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Thursday, March 12, 2015 March 12, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:50 PM :: 5146 Views After Sob Story from Child Molester's Mother, Hawaii House Offers Ex-Cons $50K per Year, Free Obamacare for Life How They Voted: Sex, Drugs, and Birth Certificates Cross Over Hawaii New Gun Registrations Drop 20.5% OpenHawaii.org -- Holding Government Accountable HART terminates $63 million rail contract, could cost taxpayers Attorney General Suddenly Finds Cayetano's Criminal Complaint vs PRP NextEra Killing Hawaii's Cheapest Source of Electricity? House Committee Snips $226 Million -- Less Than 1% -- Off Ige’s Budget Request Ching DLNR Appointment--Two Days of Testimony Peter Apo: We don’t need legislative bodies debating whether or not we are entitled to nation status Star-Adv: Key bills need a critical look HB819 Gay Agenda in the Schools Hinduphobic commentary insults congresswoman's work Who Are the Latest Lawmakers to Raise Cash During Session? Hawaii lawmakers may temporarily restore dental coverage to Medicaid Lawmaker wants to up the penalty for fleeing from police Fewer people testify against Hoopili prior to the City Council's unanimous vote Council Moves TVRs, Ohana Units Maui Property Tax Assessments Jump 13.5% 38% of Japanese Tourists Dissatisfied with Hawaii Vacation Powdered Alcohol Coming to Hawaii? Read More..

Wednesday, March 11, 2015 March 11, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:29 PM :: 4606 Views With 48 Minutes Notice, House Votes $100M to Bulldoze Historic Ewa Battlefield, Build Raceway List of Open Government Bills Crossing Over Ige Nominates Three to BLNR UHERO: Economic Impact of NELHA Hawaii Disability Roll 12.5% Growth in 5 Years Rail: Senate Approves massive GE Tax Hike 22-3 Hospital public-private partnership passes House Hawaii Health Connector Tax on Health Insurance Jumps 75% Ige: Rooftop Solar Systems Getting too Much Money for their Electricity State, City Looking to Crack Down on Illegal Vacation Rentals Unexpected Flood of Info Before the Ching Hearing Legislators Vote to Keep the People Drugged and Homeless Federal judge may delay Maui GMO ban hearings Will Hawaii Finally Become Last State to Ban New Cesspools? Hawaii County: No Audits Since 2011 Critics challenge Ho'opili traffic analysis 60 Students Still Showing up for non-recognized classes at Corrupt Charter School State settles class action lawsuit with public housing residents Sierra Club settles with Turtle Bay Resort on land protection Chevron CEO says 'quite a bit of interest' in Hawaii refinery UH Athletic Director Pendulum Swings Back to 'Local' Global Cooling Updates Read More..

Tuesday, March 10, 2015 March 10, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:37 PM :: 5025 Views Will State Borrow $28M to Fund Insolvent Health Connector? Waikiki: Homelessness Ended for 81 Individuals $15.5M for Obama Hawaii Vacations Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 9, 2015 Demand: NextEra Eat Cost of HEI's Disused Oil Plants UH Hilo, UH West Oahu Accreditation Renewed University Snoops in Rape Victims' Medical Files to Save Money on Litigation--Legally Tax Foundation Facts and Figures: How Does Hawaii Compare? Health Exchange Fluffs Numbers--87% of Obamacare Enrollees Either Forced off Medicaid or Haven't Completed Application Ige: Put Public Employees on Obamacare Senate passes bill for chief elections officer evaluations Civil Beat's Gross Ignorance Why Maui GMO ban may be overturned despite voter approval Gov. Ige Defends Ching Appointment Lawmakers consider ditching ethanol mandate for gasoline HB544: Lawmakers say University of Hawaii Cancer Center campus should be leased or sold UH Richardson Ranks 82nd -- up from 100th Solar Installations Down 40% for February Judge signs off on more than $79,000 in fees and expenses in Occupy Honolulu case New hire sues Hawaii County over Drug Testing Sovereignty Activist Says He will get Driver's License 34 Convictions in 57 Years: Judge Thanks Lifelong Criminal for Helping Keep Lawyers Employed Could China Arm Hawaiian Nationalists? Read More..

Monday, March 9, 2015 March 9, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:20 PM :: 4624 Views Shield Law: Karl Rhoads Picks up where Clayton Hee Left Off Video: Rail Line Property Owners Meet With Attorneys FEC Complaint: Cayetano Names Schatz, Hirono, Winer, and PRP Carleton Ching’s written responses to Senate questionnaire 2015: Education Bills In Legislature 700 Waikiki Businesses Protest Caldwell's Property Tax Hike Sit-Lie, Outreach Pushes 81 Waikiki Homeless off the Streets Caldwell Admin Screws Up Handi-Van, Complains When Union Helps Customers Voice Complaints UHWO Wins Reaccreditation Traditional Hunting Rights on Trial Before ICA Green Ambulance Chaser Attacks Kauai Dairy Canefire Panic: 'Choking' Patrons at Gay Resort SB131: GMO Labeling is Dead Due to "zero evidence that eating GE foods has any negative health effects" Hawaii: Can We Overcome the Problem of Low Salaries? Report: Rural hospitals get billions in extra Medicare funds by Billing for LTC Read More..

Sunday, March 8, 2015 March 8, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:07 PM :: 6161 Views Pay Your Money and Take Your Chances! First Crossover: House Sends 100+ Bills to Senate WSJ: Jones Act Biggest Danger to US Oil Production Agony and Ivory Complete Debunk of Star-Adv Rail Tax Hike Editorial Maui News: Pass HB1075 Maui Hospital Partnership How ACA Drives Hawaii Insurance Premiums Up More Sunshine Violations:  OHA Giving Geothermal Co Another $188K? 4 cases lie ahead of decision on HEI's sale Bill on DOE statewide audit set for a vote on Tuesday Clerk Arrested from Corrupt Charter School Fixation on IS semantics casts doubt on Gabbard George Awo Being Promoted as Alternative to Ching for DLNR? Rep Sam Kong Encourages Prenatal Testing for Down Syndrome Bumbling State Prosecutors Make Third Run at Deedy Oregon Governor Signs Bill Dissolving Obamacare Exchange Read More..

Saturday, March 7, 2015 March 7, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:18 PM :: 4924 Views Sex, Drugs and Birth Certificates: How They Voted Call to Action: Stop Bad Legislation at First Crossover Feds: Hawaii DoE a Model for Rest of Country The Jones Act does not enhance our defense Lose a Body Part? Hawaii Workers Comp Pays More Than Most PRP Reports 30% of Carpenters Benched While HART Blames 'Red Hot' Construction Market for Inflated Rail Bids More Than Half of Obamacare Enrollments Come form Micronesians Force to Transfer from Medicaid Testimony against Carlton Ching nomination running 9-1 Against Star-Adv: Kill bills that push secrecy Legislators Voting to Require 100% renewables by 2040 State House backs Say Unanimously in latest residency challenge House passes bill raising smoking age to 21-- But Only for Tobacco Manslaughter Trial Reveals Illegal Gambling Room Located in City-Owned 'Marin Tower' Building Read More..

Friday, March 6, 2015 March 6, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:33 PM :: 4224 Views Lindsey: CEO Should be Talking to OHA Trustees -- Need to Discuss Leadership Succession Transparency? Waihee Challenged on Kanaiolowalu Enrollment Claims Sunshine? Bills Slip Through During 'Total Solar Eclipse' Raise it Higher? GE Tax one among worst practices in fifty states Hawaii Ranks 47th in New Firm Formation Hawaii 8th Best State for Women Ige Appoints Hidano DAGS Deputy Director Cowardly Honolulu Council May Finally Consider Possibly Weighing in on GE Tax Hike Star-Adv: HHSC Hospitals Sicker than their patients, Partnership Desperately Needed  Partnership: North Hawaii Hospital Shows the Way Partnership: HPH Considers Saving Wahiawa Hospital Mindless Bureaucracy: Despite Shortage of Long Term Care Beds, SHPDA Blocks New Nursing Home Hawaii gets glowing report from feds for No Child Left Behind waiver Hawaii Senate passes bill calling for performance evaluations of chief elections officer Its Legal Now: Abercrombie opens Chinatown office for 'consulting work' Hawaii commercial solar energy market a race to beat the tax credit deadline With Thousands of Absentee Votes at Stake, Legislators Give Some Get Some from Home Care Industry Hawaii's Ewa Field clears historic registry hurdle Lawsuit alleges public housing residents beaten by security guards Air Safety: Weather cameras work, but Hawaii won’t get them Million Dollar Retaliation: Kauai County Cases Very Profitable for Honolulu Law Firms Anti-GMOs Put Gasmask on Tourism Message Hawaii Environmental Court Opens July 1 Mainland Homosexual Moves to Hawaii, Focuses on Sex Ed in Schools Read More..

Thursday, March 5, 2015 March 5, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:37 PM :: 5251 Views Rep Sylvia Luke Kills In-Session Fundraising Ban Hawaii Open Budget: A bold step towards fiscal transparency Second Amendment Update: Bills & Hearings DoE 'Anxious': Hawaii Common Core Testing Begins March 10 Lawsuit Could Legalize Prostitution in Hawaii, Western States Applicants Wanted for Ethics and Campaign Spending Commissions Hawaii has Fewest 'White Christians' of Any State Senate Panel Grills HART, OKs 5 Year Extension of Rail Tax House Cuts Rail Surcharge in Half Maui Memorial, losing $43M a year, could be privatized GEMS: Much-Touted Green Energy Program Falls Far Short of the Hype 87% of Pesticides not Used by Agriculture HB819 Bullying: Mainland Homosexuals Want to Help Hawaii Youth 'Grow up Gay' Hawaii Crime Victims’ Bill of Rights Deferred Coaches, Administrators Screw UH Again and Again Because they are HGEA Members Apple Back in Classroom Teaching Chemistry for $300K/Year New UH Violence Policy Could Backfire Mandatory DNA Testing for Rape Cases Health Department Scraps Request to Delay Posting Inspection Reports Hawaii regulators deny energy groups' petition to Delay Sale of HECO to NextEra Energy Bus Pass Price Hike: City Boosts its Take of UH Tuition 40% Suspect Arrested in Big Island Church Arson Pearl Harbor Bike Path 'A Giant Homeless Camp' Read More..

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 March 4, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:51 PM :: 5198 Views Video: Rep Thielen Questions NextEra on Big Cable Revolving Door: Former TV Anchors Among Ige's Latest Appointees Is The Hawaii Reapportionment Commission About To Go The Way Of The 'O'o Bird? Protect American Shipping? The Jones Act Record of Failure Hawaii is Not the Hawaii I Knew Rail Project Forum: Eminent Domain, Just Compensation, and Protecting Property Rights Fake Indian Tribe Falling Apart: Hawaiian Civic Club Consortium Decision "Null and Void" Final List of Neighborhood Board Candidates Released Math Problem: Does Honolulu Rail GET Shortfall Really Add Up? New bids for Honolulu rail $3.9M above estimates, but below Rejected Bids Hawaii state hospital private partnership gains approval of House committees Star-Adv: Honolulu Needs to Avoid Becoming Another Junk Bond Statistic With Clayton Hee Gone, Campaign Finance Reform Is Moving Forward PUC Grants access to all entities in NextEra-Hawaiian Electric merger case When will we find out if NextEra is going to acquire the HECO Companies? UH Buries Report on The Economics of Athletic Mediocrity Hawaiian Homelands Rebuts Danner Sisters on $1M Contract HART Spends $70.2M Buying Up Properties for Rail Hawaii County Officer Arrested -- But no Hit and Run 251 Guards Take 'Sick Leave' During Super Bowl Victims of crime want rights stated in Hawaii constitution New program helps convicts reintegrate Medicated: House Finance Committee Passes Marijuana Dispensary Bill Aquarium bills belly up Kauai: Mainland Developer Funds Anti-Dairy Farm Litigation Senate passes bill to require pesticide disclosure Anti-GMO Mayoral Candidate Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail Maui Council Retaliates on Prosecutor after he Refuses to Fire Critic of Councilman Two Escape From HPD Handcuffs in One Week UH Manoa Fire Extinguishers Not Inspected Since 2012, Admin Tells Funny Story About Saving Pennies Turtle Bay: Abercrombie's Rush Deal Still not Finalized HNL airport favored for lax scrutiny, reports find Read More..

Tuesday, March 3, 2015 March 3, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:26 PM :: 4944 Views Requirement calling for triple pay on state holidays removed from Senate Bill Full Text: 2015 State of the City Address Marijuana for the Children PBN: How would your rate Hawaii Gov. David Ige’s first three months in office? --70% 'Needs Improvement' City Cuts CIP to Pay for Pensions NextEra: 'Not Going to Rule Out' Lanai Cable Investment Advisor Admits UH 'Carbon Divestment' is Part of Money Making Scheme More Anti-GMO Hypocrisy: Pesticide Disclosure--But only for Farms  Syngenta lays off 23 workers on Kauai How Much Farmland is Left on Oahu? SB1210: Loosens Sunshine Law for Boards, Commissions, County Councils Star-Adv Backs Mayoral Control over Police Chiefs Hawaii County PD Weekend: One Dead, One Injured In Honolulu PD Custody: One Dead, One Injured Some Hawaii Electric Co. customers wait more than a year to connect rooftop solar to the grid Electric Vehicle Sale Mirror Solar Installations 600 Restaurants Fail Inspection So Far Japan negotiator: TPP trade deal with U.S. possible by spring Accused Lesbian Child Molester Back in Court HB52: Register for Selective Service to go to UH Kauai Event to Discuss Rise of Anti-Semitism Read More..

Monday, March 2, 2015 March 2, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:18 PM :: 3800 Views Rail Timeout Honolulu! Hawaii the extortionate state--Vacation Rental Bills Violate NAFTA Gun-Related Bills Set for Hearing Tuesday Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 2, 2015 Applicants Wanted for Ethics and Campaign Spending Commissions Oil prices dropped by half, but Hawaii electricity rates decreased just 18 percent (except Kauai) Soaring Property Assessments Used to Feed HGEA, UPW Early Education, After-School Bills Clear Senate Committee Danner Sisters Ask Legislature to Give Them More Control Over DHHL Civil Beat Finally Dares to Mention Gabbard's 'Religious Affiliation' Gay Activist Appointed Opinion Editor for Civil Beat Muslims: Lets Do Everything We Can to Keep the Homeless on the Streets in Hawaii Envision Laie Hearing Thursday Panos: Hoopili Doesn’t Fit Hawaii Co Officer Arrested for Deadly Hit and Run Hawaii group moves to change shipping regulations governed by Jones Act UH to Kick Smokers off Campus--But only Tobacco Smokers Public can view state’s storm water management program plan Read More..

Sunday, March 1, 2015 March 1, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:58 PM :: 5331 Views Will Legislators Co-Sign $660M Loan for Evicted Racetrack Owner? GE Tax: Piling On! SB955 Shooting Range Protection Bill Dying Legislation Alert: Sex, Drugs and Birth Certificates Dismissed: Judge Tosses Suit Seeking Removal of Schatz from Office Dog n Pony Show: Tuesday Rail Re-Bids Opened: Wednesday GE Tax Hike to Pay for More Rail GE Tax Hike: Price of Campaign Contributors Lawmakers split on SB19--GE Tax surcharge Maui Memorial Will not Have Pediatricians After May 1 Coop: Kauai Electric Rates Now Lower than Hawaii Island, Maui HB825: Legalizing the Illegal Vacation Rental on Your Street 'Interim' status leaves four UH regents in legal limbo Buffer Zones for Wind Projects? Maui Enviros Bring EPA in to Monitor and then Shut Down HC&S Harvest DoE, HSTA Fail Deaf Students Interview process begins for UH athletic director Candidates sought for Honolulu city clerk post Muslim Proposes Sharia Law for Hawaii--To be American Hub of Islamic 'Sukuk' Finance? Schatz Joins Group Controlled by J-Street Lobbyists Read More..

Saturday, February 28, 2015 February 28, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:27 PM :: 4593 Views Jones Act Documentary Film Premier Sets the Stage for a Bigger Conversation Hawaii Rejects Sugary Beverage Labeling, Tax A Republican Vision for Hawaii: Kelii Akina Interviews Pat Saiki Why I voted to affirm Rep. Calvin Say as a qualified member of the House of Representatives 611 Candidates on Ballot for Neighborhood Board Elections Rhoads Admits Helping Say's Defense Team, Police Report Filed PUC Denies HECO's Request for End to Solar Net Metering CON: Keeping Hawaii Short of Long Term Care Beds Star-Adv: End Ethanol mandate What are Hawaii's Exports? City will build parking lots at just 4 of 20 rail stations SB1014: Senators Vote to Move Homeless Back in to Waikiki, Chinatown so they can Prey on Tourism, Small Business Homeless Trash Library, HPD Called Police Transparency Deferred Hawaii Co Budget Soars 4.3% Thanks to Unions Kauai Co Budget: Cut Spending to Pay for Union Contracts Mayor Wright tenants to share $350K Kauai County Auditor, county settle for $300K Maui Council Toys with Prosecutor Bill could allow Hawaii Health Connector to offer large group health coverage State deals with elevator inspection backlog, Blames Building Managers Anti-GMO Nailed: Regressive, Backward Luddites Read More..

Friday, February 27, 2015 February 27, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:54 PM :: 5704 Views The Garden Island Embraces Jones Act Reform Police seek man on video at the scene of a suspicious Kona Church Fire Ige Returns from Washington, Holds News Conference Tourism: Visitors, Expenditures Drop UHERO: Economy in 2015 will look a lot like 2014 Ige: Feds Should not Rush Hawaiians on Tribe Ige Finally Agrees to Release Names of Secret Advisors 'Knives are out': Gabbard faces backlash for taking on Obama over 'Islamist' extremism Local Media Still Acts Like Chris Butler Cult Does not Exist  (biding their time?) Caldwell vs Caldwell on Rail Tax Hannemann eager to calm the talk about rail's future Mufi: HART Should Wait on Tax Hike Until First Segment of Rail is Operating KHON: Waikiki Tax Hike a Trojan Horse to Develop Natatorium Area Ige Urges Support for Ching PUC to issue order after solar letter, HECO apologizes for confusion Pushed out of Waikiki, Chinatown, Predatory Bums Head West Lawmakers Consider Automatic Voter Registration Bill Legalizing Marijuana for Children Clears Senate Committee Mass Hysteria: Aquarium bills set for Judiciary Committee hearing Kym Pine's Adopt-a-Park Proposal Before Council Committee Restaurants account for 14 percent of Hawaii's employment Feds Pressure Hawaii on Cesspools Inflation 1.4% in 2014 Seawater AC Minimal Savings for Maximal Capital Expenditure US refiners may seek Jones Act waiver amid strike, Torrance explosion Marad Claims Loose lips could sink Jones Act ship orders EPA Releases Hawaii Emission List Former HPD major arrested in pedestrian death in Mililani Dobelle drops lawsuit, citing legal fight's cost 44 Convictions, Lifelong Criminal Latest Alleged Escapade--Burglary While on Work Release Psychologist: Army Homosexual Rapists are Really ... uh ... Heterosexuals Read More..

Thursday, February 26, 2015 February 26, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:21 PM :: 4832 Views List Fraud Makes Kanaiolowalu Roll 'Too Hot to Handle' HECO Denies Solar Contractors' Blockade Claim HB321 Marijuana Dispensaries: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly HB1482: “Hawaii Invests Local Act” Supports Crowdfunding Forced on to Obamacare: State Places 7,700 Lives at Risk to Save $20M Caldwell, Legislators Caught Lying About Portion of GE Tax Paid by Tourists Calvin Say Residency Decision Friday Hawaii hospitals face steep losses as reimbursements, state funds erode Garden Isle: Jones Act is costly for Hawaii After a Decade, Legislators Finally Getting Around to Repealing Costly Ethanol Mandate Solar Systems Cost Non-Solar Ratepayers $53M/Year Obama Pushes Tax Hike on Air Travel Legislation Would Make Homeless into Sacred Cows Proposed $500,000 Vanpool Grant the Latest ‘FrankenBill’ Measures to create public isle preschool advance Minimum wage hike could Drive Up after-school care prices, Cost State $6M Middle Class Earn less in Hawaii--Even Without Cost of Living Factors Bill upholding increased public school hours advances, Amended What happens when UH faculty, staff cross the line? Bill on UH autonomy shelved by lawmakers Lab school admissions policy legal challenge HELCO Decision Marks End for IDG Geothermal Scheme Biofuels Don't Work, But Feds Keep Paying HC&S to Talk About Them Hawaii County Boosts Assessments Rather than Hiking Tax Rates DLNR Lease Renewals Slowly Strangle Hilo Businesses, Prepare Banyan Drive to be Abandoned  Hawaii bill would make super PACs disclose sources of funding and how money is spent Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement talks to continue in Hawaii next month Inmate on work furlough arrested at burglary scene near Honolulu airport HPD Plate Scanners Got 194 Hits Last Year Read More..

Wednesday, February 25, 2015 February 25, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:34 PM :: 6032 Views HART Directors' Secret Discussion: State May Grab 25% Cut to Ease Passage of GE Tax Extension Tulsi Gabbard Hires Cult Associate as Chief of Staff Rep. McDermott sues UH Over 'Pono Choices' Secrecy Marijuana: Six Bills on the Move Thursday HELCO selects Ormat to provide an additional 25MW of geothermal energy Another Journalist Quits Omidyar: 'Blocked at Every Turn by Incompetence, Bad Faith' Ige's Secret Advisors--Broken Trust, HECO, KoOlina, HSTA Caldwell Rejects All Other Options to Spin HART GE Tax Hike HART Spins Ansaldo Sale to Hitachi as Latest Excuse for Tax Hikes Helping HART Create False Sense of Crisis, FTA says major changes to rail project would come at great price No REIT Tax Factional Considerations in Carleton Ching Nomination Calvin Say Residency Decision Friday Police Commission: Kealoha 'Exceeds Expectations' HECO holds solar hostages Taken by Contractors HHSC Emergency Funding Speeds Thru Legislature Hawaii leads nation in nursing home ratings Dobelle's lawyers drop out, cite failure to pay bills Abercrombie Rushjob on H1 to Influence Primary Election? Is a Weak Lobbying Law Getting Weaker? Commission investigates DLNR ethics complaint Shield Law Bill Clears House Judiciary Committee Randy Iwase confirmed as chairman of Hawaii PUC Hawaii lawmakers consider raising legal smoking age to 21--but only for Tobacco Hawaii Medicare patients saved an average of $1K each on prescription drugs last year TPP Coming Mid-March? China Testing New Subs able to Nuke Hawaii Read More..

Tuesday, February 24, 2015 February 24, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:55 PM :: 4521 Views Hawaii lawmakers file resolutions seeking Jones Act exemption HB459 Amended: Parent's consent still needed for sex ed 608 Candidates Register for Neighborhood Board Elections Hawaii Republicans Unveil New Logo at Lincoln Day Dinner 332 Pages of Secret Regs: ‘Net Neutrality’ and Censorship Go Hand in Hand Surprise: Poorest Obamacare Enrollees Face $530 IRS Tax Bill California Plastic Bag Ban Suspended as 800,000 Sign Repeal Ballot Petition Hitachi Buying Honolulu Rail Contractor Ansaldo Behind Closed Doors: Honolulu Rail Officials Planned Political Strategy in Executive Session Rail a winner for Caldwell, at least in terms of cash Watchdog group accuses Roll Commission of ignoring transparency Pathetic Excuses: Rhoads Tries to Justify Ex-Part Communications With Say's Lawyer Yanking autonomy won't cure UH ills Ige: Feds Are ‘Very Helpful’ When It Comes to Hawaii DHHL Nominees Approved by Committee as Danner Sisters Whine Kauai Police Chief: "SB677 a Recipe for Cronyism and Corruption" Bill aims to tighten access at public housing properties Bill may halt noncompete clauses Hawaii Green Party Could be Removed from Ballot Ewa Field's historic area should grow, feds suggest After 15 Years of Maui County Bureaucracy and Harassment, Molokai Veterans Center Needs One Last Signature Grove Farm chose Hawaii Dairy Farms over Kauai hotel project, new book says A new tool to “follow the money” at the legislature Hawaii Most Expensive Marijuana in USA Hawaii Lowest Black Incarceration Rate in USA Bill would permanently allow concealed firearms for retired law enforcement Hawaii E-Commerce Fraud Rate 1% Corrupt 'Food Bank' Gets Boost from Kauai Mayor A New GSA Scandal Says ‘Aloha’? Hawaii Diploma Mill Offers 'Reasonable Prices' Scalia: Why Would a Treaty be Needed? Read More..

Monday, February 23, 2015 February 23, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:51 PM :: 3921 Views State-backed Loans: $89M to Companies Tied to OHA Chair Robert Lindsey Rep Karl Rhoads Feeding Info to Calvin Say's Attorney while Chairing 'Special Committee'? SB358: Green Energy Scammers Push Legislators to Tax Natural Gas Seminar: Your Rights When HART Comes to Take Your Property Gabbard 'Mind-Boggled' at Obama's Two-Month Advance Notice of Plan of Attack on ISIS Legislation Plans for Federal Take-Over of Hawaii Health Exchange Pension Promises Are Getting Harder for Hawaii Lawmakers To Keep Revolving Door: Former TV anchor to direct communications at Senate The Future for NextEra and HECO: More Windfarms Constitutional amendment Would Transfer Control of UH Back to Legislature Abortion mongers panic over Born Alive Bills, Say Lege Should go Easy on Killers of Pregnant Women Sheriff Beats DUI Rap after Cops, Prosecutors Fail to Show Up Some schools struggle to provide adequate food, water Chinatown: Urine Smell Receding Honolulu zoning chair comes out against Malaekahana development Read More..

Sunday, February 22, 2015 February 22, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:58 PM :: 3780 Views GMOs: How the Precautionary Principle Refutes Itself Legislative Agenda: Pot, Parents and Privacy SB473: Concealed Carry Gut and Replace How Housing First Reduced Homelessness 72% in Utah Our Best Export – Our Taxes! GE Tax Hike: Will March 3 Rail Bids Stampede House of Representatives? Gas Tax Hike to Pay for Ige's $70.9M Boost in DoT Spending? Manoa Buyout Club: Gib Arnold Could be the Most Expensive Yet Slammed by Auditor, Health Connector Cuts off Payments to 'Contractor of the Year' Ige land agency nominees: Ill Will and Bling, Just Ask Neil Star-Adv: Big Island Electric Co-op Must be Heard HGEA Negotiations Underway, Contract Expires June 30 Pesticide Bill Targets Agriculture, Ignores other Users Affordable Housing Plan Will Take Decades, At the End the Problem will be Worse Than it is Now Hawaii vets express skepticism over possible changes to retirement pay Kauai: Another Wave of Mass Hysteria Read More..

Saturday, February 21, 2015 February 21, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:25 PM :: 5912 Views 575 Candidates file for Neighborhood Board Elections HB330: Increase GE Tax by 1% Caldwell: House Would Reject GE Tax Hike if Voted Today Massive Fuel Tax Hike on the Move in the House Omidyar Website Bashes Gabbard for Telling the Truth About Islamic Terrorism State Saves $27M by Forcing 7,500 Micronesians into Health Connector Ige = Hee? New Attorney General Opposes Return of Journalists' Shield Law Bill to prohibit lawmakers' fundraising weakened, but still alive 2 sides in West Coast ports dispute reach tentative contract 28 entities apply to join PUC's decision on NextEra-HEI deal NextEra Energy plans to build Hawaii's largest wind farm on Maui Protester: Kauai Dairy Farm is "how the fascists took over in Nazi Germany and the world got a Hitler" Dairy: “If you stop farming, then this resource is going to leave the agricultural designation” Kunia Ridge: Taxes, Water Bills, Regulations Conspire to Give Real Farmers the Shaft Hawaii Most Expensive State: 17.2% Above US Average Prices for Goods, Services Senate panel weighs bill to help local victims of sex trafficking, Police Complain it is too Tough on Pimps SB677: Police Commission wants to retain firing powers Developmental Disability: Hawaii Among Best States for Early Intervention Republicans aim to curb Obama's monument designations Read More..

Friday, February 20, 2015 February 20, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:08 PM :: 4276 Views Neighborhood Boards: 516 Candidates Enter Race With One Day to Go Takai vs Takai on Homeland Security Funding House and Senate Republicans Join Forces on Legislation Hawaii: Anti-Gun Legislation Deferred, Pro-Gun Bills Progressing Warning labels and beverage tax fail in Legislature HECO, Taxes, Pesticides, and Teacher Tenure: House Republicans Speak Out 500 Expected at GOP Lincoln Dinner 2015 Legislative Calendar: A Guide to the Deadlines 25%: Hawaii Ranks 43rd in Weekly Church Attendance House Bills for 2015: Sex, Drugs and a Place for the Kids to Hide Out Tears and Gnashing of Teeth as Cosmic Vortex Sweeps Pesticides up Mountain Causing Multiple Illnesses and Dirty Window Blinds HB 825 Provides Little Incentive for Illegal Vacation Rentals to Register More waivers convey a “Public be damned” attitude toward legislative hearings Hawaii #2 in USA: 51.2% Tax on S-Corporation Income Posturing over DLNR pick should be entertaining Tax Hikers' Latest Trick: Rail officials pretend to need $350M loan Council OKs Waikiki tax hike $800M: Key airport projects delayed, costing more than expected Feds: Settle West Coast Today or Negotiate in DC State lawmakers aim to curb HCDA's leasing power and increase public input 27 Intervenors, Next Era Opposes Them All Ike Choy's Attack on UH Programs, Ham Handed, Narrow, Destructive Ethics Comm Bans Free Trips for Teachers, DoE Staff Instead of Raising Lunch Prices, DoE Should Follow Audit Instructions for Savings Labels: Senate Panders to Anti-GMO Mob Knowing House Will Protect Hawaii from Them As Expected, House Saves Farmers from Hypocritical Pesticide Buffer Zone Bill Infested with progressives, State asks childcare facilities to track unvaccinated children Even in Face of mass Opposition, Kauai Council Continues Tinkering with anti-Fireplace Law Are Maui tour operators ignoring federal whale watching rules? Sierra Club Boss: My Environmentalism Begins When Little People Invade Lands Once Reserved for Elite Obamaville Tent City at Kakaako Presidential Library Site Bill to Abolish Hawaii Land Use Commission Is Dead on Arrival Funding to continue the Preschool Open Doors Program passes Marsy's Law: basic rights for crime victims Sylvia Luke Raises Campaign Cash During Session Menor Proposes New Housing Office Rhoads Refuses to Hear Bill to create state game management panel Willie Plays Game with Anti-Aquarium Bills A Year Later, 40 Guam Soldiers Injured in Afghanistan Remain in Hawaii Read More..

Thursday, February 19, 2015 February 19, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:15 PM :: 4956 Views Lawsuit Challenges Secrecy of Kanaiolowalu Roll Commission Big Island Group Proposes Electric Co-Op AEI: Retire the Jones Act Ige Rejects Activists, Appoints DeCoite to HD 13 Vacancy HCR33: Will Legislators Ask OHA to Help State Create Fake Indian Tribe? Scorecard: House Omnibus Marijuana Package Senate Schedules Confirmation Hearing for Controversial DLNR Appointee Gallup: Alaska, Hawaii Lead the United States in Well-Being The Hawaii Democratic Party Wants Farmers Out of Business Creating Fake Crisis to Push Tax Hike, Council pretends to remove bus funds from rail money plan Hawaii Legislature should be fixing our tax system instead of making it worse Regulators Reject Petitions to Delay NextEra’s Purchase of HECO Health Connector Padded Rolls By Dumping 7,500 Medicaid Patients into Obamacare  Bob Jones: Obamacare Unworkable Taxing TVRs: Five Bills Still Alive Tobacco Tax: Just Another Fund to be Raided SB118: Senators Strip REIT Tax Hike Out of Bill Hawaii County: Little Chance for TAT Cap to be Lifted Hawaii Teachers Salaries 19th Highest in USA, Dead Last When Cost of Living Factors in Gabbard: Obama Misidentifies Enemy, Speech is a Diversion Legislators Tinker With Rules for Making Public Adult Care Home Inspections Lawmaker pushing to buy body cams for police statewide Maui Council Refuses to Approve Prosecutor, Then Refuses to Disapprove Him HB985 General Fund Will Cover 60% of UH Expenses HB596 Dope Addicts to Get Ticket Trannies Want Birth Certificate Change so they Can Evade Draft, Force Way into Girls Dorm Rooms Mainland Group Takes Control of Planned Parenthood Hawaii Kauai Doesn't Want Dairy?  Give Them Another Hotel Instead Boaters frustrated with poor conditions at Waianae harbor Read More..

Wednesday, February 18, 2015 February 18, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:46 PM :: 4128 Views 2015 Hawaii Legislative Watch: Taxes Another House waiver of public notice—on an important energy bill Schatz 3rd Most Absentee Senator Hirono: ObamaCare Needs MORE Snow Days 449 Candidates File for Neighborhood Board Elections Galuteria Owes $7,000 Back Taxes After Lying About Residence, Senate to Consider Action Iwase the Fearless will Lead us to the NextEra Eight Industrial-Sized Solar Farms in the Works Land Swap?  State has not always been best land steward Lawmakers say Ching's DLNR confirmation is not in trouble for now Neighborhood boards promote civic engagement Rent High Enough? SB118 Will Tax REIT Landlords Pinata Party: Usual Suspects Grab for Tobacco Tax Revenues Cigarette Taxes Triple, Poor Hit Hardest--$500M to General Fund DoE Wants $1.7M Lunch Price Hike Senate Committee Approves 11 Nominees to Hawaii’s Development Authority The New Standard for Transparency: Open Checkbook Is State Ethics Commission looking to backpedal on “goodwill lobbying”? Big Island group exploring public energy co-op Committees Send Marijuana Dispensary Bill on to Full House GMOs: Rhetorical Excess to Fan the Flames of Divisiveness Label: Senate Continues Pandering to Anti-GMO Nuts Legislators Pander to Animal Liberationists, Consider Bill to Ban Zoos, Circuses Aquarium Collector Gets Suspended Sentence for Defending Himself Against Anti-Aquarium Obsessive  Obama making WWII internment camp in Hawaii a national monument Read More..

Tuesday, February 17, 2015 February 17, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:33 PM :: 6828 Views SB992: Creates Tribal Judiciary, Places 12,000 Hawaiian Children at Risk Full Text: Rail Cost Engineer on 'Billion Dollar Mile' I Mua Manoa Proposes UH Budget Sustainability Plan Feb 20: Last Chance to file for Neighborhood Board Elections In Hawaii, The State of Liabilities, The Cost of Rail is Just the Beginning Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 17, 2015 House Violates Public Notice Rules for Transsexual Birth Certificate Hearing Health Connector Bungles 3,000 Applications, Those Without Insurance Forced to Pay 2% More Income Tax Ige's Appointment for DLNR Deputy Resigned to Avoid Financial Disclosure Report Ige's DPS Deputy Nominee Placed Kulani Warden on Unpaid Leave, Then Quit Job Espinda Critics "Sissies, Assassins, Cowards" Regents Spend Hours Discussing Arnold's $1.4 M Golden Parachute Rail art should recognize those who forged this mess HB631: Gender is an Opinion, Just Ask for a Change on Birth Certificate Babes Against Civility: Environmentalism Poisons Itself Star-Adv: Aquarium Compromise Relies on Science over Emotion House bill aims to set buffer zone on wind turbine projects Care Home Industry Uses Love Story (Again) to Loosen Hawaii Laws SB199 would help fund police cameras Tulsi Gabbard: ‘Mind-Boggling,’ ‘Troubling’ Obama Won’t Recognize ISIS Islamic Ideology Hawaii County Overtime Abuse, County Vehicle Abuse Reported (Again) Students, teachers will need patience during Common Core test transition When can you record a conversation at work to prove discrimination? Read More..

Monday, February 16, 2015 February 16, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:50 PM :: 3293 Views Will OHA Trustees Waste Another $5M on Push for Fake Indian Tribe? HCR33: Will House Pass Resolution Supporting Fake Indian Tribe? HB459 Forces 'Pono Choices' Gay Sex Program on Schools Statewide SB1071: Second Amendment Rights for Legal Immigrants Ige Ignores the Fervor that Got Him Elected: DLNR nomination a Public Disservice, Disappointing Hawaii Health Connector Website Collapses Again NextEra seeks smooth sailing in choppy waters Hawaii: Highest Paid Part-Time Legislature in US State Accounting System is 46 Years Out of Date Air service helps deliver fresh produce, medical supplies to Oahu Legislators Consider Harassing Farmers Market Vendors 100 Disabled, Elderly Drivers Wait as State Fails to Provide Medical Exams Will New Obstacles Dim Hawaii’s Solar Power Surge? Hirono is Only Democrat Supporting Rand Paul's 'Audit the Fed' Bill Hotels Report 'Unexpected Softness' in Demand Read More..

Sunday, February 15, 2015 February 15, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:25 PM :: 4020 Views Maui Democrats Nominate Two Protesters and a Farmer for HD13 Vacancy Hotels as Renters Invisible Ige Holes up with the Big Cheeses as Cauldron Bubbles Partnership: All of Nothing for Maui's Only Hospital Star-Adv: Give OHA your views on Kakaako HSTA Operative Demands Legislators back off Instructional Hours Law So-Called 'Consumer Advocate' proposes greater secrecy in NextEra merger Revolving Door: From Star Adv to Billy Kenoi and Back Again as Capitol Bureau Chief If We can't Run a Zoo, How can We Run Rail? Matson: Only One Ship Coming This Week Dairy is safe for the environment, and we will prove it Tulsi Gabbard to Marry Another Cult Member Read More..

Saturday, February 14, 2015 February 14, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:13 PM :: 3982 Views Feb 20: Last Chance to file for Neighborhood Board Elections Pro-Life? Hawaii One of Only Four States With no Abortion-Free Insurance Policies on Health Exchange HR235: Eliminate Hawaii Internet Access Taxes Grassroot Institute: Promoting our Principles in the Legislature SB727: Hike GE Tax Another 0.5% Statewide Ige Nominates DoTax, DoH Deputy Directors Horizon Settles Lawsuit, Clears Way for Sale to Pasha, Matson Right to Try Bills would Protect Terminally-Ill Patients from FDA Restrictions Jones Act Case to Be Heard by 9th Circuit at UH Manoa Rhoads, Chun Oakland Behind Massive Income Tax Hike Statewide Preschool: SB844 Passes Senate Education Committee Latest Excuse: Say's Palolo Home 'Being Renovated' Anti-GMO 'Babes' Admit They are Democrats, Ask Party Not to Nominate Real Molokai Farmer Ige to Sign over 400 Ac of Hana 'Forest Reserve' to Maui Windfarm Developer Legislators Continue to Fight to Keep Dole Land from Being Sold to Individual Owners Exposed: NextEra Schemes to Prevent Rate Cuts for Four Years Ige's AG Lobbied for Private Prison, Nomination Approved Anyway Obama Sends Labor Secretary to Talk to ILWU, Management Big Island Lawmakers Tell their Doper Constituents to be Hopeful About Getting More Weed from the Government Retailers Money Tied Up by Shipping Delays Opinions differ on mainland placement for Hawaii's troubled teens Dozens of mini iPads stolen from West Oahu schools Star-Adv: Taxi rules the problem, not Uber, Lyft Read More..

Friday, February 13, 2015 February 13, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:37 PM :: 10487 Views Rail: Engineer Exposes The Hows and Whys of Cost Overruns 406 Candidates file for Neighborhood Board Elections DCCA Nails Solar Contractor: Unlicensed Work on DoE Schools Caldwell signs law prohibiting sitting or lying on pedestrian malls Cancer Center to Merge With UH Medical School The Worst Gun Bill of the Decade Died Yesterday HB558: Curbing Overtime Abuse Senate Transport Committee Votes for Rail Tax Extension, Admits it's to Build More Rail into Kapolei, Manoa Ige Opposes Maui Memorial Partnership Deal HEI's Plan to Gut Existing Solar Contracts Ige Finally Gets Around to Holding First 'Weekly' News Conference Castle & Cooke CEO: 'No Conspiracy' in Ching Nomination Hawaii hotel occupancy falls sharply Army chief says troop cuts on Oahu could be small Say Makes Excuses, Says Palolo is as Far Away as Sister Isles Cancer Center: UH Admin, Regents Still Trying to Figure out What Legislators Want No Joke: Star-Adv Claims University Administrators are Competent to Investigate Rape Pressure builds on Obama to intervene in West Coast ports slowdown Jury awards more than $658K to police chief's wife Waianae: Industrial Solar to be Approved while Rooftop Solar Waits Hawaii Senate Panel Panders to anti-GMO Mob, advances pesticide regulation bill GMO: Demagogue Hooser Refuses to Consider Evidence HB511: Attacks by Anti-Aquarium Obsessives to be Illegal Ruling overturns Hilo doctor's Medicaid suspension UH Manoa Ranks 203rd in USA HB227: Businesses in Chinatown and Waikiki to face a new threat: the sound police Legislature Looks at Non-Compete Agreements On The Move in the Legislature Airport: DoT Fixes Tiles, Decides to Leave Potholes Intact Read More..

Thursday, February 12, 2015 February 12, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:49 PM :: 7126 Views 'Hewa Hui' Plan: Create Fake Indian Tribe, Keep 95% of Hawaiians Out Wind Turbine Buffer Zones: HB1384 Gets a Hearing Lockout: Management Shuts West Coast Ports Four More Days Small Business Caucus Backs HB266 Regulatory Review Board Angling for Money from Legislature, UH Report Tries to Explain Athletic Department Finances Ige's Secret Transition Committee: Stone, Alm, Hiraoka, Arakaki and others Ching Nominee Would Be In Position to give Castle & Cooke Lock on TOD Development, Other Developers to be Iced Out GE Tax Hike: Honolulu Council Plays Chicken With Legislature Rail Cost: We're Just Guessing, says Amemiya Rail: Drilling, Hammering into Wee Hours of Morning Some staff will oppose Ige's state prisons chief nominee Grandmother Asks for $1M Damages Against Police Chief's Wife Campaign Spending Commission dismisses complaint against Say HB1455 Passes 'Health' Committee: Legalizes Marijuana Sales Regulations: DoH 'Works to Limit Production' of Start-up Food Businesses Bill would allow media greater access to lava, other disasters Solar farm may short-circuit school expansion Maui High principal confirms school's former football coach under DOE investigation HECO: "Rates will 'stay' Low Til End of Decade" Mayor Signs Expanded Sit-Lie ban HPD: Tweeker With 10-year Criminal Record Busted in Allenby Case Wedding venue, parking structure, farmers market to be sandwiched in controversial corner of Ala Moana Hooser Burned by Testimony Against Smoke, Dust Ban Aila Defends Aquarium Collectors Against Hordes of Anti-Aquarium Obsessives Kauai: Anti-Dairy Obsessives Hire Oregon Lawyer 3 Muslims Killed by Progressive Atheist Read More..

Wednesday, February 11, 2015 February 11, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:19 PM :: 5457 Views Geothermal: New Zealand Company Abandons Partnership with OHA PMA: Unwavering ILWU Demand Threatens to Sink Contract Talks; “Slowdowns as a Way of Life” HB459 Forces 'Pono Choices' Gay Sex Program on Schools Statewide Sexual assault and harassment policy updated by UH At End of Life, State Human Resources Management System moves to 'Private Cloud' HB1476: Rep Ing Introduces Bill to Hide Identity of all Campaign Donors Schatz' Boycott of Israeli Leader 'Shortsighted and small minded' Warning Label Bills Unfairly Single Out One Product Federal Monitor cites rail for 'Alarming' lack of cost control Takumi Admits HB1240 'Education' GE Tax Hike is Really About Rail Living Hawaii: The American Dream Is Broken for the Middle Class Progressives Spread Measles -- Where are the Anti-Vaxxers?  Kauai, of Course Will Belatti Hear 'Right to Try'? Bill would give terminally ill access to experimental drugs, treatments HB451 Reclassifies Sex as Rape--UH Administrators to Supervise 'Ongoing Consent' During Campus Coitus Money Laundering: Tranny Nowhere in Sight as School's ex-officials arrested House Committee Approves Bill to Repeal Undersea Cable Law HELCO Geothermal Decision Due Feb 17 Honolulu City Council will consider rezoning for D.R. Horton's West Oahu Hoopili development The Case of a Wayward Land Use Lobbyist Which Lawmakers Are the First to Hold Fundraisers During Session? More to say about Say-complaint to be heard Wednesday by the Campaign Spending Commission Ethics complaint: Anti E-Cig Legislation ‘unduly influenced’ by unregistered lobbyists for Big Pharma Free Clinics Push for State to Pick up Micronesian Co-Pays 30mph Wind Blows Roof off, School Still to be Used as 'Hurricane Shelter' 18 more prison guards punished for contraband, other violations Police Reform Measures Gain Steam in Hawaii Legislature IHS: Sit-Lie Ban Forces 70 Homeless to Accept Shelter Loss of accreditation could spell disaster for Honolulu Zoo ​HB1076 could waive University of Hawaii tuition for family of some veterans--But UH Admin Says They Can't Afford it Interim Coach Rejects $185K Offer as UH Begins Yet Another Idiotic "National Search" Noisy Politicians Find New Way to Harass Businesses Bill Would Decrease Annual Interest Rate for Payday Loans from 459% to 36% ILWU Lockout/Slowdown Update Read More..

Tuesday, February 10, 2015 February 10, 2015 Daily News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:07 PM :: 5213 Views Massive GE Tax Hike to Create New 'Special Fund' -- On the Move in House and Senate $185M GE Tax Hike: HB1240 on a Fast Track SB783: 'Worst Gun Bill of the Decade' Kanaiolowalu: 'Elections This Year' "Widespread Bribery and Corruption" Hawaii ERS Sues Petrobras Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 9, 2015 Rail to Make a Mess of Bus Service in Pearl City 'Until Further Notice' Should NextEra be able to use ratepayer funds to NOT produce electricity? Free Golf Scandal: Will Ige Act to Enforce Law? Hearing on Hawaii Rep. Calvin Say’s Residency Set for Friday Governor Ige dodges questions by insisting on written questions DLNR Nominee Lobbied City for Castle and Cooke, Koa Ridge? Counties Use TAT Hike Lobbying as Excuse to Raise Property Taxes State and Local Taxes Penalize the Poor and Benefit the Rich Hawaii ERS Falling Behind UHPA: Legislators Seeking Ban on Un-Regulated Sex 'Overstep Bounds'  Soft on Crime: Serial rapist's sentence cut in half by Hawaii court HB766: $15M for bare-bones Micro Units City Refuses to Grant Tax Exemptions for Solar Panels, Has Excuse House Tackles Proposed Rideshare/Taxi Regs Pre-Kindergarten: Funding Across States Slowdown: ILWU Short-Staffing Honolulu Docks Lloyd's: Jones Act Comes Under Pressure Ige’s Appointee to Head DCCA Cruises Through Senate Committee Police Oversight Bills to be Heard Today Hunters fight for development of 1st Hawaii Game Commission Ivory Ban Debunked City Begins Harassing Retailers Over Plastic Bag Ban City's $250K+++ Car Wash boondoggle Charter schools left out in the cold after lava threatens Winds Blow Roof off of Kailua 'Hurricane Shelter' HB1202 Would Legalize Vacation Rentals on Ag Land Hawaii Less 'Local' than Most States Hawaii Business Fluff-Piece Features Anti-GMO Lobbyist on Cover State of Hawaii Not Snooping in Twitter Accounts Read More..

Monday, February 9, 2015 February 9, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:16 PM :: 4810 Views SEC Filing: Defective Turbines and Batteries, Secret Golden Parachutes at Hawaii Windfarms Forbes: Five Ways the US Government Keeps Native Americans in Poverty Documents Show Comcast Ghostwrote Abercrombie's Pro-TWC Merger Letters Solar Contractor Admits Defrauding Hawaii Consumers Crime Pays: Legislators Propose $50K per year Cash to ex-Convicts Section 8: Rhoads Seeks Grounds for More Lawsuits HB1501 Blocks HECO from Poaching PUC Staff ILWU Delays Unloading of Two Matson Ships Who Tried to Buy 2014 Ballot Measures? Inspection Reports for Some Hawaii Care Homes to Be Posted Online School Community Councils Allow a Voice in Hawaii Education Maintenance Funds for Public Housing Fall Short (again) HB444 Would Fund Waikiki Beach Replenishment Animal bills proposed Kauai: 'Caucasian Cranks' Propose Ban on Imu Smoking Read More..

Sunday, February 8, 2015 February 8, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:33 PM :: 6912 Views Kauai Panel Seeks to Ground GMO Debate in Facts Three Hunting-Related Bills to be Heard Monday Maui Democrats Release Names of 13 Applicants for HD13 Vacancy Digitized Archive of 19th Century Hawaii Missionaries Goes Online HB1307: Fair Taxation? Top ‘Scientists’ Caught Adjusting Temperature Readings Three of Ige’s nominees to lead state agencies are Lobbyists Caldwell, HART promised no Tax Hike, No Borrowing HB14: HSTA Pushing to Gut Instructional Hours Requirement HB1468: Shut Down Big Cable Project to be Heard Tuesday HECO vs Reality on NextEra Merger Marijuana Task Force Member Pushes Drugs to Children SB791: Autism health coverage gains traction Calvin Say Case: Finally the Law Will be Enforced? Kauai: Accused Rapist Gets Off on Technicality Infamous Hit Man Enjoys Retirement Years With Family and Friends in Hawaii Silly UH Research Blames Windward Rains on Global Worming Read More..

Saturday, February 7, 2015 February 7, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:48 PM :: 5877 Views 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 Read More..

Friday, February 6, 2015 February 6, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:52 PM :: 4371 Views 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 Read More..

Thursday, February 5, 2015 February 5, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:13 PM :: 4694 Views 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 Read More..

Wednesday, February 4, 2015 February 4, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:03 PM :: 10111 Views 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 Read More..

Tuesday, February 3, 2015 February 3, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:19 PM :: 4636 Views 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 Read More..

Monday, February 2, 2015 February 2, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:01 PM :: 4203 Views 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 Read More..

Sunday, February 1, 2015 February 1, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:02 PM :: 4306 Views 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' Read More..

Saturday, January 31, 2015 January 31, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:59 PM :: 4669 Views 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 Read More..

Friday, January 30, 2015 January 30, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:49 PM :: 5562 Views 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) Read More..

Thursday, January 29, 2015 January 29, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:25 PM :: 7248 Views 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 Read More..

Wednesday, January 28, 2015 January, 2015 Letters to the Editor By Letters to the Editor @ 10:26 PM :: 3366 Views HB416: Retail Wheeling to Cut Electric Bills Read More..

Wednesday, January 28, 2015 January 28, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:24 PM :: 4617 Views 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 Read More..

Tuesday, January 27, 2015 January 27, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:23 PM :: 5590 Views 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 Read More..

Monday, January 26, 2015 January 26, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:06 PM :: 3560 Views 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 Read More..

Sunday, January 25, 2015 January 25, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:02 PM :: 4073 Views 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 Read More..

Saturday, January 24, 2015 January 24, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:06 PM :: 6798 Views 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 Read More..

Friday, January 23, 2015 January 23, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:51 PM :: 4326 Views 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 Read More..

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