. Linda Lingle talks Hawaii politics BOE approves school meal price increase Five of HPD's breathalyzers broken at the same time Some rethinking the Justice Reinvestment Act Work furlough inmates arrested in robbery, kidnapping investigation Hawaii Homosexual Child Molester Charged: 57 Counts, 12 boys Victimized City Worker Arrested as Peeping Tom Read More..

Tuesday, April 7, 2015 April 7, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:18 PM :: 5057 Views Worst in Nation Hawaii Health Connector Looking for Another $28M House Speaker mum so far on complaint against Karl Rhoads Prosecutor: HART & OHA Auditing Firm Victim of 3-year, $500K Embezzlement Scheme Senate Minority Alternative Budget cuts spending, caps collective bargaining Hawaii Republican Convention Set for May 2 Ige Nominates Suzanne Case to DLNR, Names Three to School Board Gallup: Honolulu 2nd Healthiest Community in US Ethics complaint: 'Kenoi should be removed from Office' Celebrutards asked to Join Telescope Protest, Ige Calls for 'Timeout' Indictment names companies, fake identities used by PFK Pacific Hawaii's Patrick Oki Carlisle Slams Kaneshiro for Hiring Drunk Prosecutor Arakawa Mocks Energy 'Experts' State Tracking 'Sustainability' Progress Via New Online Dashboard Ige to make Nominations by April 8 Bill to buy Alii Place goes to full Senate as more companies ditch office space 14.4% of Hawaii Teens Using Long Term Birth Control J-1: A Cultural Exchange Program or a Ticket to Sweatshop Labor? Lawmakers want cap on interest rate for payday loans Feds Push Preschool for Hawaii HSTA Opposes Phony 'Pay Raise' Resolutions HSTA Dissidents "Eliminate Educator Effectiveness" National Liberal Group Upset at Hawaii's Failure to Implement Massive Tax Hike for Long Term Care Complete Debunk of Anti-GMO 'Food Babe' Maui PD Officer sentenced for endangering her son in Drunk Driving Crash DoE will reopen Keonepoko Elementary for next school year Rep Tupola Works With HPD to Open Leeward Emergency Access Roads Kauai Council to Consider 'Homestay' Vacation Rental Ordinance Native Hawaiian Population Began Growing with Territory, Statehood Borreca: Sea Level Rise will Drown us all or something Poll 75% of Hawaii Suckered by Al Gore Tax freedom getting later 'Extinct' Hawaii Shearwater Found Alive in Japan Read More..

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