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Thursday, February 26, 2015
February 26, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:21 PM :: 4778 Views
  1. List Fraud Makes Kanaiolowalu Roll 'Too Hot to Handle'
  2. HECO Denies Solar Contractors' Blockade Claim
  3. HB321 Marijuana Dispensaries: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
  4. HB1482: “Hawaii Invests Local Act” Supports Crowdfunding
  5. Forced on to Obamacare: State Places 7,700 Lives at Risk to Save $20M
  6. Caldwell, Legislators Caught Lying About Portion of GE Tax Paid by Tourists
  7. Calvin Say Residency Decision Friday
  8. Hawaii hospitals face steep losses as reimbursements, state funds erode
  9. Garden Isle: Jones Act is costly for Hawaii
  10. After a Decade, Legislators Finally Getting Around to Repealing Costly Ethanol Mandate
  11. Solar Systems Cost Non-Solar Ratepayers $53M/Year
  12. Obama Pushes Tax Hike on Air Travel
  13. Legislation Would Make Homeless into Sacred Cows
  14. Proposed $500,000 Vanpool Grant the Latest ‘FrankenBill’
  15. Measures to create public isle preschool advance
  16. Minimum wage hike could Drive Up after-school care prices, Cost State $6M
  17. Middle Class Earn less in Hawaii--Even Without Cost of Living Factors
  18. Bill upholding increased public school hours advances, Amended
  19. What happens when UH faculty, staff cross the line?
  20. Bill on UH autonomy shelved by lawmakers
  21. Lab school admissions policy legal challenge
  22. HELCO Decision Marks End for IDG Geothermal Scheme
  23. Biofuels Don't Work, But Feds Keep Paying HC&S to Talk About Them
  24. Hawaii County Boosts Assessments Rather than Hiking Tax Rates
  25. DLNR Lease Renewals Slowly Strangle Hilo Businesses, Prepare Banyan Drive to be Abandoned 
  26. Hawaii bill would make super PACs disclose sources of funding and how money is spent
  27. Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement talks to continue in Hawaii next month
  28. Inmate on work furlough arrested at burglary scene near Honolulu airport
  29. HPD Plate Scanners Got 194 Hits Last Year
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015
February 25, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:34 PM :: 5995 Views
  1. HART Directors' Secret Discussion: State May Grab 25% Cut to Ease Passage of GE Tax Extension
  2. Tulsi Gabbard Hires Cult Associate as Chief of Staff
  3. Rep. McDermott sues UH Over 'Pono Choices' Secrecy
  4. Marijuana: Six Bills on the Move Thursday
  5. HELCO selects Ormat to provide an additional 25MW of geothermal energy
  6. Another Journalist Quits Omidyar: 'Blocked at Every Turn by Incompetence, Bad Faith'
  7. Ige's Secret Advisors--Broken Trust, HECO, KoOlina, HSTA
  8. Caldwell Rejects All Other Options to Spin HART GE Tax Hike
  9. HART Spins Ansaldo Sale to Hitachi as Latest Excuse for Tax Hikes
  10. Helping HART Create False Sense of Crisis, FTA says major changes to rail project would come at great price
  11. No REIT Tax
  12. Factional Considerations in Carleton Ching Nomination
  13. Calvin Say Residency Decision Friday
  14. Police Commission: Kealoha 'Exceeds Expectations'
  15. HECO holds solar hostages Taken by Contractors
  16. HHSC Emergency Funding Speeds Thru Legislature
  17. Hawaii leads nation in nursing home ratings
  18. Dobelle's lawyers drop out, cite failure to pay bills
  19. Abercrombie Rushjob on H1 to Influence Primary Election?
  20. Is a Weak Lobbying Law Getting Weaker?
  21. Commission investigates DLNR ethics complaint
  22. Shield Law Bill Clears House Judiciary Committee
  23. Randy Iwase confirmed as chairman of Hawaii PUC
  24. Hawaii lawmakers consider raising legal smoking age to 21--but only for Tobacco
  25. Hawaii Medicare patients saved an average of $1K each on prescription drugs last year
  26. TPP Coming Mid-March?
  27. China Testing New Subs able to Nuke Hawaii
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015
February 24, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:55 PM :: 4470 Views
  1. Hawaii lawmakers file resolutions seeking Jones Act exemption
  2. HB459 Amended: Parent's consent still needed for sex ed
  3. 608 Candidates Register for Neighborhood Board Elections
  4. Hawaii Republicans Unveil New Logo at Lincoln Day Dinner
  5. 332 Pages of Secret Regs: ‘Net Neutrality’ and Censorship Go Hand in Hand
  6. Surprise: Poorest Obamacare Enrollees Face $530 IRS Tax Bill
  7. California Plastic Bag Ban Suspended as 800,000 Sign Repeal Ballot Petition
  8. Hitachi Buying Honolulu Rail Contractor Ansaldo
  9. Behind Closed Doors: Honolulu Rail Officials Planned Political Strategy in Executive Session
  10. Rail a winner for Caldwell, at least in terms of cash
  11. Watchdog group accuses Roll Commission of ignoring transparency
  12. Pathetic Excuses: Rhoads Tries to Justify Ex-Part Communications With Say's Lawyer
  13. Yanking autonomy won't cure UH ills
  14. Ige: Feds Are ‘Very Helpful’ When It Comes to Hawaii
  15. DHHL Nominees Approved by Committee as Danner Sisters Whine
  16. Kauai Police Chief: "SB677 a Recipe for Cronyism and Corruption"
  17. Bill aims to tighten access at public housing properties
  18. Bill may halt noncompete clauses
  19. Hawaii Green Party Could be Removed from Ballot
  20. Ewa Field's historic area should grow, feds suggest
  21. After 15 Years of Maui County Bureaucracy and Harassment, Molokai Veterans Center Needs One Last Signature
  22. Grove Farm chose Hawaii Dairy Farms over Kauai hotel project, new book says
  23. A new tool to “follow the money” at the legislature
  24. Hawaii Most Expensive Marijuana in USA
  25. Hawaii Lowest Black Incarceration Rate in USA
  26. Bill would permanently allow concealed firearms for retired law enforcement
  27. Hawaii E-Commerce Fraud Rate 1%
  28. Corrupt 'Food Bank' Gets Boost from Kauai Mayor
  29. A New GSA Scandal Says ‘Aloha’?
  30. Hawaii Diploma Mill Offers 'Reasonable Prices'
  31. Scalia: Why Would a Treaty be Needed?
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Monday, February 23, 2015
February 23, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:51 PM :: 3886 Views
  1. State-backed Loans: $89M to Companies Tied to OHA Chair Robert Lindsey
  2. Rep Karl Rhoads Feeding Info to Calvin Say's Attorney while Chairing 'Special Committee'?
  3. SB358: Green Energy Scammers Push Legislators to Tax Natural Gas
  4. Seminar: Your Rights When HART Comes to Take Your Property
  5. Gabbard 'Mind-Boggled' at Obama's Two-Month Advance Notice of Plan of Attack on ISIS
  6. Legislation Plans for Federal Take-Over of Hawaii Health Exchange
  7. Pension Promises Are Getting Harder for Hawaii Lawmakers To Keep
  8. Revolving Door: Former TV anchor to direct communications at Senate
  9. The Future for NextEra and HECO: More Windfarms
  10. Constitutional amendment Would Transfer Control of UH Back to Legislature
  11. Abortion mongers panic over Born Alive Bills, Say Lege Should go Easy on Killers of Pregnant Women
  12. Sheriff Beats DUI Rap after Cops, Prosecutors Fail to Show Up
  13. Some schools struggle to provide adequate food, water
  14. Chinatown: Urine Smell Receding
  15. Honolulu zoning chair comes out against Malaekahana development
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Sunday, February 22, 2015
February 22, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:58 PM :: 3743 Views
  1. GMOs: How the Precautionary Principle Refutes Itself
  2. Legislative Agenda: Pot, Parents and Privacy
  3. SB473: Concealed Carry Gut and Replace
  4. How Housing First Reduced Homelessness 72% in Utah
  5. Our Best Export – Our Taxes!
  6. GE Tax Hike: Will March 3 Rail Bids Stampede House of Representatives?
  7. Gas Tax Hike to Pay for Ige's $70.9M Boost in DoT Spending?
  8. Manoa Buyout Club: Gib Arnold Could be the Most Expensive Yet
  9. Slammed by Auditor, Health Connector Cuts off Payments to 'Contractor of the Year'
  10. Ige land agency nominees: Ill Will and Bling, Just Ask Neil
  11. Star-Adv: Big Island Electric Co-op Must be Heard
  12. HGEA Negotiations Underway, Contract Expires June 30
  13. Pesticide Bill Targets Agriculture, Ignores other Users
  14. Affordable Housing Plan Will Take Decades, At the End the Problem will be Worse Than it is Now
  15. Hawaii vets express skepticism over possible changes to retirement pay
  16. Kauai: Another Wave of Mass Hysteria
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Saturday, February 21, 2015
February 21, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:25 PM :: 5549 Views
  1. 575 Candidates file for Neighborhood Board Elections
  2. HB330: Increase GE Tax by 1%
  3. Caldwell: House Would Reject GE Tax Hike if Voted Today
  4. Massive Fuel Tax Hike on the Move in the House
  5. Omidyar Website Bashes Gabbard for Telling the Truth About Islamic Terrorism
  6. State Saves $27M by Forcing 7,500 Micronesians into Health Connector
  7. Ige = Hee? New Attorney General Opposes Return of Journalists' Shield Law
  8. Bill to prohibit lawmakers' fundraising weakened, but still alive
  9. 2 sides in West Coast ports dispute reach tentative contract
  10. 28 entities apply to join PUC's decision on NextEra-HEI deal
  11. NextEra Energy plans to build Hawaii's largest wind farm on Maui
  12. Protester: Kauai Dairy Farm is "how the fascists took over in Nazi Germany and the world got a Hitler"
  13. Dairy: “If you stop farming, then this resource is going to leave the agricultural designation”
  14. Kunia Ridge: Taxes, Water Bills, Regulations Conspire to Give Real Farmers the Shaft
  15. Hawaii Most Expensive State: 17.2% Above US Average Prices for Goods, Services
  16. Senate panel weighs bill to help local victims of sex trafficking, Police Complain it is too Tough on Pimps
  17. SB677: Police Commission wants to retain firing powers
  18. Developmental Disability: Hawaii Among Best States for Early Intervention
  19. Republicans aim to curb Obama's monument designations
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Friday, February 20, 2015
February 20, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:08 PM :: 4214 Views
  1. Neighborhood Boards: 516 Candidates Enter Race With One Day to Go
  2. Takai vs Takai on Homeland Security Funding
  3. House and Senate Republicans Join Forces on Legislation
  4. Hawaii: Anti-Gun Legislation Deferred, Pro-Gun Bills Progressing
  5. Warning labels and beverage tax fail in Legislature
  6. HECO, Taxes, Pesticides, and Teacher Tenure: House Republicans Speak Out
  7. 500 Expected at GOP Lincoln Dinner
  8. 2015 Legislative Calendar: A Guide to the Deadlines
  9. 25%: Hawaii Ranks 43rd in Weekly Church Attendance
  10. House Bills for 2015: Sex, Drugs and a Place for the Kids to Hide Out
  11. Tears and Gnashing of Teeth as Cosmic Vortex Sweeps Pesticides up Mountain Causing Multiple Illnesses and Dirty Window Blinds
  12. HB 825 Provides Little Incentive for Illegal Vacation Rentals to Register
  13. More waivers convey a “Public be damned” attitude toward legislative hearings
  14. Hawaii #2 in USA: 51.2% Tax on S-Corporation Income
  15. Posturing over DLNR pick should be entertaining
  16. Tax Hikers' Latest Trick: Rail officials pretend to need $350M loan
  17. Council OKs Waikiki tax hike
  18. $800M: Key airport projects delayed, costing more than expected
  19. Feds: Settle West Coast Today or Negotiate in DC
  20. State lawmakers aim to curb HCDA's leasing power and increase public input
  21. 27 Intervenors, Next Era Opposes Them All
  22. Ike Choy's Attack on UH Programs, Ham Handed, Narrow, Destructive
  23. Ethics Comm Bans Free Trips for Teachers, DoE Staff
  24. Instead of Raising Lunch Prices, DoE Should Follow Audit Instructions for Savings
  25. Labels: Senate Panders to Anti-GMO Mob Knowing House Will Protect Hawaii from Them
  26. As Expected, House Saves Farmers from Hypocritical Pesticide Buffer Zone Bill
  27. Infested with progressives, State asks childcare facilities to track unvaccinated children
  28. Even in Face of mass Opposition, Kauai Council Continues Tinkering with anti-Fireplace Law
  29. Are Maui tour operators ignoring federal whale watching rules?
  30. Sierra Club Boss: My Environmentalism Begins When Little People Invade Lands Once Reserved for Elite
  31. Obamaville Tent City at Kakaako Presidential Library Site
  32. Bill to Abolish Hawaii Land Use Commission Is Dead on Arrival
  33. Funding to continue the Preschool Open Doors Program passes
  34. Marsy's Law: basic rights for crime victims
  35. Sylvia Luke Raises Campaign Cash During Session
  36. Menor Proposes New Housing Office
  37. Rhoads Refuses to Hear Bill to create state game management panel
  38. Willie Plays Game with Anti-Aquarium Bills
  39. A Year Later, 40 Guam Soldiers Injured in Afghanistan Remain in Hawaii
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Thursday, February 19, 2015
February 19, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:15 PM :: 4910 Views
  1. Lawsuit Challenges Secrecy of Kanaiolowalu Roll Commission
  2. Big Island Group Proposes Electric Co-Op
  3. AEI: Retire the Jones Act
  4. Ige Rejects Activists, Appoints DeCoite to HD 13 Vacancy
  5. HCR33: Will Legislators Ask OHA to Help State Create Fake Indian Tribe?
  6. Scorecard: House Omnibus Marijuana Package
  7. Senate Schedules Confirmation Hearing for Controversial DLNR Appointee
  8. Gallup: Alaska, Hawaii Lead the United States in Well-Being
  9. The Hawaii Democratic Party Wants Farmers Out of Business
  10. Creating Fake Crisis to Push Tax Hike, Council pretends to remove bus funds from rail money plan
  11. Hawaii Legislature should be fixing our tax system instead of making it worse
  12. Regulators Reject Petitions to Delay NextEra’s Purchase of HECO
  13. Health Connector Padded Rolls By Dumping 7,500 Medicaid Patients into Obamacare 
  14. Bob Jones: Obamacare Unworkable
  15. Taxing TVRs: Five Bills Still Alive
  16. Tobacco Tax: Just Another Fund to be Raided
  17. SB118: Senators Strip REIT Tax Hike Out of Bill
  18. Hawaii County: Little Chance for TAT Cap to be Lifted
  19. Hawaii Teachers Salaries 19th Highest in USA, Dead Last When Cost of Living Factors in
  20. Gabbard: Obama Misidentifies Enemy, Speech is a Diversion
  21. Legislators Tinker With Rules for Making Public Adult Care Home Inspections
  22. Lawmaker pushing to buy body cams for police statewide
  23. Maui Council Refuses to Approve Prosecutor, Then Refuses to Disapprove Him
  24. HB985 General Fund Will Cover 60% of UH Expenses
  25. HB596 Dope Addicts to Get Ticket
  26. Trannies Want Birth Certificate Change so they Can Evade Draft, Force Way into Girls Dorm Rooms
  27. Mainland Group Takes Control of Planned Parenthood Hawaii
  28. Kauai Doesn't Want Dairy?  Give Them Another Hotel Instead
  29. Boaters frustrated with poor conditions at Waianae harbor
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015
February 18, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:46 PM :: 4094 Views
  1. 2015 Hawaii Legislative Watch: Taxes
  2. Another House waiver of public notice—on an important energy bill
  3. Schatz 3rd Most Absentee Senator
  4. Hirono: ObamaCare Needs MORE Snow Days
  5. 449 Candidates File for Neighborhood Board Elections
  6. Galuteria Owes $7,000 Back Taxes After Lying About Residence, Senate to Consider Action
  7. Iwase the Fearless will Lead us to the NextEra
  8. Eight Industrial-Sized Solar Farms in the Works
  9. Land Swap?  State has not always been best land steward
  10. Lawmakers say Ching's DLNR confirmation is not in trouble for now
  11. Neighborhood boards promote civic engagement
  12. Rent High Enough? SB118 Will Tax REIT Landlords
  13. Pinata Party: Usual Suspects Grab for Tobacco Tax Revenues
  14. Cigarette Taxes Triple, Poor Hit Hardest--$500M to General Fund
  15. DoE Wants $1.7M Lunch Price Hike
  16. Senate Committee Approves 11 Nominees to Hawaii’s Development Authority
  17. The New Standard for Transparency: Open Checkbook
  18. Is State Ethics Commission looking to backpedal on “goodwill lobbying”?
  19. Big Island group exploring public energy co-op
  20. Committees Send Marijuana Dispensary Bill on to Full House
  21. GMOs: Rhetorical Excess to Fan the Flames of Divisiveness
  22. Label: Senate Continues Pandering to Anti-GMO Nuts
  23. Legislators Pander to Animal Liberationists, Consider Bill to Ban Zoos, Circuses
  24. Aquarium Collector Gets Suspended Sentence for Defending Himself Against Anti-Aquarium Obsessive 
  25. Obama making WWII internment camp in Hawaii a national monument
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015
February 17, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:33 PM :: 6755 Views
  1. SB992: Creates Tribal Judiciary, Places 12,000 Hawaiian Children at Risk
  2. Full Text: Rail Cost Engineer on 'Billion Dollar Mile'
  3. I Mua Manoa Proposes UH Budget Sustainability Plan
  4. Feb 20: Last Chance to file for Neighborhood Board Elections
  5. In Hawaii, The State of Liabilities, The Cost of Rail is Just the Beginning
  6. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 17, 2015
  7. House Violates Public Notice Rules for Transsexual Birth Certificate Hearing
  8. Health Connector Bungles 3,000 Applications, Those Without Insurance Forced to Pay 2% More Income Tax
  9. Ige's Appointment for DLNR Deputy Resigned to Avoid Financial Disclosure Report
  10. Ige's DPS Deputy Nominee Placed Kulani Warden on Unpaid Leave, Then Quit Job
  11. Espinda Critics "Sissies, Assassins, Cowards"
  12. Regents Spend Hours Discussing Arnold's $1.4 M Golden Parachute
  13. Rail art should recognize those who forged this mess
  14. HB631: Gender is an Opinion, Just Ask for a Change on Birth Certificate
  15. Babes Against Civility: Environmentalism Poisons Itself
  16. Star-Adv: Aquarium Compromise Relies on Science over Emotion
  17. House bill aims to set buffer zone on wind turbine projects
  18. Care Home Industry Uses Love Story (Again) to Loosen Hawaii Laws
  19. SB199 would help fund police cameras
  20. Tulsi Gabbard: ‘Mind-Boggling,’ ‘Troubling’ Obama Won’t Recognize ISIS Islamic Ideology
  21. Hawaii County Overtime Abuse, County Vehicle Abuse Reported (Again)
  22. Students, teachers will need patience during Common Core test transition
  23. When can you record a conversation at work to prove discrimination?
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Monday, February 16, 2015
February 16, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:50 PM :: 3252 Views
  1. Will OHA Trustees Waste Another $5M on Push for Fake Indian Tribe?
  2. HCR33: Will House Pass Resolution Supporting Fake Indian Tribe?
  3. HB459 Forces 'Pono Choices' Gay Sex Program on Schools Statewide
  4. SB1071: Second Amendment Rights for Legal Immigrants
  5. Ige Ignores the Fervor that Got Him Elected: DLNR nomination a Public Disservice, Disappointing
  6. Hawaii Health Connector Website Collapses Again
  7. NextEra seeks smooth sailing in choppy waters
  8. Hawaii: Highest Paid Part-Time Legislature in US
  9. State Accounting System is 46 Years Out of Date
  10. Air service helps deliver fresh produce, medical supplies to Oahu
  11. Legislators Consider Harassing Farmers Market Vendors
  12. 100 Disabled, Elderly Drivers Wait as State Fails to Provide Medical Exams
  13. Will New Obstacles Dim Hawaii’s Solar Power Surge?
  14. Hirono is Only Democrat Supporting Rand Paul's 'Audit the Fed' Bill
  15. Hotels Report 'Unexpected Softness' in Demand
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Sunday, February 15, 2015
February 15, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:25 PM :: 3985 Views
  1. Maui Democrats Nominate Two Protesters and a Farmer for HD13 Vacancy
  2. Hotels as Renters
  3. Invisible Ige Holes up with the Big Cheeses as Cauldron Bubbles
  4. Partnership: All of Nothing for Maui's Only Hospital
  5. Star-Adv: Give OHA your views on Kakaako
  6. HSTA Operative Demands Legislators back off Instructional Hours Law
  7. So-Called 'Consumer Advocate' proposes greater secrecy in NextEra merger
  8. Revolving Door: From Star Adv to Billy Kenoi and Back Again as Capitol Bureau Chief
  9. If We can't Run a Zoo, How can We Run Rail?
  10. Matson: Only One Ship Coming This Week
  11. Dairy is safe for the environment, and we will prove it
  12. Tulsi Gabbard to Marry Another Cult Member
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Saturday, February 14, 2015
February 14, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:13 PM :: 3950 Views
  1. Feb 20: Last Chance to file for Neighborhood Board Elections
  2. Pro-Life? Hawaii One of Only Four States With no Abortion-Free Insurance Policies on Health Exchange
  3. HR235: Eliminate Hawaii Internet Access Taxes
  4. Grassroot Institute: Promoting our Principles in the Legislature
  5. SB727: Hike GE Tax Another 0.5% Statewide
  6. Ige Nominates DoTax, DoH Deputy Directors
  7. Horizon Settles Lawsuit, Clears Way for Sale to Pasha, Matson
  8. Right to Try Bills would Protect Terminally-Ill Patients from FDA Restrictions
  9. Jones Act Case to Be Heard by 9th Circuit at UH Manoa
  10. Rhoads, Chun Oakland Behind Massive Income Tax Hike
  11. Statewide Preschool: SB844 Passes Senate Education Committee
  12. Latest Excuse: Say's Palolo Home 'Being Renovated'
  13. Anti-GMO 'Babes' Admit They are Democrats, Ask Party Not to Nominate Real Molokai Farmer
  14. Ige to Sign over 400 Ac of Hana 'Forest Reserve' to Maui Windfarm Developer
  15. Legislators Continue to Fight to Keep Dole Land from Being Sold to Individual Owners
  16. Exposed: NextEra Schemes to Prevent Rate Cuts for Four Years
  17. Ige's AG Lobbied for Private Prison, Nomination Approved Anyway
  18. Obama Sends Labor Secretary to Talk to ILWU, Management
  19. Big Island Lawmakers Tell their Doper Constituents to be Hopeful About Getting More Weed from the Government
  20. Retailers Money Tied Up by Shipping Delays
  21. Opinions differ on mainland placement for Hawaii's troubled teens
  22. Dozens of mini iPads stolen from West Oahu schools
  23. Star-Adv: Taxi rules the problem, not Uber, Lyft
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Friday, February 13, 2015
February 13, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:37 PM :: 10304 Views
  1. Rail: Engineer Exposes The Hows and Whys of Cost Overruns
  2. 406 Candidates file for Neighborhood Board Elections
  3. DCCA Nails Solar Contractor: Unlicensed Work on DoE Schools
  4. Caldwell signs law prohibiting sitting or lying on pedestrian malls
  5. Cancer Center to Merge With UH Medical School
  6. The Worst Gun Bill of the Decade Died Yesterday
  7. HB558: Curbing Overtime Abuse
  8. Senate Transport Committee Votes for Rail Tax Extension, Admits it's to Build More Rail into Kapolei, Manoa
  9. Ige Opposes Maui Memorial Partnership Deal
  10. HEI's Plan to Gut Existing Solar Contracts
  11. Ige Finally Gets Around to Holding First 'Weekly' News Conference
  12. Castle & Cooke CEO: 'No Conspiracy' in Ching Nomination
  13. Hawaii hotel occupancy falls sharply
  14. Army chief says troop cuts on Oahu could be small
  15. Say Makes Excuses, Says Palolo is as Far Away as Sister Isles
  16. Cancer Center: UH Admin, Regents Still Trying to Figure out What Legislators Want
  17. No Joke: Star-Adv Claims University Administrators are Competent to Investigate Rape
  18. Pressure builds on Obama to intervene in West Coast ports slowdown
  19. Jury awards more than $658K to police chief's wife
  20. Waianae: Industrial Solar to be Approved while Rooftop Solar Waits
  21. Hawaii Senate Panel Panders to anti-GMO Mob, advances pesticide regulation bill
  22. GMO: Demagogue Hooser Refuses to Consider Evidence
  23. HB511: Attacks by Anti-Aquarium Obsessives to be Illegal
  24. Ruling overturns Hilo doctor's Medicaid suspension
  25. UH Manoa Ranks 203rd in USA
  26. HB227: Businesses in Chinatown and Waikiki to face a new threat: the sound police
  27. Legislature Looks at Non-Compete Agreements
  28. On The Move in the Legislature
  29. Airport: DoT Fixes Tiles, Decides to Leave Potholes Intact
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Thursday, February 12, 2015
February 12, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:49 PM :: 7090 Views
  1. 'Hewa Hui' Plan: Create Fake Indian Tribe, Keep 95% of Hawaiians Out
  2. Wind Turbine Buffer Zones: HB1384 Gets a Hearing
  3. Lockout: Management Shuts West Coast Ports Four More Days
  4. Small Business Caucus Backs HB266 Regulatory Review Board
  5. Angling for Money from Legislature, UH Report Tries to Explain Athletic Department Finances
  6. Ige's Secret Transition Committee: Stone, Alm, Hiraoka, Arakaki and others
  7. Ching Nominee Would Be In Position to give Castle & Cooke Lock on TOD Development, Other Developers to be Iced Out
  8. GE Tax Hike: Honolulu Council Plays Chicken With Legislature
  9. Rail Cost: We're Just Guessing, says Amemiya
  10. Rail: Drilling, Hammering into Wee Hours of Morning
  11. Some staff will oppose Ige's state prisons chief nominee
  12. Grandmother Asks for $1M Damages Against Police Chief's Wife
  13. Campaign Spending Commission dismisses complaint against Say
  14. HB1455 Passes 'Health' Committee: Legalizes Marijuana Sales
  15. Regulations: DoH 'Works to Limit Production' of Start-up Food Businesses
  16. Bill would allow media greater access to lava, other disasters
  17. Solar farm may short-circuit school expansion
  18. Maui High principal confirms school's former football coach under DOE investigation
  19. HECO: "Rates will 'stay' Low Til End of Decade"
  20. Mayor Signs Expanded Sit-Lie ban
  21. HPD: Tweeker With 10-year Criminal Record Busted in Allenby Case
  22. Wedding venue, parking structure, farmers market to be sandwiched in controversial corner of Ala Moana
  23. Hooser Burned by Testimony Against Smoke, Dust Ban
  24. Aila Defends Aquarium Collectors Against Hordes of Anti-Aquarium Obsessives
  25. Kauai: Anti-Dairy Obsessives Hire Oregon Lawyer
  26. 3 Muslims Killed by Progressive Atheist
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015
February 11, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:19 PM :: 5410 Views
  1. Geothermal: New Zealand Company Abandons Partnership with OHA
  2. PMA: Unwavering ILWU Demand Threatens to Sink Contract Talks; “Slowdowns as a Way of Life”
  3. HB459 Forces 'Pono Choices' Gay Sex Program on Schools Statewide
  4. Sexual assault and harassment policy updated by UH
  5. At End of Life, State Human Resources Management System moves to 'Private Cloud'
  6. HB1476: Rep Ing Introduces Bill to Hide Identity of all Campaign Donors
  7. Schatz' Boycott of Israeli Leader 'Shortsighted and small minded'
  8. Warning Label Bills Unfairly Single Out One Product
  9. Federal Monitor cites rail for 'Alarming' lack of cost control
  10. Takumi Admits HB1240 'Education' GE Tax Hike is Really About Rail
  11. Living Hawaii: The American Dream Is Broken for the Middle Class
  12. Progressives Spread Measles -- Where are the Anti-Vaxxers?  Kauai, of Course
  13. Will Belatti Hear 'Right to Try'? Bill would give terminally ill access to experimental drugs, treatments
  14. HB451 Reclassifies Sex as Rape--UH Administrators to Supervise 'Ongoing Consent' During Campus Coitus
  15. Money Laundering: Tranny Nowhere in Sight as School's ex-officials arrested
  16. House Committee Approves Bill to Repeal Undersea Cable Law
  17. HELCO Geothermal Decision Due Feb 17
  18. Honolulu City Council will consider rezoning for D.R. Horton's West Oahu Hoopili development
  19. The Case of a Wayward Land Use Lobbyist
  20. Which Lawmakers Are the First to Hold Fundraisers During Session?
  21. More to say about Say-complaint to be heard Wednesday by the Campaign Spending Commission
  22. Ethics complaint: Anti E-Cig Legislation ‘unduly influenced’ by unregistered lobbyists for Big Pharma
  23. Free Clinics Push for State to Pick up Micronesian Co-Pays
  24. 30mph Wind Blows Roof off, School Still to be Used as 'Hurricane Shelter'
  25. 18 more prison guards punished for contraband, other violations
  26. Police Reform Measures Gain Steam in Hawaii Legislature
  27. IHS: Sit-Lie Ban Forces 70 Homeless to Accept Shelter
  28. Loss of accreditation could spell disaster for Honolulu Zoo
  29. HB1076 could waive University of Hawaii tuition for family of some veterans--But UH Admin Says They Can't Afford it
  30. Interim Coach Rejects $185K Offer as UH Begins Yet Another Idiotic "National Search"
  31. Noisy Politicians Find New Way to Harass Businesses
  32. Bill Would Decrease Annual Interest Rate for Payday Loans from 459% to 36%
  33. ILWU Lockout/Slowdown Update
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015
February 10, 2015 Daily News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:07 PM :: 5155 Views
  1. Massive GE Tax Hike to Create New 'Special Fund' -- On the Move in House and Senate
  2. $185M GE Tax Hike: HB1240 on a Fast Track
  3. SB783: 'Worst Gun Bill of the Decade'
  4. Kanaiolowalu: 'Elections This Year'
  5. "Widespread Bribery and Corruption" Hawaii ERS Sues Petrobras
  6. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 9, 2015
  7. Rail to Make a Mess of Bus Service in Pearl City 'Until Further Notice'
  8. Should NextEra be able to use ratepayer funds to NOT produce electricity?
  9. Free Golf Scandal: Will Ige Act to Enforce Law?
  10. Hearing on Hawaii Rep. Calvin Say’s Residency Set for Friday
  11. Governor Ige dodges questions by insisting on written questions
  12. DLNR Nominee Lobbied City for Castle and Cooke, Koa Ridge?
  13. Counties Use TAT Hike Lobbying as Excuse to Raise Property Taxes
  14. State and Local Taxes Penalize the Poor and Benefit the Rich
  15. Hawaii ERS Falling Behind
  16. UHPA: Legislators Seeking Ban on Un-Regulated Sex 'Overstep Bounds' 
  17. Soft on Crime: Serial rapist's sentence cut in half by Hawaii court
  18. HB766: $15M for bare-bones Micro Units
  19. City Refuses to Grant Tax Exemptions for Solar Panels, Has Excuse
  20. House Tackles Proposed Rideshare/Taxi Regs
  21. Pre-Kindergarten: Funding Across States
  22. Slowdown: ILWU Short-Staffing Honolulu Docks
  23. Lloyd's: Jones Act Comes Under Pressure
  24. Ige’s Appointee to Head DCCA Cruises Through Senate Committee
  25. Police Oversight Bills to be Heard Today
  26. Hunters fight for development of 1st Hawaii Game Commission
  27. Ivory Ban Debunked
  28. City Begins Harassing Retailers Over Plastic Bag Ban
  29. City's $250K+++ Car Wash boondoggle
  30. Charter schools left out in the cold after lava threatens
  31. Winds Blow Roof off of Kailua 'Hurricane Shelter'
  32. HB1202 Would Legalize Vacation Rentals on Ag Land
  33. Hawaii Less 'Local' than Most States
  34. Hawaii Business Fluff-Piece Features Anti-GMO Lobbyist on Cover
  35. State of Hawaii Not Snooping in Twitter Accounts
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Monday, February 9, 2015
February 9, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:16 PM :: 4764 Views
  1. SEC Filing: Defective Turbines and Batteries, Secret Golden Parachutes at Hawaii Windfarms
  2. Forbes: Five Ways the US Government Keeps Native Americans in Poverty
  3. Documents Show Comcast Ghostwrote Abercrombie's Pro-TWC Merger Letters
  4. Solar Contractor Admits Defrauding Hawaii Consumers
  5. Crime Pays: Legislators Propose $50K per year Cash to ex-Convicts
  6. Section 8: Rhoads Seeks Grounds for More Lawsuits
  7. HB1501 Blocks HECO from Poaching PUC Staff
  8. ILWU Delays Unloading of Two Matson Ships
  9. Who Tried to Buy 2014 Ballot Measures?
  10. Inspection Reports for Some Hawaii Care Homes to Be Posted Online
  11. School Community Councils Allow a Voice in Hawaii Education
  12. Maintenance Funds for Public Housing Fall Short (again)
  13. HB444 Would Fund Waikiki Beach Replenishment
  14. Animal bills proposed
  15. Kauai: 'Caucasian Cranks' Propose Ban on Imu Smoking
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Sunday, February 8, 2015
February 8, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:33 PM :: 6876 Views
  1. Kauai Panel Seeks to Ground GMO Debate in Facts
  2. Three Hunting-Related Bills to be Heard Monday
  3. Maui Democrats Release Names of 13 Applicants for HD13 Vacancy
  4. Digitized Archive of 19th Century Hawaii Missionaries Goes Online
  5. HB1307: Fair Taxation?
  6. Top ‘Scientists’ Caught Adjusting Temperature Readings
  7. Three of Ige’s nominees to lead state agencies are Lobbyists
  8. Caldwell, HART promised no Tax Hike, No Borrowing
  9. HB14: HSTA Pushing to Gut Instructional Hours Requirement
  10. HB1468: Shut Down Big Cable Project to be Heard Tuesday
  11. HECO vs Reality on NextEra Merger
  12. Marijuana Task Force Member Pushes Drugs to Children
  13. SB791: Autism health coverage gains traction
  14. Calvin Say Case: Finally the Law Will be Enforced?
  15. Kauai: Accused Rapist Gets Off on Technicality
  16. Infamous Hit Man Enjoys Retirement Years With Family and Friends in Hawaii
  17. Silly UH Research Blames Windward Rains on Global Worming
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Saturday, February 7, 2015
February 7, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:48 PM :: 5804 Views
  1. Hawaii Polarized by Steamroller Activism
  2. Management: West Coast Port Lockout Begins Saturday
  3. HB536 Imposes Massive New Payroll Reporting Requirements on Businesses
  4. Mementos Reveal Civil Rights Icon's Exposure to Armed Self-Defense
  5. 369 Candidates file for Neighborhood Board Elections
  6. Creating "Paradise of the Pacific": How Tourism Began in Hawaii
  7. State to Fire Medicaid Director after $144M Tech Disaster
  8. Somebody Begins to Notice that Hawaii Tech 'Startups' are all Taxpayer-Funded Frauds
  9. Ige Fires DLNR Water Deputy William Tam
  10. Lawmakers look at a fine for those who don't vote
  11. Lockout: Hawaii to Run out of Bottles?
  12. Obama Foundation: Hawaii 'To get some piece' of Obama Library
  13. Bill to create low-income mobile home parks advances
  14. HB1213/SB1219: Who Qualifies as Independent Contractor 
  15. Officers disciplined in 110 misconduct incidents
  16. Maui Police Fire More Stun Guns Than Honolulu
  17. SB1345 Would end multi-track schedules in public schools
  18. Maybe Hawaii Hospitals Will One Day Rise to the Level of Thailand
  19. Looted by Profitable non-profit, Honolulu Zoo is a Mess
  20. State-Owned Bank Would Direct SubPrime Lending to Deadbeats
  21. Controversial Hawaii caregiver training bill deferred indefinitely
  22. Task force prescribes cures for University of Hawaii Cancer Center
  23. Hawaii leads in sports tourism
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Friday, February 6, 2015
February 6, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:52 PM :: 4334 Views
  1. Gallup: Hawaii Liberals Outnumber Conservatives by Only 1.9%
  2. Farmer: HB1514 is 'The Last Shovel of Dirt on Our Graves'
  3. Obama Budget would Increase Top Marginal Capital Gains Tax Rate in Hawaii to 35.8%--#2 in USA
  4. Ige Appoints Carpenters Union Political Director to DLIR
  5. Hawaii Family Advocates' Dream Team to Tackle Legislative Priorities
  6. Ige Announces HCDA Nominations
  7. Federal Report Calls Rail Project ‘alarming’
  8. HB1468:  Iwase Opposes Bill to De-Authorize Big Cable
  9. Chief's Wife 'Angry' at Grandmother with Lost Home in 'Mortgage' Deal
  10. Visitors' spending is not keeping up with arrival numbers
  11. House Version of REIT Tax Dies
  12. Ige's DLNR Nominee Oversaw Unregistered Lobbyist
  13. West Coast Port Lockout Drumbeat
  14. The protectionist Jones Act vs. US economic freedom
  15. Right to Farm: Bill Passes to Prevent County Councils from Pandering to Anti-GMO Mobs
  16. HB1514: House Committee Panders to Anti-GMO Know-Nothings
  17. Will Anti-GMO Activists be Busted for Unregistered Lobbying?
  18. Ike Choy's Bill to Cut UH Programs Deferred in Face of Opposition
  19. OCCC to be Replaced by New Prison at Halawa Site?
  20. HB438: Lets Waste Another $6M 'Without a Plan' on Kahoolawe
  21. Roz Baker: Small Businesses Should Follow Me into Bankruptcy
  22. Cop's ex-girlfriend speaks out about alleged abuse
  23. Hawaii's largest oil refinery turning to other markets, including South America
  24. Zoo nonprofit gives just 10 percent of its funds to Honolulu Zoo
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Thursday, February 5, 2015
February 5, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:13 PM :: 4657 Views
  1. HB1252: Repeal Act 195, Abolish Hawaiian Roll Commission 
  2. PMA: We'll Pay ILWU's Obamacare Tax--Take it or be Locked Out
  3. Hawaii Supreme Court Could Sock Expedia for $626M in Hotel Taxes
  4. Tax Rate 50.4% on Small Business Income, Hawaii #2 in USA
  5. Hawaii Personal Income Taxes: "Highest Dollar Amount of Any State"
  6. Hawaii Ranks 3rd in Certificate-of-Need Laws--Which Mean Fewer Services for Patients
  7. On the Move: House Omnibus Marijuana Package
  8. HB1452 Heard Without Notice: Permits Vacation Rentals "In any area of zoning classification"
  9. SB958: Repeal Corporate Income Tax
  10. SB946: Repeal GE Tax on intermediary business transactions
  11. DoE Opens Office of Hawaiian Education, Seeks Director 
  12. SB286: Proposes 'Very Powerful' Inspector General to Investigate Waste, Fraud, Corruption
  13. Hawaii Consumer Advocate Rejects Call to Delay Review of NextEra Deal
  14. SB1268 on the Move: Allows Ige to Stack BoE with HSTA Operatives
  15. UH fires back over fired coach's contract, HGEA Files Grievance for Arnold
  16. UH's mounting legal bills
  17. Ige Backpedals On Posting Care-Home Inspection Reports Online
  18. LURF, Lobbyist Fined $4000
  19. Ige Blocked Renters' Tax Relief
  20. HMSA contests bills forcing Connector participation
  21. Crackpot Anti-GMO Bills on the Move
  22. Hawaii Co Council: Make The Activist Lawyers Defend their Own Anti-GMO Laws
  23. While Legalizing Marijuana, Legislators Plan Powdered Alcohol Prohibition
  24. Sheriff, Prison Guards Not required to disclose misconduct
  25. Another HPD Officer With Domestic Violence TRO
  26. Kauai County: Retaliation Pays
  27. American Samoa Chief Procurement Officer Pleads Guilty to Corruption Charges
  28. Armed guards in Hawaii: No mental health checks, no firearm training
  29. Tulsi Gabbard Co-Sponsors Bill for Republican Mega-Donor
  30. House will decide if Rep. Say should lose his seat
  31. Taxpayers cover costly tab of Washington Place compound
  32. Middle-Class Millionaires
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Wednesday, February 4, 2015
February 4, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:03 PM :: 10054 Views
  1. Free Golf: Ethics Comm Nails Rail Contractors, UH Vice Chancellor, DoT Deputy Director, and Brian Minaai (Again)
  2. Djou: How to Fix the Rail Mess
  3. People's Pulse Contradicts Ward Poll: "Economy, Housing Remain at Forefront"
  4. Latest to Make Fool of UH Administrators, Fired Coach Arnold says "I am Innocent, Gimme $1.4M"
  5. HB287 Embarrassment: Broad and Vague Exemptions Render Transparency Meaningless
  6. DLNR: Pacific Whale Institute 'Will be Held Accountable' for Grounding Catamaran
  7. Will Hawaii County Use Mainland Anti-GMO Activist Lawyers?
  8. SB873 Would Legalize Marijuana, Nullify Federal Prohibition
  9. NY Attorney General: 79% of ‘Natural Supplements’ Totally Fake
  10. Ige’s Honeymoon Ended With Nomination of Ching
  11. Ige so Secretive, Many Believe the Fix is in for NextEra
  12. Galuteria Caught Cheating on Property Taxes--Claims Two Homeowners Exemptions?
  13. Throwing Good Money After Bad: Another $28M for Health Connector?
  14. Bills Place Conditions Before NextEra Merger
  15. Ige Appointee Resigns After Just Days on Job 
  16. Public trust split in HPD misconduct investigations
  17. SB497: Transparency in Police Discipline
  18. HPD Unable to Compile Crime Statistics Since 2010
  19. Hawaii’s Sunshine Law Is Getting Cloudy As Lawmakers Debate
  20. Bill 82 would trigger higher rents for Waikiki businesses
  21. HB496 Make Small Business Provide 3 months Paid Time off for Employees
  22. SB593: Anti-GMO Crackpots Seek Takeover of Agribusiness Development Corp
  23. Omidyar Still Pushing Hanalei Bay Development
  24. Kauai: Gays Eager to Recruit Kids
  25. Potheads Upset: May Need to make Up Better Excuses than 'Pain' to get Weed
  26. California labels e-cigarettes a public health threat (or financial threat?)
  27. Bills Seek funds for Hilo Medical Residency Program
  28. HB128: Make Grandparents pay Child Support
  29. Fuel Spills Lead to Barrel Tax Bill
  30. Chevron Hawaii operation likely to be sold later this year
  31. Kaiser Claims Local 5 Strikers Block Emergency Patient
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Tuesday, February 3, 2015
February 3, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:19 PM :: 4605 Views
  1. HEI 'Solution'--Remotely Shut off Your Solar Panels
  2. HB321: Marijuana on the Move in the Legislature
  3. Hawaii Ranks 11th in World for Captive Insurance Domiciles
  4. Hawaii 5th Lowest Financial Gap by Race
  5. Jones Act: The little-discussed policy that's a major problem for international trade
  6. Only 27% Support GE Tax Hike
  7. HB420 Audit the PUC Bill on the Move
  8. NextEra-HEI Merger Not Popular
  9. HB825 tasks Hawaii state DCCA with licensing vacation rentals so they can be taxed
  10. Shocking cases of HPD officer misconduct highlighted in new report
  11. Prosecutors mum on overlooked sex assault cases
  12. Need $10K? Go See DAGS
  13. HHSC, HPH, Castle, Queens, HMSA to share electronic medical records on state health info exchange
  14. Bill would keep employers out of workers' social media posts
  15. Poll: 73% Support Pushing Homeless into Shelters
  16. SB328: Now that Atheists are Gone, Churches can Rent School Facilities Again
  17. HB555: Rep Ike Choy Proposes Eliminate All Academic Programs with Fewer than 10 Graduates/year
  18. Sources: UH strongly considering self-imposed sanctions in response to NCAA violations
  19. Star-Adv: UH Admin Right to Give Arnold $200K
  20. GasCo Moving Forward with LNG Plan
  21. Dim-Witted Anti-Superferry Activists Run Catamaran Aground
  22. Savio to Launch Rent to Own Project
  23. Anti-Pesticide Hype Produces Latest Crop of Buffer Zone Bills
  24. Bronster: Anti-GMO Activists Have Conflict of Interest
  25. Hawaii Polarized by Steamroller Activism
  26. Lawsuit: Former State Senator Steals Property from Elderly Mother
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Monday, February 2, 2015
February 2, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:01 PM :: 4157 Views
  1. SB27 SB31: Short Form Bills on Transparency -- OHA's Trojan Horse?
  2. Full Text: UH Cancer Center Report
  3. Hunting-Related Bills Begin to Move in Legislature
  4. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 2, 2015
  5. Rail Deficit/Tax Hike Hype: Now $2 Billion?
  6. Large Rail Contractors Dump $1.3 Million into Local Campaign Coffers
  7. NCAA Violations: Arnold Scored $200K Payout Thanks to Bley-Vroman
  8. Some UH Profs Challenge 'Gender Equity Specialist'
  9. HB623/SB715: Bills Ban Diesel Electricity, Attack LNG
  10. Poll 43% sat 'No' to NextEra
  11. Ige’s Appointments Tend to Come Late on Fridays
  12. Micronesians being switched from Medicaid to Obamacare
  13. Housing First Building Opens Today
  14. Bills cover electronic smoking bans (and Betel Nuts too)
  15. HMC, Straub, NHNC Top Safety Ratings for Hawaii Hospitals
  16. Kaiser Permanente union workers begin 6-day strike
  17. Unable to Defeat Longliners, Eco-Hypesters Gin Up Phony Mercury Numbers to Scare Consumers
  18. Johanson Makes More Excuses for Party Switch
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Sunday, February 1, 2015
February 1, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:02 PM :: 4257 Views
  1. Why Won’t Obama Use the Words ‘Islamic Extremism’? Watch What Tulsi Gabbard Says
  2. Wes Lo's Smoking Gun: Improvement of Medical Services on Maui Started With Fight for Second Hospital
  3. Community-Owned Energy: How Nebraska Became the Only State to Bring Everyone Power From a Public Grid
  4. 'Right to Try' Legislation Can Save Lives
  5. Compulsory Voting for Hawaii?
  6. Akina: Government can help lower the cost of living by getting out of the way
  7. Full Text: NCAA Allegations vs UH men’s basketball program
  8. Source Shifting
  9. Rail: Bogus Ward Poll Deployed to Pressure Legislators to Raise GE Tax
  10. Ige, legislators start session with questions and riddles
  11. Star-Adv:  Connector woes demand deeper probe
  12. Applications being accepted for House Dist 13 seat
  13. HB207 would make OHA Brainwashing Mandatory for Members of Boards, Commissions
  14. SB 1014 Would Make Homeless into Sacred Cows
  15. SB126: Allow Ige to Stack BoE with HSTA Operatives
  16. McDermott Wants Voters to Decide Same-Sex Marriage
  17. Tax Credits for HECO -- Scam Battery Technology -- Bills Before Legislature
  18. How an Hawaii anti-GMO Activist Changed her Mind
  19. UH chancellor: Alleged violations 'disturbing'
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Saturday, January 31, 2015
January 31, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:59 PM :: 4617 Views
  1. Forbes: Hawaii Deal Allows NextEra to Build Big Cable Without Federal Regulation
  2. Slom to Feds: Investigate Criminal Hawaii Health Connector
  3. Okino, Djou: End the State Skim on Rail Funds
  4. Hawaiian Electric Launches Online Tracker for Solar, Wind Approvals
  5. Former charity director indicted for theft
  6. 340 Candidates file for Neighborhood Board Elections
  7. HSTA Cashes in, Demands Contract Reopener After Electing Ige Governor
  8. Rape Hype: California-based Shake Down Operation Targets UH-Manoa Admissions
  9. HB576: Hawaii Lawmakers Consider Request for Obamacare Exemption
  10. Close Half of Hawaii Health Systems Corp. Hospitals?  Not Enough to Balance Budget
  11. Trying to Create Excuses for tax Hike, Council members heading to DC as rail costs escalate
  12. Kauai GMO Panel Infested with Anti-GMO Whackjobs
  13. "The people of Puna wanted Scott Nago fired"
  14. Grandmother testifies in trial against prosecutor
  15. Former officer acquitted of assault charge
  16. Level 1--Severe Breach of Contract: NCAA delivers ‘notice of violations’ to University of Hawaii
  17. Sun Edison, First Wind close $2.4 billion deal--Plan 100s of Acres of Solar Farms
  18. Shield law for media should be reinstated
  19. Bill Would Force landlords to Accept Section 8 Tenants
  20. American Samoa: Food shortages after US port dispute
  21. Senate passes Keystone XL bill without McCain's Jones Act amendment
  22. Gov Tech Sums up Ige Tech Agenda
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Friday, January 30, 2015
January 30, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:49 PM :: 5499 Views
  1. NextEra, HECO Formally Request PUC Approval of Merger
  2. Clayton Hee's Wife Quits Cush Job at UH, Leaves State
  3. 2014: Record Visitors, Record Expenditures
  4. OHA sets community meetings on Kaka‘ako Makai Master Plan
  5. Shakedown: Politicians Demand NextEra Contribute to Democrats Only, NextEra Agrees
  6. At Least $1.25B Has Been Spent on Rail So Far, But Where Has All the Money Gone?
  7. Resolution calls for removal of U.S. bus funds from rail money plan
  8. Bait and Switch: HART Approves Another $4.4M in Cost Overruns
  9. Chances high Legislature will sidetrack rail issue
  10. Audit: Health Connector Funneled $21.9M to 'Mansha Consulting' Without Board Oversight
  11. Legislature to debate issuing bonds for Hawaii Health Connector
  12. SB795: HHSC -- Adapt or be Left Behind
  13. DoE Demands $13M Due to Failure of Corrupt Solar Contract
  14. HB326: Calvin Say Pushes State-Run Bank for Subprime Lending
  15. Youth Suicide and Anti-Bullying Programs
  16. HB92 Gambling at Any 'International Terminal'
  17. Keep Hawaii’s Heroes to hold community meetings
  18. Mentally Ill Mainland Homeless Invades Home, Stabs Kailua Woman
  19. Doctor Shortage to Lead to More Urgent Care Canters
  20. Hawaii solar groups want HECO's new rooftop solar plan to be rejected
  21. Members Selected for Kauai GMO Study Group 
  22. Kona police sergeant charged with domestic abuse
  23. Trash workers’ payment system racks up major overtime
  24. Darwin Laughs as Gay Gene Theory Peddled (again)
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Thursday, January 29, 2015
January 29, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:25 PM :: 7216 Views
  1. Procurement Violations: Feds May Demand Hawaii Health Connector Repay Grant
  2. Legislative Ambulance Chasers Dig In To Taxpayers' Deep Pockets
  3. Repealing the Jones Act: Good for Energy, Great for America
  4. DLNR Report Shows Major Increase in Aquarium Fish Populations
  5. Developer to Head DLNR? Ige's Dumb Move
  6. The Jones Act Risks Lives (again)
  7. Chief Justice Delivers State of the Judiciary Address
  8. House GOP: "Keep Hawaii's Heroes"
  9. HB416: Retail Wheeling to Cut Electric Bills
  10. Hawaii Ranks 50th in Payroll from Sole Proprietors, S-Corps, LLCs
  11. Report: Hawaii Last Place for American Dream
  12. Only Rep Kaniela Ing Supports Cutting Troop Levels in Hawaii
  13. Wahiawa Community Speaks out on Military Cuts
  14. Panos: No Point Fighting Rail, Focus on Traffic
  15. Maui Memorial Medical Center Faces Public/Private Partnership Or Bust
  16. Dope Doctor: I Don't Want to See my 'Patients'
  17. NextEra: Jury Out on Big Cable--15 Years to Lower Rates 20%
  18. Council's widened sit-lie ban sent to the mayor for signing
  19. Kauai Court Releases Mental Patient, 2 Dead, Three Wounded
  20. Pineapple lands could be traded for OCCC prison site
  21. City of Honolulu Hiring Practices: Not Everyone Gets a Fair Shot
  22. Climate of Corruption in Hawaii Prisons
  23. HPD officer’s sex assault case dropped
  24. CSC Proposes Two Bills
  25. Ka Leo: Obama's Community college proposal shortsighted
  26. Bill would create UH Athletics Board of Governors
  27. Temp Injunction in UPW lawsuit over trash collection
  28. After 18 Years, Hawaii Co Division Chief Finally Going to Lose $1 million/year Side-Business
  29. Jones Act Strangles Puerto Rico
  30. ExxonMobil Against Jones Act
  31. McCain Helps Guam on Military Buildup, Jones Act
  32. Mazie Hirono Co-sponsors Rand Paul 'Audit the Fed' Bill
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
January, 2015 Letters to the Editor
By Letters to the Editor @ 10:26 PM :: 3330 Views
HB416: Retail Wheeling to Cut Electric Bills
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
January 28, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:24 PM :: 4576 Views
  1. LNG for Hawaii? Russian Oil Money Funds Sierra Club anti-Fracking Campaign
  2. Thanks to Obamacare, ILWU Contract Maybe Short-Lived
  3. 300 Candidates file for Neighborhood Board Elections
  4. City to hold second Airport Area TOD community meeting
  5. Inequality State: Top 1% Grab 71% of Income Growth
  6. Tax Foundation: Hawaii Failing Small Businesses on Depreciation
  7. 'Red Hot Construction Market' is Old Excuse Mufi Used
  8. Bleak Prospects for HHSC With Ige's Disappointing, Wishy-Washy Leadership
  9. Schofield, Shafter, Wheeler?  State Has Not Made Good Use of Barbers Point
  10. Star-Adv: Support DoE Laptops for Students
  11. Sierra Club: Land Use Commission an agency that has worked
  12. Rep Lee: NextEra Must Limit Political Contributions (LOL!)
  13. Iwase: NextEra Must Follow State Policy
  14. Test: HECO Can Boost Rooftop Solar 1000%
  15. Kealoha Reverse Mortgage was Just a Ripoff
  16. Lawsuits: Prison Guards Sex Assault, Medical Failure Costs taxpayers $1.4M
  17. OIP Under DAGS Control?
  18. Hawaii Rents Up More Than 10 Percent Since 2012
  19. Bills Seek to Ban Ivory
  20. Bills could impact PGV drilling
  21. Obamacare Funds Behind Push for Pono Choices
  22. Who Can Afford to Retire in the Islands?
  23. Surgeon general: ‘Desperate need of clarity’ on e-cigarettes
  24. Gays: Hawaii GOP Must Bow to Gay Agenda
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Tuesday, January 27, 2015
January 27, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:23 PM :: 5555 Views
  1. State of the State Fails To Endorse Robust Economic Reform
  2. Full Text: State of the State Address
  3. Rail Fail: Hawaii Ranks 49th--Lost 4.5% of Construction Jobs in Last 12 mos
  4. Duke Aiona's 808 State Update
  5. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 26, 2015
  6. Electric Co-op for Big Island?
  7. Pat Saiki Reports on Republican National Committee Meeting
  8. $100M Penalty? Federal Court Again Finds Maui County in Violation of Clean Water Act
  9. Hawaii 'Deep Ecology' Activist Joins White Supremacists
  10. Caldwell Still Can't Keep His Rail Tax Lies Straight
  11. City Blew Chance for GE Tax Hike in 2009
  12. Dreaming of 0.5%, Maui mayor contemplates rail, envisions more Disneyland than Honolulu
  13. No Mention of Tax Hikes in Ige Speech
  14. Star-Adv: Ige’s goals show caution to a fault
  15. SB795: Ige’s comments perceived as letting legislators take the lead on hospitals
  16. Ige stands by DLNR chair nomination despite strong opposition
  17. NextEra Merger: Is Ige Asking Iwase to Violate Law?
  18. Ige Appoints Kim to Be Special Adviser to the Governor
  19. Hawaii Lawmakers Intent on Making Police More Accountable
  20. SB715: Orders 100% 'Renewable' Energy
  21. Pro-Life Rally at Hawaii Capitol
  22. Nursing Grievances is Bad for your Health
  23. Judge Orders City to Pay $750K to Victims of Mufi Hannemann
  24. What ever happened to the “Wonder Blunder” criminal charges?
  25. Smoke: Anti-GMO Activists Aim for Ban on Imu Cooking
  26. Gabbard: No Electric Stall?  Fine $20,000
  27. UH Billed $500 After B-Ball Players Smoke Weed in Non-Smoking Hotel Rooms
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Monday, January 26, 2015
January 26, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:06 PM :: 3525 Views
  1. HB92: Terminal Patients 'Right to Try' Legislation Introduced in Hawaii
  2. Is $5 a Gallon Gas on Its Way? This Expert Thinks So
  3. Extending the GET for rail shouldn't even be an option
  4. Ige State of the State Address Today
  5. Hospitals Will Suffer because Health Connector Fails to Sign Up Micronesians
  6. Star-Adv Admits Obamacare Driving Shortage of MDs
  7. McCain's Jones Act Reform Effort 'Dead for Now'
  8. Lower Oil Prices Mean Kauai Electric Co-op Savings
  9. DoE Uses Laptops as Excuse to Scrounge for $30.8M More
  10. Hoopili, DR Horton Pay Civil Beat to Write Article Promoting Mobile Home Parks
  11. Kunia Farm Lots Await Historic Preservation Plans
  12. Hanabusa to Moderate UH Wymyns Studies Panel on the Joy of Abortion
  13. Maui Republican caucus meetings Saturday
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Sunday, January 25, 2015
January 25, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:02 PM :: 4037 Views
  1. OHA Hides Secret Budget from Legislators: $2.3M for 'Consortium' to Push Fake Indian Tribe
  2. Protest Rail Tax Hike Monday Jan 26
  3. 286 Candidates file for Neighborhood Board Elections
  4. Revised Central Oahu Plan available for review and comment
  5. Chamber of Commerce Hawaii: State of the Economy Presentation
  6. How Progressive Is Our System?
  7. Tax Hike Hype: Caldwell Can't Back up His Rail Debt Figures
  8. Ige quietly plods away as Caldwell slams panic button
  9. Will there really be any cross-examination of the Ige administration?
  10. Star-Adv: State 'skim' of rail tax must stop
  11. Kauai Councilmembers Not on Board with GE Tax Hike
  12. On the Agenda This Week at the legislature
  13. Environmentalists Criticize Hawaii Gov. Ige’s Land Board Nominee
  14. Kauai County Must Cut Programs to Pay for Union Contracts
  15. Kato: Saiki Bill Worse than No Journalist 'shield law'
  16. Hawaiian Electric and HawaiiGas jockey for position to become the state's principal supplier of liquified natural gas
  17. Bisexual Child Molester Cries 'Discrimination', Bullies DHS into Giving Him More Boys to Rape
  18. Michigan Organizes to Expel 'Dirtbag' Mitch Kahle
  19. Regents Fill Another $230K Plus Tenure Administrative Position
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Saturday, January 24, 2015
January 24, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:06 PM :: 5916 Views
  1. Ige Nominates Developer Carlton Ching to Chair DLNR--Petition Calls for Senate to Reject
  2. CNHA Hijacks Civic Clubs to Push for Fake Indian Tribe
  3. Indian Eco-Goddess Vandana Shiva, charging $40,000 a speech, takes anti-GMO crusade to Hawaii
  4. VIDEO: House Resolution Opposes Army Force Reduction
  5. Rep Thielen: HB1, 2, 3 Take Aim at NextEra Merger
  6. DLNR Imposes 3% Gross Receipts Fee on Ocean Recreation Vendors
  7. Bridge Aina Lea: 9th Circuit Affirms State Supreme Court Ruling (sort of)
  8. Hawaii Union Membership Slips to 21.8% -- 3rd in USA
  9. UHM Chancellor: We Administrators Have Got it Tough, Just like Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders
  10. $40M Japanese Wedding Chapel to be Built in Ala Moana Park
  11. Lingle Heads to Illinois for 4 Years to Fix Democrat mess even Worse than Hawaii
  12. Keep the Voters Doped Up: Nearly Half of Hawaii House Backs Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
  13. Real Estate Tax Hike to be Passed on to Renters, Consumers
  14. Chun Oakland: $15M for Micro-Units, Shipping Containers 
  15. House Majority Leader Looks to Revive Shield Law in Hawaii
  16. Bill would give mayors power to fire police chief
  17. Slot machines proposed at Honolulu International Airport
  18. Birth Certificates: Rep Chris Lee, Tranny Teacher Push for Gender to be Matter of Opinion
  19. Seeking Bogus Rape Complaints, UH Administrators to Regulate Student Sex
  20. UH Admits Sex Rules Designed to Make University Look Good to Feds
  21. DLNR Commercial Activity Regs Already Failing
  22. Hawaii Court Forces HHSC to Hire Meth Dealer
  23. Soft on Crime: Murder suspect found unfit
  24. Kenoi pulls plug on incinerator plan
  25. Omidyar Network Pairs Grants With Investments To Make Money
  26. Obama Busted Selling Health Info to Spammers
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Friday, January 23, 2015
January 23, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:51 PM :: 4297 Views
  1. VIDEO: McCain Rips Matson's Overpriced Ships on Senate Floor
  2. Mainland Homosexuals Plan to Use Anti-Bullying Campaign to Penetrate Hawaii Schools
  3. Troop Reductions? Army to hold community listening sessions Jan. 27, 28
  4. New Illinois Governor Appoints Linda Lingle as COO
  5. AARP Hawaii Supports Caregiver Bill
  6. VIDEO: Tulsi Gabbard on Fox News, Slams Obama Refusal to Identify Enemy as Islamic Extremism
  7. Improve Health Care Competition by Repealing State Laws
  8. Affordable Housing and Car Sharing on Council Agenda
  9. Up to $1.2 Billion Electricity Savings for Hawaii After Oil Prices Plummet
  10. Ethics probe could render rail votes Null and Void
  11. Fraudsters Happy: Senators to Push Mandatory Vote by Mail System
  12. Usual Democrat Hacks Thrilled by Lingle's Move
  13. Study shows UH brings in bucks to local economy
  14. Big Island's physician shortage worsened in 2014
  15. Some prison guards earning more than double their salaries in OT
  16. $144M DHS Kolea Medicaid Eligibility Software problems demand scrutiny
  17. Management Claims Progress on Clearing Backlog at Ports 
  18. Saiki: Little Support for Marijuana Decriminalization
  19. 18 Pimps Presented to Prosecutors in Four Years
  20. Pro Life Rally on Kauai
  21. Maui Police Report Details 5 Suspensions in December
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Thursday, January 22, 2015
January 22, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:49 PM :: 4838 Views
  1. Prince Kuhio’s Fight to Americanize Hawaii
  2. VIDEO: Unsettling Moment During Senator Slom’s Minority Speech
  3. Hawaii Shippers Council Discusses Port Slowdown, Jones Act Reform on Guam Radio
  4. Opening Day: Speaker Souki Calls on House to Tackle Unfinished Business
  5. 2015 Senate Majority Legislative Program
  6. Survey: Hawaii Millionaire Lead Slipping
  7. Honolulu Bed Bugs Crawl Up to 42nd Place
  8. Hawaiians Don't Trust OHA to Re-Start Native Hawaiian Convention
  9. Creating Fake Crisis to Push Real Tax Hike, Caldwell Drops Fake Bus Funds Raid, Moves on to Fake Road Building Funds Raid
  10. Hawaii Senate 'Will Consider' Calls for 12.5% Hike in GE Tax -- Statewide
  11. Kim to Counties: You Crack Down on TVRs, We Will Abolish LUC, Give You More TAT
  12. Six-year plan shows spending is greater than revenues
  13. Departments Request 1,000 New Positions Since Dec 1
  14. The Army in Hawaii: Fight to Save It, Prepare to Lose It
  15. Souki, Ige: Lets Keep the Public Drugged so they don't Notice
  16. Chief's Wife Made Early Payment on Mercedes Because She Was Trading it in for Maserati
  17. Guam Governor Backs Jones Act Reform
  18. Hawaii short 890 doctors
  19. Usual Suspects Hype Pesticides, GMOs
  20. Monsanto wants to build sustainable agriculture in Hawaii
  21. Kenoi's Retaliation: Incinerator foe loses county contract
  22. Rep. Gabbard Cites Obama's Failure to Say 'Islamic Extremism'
  23. Shop owners say bike lane is cutting into sales
  24. Maui: Homeless Shelters Used as Affordable Housing
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015
January 21, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:03 PM :: 4483 Views
  1. MIT: KIUC Buys Batteries from Company Behind Kahuku Windfarm Fire and Surprisingly it is a Disaster
  2. Accountability for Big Infrastructure Projects?
  3. 263 Candidates file for Neighborhood Board Elections
  4. Anti-GMO Activists Stack Hearing: Why Bad Lawmaking Reigns in Hawaii Politics
  5. Vaccination Refusal: Study Documents Rise of Ignorance in 'Progressive' Communities
  6. Full Text: State of the Union Address
  7. Full Text of Joni Ernst’s Republican Response to 2015 State of the Union
  8. CNHA, Civic Clubs Team up to Lead Push for Fake Indian Tribe
  9. US Senate Votes Unanimously to Recognize January 25-31 as National School Choice Week
  10. Testimony: Felon Gives $70K Cash to Police Chief's Wife in Brown Paper Bag
  11. Ige: I want to see Kakaako Redevelopment Continue
  12. Rail: Four Counties Plan GE Tax Hike Testimony for Big Day at Ways and Means
  13. HART Claims it was Banking on Bus Fund Raid, Rail Deficit Now $910M
  14. DoE: Corrupt Solar Contract is a Big Disappointment
  15. Takai Appointed to Natural Resources Ctte, No Mention of Akaka Bill
  16. Ige's DLIR Pick Withdrawn as Unconstitutional
  17. Hawaii Police Killed At Least 36 People in 20 Years
  18. HHSC Reform Tops West Hawaii Lawmakers' Agenda
  19. Legislators want power to sway HECO decision
  20. Puna Reps Target Office of Elections after Nago's Latest Disaster
  21. Maui News: Hospitals Must be Protected from Liability in Home Care Training
  22. Bills to watch: Creating retail dispensaries for medical marijuana in Hawaii
  23. New Sex Trafficking Legislation for 2015
  24. Buffer Zone Bill for Pesticides?
  25. Hoopili, DR Horton Plant Article in Civil Beat
  26. Punatic Screams for 45 Minutes Straight at Public Meeting
  27. Kauai: Uncertified Judge Hears Cases for a Week before Anybody Notices
  28. 27% of Oahu Restaurants Get Yellow Placard--DOH Inspections Slowed by Incompetent Tech Vendor
  29. UH Manoa Energy Efficiency Saves Campus $3.4M/year
  30. Honolulu JPAC whistleblower suit headed to trial
  31. Tulsi Gabbard only Member of Hawaii Delegation to Join 'No Labels' Campaign at SOTU
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015
January 20, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:06 PM :: 4754 Views
  1. McCain challenges Jones Act build and ownership requirements
  2. Duke Aiona Appointed Executive Director of Hawaii Family Advocates
  3. Republican Statewide Caucuses to Elect Leaders
  4. Kelii Akina Interviews Danny Kaleikini, Ambassador of Aloha
  5. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 20, 2015
  6. Smoking is a Million Dollar Habit--and Hawaii is More Expensive than Most
  7. Parker Ranch sells rights to NextEra to Build Giant Windfarm
  8. Representative Mele Carroll to resign from State House
  9. HECO Plan Rewards Solar Contractors, Cuts Payments to Solar Consumers
  10. Hawaii Doctor shortage grows 20% in One Year thanks to Obamacare, EMRs
  11. Nishihara to Push GE Tax Hike for Rail
  12. Souki: Council and Mayor Must Both Ask Legislature for Tax Hike
  13. Saiki: We Expect Unions' Cooperation on HHSC Reform 
  14. Mufi: Time to act now on what is right for Maui Memorial Medical Center
  15. Hawaii Gov. David Ige wants ratepayers to benefit from $4.3B NextEra-HECO deal
  16. Ige Admin Talks up NextEra, Windfarms and Big Cable
  17. HECO plans to reduce customer solar credits
  18. LNG Will Save Ratepayers $111M/year
  19. Anti-Pesticide Hype Set to Open Legislature
  20. Sledgehammer Tom Brower says 'Don't worry about bad publicity' from Homeless' Attack on Golfer
  21. Trial starts for HPD chief's wife family squabble
  22. UH in limbo as it waits to hear from NCAA
  23. Star-Adv Runs Old-News Hit Piece on Sam Slom
  24. First Wind's assets in Hawai`i to be Sold
  25. Canada's role in building world's largest telescope in jeopardy
  26. Usual Suspects Again Challenge Renewal of TV Licenses
  27. A Look at Civil Forfeiture in Hawaii
  28. Honolulu Liquor commission email controversy
  29. 'Everybody who's got an issue' Joins MLK Day Parade
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Monday, January 19, 2015
January 19, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 11:48 AM :: 3757 Views
  1. 1959: Martin Luther King Jr Salutes Hawaii Statehood
  2. OHA Introduces Legislative Package
  3. 254 Candidates file for Neighborhood Board Elections
  4. Hawaii Escrow Companies: Federal 'Kickback' Rules Mean Realtors must do the Paperwork
  5. Could SCOTUS ruling on same-sex marriage be a chance for Hawaii opponents?
  6. Hawaii Kolea Medicaid Eligibility System $144M for Years of Failure
  7. Star-Adv: GE Tax, HHSC top Legislative Agenda for 2015
  8. Rep Tokioka: Some Believe Kauai Should Close Hospital
  9. Maui Council: Dope Up the People, Loosen Sunshine Law Requirements
  10. Calvin Say’s seat still in play—challengers ask for House review
  11. Back to class for Hawaii's blended Home-schools
  12. Black Eye for Hawaii: Pro Golfer Robbed by Two Homeless Dudes
  13. IHS: Mainland people looking to be homeless in Hawaii
  14. Friends, patients, colleagues turn out in support of embattled doctor
  15. Industry warns of crippling impact of work stoppage at US ports
  16. Hawaii One of 11 States With no Judicial Elections

 
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Sunday, January 18, 2015
January 18, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:48 PM :: 3758 Views
  1. OHA Chair Lindsey: Rescind CEO’s Authority, Let Staff Know Who is Boss
  2. Senator McCain’s Jones Act Amendment: Good for America
  3. New Medicaid Enrollees: Many Need Addiction Treatment
  4. The Ten Percent Solution
  5. Spending cuts take priority in Desperate Drive to Fund Union Contracts
  6. Ige Budget: No Increases for State Programs
  7. Caldwell Hopes You Don't Notice 12.5% Tax Hike
  8. Bills advance as Beach is used as excuse for 61% tax hike on Waikiki Businesses 
  9. Sequestration will force tough choices for Army in Hawaii
  10. Hawaii Congressional Delegates Pretend they're Influential
  11. Commission rejects Senators' proposal to appoint co-chiefs for HPD
  12. UH is ill-positioned to take its time seeking a new AD
  13. Star-Adv: Good ideas for housing finally in mix
  14. Hawaii Has Highest Proportion of State Employees Per Capita
  15. Schatz Fishes for Federal Workers Votes With Fake Wage Hike Bill
  16. Oahu Dems Agree to Let Aaron Johanson into Democratic party
  17. Chicago No Longer Seems a Lock to Host Obama’s Library
  18. Former Larry Mehau Property Sells for $5M
  19. Lava comes closest to Highway 130 since start of flow
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Saturday, January 17, 2015
January 17, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:05 PM :: 5360 Views
  1. A New Opportunity for Jones Act Reform in Washington, DC
  2. Pro-Life? Hawaii Ranks 45th
  3. Dropping Oil Prices Boost Hawaii's Economy
  4. Ige Names Doug Chin AG, Randy Iwase PUC Chair
  5. Report: Low Income Students a Majority in Hawaii Public Schools
  6. Empower Windward: Neighborhood Board Election 2015 Workshop
  7. Morita Opposes NextEra Merger, Gets Boot
  8. Morita Doubts NextEra Can Follow Local Business Practices
  9. Doug Chin was Ige's 7th Pick for AG
  10. Williamson Chang Claims 65% of DoI Testimony Supported Fake Indian Tribe
  11. Tulsi Gabbard to Challenge Hirono, Josh Green to Run for ... ?
  12. AG Opinion: State Senate has Failed to Confirm Deputy Directors (ooops) 
  13. Hirono Opposes McCain Amendment to Jones Act
  14. Incompetent UH: Royalties 700 times Smaller than Similar-Size Schools
  15. Thirty Meter Telescope opponents file appeal
  16. Hawaii lawmaker hopes to protect your digital assets
  17. Don't create special fund for city park
  18. Foster Child Recruiter Pleads Guilty to Child Molestation 
  19. Matson's Million Dollar Molasses Fine Illegal, Renamed 'Restitution'
  20. Hawaiian Airlines Has No Intention of Passing Fuel Savings on to Customers
  21. ILWU Slowdowns Affecting Hawaii Produce Aisles
  22. Tulsi Gabbard: Obama Refuses to Recognize Who the Enemy Is
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Friday, January 16, 2015
January 16, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:44 PM :: 4759 Views
  1. Pono Choices: Proposed Keiki Caucus Bills Would Undermine Parental Rights
  2. UH Board of Regents Nominees Sent to Ige
  3. Staff of Bankrupt, Nepotistic Charter School to be Paid Thru End of Month
  4. Hawaii Defense Foundation Urges Supreme Court to Take Up San Francisco Gun Control Case
  5. OHA Hires Design Team to Develop Kakaako Makai Plan
  6. Leeward Coast Third in Homelessness
  7. Hawaii Obamacare exchange projected to be financially viable — in 2022
  8. Hawaii state-owned hospitals request $267M for next two years
  9. Hospital Partnership: Hard to Buy HGEA Lies
  10. New PUC Docket to Examine Deferring HECO-NextEra Buyout
  11. OHA, State Officials Discussing Kakaako Makai Land Swap
  12. AP, NYT, Drudge Suddenly Feature OHA's Push for Fake Indian Tribe
  13. OHA trains its board members on ethics and on the Sunshine Law
  14. Kidani: Massive Tax Hike to Fund DoE Should be Considered
  15. Cancer Center Will Be Out of Money in Two Years Unless Alternative to Tobacco Tax Revenues is Found
  16. Hotel tax revenue is County Councils' 'top priority'
  17. GMO faces likely stalemate in state Legislature thanks to Idiot Ruderman
  18. Sex Trafficking Measures To Be Proposed This Session
  19. Health Department Flouts Law Calling for Online Access to Care Home Reports
  20. Electrocution Hazard: Solar Panels Slow Firefighters Down
  21. Fire union says city breaking contract, wasting tax money
  22. Homosexual Prostitute Tells His Story
  23. Snowden to return to Hawaii — via video link
  24. Traces of pesticides found in water systems
  25. State proposes 473% rent hike at Kalaeloa Airport
  26. DLNR Socks Boaters With New Insurance Requirements
  27. Molokai Group Seeks Control of Fishing Grounds
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Thursday, January 15, 2015
January 15, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:02 PM :: 4258 Views
  1. 1959: Martin Luther King Jr Salutes Hawaii Statehood
  2. Hawaii Senate Minority announces legislative agenda for 2015
  3. Sen McCain Introduces Amendment to Repeal Jones Act
  4. Hawaii Second Highest Taxes on the Poor
  5. Best Cities for STEM Professionals: Honolulu Ranks 79th
  6. 241 Candidates File for Neighborhood Board Elections
  7. Litigation Update: the Affordable Care Act
  8. You're Paying Double for Sugar
  9. 2nd Annual Saint Marianne Cope Charity Walk
  10. "'Integral Yoga' Group and Swami Hope to Find Their Inner Balance in Federal Court"
  11. Sovereignty Activists Call on OHA to Restart Native Hawaiian Convention
  12. Richard Epstein to Discuss 'Environmental Deregulation' at UH Richardson Law School
  13. DCCA Website Compares Car and Homeowner Insurance Rates
  14. Insurance Risk to Drivers: Hawaii Ranks 20th
  15. Going forward and looking back at the Honolulu City Council
  16. Hawaii PUC chairwoman resigns powerful position
  17. Deferred: Council Saves City Taxpayers from Responsibility for HART Debt
  18. Tax Cuts proposed for Low Income Hawaii Residents
  19. Hawaii Congressional Delegation Bets Everything on Stopping Military Cuts in Hawaii
  20. Legislative Democrats Hint at priorities, say nothing
  21. MECO: If You Don't Ask for Lower Rates, We Won't Ask for Higher Rates
  22. Big Wind, Big Cable Coming Back? Friends of Lanai, I Aloha Molokai Request Deferral of HECO-Nextera Merger 
  23. Lock in our Alt-Energy Schemes plan before sale to NextEra, Lobbyists say
  24. Milner: We Destroyed Working Class Families, now we can Impose Universal Pre-K
  25. Poor Leaders Like Showoffs Ritte, Hooser Hurt Their Own Protests
  26. Kauai Anti-Dust Bill Aims at Attacking Seed Growers (Again)
  27. Civil Beat: Time to End Marijuana Prohibition
  28. Attorney: Honolulu Police Chief’s Stolen Mailbox ‘An FBI Matter’
  29. Former HPD cop will spend almost 3 years in federal prison for extortion
  30. Mental Health Shifting to Civil Service Positions
  31. UPW: Privatizing Garbage Collection is Unconstitutional
  32. Hawaiian Airlines CFO Suddenly Gone
  33. King St Bike Lane: Cyclist Crashes onto Hood of Car, No Fatalities Yet
  34. Bribery for the People: Restaurants Would Go out of Business under Obama's Latest Freebie
  35. Japanese Government Demands Censorship of Textbook Written by UH Manoa Prof
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015
January 14, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:21 PM :: 7107 Views
  1. No More Neutrality: OHA "prioritizes federal recognition"
  2. Kalihi: Caldwell to Cut 50% of Lanes from Kam IV Road
  3. HECO Rolling Blackouts Caused by Lack of Wind
  4. Star-Adv: Ige Must Seize chance to reform public hospitals
  5. 63 Homeless Moved into Housing Thanks to New Laws
  6. Caldwell: May Cost $6B--Gimme $350M or Rail is Pau
  7. Draft EIS: Transit development in Kakaako could add Hotels, 30,000 new residents
  8. Kauai HHSC Wipes out Debt With Layoffs, $9M Legislative Appropriation
  9. FBI Meets Lawyer Today to Hear Evidence Against Chief of Police
  10. Ethics Violations? Abercrombie's Chief of Staff Says 'Trust Me'
  11. Nepotistic Charter School Appeals Closure
  12. Prosecutors mull alleged case of voter fraud
  13. Alt Energy Lobbyists Top List of 7 possible candidates who could be Hawaii PUC's next chair
  14. Hawaii DC Democrats Firmly in the Congressional Minority--Votes in Vain
  15. Takai Hires More Hanabusa Staffers
  16. Tech lobbyist joins staff of Sen. Schatz
  17. Commissaries airlifting produce, dairy to Pacific
  18. Big Island Mayor Signs E-Cig Ban Bill
  19. Kauai Prosecutor Debunks Smoke Ban Bill
  20. Hawaii Among Largest Pay Gaps for Disabled
  21. Hawaii Hepatitis Outbreak: Will DOJ Prosecute USPlabs?
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Tuesday, January 13, 2015
January 13, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:22 PM :: 4627 Views
  1. Mina Morita Out as PUC Chair
  2. DoE: "We Expect Lower Test Scores"
  3. Study: Obamacare Drives Up Medical Costs, But Hawaii Prepaid Protects State
  4. Sen Jeff Flake to Headline Hawaii Lincoln Day Dinner
  5. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 12, 2015
  6. Management: No Takeaways in Proposed Contract, but ILWU Rejects
  7. Omidyar's Pay Pal Refuses Service to Gun Stores
  8. HGEA Boss Admits Private Sector Unions Give Hospital Workers Better Contract than HGEA
  9. Rail Ends at Ala Moana, But Will Tax Go on Forever?
  10. Danger: Legislature, governor seem to get along
  11. Aaron Johanson to Beg Oahu Democrats' Permission to Join Up
  12. Two State Board Members Fight Release of Financial Disclosure Statements
  13. Loan Turned to Grant: Now Non-profits Want Same Deal ORI Got
  14. HPD Learned How to Milk Presidential Overtime Early
  15. Bag Ban Allows Thicker Plastic Bags -- Prohibits Biodegradable Bags
  16. Appointed AG: Hawaii Alone and Undemocratic as Yet Another State Goes for Elections
  17. Forbes: Alt Energy Pressure Drives Utility Mergers
  18. Sen Green Proposes 30% E-Cig Tax
  19. Rep Evans: HHSC May Request $120-$220M
  20. 50 percent of young victims of fatal crashes in 9 US states used alcohol or marijuana
  21. Medicaid reimbursement for pediatric dental services not keeping up with inflation
  22. UH nursing, dental hygiene student fees could double next year
  23. Debunking Anti-GMO Ignorance
  24. Kauai Counter-Protesters: "I choose a pig and a cow over a haole any day"
  25. Anti-Agriculture? Hooser Pushes Bill Banning Smoke, Dust
  26. Sen Ruderman 'Excited' About Pie in the Sky Blimp for Puna 
  27. Filthy Biomess Plant is Top 'Clean' Energy Project in Hawaii
  28. California, Michigan Companies are only Hawaii Energy Excelerator to Receive Funding
  29. Push is on to Make Hospitals Responsible for Home Caregivers
  30. Manoa burglary victim questions why officer didn't stop suspects
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Monday, January 12, 2015
January 12, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:04 PM :: 5269 Views
  1. IHS: New Laws Pushing Homeless to Accept Shelter
  2. Which States Receive the Most Federal Aid? -- Hawaii is 47th
  3. NextEra Merger Timeline: Interest in Hawaiian Electric Began in 2011 With Big Cable
  4. Danner Sisters Upset Because Ige Won't Let Them Take over Hawaiian Homelands and Turn it into Indian Tribe
  5. Oahu Begins Idiotic Plastic Bag ban July 1
  6. HART Shouldn't Suck Blood Bank Dry
  7. Hawaii Reporter’s Malia Zimmerman Bids Aloha
  8. State exchanges: Process smoother second time around, but problems persist
  9. Trask: HECO Strung My Geothermal Scheme Along While Pursuing Merger
  10. A key driver of our cost of living is the high price of land
  11. Soft on Crime: Murderer Gets Parole, Allegedly Molests Girl
  12. Inside Higher Ed: UHWO Prof Sues for Tenure Track
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Sunday, January 11, 2015
January 11, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:07 PM :: 3973 Views
  1. HGEA Boss: Borreca is an Anti-Union Parrot
  2. 215 Candidates File for Neighborhood Board Elections
  3. 2015 Legislative Calendar: A Guide to the Deadlines
  4. Earned Income Tax Credit – A Solution to Poverty?
  5. Rail: Cynical City Officials Spinning, Ducking, Dodging and Finger-pointing--Few Believe Them Anymore
  6. Caldwell: I'm Not Hiding Behind Grabauskas Skirts, Really
  7. Caldwell: Raise Taxes or I Won't Finish Rail Project
  8. Borreca: Don't believe predictions of construction job growth
  9. Taxpayers will likely pay for charter school’s 'Psychic Healer' debt
  10. New prison key part of broad reform
  11. Ian Lind Edges into Cartoon Controversy
  12. Sour Poi for Abercrombie?
  13. Dope Doctor 'Happy' With Marijuana Dispensary Proposal
  14. Sanford Dole Led Union Cavalry During Civil War
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Saturday, January 10, 2015
January 10, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:10 PM :: 4461 Views
  1. Last Chance? Maui Memorial Proposes Partnership with Straub, Pali Momi--HGEA Rejects
  2. Hawaii to Fill Medicaid Fee Shortfall for Six Months
  3. Video: Will Rail Be De-Railed? - Panos Prevedouros
  4. Obama’s Hawaii vacation is over, now it’s time for taxpayers to pay tab
  5. Charlie Hebdo: Liberal Societies Are Not Doing a Very Good Job Defending Their Liberal Values
  6. Why Free Community College Is Anything But Free
  7. Hawaii concealed carry law could change
  8. Omidyar & Civil Beat Spin Conspiracy Theories About Muslim Terror Attacks in France
  9. Lawyer to meet with FBI on "False and Manufactured Evidence' in chief's case
  10. Meth-Dealing Cop Gets Sentence Reduced
  11. General: Downsizing Army Would Reverse Momentum in Pacific
  12. Hawaiian Electric shareholders to vote on NextEra Energy merger this spring
  13. Star Adv: State should not appeal court ruling in Child Abuse case
  14. Economist: Affordable housing change will benefit county
  15. HI Tech Crowd Revitalizes UH OTTED to Line Pockets
  16. Tax Cut for Hawaii?  House Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Ban Internet Taxes Forever
  17. Takai Appointed to House Armed Services Committee
  18. UH seeks new Mauna Kea ‘master lease’
  19. UH on board with Obama’s community college plan
  20. Monitoring is vital to stop prescription drug abuse
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Friday, January 9, 2015
January 9, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:41 PM :: 4862 Views
  1. Hawaii Supreme Court to Review Haleakala Telescope Case
  2. Students behind the UH Hilo free speech case speak out for the first time
  3. Budget Leaves State Cash Reserves Dangerously Low
  4. Would better funding for OIP improve transparency?
  5. City Files Lien Against Hawaii Kai Sludge Dumper in Waianae
  6. Top Abercrombie Aide Joins Lobbying Firm Behind Abercrombie's Cabinet
  7. True Story: Hawaii County Hires Psychologist to Study anti-Geothermal Punatics
  8. Recycling glass feels good but it's costing Hawaii a lot
  9. Tranny's School's Charter May be First to be Revoked
  10. Medicaid Cuts off Hilo's Welfare Doctor, Prosecutes Him
  11. Kaiser Makes no Offer for MMMC
  12. Attorneys Question Hawaii PUC’s Approval of Wind Farm
  13. NextEra: Merger Discussion Began Last May 
  14. HECO Approves Only 6 of 2,749 Solar Systems on Overloaded Circuits
  15. Campaign to save Hawaii troops hits 10,000 signatures
  16. Family and friends say goodbye to YWAM Missionary lost at sea
  17. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to be married in April, Groom not Named
  18. Turnabout: Criminal Cuts Fence, Breaks In to Prison--PSD Still Doesn't Notice
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