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Thursday, February 26, 2015 |
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February 26, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:21 PM :: 4778 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 :: 5995 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 :: 4470 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 :: 3886 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 :: 3743 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 :: 5549 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 :: 4214 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 :: 4910 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 :: 4094 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 :: 6755 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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Monday, February 16, 2015 |
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February 16, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:50 PM :: 3252 Views
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- 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
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Sunday, February 15, 2015 |
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February 15, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:25 PM :: 3985 Views
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- 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
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Saturday, February 14, 2015 |
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February 14, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:13 PM :: 3950 Views
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- 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
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Friday, February 13, 2015 |
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February 13, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:37 PM :: 10304 Views
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- 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
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Thursday, February 12, 2015 |
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February 12, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:49 PM :: 7090 Views
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- '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
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 |
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February 11, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:19 PM :: 5410 Views
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- 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
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015 |
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February 10, 2015 Daily News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:07 PM :: 5155 Views
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- 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
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Monday, February 9, 2015 |
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February 9, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:16 PM :: 4764 Views
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- 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
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Sunday, February 8, 2015 |
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February 8, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:33 PM :: 6876 Views
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- 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
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Saturday, February 7, 2015 |
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February 7, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:48 PM :: 5804 Views
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- Hawaii Polarized by Steamroller Activism
- Management: West Coast Port Lockout Begins Saturday
- HB536 Imposes Massive New Payroll Reporting Requirements on Businesses
- Mementos Reveal Civil Rights Icon's Exposure to Armed Self-Defense
- 369 Candidates file for Neighborhood Board Elections
- Creating "Paradise of the Pacific": How Tourism Began in Hawaii
- State to Fire Medicaid Director after $144M Tech Disaster
- Somebody Begins to Notice that Hawaii Tech 'Startups' are all Taxpayer-Funded Frauds
- Ige Fires DLNR Water Deputy William Tam
- Lawmakers look at a fine for those who don't vote
- Lockout: Hawaii to Run out of Bottles?
- Obama Foundation: Hawaii 'To get some piece' of Obama Library
- Bill to create low-income mobile home parks advances
- HB1213/SB1219: Who Qualifies as Independent Contractor
- Officers disciplined in 110 misconduct incidents
- Maui Police Fire More Stun Guns Than Honolulu
- SB1345 Would end multi-track schedules in public schools
- Maybe Hawaii Hospitals Will One Day Rise to the Level of Thailand
- Looted by Profitable non-profit, Honolulu Zoo is a Mess
- State-Owned Bank Would Direct SubPrime Lending to Deadbeats
- Controversial Hawaii caregiver training bill deferred indefinitely
- Task force prescribes cures for University of Hawaii Cancer Center
- Hawaii leads in sports tourism
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Friday, February 6, 2015 |
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February 6, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:52 PM :: 4334 Views
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- Gallup: Hawaii Liberals Outnumber Conservatives by Only 1.9%
- Farmer: HB1514 is 'The Last Shovel of Dirt on Our Graves'
- Obama Budget would Increase Top Marginal Capital Gains Tax Rate in Hawaii to 35.8%--#2 in USA
- Ige Appoints Carpenters Union Political Director to DLIR
- Hawaii Family Advocates' Dream Team to Tackle Legislative Priorities
- Ige Announces HCDA Nominations
- Federal Report Calls Rail Project ‘alarming’
- HB1468: Iwase Opposes Bill to De-Authorize Big Cable
- Chief's Wife 'Angry' at Grandmother with Lost Home in 'Mortgage' Deal
- Visitors' spending is not keeping up with arrival numbers
- House Version of REIT Tax Dies
- Ige's DLNR Nominee Oversaw Unregistered Lobbyist
- West Coast Port Lockout Drumbeat
- The protectionist Jones Act vs. US economic freedom
- Right to Farm: Bill Passes to Prevent County Councils from Pandering to Anti-GMO Mobs
- HB1514: House Committee Panders to Anti-GMO Know-Nothings
- Will Anti-GMO Activists be Busted for Unregistered Lobbying?
- Ike Choy's Bill to Cut UH Programs Deferred in Face of Opposition
- OCCC to be Replaced by New Prison at Halawa Site?
- HB438: Lets Waste Another $6M 'Without a Plan' on Kahoolawe
- Roz Baker: Small Businesses Should Follow Me into Bankruptcy
- Cop's ex-girlfriend speaks out about alleged abuse
- Hawaii's largest oil refinery turning to other markets, including South America
- Zoo nonprofit gives just 10 percent of its funds to Honolulu Zoo
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Thursday, February 5, 2015 |
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February 5, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:13 PM :: 4657 Views
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- HB1252: Repeal Act 195, Abolish Hawaiian Roll Commission
- PMA: We'll Pay ILWU's Obamacare Tax--Take it or be Locked Out
- Hawaii Supreme Court Could Sock Expedia for $626M in Hotel Taxes
- Tax Rate 50.4% on Small Business Income, Hawaii #2 in USA
- Hawaii Personal Income Taxes: "Highest Dollar Amount of Any State"
- Hawaii Ranks 3rd in Certificate-of-Need Laws--Which Mean Fewer Services for Patients
- On the Move: House Omnibus Marijuana Package
- HB1452 Heard Without Notice: Permits Vacation Rentals "In any area of zoning classification"
- SB958: Repeal Corporate Income Tax
- SB946: Repeal GE Tax on intermediary business transactions
- DoE Opens Office of Hawaiian Education, Seeks Director
- SB286: Proposes 'Very Powerful' Inspector General to Investigate Waste, Fraud, Corruption
- Hawaii Consumer Advocate Rejects Call to Delay Review of NextEra Deal
- SB1268 on the Move: Allows Ige to Stack BoE with HSTA Operatives
- UH fires back over fired coach's contract, HGEA Files Grievance for Arnold
- UH's mounting legal bills
- Ige Backpedals On Posting Care-Home Inspection Reports Online
- LURF, Lobbyist Fined $4000
- Ige Blocked Renters' Tax Relief
- HMSA contests bills forcing Connector participation
- Crackpot Anti-GMO Bills on the Move
- Hawaii Co Council: Make The Activist Lawyers Defend their Own Anti-GMO Laws
- While Legalizing Marijuana, Legislators Plan Powdered Alcohol Prohibition
- Sheriff, Prison Guards Not required to disclose misconduct
- Another HPD Officer With Domestic Violence TRO
- Kauai County: Retaliation Pays
- American Samoa Chief Procurement Officer Pleads Guilty to Corruption Charges
- Armed guards in Hawaii: No mental health checks, no firearm training
- Tulsi Gabbard Co-Sponsors Bill for Republican Mega-Donor
- House will decide if Rep. Say should lose his seat
- Taxpayers cover costly tab of Washington Place compound
- Middle-Class Millionaires
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Wednesday, February 4, 2015 |
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February 4, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:03 PM :: 10054 Views
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- Free Golf: Ethics Comm Nails Rail Contractors, UH Vice Chancellor, DoT Deputy Director, and Brian Minaai (Again)
- Djou: How to Fix the Rail Mess
- People's Pulse Contradicts Ward Poll: "Economy, Housing Remain at Forefront"
- Latest to Make Fool of UH Administrators, Fired Coach Arnold says "I am Innocent, Gimme $1.4M"
- HB287 Embarrassment: Broad and Vague Exemptions Render Transparency Meaningless
- DLNR: Pacific Whale Institute 'Will be Held Accountable' for Grounding Catamaran
- Will Hawaii County Use Mainland Anti-GMO Activist Lawyers?
- SB873 Would Legalize Marijuana, Nullify Federal Prohibition
- NY Attorney General: 79% of ‘Natural Supplements’ Totally Fake
- Ige’s Honeymoon Ended With Nomination of Ching
- Ige so Secretive, Many Believe the Fix is in for NextEra
- Galuteria Caught Cheating on Property Taxes--Claims Two Homeowners Exemptions?
- Throwing Good Money After Bad: Another $28M for Health Connector?
- Bills Place Conditions Before NextEra Merger
- Ige Appointee Resigns After Just Days on Job
- Public trust split in HPD misconduct investigations
- SB497: Transparency in Police Discipline
- HPD Unable to Compile Crime Statistics Since 2010
- Hawaii’s Sunshine Law Is Getting Cloudy As Lawmakers Debate
- Bill 82 would trigger higher rents for Waikiki businesses
- HB496 Make Small Business Provide 3 months Paid Time off for Employees
- SB593: Anti-GMO Crackpots Seek Takeover of Agribusiness Development Corp
- Omidyar Still Pushing Hanalei Bay Development
- Kauai: Gays Eager to Recruit Kids
- Potheads Upset: May Need to make Up Better Excuses than 'Pain' to get Weed
- California labels e-cigarettes a public health threat (or financial threat?)
- Bills Seek funds for Hilo Medical Residency Program
- HB128: Make Grandparents pay Child Support
- Fuel Spills Lead to Barrel Tax Bill
- Chevron Hawaii operation likely to be sold later this year
- Kaiser Claims Local 5 Strikers Block Emergency Patient
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Tuesday, February 3, 2015 |
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February 3, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:19 PM :: 4605 Views
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- HEI 'Solution'--Remotely Shut off Your Solar Panels
- HB321: Marijuana on the Move in the Legislature
- Hawaii Ranks 11th in World for Captive Insurance Domiciles
- Hawaii 5th Lowest Financial Gap by Race
- Jones Act: The little-discussed policy that's a major problem for international trade
- Only 27% Support GE Tax Hike
- HB420 Audit the PUC Bill on the Move
- NextEra-HEI Merger Not Popular
- HB825 tasks Hawaii state DCCA with licensing vacation rentals so they can be taxed
- Shocking cases of HPD officer misconduct highlighted in new report
- Prosecutors mum on overlooked sex assault cases
- Need $10K? Go See DAGS
- HHSC, HPH, Castle, Queens, HMSA to share electronic medical records on state health info exchange
- Bill would keep employers out of workers' social media posts
- Poll: 73% Support Pushing Homeless into Shelters
- SB328: Now that Atheists are Gone, Churches can Rent School Facilities Again
- HB555: Rep Ike Choy Proposes Eliminate All Academic Programs with Fewer than 10 Graduates/year
- Sources: UH strongly considering self-imposed sanctions in response to NCAA violations
- Star-Adv: UH Admin Right to Give Arnold $200K
- GasCo Moving Forward with LNG Plan
- Dim-Witted Anti-Superferry Activists Run Catamaran Aground
- Savio to Launch Rent to Own Project
- Anti-Pesticide Hype Produces Latest Crop of Buffer Zone Bills
- Bronster: Anti-GMO Activists Have Conflict of Interest
- Hawaii Polarized by Steamroller Activism
- Lawsuit: Former State Senator Steals Property from Elderly Mother
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Monday, February 2, 2015 |
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February 2, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:01 PM :: 4157 Views
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- SB27 SB31: Short Form Bills on Transparency -- OHA's Trojan Horse?
- Full Text: UH Cancer Center Report
- Hunting-Related Bills Begin to Move in Legislature
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 2, 2015
- Rail Deficit/Tax Hike Hype: Now $2 Billion?
- Large Rail Contractors Dump $1.3 Million into Local Campaign Coffers
- NCAA Violations: Arnold Scored $200K Payout Thanks to Bley-Vroman
- Some UH Profs Challenge 'Gender Equity Specialist'
- HB623/SB715: Bills Ban Diesel Electricity, Attack LNG
- Poll 43% sat 'No' to NextEra
- Ige’s Appointments Tend to Come Late on Fridays
- Micronesians being switched from Medicaid to Obamacare
- Housing First Building Opens Today
- Bills cover electronic smoking bans (and Betel Nuts too)
- HMC, Straub, NHNC Top Safety Ratings for Hawaii Hospitals
- Kaiser Permanente union workers begin 6-day strike
- Unable to Defeat Longliners, Eco-Hypesters Gin Up Phony Mercury Numbers to Scare Consumers
- Johanson Makes More Excuses for Party Switch
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Sunday, February 1, 2015 |
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February 1, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:02 PM :: 4257 Views
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- Why Won’t Obama Use the Words ‘Islamic Extremism’? Watch What Tulsi Gabbard Says
- Wes Lo's Smoking Gun: Improvement of Medical Services on Maui Started With Fight for Second Hospital
- Community-Owned Energy: How Nebraska Became the Only State to Bring Everyone Power From a Public Grid
- 'Right to Try' Legislation Can Save Lives
- Compulsory Voting for Hawaii?
- Akina: Government can help lower the cost of living by getting out of the way
- Full Text: NCAA Allegations vs UH men’s basketball program
- Source Shifting
- Rail: Bogus Ward Poll Deployed to Pressure Legislators to Raise GE Tax
- Ige, legislators start session with questions and riddles
- Star-Adv: Connector woes demand deeper probe
- Applications being accepted for House Dist 13 seat
- HB207 would make OHA Brainwashing Mandatory for Members of Boards, Commissions
- SB 1014 Would Make Homeless into Sacred Cows
- SB126: Allow Ige to Stack BoE with HSTA Operatives
- McDermott Wants Voters to Decide Same-Sex Marriage
- Tax Credits for HECO -- Scam Battery Technology -- Bills Before Legislature
- How an Hawaii anti-GMO Activist Changed her Mind
- UH chancellor: Alleged violations 'disturbing'
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Saturday, January 31, 2015 |
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January 31, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:59 PM :: 4617 Views
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- Forbes: Hawaii Deal Allows NextEra to Build Big Cable Without Federal Regulation
- Slom to Feds: Investigate Criminal Hawaii Health Connector
- Okino, Djou: End the State Skim on Rail Funds
- Hawaiian Electric Launches Online Tracker for Solar, Wind Approvals
- Former charity director indicted for theft
- 340 Candidates file for Neighborhood Board Elections
- HSTA Cashes in, Demands Contract Reopener After Electing Ige Governor
- Rape Hype: California-based Shake Down Operation Targets UH-Manoa Admissions
- HB576: Hawaii Lawmakers Consider Request for Obamacare Exemption
- Close Half of Hawaii Health Systems Corp. Hospitals? Not Enough to Balance Budget
- Trying to Create Excuses for tax Hike, Council members heading to DC as rail costs escalate
- Kauai GMO Panel Infested with Anti-GMO Whackjobs
- "The people of Puna wanted Scott Nago fired"
- Grandmother testifies in trial against prosecutor
- Former officer acquitted of assault charge
- Level 1--Severe Breach of Contract: NCAA delivers ‘notice of violations’ to University of Hawaii
- Sun Edison, First Wind close $2.4 billion deal--Plan 100s of Acres of Solar Farms
- Shield law for media should be reinstated
- Bill Would Force landlords to Accept Section 8 Tenants
- American Samoa: Food shortages after US port dispute
- Senate passes Keystone XL bill without McCain's Jones Act amendment
- Gov Tech Sums up Ige Tech Agenda
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Friday, January 30, 2015 |
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January 30, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:49 PM :: 5499 Views
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- NextEra, HECO Formally Request PUC Approval of Merger
- Clayton Hee's Wife Quits Cush Job at UH, Leaves State
- 2014: Record Visitors, Record Expenditures
- OHA sets community meetings on Kaka‘ako Makai Master Plan
- Shakedown: Politicians Demand NextEra Contribute to Democrats Only, NextEra Agrees
- At Least $1.25B Has Been Spent on Rail So Far, But Where Has All the Money Gone?
- Resolution calls for removal of U.S. bus funds from rail money plan
- Bait and Switch: HART Approves Another $4.4M in Cost Overruns
- Chances high Legislature will sidetrack rail issue
- Audit: Health Connector Funneled $21.9M to 'Mansha Consulting' Without Board Oversight
- Legislature to debate issuing bonds for Hawaii Health Connector
- SB795: HHSC -- Adapt or be Left Behind
- DoE Demands $13M Due to Failure of Corrupt Solar Contract
- HB326: Calvin Say Pushes State-Run Bank for Subprime Lending
- Youth Suicide and Anti-Bullying Programs
- HB92 Gambling at Any 'International Terminal'
- Keep Hawaii’s Heroes to hold community meetings
- Mentally Ill Mainland Homeless Invades Home, Stabs Kailua Woman
- Doctor Shortage to Lead to More Urgent Care Canters
- Hawaii solar groups want HECO's new rooftop solar plan to be rejected
- Members Selected for Kauai GMO Study Group
- Kona police sergeant charged with domestic abuse
- Trash workers’ payment system racks up major overtime
- Darwin Laughs as Gay Gene Theory Peddled (again)
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Thursday, January 29, 2015 |
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January 29, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:25 PM :: 7216 Views
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- Procurement Violations: Feds May Demand Hawaii Health Connector Repay Grant
- Legislative Ambulance Chasers Dig In To Taxpayers' Deep Pockets
- Repealing the Jones Act: Good for Energy, Great for America
- DLNR Report Shows Major Increase in Aquarium Fish Populations
- Developer to Head DLNR? Ige's Dumb Move
- The Jones Act Risks Lives (again)
- Chief Justice Delivers State of the Judiciary Address
- House GOP: "Keep Hawaii's Heroes"
- HB416: Retail Wheeling to Cut Electric Bills
- Hawaii Ranks 50th in Payroll from Sole Proprietors, S-Corps, LLCs
- Report: Hawaii Last Place for American Dream
- Only Rep Kaniela Ing Supports Cutting Troop Levels in Hawaii
- Wahiawa Community Speaks out on Military Cuts
- Panos: No Point Fighting Rail, Focus on Traffic
- Maui Memorial Medical Center Faces Public/Private Partnership Or Bust
- Dope Doctor: I Don't Want to See my 'Patients'
- NextEra: Jury Out on Big Cable--15 Years to Lower Rates 20%
- Council's widened sit-lie ban sent to the mayor for signing
- Kauai Court Releases Mental Patient, 2 Dead, Three Wounded
- Pineapple lands could be traded for OCCC prison site
- City of Honolulu Hiring Practices: Not Everyone Gets a Fair Shot
- Climate of Corruption in Hawaii Prisons
- HPD officer’s sex assault case dropped
- CSC Proposes Two Bills
- Ka Leo: Obama's Community college proposal shortsighted
- Bill would create UH Athletics Board of Governors
- Temp Injunction in UPW lawsuit over trash collection
- After 18 Years, Hawaii Co Division Chief Finally Going to Lose $1 million/year Side-Business
- Jones Act Strangles Puerto Rico
- ExxonMobil Against Jones Act
- McCain Helps Guam on Military Buildup, Jones Act
- Mazie Hirono Co-sponsors Rand Paul 'Audit the Fed' Bill
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015 |
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January, 2015 Letters to the Editor
By Letters to the Editor @ 10:26 PM :: 3330 Views
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HB416: Retail Wheeling to Cut Electric Bills
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015 |
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January 28, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:24 PM :: 4576 Views
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- LNG for Hawaii? Russian Oil Money Funds Sierra Club anti-Fracking Campaign
- Thanks to Obamacare, ILWU Contract Maybe Short-Lived
- 300 Candidates file for Neighborhood Board Elections
- City to hold second Airport Area TOD community meeting
- Inequality State: Top 1% Grab 71% of Income Growth
- Tax Foundation: Hawaii Failing Small Businesses on Depreciation
- 'Red Hot Construction Market' is Old Excuse Mufi Used
- Bleak Prospects for HHSC With Ige's Disappointing, Wishy-Washy Leadership
- Schofield, Shafter, Wheeler? State Has Not Made Good Use of Barbers Point
- Star-Adv: Support DoE Laptops for Students
- Sierra Club: Land Use Commission an agency that has worked
- Rep Lee: NextEra Must Limit Political Contributions (LOL!)
- Iwase: NextEra Must Follow State Policy
- Test: HECO Can Boost Rooftop Solar 1000%
- Kealoha Reverse Mortgage was Just a Ripoff
- Lawsuits: Prison Guards Sex Assault, Medical Failure Costs taxpayers $1.4M
- OIP Under DAGS Control?
- Hawaii Rents Up More Than 10 Percent Since 2012
- Bills Seek to Ban Ivory
- Bills could impact PGV drilling
- Obamacare Funds Behind Push for Pono Choices
- Who Can Afford to Retire in the Islands?
- Surgeon general: ‘Desperate need of clarity’ on e-cigarettes
- Gays: Hawaii GOP Must Bow to Gay Agenda
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Tuesday, January 27, 2015 |
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January 27, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:23 PM :: 5555 Views
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- State of the State Fails To Endorse Robust Economic Reform
- Full Text: State of the State Address
- Rail Fail: Hawaii Ranks 49th--Lost 4.5% of Construction Jobs in Last 12 mos
- Duke Aiona's 808 State Update
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 26, 2015
- Electric Co-op for Big Island?
- Pat Saiki Reports on Republican National Committee Meeting
- $100M Penalty? Federal Court Again Finds Maui County in Violation of Clean Water Act
- Hawaii 'Deep Ecology' Activist Joins White Supremacists
- Caldwell Still Can't Keep His Rail Tax Lies Straight
- City Blew Chance for GE Tax Hike in 2009
- Dreaming of 0.5%, Maui mayor contemplates rail, envisions more Disneyland than Honolulu
- No Mention of Tax Hikes in Ige Speech
- Star-Adv: Ige’s goals show caution to a fault
- SB795: Ige’s comments perceived as letting legislators take the lead on hospitals
- Ige stands by DLNR chair nomination despite strong opposition
- NextEra Merger: Is Ige Asking Iwase to Violate Law?
- Ige Appoints Kim to Be Special Adviser to the Governor
- Hawaii Lawmakers Intent on Making Police More Accountable
- SB715: Orders 100% 'Renewable' Energy
- Pro-Life Rally at Hawaii Capitol
- Nursing Grievances is Bad for your Health
- Judge Orders City to Pay $750K to Victims of Mufi Hannemann
- What ever happened to the “Wonder Blunder” criminal charges?
- Smoke: Anti-GMO Activists Aim for Ban on Imu Cooking
- Gabbard: No Electric Stall? Fine $20,000
- UH Billed $500 After B-Ball Players Smoke Weed in Non-Smoking Hotel Rooms
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Monday, January 26, 2015 |
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January 26, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:06 PM :: 3525 Views
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- HB92: Terminal Patients 'Right to Try' Legislation Introduced in Hawaii
- Is $5 a Gallon Gas on Its Way? This Expert Thinks So
- Extending the GET for rail shouldn't even be an option
- Ige State of the State Address Today
- Hospitals Will Suffer because Health Connector Fails to Sign Up Micronesians
- Star-Adv Admits Obamacare Driving Shortage of MDs
- McCain's Jones Act Reform Effort 'Dead for Now'
- Lower Oil Prices Mean Kauai Electric Co-op Savings
- DoE Uses Laptops as Excuse to Scrounge for $30.8M More
- Hoopili, DR Horton Pay Civil Beat to Write Article Promoting Mobile Home Parks
- Kunia Farm Lots Await Historic Preservation Plans
- Hanabusa to Moderate UH Wymyns Studies Panel on the Joy of Abortion
- Maui Republican caucus meetings Saturday
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Sunday, January 25, 2015 |
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January 25, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:02 PM :: 4037 Views
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- OHA Hides Secret Budget from Legislators: $2.3M for 'Consortium' to Push Fake Indian Tribe
- Protest Rail Tax Hike Monday Jan 26
- 286 Candidates file for Neighborhood Board Elections
- Revised Central Oahu Plan available for review and comment
- Chamber of Commerce Hawaii: State of the Economy Presentation
- How Progressive Is Our System?
- Tax Hike Hype: Caldwell Can't Back up His Rail Debt Figures
- Ige quietly plods away as Caldwell slams panic button
- Will there really be any cross-examination of the Ige administration?
- Star-Adv: State 'skim' of rail tax must stop
- Kauai Councilmembers Not on Board with GE Tax Hike
- On the Agenda This Week at the legislature
- Environmentalists Criticize Hawaii Gov. Ige’s Land Board Nominee
- Kauai County Must Cut Programs to Pay for Union Contracts
- Kato: Saiki Bill Worse than No Journalist 'shield law'
- Hawaiian Electric and HawaiiGas jockey for position to become the state's principal supplier of liquified natural gas
- Bisexual Child Molester Cries 'Discrimination', Bullies DHS into Giving Him More Boys to Rape
- Michigan Organizes to Expel 'Dirtbag' Mitch Kahle
- Regents Fill Another $230K Plus Tenure Administrative Position
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Saturday, January 24, 2015 |
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January 24, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:06 PM :: 5916 Views
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- Ige Nominates Developer Carlton Ching to Chair DLNR--Petition Calls for Senate to Reject
- CNHA Hijacks Civic Clubs to Push for Fake Indian Tribe
- Indian Eco-Goddess Vandana Shiva, charging $40,000 a speech, takes anti-GMO crusade to Hawaii
- VIDEO: House Resolution Opposes Army Force Reduction
- Rep Thielen: HB1, 2, 3 Take Aim at NextEra Merger
- DLNR Imposes 3% Gross Receipts Fee on Ocean Recreation Vendors
- Bridge Aina Lea: 9th Circuit Affirms State Supreme Court Ruling (sort of)
- Hawaii Union Membership Slips to 21.8% -- 3rd in USA
- UHM Chancellor: We Administrators Have Got it Tough, Just like Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders
- $40M Japanese Wedding Chapel to be Built in Ala Moana Park
- Lingle Heads to Illinois for 4 Years to Fix Democrat mess even Worse than Hawaii
- Keep the Voters Doped Up: Nearly Half of Hawaii House Backs Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
- Real Estate Tax Hike to be Passed on to Renters, Consumers
- Chun Oakland: $15M for Micro-Units, Shipping Containers
- House Majority Leader Looks to Revive Shield Law in Hawaii
- Bill would give mayors power to fire police chief
- Slot machines proposed at Honolulu International Airport
- Birth Certificates: Rep Chris Lee, Tranny Teacher Push for Gender to be Matter of Opinion
- Seeking Bogus Rape Complaints, UH Administrators to Regulate Student Sex
- UH Admits Sex Rules Designed to Make University Look Good to Feds
- DLNR Commercial Activity Regs Already Failing
- Hawaii Court Forces HHSC to Hire Meth Dealer
- Soft on Crime: Murder suspect found unfit
- Kenoi pulls plug on incinerator plan
- Omidyar Network Pairs Grants With Investments To Make Money
- Obama Busted Selling Health Info to Spammers
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Friday, January 23, 2015 |
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January 23, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:51 PM :: 4297 Views
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- VIDEO: McCain Rips Matson's Overpriced Ships on Senate Floor
- Mainland Homosexuals Plan to Use Anti-Bullying Campaign to Penetrate Hawaii Schools
- Troop Reductions? Army to hold community listening sessions Jan. 27, 28
- New Illinois Governor Appoints Linda Lingle as COO
- AARP Hawaii Supports Caregiver Bill
- VIDEO: Tulsi Gabbard on Fox News, Slams Obama Refusal to Identify Enemy as Islamic Extremism
- Improve Health Care Competition by Repealing State Laws
- Affordable Housing and Car Sharing on Council Agenda
- Up to $1.2 Billion Electricity Savings for Hawaii After Oil Prices Plummet
- Ethics probe could render rail votes Null and Void
- Fraudsters Happy: Senators to Push Mandatory Vote by Mail System
- Usual Democrat Hacks Thrilled by Lingle's Move
- Study shows UH brings in bucks to local economy
- Big Island's physician shortage worsened in 2014
- Some prison guards earning more than double their salaries in OT
- $144M DHS Kolea Medicaid Eligibility Software problems demand scrutiny
- Management Claims Progress on Clearing Backlog at Ports
- Saiki: Little Support for Marijuana Decriminalization
- 18 Pimps Presented to Prosecutors in Four Years
- Pro Life Rally on Kauai
- Maui Police Report Details 5 Suspensions in December
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Thursday, January 22, 2015 |
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January 22, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:49 PM :: 4838 Views
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- Prince Kuhio’s Fight to Americanize Hawaii
- VIDEO: Unsettling Moment During Senator Slom’s Minority Speech
- Hawaii Shippers Council Discusses Port Slowdown, Jones Act Reform on Guam Radio
- Opening Day: Speaker Souki Calls on House to Tackle Unfinished Business
- 2015 Senate Majority Legislative Program
- Survey: Hawaii Millionaire Lead Slipping
- Honolulu Bed Bugs Crawl Up to 42nd Place
- Hawaiians Don't Trust OHA to Re-Start Native Hawaiian Convention
- Creating Fake Crisis to Push Real Tax Hike, Caldwell Drops Fake Bus Funds Raid, Moves on to Fake Road Building Funds Raid
- Hawaii Senate 'Will Consider' Calls for 12.5% Hike in GE Tax -- Statewide
- Kim to Counties: You Crack Down on TVRs, We Will Abolish LUC, Give You More TAT
- Six-year plan shows spending is greater than revenues
- Departments Request 1,000 New Positions Since Dec 1
- The Army in Hawaii: Fight to Save It, Prepare to Lose It
- Souki, Ige: Lets Keep the Public Drugged so they don't Notice
- Chief's Wife Made Early Payment on Mercedes Because She Was Trading it in for Maserati
- Guam Governor Backs Jones Act Reform
- Hawaii short 890 doctors
- Usual Suspects Hype Pesticides, GMOs
- Monsanto wants to build sustainable agriculture in Hawaii
- Kenoi's Retaliation: Incinerator foe loses county contract
- Rep. Gabbard Cites Obama's Failure to Say 'Islamic Extremism'
- Shop owners say bike lane is cutting into sales
- Maui: Homeless Shelters Used as Affordable Housing
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015 |
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January 21, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:03 PM :: 4483 Views
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- MIT: KIUC Buys Batteries from Company Behind Kahuku Windfarm Fire and Surprisingly it is a Disaster
- Accountability for Big Infrastructure Projects?
- 263 Candidates file for Neighborhood Board Elections
- Anti-GMO Activists Stack Hearing: Why Bad Lawmaking Reigns in Hawaii Politics
- Vaccination Refusal: Study Documents Rise of Ignorance in 'Progressive' Communities
- Full Text: State of the Union Address
- Full Text of Joni Ernst’s Republican Response to 2015 State of the Union
- CNHA, Civic Clubs Team up to Lead Push for Fake Indian Tribe
- US Senate Votes Unanimously to Recognize January 25-31 as National School Choice Week
- Testimony: Felon Gives $70K Cash to Police Chief's Wife in Brown Paper Bag
- Ige: I want to see Kakaako Redevelopment Continue
- Rail: Four Counties Plan GE Tax Hike Testimony for Big Day at Ways and Means
- HART Claims it was Banking on Bus Fund Raid, Rail Deficit Now $910M
- DoE: Corrupt Solar Contract is a Big Disappointment
- Takai Appointed to Natural Resources Ctte, No Mention of Akaka Bill
- Ige's DLIR Pick Withdrawn as Unconstitutional
- Hawaii Police Killed At Least 36 People in 20 Years
- HHSC Reform Tops West Hawaii Lawmakers' Agenda
- Legislators want power to sway HECO decision
- Puna Reps Target Office of Elections after Nago's Latest Disaster
- Maui News: Hospitals Must be Protected from Liability in Home Care Training
- Bills to watch: Creating retail dispensaries for medical marijuana in Hawaii
- New Sex Trafficking Legislation for 2015
- Buffer Zone Bill for Pesticides?
- Hoopili, DR Horton Plant Article in Civil Beat
- Punatic Screams for 45 Minutes Straight at Public Meeting
- Kauai: Uncertified Judge Hears Cases for a Week before Anybody Notices
- 27% of Oahu Restaurants Get Yellow Placard--DOH Inspections Slowed by Incompetent Tech Vendor
- UH Manoa Energy Efficiency Saves Campus $3.4M/year
- Honolulu JPAC whistleblower suit headed to trial
- Tulsi Gabbard only Member of Hawaii Delegation to Join 'No Labels' Campaign at SOTU
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015 |
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January 20, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:06 PM :: 4754 Views
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- McCain challenges Jones Act build and ownership requirements
- Duke Aiona Appointed Executive Director of Hawaii Family Advocates
- Republican Statewide Caucuses to Elect Leaders
- Kelii Akina Interviews Danny Kaleikini, Ambassador of Aloha
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 20, 2015
- Smoking is a Million Dollar Habit--and Hawaii is More Expensive than Most
- Parker Ranch sells rights to NextEra to Build Giant Windfarm
- Representative Mele Carroll to resign from State House
- HECO Plan Rewards Solar Contractors, Cuts Payments to Solar Consumers
- Hawaii Doctor shortage grows 20% in One Year thanks to Obamacare, EMRs
- Nishihara to Push GE Tax Hike for Rail
- Souki: Council and Mayor Must Both Ask Legislature for Tax Hike
- Saiki: We Expect Unions' Cooperation on HHSC Reform
- Mufi: Time to act now on what is right for Maui Memorial Medical Center
- Hawaii Gov. David Ige wants ratepayers to benefit from $4.3B NextEra-HECO deal
- Ige Admin Talks up NextEra, Windfarms and Big Cable
- HECO plans to reduce customer solar credits
- LNG Will Save Ratepayers $111M/year
- Anti-Pesticide Hype Set to Open Legislature
- Sledgehammer Tom Brower says 'Don't worry about bad publicity' from Homeless' Attack on Golfer
- Trial starts for HPD chief's wife family squabble
- UH in limbo as it waits to hear from NCAA
- Star-Adv Runs Old-News Hit Piece on Sam Slom
- First Wind's assets in Hawai`i to be Sold
- Canada's role in building world's largest telescope in jeopardy
- Usual Suspects Again Challenge Renewal of TV Licenses
- A Look at Civil Forfeiture in Hawaii
- Honolulu Liquor commission email controversy
- 'Everybody who's got an issue' Joins MLK Day Parade
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Monday, January 19, 2015 |
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January 19, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 11:48 AM :: 3757 Views
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- 1959: Martin Luther King Jr Salutes Hawaii Statehood
- OHA Introduces Legislative Package
- 254 Candidates file for Neighborhood Board Elections
- Hawaii Escrow Companies: Federal 'Kickback' Rules Mean Realtors must do the Paperwork
- Could SCOTUS ruling on same-sex marriage be a chance for Hawaii opponents?
- Hawaii Kolea Medicaid Eligibility System $144M for Years of Failure
- Star-Adv: GE Tax, HHSC top Legislative Agenda for 2015
- Rep Tokioka: Some Believe Kauai Should Close Hospital
- Maui Council: Dope Up the People, Loosen Sunshine Law Requirements
- Calvin Say’s seat still in play—challengers ask for House review
- Back to class for Hawaii's blended Home-schools
- Black Eye for Hawaii: Pro Golfer Robbed by Two Homeless Dudes
- IHS: Mainland people looking to be homeless in Hawaii
- Friends, patients, colleagues turn out in support of embattled doctor
- Industry warns of crippling impact of work stoppage at US ports
- Hawaii One of 11 States With no Judicial Elections
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Sunday, January 18, 2015 |
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January 18, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:48 PM :: 3758 Views
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- OHA Chair Lindsey: Rescind CEO’s Authority, Let Staff Know Who is Boss
- Senator McCain’s Jones Act Amendment: Good for America
- New Medicaid Enrollees: Many Need Addiction Treatment
- The Ten Percent Solution
- Spending cuts take priority in Desperate Drive to Fund Union Contracts
- Ige Budget: No Increases for State Programs
- Caldwell Hopes You Don't Notice 12.5% Tax Hike
- Bills advance as Beach is used as excuse for 61% tax hike on Waikiki Businesses
- Sequestration will force tough choices for Army in Hawaii
- Hawaii Congressional Delegates Pretend they're Influential
- Commission rejects Senators' proposal to appoint co-chiefs for HPD
- UH is ill-positioned to take its time seeking a new AD
- Star-Adv: Good ideas for housing finally in mix
- Hawaii Has Highest Proportion of State Employees Per Capita
- Schatz Fishes for Federal Workers Votes With Fake Wage Hike Bill
- Oahu Dems Agree to Let Aaron Johanson into Democratic party
- Chicago No Longer Seems a Lock to Host Obama’s Library
- Former Larry Mehau Property Sells for $5M
- Lava comes closest to Highway 130 since start of flow
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Saturday, January 17, 2015 |
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January 17, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:05 PM :: 5360 Views
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- A New Opportunity for Jones Act Reform in Washington, DC
- Pro-Life? Hawaii Ranks 45th
- Dropping Oil Prices Boost Hawaii's Economy
- Ige Names Doug Chin AG, Randy Iwase PUC Chair
- Report: Low Income Students a Majority in Hawaii Public Schools
- Empower Windward: Neighborhood Board Election 2015 Workshop
- Morita Opposes NextEra Merger, Gets Boot
- Morita Doubts NextEra Can Follow Local Business Practices
- Doug Chin was Ige's 7th Pick for AG
- Williamson Chang Claims 65% of DoI Testimony Supported Fake Indian Tribe
- Tulsi Gabbard to Challenge Hirono, Josh Green to Run for ... ?
- AG Opinion: State Senate has Failed to Confirm Deputy Directors (ooops)
- Hirono Opposes McCain Amendment to Jones Act
- Incompetent UH: Royalties 700 times Smaller than Similar-Size Schools
- Thirty Meter Telescope opponents file appeal
- Hawaii lawmaker hopes to protect your digital assets
- Don't create special fund for city park
- Foster Child Recruiter Pleads Guilty to Child Molestation
- Matson's Million Dollar Molasses Fine Illegal, Renamed 'Restitution'
- Hawaiian Airlines Has No Intention of Passing Fuel Savings on to Customers
- ILWU Slowdowns Affecting Hawaii Produce Aisles
- Tulsi Gabbard: Obama Refuses to Recognize Who the Enemy Is
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Friday, January 16, 2015 |
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January 16, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:44 PM :: 4759 Views
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- Pono Choices: Proposed Keiki Caucus Bills Would Undermine Parental Rights
- UH Board of Regents Nominees Sent to Ige
- Staff of Bankrupt, Nepotistic Charter School to be Paid Thru End of Month
- Hawaii Defense Foundation Urges Supreme Court to Take Up San Francisco Gun Control Case
- OHA Hires Design Team to Develop Kakaako Makai Plan
- Leeward Coast Third in Homelessness
- Hawaii Obamacare exchange projected to be financially viable — in 2022
- Hawaii state-owned hospitals request $267M for next two years
- Hospital Partnership: Hard to Buy HGEA Lies
- New PUC Docket to Examine Deferring HECO-NextEra Buyout
- OHA, State Officials Discussing Kakaako Makai Land Swap
- AP, NYT, Drudge Suddenly Feature OHA's Push for Fake Indian Tribe
- OHA trains its board members on ethics and on the Sunshine Law
- Kidani: Massive Tax Hike to Fund DoE Should be Considered
- Cancer Center Will Be Out of Money in Two Years Unless Alternative to Tobacco Tax Revenues is Found
- Hotel tax revenue is County Councils' 'top priority'
- GMO faces likely stalemate in state Legislature thanks to Idiot Ruderman
- Sex Trafficking Measures To Be Proposed This Session
- Health Department Flouts Law Calling for Online Access to Care Home Reports
- Electrocution Hazard: Solar Panels Slow Firefighters Down
- Fire union says city breaking contract, wasting tax money
- Homosexual Prostitute Tells His Story
- Snowden to return to Hawaii — via video link
- Traces of pesticides found in water systems
- State proposes 473% rent hike at Kalaeloa Airport
- DLNR Socks Boaters With New Insurance Requirements
- Molokai Group Seeks Control of Fishing Grounds
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Thursday, January 15, 2015 |
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January 15, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:02 PM :: 4258 Views
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- 1959: Martin Luther King Jr Salutes Hawaii Statehood
- Hawaii Senate Minority announces legislative agenda for 2015
- Sen McCain Introduces Amendment to Repeal Jones Act
- Hawaii Second Highest Taxes on the Poor
- Best Cities for STEM Professionals: Honolulu Ranks 79th
- 241 Candidates File for Neighborhood Board Elections
- Litigation Update: the Affordable Care Act
- You're Paying Double for Sugar
- 2nd Annual Saint Marianne Cope Charity Walk
- "'Integral Yoga' Group and Swami Hope to Find Their Inner Balance in Federal Court"
- Sovereignty Activists Call on OHA to Restart Native Hawaiian Convention
- Richard Epstein to Discuss 'Environmental Deregulation' at UH Richardson Law School
- DCCA Website Compares Car and Homeowner Insurance Rates
- Insurance Risk to Drivers: Hawaii Ranks 20th
- Going forward and looking back at the Honolulu City Council
- Hawaii PUC chairwoman resigns powerful position
- Deferred: Council Saves City Taxpayers from Responsibility for HART Debt
- Tax Cuts proposed for Low Income Hawaii Residents
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation Bets Everything on Stopping Military Cuts in Hawaii
- Legislative Democrats Hint at priorities, say nothing
- MECO: If You Don't Ask for Lower Rates, We Won't Ask for Higher Rates
- Big Wind, Big Cable Coming Back? Friends of Lanai, I Aloha Molokai Request Deferral of HECO-Nextera Merger
- Lock in our Alt-Energy Schemes plan before sale to NextEra, Lobbyists say
- Milner: We Destroyed Working Class Families, now we can Impose Universal Pre-K
- Poor Leaders Like Showoffs Ritte, Hooser Hurt Their Own Protests
- Kauai Anti-Dust Bill Aims at Attacking Seed Growers (Again)
- Civil Beat: Time to End Marijuana Prohibition
- Attorney: Honolulu Police Chief’s Stolen Mailbox ‘An FBI Matter’
- Former HPD cop will spend almost 3 years in federal prison for extortion
- Mental Health Shifting to Civil Service Positions
- UPW: Privatizing Garbage Collection is Unconstitutional
- Hawaiian Airlines CFO Suddenly Gone
- King St Bike Lane: Cyclist Crashes onto Hood of Car, No Fatalities Yet
- Bribery for the People: Restaurants Would Go out of Business under Obama's Latest Freebie
- Japanese Government Demands Censorship of Textbook Written by UH Manoa Prof
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015 |
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January 14, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:21 PM :: 7107 Views
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- No More Neutrality: OHA "prioritizes federal recognition"
- Kalihi: Caldwell to Cut 50% of Lanes from Kam IV Road
- HECO Rolling Blackouts Caused by Lack of Wind
- Star-Adv: Ige Must Seize chance to reform public hospitals
- 63 Homeless Moved into Housing Thanks to New Laws
- Caldwell: May Cost $6B--Gimme $350M or Rail is Pau
- Draft EIS: Transit development in Kakaako could add Hotels, 30,000 new residents
- Kauai HHSC Wipes out Debt With Layoffs, $9M Legislative Appropriation
- FBI Meets Lawyer Today to Hear Evidence Against Chief of Police
- Ethics Violations? Abercrombie's Chief of Staff Says 'Trust Me'
- Nepotistic Charter School Appeals Closure
- Prosecutors mull alleged case of voter fraud
- Alt Energy Lobbyists Top List of 7 possible candidates who could be Hawaii PUC's next chair
- Hawaii DC Democrats Firmly in the Congressional Minority--Votes in Vain
- Takai Hires More Hanabusa Staffers
- Tech lobbyist joins staff of Sen. Schatz
- Commissaries airlifting produce, dairy to Pacific
- Big Island Mayor Signs E-Cig Ban Bill
- Kauai Prosecutor Debunks Smoke Ban Bill
- Hawaii Among Largest Pay Gaps for Disabled
- Hawaii Hepatitis Outbreak: Will DOJ Prosecute USPlabs?
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Tuesday, January 13, 2015 |
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January 13, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:22 PM :: 4627 Views
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- Mina Morita Out as PUC Chair
- DoE: "We Expect Lower Test Scores"
- Study: Obamacare Drives Up Medical Costs, But Hawaii Prepaid Protects State
- Sen Jeff Flake to Headline Hawaii Lincoln Day Dinner
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 12, 2015
- Management: No Takeaways in Proposed Contract, but ILWU Rejects
- Omidyar's Pay Pal Refuses Service to Gun Stores
- HGEA Boss Admits Private Sector Unions Give Hospital Workers Better Contract than HGEA
- Rail Ends at Ala Moana, But Will Tax Go on Forever?
- Danger: Legislature, governor seem to get along
- Aaron Johanson to Beg Oahu Democrats' Permission to Join Up
- Two State Board Members Fight Release of Financial Disclosure Statements
- Loan Turned to Grant: Now Non-profits Want Same Deal ORI Got
- HPD Learned How to Milk Presidential Overtime Early
- Bag Ban Allows Thicker Plastic Bags -- Prohibits Biodegradable Bags
- Appointed AG: Hawaii Alone and Undemocratic as Yet Another State Goes for Elections
- Forbes: Alt Energy Pressure Drives Utility Mergers
- Sen Green Proposes 30% E-Cig Tax
- Rep Evans: HHSC May Request $120-$220M
- 50 percent of young victims of fatal crashes in 9 US states used alcohol or marijuana
- Medicaid reimbursement for pediatric dental services not keeping up with inflation
- UH nursing, dental hygiene student fees could double next year
- Debunking Anti-GMO Ignorance
- Kauai Counter-Protesters: "I choose a pig and a cow over a haole any day"
- Anti-Agriculture? Hooser Pushes Bill Banning Smoke, Dust
- Sen Ruderman 'Excited' About Pie in the Sky Blimp for Puna
- Filthy Biomess Plant is Top 'Clean' Energy Project in Hawaii
- California, Michigan Companies are only Hawaii Energy Excelerator to Receive Funding
- Push is on to Make Hospitals Responsible for Home Caregivers
- Manoa burglary victim questions why officer didn't stop suspects
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Monday, January 12, 2015 |
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January 12, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:04 PM :: 5269 Views
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- IHS: New Laws Pushing Homeless to Accept Shelter
- Which States Receive the Most Federal Aid? -- Hawaii is 47th
- NextEra Merger Timeline: Interest in Hawaiian Electric Began in 2011 With Big Cable
- Danner Sisters Upset Because Ige Won't Let Them Take over Hawaiian Homelands and Turn it into Indian Tribe
- Oahu Begins Idiotic Plastic Bag ban July 1
- HART Shouldn't Suck Blood Bank Dry
- Hawaii Reporter’s Malia Zimmerman Bids Aloha
- State exchanges: Process smoother second time around, but problems persist
- Trask: HECO Strung My Geothermal Scheme Along While Pursuing Merger
- A key driver of our cost of living is the high price of land
- Soft on Crime: Murderer Gets Parole, Allegedly Molests Girl
- Inside Higher Ed: UHWO Prof Sues for Tenure Track
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Sunday, January 11, 2015 |
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January 11, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:07 PM :: 3973 Views
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- HGEA Boss: Borreca is an Anti-Union Parrot
- 215 Candidates File for Neighborhood Board Elections
- 2015 Legislative Calendar: A Guide to the Deadlines
- Earned Income Tax Credit – A Solution to Poverty?
- Rail: Cynical City Officials Spinning, Ducking, Dodging and Finger-pointing--Few Believe Them Anymore
- Caldwell: I'm Not Hiding Behind Grabauskas Skirts, Really
- Caldwell: Raise Taxes or I Won't Finish Rail Project
- Borreca: Don't believe predictions of construction job growth
- Taxpayers will likely pay for charter school’s 'Psychic Healer' debt
- New prison key part of broad reform
- Ian Lind Edges into Cartoon Controversy
- Sour Poi for Abercrombie?
- Dope Doctor 'Happy' With Marijuana Dispensary Proposal
- Sanford Dole Led Union Cavalry During Civil War
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Saturday, January 10, 2015 |
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January 10, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:10 PM :: 4461 Views
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- Last Chance? Maui Memorial Proposes Partnership with Straub, Pali Momi--HGEA Rejects
- Hawaii to Fill Medicaid Fee Shortfall for Six Months
- Video: Will Rail Be De-Railed? - Panos Prevedouros
- Obama’s Hawaii vacation is over, now it’s time for taxpayers to pay tab
- Charlie Hebdo: Liberal Societies Are Not Doing a Very Good Job Defending Their Liberal Values
- Why Free Community College Is Anything But Free
- Hawaii concealed carry law could change
- Omidyar & Civil Beat Spin Conspiracy Theories About Muslim Terror Attacks in France
- Lawyer to meet with FBI on "False and Manufactured Evidence' in chief's case
- Meth-Dealing Cop Gets Sentence Reduced
- General: Downsizing Army Would Reverse Momentum in Pacific
- Hawaiian Electric shareholders to vote on NextEra Energy merger this spring
- Star Adv: State should not appeal court ruling in Child Abuse case
- Economist: Affordable housing change will benefit county
- HI Tech Crowd Revitalizes UH OTTED to Line Pockets
- Tax Cut for Hawaii? House Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Ban Internet Taxes Forever
- Takai Appointed to House Armed Services Committee
- UH seeks new Mauna Kea ‘master lease’
- UH on board with Obama’s community college plan
- Monitoring is vital to stop prescription drug abuse
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Friday, January 9, 2015 |
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January 9, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:41 PM :: 4862 Views
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- Hawaii Supreme Court to Review Haleakala Telescope Case
- Students behind the UH Hilo free speech case speak out for the first time
- Budget Leaves State Cash Reserves Dangerously Low
- Would better funding for OIP improve transparency?
- City Files Lien Against Hawaii Kai Sludge Dumper in Waianae
- Top Abercrombie Aide Joins Lobbying Firm Behind Abercrombie's Cabinet
- True Story: Hawaii County Hires Psychologist to Study anti-Geothermal Punatics
- Recycling glass feels good but it's costing Hawaii a lot
- Tranny's School's Charter May be First to be Revoked
- Medicaid Cuts off Hilo's Welfare Doctor, Prosecutes Him
- Kaiser Makes no Offer for MMMC
- Attorneys Question Hawaii PUC’s Approval of Wind Farm
- NextEra: Merger Discussion Began Last May
- HECO Approves Only 6 of 2,749 Solar Systems on Overloaded Circuits
- Campaign to save Hawaii troops hits 10,000 signatures
- Family and friends say goodbye to YWAM Missionary lost at sea
- Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to be married in April, Groom not Named
- Turnabout: Criminal Cuts Fence, Breaks In to Prison--PSD Still Doesn't Notice
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