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Thursday, January 22, 2015 January 22, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:49 PM :: 4892 Views Prince Kuhio’s Fight to Americanize Hawaii VIDEO: Unsettling Moment During Senator Slom’s Minority Speech Hawaii Shippers Council Discusses Port Slowdown, Jones Act Reform on Guam Radio Opening Day: Speaker Souki Calls on House to Tackle Unfinished Business 2015 Senate Majority Legislative Program Survey: Hawaii Millionaire Lead Slipping Honolulu Bed Bugs Crawl Up to 42nd Place Hawaiians Don't Trust OHA to Re-Start Native Hawaiian Convention Creating Fake Crisis to Push Real Tax Hike, Caldwell Drops Fake Bus Funds Raid, Moves on to Fake Road Building Funds Raid Hawaii Senate 'Will Consider' Calls for 12.5% Hike in GE Tax -- Statewide Kim to Counties: You Crack Down on TVRs, We Will Abolish LUC, Give You More TAT Six-year plan shows spending is greater than revenues Departments Request 1,000 New Positions Since Dec 1 The Army in Hawaii: Fight to Save It, Prepare to Lose It Souki, Ige: Lets Keep the Public Drugged so they don't Notice Chief's Wife Made Early Payment on Mercedes Because She Was Trading it in for Maserati Guam Governor Backs Jones Act Reform Hawaii short 890 doctors Usual Suspects Hype Pesticides, GMOs Monsanto wants to build sustainable agriculture in Hawaii Kenoi's Retaliation: Incinerator foe loses county contract Rep. Gabbard Cites Obama's Failure to Say 'Islamic Extremism' Shop owners say bike lane is cutting into sales Maui: Homeless Shelters Used as Affordable Housing Read More..

Wednesday, January 21, 2015 January 21, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:03 PM :: 4525 Views MIT: KIUC Buys Batteries from Company Behind Kahuku Windfarm Fire and Surprisingly it is a Disaster Accountability for Big Infrastructure Projects? 263 Candidates file for Neighborhood Board Elections Anti-GMO Activists Stack Hearing: Why Bad Lawmaking Reigns in Hawaii Politics Vaccination Refusal: Study Documents Rise of Ignorance in 'Progressive' Communities Full Text: State of the Union Address Full Text of Joni Ernst’s Republican Response to 2015 State of the Union CNHA, Civic Clubs Team up to Lead Push for Fake Indian Tribe US Senate Votes Unanimously to Recognize January 25-31 as National School Choice Week Testimony: Felon Gives $70K Cash to Police Chief's Wife in Brown Paper Bag Ige: I want to see Kakaako Redevelopment Continue Rail: Four Counties Plan GE Tax Hike Testimony for Big Day at Ways and Means HART Claims it was Banking on Bus Fund Raid, Rail Deficit Now $910M DoE: Corrupt Solar Contract is a Big Disappointment Takai Appointed to Natural Resources Ctte, No Mention of Akaka Bill Ige's DLIR Pick Withdrawn as Unconstitutional Hawaii Police Killed At Least 36 People in 20 Years HHSC Reform Tops West Hawaii Lawmakers' Agenda Legislators want power to sway HECO decision Puna Reps Target Office of Elections after Nago's Latest Disaster Maui News: Hospitals Must be Protected from Liability in Home Care Training Bills to watch: Creating retail dispensaries for medical marijuana in Hawaii New Sex Trafficking Legislation for 2015 Buffer Zone Bill for Pesticides? Hoopili, DR Horton Plant Article in Civil Beat Punatic Screams for 45 Minutes Straight at Public Meeting Kauai: Uncertified Judge Hears Cases for a Week before Anybody Notices 27% of Oahu Restaurants Get Yellow Placard--DOH Inspections Slowed by Incompetent Tech Vendor UH Manoa Energy Efficiency Saves Campus $3.4M/year Honolulu JPAC whistleblower suit headed to trial Tulsi Gabbard only Member of Hawaii Delegation to Join 'No Labels' Campaign at SOTU Read More..

Tuesday, January 20, 2015 January 20, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:06 PM :: 4791 Views McCain challenges Jones Act build and ownership requirements Duke Aiona Appointed Executive Director of Hawaii Family Advocates Republican Statewide Caucuses to Elect Leaders Kelii Akina Interviews Danny Kaleikini, Ambassador of Aloha Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 20, 2015 Smoking is a Million Dollar Habit--and Hawaii is More Expensive than Most Parker Ranch sells rights to NextEra to Build Giant Windfarm Representative Mele Carroll to resign from State House HECO Plan Rewards Solar Contractors, Cuts Payments to Solar Consumers Hawaii Doctor shortage grows 20% in One Year thanks to Obamacare, EMRs Nishihara to Push GE Tax Hike for Rail Souki: Council and Mayor Must Both Ask Legislature for Tax Hike Saiki: We Expect Unions' Cooperation on HHSC Reform  Mufi: Time to act now on what is right for Maui Memorial Medical Center Hawaii Gov. David Ige wants ratepayers to benefit from $4.3B NextEra-HECO deal Ige Admin Talks up NextEra, Windfarms and Big Cable HECO plans to reduce customer solar credits LNG Will Save Ratepayers $111M/year Anti-Pesticide Hype Set to Open Legislature Sledgehammer Tom Brower says 'Don't worry about bad publicity' from Homeless' Attack on Golfer Trial starts for HPD chief's wife family squabble UH in limbo as it waits to hear from NCAA Star-Adv Runs Old-News Hit Piece on Sam Slom First Wind's assets in Hawai`i to be Sold Canada's role in building world's largest telescope in jeopardy Usual Suspects Again Challenge Renewal of TV Licenses A Look at Civil Forfeiture in Hawaii Honolulu Liquor commission email controversy 'Everybody who's got an issue' Joins MLK Day Parade Read More..

Monday, January 19, 2015 January 19, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 11:48 AM :: 3800 Views 1959: Martin Luther King Jr Salutes Hawaii Statehood OHA Introduces Legislative Package 254 Candidates file for Neighborhood Board Elections Hawaii Escrow Companies: Federal 'Kickback' Rules Mean Realtors must do the Paperwork Could SCOTUS ruling on same-sex marriage be a chance for Hawaii opponents? Hawaii Kolea Medicaid Eligibility System $144M for Years of Failure Star-Adv: GE Tax, HHSC top Legislative Agenda for 2015 Rep Tokioka: Some Believe Kauai Should Close Hospital Maui Council: Dope Up the People, Loosen Sunshine Law Requirements Calvin Say’s seat still in play—challengers ask for House review Back to class for Hawaii's blended Home-schools Black Eye for Hawaii: Pro Golfer Robbed by Two Homeless Dudes IHS: Mainland people looking to be homeless in Hawaii Friends, patients, colleagues turn out in support of embattled doctor Industry warns of crippling impact of work stoppage at US ports Hawaii One of 11 States With no Judicial Elections   Read More..

Sunday, January 18, 2015 January 18, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:48 PM :: 3792 Views OHA Chair Lindsey: Rescind CEO’s Authority, Let Staff Know Who is Boss Senator McCain’s Jones Act Amendment: Good for America New Medicaid Enrollees: Many Need Addiction Treatment The Ten Percent Solution Spending cuts take priority in Desperate Drive to Fund Union Contracts Ige Budget: No Increases for State Programs Caldwell Hopes You Don't Notice 12.5% Tax Hike Bills advance as Beach is used as excuse for 61% tax hike on Waikiki Businesses  Sequestration will force tough choices for Army in Hawaii Hawaii Congressional Delegates Pretend they're Influential Commission rejects Senators' proposal to appoint co-chiefs for HPD UH is ill-positioned to take its time seeking a new AD Star-Adv: Good ideas for housing finally in mix Hawaii Has Highest Proportion of State Employees Per Capita Schatz Fishes for Federal Workers Votes With Fake Wage Hike Bill Oahu Dems Agree to Let Aaron Johanson into Democratic party Chicago No Longer Seems a Lock to Host Obama’s Library Former Larry Mehau Property Sells for $5M Lava comes closest to Highway 130 since start of flow Read More..

Saturday, January 17, 2015 January 17, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:05 PM :: 5392 Views A New Opportunity for Jones Act Reform in Washington, DC Pro-Life? Hawaii Ranks 45th Dropping Oil Prices Boost Hawaii's Economy Ige Names Doug Chin AG, Randy Iwase PUC Chair Report: Low Income Students a Majority in Hawaii Public Schools Empower Windward: Neighborhood Board Election 2015 Workshop Morita Opposes NextEra Merger, Gets Boot Morita Doubts NextEra Can Follow Local Business Practices Doug Chin was Ige's 7th Pick for AG Williamson Chang Claims 65% of DoI Testimony Supported Fake Indian Tribe Tulsi Gabbard to Challenge Hirono, Josh Green to Run for ... ? AG Opinion: State Senate has Failed to Confirm Deputy Directors (ooops)  Hirono Opposes McCain Amendment to Jones Act Incompetent UH: Royalties 700 times Smaller than Similar-Size Schools Thirty Meter Telescope opponents file appeal Hawaii lawmaker hopes to protect your digital assets Don't create special fund for city park Foster Child Recruiter Pleads Guilty to Child Molestation  Matson's Million Dollar Molasses Fine Illegal, Renamed 'Restitution' Hawaiian Airlines Has No Intention of Passing Fuel Savings on to Customers ILWU Slowdowns Affecting Hawaii Produce Aisles Tulsi Gabbard: Obama Refuses to Recognize Who the Enemy Is Read More..

Friday, January 16, 2015 January 16, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:44 PM :: 4785 Views Pono Choices: Proposed Keiki Caucus Bills Would Undermine Parental Rights UH Board of Regents Nominees Sent to Ige Staff of Bankrupt, Nepotistic Charter School to be Paid Thru End of Month Hawaii Defense Foundation Urges Supreme Court to Take Up San Francisco Gun Control Case OHA Hires Design Team to Develop Kakaako Makai Plan Leeward Coast Third in Homelessness Hawaii Obamacare exchange projected to be financially viable — in 2022 Hawaii state-owned hospitals request $267M for next two years Hospital Partnership: Hard to Buy HGEA Lies New PUC Docket to Examine Deferring HECO-NextEra Buyout OHA, State Officials Discussing Kakaako Makai Land Swap AP, NYT, Drudge Suddenly Feature OHA's Push for Fake Indian Tribe OHA trains its board members on ethics and on the Sunshine Law Kidani: Massive Tax Hike to Fund DoE Should be Considered Cancer Center Will Be Out of Money in Two Years Unless Alternative to Tobacco Tax Revenues is Found Hotel tax revenue is County Councils' 'top priority' GMO faces likely stalemate in state Legislature thanks to Idiot Ruderman Sex Trafficking Measures To Be Proposed This Session Health Department Flouts Law Calling for Online Access to Care Home Reports Electrocution Hazard: Solar Panels Slow Firefighters Down Fire union says city breaking contract, wasting tax money Homosexual Prostitute Tells His Story Snowden to return to Hawaii — via video link Traces of pesticides found in water systems State proposes 473% rent hike at Kalaeloa Airport DLNR Socks Boaters With New Insurance Requirements Molokai Group Seeks Control of Fishing Grounds Read More..

Thursday, January 15, 2015 January 15, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:02 PM :: 4297 Views 1959: Martin Luther King Jr Salutes Hawaii Statehood Hawaii Senate Minority announces legislative agenda for 2015 Sen McCain Introduces Amendment to Repeal Jones Act Hawaii Second Highest Taxes on the Poor Best Cities for STEM Professionals: Honolulu Ranks 79th 241 Candidates File for Neighborhood Board Elections Litigation Update: the Affordable Care Act You're Paying Double for Sugar 2nd Annual Saint Marianne Cope Charity Walk "'Integral Yoga' Group and Swami Hope to Find Their Inner Balance in Federal Court" Sovereignty Activists Call on OHA to Restart Native Hawaiian Convention Richard Epstein to Discuss 'Environmental Deregulation' at UH Richardson Law School DCCA Website Compares Car and Homeowner Insurance Rates Insurance Risk to Drivers: Hawaii Ranks 20th Going forward and looking back at the Honolulu City Council Hawaii PUC chairwoman resigns powerful position Deferred: Council Saves City Taxpayers from Responsibility for HART Debt Tax Cuts proposed for Low Income Hawaii Residents Hawaii Congressional Delegation Bets Everything on Stopping Military Cuts in Hawaii Legislative Democrats Hint at priorities, say nothing MECO: If You Don't Ask for Lower Rates, We Won't Ask for Higher Rates Big Wind, Big Cable Coming Back? Friends of Lanai, I Aloha Molokai Request Deferral of HECO-Nextera Merger  Lock in our Alt-Energy Schemes plan before sale to NextEra, Lobbyists say Milner: We Destroyed Working Class Families, now we can Impose Universal Pre-K Poor Leaders Like Showoffs Ritte, Hooser Hurt Their Own Protests Kauai Anti-Dust Bill Aims at Attacking Seed Growers (Again) Civil Beat: Time to End Marijuana Prohibition Attorney: Honolulu Police Chief’s Stolen Mailbox ‘An FBI Matter’ Former HPD cop will spend almost 3 years in federal prison for extortion Mental Health Shifting to Civil Service Positions UPW: Privatizing Garbage Collection is Unconstitutional Hawaiian Airlines CFO Suddenly Gone King St Bike Lane: Cyclist Crashes onto Hood of Car, No Fatalities Yet Bribery for the People: Restaurants Would Go out of Business under Obama's Latest Freebie Japanese Government Demands Censorship of Textbook Written by UH Manoa Prof Read More..

Wednesday, January 14, 2015 January 14, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:21 PM :: 7235 Views No More Neutrality: OHA "prioritizes federal recognition" Kalihi: Caldwell to Cut 50% of Lanes from Kam IV Road HECO Rolling Blackouts Caused by Lack of Wind Star-Adv: Ige Must Seize chance to reform public hospitals 63 Homeless Moved into Housing Thanks to New Laws Caldwell: May Cost $6B--Gimme $350M or Rail is Pau Draft EIS: Transit development in Kakaako could add Hotels, 30,000 new residents Kauai HHSC Wipes out Debt With Layoffs, $9M Legislative Appropriation FBI Meets Lawyer Today to Hear Evidence Against Chief of Police Ethics Violations? Abercrombie's Chief of Staff Says 'Trust Me' Nepotistic Charter School Appeals Closure Prosecutors mull alleged case of voter fraud Alt Energy Lobbyists Top List of 7 possible candidates who could be Hawaii PUC's next chair Hawaii DC Democrats Firmly in the Congressional Minority--Votes in Vain Takai Hires More Hanabusa Staffers Tech lobbyist joins staff of Sen. Schatz Commissaries airlifting produce, dairy to Pacific Big Island Mayor Signs E-Cig Ban Bill Kauai Prosecutor Debunks Smoke Ban Bill Hawaii Among Largest Pay Gaps for Disabled Hawaii Hepatitis Outbreak: Will DOJ Prosecute USPlabs? Read More..

Tuesday, January 13, 2015 January 13, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:22 PM :: 4674 Views Mina Morita Out as PUC Chair DoE: "We Expect Lower Test Scores" Study: Obamacare Drives Up Medical Costs, But Hawaii Prepaid Protects State Sen Jeff Flake to Headline Hawaii Lincoln Day Dinner Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 12, 2015 Management: No Takeaways in Proposed Contract, but ILWU Rejects Omidyar's Pay Pal Refuses Service to Gun Stores HGEA Boss Admits Private Sector Unions Give Hospital Workers Better Contract than HGEA Rail Ends at Ala Moana, But Will Tax Go on Forever? Danger: Legislature, governor seem to get along Aaron Johanson to Beg Oahu Democrats' Permission to Join Up Two State Board Members Fight Release of Financial Disclosure Statements Loan Turned to Grant: Now Non-profits Want Same Deal ORI Got HPD Learned How to Milk Presidential Overtime Early Bag Ban Allows Thicker Plastic Bags -- Prohibits Biodegradable Bags Appointed AG: Hawaii Alone and Undemocratic as Yet Another State Goes for Elections Forbes: Alt Energy Pressure Drives Utility Mergers Sen Green Proposes 30% E-Cig Tax Rep Evans: HHSC May Request $120-$220M 50 percent of young victims of fatal crashes in 9 US states used alcohol or marijuana Medicaid reimbursement for pediatric dental services not keeping up with inflation UH nursing, dental hygiene student fees could double next year Debunking Anti-GMO Ignorance Kauai Counter-Protesters: "I choose a pig and a cow over a haole any day" Anti-Agriculture? Hooser Pushes Bill Banning Smoke, Dust Sen Ruderman 'Excited' About Pie in the Sky Blimp for Puna  Filthy Biomess Plant is Top 'Clean' Energy Project in Hawaii California, Michigan Companies are only Hawaii Energy Excelerator to Receive Funding Push is on to Make Hospitals Responsible for Home Caregivers Manoa burglary victim questions why officer didn't stop suspects Read More..

Monday, January 12, 2015 January 12, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:04 PM :: 5320 Views IHS: New Laws Pushing Homeless to Accept Shelter Which States Receive the Most Federal Aid? -- Hawaii is 47th NextEra Merger Timeline: Interest in Hawaiian Electric Began in 2011 With Big Cable Danner Sisters Upset Because Ige Won't Let Them Take over Hawaiian Homelands and Turn it into Indian Tribe Oahu Begins Idiotic Plastic Bag ban July 1 HART Shouldn't Suck Blood Bank Dry Hawaii Reporter’s Malia Zimmerman Bids Aloha State exchanges: Process smoother second time around, but problems persist Trask: HECO Strung My Geothermal Scheme Along While Pursuing Merger A key driver of our cost of living is the high price of land Soft on Crime: Murderer Gets Parole, Allegedly Molests Girl Inside Higher Ed: UHWO Prof Sues for Tenure Track Read More..

Sunday, January 11, 2015 January 11, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:07 PM :: 4004 Views HGEA Boss: Borreca is an Anti-Union Parrot 215 Candidates File for Neighborhood Board Elections 2015 Legislative Calendar: A Guide to the Deadlines Earned Income Tax Credit – A Solution to Poverty? Rail: Cynical City Officials Spinning, Ducking, Dodging and Finger-pointing--Few Believe Them Anymore Caldwell: I'm Not Hiding Behind Grabauskas Skirts, Really Caldwell: Raise Taxes or I Won't Finish Rail Project Borreca: Don't believe predictions of construction job growth Taxpayers will likely pay for charter school’s 'Psychic Healer' debt New prison key part of broad reform Ian Lind Edges into Cartoon Controversy Sour Poi for Abercrombie? Dope Doctor 'Happy' With Marijuana Dispensary Proposal Sanford Dole Led Union Cavalry During Civil War Read More..

Saturday, January 10, 2015 January 10, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:10 PM :: 4486 Views Last Chance? Maui Memorial Proposes Partnership with Straub, Pali Momi--HGEA Rejects Hawaii to Fill Medicaid Fee Shortfall for Six Months Video: Will Rail Be De-Railed? - Panos Prevedouros Obama’s Hawaii vacation is over, now it’s time for taxpayers to pay tab Charlie Hebdo: Liberal Societies Are Not Doing a Very Good Job Defending Their Liberal Values Why Free Community College Is Anything But Free Hawaii concealed carry law could change Omidyar & Civil Beat Spin Conspiracy Theories About Muslim Terror Attacks in France Lawyer to meet with FBI on "False and Manufactured Evidence' in chief's case Meth-Dealing Cop Gets Sentence Reduced General: Downsizing Army Would Reverse Momentum in Pacific Hawaiian Electric shareholders to vote on NextEra Energy merger this spring Star Adv: State should not appeal court ruling in Child Abuse case Economist: Affordable housing change will benefit county HI Tech Crowd Revitalizes UH OTTED to Line Pockets Tax Cut for Hawaii?  House Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Ban Internet Taxes Forever Takai Appointed to House Armed Services Committee UH seeks new Mauna Kea ‘master lease’ UH on board with Obama’s community college plan Monitoring is vital to stop prescription drug abuse Read More..

Friday, January 9, 2015 January 9, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:41 PM :: 4905 Views Hawaii Supreme Court to Review Haleakala Telescope Case Students behind the UH Hilo free speech case speak out for the first time Budget Leaves State Cash Reserves Dangerously Low Would better funding for OIP improve transparency? City Files Lien Against Hawaii Kai Sludge Dumper in Waianae Top Abercrombie Aide Joins Lobbying Firm Behind Abercrombie's Cabinet True Story: Hawaii County Hires Psychologist to Study anti-Geothermal Punatics Recycling glass feels good but it's costing Hawaii a lot Tranny's School's Charter May be First to be Revoked Medicaid Cuts off Hilo's Welfare Doctor, Prosecutes Him Kaiser Makes no Offer for MMMC Attorneys Question Hawaii PUC’s Approval of Wind Farm NextEra: Merger Discussion Began Last May  HECO Approves Only 6 of 2,749 Solar Systems on Overloaded Circuits Campaign to save Hawaii troops hits 10,000 signatures Family and friends say goodbye to YWAM Missionary lost at sea Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to be married in April, Groom not Named Turnabout: Criminal Cuts Fence, Breaks In to Prison--PSD Still Doesn't Notice Read More..

Thursday, January 8, 2015 January 8, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:08 PM :: 4139 Views Malia Zimmerman to work for Fox News Los Angeles OHA Trustee "Dump Kanaiolowalu" Full Text: Senators Propose Kealoha Hand Control of HPD to 'Co-Chiefs' American Cancer Society Hawaii: 6,730 New Cases of Cancer Expected in 2015 HHSC Maui and HPH -- Solutions for Hospitals' Longevity PV in Hawaii 2014: The Roller Coaster Ride Star-Adv Editors: Right to Ridicule Islam must be Defended Kealoha: I don't need any help from Senators or Co-Chiefs SHOPO: Body Cams 'Need to be Negotiated' TOD: Vampire Rail Attacks Hawaii Blood Bank, Forces Relocation Green: E-Cig Regs to be Top Priority Musubi-Gate: 5 Years Later Calvin Say Gives up on Retaliating Against REIT Conflict-of-interest clause doesn’t apply to legislators Rep Mele Carroll Resigns as Chair of House Human Services Ctte Hawaii Co Council votes to settle panhandler civil rights case Kauai Council Rejects Pay Hikes Inspector General Questions $7.4M Hawaii Homeland Security Spending Hawaii Film Office Harasses Photographers Gabbard: Solar Tax Credits Will Stay Former Kalaheo HS teacher guilty of 'harassment' of Underage Student, Gets $500 Fine State to pay $134,000 in death of child Hawaii Atheist Wins First Victory in Michigan Former Bank of Hawaii CEO Landon's time on Fed board could be short Feds Mandate Hawaii Ag Wage $12.98/hr Read More..

Wednesday, January 7, 2015 January 7, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:46 PM :: 4879 Views Charlie Hebdo: Martyrs for the Truth Ige's Entry into Politics "Approved by President of Hawaiian Tel" Rail Tax: Caldwell Hides behind Grabauskas' Skirts Thanks to Drop in Oil Prices, There's $55M More in State Revenue Forecast The High Price of Wind Energy in Breezy Hawaii Usual Suspects Push $38M Sugar Soda Tax -- $2.40 tax for a 6 pak HGEA Too Busy to Answer Phones at DLIR Unemployment Office Army seeking community reactions to potential cuts Tulsi Gabbard Helps Businesses Avoid Obamacare by Hiring Vets ILWU Slowdown Means Empty commissary shelves at Hickam SHOPO Should Learn from Kauai Experience with Body Cams HHSC Tops Kauai Legislators Agenda Public Utilities Commission ruling on wind proposal raises questions Minimum wage hike draws mixed reaction Maui News: Stay away from legal gambling Maui: 1,000 Illegal TVRs Obamas’ holiday vacation costs more than $277K in police overtime Kauai Garden Island Prints More Anti-Dairy Propaganda Hawaii looking out for human trafficking on the open sea Accountants Disciplined over 'Grossly Negligent' Audit of North Hawaii Community Hospital Read More..

Tuesday, January 6, 2015 January 6, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:20 PM :: 5824 Views Special Funds Allow State to Dodge Balanced Budget Requirement POLITICO: A Bizarre Trip Through the Jones Act Bank Big Cable is NextEra's 'Biggest Proposal' Help Repeal Kanaiolowalu and Act 195 Full Text: Health Connector Releases Annual Report The "Big Eyes" Have It: Hawaii Courts Again In The Hollywood Spotlight Duke Aiona's 808 State Update Hits Airwaves Ige Appoints DLIR, Communications ILWU Agrees to Federal Mediation of West Coast Port Dispute Six Boats Run Aground Due to Winter Storm, One Sailor Missing Mufi: HART Crying Wolf When there is no Crisis $1000/day for 20 Years: State Paying Millions to Lease Empty Lot Ige Renegotiating HGEA-HHSC Contracts HGEA Will Stall, Talk, then Block Ige Health Connector Will Hemorrhage Money for Next Eight Years, Demands $28M Bumbling Hawaii Health Connector Can't Handle its own job, Makes HMSA do it  Ige's Budget Shortchanges OIP Takai Touts Brokerage, Consultancy as 'Small Business' Kahuku ‘Is Going To Be Surrounded by Wind Turbines’ PV in Hawaii 2014: The Roller Coaster Ride Anti-Dairy Protesters Are a Bunch of Hypocrites Airport 'Wants to get rid of' Lei Vendors ACLU May Use Hawaii Co Case to Overturn Panhandling Ban Hawaii lawmakers considering more regulation on dentists UPW Suing City over Trash Hauling Privatization Accreditation at Risk: Honolulu Zoo director quits; 4th in 5 years Sex Offender Finally Gets Some Real Time Read More..

Monday, January 5, 2015 January 5, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:43 PM :: 3856 Views Lawsuit: OHA Uses Corporations to Sidestep Open Meetings Law, Loot Assets, Line Cronies' Pockets Hawaii Election 2014: Public Sector Unions Defeat Private Sector Unions No Health Benefit from Cigarette Tax Hikes Kelii Akina: 2014 Business Year in Review with Kam Napier Kelii Akina Interviews Kalbert Young on Hawaii Government Financial Condition Ige: Abercrombie's Labor Agreements Cost More than State Revenues UH special funds due for overhaul Waikiki Beach Erosion Latest Excuse for Tax Hikes Mother seeks more oversight on dental safety a year after Finley Boyle's death Pedestrian Run Over by Kauai Police DLNR Bungling Shuts Down Dive Tour Operators Unnecessarily  Another Welfare Cheat Busted Read More..

Sunday, January 4, 2015 January 4, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:10 PM :: 4201 Views Lottery as the Most Practical Path to Wealth? Fraud, Extravagant Expenditures: OHA Sued over Makaweli Poi Mill Theilen: Hawaii Republican Caucus has grown socially conservative Teachers Speak up for Common Core Oahu's pedestrian fatality rate climbed last year despite safety efforts Great minds offer advice to isle leaders for new year Small business group lost its tax-exemption prior to disbanding Read More..

Saturday, January 3, 2015 January 3, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:33 PM :: 4508 Views Aiona: Johanson Defection Solidifies Imbalance of State Government 168 Candidates File for Neighborhood Board Elections Auditor: State Policies Create Barrier to Glass Recycling DHS Gives Medicaid Doctors Six-Month Reprieve from 48% Pay Cut West Coast Port Slowdowns Worsen: ILWU, PMA Blame Each Other Councilmembers Scheme to Extend GE Tax Override 6% of Hawaii Will Owe Tax Fine for Not Buying Insurance Oil Price Drops 50%, MECO oh-so-generously Decides not to Hike Rates Maui County energy commissioner steps down, may take job as NextEra consultant California firm's $90M North Shore Oahu wind farm approved Puna Evacuation Could be Used to Pave Way for Mobil Home Parks in Hawaii Maui Council Elect New Committees, Leadership Honolulu Council to Tackle TVRs Marijuana Doctor Faces Corruption Charges, Loses License--Gets Free Ride from KITV Kauai Anti-Diary Activists Invoke Public Trust Doctrine?  Really? Some lawmakers disagree with complete fireworks ban Read More..

Friday, January 2, 2015 January 2, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:34 PM :: 3550 Views Chinese Consortium Makes Binding Offer to Buy Parent Company of Honolulu Rail Contractor Big Wind: NextEra, Sierra Club Team up for Corporate Welfare Full Text: Stockholder Suit Challenges HECO-NextEra Merger Legislative Budget Hearings Set NextEra Planning Offshore Windfarms for Hawaii? TAT Revenues on Track for Another Record Year A Trip Down the Rabbit Hole With Milk Price Controls Mainland Enviros Continue to Whine About Hawaii Longline Fisheries Not too Late to Convert Rail to Busway Department of Health: More contamination likely along rail route Settlement over Kauai police shooting death Kauai Council 2015 priority: Get Over GMOs Disgusting Organic Cheese Infected with Listeria State Official: Hawaii Needs Easier Access to Marijuana CO, WA Officials: We Must do More to Drive Customers into Pot Shops Beyond Gay Marriage: Trannies Being Pushed into Military, Schools, Sports Inequality: Collapse of Nuclear Family Drags Down Working Class, not Educated Elite Lava Flow: Puna Push for Harbor, Airstrip   Read More..

Thursday, January 1, 2015 January 1, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:52 PM :: 3825 Views Newly-Elected OHA Trustee Calls for Repeal of Act 195 House Republican Caucus announces new leadership for 2015 Can You Say 'Train Wreck'? SHOPO Sues City to Block Release of Police Disciplinary Records Ige Announces Seven New Appointments Star-Adv: HART, DoTax Bungling Puts GE Tax Hike on Agenda for 2015 Nothing Solved: 2014 Problems Carry over to 2015 Anti-GMO Activists Take Aim at Legislature Media treating police chief’s wife with kid gloves? Obama Library Would Cost UH Millions Kauai Rally Demands Water for Golf Course, not for Dairy Farm Anti-Smart Meter Activist Runs Kauai TVR Defender of downsizing slams city effort City employee alleges drinking at workplace DLNR Employees' tribute to Aila Read More..

Wednesday, December 31, 2014 December 31, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:07 PM :: 4172 Views Senator Calls on Feds to Block Electric 'Fixed Fees' Congressmen Put Heat on ‘Deceptive’ Rooftop Solar Leases Auditor: 26% of UH Special Funds out of Compliance Auditor: Unclear What Glass Recycling Program is Supposed to Accomplish Auditor: Regulation of Veterinary Technicians, Herbal Therapists not Warranted HTA: Visitor Arrivals, Expenditures Up for November Last Supporter of Disastrous Milk Price Controls May Sell Dairy Board approves new rules for Hawaii milk prices Selling Cancer Center Alternative to Tax Hike Potheads' Demand: 26 Pot Stores for Hawaii Kaneshiro sued for malicious prosecution Honolulu City Council to hold inauguration in council chamber this week City to crack down on illegal vacation rentals, Collect $40M More Taxes 703 Lane-Miles Repaved in 2 Years HECO, NextEra Hiring Away More PUC Staff Chicago Obama library bids in trouble Read More..

Tuesday, December 30, 2014 December 30, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:53 PM :: 4268 Views VIDEO: Republican Rep Aaron Johanson Switches to Democrat DBEDT: Social, Business and Economic Trends in Hawaii 1990-2013 Lava and Pahoa: Looking Back at 2014 162 Candidates File for Neighborhood Board Elections UH official offers three solutions to Cancer Center​ financial crisis Without Tax Hike Will Ag Board Finally Eliminate Failed Milk Price Control Policy? Rising property taxes a concern for Oahu home owners Got a $700M Shortfall? Set the Cycle to ‘Spin’ Hawaii Health Connector Wants $2.5 Million from State Ige Budget Proposes Reduced GO Bond Issuance Senator to call on feds to examine 'Fixed Fees' for electric service Tourism Industry Behind Water Grab on Big Isle, Kauai  Competence no Longer to be Required for Hawaii County Employment Psych Exam for Waikiki Homosexual Who Allegedly Chopped up Boyfriend Judiciary Suddenly Gets 'Tough on Crime' Engineer with State Dept. of Transportation accused of stealing from elderly City Repaves 305 Lane-Miles of Roads Read More..

Monday, December 29, 2014 Letters to the Editor, December, 2014 By Letters to the Editor @ 12:19 PM :: 3741 Views Lava and Pahoa: Looking Back at 2014 Ewa: 1825 Malden Trails at Risk Read More..

Monday, December 29, 2014 December 29, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 PM :: 4047 Views Anti-GMO Activism Caused by Illegal TVRs? Prosecutorial Misconduct -- Police Misconduct: Chief's Wife is Common Denominator in Two Separate Cases Star-Adv: Legalize TVRs and Tax Them Billionaire's Website Touts Idea of You Living in a Truck Tranny Sees WSF Expansion as Way to Reduce Athletics, Attack Religion NextEra Sets up Website to Tout Merger Maintenance rebate for solar water heaters brought back Few Show up to See Ige on Kauai Hilo Medical Center improves some patient satisfaction scores despite working with limited resources Soldiers Invite Obama to Wedding, He Tells them to Get out of Way Read More..

Sunday, December 28, 2014 December 28, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:34 PM :: 3735 Views Eight Tax Hikes Proposed for Hawaii Rowena Akana: Now That I'm in Charge, Everything is Fine at OHA 152 Candidates File for Neighborhood Board Elections Obamacare: Hawaii State Funds to Cover 46% Cut in Physician Pay Hawaii Ranks 17th: 10.3% Smoke Marijuana Hawaii GET: Another Perspective Smart Business Hawaii:  "Voice of Hawaii small businesses" closes Star-Adv: Legalizing Illegal Vacation Rentals Could be Cash Cow for State E-Cigs to Be Targeted for Tax Hike HHSC in 'A Weaker Limbo' Health Connector Claims 15,000 Policies Sold NextEra: Solar rebates for Big Projects, not Rooftops CoC: Loss of Military Presence Could Drive Hawaii into Recession Grumpy, Sleepy, Dopey -- Flashback 2014 Catherine Awakuni appointed Chair DCCA Candidates for neighborhood boards sought Soon All Four Counties Will Have Film Facilities Astronomy’s impact: Sector pumps $91.48 million into Big Isle economy in 2012 Historic trails a public asset worth saving Kauai Leading state in hate? Read More..

Saturday, December 27, 2014 December 27, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:26 PM :: 4518 Views Open Letter to Gov. Ige on Transparency Ige Appoints DCCA, DoA, DHHL Directors, Deputies Honolulu to Convert all Streetlights to LED Hawaii prime target of foreign governments seeking US intelligence "The Interview": Not Quite Ready For The John Peter Zenger Honorary Oscar 21 Rail Supports Fail Concrete Stress Test The primary strategy to improve health in Hawaii should not be additional funding Nurses reach deal on Queen's contract Star-Adv: UH Hilo Free speech a noble cause Experimental Battery Depends on Red Hot Molten Salt Read More..

Friday, December 26, 2014 December 26, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:37 PM :: 3872 Views College Town? Honolulu Ranks 185th Star-Adv: Isle issues could use Obama's pull (no mention of Akaka Tribe) Esther Kia'aina: Akaka Tribe? 'Not much I can say' Cancer Center Used as Latest Excuse for Tax Hikes Hilo students defend right to free speech 5,141 leave Hawaii in 2014 Ige: Affordable housing, state office bldg. could be built along rail Honolulu’s Affordable Housing Rules Only Produced 68 Units in FY 2014 One Stop Center Needed to Deal with Homelessness Among Micronesian Migrants 'Beach Replenishment' is Latest Excuse for Tax Hike TVR Report Designed to Make Case for Tax Hikes Committee wraps up study for Age-Friendly City Initiative Nobody Uses Bike Lane so Drivers Park There Obama to troops: Afghanistan ‘not going to be a source of terrorist attacks again’ Read More..

Thursday, December 25, 2014 December 25, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:26 PM :: 4562 Views How Christmas Came to Hawaii Duke Aiona: What's Next? Is OHA a Criminal Enterprise? 142 Candidates File for Neighborhood Board Elections Hawaii Supreme Court Confirms Election Contests Are Tough "Peace on Earth and good will toward men" Can Guide Policy Ige Looks at Budget, Contracts and Ends extra Xmas Eve, New Years Eve holiday Trevor Ozawa Questions Rail Cost Overruns New program helps homeless veteran reunite with family on mainland Wearing of body cameras proposed for officers Pothead Cop Breaks Sentencing Agreement, Gets Less Time Anyway Hawaii is one of two states to avoid upcoming Medicare penalties Lower Bills Coming: LNG to be Approved by Dec 31? Kauai Charter school community meeting slated Read More..

Wednesday, December 24, 2014 December 24, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:54 PM :: 4378 Views How Christmas Came to Hawaii Lawsuit: State Gave Foster Boys to Bisexual Child Molester HTA Study: Vacation Rental Units are 25% of Total Lodging New report ranks Hawaii among worst places for business Al Hee Hires Beverly Hills Lawyer, Claims to be Not Guilty, Posts $25K Bond HHSC to get less than half of funding it had sought Court Rejects Tommy Waters Election Challenge for City Council Seat Kapolei: DHHL Gets $200M to Mismanage New Family Court rule guarantees legal aid for kids hurt in the system 23% Increase Licensing fees for nurses, realtors, others will Pay to Replace Decades old Wang Computers North Shore Kauai Nearly 40% of Homes are Illegal TVRs Legal pot Makes Denver a Magnet for Homeless Hawaii Lowest Mortgage Default Risk in USA  DLNR cuts presidential security coverage Read More..

Tuesday, December 23, 2014 December 23, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:54 PM :: 4972 Views Single Payer Collapses in Vermont--Is David Ige Listening? Full Text: Ige Sends Budget to Legislature Hope or Despair for Hawaii's 'Ohana? Troubled Obamacare vendor awarded new Hawaii contract Commuter-Adjusted Daytime Population on Oahu Briefing: Doctors Discuss Challenge of Working With Medicaid PMA Requests Federal Mediation in West Coast Longshore Negotiations HART advertises first package of rail station contracts Video: Meet Hawaii's New Republican House Members Ige on Tax Increase: "Sometimes things happen" Ige Proposes Internet Sales Tax: $26B budget boosts Spending 8% Ige Budget leaves HHSC $48M in Red Star-Adv Editors Complain they Have a Hard time Getting Marijuana--Want 26 Pot Shops Opened Reopened Kulani Prison Still 70% Empty Old Boy Continuity: Takai Makes Hanabusa's Chief of Staff His Own Tax Credit Crowd Wants NextEra Deal Sidewalks in Chinatown cleared of homeless Thai workers on Hawaii farms may not get any of $8.7M award Forbes: Bank of Hawaii Second Best in USA Hawaii Dominates List of US Most Expensive Air Routes Read More..

Monday, December 22, 2014 December 22, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:27 PM :: 3715 Views Motions Fly in Lawsuit Seeking Removal of Schatz from Office U.S. should respond aggressively to cyber attack, expert says Hawaii Congressional Delegation How they Voted December 22, 2014 Honolulu Police Commission under fire February Showdown for HECO-Nextera Deal DHHL reform good first step Ritte Takes Molokai Down Slippery Slope (Again) Bad Data Tells Us Hawaii Is Very Healthy Espero: Constituents Not Clamoring for Legal Marijuana, Dispensaries more Likely HPD to start enforcing sit-lie law in Chinatown Sovereignty Activists Push to Recruit More Prisoners    Hawaii Atheist Doesn't Fool Michigan Read More..

Sunday, December 21, 2014 December 21, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:33 PM :: 4091 Views Task Force: Legislature Must Act This Session to Get Obamacare Waiver for Hawaii ILWU Port Slowdowns Behind Japanese Potato Crisis? 133 Candidates File for Neighborhood Board Elections London Mayor’s Unpaid Tax Bill Scary Sticker Shock: Prospects Slim for Alarming $700M Rail Cost Overrun Shapiro: Rail is $5.26B Lemon Ige's Budget Due Monday: Santa Claus is coming, but he'll probably skip UH Mufi: No HEI sale to NextEra unless it serves Hawaii cronies Homosexual Rape Traumatizes Hawaii 6 Year Old Activists Push for Right to Give Marijuana to 5-year old, 8-year old REITS Targeted for $60M Tax Hike--to be Passed on to Tenants Honolulu Affordable Housing Rules Not Like Maui's? Ethics Commission staff recommend closing lobbyist disclosure loopholes Lava Six to seven days away from Pahoa Plastic Bags OK if they are Thicker and Say 'Reusable'? Obama Hanging our with Hooker-Lovin Buddy (again) Hawaii? Hacker posts more S. Korean reactor info on Internet Read More..

Saturday, December 20, 2014 December 20, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:08 PM :: 5109 Views Federalist Society: Is Obama Bringing the Akaka Bill Back? Flying to Hawaii: Comparing the Cost and Frequency Across States The Economic Impact of Astronomy in Hawaii Reforming No Child Left Behind Lying About 'Temporary' Tax Hikes is Old Tactic Lawmakers question the rush to extend rail surcharge Attention Honolulu: Maui County Forced to Relax Affordable Housing Requirements Angling for Money, UH Claims to be Unable to Afford Cancer Center Debt Desperate: Hawaii Health Connector enrollment deadline extended Pressler: HHSC, State Hospital top list of DoH Priorities Caldwell Won’t Discuss the Problems of Honolulu’s Police Chief Kauai PD first in state to use body cams on patrol Morita Ordered to Tear Down Vacation Rentals--fine cut in half Financial Disclosure Debate Moving to Hawaii Supreme Court Aloha United Way flexes political muscle to rebuff ethics recommendation Drug Dealer Marries Two-Time Killer in Hawaii's First Prison Gay Marriage Gabbard to Push Hemp Again this Session Maui Council Gives Mayor Authority to Raise Water Rates by Declaring 'Shortage' TAT?  Study Group Says Hire Consultant Walter Ritte, Anti-GMO Activists Hail Thugs Who Attacked Fishermen NextEra to Drill for Natural Gas Russian Nuclear Bombers Again Buzz Guam--Unchallenged Read More..

Friday, December 19, 2014 December 19, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:40 PM :: 4560 Views HART: ‘Begin the discussion now of extending the existing half-percent GET surcharge’ University of Hawaii athletics must tackle fiscal woes Hawaii Supreme Court: Agencies Have No Duty To Keep Their Records Accurately Hawaii's Demise Through the Eyes of The Economist Policy Talk: New Governor and His Agenda An American Hero: Capt. Jerry Coffee Obamas depart D.C. for annual Hawaiian vacation Recktenwald: No Right to Question Gay Marriage  Caldwell: HART GE Tax Revenues Being Manipulated to Fake Crisis Ige: We Will Do Better Job of Counting Honolulu GE Tax Revenue Slater: Convert Rail into Elevated Highway Star-Adv: Police Chief may be Compromised, Commission Must Act Now HECO Spins Revolving Door at PUC While Honolulu pushes to force more development of affordable homes, Maui Discovers Policy is a Failure Definition of Insanity?  Neil Milner Renews Push For Pension Tax Failure Justifies More Spending #1: Should State Hospital get Another $200M? Failure Justifies More Spending #2: UH to Legislature--Give Us Money or We'll Raise Tuition Its Budget Time So State environmental response programs Claim to be running out of money Hu Honua Bio-Mass project moving forward after settlement Hawaii Co Council: E-Cigs Same Regs as Tobacco Kauai Co Auditor's Retaliation Suit Back in State Court Hawaii 4th Longest Work Hours in USA Read More..

Thursday, December 18, 2014 December 18, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:00 PM :: 5113 Views OHA Chair Demands Censorship of Kakaako Coverage VIDEO: Oz Stender Said What About OHA? Corruption: Al Hee Indicted on 13 Counts--Could Get 39 Years in Federal Prison Gay Marriage Advocate Starts Pushing Polygamy for Hawaii Hawaii Supreme Court hears gay marriage arguments Part of a Broader Plan: Homosexual Teacher Helps School Kids Come Out as Gay Hawaii churches continue to struggle for their religious freedom Hawaii Reports 1 Child Abuse Death from fiscal year 2008 through 2013 $500M Short? HART Cites Its Own Incompetence as Reason for Massive GE Tax Hike Star-Adv: OHA's challenge to open-meetings ruling lacks merit PRP Gets $3,100 Fine For Campaign Violations P20: Public schools need flexibility, but be clear about what kind 2nd Director Put on Leave at Nepotistic Charter School As NextEra Closes in, Blue Planet Demands 100% 'Clean Energy' Cars Mayor veto of GMO Ag Tax stands GMO appeal squeaks through council (Mainland Anti-GMO Groups Make Same Worthless 'Free Representation' Offer) SHOPO, Former Chief Speak up for Embattled Kealoha as Commission Refuses to Act Judge Hawaii County Aerial Animal Eradication is Illegal UH Management Chaos? All they need is $9.7B and Everything Would be OK No Hawaii Assisted Living Center Meets More Than 75% of Goals Bikers refusing to use new King Street bike lane City crews Pick up 6 Tons of Homeless' Trash: Continue daily enforcement of "stored property ordinance." Hawaii is Home to Last Baby Boomer--He Can't Afford to Leave Read More..

Wednesday, December 17, 2014 December 17, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:10 PM :: 4129 Views Only 3,500 Sign Up for Obamacare in Hawaii 114 Candidates File for Neighborhood Board Elections Hawaii Family Forum: "Never, never, never give up." Hawaii is Addressing Liabilities, but There’s a Long Way to Go Feds Pay Hawaii to 'Test health care payment and service delivery models' A&B CEO Elected Chair of Hawaii Nature Conservancy Feds Pay Hawaii to 'Test health care payment and service delivery models' Nanakuli: City to Update Homeless Project Police Commission Chair Already Convinced that Chief is Innocent With NextEra Coming, Media Suddenly Admits That New Solar Projects Increase Oahu Electricity Bills NextEra/HECO transaction application to be filed with Hawaii regulators in six weeks New DHHL permit process approved Mentally Ill Criminal Released, Stabs Kailua Woman The Economist Looks at Hawaii Homelessness, Gets it Wrong Star-Adv on Bike Lane:  Danger of 'Appalling Fatalities' is Greatest Now University of Hawaii athletics must tackle fiscal woes New calls for regulation as vacation rental popularity grows Schatz Booted off Energy Committee Mainland Anti-GMO Activists Admit they are Using Rural Hawaii Residents as pawns Fishermen Get Meddling Outside Enviros Out of their Hair, Solve Fisheries Issues Remark about ethnicity wins convict resentencing hearing Read More..

Tuesday, December 16, 2014 December 16, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:23 PM :: 5017 Views OHA Chair: Exposure of My Kakaako-Pelatron Connection is 'less than helpful to elected officials' Health Exchange Signups Less Than 10% of Number Needed OHA Sues OIP Over Decision on Sunshine Law Violation Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted December 15, 2014 Unemployment Insurance Rates Drop 22% Ige’s Interim AG Follows in Predecessor’s Footsteps by Fighting Disclosure Ruling FBI to Investigate HPD after Kealoha's stolen mailbox case dismissed Abercrombie Pardons Dirty Cop, Crooked Professor Lawyers Launch Stockholder Suit against HECO Merger Delacruz Back with Kapolei Land Swap Bill Hawaii Co Council to Decide on GMO Ruling Appeal Maui GMO case Reassigned to Judge Oki Mollway Council eyes Sunshine change Liver Failure: Natural Supplements Maker Faces Federal Mail Fraud Investigation Last lei stand in Waikiki struggling to stay in business Will the Rohrabacher Amendment Actually Block Federal Prosecution of Medical Marijuana Patients and Their Suppliers? Arraignment held for HPD officer accused of sex assault Malama Market Pahoa to close, evacuate as lava advances Mentally Ill Person Lived on Streets 20 Years Kauai Council Votes to Block Photographers Legacy Of A Honolulu Vietnam War Protest Justifies Wetting Down Muslim Terrorists Read More..

Monday, December 15, 2014 December 15, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:26 PM :: 4159 Views Hawaii Teens #1 in E-Cigarette Use OHA Sues Office of Information Practices for Daring to Nail Sunshine Law Violation  Friends of Lanai Takes on NextEra Monday is Deadline for Obamacare Sign Up--And Nobody Wants it More Delays in Police Chief Civil Case Anti-GMO Ag Tax on Kauai Council Agenda Again Sovereignty Activists Complain UH Hilo Not Teaching Sovereignty Hawaii Co Council to Vote on E-Cigarette Law Four Years: Kauai County Fights Release of Toxicology Reports Soft on Islam Policy Leads to Sydney Terror Attack Read More..

Sunday, December 14, 2014 December 14, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:33 PM :: 3657 Views How Christmas Came to Hawaii NextEra: The Green Corruption Files A Cliff in Hawaii Income Tax, Too Save HECO pt 1: Demand that NextEra Block LNG to keep Rates High Save HECO pt 2: Jobs Lost as NextEra Cuts Electric Bills by Building Natural Gas Plants, Installing Smart Meters Utility merger brings attention to undersea power cable proposal Life of the Land, HECO & the Future Star-Adv Cheers Obama Library 3' Above Allegedly Rising Sea Levels  Star-Adv Continues to Cover up Litigious Atheists' Move to Michigan Suggested Amendments to Sunshine Law Cyclists Will Die, but I've Got Counter Research Read More..

Saturday, December 13, 2014 December 13, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:00 PM :: 3777 Views 90 Candidates File for Neighborhood Board Elections FBI Names Paul D. Delacourt Special Agent in Charge of Honolulu Division UH Hilo Highlighted in New Report: Most U.S. Colleges Violate Students’ Free Speech Rights The Inside Scoop on HECO’s Four Year Death Cycle Hawaii Pacific Health exec Virginia Pressler named state health director State Supreme Court Rules Counties Do Not Have Duty to Maintain Public Records FBI Director Visits Honolulu, Focus on Cybercrime Suspension lifted for HPD officer involved in police brutality case House Bill 83 keeps compact funds intact Energy Security?  Repeal Jones Act WaPo Laughs at Hawaii Obama Library proposal Senate Dems Suffer So Many Losses that they now rely on Hirono for Intelligence, Schatz for Ethics Damage at Kailua Waste Water Treatment Plant Will Cost taxpayers Read More..

Friday, December 12, 2014 December 12, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:46 PM :: 4520 Views Hawaii Republicans Should Follow Lingle's Path to Victory Is the HECO-NextEra Merger a Done Deal? Hawaii 4th-Worst State for Small Business Smart Growth v. Suburbanization Score is 0-1 National Report: Hawaii Ranks 5th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco Hawaii Tech Chief: Bhagowalia's Pie in the Sky Promise Not Likely to Materialize Anytime Soon Thanks to HGEA Cost of HGEA Behind Collapse of HHSC Hospitals Hawaii DoT Claims Administrative Costs 'Only' $16,512 per Mile Hawaii takes small steps on $20B retiree liability PBN: UH Chronically Dysfunctional Kauai Audit report finds 'Discrepancies' in 80% of Vacation, Sick Leave Records Hawaii’s new first lady will focus on education NextEra Personnel Already Placed in HECO Offices Kewalos: OHA Lied About Kakaako Commitments Making it Up as they Go Along: Gay New Figures $19.3 for Hawaii Anti-GMO Activists Sinking in Moral Quicksand One Third of Hawaii Toddlers Not Immunized -- State Ranks 40th Council Gives Drunken Thief $250K Hawaii Loses 6100 Jobs to China Lawsuit Filed Against Pohakuloa Department of Health, U.S. Navy at odds over recommendation for Red Hill tanks Abercrombie's Last Act:  Pardons Man convicted of violent Manoa home invasion US Coast Guard, Police, Prepare for First Family's Holiday Arrival Read More..

Thursday, December 11, 2014 December 11, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:15 PM :: 3513 Views Top Chicago Labor Law Firm Takes Aim at Illegal Appointment of Brian Schatz House Briefing to Look at UH Budget Request Senate Briefing on ERS Financial Status Active Lifestyle? Honolulu Ranks 24th Obamacare Increasing Coverage, but Not Access to Health Care Pension Fund Deficit: Still 26 Years From Solvency Ige to OHA: 'Focus on areas of common goals and common understanding' OHA Trustees: Servant Leaders with High Standards? Strategies for Clean Elections? Not going to Rise? Hawaii Obama Presidential Community Organizing Center Proposed at Sea Level  Aloha United Way fundraising with state described as unfair Hawaii Public Utilities Commission needs to expand Ige One of 10 Governors Elected Without Majority Juror: 'Somebody Hired to Steal Chief's Mailbox' Kauai Council to Vote on Anti-GMO Agriculture Tax Hike Anti-GMO Ex-mayoral candidate who defied laws guilty HPD officer indicted in sexual assault Hotel Sneaks into Mayor Wright Redevelopment Plan Water Commission Balks at Federal Water Grab Read More..

Wednesday, December 10, 2014 December 10, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:33 PM :: 5589 Views OHA Trustees Elect Robert Lindsey Chair Video: Do Right-Wingers Support a Free Hawaii? Oahu churches seek dismissal of atheist lawsuit Made in China Solar Panels Costly for Planet Hawaii Supreme Court In Aina Lea: The Rationales Behind The Opinion Hawaii Ranks No. 1 Among All U.S. States in Overall Health Hawaii DoH: Significant Increase in E-Cigarette Use among Public School Teens Is it wasteful or watchful government spending? Os Stender: 'OHA Leadership Not up to the Task' The Greatest Energy Event in Hawaiian History Will Honolulu Police Commission Hold Chief Kealoha Accountable? Hawaii Health Connector Still Paying Controversial Tech Company to Fix its own Mistakes Sit-lie ban expansion on hold for now Several States Could Regulate and Tax Short-Term Rentals in 2015 Jay’s resignation won’t cost UH, questions surround search for replacement Anti-GMO Activists Tee Off on Kauai Charter Commission Ritte Defends Thugs Accused of Attacking Fishermen The Problem With Lobbyists — and Their Regulators Honolulu 7th Least Affordable for Millennials New Plastic Bag Laws Benefit Lahaina Company China's New Submarine Can Nuke Hawaii Read More..

Tuesday, December 9, 2014 December 9, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:59 PM :: 3906 Views 73 Candidates File for Neighborhood Board Elections Education Reform: Kelii Akina Interviews Darrel Galera, Roberta May Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted December 8, 2014 Legislation Lets States Cut Ties Between Common Core and Federal Grants Man gets 33 months in prison after threatening to decapitate congresswoman Big Wind is Back--HECO's Inter-island Transmission Cable re-surfaces NextEra Enticed by Ultra-High Wholesale Electricity Prices Bill 81, Bill 82 Tens of Thousands of Dollars per Lot in New Taxes ERS Funding Creeps Upward Ben Jay to step down as Athletic Director at UH Manoa State Hospital, Public Defender Block Commitment of Mentally Ill Homeless Person Anti-Agriculture Activists Show True Colors Kalapama Canal: Homeless Camp takes over Rail TOD Site Plan to reduce Hawaii's use of oil in transportation to be revealed next summer Airports, Highways Divisions Appointments Announced Hawaii Journalists Do Not Respond to Survey on Political Corruption Hawaii Allows Special Prosecutor to Handle Police Cases Ordinary Criminal Dies Alone in Prison While Pflueger Walks Obama Contributes to Illegal TVR Problem Read More..

Monday, December 8, 2014 December 8, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:21 PM :: 4260 Views Honolulu 31st Lowest Concentration of Disadvantaged Police Commission Must Step in, Discipline Kealoha Is the HECO-NextEra Merger a Done Deal? Thanks to Wind, Solar NextEra Pays the Least in Taxes State, Feds Give Away $21.2M in High Tech Corporate Welfare Homeless Dude Refuses Shelter for 13 Years Britain to Copy Hope Probation Program Mental Illness Costs $7M and Cure Still out of Reach Carlisle Confused About 2002 Read More..

Sunday, December 7, 2014 December 7, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:54 PM :: 4098 Views Pearl Harbor, Civil Rights, and Hawaii Statehood Hawai’i State Hospital Employees Game Overtime System HECO Sends Six New Solar Projects for PUC Approval Ethics Commission Fines Non-Profit for Illegal Lobbying End Run Around Nexus Pearl Harbor Day: Ige Not Laying Down Policy Specifics PUC Appointment Puts HECO Merger in Ige's Lap NextEra Energy in Hawai`i: LNG, interisland cables and smart grids Obamacare Rate Hikes?  You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet Maui Council Chair: Legislature Needs to Provide 'Legal Flexibility' to Maui Memorial Bungling Hawaii VA Behind Denial of Benefits to Navy Cross Recipient  Goebbels' Mistress Spied for Japan in Honolulu 'Hope nobody gets Hurt': 'Spooky' King St Project, 'Inspired by Portlandia' Review of Hawaii Co tax equity issues needed Agribusiness Development for former Wahiawa Dole Lands Read More..

Saturday, December 6, 2014 December 6, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:44 PM :: 4418 Views Pearl Harbor, Civil Rights, and Hawaii Statehood Mitsunaga, Rail Contractors Poured Money into Ige Campaign Ige Spent $11.25 per Vote Thousands join Gov. Ige in inauguration celebration dinner Soft Cop: Insurance Div Approves 8.4% HMSA Rate Hike Kauai Council to Vote on GMO Tax Veto Override Resolve cases of misconduct at DOE faster City Removes 14 Tons of Trash from Homeless Camps Kona residents mull land use process Read More..

Friday, December 5, 2014 December 5, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:09 PM :: 4814 Views Hawaiians Lost Land, Homes in Scam: Sovereignty Activist Ordered to Pay Reparations Ige's Commitment: 'No Hidden Agendas, Avoid Raising Taxes' DoE Leaders Embrace Education Reform Proposals 182 Days: BOE Adopts Teacher-Proposed School Calendar for School Year 2015-2016 Report: 63% of Hawaii Charter Schools Fall Below Academic Performance Standards Audit: AG, DBEDT Did Not Report Millions in Funds National Right to Life President to Speak in Hawaii The Jones Act’s Costly Impact The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Opportunities for International Trade and Internal Growth Lawyer: HPD Chief Purposefully Causes Mistrial Leahi Hospital at Risk of Closing, 260 Patients may be Thrown into Street Charter Schools:  "Student Centered School" is an old idea whose time has come Star-Adv: Legalize below-radar housing Tulsi Gabbard Co-Sponsors Bill to Help Casino Magnate Ten Days to Hawaii Health Connector Deadline Will Ige Select AG Who Champions Transparency? Transparency: Will Ige Withdraw State's Appeal of Act 230? Hawaii's state government prioritizes 'cloud first' for new IT projects 45 Year Old Computer Systems Running State Departments Ige Inauguration Sold Out Maui News: Give Abercrombie Credit for Making Hawaii Run Better Honolulu among U.S. counties with least affordable homes, RealtyTrac says Usual Suspects Push State Tax Credit for EV Buyers Hawaii Among Six States Where Politicians are 100% Behind Gay Agenda Three Years Later McKinley Softball Stadium Not Completely Ready Cop Body Cams: A No-Brainer for Hawaii Hawaii FBI Received 3 Mine Resistant Vehicles Worth $1.2M Bike Lane: Rules vs Reality Former Certified Hawaii CEO Charged with 14 Felony Counts of Theft Mismanagement allegations at Pearl Harbor memorial Read More..

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