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Monday, April 6, 2015 |
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April 6, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:49 PM :: 5095 Views
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- Sea-Based Radar a $2.2B Flop, Mothballed at Pearl Harbor
- Kelii Akina interviews Michael Hamnett -- UH and Hawaii's Future
- US Census Looks at Small Businesses in Hawaii
- Rail Auditor Arrested for Money Laundering -- Ties to OHA, DAGS, UH
- Ige: Rail Tax Hike would 'Condone Mismanagement'
- State Tech: Deathly Afraid, Nightmares, and Sleepless Nights
- How Much Does Shipping Increase the Cost of Living?
- After Nago's Latest Disaster, Legislation Moves
- After the Sexual Revolution--University must administer students' sex lives
- First Amendment Beats Gay Hype 51% -45%
- More Solar: Can Grid Handle it?
- Crystal meth in Hawaii: Still bad
- Locks don't work at Halawa, Prisoners to be Flown to Arizona
- Bicyclist critically injured after struck by car near Ala Moana, off-duty officer involved
- Pearlridge TOD Boosts Traffic, Pedestrian Danger
- Bikeshare Fails to Launch
- Hoopili Still Haggling over Affordable Housing Rules
- On the verge of homelessness: A Kailua woman’s struggle highlights rising elderly homeless population
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Sunday, April 5, 2015 |
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April 5, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:26 PM :: 4599 Views
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- Trustee: OHA Drains $20M from Trust Since December
- The Turtle Bay Bill, Part 2
- Rail Tax Hike 'Orchestrated False Crisis, Flim-Flam, Theatrics'
- Star-Adv: Kenoi clearly has violated public trust
- Kenoi's excuses cannot overcome the plain facts
- Deputy prosecutor, former lawmaker, and Drug Rave Producer Jon Riki Karimatsu arrested for DUI ... again
- Vote by Mail Won't Boost Turnout, Will Disenfranchise Elderly
- Media access bill gets new life
- $90M to Buy 'Prestige' Office Building Slipped into HB1366
- Vampire: Rail Construction Causes 36% Shortage in Hawaii Blood Supply
- No free travel for teachers, panel says
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Saturday, April 4, 2015 |
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April 4, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:43 PM :: 4407 Views
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- Kenoi Must Resign
- Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative Secretly Killed
- DBEDT: 65,000 New Housing Units Needed in Next 10 Years
- Legislative Week in Review: Sex, Drugs, Birth Certificates, and a Place to Hide the Kids from Mom
- "Through a Glass Clearly: Predicting the Future in Land Use Takings Law"
- Criminal Defense Lawyer Thinks he can Help Kenoi Avoid Prison
- Kenoi kept misusing county card despite warnings
- State Attorney General takes over Criminal Kenoi Investigation
- Five Senators Named to Investigate Galuteria
- Star-Adv: New Prison Part of Turtle Bay Deal
- Obamacare Offers Money to Community Health Clinics
- Homeless Drunks Find Loophole at Waikiki Pavilions
- Tweekers Jump 150%--Nearly 1% of Workforce
- HB888 Illegal to Carry Gun While Drunk
- Greenmail: Usual Suspects Demand Payoffs for Telescope Construction to Continue
- Pesticides: Fear Mongering Anyone?
- DLNR Leader Must Embrace the Eco Religion
- LA Times: Giant Golf Ball a $2.2B Hole in Hawaii Anti-Missile Defense
- Kamehameha Withholding Evidence Against Alleged Child Molester ex-Teacher
- Default on Student Loan, Lose Professional License
- Hawaii’s State Senate passes Armenian Genocide resolution
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Friday, April 3, 2015 |
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April 3, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:20 PM :: 4919 Views
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- Hawaii's Good Friday Holiday - What's Up With That?
- PUC: Decoupling Boosts Electric Rates--'Adjust Revenue' up by 229% 'Without Review'
- SCR181: Interisland Ferry System Study
- Hawaii AG Joins call for Congressional Investigation of ‘Natural’ Supplements Industry
- Mauna Kea Protesters Arrested for Blocking Road to the Top
- Ige Nominates Six UH Regents
- Success of independently funded GMO papaya confounds anti-tech ideologues
- 'Conservative Hawks' See Tulsi Gabbard Senate bid as 'Natural'
- Where Do Our Tuition Dollars Go?
- Kenoi Spend Hundreds at Another Hostess Bar-- Criminal Charges Considered
- Kenoi Paid Bar Association Dues with Taxpayer Funds
- Schatz apparently following Michael Corleone's advice on Gabbard
- Star-Adv: Authorize Maui hospital plan
- After Carmageddon, DoT Decides to do Simple Things They Should Have Done Years Ago
- In Desperate Effort to Con Legislators into Raising Taxes, Grabauskas Pretends to Skip Bonus This Year
- Maui might exit HEI, create its own utility
- School guidelines prevent testing 'opt-outs'
- Monday Deadline Looms for Ige to Pick New DLNR Chair
- Maui County audit: $21 million lost
- Hawaii corrections OCCC might be moved to Halawa
- Legislature unlikely to bail out UH Athletics
- Ethics ruling could put public school trips in jeopardy
- Off-duty officer involved in Honolulu bar shooting
- Hawaii Has Lowest Proportion of Teen Drivers--53.8%
- Ride sharing company protests proposed Hawaii regulations
- Bowie steps down as head of Maui Tomorrow, Returning to California
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 |
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April 2, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:47 PM :: 4033 Views
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- Hawaii 4th Graders Being Brainwashed Against GMOs
- MIT: Scientific illiteracy in left-wing politics
- 61 Hawaii Bridges Need Structural Repair
- DoE Announces Statewide Graduation Dates for 2015
- Hawaii Senate creates panel to review Sen. Brickwood Galuteria's qualifications
- I Oppose Gay Marriage. Should I Still Be Able to Get a Job?
- ADHD in Hawaii: 70% on Prescription Drugs, 61% Get 'Behavioral Therapy'
- Council votes back extension of GE Tax for rail
- Several nonbinding resolutions urge changes by HART, including cost-cutting
- Senate shaves less than 1 percent from the governor's funding proposal
- Mauna Kea: OHA Demands Payoffs for Mountain
- HB819: Bullying the Gay Agenda into Schools
- HSTA: Blame Common Core for Upcoming Low Test Scores
- Kenoi Refuses to Say Who He Partied With at Hostess Bar Brothel. "I came to represent Big Island."
- Kenoi Billed Taxpayers for Surfboard, Bike, Clothing and Hostess Bar: Kenoi releases credit card statements, pays back $7,500
- Kenoi Racks Up $26K in Illegal P Card Expenses
- Legislators so far have wisely resisted anti-GMO hysteria
- Green Energy Schemers Miffed After PUC Misses Chance to Stuff Even More Money in their Pockets
- Mauna Kea Blockade Intensifies, Arrests Expected
- Feds Raid Honolulu Museum of Art, Seize Stolen Antiquities
- Ige appoints 6 to serve on UH Board of Regents
- Hawaii Senate to Post Résumés of Nominees on Website
- Honolulu's construction costs highest in the U.S.
- Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative officially ends after 7-year run
- Call for More Lanes, Tunnel Under Pearl Harbor
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 |
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April 1, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:03 PM :: 4504 Views
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- State DoT Stages Massive Traffic Jam Just in Time for April Fools Day Rail Tax Vote
- Roll Commission Squandered Millions, Spent Only $270K on Signup effort
- Applicants Sought for District Court Per Diem Judges
- Ige’s Old Senate Faction Gets Checked
- Schatz, Gabbard Team up Against Hirono
- Star-Adv: After 5 Years--Release Kenoi's pCard records
- Database: Checking Up on Top State Officials Just Got a Lot Easier
- Zombie crossing—a dead bill crosses over to the Senate and becomes undead
- Only After Drivers Complain About Rail Construction does City Synchronize Traffic Lights
- City Council Amendments Would Alter Hoopili Affordable Housing Requirements
- Fired Judge Randall Lee fires back, Names Names
- UH Student Challenges Anti-Male Campus Environment
- VIDEO: Homeless Passed out in Waikiki Pavillion-pools of blood and urine
- Bill attempts to address lack of mental health treatment
- Religious freedom laws not used against gays
- What Happens to Molokai if GMOs are Banned?
- Protesters thwart work on TMT for second day
- B&B Owners Look for Path to Legitimacy
- Maui County Budget Spending up 16%
- Office of Hawaiian Affairs looks for short-term users in Kakaako Makai
- Molokai calls for county subsidy-- Ferry trapped Behind Wall of PUC Regulations
- Is Hawaii Poised to Become a Top State for Gun Ownership?
- Federal judge: Navy's training plans off Hawaii, California inadequate
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015 |
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March 31, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:39 PM :: 5169 Views
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- University of Hawaii Recruits 14-Year-Olds for Late-Term Abortion Experiments
- Hawaii-Alaska Senate Resolutions Urge Jones Act Exemption
- Hawaii Tax Freedom Day--April 19, 2015
- Feds Approve NextEra-HEI Merger
- 88 hours stuck in Traffic: Honolulu 3rd Most Congested in US
- Best States for Doctors? Hawaii Ranks 38th
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 30, 2015
- City to hold Important Agricultural Lands (IAL) meetings
- “Making Honolulu Age-Friendly – An Action Plan” finalized and available for public comment
- History of Native Hawaiian Missionaries to Pacific Islands
- VA inspector general: Hawaii supervisor manipulated vets' benefit data
- Andria Tupola Interviews Am Samoa Congressional Rep Amata
- Hawaii Consumers 'Least Sustainable Spending Habits' in USA
- VIDEO: Citizens Nail Rail Liars, Come out Swinging --'Don't want tax extension.'
- Kenoi's political star dims after hostess-bar incident
- HHSC Maui Memorial 'Imagining the Worst'
- Kahuku could see 10 new wind turbines this year
- Judge rules against State on disputed Waimanalo ag land
- Corrupt Charter School Revoked, Has One Appeal Left
- HB1180 Frankenbill
- Tackling the ‘everyday struggle’ of homeless in Hawaii
- Hawaiian Electric-NextEra Energy say 'no' to sale deadline extension
- Thirty Meter Telescope protesters continue to block construction on Mauna Kea
- Video testimony can bring justice
- Hawaii Co Fire captain investigated for talking to the media
- Video raises new concerns over animal care at quarantine station
- Takai Jumps on Board Pelosi's TPP Junket
- Kapolei school loses $1,400 after The Groove Hawaii’s shutdown
- Cost of a DUI in Hawaii After Insurance Increases: $2,961 and up
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Monday, March 30, 2015 |
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March 30, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:43 PM :: 4099 Views
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- Na'i Aupuni: Will OHA Trustees Waste Another $2.3M on Fake Indian Tribe?
- Political Fight Over Teachers' Mailboxes
- Ige Uneasy over Proposed GE Tax Hike, Machida Cannot Verify HART Data
- Embedded HECO Lobbyist in Governor Ige’s Office
- SB284 Frankenstein Bill
- Constitution defied by Caldwell in Appointments?
- Agriculture Wins Against Anti-GMO Pesticide Hypesters
- Bill to Help Cops Develop Body-Worn Camera Programs
- Make Live Videoconference Testimony a Reality For Neighbor Islands
- OHA Makes Little Progress Bringing Land Trusts Together
- Can Hawaii Public Officials Use Private Email Accounts for Work?
- HSTA and DOE agree on TRO blocking latest ethics ruling
- 547 sex offenders not registered with State
- Kauai population increases cited for uptick in the number of gun permits
- Maui Property Tax System Needs Overhaul
- Does Iran Have Secret Nukes in North Korea?
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Sunday, March 29, 2015 |
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March 29, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:10 PM :: 8066 Views
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- No Junior, You Can't Borrow the Car… I Sold It Last Century
- Billy Kenoi Caught Partying at Hostess Bar 'Brothel' on Taxpayers' Dime
- HCR181: Audit Rail Instead of Raising Taxes
- Special Purpose Revenue Bonds: Big Island Junk Windfarm Developer Comes Back for More
- NextEra, HECO, Solar Contractors Battle to Brainwash Public
- Finding a capable leader is tough -- just ask voters
- Councilman urges HART to televise rail transit meetings
- Hawaii could be last state to enact sex trafficking law
- Funding Cut for Helicopter Raids on Marijuana Grow-ops
- Hawaii Democrats -- 20 years of Pretending to do Something for Filipino Veterans
- Hanalei: "Nobody Wanted to Live There"
- Hilo Ward Heeler George Yokoyama Writes Biography
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Saturday, March 28, 2015 |
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March 28, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:09 PM :: 3821 Views
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- UHERO: Despite Kakaako, Residential building permits fell last year
- PEW: Filipinos Nearly Half of Hawaii Unauthorized Immigrants
- Amendments Made to Sex Education and Marijuana Dispensary Bills
- April Fools: Council Last Ditch Effort to Sucker Legislators into Raising GE Tax
- Maui state hospitals to cut $28M in jobs, services starting in July
- After Ignoring 2009 Report, Sudden Call for HHSC Audit is Union's Latest Trick to Block Hospital Partnership
- Star-Adv: State IT Plan Bogs Down in State Employment Structure
- Generations of Alleged Thieves Stole from Waianae Homeless Shelter
- Four Types of Benefits from NextEra Merger
- Hawaii Gas reviewing proposals for $300M LNG project
- HECO ‘reviewing’ solar applications on Molokai, approvals in question
- Kauai Cracks Down on 319 Illegal B&B Operations -- $10K/Day Fines
- After State Dep't of Agriculture Lets Ag Land go Fallow 7 Years, Family Tries to Farm
- Realities of Bt Cotton in India
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Friday, March 27, 2015 |
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March 27, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:34 PM :: 4094 Views
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- PKF Report: "OHA Will Run Out of Funds"
- Hawaii Civil Air Patrol Volunteers Instructed not to talk to Media
- Total Visitor Expenditures Decrease 4.3%
- Hawaii Electric Car Charging Costs More Than Gasoline for 33 MPG Car
- $11M Spent: Ige Dumps Abercrombie's IT Pipedream
- Feds Grab for Control of 1,601 square miles of Hawaii Waters
- Undersea cable project sparked NextEra Energy's interest in buying Hawaiian Electric Co.
- Money: HEI-NextEra to 'Engage' With Energy Ex$elerator in Exchange for Support of Alt-Energy Schemers
- Caldwell Giving $18M to Solar Contractors
- Maui Soda Company Pays $32K Monthly for Electricity
- More Criminals Will Walk: Measure on videoconference testimony fails
- State DOE structure is dysfunctional
- Lump-sum budgeting: No More Slush Funds for UH Administrators
- Gov. Ige’s Fifth-floor Woes Commence
- Housing Authority Pushing Micronesians into Streets
- Law Prof: Religious Freedom Restoration Act Already Law in Hawaii
- Omidyar Continues to Use Civil Beat to Pander to National Democrats
- Rail Won't Work, So Lets Ban Cars and Houses
- Honolulu Seeks IAL Designation for 56,000 Acres
- Wrongful schools termination cases costing $418K
- Retaliation at Hawaii County Fire Department
- Hawaii residents' opinion on tourism industry
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Thursday, March 26, 2015 |
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March 26, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:03 PM :: 4546 Views
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- Prince Kuhio’s Fight to Americanize Hawaii
- Lawsuit: Puna Geothermal Plant at Center of $122M Federal Grant Fraud
- OHA COO Resigns Amid Management Shakeup
- OHA's Secret Funding Plan
- Opt Out of Common Core Test?
- Video: Cynthia Thielen, Robert Harris Discuss NextEra Merger
- $150M State Loans to Finance Solar Contractor Sales to Nonprofits
- Video: The Jones Act -- A Better Day
- Eminent Domain And The Honolulu Rail
- Honolulu Auditor Releases Citizen Centric Report
- Court Creates Loophole Allowing Child Molesters to Walk Free
- Panel pulls $28 million debt plan from health exchange bill
- House committee approves audit of rail project
- Senate Considers 5 HART Audit Resolutions
- Council report shows rail technology, length cannot be Changed
- Cowardly Council to Vote on Ordinance Accepting GE Tax Hike (if given), but Refuse to go on Record with Resolution
- Omidyar Uses Civil Beat to Pander to National Democrats, Congressional Delegation
- Protesters Demanding Payoffs, Target Mauna Kea Telescope
- 63% Know '100% Renewable' is Pipedream
- Star-Adv: Boost Economy by Making More People Dependent on Foodstamps
- Government data from Grassroot
- Ready or Not, Hawaii Should Prepare for Concealed Carry
- House adds a bill, subtracts a bill -- HGEA's Sick Leave Gambit Dropped
- Lawmakers Take Another Step to Restore Preschool Money
- Hawaii Could Have Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Next Year
- Homeless Overrun Capitol, Chase legislators, Staff Out
- More flew here than grew here in the past four years
- Employees Retirement System claims $14 million in investment losses
- Feds: Whale Watchers Must Stay out of Whales Path
- Kuhio was ‘Citizen Prince’
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Wednesday, March 25, 2015 |
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March, 2015 Letters to the Editor
By Letters to the Editor @ 6:05 PM :: 4629 Views
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- Opt Out of Common Core Test?
- Takai: TRICARE is Gay
- Agony and Ivory
- Rail Timeout Honolulu!
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Wednesday, March 25, 2015 |
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March 25, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:02 PM :: 4980 Views
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- Resolutions Urge Audit of State Use of Outside Counsel
- SB979: GOP Reps Speak out on 'Safe Places for Youth'
- Wonder Blunder Defendant Indicted on Investment Fraud
- Chief Justice Appoints William M. Domingo as Oahu District Court Judge
- Hawaii Counties' Health Rankings Compared
- Legislators Consider $800M Loan for Hawaiian Electric
- PUC members under fire for extensive travel
- State Subsidizes Solar Industry With Another $103M
- HCR181 Calls for Rail Audit
- Nearly $500K Spent on Rail Travel to Date
- Rail Causes 2-Hour Traffic Delays Thru Pearl City
- Legislators Plan to Eliminate Polling Places on Sister Isles
- Ethics Commission Ruling Draws Teachers’ Union Lawsuit
- Maui Mayor’s budget: Tax, Fee Hikes pay for 16% increase
- Public hearings slated for proposed 24% Hawaii County water rate hikes
- Geothermal-based Electricity may expand beyond Puna rift zone
- Growing concerns about Oahu's "Tent Cities"
- Star-Adv: City Must build Tent City on Sand Island
- Another ex-shelter official charged in theft
- More than 250 Hawaii nonprofits compete for 5% Chance at state grants
- State office building vacant for 12 years finally getting fixed
- Teaching assistant gets 10 years for sexually assaulting deaf student
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Tuesday, March 24, 2015 |
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March 24, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:40 PM :: 4719 Views
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- Hawaii Medicare Advantage to Pay $120 Less Per Member Per Month?
- Kapolei NB: HB1329 Racetrack Bill -- Insensitive, Unethical, Possibly Illegal
- Common Cause to Host Hawaii Open Budget Initiative Demonstration
- NextEra, HEI to Host Informational Meetings Statewide
- Hawaii Ranks 49th in Federal Funding as a percentage of State Revenue
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 23, 2015
- Ethanol: Boaters Need to Speak Up Now
- Buyer's Remorse: Anti-PLDC coalition revived by Ige's selection of Ching
- Ige Reneges on Turtle Bay Deal?
- Abercrombie: "I don't miss the Phony Drama"
- HGEA Pushes Mandatory Private Sector Sick Pay in Bid to Kill Hospital Privatization
- DOE audit bill to be heard
- Sunshine Law bills still moving in the legislature
- TAT to be Set Aside for Beach Erosion?
- 80% Tax: Bill would broaden tobacco tax to include Nicotine Vapor Liquids
- HB508: Hemp Slipped into Unrelated Feedlot Bill
- Legislators take aim at HEI-NextEra merger
- Hawaii regulators deny Parker Ranch request to consolidate major energy cases
- State Capitol reflecting pool repairs could cost $10M
- Housing Program for Homeless Veterans Hits a Snag in Hawaii
- Kakaako’s plan for homeless includes enforcement, rental project
- Attorney General to appeal decision allowing Lifesaving Hilo Doctor to bill Medicaid
- After 6 years Bungled Investigation-- DOE getting $325K to settle a wrongful termination case
- Tranny-Friendly Bathrooms: "We are Eliminating All the Hiding Places"
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Monday, March 23, 2015 |
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March 23, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:58 PM :: 5730 Views
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- Full Text: Hawaiian Roll Commission Releases Financial Records
- Feds Will Decide on Hawaii Offshore Wind Projects
- Study: Hawaii Is the 2nd Worst State to Be Poor from a Tax Perspective
- Before the Common Core Debacle: HSA Test Scores up 11% Math, 5% Reading
- Hawaii Insurers' Profit Drive: Propaganda Video Talks Patients into a Cheap Death 'In Every Hospital'
- Online Travel Stocks Soar After Big Win Before Hawaii Supreme Court
- Raceway Bill: Evicted Deadbeat Racks up $715K in Fines, Debts so Legislators Consider $100M Loan
- HB124 Vote by Mail With Romy Cachola
- $28M More to be Wasted on Health Connector?
- Hawaii solar boom excuse for new type of Rate Hike--'Time of Use Pricing'
- Clean Sweep of HCDA Board
- Anti-GMO Activists Look for Pesticide Hit List
- Turtle Bay Conservation Easement At Risk After Brower Defers Financing Bill
- Hiking website bloggers claim free speech to write about illegal trail
- Coppa Lobbies for Payday Lenders: Hawaii’s ‘Outrageous’ Rates Prompt Reform Efforts
- NFL considers foreign sites for Pro Bowl
- Star-Adv: Spend Millions for Smaller Stadium
- Mainland Homosexuals Thrilled as Legislature Eases Process to Feminize Hawaii Boys
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Sunday, March 22, 2015 |
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March 22, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:08 PM :: 4750 Views
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- HB1471: Barreling the Poor
- GE Tax: Significant negative effect to state economy
- Ethanol Requirement Costs Consumers, Provides no Environmental Benefit
- TAT: Tourist Dollars not an Infinite Resource
- Makakilo NB Opposes "48 Minute" Bill 1329
- Ige's DLNR fiasco echoes dark days of Abercrombie
- Ihara: Ige 'Quite Hurt' by My Flip-Flop on Ching
- Funding scheme expands UH autonomy, like it or not
- Will Senators Waste Another $28M on Health Connector?
- State's website lacks information on big subsidy programs
- Laws aimed at limiting pesticide use could rebound on responsible farmers
- DoT Rejects PM H1 Zipper, Opts for Additional Lane
- Housing First Ends Homelessness for 46 People--1,000 others moved to Stable Housing
- Thefts Spike as Downtown Hilo Overrun by Homeless
- After 14 Years, E. Maui Water Gets Contested Case Hearing
- Bikini Islanders to Move En Masse to Big Island?
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Saturday, March 21, 2015 |
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March 21, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:44 PM :: 5354 Views
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- Honolulu Auditor: Only 26% of Recommendations Satisfactorily Addressed
- Auditor Releases National Citizen Survey of Honolulu Residents
- Judge: EEOC Human Trafficking Case "Frivolous"
- Caldwell Touts Community Participation in Ala Moana Park Planning
- HB145 Tobacco Industry Tax Credit Gut and Replace
- VIDEO: Update on the Jones Act Reform Efforts
- Puerto Rico Seeks Exemptions from Jones Act After Horizon Quits Trade
- Senate Faction Membership Lists
- Judicial Selection Commission Removing 50% of Lingle Appointees
- Star-Adv: PUC, Legislature Should Slow-Walk NextEra
- Josh Green: We are Passing Medical Marijuana So Children Can Get It
- UH loses $850K in library vendor bankruptcy
- Who Wants a Government Handout? Tons of Hawaii Nonprofits
- New DHS Director: Top Priority is IT
- Study the Need to Pay Hawaii Teachers More, Resolution States
- Insane Plan to Put Windfarm Off Diamond Head
- Rail: Robert Thomas on Hawaii's Tough eminent domain laws
- Legislators Keep Retailers on Defense
- HB1347: Door-to-Door Sign up for Foodstamps
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Friday, March 20, 2015 |
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March 20, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:54 PM :: 3572 Views
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- Prejudices of rich denying poor benefits of biotechnology
- Am Samoa: Amata Blasts Administration’s “Environmental Colonialism”
- Top Issues? Budget, Homelessness, Housing, Rail Tax, and Marijuana
- Hawaii #2 in USA: 43% of Households Spend at Least 30% on Housing
- With Reservations
- AG Charges Fired Homeless Shelter Director with Embezzling $500K
- Ethics Commission: Mayor can use city resources for 'Keep Hawaii's Heroes'
- Senators Gut House GE Tax Bill, Insert Their Own Version
- Rail will 'most likely exceed' its budget, monitor says
- Ching Debacle: Ige Doesn't Yet go the way of Abercrombie
- Price Resistance: Hotel occupancy fell in isles during January
- No Prison-for-Pineapples After Land Swap Bill Stalls in House
- Federal judge extends injunction blocking Maui County Anti-GMO Ordinance
- Small Business Will Lose $1000 on Plastic Bag Ban
- Lack of Smoking Killing Cancer Center
- Consultant Pushing New Stadium Hypes Aloha Stadium Repair Costs
- Caldwell's Selective Love for Parks
- Hawaii County fire chief suspends 2 chiefs who called for his removal
- Health Department Can't Exterminate Rats Without Capital Improvement
- Four Years Later Hawaii County Discovers Million Dollar AV System Never Actually Worked
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Thursday, March 19, 2015 |
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March 19, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:08 PM :: 4891 Views
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- Kanaiolowalu: Did They Steal Your Name?
- Full Text: 2015 Hawaii Public School Principals' Survey
- Secretive Subsidies, Tax Credits Make Hawaii 7th-Least Transparent in USA
- Former Employees Sue Ormat: Geothermal Firm Lied to Get Stimulus Cash
- Hawaii: The Place for "Really Crazy" Energy Ideas
- Marijuana: Big Tobacco's Playbook
- Coming to a Ladies Room Near You: Transsexual Birth Certificate Passes Senate Health Committee 4-2
- Online Travel Companies Win Big Before Hawaii Supreme Court
- Bond refinancing saves Honolulu taxpayers nearly $44 million
- Auditor Hammers Legislators' Special Funds: 43 of 44 Do Not Meet Criteria
- Vote Against Ching Was 13-12
- Unanimous House Approves $25.7B Budget
- Billionaires, Anti-GMO Activists Re-Shape Kauai
- Kolea: Another $144M Spent on Malfunctioning Health Insurance Software, IT System
- Board Member Financial Disclosures May Be Released Sooner Than Expected
- Hawaii Legislature in Session? Time to Raise Campaign Money!
- Bill would restore budget cut to Hawaii preschool subsidies
- After Burning Trust Fund, Kahoolawe commercial activity ban finally reconsidered
- Honolulu Prosecutor, HPD Fail to Pursue Case Against $700K Embezzler
- Outside counsel sought for officer involved in fatal crash
- Waste-to-energy idea laudable, but Anaergia’s plan not sustainable
- Creagan: Get Pharmacists Off My Island
- Bikelane Scary, Tricky, Harder
- FTC Requires Antitrust Fixes On $107M Par Petroleum Deal
- Sex, Drugs and Inequality
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015 |
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March 18, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:26 PM :: 4481 Views
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- $1.9 Billion: NextEra is the #2 Recipient of US Corporate Welfare
- Do Drugs? Hawaii County is Hiring!
- Deferred, not Defeated: Marsy's Law Supporters Organize for Next Session
- Lawsuit: OE Local 3 Hawaiian Stabilization - multimillion-dollar slush fund for union bosses
- Chief Justice Seeks Public Comment on Oahu Family Court Nominees
- Concealed Carry: Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act Hearing Friday
- Supreme Court Orders Online Travel Companies to Pay Millions in TAT, GE Tax
- Occupy Honolulu Suit -- Losing Still Pays off for Lawyers
- DoE Panics: Test Scores Will Go Down 30%, State may Lose Control of Federal Funding
- Ching appointment goes to full Senate
- Tax Revenue up 7.9% over Last Year
- House Resolution Asks PUC to Obstruct NextEra Merger
- Ige: "I am committed to 100% Renewable Generation"
- Oil Price Drops Cut Electric Bills 4%
- Lump Sum Budget Would Give UH Autonomy
- Chancellor Favors AD Candidate Search Committee Refused to Interview
- Officers omitted game room attacks in reports, FBI says
- Police could wear body cameras under state proposal
- Breaking the cycle: 50-70% of Children of Prisoners Become Criminals
- BOE committee approves school meal price increase
- Anti-GMO Activists Oppose Enterprise Zones for Ranchers
- Thefts threaten Memorial Day services at West Hawaii Veterans Cemetery
- New $2M State Capitol fire alarm system suffers false alarms, like the old one
- Sale of ‘Magnum P.I.’ home may be tied to President Obama
- Billionaire Dreams that Information Technology is Convincing new Generation of Peasants to Want Less for Themselves
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Tuesday, March 17, 2015 |
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March 17, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:26 PM :: 4803 Views
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- Elections Officer Scott Nago selected for Lava Tube Dishonor
- Legislative Hearings: Sex, Drugs, Tranny Birth Certificates, and a Place to Hide from Mom
- Who Needs Tax Hike? DLNR: Waikiki Erosion Caused by Weather Anomaly
- Hawaii's Future: How 'Schedule Q' Makes Solar System Owners Pay for Electricity Again
- Application Deadline to Serve on State Ethics and Campaign Spending Commissions Extended to March 31
- Civil Beat chips away at the Hawaii home I grew up in
- Proposed racetrack would obliterate WWII battlefield
- Senate Split 12-12-1 on Ching DLNR Nomination
- Company Tied to OHA Chair Entertains Kauai Mayor, Councilmember in London England
- 100% renewable energy is not quite all that it's cracked up to be
- SB287: Legislators Voting for All-Mail Elections
- Schatz, Hirono Control Selection of Hawaii's Next Federal Judge
- Hawaii House panel passes bill for more affordable housing
- Conflict-of-Interest Bill Faces Uphill Battle in House
- Legislators Poised to ban Latex over Objection of Queens Hospital Surgeons, DoH
- How Kauai Pays for Union Contracts
- Do Drugs? Hawaii County is Hiring!
- HB348: Prohibition of Powdered Alcohol
- Unnecessarily Ridding Honolulu Hale of Asbestos Would Waste $50 million
- Bombshell Coming? Caldwell Hires $1.2M Ala Moana Park Design Consultant
- Honolulu the 14th-most termite-infested city
- The states where poor kids are most likely to graduate from high school
- Hawaii Boys and Girls Club worker records kids supporting Convicted Killer Jodi Arias
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Monday, March 16, 2015 |
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March 16, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:05 PM :: 4879 Views
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- Leaked Docs: Wong, Dwyer, and Harry Mattson Got 26% of Kanaiolowalu Contacting Budget
- Takai: TRICARE is Gay
- Agenda Driven: After Two Years of Silence, Media Suddenly Remembers Gabbard's Hare Krishna Cult
- Dealmaking for Ching in the Senate
- $25.8B State budget to take stage this week in Legislature
- Price Hikes, Tax Hikes Cause Visitor Dissatisfaction
- Hawaii Voter Turnout Drops 9%
- UH Manoa Sex assault awareness training may become mandatory
- Atrazine Hype Not Justified by Science
- Surfrider Foundation elects slate of officers
- Hawaii Civil Air Patrol Loses Members, Morale
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Sunday, March 15, 2015 |
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March 15, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:16 PM :: 4648 Views
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- Illegal Debate--Secret Report: OHA Trustees to Cut Funding for Hawaiian Charter Schools?
- Video: Kelii Akina Discusses DHHL on Island Insights
- American Samoa: Faleomavaega Trying for Comeback?
- I Can’t Believe He Said That!
- Video: House Republicans Speak Out on HB134 Rail Tax
- Video: House Republicans Debate Marijuana Dispensaries
- PDF: How Major Bills Fared at the Capitol
- Ernie Martin to Legislature: Council Will Not Go on Record Favoring Rail Tax Hike
- Sierra Club: Ching Votes Will Haunt Politicians
- Political Insiders Score Kewalo Harborfront Lease and $2.3M to Build on it--OHA Stuck with $1/year Income for Next 65 Years
- In Legislature, bills for open government prevailing
- 100% Renewable Requirement: Insanity or Effort to Scare Away NextEra?
- Disagreeing with Gabbard earns branding as a bigot
- Racist Liberal Colleges Discriminate Against Asians
- Kauai County Reduces Positions, Raises Taxes to Pay for Abercrombie's Union Contracts
- Affordable — relatively speaking
- Developer Harasses Community Association over Lawsuit
- Mainland Homosexuals Eager to Penetrate Guam, Samoa, Marianas
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Saturday, March 14, 2015 |
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March 14, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:01 PM :: 4424 Views
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- Update: Low Income Legislative Agenda
- Making the World Better Doesn’t Come Just By What You Eat
- Star-Adv: Waste no time in voting down DLNR nominee
- HB1075: House moves partnership bill in right direction
- In good economic sign, GET tax receipts up 5.2%
- Panel votes not to renew judge that Dismissed Giant Gambling Case
- UHPA $32M Contract Kicks in July 1
- Honolulu Second Lowest Buying Power of Average Hourly Wage in USA
- Christians Help 22 Escape Drugs, Homelessness
- Kaniela Ing Pricetag $1000
- After Defeat at Polls, Early Learning Crowd Attempts to Regroup
- HPD Leery of Police Body Cams
- Anti-GMO Litigants Afraid they will Lose Opportunity to Cause 'Irreparable Harm' to Agriculture in Maui County
- Monk Seal Obsessives Fight, Argue at Kaena Point
- UH Manoa Rape Trial
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Friday, March 13, 2015 |
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March 13, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:37 PM :: 4533 Views
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- Council on Revenues Increases Growth Forecast by 1% for Fiscal Year 2015
- Undercover Video: Oahu and Maui Planned Parenthood agree to abort girls based on gender
- IRS Seeks Hawaii Volunteers for Tax Panel
- Fitch: Debt, Retiree Benefits Key to Honolulu Bond Ratings
- WAM Chair Sen Tokuda Paid Off by Rail Lobbyist and Inouye Institute
- Legislators grumble on rail costs but roll over too easily
- Senate committee votes 5-2 against Carleton Ching, Nomination Heads for Full Senate
- Senate confirms attorney general, public safety director
- Panel trims $72M from UH budget, Tells Administration to Decide How to Use it
- SB1219: DLIR Hands off Independent Contractors
- Maui News: Legislators Get Shield Law Wrong Again
- Lawmakers call for audit of Animal Quarantine Station
- Soft on Crime: ICA Grants 'Lethal Time Bomb' Chance at Parole
- Kauai dairy controversy heading to courts
- Paradise vs Utopia
- Crash in King Street bike lane--and Many Close Calls
- Sheriffs to Clear Homeless out of Airport
- State Study: Possible Sand Island Homeless Camp Site is Safe
- OIP looking into interruption of testifier during Maui prosecutor hearing
- Hawaii Restaurant Adds 3% Obamacare Charge to Bills
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Thursday, March 12, 2015 |
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March 12, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:50 PM :: 5107 Views
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- After Sob Story from Child Molester's Mother, Hawaii House Offers Ex-Cons $50K per Year, Free Obamacare for Life
- How They Voted: Sex, Drugs, and Birth Certificates Cross Over
- Hawaii New Gun Registrations Drop 20.5%
- OpenHawaii.org -- Holding Government Accountable
- HART terminates $63 million rail contract, could cost taxpayers
- Attorney General Suddenly Finds Cayetano's Criminal Complaint vs PRP
- NextEra Killing Hawaii's Cheapest Source of Electricity?
- House Committee Snips $226 Million -- Less Than 1% -- Off Ige’s Budget Request
- Ching DLNR Appointment--Two Days of Testimony
- Peter Apo: We don’t need legislative bodies debating whether or not we are entitled to nation status
- Star-Adv: Key bills need a critical look
- HB819 Gay Agenda in the Schools
- Hinduphobic commentary insults congresswoman's work
- Who Are the Latest Lawmakers to Raise Cash During Session?
- Hawaii lawmakers may temporarily restore dental coverage to Medicaid
- Lawmaker wants to up the penalty for fleeing from police
- Fewer people testify against Hoopili prior to the City Council's unanimous vote
- Council Moves TVRs, Ohana Units
- Maui Property Tax Assessments Jump 13.5%
- 38% of Japanese Tourists Dissatisfied with Hawaii Vacation
- Powdered Alcohol Coming to Hawaii?
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Wednesday, March 11, 2015 |
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March 11, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:29 PM :: 4572 Views
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- With 48 Minutes Notice, House Votes $100M to Bulldoze Historic Ewa Battlefield, Build Raceway
- List of Open Government Bills Crossing Over
- Ige Nominates Three to BLNR
- UHERO: Economic Impact of NELHA
- Hawaii Disability Roll 12.5% Growth in 5 Years
- Rail: Senate Approves massive GE Tax Hike 22-3
- Hospital public-private partnership passes House
- Hawaii Health Connector Tax on Health Insurance Jumps 75%
- Ige: Rooftop Solar Systems Getting too Much Money for their Electricity
- State, City Looking to Crack Down on Illegal Vacation Rentals
- Unexpected Flood of Info Before the Ching Hearing
- Legislators Vote to Keep the People Drugged and Homeless
- Federal judge may delay Maui GMO ban hearings
- Will Hawaii Finally Become Last State to Ban New Cesspools?
- Hawaii County: No Audits Since 2011
- Critics challenge Ho'opili traffic analysis
- 60 Students Still Showing up for non-recognized classes at Corrupt Charter School
- State settles class action lawsuit with public housing residents
- Sierra Club settles with Turtle Bay Resort on land protection
- Chevron CEO says 'quite a bit of interest' in Hawaii refinery
- UH Athletic Director Pendulum Swings Back to 'Local'
- Global Cooling Updates
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015 |
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March 10, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:37 PM :: 4991 Views
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- Will State Borrow $28M to Fund Insolvent Health Connector?
- Waikiki: Homelessness Ended for 81 Individuals
- $15.5M for Obama Hawaii Vacations
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 9, 2015
- Demand: NextEra Eat Cost of HEI's Disused Oil Plants
- UH Hilo, UH West Oahu Accreditation Renewed
- University Snoops in Rape Victims' Medical Files to Save Money on Litigation--Legally
- Tax Foundation Facts and Figures: How Does Hawaii Compare?
- Health Exchange Fluffs Numbers--87% of Obamacare Enrollees Either Forced off Medicaid or Haven't Completed Application
- Ige: Put Public Employees on Obamacare
- Senate passes bill for chief elections officer evaluations
- Civil Beat's Gross Ignorance
- Why Maui GMO ban may be overturned despite voter approval
- Gov. Ige Defends Ching Appointment
- Lawmakers consider ditching ethanol mandate for gasoline
- HB544: Lawmakers say University of Hawaii Cancer Center campus should be leased or sold
- UH Richardson Ranks 82nd -- up from 100th
- Solar Installations Down 40% for February
- Judge signs off on more than $79,000 in fees and expenses in Occupy Honolulu case
- New hire sues Hawaii County over Drug Testing
- Sovereignty Activist Says He will get Driver's License
- 34 Convictions in 57 Years: Judge Thanks Lifelong Criminal for Helping Keep Lawyers Employed
- Could China Arm Hawaiian Nationalists?
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Monday, March 9, 2015 |
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March 9, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:20 PM :: 4588 Views
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- Shield Law: Karl Rhoads Picks up where Clayton Hee Left Off
- Video: Rail Line Property Owners Meet With Attorneys
- FEC Complaint: Cayetano Names Schatz, Hirono, Winer, and PRP
- Carleton Ching’s written responses to Senate questionnaire
- 2015: Education Bills In Legislature
- 700 Waikiki Businesses Protest Caldwell's Property Tax Hike
- Sit-Lie, Outreach Pushes 81 Waikiki Homeless off the Streets
- Caldwell Admin Screws Up Handi-Van, Complains When Union Helps Customers Voice Complaints
- UHWO Wins Reaccreditation
- Traditional Hunting Rights on Trial Before ICA
- Green Ambulance Chaser Attacks Kauai Dairy
- Canefire Panic: 'Choking' Patrons at Gay Resort
- SB131: GMO Labeling is Dead Due to "zero evidence that eating GE foods has any negative health effects"
- Hawaii: Can We Overcome the Problem of Low Salaries?
- Report: Rural hospitals get billions in extra Medicare funds by Billing for LTC
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Sunday, March 8, 2015 |
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March 8, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:07 PM :: 6118 Views
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- Pay Your Money and Take Your Chances!
- First Crossover: House Sends 100+ Bills to Senate
- WSJ: Jones Act Biggest Danger to US Oil Production
- Agony and Ivory
- Complete Debunk of Star-Adv Rail Tax Hike Editorial
- Maui News: Pass HB1075 Maui Hospital Partnership
- How ACA Drives Hawaii Insurance Premiums Up
- More Sunshine Violations: OHA Giving Geothermal Co Another $188K?
- 4 cases lie ahead of decision on HEI's sale
- Bill on DOE statewide audit set for a vote on Tuesday
- Clerk Arrested from Corrupt Charter School
- Fixation on IS semantics casts doubt on Gabbard
- George Awo Being Promoted as Alternative to Ching for DLNR?
- Rep Sam Kong Encourages Prenatal Testing for Down Syndrome
- Bumbling State Prosecutors Make Third Run at Deedy
- Oregon Governor Signs Bill Dissolving Obamacare Exchange
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Saturday, March 7, 2015 |
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March 7, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:18 PM :: 4849 Views
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- Sex, Drugs and Birth Certificates: How They Voted
- Call to Action: Stop Bad Legislation at First Crossover
- Feds: Hawaii DoE a Model for Rest of Country
- The Jones Act does not enhance our defense
- Lose a Body Part? Hawaii Workers Comp Pays More Than Most
- PRP Reports 30% of Carpenters Benched While HART Blames 'Red Hot' Construction Market for Inflated Rail Bids
- More Than Half of Obamacare Enrollments Come form Micronesians Force to Transfer from Medicaid
- Testimony against Carlton Ching nomination running 9-1 Against
- Star-Adv: Kill bills that push secrecy
- Legislators Voting to Require 100% renewables by 2040
- State House backs Say Unanimously in latest residency challenge
- House passes bill raising smoking age to 21-- But Only for Tobacco
- Manslaughter Trial Reveals Illegal Gambling Room Located in City-Owned 'Marin Tower' Building
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Friday, March 6, 2015 |
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March 6, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:33 PM :: 4167 Views
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- Lindsey: CEO Should be Talking to OHA Trustees -- Need to Discuss Leadership Succession
- Transparency? Waihee Challenged on Kanaiolowalu Enrollment Claims
- Sunshine? Bills Slip Through During 'Total Solar Eclipse'
- Raise it Higher? GE Tax one among worst practices in fifty states
- Hawaii Ranks 47th in New Firm Formation
- Hawaii 8th Best State for Women
- Ige Appoints Hidano DAGS Deputy Director
- Cowardly Honolulu Council May Finally Consider Possibly Weighing in on GE Tax Hike
- Star-Adv: HHSC Hospitals Sicker than their patients, Partnership Desperately Needed
- Partnership: North Hawaii Hospital Shows the Way
- Partnership: HPH Considers Saving Wahiawa Hospital
- Mindless Bureaucracy: Despite Shortage of Long Term Care Beds, SHPDA Blocks New Nursing Home
- Hawaii gets glowing report from feds for No Child Left Behind waiver
- Hawaii Senate passes bill calling for performance evaluations of chief elections officer
- Its Legal Now: Abercrombie opens Chinatown office for 'consulting work'
- Hawaii commercial solar energy market a race to beat the tax credit deadline
- With Thousands of Absentee Votes at Stake, Legislators Give Some Get Some from Home Care Industry
- Hawaii's Ewa Field clears historic registry hurdle
- Lawsuit alleges public housing residents beaten by security guards
- Air Safety: Weather cameras work, but Hawaii won’t get them
- Million Dollar Retaliation: Kauai County Cases Very Profitable for Honolulu Law Firms
- Anti-GMOs Put Gasmask on Tourism Message
- Hawaii Environmental Court Opens July 1
- Mainland Homosexual Moves to Hawaii, Focuses on Sex Ed in Schools
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Thursday, March 5, 2015 |
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March 5, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:37 PM :: 5200 Views
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- Rep Sylvia Luke Kills In-Session Fundraising Ban
- Hawaii Open Budget: A bold step towards fiscal transparency
- Second Amendment Update: Bills & Hearings
- DoE 'Anxious': Hawaii Common Core Testing Begins March 10
- Lawsuit Could Legalize Prostitution in Hawaii, Western States
- Applicants Wanted for Ethics and Campaign Spending Commissions
- Hawaii has Fewest 'White Christians' of Any State
- Senate Panel Grills HART, OKs 5 Year Extension of Rail Tax
- House Cuts Rail Surcharge in Half
- Maui Memorial, losing $43M a year, could be privatized
- GEMS: Much-Touted Green Energy Program Falls Far Short of the Hype
- 87% of Pesticides not Used by Agriculture
- HB819 Bullying: Mainland Homosexuals Want to Help Hawaii Youth 'Grow up Gay'
- Hawaii Crime Victims’ Bill of Rights Deferred
- Coaches, Administrators Screw UH Again and Again Because they are HGEA Members
- Apple Back in Classroom Teaching Chemistry for $300K/Year
- New UH Violence Policy Could Backfire
- Mandatory DNA Testing for Rape Cases
- Health Department Scraps Request to Delay Posting Inspection Reports
- Hawaii regulators deny energy groups' petition to Delay Sale of HECO to NextEra Energy
- Bus Pass Price Hike: City Boosts its Take of UH Tuition 40%
- Suspect Arrested in Big Island Church Arson
- Pearl Harbor Bike Path 'A Giant Homeless Camp'
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Wednesday, March 4, 2015 |
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March 4, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:51 PM :: 5147 Views
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- Video: Rep Thielen Questions NextEra on Big Cable
- Revolving Door: Former TV Anchors Among Ige's Latest Appointees
- Is The Hawaii Reapportionment Commission About To Go The Way Of The 'O'o Bird?
- Protect American Shipping? The Jones Act Record of Failure
- Hawaii is Not the Hawaii I Knew
- Rail Project Forum: Eminent Domain, Just Compensation, and Protecting Property Rights
- Fake Indian Tribe Falling Apart: Hawaiian Civic Club Consortium Decision "Null and Void"
- Final List of Neighborhood Board Candidates Released
- Math Problem: Does Honolulu Rail GET Shortfall Really Add Up?
- New bids for Honolulu rail $3.9M above estimates, but below Rejected Bids
- Hawaii state hospital private partnership gains approval of House committees
- Star-Adv: Honolulu Needs to Avoid Becoming Another Junk Bond Statistic
- With Clayton Hee Gone, Campaign Finance Reform Is Moving Forward
- PUC Grants access to all entities in NextEra-Hawaiian Electric merger case
- When will we find out if NextEra is going to acquire the HECO Companies?
- UH Buries Report on The Economics of Athletic Mediocrity
- Hawaiian Homelands Rebuts Danner Sisters on $1M Contract
- HART Spends $70.2M Buying Up Properties for Rail
- Hawaii County Officer Arrested -- But no Hit and Run
- 251 Guards Take 'Sick Leave' During Super Bowl
- Victims of crime want rights stated in Hawaii constitution
- New program helps convicts reintegrate
- Medicated: House Finance Committee Passes Marijuana Dispensary Bill
- Aquarium bills belly up
- Kauai: Mainland Developer Funds Anti-Dairy Farm Litigation
- Senate passes bill to require pesticide disclosure
- Anti-GMO Mayoral Candidate Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail
- Maui Council Retaliates on Prosecutor after he Refuses to Fire Critic of Councilman
- Two Escape From HPD Handcuffs in One Week
- UH Manoa Fire Extinguishers Not Inspected Since 2012, Admin Tells Funny Story About Saving Pennies
- Turtle Bay: Abercrombie's Rush Deal Still not Finalized
- HNL airport favored for lax scrutiny, reports find
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Tuesday, March 3, 2015 |
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March 3, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:26 PM :: 4885 Views
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- Requirement calling for triple pay on state holidays removed from Senate Bill
- Full Text: 2015 State of the City Address
- Marijuana for the Children
- PBN: How would your rate Hawaii Gov. David Ige’s first three months in office? --70% 'Needs Improvement'
- City Cuts CIP to Pay for Pensions
- NextEra: 'Not Going to Rule Out' Lanai Cable
- Investment Advisor Admits UH 'Carbon Divestment' is Part of Money Making Scheme
- More Anti-GMO Hypocrisy: Pesticide Disclosure--But only for Farms
- Syngenta lays off 23 workers on Kauai
- How Much Farmland is Left on Oahu?
- SB1210: Loosens Sunshine Law for Boards, Commissions, County Councils
- Star-Adv Backs Mayoral Control over Police Chiefs
- Hawaii County PD Weekend: One Dead, One Injured
- In Honolulu PD Custody: One Dead, One Injured
- Some Hawaii Electric Co. customers wait more than a year to connect rooftop solar to the grid
- Electric Vehicle Sale Mirror Solar Installations
- 600 Restaurants Fail Inspection So Far
- Japan negotiator: TPP trade deal with U.S. possible by spring
- Accused Lesbian Child Molester Back in Court
- HB52: Register for Selective Service to go to UH
- Kauai Event to Discuss Rise of Anti-Semitism
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Monday, March 2, 2015 |
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March 2, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:18 PM :: 3770 Views
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- Rail Timeout Honolulu!
- Hawaii the extortionate state--Vacation Rental Bills Violate NAFTA
- Gun-Related Bills Set for Hearing Tuesday
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 2, 2015
- Applicants Wanted for Ethics and Campaign Spending Commissions
- Oil prices dropped by half, but Hawaii electricity rates decreased just 18 percent (except Kauai)
- Soaring Property Assessments Used to Feed HGEA, UPW
- Early Education, After-School Bills Clear Senate Committee
- Danner Sisters Ask Legislature to Give Them More Control Over DHHL
- Civil Beat Finally Dares to Mention Gabbard's 'Religious Affiliation'
- Gay Activist Appointed Opinion Editor for Civil Beat
- Muslims: Lets Do Everything We Can to Keep the Homeless on the Streets in Hawaii
- Envision Laie Hearing Thursday
- Panos: Hoopili Doesn’t Fit
- Hawaii Co Officer Arrested for Deadly Hit and Run
- Hawaii group moves to change shipping regulations governed by Jones Act
- UH to Kick Smokers off Campus--But only Tobacco Smokers
- Public can view state’s storm water management program plan
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Sunday, March 1, 2015 |
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March 1, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:58 PM :: 5274 Views
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- Will Legislators Co-Sign $660M Loan for Evicted Racetrack Owner?
- GE Tax: Piling On!
- SB955 Shooting Range Protection Bill Dying
- Legislation Alert: Sex, Drugs and Birth Certificates
- Dismissed: Judge Tosses Suit Seeking Removal of Schatz from Office
- Dog n Pony Show: Tuesday Rail Re-Bids Opened: Wednesday GE Tax Hike to Pay for More Rail
- GE Tax Hike: Price of Campaign Contributors
- Lawmakers split on SB19--GE Tax surcharge
- Maui Memorial Will not Have Pediatricians After May 1
- Coop: Kauai Electric Rates Now Lower than Hawaii Island, Maui
- HB825: Legalizing the Illegal Vacation Rental on Your Street
- 'Interim' status leaves four UH regents in legal limbo
- Buffer Zones for Wind Projects?
- Maui Enviros Bring EPA in to Monitor and then Shut Down HC&S Harvest
- DoE, HSTA Fail Deaf Students
- Interview process begins for UH athletic director
- Candidates sought for Honolulu city clerk post
- Muslim Proposes Sharia Law for Hawaii--To be American Hub of Islamic 'Sukuk' Finance?
- Schatz Joins Group Controlled by J-Street Lobbyists
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Saturday, February 28, 2015 |
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February 28, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:27 PM :: 4552 Views
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- Jones Act Documentary Film Premier Sets the Stage for a Bigger Conversation
- Hawaii Rejects Sugary Beverage Labeling, Tax
- A Republican Vision for Hawaii: Kelii Akina Interviews Pat Saiki
- Why I voted to affirm Rep. Calvin Say as a qualified member of the House of Representatives
- 611 Candidates on Ballot for Neighborhood Board Elections
- Rhoads Admits Helping Say's Defense Team, Police Report Filed
- PUC Denies HECO's Request for End to Solar Net Metering
- CON: Keeping Hawaii Short of Long Term Care Beds
- Star-Adv: End Ethanol mandate
- What are Hawaii's Exports?
- City will build parking lots at just 4 of 20 rail stations
- SB1014: Senators Vote to Move Homeless Back in to Waikiki, Chinatown so they can Prey on Tourism, Small Business
- Homeless Trash Library, HPD Called
- Police Transparency Deferred
- Hawaii Co Budget Soars 4.3% Thanks to Unions
- Kauai Co Budget: Cut Spending to Pay for Union Contracts
- Mayor Wright tenants to share $350K
- Kauai County Auditor, county settle for $300K
- Maui Council Toys with Prosecutor
- Bill could allow Hawaii Health Connector to offer large group health coverage
- State deals with elevator inspection backlog, Blames Building Managers
- Anti-GMO Nailed: Regressive, Backward Luddites
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Friday, February 27, 2015 |
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February 27, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:54 PM :: 5663 Views
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- The Garden Island Embraces Jones Act Reform
- Police seek man on video at the scene of a suspicious Kona Church Fire
- Ige Returns from Washington, Holds News Conference
- Tourism: Visitors, Expenditures Drop
- UHERO: Economy in 2015 will look a lot like 2014
- Ige: Feds Should not Rush Hawaiians on Tribe
- Ige Finally Agrees to Release Names of Secret Advisors
- 'Knives are out': Gabbard faces backlash for taking on Obama over 'Islamist' extremism
- Local Media Still Acts Like Chris Butler Cult Does not Exist (biding their time?)
- Caldwell vs Caldwell on Rail Tax
- Hannemann eager to calm the talk about rail's future
- Mufi: HART Should Wait on Tax Hike Until First Segment of Rail is Operating
- KHON: Waikiki Tax Hike a Trojan Horse to Develop Natatorium Area
- Ige Urges Support for Ching
- PUC to issue order after solar letter, HECO apologizes for confusion
- Pushed out of Waikiki, Chinatown, Predatory Bums Head West
- Lawmakers Consider Automatic Voter Registration
- Bill Legalizing Marijuana for Children Clears Senate Committee
- Mass Hysteria: Aquarium bills set for Judiciary Committee hearing
- Kym Pine's Adopt-a-Park Proposal Before Council Committee
- Restaurants account for 14 percent of Hawaii's employment
- Feds Pressure Hawaii on Cesspools
- Inflation 1.4% in 2014
- Seawater AC Minimal Savings for Maximal Capital Expenditure
- US refiners may seek Jones Act waiver amid strike, Torrance explosion
- Marad Claims Loose lips could sink Jones Act ship orders
- EPA Releases Hawaii Emission List
- Former HPD major arrested in pedestrian death in Mililani
- Dobelle drops lawsuit, citing legal fight's cost
- 44 Convictions, Lifelong Criminal Latest Alleged Escapade--Burglary While on Work Release
- Psychologist: Army Homosexual Rapists are Really ... uh ... Heterosexuals
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 |
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February 26, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:21 PM :: 4770 Views
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- List Fraud Makes Kanaiolowalu Roll 'Too Hot to Handle'
- HECO Denies Solar Contractors' Blockade Claim
- HB321 Marijuana Dispensaries: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
- HB1482: “Hawaii Invests Local Act” Supports Crowdfunding
- Forced on to Obamacare: State Places 7,700 Lives at Risk to Save $20M
- Caldwell, Legislators Caught Lying About Portion of GE Tax Paid by Tourists
- Calvin Say Residency Decision Friday
- Hawaii hospitals face steep losses as reimbursements, state funds erode
- Garden Isle: Jones Act is costly for Hawaii
- After a Decade, Legislators Finally Getting Around to Repealing Costly Ethanol Mandate
- Solar Systems Cost Non-Solar Ratepayers $53M/Year
- Obama Pushes Tax Hike on Air Travel
- Legislation Would Make Homeless into Sacred Cows
- Proposed $500,000 Vanpool Grant the Latest ‘FrankenBill’
- Measures to create public isle preschool advance
- Minimum wage hike could Drive Up after-school care prices, Cost State $6M
- Middle Class Earn less in Hawaii--Even Without Cost of Living Factors
- Bill upholding increased public school hours advances, Amended
- What happens when UH faculty, staff cross the line?
- Bill on UH autonomy shelved by lawmakers
- Lab school admissions policy legal challenge
- HELCO Decision Marks End for IDG Geothermal Scheme
- Biofuels Don't Work, But Feds Keep Paying HC&S to Talk About Them
- Hawaii County Boosts Assessments Rather than Hiking Tax Rates
- DLNR Lease Renewals Slowly Strangle Hilo Businesses, Prepare Banyan Drive to be Abandoned
- Hawaii bill would make super PACs disclose sources of funding and how money is spent
- Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement talks to continue in Hawaii next month
- Inmate on work furlough arrested at burglary scene near Honolulu airport
- HPD Plate Scanners Got 194 Hits Last Year
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 |
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February 25, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:34 PM :: 5991 Views
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- HART Directors' Secret Discussion: State May Grab 25% Cut to Ease Passage of GE Tax Extension
- Tulsi Gabbard Hires Cult Associate as Chief of Staff
- Rep. McDermott sues UH Over 'Pono Choices' Secrecy
- Marijuana: Six Bills on the Move Thursday
- HELCO selects Ormat to provide an additional 25MW of geothermal energy
- Another Journalist Quits Omidyar: 'Blocked at Every Turn by Incompetence, Bad Faith'
- Ige's Secret Advisors--Broken Trust, HECO, KoOlina, HSTA
- Caldwell Rejects All Other Options to Spin HART GE Tax Hike
- HART Spins Ansaldo Sale to Hitachi as Latest Excuse for Tax Hikes
- Helping HART Create False Sense of Crisis, FTA says major changes to rail project would come at great price
- No REIT Tax
- Factional Considerations in Carleton Ching Nomination
- Calvin Say Residency Decision Friday
- Police Commission: Kealoha 'Exceeds Expectations'
- HECO holds solar hostages Taken by Contractors
- HHSC Emergency Funding Speeds Thru Legislature
- Hawaii leads nation in nursing home ratings
- Dobelle's lawyers drop out, cite failure to pay bills
- Abercrombie Rushjob on H1 to Influence Primary Election?
- Is a Weak Lobbying Law Getting Weaker?
- Commission investigates DLNR ethics complaint
- Shield Law Bill Clears House Judiciary Committee
- Randy Iwase confirmed as chairman of Hawaii PUC
- Hawaii lawmakers consider raising legal smoking age to 21--but only for Tobacco
- Hawaii Medicare patients saved an average of $1K each on prescription drugs last year
- TPP Coming Mid-March?
- China Testing New Subs able to Nuke Hawaii
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 |
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February 24, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:55 PM :: 4461 Views
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- Hawaii lawmakers file resolutions seeking Jones Act exemption
- HB459 Amended: Parent's consent still needed for sex ed
- 608 Candidates Register for Neighborhood Board Elections
- Hawaii Republicans Unveil New Logo at Lincoln Day Dinner
- 332 Pages of Secret Regs: ‘Net Neutrality’ and Censorship Go Hand in Hand
- Surprise: Poorest Obamacare Enrollees Face $530 IRS Tax Bill
- California Plastic Bag Ban Suspended as 800,000 Sign Repeal Ballot Petition
- Hitachi Buying Honolulu Rail Contractor Ansaldo
- Behind Closed Doors: Honolulu Rail Officials Planned Political Strategy in Executive Session
- Rail a winner for Caldwell, at least in terms of cash
- Watchdog group accuses Roll Commission of ignoring transparency
- Pathetic Excuses: Rhoads Tries to Justify Ex-Part Communications With Say's Lawyer
- Yanking autonomy won't cure UH ills
- Ige: Feds Are ‘Very Helpful’ When It Comes to Hawaii
- DHHL Nominees Approved by Committee as Danner Sisters Whine
- Kauai Police Chief: "SB677 a Recipe for Cronyism and Corruption"
- Bill aims to tighten access at public housing properties
- Bill may halt noncompete clauses
- Hawaii Green Party Could be Removed from Ballot
- Ewa Field's historic area should grow, feds suggest
- After 15 Years of Maui County Bureaucracy and Harassment, Molokai Veterans Center Needs One Last Signature
- Grove Farm chose Hawaii Dairy Farms over Kauai hotel project, new book says
- A new tool to “follow the money” at the legislature
- Hawaii Most Expensive Marijuana in USA
- Hawaii Lowest Black Incarceration Rate in USA
- Bill would permanently allow concealed firearms for retired law enforcement
- Hawaii E-Commerce Fraud Rate 1%
- Corrupt 'Food Bank' Gets Boost from Kauai Mayor
- A New GSA Scandal Says ‘Aloha’?
- Hawaii Diploma Mill Offers 'Reasonable Prices'
- Scalia: Why Would a Treaty be Needed?
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Monday, February 23, 2015 |
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February 23, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:51 PM :: 3880 Views
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- State-backed Loans: $89M to Companies Tied to OHA Chair Robert Lindsey
- Rep Karl Rhoads Feeding Info to Calvin Say's Attorney while Chairing 'Special Committee'?
- SB358: Green Energy Scammers Push Legislators to Tax Natural Gas
- Seminar: Your Rights When HART Comes to Take Your Property
- Gabbard 'Mind-Boggled' at Obama's Two-Month Advance Notice of Plan of Attack on ISIS
- Legislation Plans for Federal Take-Over of Hawaii Health Exchange
- Pension Promises Are Getting Harder for Hawaii Lawmakers To Keep
- Revolving Door: Former TV anchor to direct communications at Senate
- The Future for NextEra and HECO: More Windfarms
- Constitutional amendment Would Transfer Control of UH Back to Legislature
- Abortion mongers panic over Born Alive Bills, Say Lege Should go Easy on Killers of Pregnant Women
- Sheriff Beats DUI Rap after Cops, Prosecutors Fail to Show Up
- Some schools struggle to provide adequate food, water
- Chinatown: Urine Smell Receding
- Honolulu zoning chair comes out against Malaekahana development
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Sunday, February 22, 2015 |
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February 22, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:58 PM :: 3738 Views
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- GMOs: How the Precautionary Principle Refutes Itself
- Legislative Agenda: Pot, Parents and Privacy
- SB473: Concealed Carry Gut and Replace
- How Housing First Reduced Homelessness 72% in Utah
- Our Best Export – Our Taxes!
- GE Tax Hike: Will March 3 Rail Bids Stampede House of Representatives?
- Gas Tax Hike to Pay for Ige's $70.9M Boost in DoT Spending?
- Manoa Buyout Club: Gib Arnold Could be the Most Expensive Yet
- Slammed by Auditor, Health Connector Cuts off Payments to 'Contractor of the Year'
- Ige land agency nominees: Ill Will and Bling, Just Ask Neil
- Star-Adv: Big Island Electric Co-op Must be Heard
- HGEA Negotiations Underway, Contract Expires June 30
- Pesticide Bill Targets Agriculture, Ignores other Users
- Affordable Housing Plan Will Take Decades, At the End the Problem will be Worse Than it is Now
- Hawaii vets express skepticism over possible changes to retirement pay
- Kauai: Another Wave of Mass Hysteria
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Saturday, February 21, 2015 |
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February 21, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:25 PM :: 5433 Views
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- 575 Candidates file for Neighborhood Board Elections
- HB330: Increase GE Tax by 1%
- Caldwell: House Would Reject GE Tax Hike if Voted Today
- Massive Fuel Tax Hike on the Move in the House
- Omidyar Website Bashes Gabbard for Telling the Truth About Islamic Terrorism
- State Saves $27M by Forcing 7,500 Micronesians into Health Connector
- Ige = Hee? New Attorney General Opposes Return of Journalists' Shield Law
- Bill to prohibit lawmakers' fundraising weakened, but still alive
- 2 sides in West Coast ports dispute reach tentative contract
- 28 entities apply to join PUC's decision on NextEra-HEI deal
- NextEra Energy plans to build Hawaii's largest wind farm on Maui
- Protester: Kauai Dairy Farm is "how the fascists took over in Nazi Germany and the world got a Hitler"
- Dairy: “If you stop farming, then this resource is going to leave the agricultural designation”
- Kunia Ridge: Taxes, Water Bills, Regulations Conspire to Give Real Farmers the Shaft
- Hawaii Most Expensive State: 17.2% Above US Average Prices for Goods, Services
- Senate panel weighs bill to help local victims of sex trafficking, Police Complain it is too Tough on Pimps
- SB677: Police Commission wants to retain firing powers
- Developmental Disability: Hawaii Among Best States for Early Intervention
- Republicans aim to curb Obama's monument designations
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Friday, February 20, 2015 |
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February 20, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:08 PM :: 4209 Views
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- Neighborhood Boards: 516 Candidates Enter Race With One Day to Go
- Takai vs Takai on Homeland Security Funding
- House and Senate Republicans Join Forces on Legislation
- Hawaii: Anti-Gun Legislation Deferred, Pro-Gun Bills Progressing
- Warning labels and beverage tax fail in Legislature
- HECO, Taxes, Pesticides, and Teacher Tenure: House Republicans Speak Out
- 500 Expected at GOP Lincoln Dinner
- 2015 Legislative Calendar: A Guide to the Deadlines
- 25%: Hawaii Ranks 43rd in Weekly Church Attendance
- House Bills for 2015: Sex, Drugs and a Place for the Kids to Hide Out
- Tears and Gnashing of Teeth as Cosmic Vortex Sweeps Pesticides up Mountain Causing Multiple Illnesses and Dirty Window Blinds
- HB 825 Provides Little Incentive for Illegal Vacation Rentals to Register
- More waivers convey a “Public be damned” attitude toward legislative hearings
- Hawaii #2 in USA: 51.2% Tax on S-Corporation Income
- Posturing over DLNR pick should be entertaining
- Tax Hikers' Latest Trick: Rail officials pretend to need $350M loan
- Council OKs Waikiki tax hike
- $800M: Key airport projects delayed, costing more than expected
- Feds: Settle West Coast Today or Negotiate in DC
- State lawmakers aim to curb HCDA's leasing power and increase public input
- 27 Intervenors, Next Era Opposes Them All
- Ike Choy's Attack on UH Programs, Ham Handed, Narrow, Destructive
- Ethics Comm Bans Free Trips for Teachers, DoE Staff
- Instead of Raising Lunch Prices, DoE Should Follow Audit Instructions for Savings
- Labels: Senate Panders to Anti-GMO Mob Knowing House Will Protect Hawaii from Them
- As Expected, House Saves Farmers from Hypocritical Pesticide Buffer Zone Bill
- Infested with progressives, State asks childcare facilities to track unvaccinated children
- Even in Face of mass Opposition, Kauai Council Continues Tinkering with anti-Fireplace Law
- Are Maui tour operators ignoring federal whale watching rules?
- Sierra Club Boss: My Environmentalism Begins When Little People Invade Lands Once Reserved for Elite
- Obamaville Tent City at Kakaako Presidential Library Site
- Bill to Abolish Hawaii Land Use Commission Is Dead on Arrival
- Funding to continue the Preschool Open Doors Program passes
- Marsy's Law: basic rights for crime victims
- Sylvia Luke Raises Campaign Cash During Session
- Menor Proposes New Housing Office
- Rhoads Refuses to Hear Bill to create state game management panel
- Willie Plays Game with Anti-Aquarium Bills
- A Year Later, 40 Guam Soldiers Injured in Afghanistan Remain in Hawaii
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 |
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February 19, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:15 PM :: 4901 Views
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- Lawsuit Challenges Secrecy of Kanaiolowalu Roll Commission
- Big Island Group Proposes Electric Co-Op
- AEI: Retire the Jones Act
- Ige Rejects Activists, Appoints DeCoite to HD 13 Vacancy
- HCR33: Will Legislators Ask OHA to Help State Create Fake Indian Tribe?
- Scorecard: House Omnibus Marijuana Package
- Senate Schedules Confirmation Hearing for Controversial DLNR Appointee
- Gallup: Alaska, Hawaii Lead the United States in Well-Being
- The Hawaii Democratic Party Wants Farmers Out of Business
- Creating Fake Crisis to Push Tax Hike, Council pretends to remove bus funds from rail money plan
- Hawaii Legislature should be fixing our tax system instead of making it worse
- Regulators Reject Petitions to Delay NextEra’s Purchase of HECO
- Health Connector Padded Rolls By Dumping 7,500 Medicaid Patients into Obamacare
- Bob Jones: Obamacare Unworkable
- Taxing TVRs: Five Bills Still Alive
- Tobacco Tax: Just Another Fund to be Raided
- SB118: Senators Strip REIT Tax Hike Out of Bill
- Hawaii County: Little Chance for TAT Cap to be Lifted
- Hawaii Teachers Salaries 19th Highest in USA, Dead Last When Cost of Living Factors in
- Gabbard: Obama Misidentifies Enemy, Speech is a Diversion
- Legislators Tinker With Rules for Making Public Adult Care Home Inspections
- Lawmaker pushing to buy body cams for police statewide
- Maui Council Refuses to Approve Prosecutor, Then Refuses to Disapprove Him
- HB985 General Fund Will Cover 60% of UH Expenses
- HB596 Dope Addicts to Get Ticket
- Trannies Want Birth Certificate Change so they Can Evade Draft, Force Way into Girls Dorm Rooms
- Mainland Group Takes Control of Planned Parenthood Hawaii
- Kauai Doesn't Want Dairy? Give Them Another Hotel Instead
- Boaters frustrated with poor conditions at Waianae harbor
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 |
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February 18, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:46 PM :: 4087 Views
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- 2015 Hawaii Legislative Watch: Taxes
- Another House waiver of public notice—on an important energy bill
- Schatz 3rd Most Absentee Senator
- Hirono: ObamaCare Needs MORE Snow Days
- 449 Candidates File for Neighborhood Board Elections
- Galuteria Owes $7,000 Back Taxes After Lying About Residence, Senate to Consider Action
- Iwase the Fearless will Lead us to the NextEra
- Eight Industrial-Sized Solar Farms in the Works
- Land Swap? State has not always been best land steward
- Lawmakers say Ching's DLNR confirmation is not in trouble for now
- Neighborhood boards promote civic engagement
- Rent High Enough? SB118 Will Tax REIT Landlords
- Pinata Party: Usual Suspects Grab for Tobacco Tax Revenues
- Cigarette Taxes Triple, Poor Hit Hardest--$500M to General Fund
- DoE Wants $1.7M Lunch Price Hike
- Senate Committee Approves 11 Nominees to Hawaii’s Development Authority
- The New Standard for Transparency: Open Checkbook
- Is State Ethics Commission looking to backpedal on “goodwill lobbying”?
- Big Island group exploring public energy co-op
- Committees Send Marijuana Dispensary Bill on to Full House
- GMOs: Rhetorical Excess to Fan the Flames of Divisiveness
- Label: Senate Continues Pandering to Anti-GMO Nuts
- Legislators Pander to Animal Liberationists, Consider Bill to Ban Zoos, Circuses
- Aquarium Collector Gets Suspended Sentence for Defending Himself Against Anti-Aquarium Obsessive
- Obama making WWII internment camp in Hawaii a national monument
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015 |
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February 17, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:33 PM :: 6747 Views
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- SB992: Creates Tribal Judiciary, Places 12,000 Hawaiian Children at Risk
- Full Text: Rail Cost Engineer on 'Billion Dollar Mile'
- I Mua Manoa Proposes UH Budget Sustainability Plan
- Feb 20: Last Chance to file for Neighborhood Board Elections
- In Hawaii, The State of Liabilities, The Cost of Rail is Just the Beginning
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 17, 2015
- House Violates Public Notice Rules for Transsexual Birth Certificate Hearing
- Health Connector Bungles 3,000 Applications, Those Without Insurance Forced to Pay 2% More Income Tax
- Ige's Appointment for DLNR Deputy Resigned to Avoid Financial Disclosure Report
- Ige's DPS Deputy Nominee Placed Kulani Warden on Unpaid Leave, Then Quit Job
- Espinda Critics "Sissies, Assassins, Cowards"
- Regents Spend Hours Discussing Arnold's $1.4 M Golden Parachute
- Rail art should recognize those who forged this mess
- HB631: Gender is an Opinion, Just Ask for a Change on Birth Certificate
- Babes Against Civility: Environmentalism Poisons Itself
- Star-Adv: Aquarium Compromise Relies on Science over Emotion
- House bill aims to set buffer zone on wind turbine projects
- Care Home Industry Uses Love Story (Again) to Loosen Hawaii Laws
- SB199 would help fund police cameras
- Tulsi Gabbard: ‘Mind-Boggling,’ ‘Troubling’ Obama Won’t Recognize ISIS Islamic Ideology
- Hawaii County Overtime Abuse, County Vehicle Abuse Reported (Again)
- Students, teachers will need patience during Common Core test transition
- When can you record a conversation at work to prove discrimination?
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