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Saturday, March 28, 2015 March 28, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:09 PM :: 3839 Views 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 Read More..

Friday, March 27, 2015 March 27, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:34 PM :: 4114 Views 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 Read More..

Thursday, March 26, 2015 March 26, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:03 PM :: 4573 Views 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’ Read More..

Wednesday, March 25, 2015 March, 2015 Letters to the Editor By Letters to the Editor @ 6:05 PM :: 4644 Views Opt Out of Common Core Test? Takai: TRICARE is Gay Agony and Ivory Rail Timeout Honolulu! Read More..

Wednesday, March 25, 2015 March 25, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:02 PM :: 5008 Views 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 Read More..

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 March 24, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:40 PM :: 4749 Views 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" Read More..

Monday, March 23, 2015 March 23, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:58 PM :: 5764 Views 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 Read More..

Sunday, March 22, 2015 March 22, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:08 PM :: 4768 Views 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? Read More..

Saturday, March 21, 2015 March 21, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:44 PM :: 5375 Views 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 Read More..

Friday, March 20, 2015 March 20, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:54 PM :: 3599 Views 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 Read More..

Thursday, March 19, 2015 March 19, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:08 PM :: 4911 Views 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 Read More..

Wednesday, March 18, 2015 March 18, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:26 PM :: 4505 Views $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 Read More..

Tuesday, March 17, 2015 March 17, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:26 PM :: 4821 Views 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 Read More..

Monday, March 16, 2015 March 16, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:05 PM :: 4914 Views 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 Read More..

Sunday, March 15, 2015 March 15, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:16 PM :: 4678 Views 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 Read More..

Saturday, March 14, 2015 March 14, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:01 PM :: 4440 Views 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    Read More..

Friday, March 13, 2015 March 13, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:37 PM :: 4560 Views 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 Read More..

Thursday, March 12, 2015 March 12, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:50 PM :: 5130 Views 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? Read More..

Wednesday, March 11, 2015 March 11, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:29 PM :: 4589 Views 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 Read More..

Tuesday, March 10, 2015 March 10, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:37 PM :: 5010 Views 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? Read More..

Monday, March 9, 2015 March 9, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:20 PM :: 4610 Views 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 Read More..

Sunday, March 8, 2015 March 8, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:07 PM :: 6143 Views 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 Read More..

Saturday, March 7, 2015 March 7, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:18 PM :: 4892 Views 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 Read More..

Friday, March 6, 2015 March 6, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:33 PM :: 4201 Views 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 Read More..

Thursday, March 5, 2015 March 5, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:37 PM :: 5230 Views 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' Read More..

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 March 4, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:51 PM :: 5176 Views 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 Read More..

Tuesday, March 3, 2015 March 3, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:26 PM :: 4918 Views 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 Read More..

Monday, March 2, 2015 March 2, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:18 PM :: 3785 Views 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 Read More..

Sunday, March 1, 2015 March 1, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:58 PM :: 5304 Views 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 Read More..

Saturday, February 28, 2015 February 28, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:27 PM :: 4580 Views 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 Read More..

Friday, February 27, 2015 February 27, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:54 PM :: 5687 Views 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 Read More..

Thursday, February 26, 2015 February 26, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:21 PM :: 4809 Views 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 Read More..

Wednesday, February 25, 2015 February 25, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:34 PM :: 6018 Views 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 Read More..

Tuesday, February 24, 2015 February 24, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:55 PM :: 4496 Views 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? Read More..

Monday, February 23, 2015 February 23, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:51 PM :: 3906 Views 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 Read More..

Sunday, February 22, 2015 February 22, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:58 PM :: 3765 Views 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 Read More..

Saturday, February 21, 2015 February 21, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:25 PM :: 5814 Views 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 Read More..

Friday, February 20, 2015 February 20, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:08 PM :: 4248 Views 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 Read More..

Thursday, February 19, 2015 February 19, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:15 PM :: 4934 Views 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 Read More..

Wednesday, February 18, 2015 February 18, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:46 PM :: 4110 Views 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 Read More..

Tuesday, February 17, 2015 February 17, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:33 PM :: 6788 Views 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? Read More..

Monday, February 16, 2015 February 16, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:50 PM :: 3274 Views Will OHA Trustees Waste Another $5M on Push for Fake Indian Tribe? HCR33: Will House Pass Resolution Supporting Fake Indian Tribe? HB459 Forces 'Pono Choices' Gay Sex Program on Schools Statewide SB1071: Second Amendment Rights for Legal Immigrants Ige Ignores the Fervor that Got Him Elected: DLNR nomination a Public Disservice, Disappointing Hawaii Health Connector Website Collapses Again NextEra seeks smooth sailing in choppy waters Hawaii: Highest Paid Part-Time Legislature in US State Accounting System is 46 Years Out of Date Air service helps deliver fresh produce, medical supplies to Oahu Legislators Consider Harassing Farmers Market Vendors 100 Disabled, Elderly Drivers Wait as State Fails to Provide Medical Exams Will New Obstacles Dim Hawaii’s Solar Power Surge? Hirono is Only Democrat Supporting Rand Paul's 'Audit the Fed' Bill Hotels Report 'Unexpected Softness' in Demand Read More..

Sunday, February 15, 2015 February 15, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:25 PM :: 4005 Views Maui Democrats Nominate Two Protesters and a Farmer for HD13 Vacancy Hotels as Renters Invisible Ige Holes up with the Big Cheeses as Cauldron Bubbles Partnership: All of Nothing for Maui's Only Hospital Star-Adv: Give OHA your views on Kakaako HSTA Operative Demands Legislators back off Instructional Hours Law So-Called 'Consumer Advocate' proposes greater secrecy in NextEra merger Revolving Door: From Star Adv to Billy Kenoi and Back Again as Capitol Bureau Chief If We can't Run a Zoo, How can We Run Rail? Matson: Only One Ship Coming This Week Dairy is safe for the environment, and we will prove it Tulsi Gabbard to Marry Another Cult Member Read More..

Saturday, February 14, 2015 February 14, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:13 PM :: 3966 Views Feb 20: Last Chance to file for Neighborhood Board Elections Pro-Life? Hawaii One of Only Four States With no Abortion-Free Insurance Policies on Health Exchange HR235: Eliminate Hawaii Internet Access Taxes Grassroot Institute: Promoting our Principles in the Legislature SB727: Hike GE Tax Another 0.5% Statewide Ige Nominates DoTax, DoH Deputy Directors Horizon Settles Lawsuit, Clears Way for Sale to Pasha, Matson Right to Try Bills would Protect Terminally-Ill Patients from FDA Restrictions Jones Act Case to Be Heard by 9th Circuit at UH Manoa Rhoads, Chun Oakland Behind Massive Income Tax Hike Statewide Preschool: SB844 Passes Senate Education Committee Latest Excuse: Say's Palolo Home 'Being Renovated' Anti-GMO 'Babes' Admit They are Democrats, Ask Party Not to Nominate Real Molokai Farmer Ige to Sign over 400 Ac of Hana 'Forest Reserve' to Maui Windfarm Developer Legislators Continue to Fight to Keep Dole Land from Being Sold to Individual Owners Exposed: NextEra Schemes to Prevent Rate Cuts for Four Years Ige's AG Lobbied for Private Prison, Nomination Approved Anyway Obama Sends Labor Secretary to Talk to ILWU, Management Big Island Lawmakers Tell their Doper Constituents to be Hopeful About Getting More Weed from the Government Retailers Money Tied Up by Shipping Delays Opinions differ on mainland placement for Hawaii's troubled teens Dozens of mini iPads stolen from West Oahu schools Star-Adv: Taxi rules the problem, not Uber, Lyft Read More..

Friday, February 13, 2015 February 13, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:37 PM :: 10398 Views Rail: Engineer Exposes The Hows and Whys of Cost Overruns 406 Candidates file for Neighborhood Board Elections DCCA Nails Solar Contractor: Unlicensed Work on DoE Schools Caldwell signs law prohibiting sitting or lying on pedestrian malls Cancer Center to Merge With UH Medical School The Worst Gun Bill of the Decade Died Yesterday HB558: Curbing Overtime Abuse Senate Transport Committee Votes for Rail Tax Extension, Admits it's to Build More Rail into Kapolei, Manoa Ige Opposes Maui Memorial Partnership Deal HEI's Plan to Gut Existing Solar Contracts Ige Finally Gets Around to Holding First 'Weekly' News Conference Castle & Cooke CEO: 'No Conspiracy' in Ching Nomination Hawaii hotel occupancy falls sharply Army chief says troop cuts on Oahu could be small Say Makes Excuses, Says Palolo is as Far Away as Sister Isles Cancer Center: UH Admin, Regents Still Trying to Figure out What Legislators Want No Joke: Star-Adv Claims University Administrators are Competent to Investigate Rape Pressure builds on Obama to intervene in West Coast ports slowdown Jury awards more than $658K to police chief's wife Waianae: Industrial Solar to be Approved while Rooftop Solar Waits Hawaii Senate Panel Panders to anti-GMO Mob, advances pesticide regulation bill GMO: Demagogue Hooser Refuses to Consider Evidence HB511: Attacks by Anti-Aquarium Obsessives to be Illegal Ruling overturns Hilo doctor's Medicaid suspension UH Manoa Ranks 203rd in USA HB227: Businesses in Chinatown and Waikiki to face a new threat: the sound police Legislature Looks at Non-Compete Agreements On The Move in the Legislature Airport: DoT Fixes Tiles, Decides to Leave Potholes Intact Read More..

Thursday, February 12, 2015 February 12, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:49 PM :: 7108 Views 'Hewa Hui' Plan: Create Fake Indian Tribe, Keep 95% of Hawaiians Out Wind Turbine Buffer Zones: HB1384 Gets a Hearing Lockout: Management Shuts West Coast Ports Four More Days Small Business Caucus Backs HB266 Regulatory Review Board Angling for Money from Legislature, UH Report Tries to Explain Athletic Department Finances Ige's Secret Transition Committee: Stone, Alm, Hiraoka, Arakaki and others Ching Nominee Would Be In Position to give Castle & Cooke Lock on TOD Development, Other Developers to be Iced Out GE Tax Hike: Honolulu Council Plays Chicken With Legislature Rail Cost: We're Just Guessing, says Amemiya Rail: Drilling, Hammering into Wee Hours of Morning Some staff will oppose Ige's state prisons chief nominee Grandmother Asks for $1M Damages Against Police Chief's Wife Campaign Spending Commission dismisses complaint against Say HB1455 Passes 'Health' Committee: Legalizes Marijuana Sales Regulations: DoH 'Works to Limit Production' of Start-up Food Businesses Bill would allow media greater access to lava, other disasters Solar farm may short-circuit school expansion Maui High principal confirms school's former football coach under DOE investigation HECO: "Rates will 'stay' Low Til End of Decade" Mayor Signs Expanded Sit-Lie ban HPD: Tweeker With 10-year Criminal Record Busted in Allenby Case Wedding venue, parking structure, farmers market to be sandwiched in controversial corner of Ala Moana Hooser Burned by Testimony Against Smoke, Dust Ban Aila Defends Aquarium Collectors Against Hordes of Anti-Aquarium Obsessives Kauai: Anti-Dairy Obsessives Hire Oregon Lawyer 3 Muslims Killed by Progressive Atheist Read More..

Wednesday, February 11, 2015 February 11, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:19 PM :: 5430 Views Geothermal: New Zealand Company Abandons Partnership with OHA PMA: Unwavering ILWU Demand Threatens to Sink Contract Talks; “Slowdowns as a Way of Life” HB459 Forces 'Pono Choices' Gay Sex Program on Schools Statewide Sexual assault and harassment policy updated by UH At End of Life, State Human Resources Management System moves to 'Private Cloud' HB1476: Rep Ing Introduces Bill to Hide Identity of all Campaign Donors Schatz' Boycott of Israeli Leader 'Shortsighted and small minded' Warning Label Bills Unfairly Single Out One Product Federal Monitor cites rail for 'Alarming' lack of cost control Takumi Admits HB1240 'Education' GE Tax Hike is Really About Rail Living Hawaii: The American Dream Is Broken for the Middle Class Progressives Spread Measles -- Where are the Anti-Vaxxers?  Kauai, of Course Will Belatti Hear 'Right to Try'? Bill would give terminally ill access to experimental drugs, treatments HB451 Reclassifies Sex as Rape--UH Administrators to Supervise 'Ongoing Consent' During Campus Coitus Money Laundering: Tranny Nowhere in Sight as School's ex-officials arrested House Committee Approves Bill to Repeal Undersea Cable Law HELCO Geothermal Decision Due Feb 17 Honolulu City Council will consider rezoning for D.R. Horton's West Oahu Hoopili development The Case of a Wayward Land Use Lobbyist Which Lawmakers Are the First to Hold Fundraisers During Session? More to say about Say-complaint to be heard Wednesday by the Campaign Spending Commission Ethics complaint: Anti E-Cig Legislation ‘unduly influenced’ by unregistered lobbyists for Big Pharma Free Clinics Push for State to Pick up Micronesian Co-Pays 30mph Wind Blows Roof off, School Still to be Used as 'Hurricane Shelter' 18 more prison guards punished for contraband, other violations Police Reform Measures Gain Steam in Hawaii Legislature IHS: Sit-Lie Ban Forces 70 Homeless to Accept Shelter Loss of accreditation could spell disaster for Honolulu Zoo ​HB1076 could waive University of Hawaii tuition for family of some veterans--But UH Admin Says They Can't Afford it Interim Coach Rejects $185K Offer as UH Begins Yet Another Idiotic "National Search" Noisy Politicians Find New Way to Harass Businesses Bill Would Decrease Annual Interest Rate for Payday Loans from 459% to 36% ILWU Lockout/Slowdown Update Read More..

Tuesday, February 10, 2015 February 10, 2015 Daily News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:07 PM :: 5185 Views Massive GE Tax Hike to Create New 'Special Fund' -- On the Move in House and Senate $185M GE Tax Hike: HB1240 on a Fast Track SB783: 'Worst Gun Bill of the Decade' Kanaiolowalu: 'Elections This Year' "Widespread Bribery and Corruption" Hawaii ERS Sues Petrobras Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 9, 2015 Rail to Make a Mess of Bus Service in Pearl City 'Until Further Notice' Should NextEra be able to use ratepayer funds to NOT produce electricity? Free Golf Scandal: Will Ige Act to Enforce Law? Hearing on Hawaii Rep. Calvin Say’s Residency Set for Friday Governor Ige dodges questions by insisting on written questions DLNR Nominee Lobbied City for Castle and Cooke, Koa Ridge? Counties Use TAT Hike Lobbying as Excuse to Raise Property Taxes State and Local Taxes Penalize the Poor and Benefit the Rich Hawaii ERS Falling Behind UHPA: Legislators Seeking Ban on Un-Regulated Sex 'Overstep Bounds'  Soft on Crime: Serial rapist's sentence cut in half by Hawaii court HB766: $15M for bare-bones Micro Units City Refuses to Grant Tax Exemptions for Solar Panels, Has Excuse House Tackles Proposed Rideshare/Taxi Regs Pre-Kindergarten: Funding Across States Slowdown: ILWU Short-Staffing Honolulu Docks Lloyd's: Jones Act Comes Under Pressure Ige’s Appointee to Head DCCA Cruises Through Senate Committee Police Oversight Bills to be Heard Today Hunters fight for development of 1st Hawaii Game Commission Ivory Ban Debunked City Begins Harassing Retailers Over Plastic Bag Ban City's $250K+++ Car Wash boondoggle Charter schools left out in the cold after lava threatens Winds Blow Roof off of Kailua 'Hurricane Shelter' HB1202 Would Legalize Vacation Rentals on Ag Land Hawaii Less 'Local' than Most States Hawaii Business Fluff-Piece Features Anti-GMO Lobbyist on Cover State of Hawaii Not Snooping in Twitter Accounts Read More..

Monday, February 9, 2015 February 9, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:16 PM :: 4788 Views SEC Filing: Defective Turbines and Batteries, Secret Golden Parachutes at Hawaii Windfarms Forbes: Five Ways the US Government Keeps Native Americans in Poverty Documents Show Comcast Ghostwrote Abercrombie's Pro-TWC Merger Letters Solar Contractor Admits Defrauding Hawaii Consumers Crime Pays: Legislators Propose $50K per year Cash to ex-Convicts Section 8: Rhoads Seeks Grounds for More Lawsuits HB1501 Blocks HECO from Poaching PUC Staff ILWU Delays Unloading of Two Matson Ships Who Tried to Buy 2014 Ballot Measures? Inspection Reports for Some Hawaii Care Homes to Be Posted Online School Community Councils Allow a Voice in Hawaii Education Maintenance Funds for Public Housing Fall Short (again) HB444 Would Fund Waikiki Beach Replenishment Animal bills proposed Kauai: 'Caucasian Cranks' Propose Ban on Imu Smoking Read More..

Sunday, February 8, 2015 February 8, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:33 PM :: 6895 Views Kauai Panel Seeks to Ground GMO Debate in Facts Three Hunting-Related Bills to be Heard Monday Maui Democrats Release Names of 13 Applicants for HD13 Vacancy Digitized Archive of 19th Century Hawaii Missionaries Goes Online HB1307: Fair Taxation? Top ‘Scientists’ Caught Adjusting Temperature Readings Three of Ige’s nominees to lead state agencies are Lobbyists Caldwell, HART promised no Tax Hike, No Borrowing HB14: HSTA Pushing to Gut Instructional Hours Requirement HB1468: Shut Down Big Cable Project to be Heard Tuesday HECO vs Reality on NextEra Merger Marijuana Task Force Member Pushes Drugs to Children SB791: Autism health coverage gains traction Calvin Say Case: Finally the Law Will be Enforced? Kauai: Accused Rapist Gets Off on Technicality Infamous Hit Man Enjoys Retirement Years With Family and Friends in Hawaii Silly UH Research Blames Windward Rains on Global Worming Read More..

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