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Wednesday, April 30, 2014 |
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April 30, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:51 PM :: 5389 Views
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- DBEDT Hawaii Refinery Task Force Calls for Jones Act Waiver
- PUC Orders HECO to Cut Costs, Integrate More Solar
- Lawsuit: Bungling UH Construction Management Behind Delays, Change Orders, Cost Overruns
- Legislature Passes State Budget
- VIDEO: House Republicans Speak out on State Budget
- McDermott helps land $2.3 million for Campbell High Air Conditioning
- VIDEO: Is the Jones Act Impacting Domestic Oil?
- Djou on Obama Asia Visit: Congress Should Pass Asia-Pacific Free Trade Pact Now
- Leapfrog: Hawaii Among Top 5 States for Hospital Quality
- Effects of Pension Plan Changes on Retirement Security
- Repeal Jones Act Before Exporting Oil
- Pigs at the Trough: Hawaii Anti-GMO activists Celebrate Arrival of Mainland Money Group
- Senate Confirms Tamamoto, Wooley Appointments
- HHSC faces $48M shortfall for state's public hospitals
- Funding held up on Turtle Bay preservation deal
- Progressives vs Hanabusa Over Pohakuloa Development
- Hawaii Independent Party Brings Many Hannemann Supporters into its Fold
- With Lassner's Job on the Line, UH-Manoa Suddenly Decides to eliminate several management positions (sort of)
- Operator of state's largest landfill indicted
- TAT Falls Short Honolulu Salary Commission Goes Long
- Kauai: What a Shame
- Hawaii lawmakers extend time for sex abuse cases
- Homeless building tree houses in Honolulu
- 23% Would Leave Hawaii if they Could--Lowest Percentage of Any State
- Windward school teaches students to help autistic classmates
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Tuesday, April 29, 2014 |
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April 29, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:00 PM :: 5319 Views
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- Lingle to Chair Djou Campaign Team
- Special Interest Groups Can Hijack Hawaii's Elections if Late Voter Registration Bill Enacted
- CATO: Minimum Wage Increase Not the Answer in Hawaii
- Full Text: Taskforce Report Plans 'Refinery Closure Scenarios'
- Kakaako: Ige Will Oppose Appointment of Kobayashi VP to HCDA
- $52.4M CIP for Public Housing Renovation, DHS IT Planning
- OHA Fails at 'Land and Power' Game
- HHSC Privatization Bill Killed by HGEA/UPW Controlled Legislators
- DoE Sup't Pay Hike Bill Revived, Rules Violated for Re-Opened Conference at State Capitol
- Today's Agenda: Nobody Wants Wooley, Tamamoto
- Dela Cruz Sabotages His Own Bill
- Office of Healthcare Transformation to take lead role in Obamacare innovation waiver
- Counties' haul of hotel taxes--A Piddling $10M Split 4 Ways
- Contractor Lawsuit: UH Procurement Office Unprofessional, Causes Massive Construction Delays
- Solutions to Tribal-Brained Inhumanity on Kauai
- Kauai: Nude Beaches at the 'Precipice of Death'
- Maui Meadows study finds that smart meters are safe
- Harassed by Crackpots, Kauai County May Seek Higher Signature Count for Ballot Initiatives
- Ethically Challenged Developer Claims Vindication on Affordability at $699K
- State to pay $190,000 in suit over abuse of schoolgirls
- After Decade-Long Legal battle, Everybody Grabs for Slice of Substitute Teachers Backpay
- Leapfrog: Hawaii Among Top 5 States for Hospital Quality
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Monday, April 28, 2014 |
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April 28, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:30 PM :: 3517 Views
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- Marriage and Religious Freedom: Heritage Foundation Events May 6-8 Oahu, Maui, Kona, Hilo
- Duke Aiona, Elwin Ahu to Headline Maui Republican Rally May 3
- Daily KOS: Don't Be Surprised When Abercrombie Wins
- LA Times Liberal Columnist Names Abercrombie hero of Obamacare
- OHA Still Looking for Ways to Slip Kakaako Development Thru
- Luke Retaliates Against Rock Climbers, State Liability Continues
- Autism Coverage Mandate Gutted at last Minute
- Same-day voter registration measure to get final hearing
- Bill Bans Smoking of "Any Plant Product" at Public Housing
- Honolulu Officials' Salaries Lag Behind Bankrupt Detroit, California Cities
- Hawaii graduations among nation's most equitable
- Kauai Anti-GMO Petition Demands Farmers 'Prove Its Safe' or Shut Down
- Will the GMO Debate Fuel Campaign Donations?
- New Solar Rules Require Electricians
- A Reduction in Hawaii's Vast Elevator and Boiler Inspection Backlog
- Running for Senate, Hanabusa Writes DOA Bill Designed to Increase Military Presence in Hawaii
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Sunday, April 27, 2014 |
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April 27, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:36 PM :: 3944 Views
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- VIDEO: "We Don't Want Your Phony Roll"
- The Power of the Money Committees
- The Kobayashi Group is not a “Small Business” as Defined by the HCDA Law
- 'Surveillance System' Looks at Hawaii Residents Sugary Beverage Drinking Pattern
- Do You Know the Meaning of ‘Temporary’?
- COFACAN: Advocates Plan Next Steps to Defend Healthcare Access
- Kakaako: Last-minute shenanigans on full display
- Borreca: Reopen the Search for UH president
- Maui News: Mufi Helps Neil Get Reelected
- Centrifugal Forces Tearing Hawaii Democratic Party Apart?
- OHA: One More Chance for Kakaako Makai Development Scheme?
- OHA Reiterates Plan to Exclude 77% of Native Hawaiians from 'Hawaiian Governing Entity'
- Spurned by a federal court, Pacific migrants seek justice through politics
- Excellent News! Opposition imperils nomination of Wooley
- After 12 Years, Failed Solar, Wind Systems Close Haunama Bay Night Programs
- Honolulu Residents Lack Trust in City Government
- Arakawa: Non Need for property Tax Increase
- Kauai Scores $5.4M Overtime
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Saturday, April 26, 2014 |
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April 26, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:18 PM :: 5982 Views
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- Quo Warranto Fu: Is Calvin Say a Qualified Voter in his District?
- Voting Rights Denied: What Hawaii Can Learn from Davis v Guam
- April 25, 2014: Election Commission Releases Updated Candidate List
- Complete List of Bills up for Final reading in House and Senate
- Ige's Dirty Deal With HSTA: Phony 'Procedural Mixup' Dooms Key Education Measures
- Lawmakers reject OHA's bid for Kakaako towers
- Galuteria Angered by His Failure to Stick His Constituents With Kakaako Makai Development Scheme
- AJ Musto, Inouye, Shiseki back retired general for UH president
- Legislative Wrap-Up: The Status of Energy Bills
- State legislature passes bill to increase minimum wage after Hee Capitulates
- Key committee approves $1.5M for Hawaii exchange
- Voter Registration on Election Day Gets OK from Hawaii Legislators
- Attention All Lawyers: State Department of Housing Illegally Harassed Tobacco Smokers for One Year
- Pine's illegal-dumping plans earn approval
- DLNR Boosts Concession Fees to $200/mo
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Friday, April 25, 2014 |
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April 25, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:29 PM :: 3982 Views
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- Lawsuit: Students Ordered to Stop Handing Out US Constitution at UH Hilo
- Panos: Sopogy's Demise is a Huge Victory for Honest Engineering and the Taxpayer
- Djou: Cook Political Report has CD1 Moving Our Way
- States make wild claims about the effectiveness of their tourism promotion campaigns
- Volunteers Wanted to Investigate, Discipline Lawyers
- Analysis: 13% of Hawaii Bridges 'Structurally Deficient'
- Ige: Pay for Turtle Bay by Refinancing Hawaii Convention Center
- UPDATE: Do We Really Want Another ‘Waikiki’ in Kakaako-Makai?
- Full Text: Hannemann Announces Campaign for Governor
- Kakaako: 8 New 400' Towers KSBE, OHA, State to Split Billions
- Precisely as Predicted: Abercrombie Uses Turtle Bay as Political Set Up Job
- State budget agreement trims $300M from Abercrombie's spending request
- Kenoi: Hotel tax dispute not impacting county budget
- Ikaika Anderson Still Shut out of Dem Convention
- Public schools civil rights director under probe; is she a scapegoat?
- Conrow: Kauai Anti-GMO Initiative Unconstitutional
- Judge Rules Farmer ‘John Doe’ Can’t Remain Anonymous
- House-Senate Panel Passes Sunshine Law Exemption for County Councils
- Rail exec gets second yearly bonus
- UH Law prof sees ways that government can improve its procurement policies
- Mufi: Duke will be perceived "to the extreme right of me"
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Thursday, April 24, 2014 |
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April 24, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:00 PM :: 4986 Views
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- Evaluations? DoE Claims Principals' Arbitration Award "Aligns with DoE Goals"
- UHERO: Managing a Grid with Green Energy
- Cost Implications of GHG Regulation in Hawai‘i
- DoE 2014 Graduation Dates
- Solar Scammers Push Poll, Claim 94% Support Them
- Hannemann Announces Campaign for Governor
- Schatz Supporters Younger, Whiter, More Ideological
- Appeals Court: Calvin Say Must Prove He Lives in the District He Represents
- Anti-Agriculture Amendment to Kauai Charter Pushed
- Star-Adv: Hold Principals to High Standards
- New pre-school program funded in DoE budget, not Gov's Office
- TAT: Conferees Negotiate Split with Counties
- Horner breezes through Senate confirmation vote 25-0
- In Wake of Lawsuits Against Homosexuals, Extension of Child Molester Law in Doubt
- Abercrombie Appointee Sued for Sexual Abuse of Girl
- $150M Special Purpose Revenue Bonds for Gas Co Waste to Energy Scheme on Maui
- Crackpot Tries for Five Congressional Races, Plans to Be in Hawaii After Losing Georgia
- Sopogy's assets being liquidated, Act 221 'Capital' is Consumed
- CEO, Two Others Embezzle Nearly $500K from The Bus Credit Union
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014 |
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April 23, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:54 PM :: 4728 Views
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- UPDATE: Do We Really Want Another ‘Waikiki’ in Kakaako-Makai?
- Gasoline: Jones Act Costs $0.15 per Gallon at the Pump
- HB849 Will Compromise Civil Liberties
- VIDEO: Grassroot Institute Looks at One Party States Idaho and Hawaii
- Abercrombie Capitulates, Allows Ige to Speak
- Leak: UH Presidential Search Down to Lassner or Ret Gen Wiercinski
- Mainland Anti-GMO Activists Funnel Rockefeller Money to Hawaii
- Star-Adv: Council Needs to Get its Act Together on Homelessness
- Hawaii Out Of Clout? Seniority Ain't What It Used To Be
- State takes action against Big Island doctor with 12 complaints
- Sopogy: After a Decade of Hype, Act221 Wunderkind Goes Bust
- Green Energy Scammers Miffed at HECO Plans
- Lind: Lawyer Luke's Legislative Lift to Litigators Legal
- Four Hawaii public high schools in U.S. News & World Report rankings
- Why Do Hawaii's Private Schools Pay Teachers Less Than Public Schools?
- New FEMA maps may hit homeowners in wallet
- Planned Parenthood closes Kauai office
- China Defies Obama’s Slow Asia Pivot With Rapid Military Buildup
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Tuesday, April 22, 2014 |
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April 22, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:11 PM :: 5708 Views
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- Contradictory Responses on Hawaii Health Connector Investigation: Pat Saiki Calls on US House to Guide GAO
- Ira Einhorn, Earth Day's Dirty Secret
- Crichton: Environmentalism is a religion
- Which kills more: ideology or religion?
- No New Taxes! Maui County Budget Hearing April 24
- Do We Really Want Another ‘Waikiki’ in Kakaako-Makai?
- Parties Reach Agreement in Na Wai Eha Water Flow Case
- $335M Airport CIP Released
- HGEA Principals gets 18% pay raise, After 10 Years Still No Agreement on Evaluations
- Democratic Party always finds a way to stifle speech
- Turtle Bay a Set up for Ige?
- $150M in GEMS for Green Energy Scammers
- Hee: "We threw Minimum Wage Bill in Rubbish Can"
- City can't afford 8 percent raise for top Execs
- Hawaii Suits Filed Against Three More Alleged Hollywood Homosexual Child Molesters
- Attorneys: 2491 provides Target list for eco-terrorists
- Hippie Commune Zoning Bill to Reward Ruderman Contributors Advances
- Feds Sue Hawaii Oil Supplier for 'Energy Market Manipulation'
- After Kakaako, Aiea is Next
- UNITE HERE Pushes Council to Repress Timeshares
- Maui Council Looks to Trim Budget, not Raise Taxes
- Staffing shortage at EMS reaches critical level
- UH Presidential Selection Nominees to be Announced April 28
- Probe into college's fees allegedly led to retaliation
- NELHA seeks new lease for geothermal site
- 'Libertarian' Runs Tax-Credit Funded Business
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Monday, April 21, 2014 |
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April 21, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:03 PM :: 3723 Views
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- Kana’iolowalu Roll Meetings “Tumultuous people, extreme displeasure at OHA’s new scheme”
- Abercrombie Donors Buy: "The right priorities... the right values... the right Governor"
- Earth Day status report: Mafia Wind, FACE, and PRP Team Up to Grab More of Your Money
- Now is not time to increase tax on hotel owners
- Money Floods Campaign Coffers in CD1 Race
- Hawaii Tax Department Wants Help In Modernizing Computer System
- Hawaii Community Colleges Graduate Few
- Oahu ambulance units close due to overnight staff shortage
- New Suits to be filed against Alleged Homosexual Child Molesters
- Star-Advertiser Owner Behind BC Oil Refinery Project
- Biofuel Dirtier than Gasoline--Study
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Sunday, April 20, 2014 |
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April 20, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:13 PM :: 3423 Views
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- Five Months Later Hawaii Health Connector Follows up on Incomplete Application
- C’mon, Mr Producer, Do You Even Know What All The Laws Are?
- Cam Cavasso Launches Republican Campaign for US Senate
- Historic Preservation: Public Denounces Amended Drafts of SB2633 and HB1678
- Hawaii-Focused Legal Blogs
- Honolulu Council Proposals That Affect You and Your ‘Ohana
- Shapiro: Obamacare fiasco bursting with officials' incompetence
- Waikiki is becoming an overpriced Beverly Hills slum of the Pacific
- Oshiro: OHA understood restrictions on development in Kakaako Makai
- Abercrombie Saves Turtle Bay Developers from Condemnation, Lets them Build Hotels, Houses
- North Shore land agreement not a done deal
- For Borreca, Helping Hanabusa Campaign Imperative
- Maui Co Gov't expansion will require increased taxes
- Hawaii Counties Brace for Legislature's Decision on Hotel Tax Revenue
- Kauai Blogger Bewilders anti-GMO crowd
- Arrested First Degree Terroristic Threatening
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Saturday, April 19, 2014 |
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April 19, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:17 PM :: 3827 Views
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- Tulsi Gabbard Helps Republicans Shadow Obama in Asia
- Gallup: Hawaii Public Schools Still Rank Among Worst in USA
- April 17, 2014: Election Commission Releases Updated Candidate List
- Gill: I only Want to Close the Democrats' Primary
- Blocking Ige from Democratic Convention Platform, Abercrombie Cowers Behind Carpenter
- UH Insiders Try to Buy Favor of Kim, Takai
- Star-Adv Very Excited as Obamabots Play Wordgames over Hawaii Obamacare Investigation
- Medicare's flaws Presage National Health Care? Run for the Hills
- Hawaii Is Genetically Engineered Crop Flash Point
- New Department Chair Promises to Politicize Fisheries Rules
- Senate to probe security and escapes at Hawaii State Hospital
- Criminal Wife Beater filed TRO Against HPD Major
- Soft on Crime: Just out of Prison, Three Felonies Gets Measly 10 months jail
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Friday, April 18, 2014 |
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April 18, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:12 PM :: 5123 Views
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- Hawaii's Good Friday Holiday - What's Up With That?
- Health Connector Under Investigation--One More Reason to Defeat Abercrombie
- Guam Legislature passes Jones Act reform resolution
- Abercrombie Inks Turtle Bay Plan: Give Developers $48.5M, Let them Build Two Hotels
- VIDEO: Big Island Hippie Guru Alleged Homosexual Child Molester, Boys Supplied by DHS
- Al Gore in Hawaii: Carbon Polluters 'Immoral, Unethical, Despicable'
- "What Are the Races to Watch in the Upcoming Election?"
- City Seeks Input on Transit-oriented Development, Affordable Housing
- Caldwell releases quarterly road repaving progress report
- Hawaii House proposes delaying minimum wage hike for small businesses
- Aiona Begins Fundraising
- Depth of Hawaii health exchange probe unclear
- Abercrombie talks politics, Ige talks spreadsheets
- House, Senate Confereees Grind Thru Hawaii Budget
- Tony Gill seeking to overturn Hawaii's open primary election
- Will the FCC Split Up Hawaii's TV News Market?
- UH BoR Narrows List of Presidential Candidates
- Tourism Industry opposes Caldwell's Latest Tax Hike Proposal
- Panel suggests 8% raise for city officials
- Turtle Bay Agreement Allows for 625 New Hotel Rooms, 100 Homes
- GMO and proud of it
- Get students to college sooner
- DoE Settles: Abuse of Autistic Children
- Suspected nepotism at state hospital will be investigated by ethics agency
- After Fire Boat Shutdown, fire union says 'no confidence' in fire chief
- HPD Major Stripped of Police Powers after Daughters Boyfriend Gets TRO
- Queerty: 'Damning Evidence' Against Hollywood Homosexual Leader
- Mainland Homosexual denied bail in Dismemberment Murder Case
- Ex-Hilo woman gets life for killing son, 4, in Oregon
- Wilson sworn in as Hawaii Supreme Court associate justice
- 19.8% Raise Sought for Hawaii Co Mayor
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Thursday, April 17, 2014 |
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April 17, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:05 PM :: 4207 Views
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- GAO to investigate Hawaii’s Obamacare exchange
- Finmeccanica CEO Ousted as Effort to Dump Honolulu Rail Contractor Ansaldo Collapses
- House Republican Leaders Address Budget Negotiations
- Hawaii basil farm ‘deplorable,’ ‘unsafe,’ judgment says
- Nakamoto Appointed Big Island Judge
- Mayor Caldwell to hold a new round of town hall meetings around O‘ahu
- VIDEO: Resistance builds to OHA nation building plan
- Abercrombie Polling Stubbornness, Argumentativeness as Campaign Issues?
- Ige barred from Delivering Hawaii Democratic Convention Speech
- State in danger of losing $800 million in federal highway funds
- Riding the Arch of Hysteria: Mainland Anti-GMO Operatives Set up Honolulu Office
- After Miserable Failure: Obama's Cancellation of Insurance Plans to be Postponed 'til 2016?
- DHS, Connector Squabble over $4.9M Owed
- Millions in taxpayer money requested to waste on climate study
- VICE News Chases Alleged Hawaii Homosexual Child Molester Thru Streets
- Hollywood Producer 'Big Dem Donor' Accused of Homosexual Child Molestation in Hawaii
- Pflueger's company pays $350,000 fine for 7 counts of manslaughter under controversial plea deal
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Wednesday, April 16, 2014 |
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April 16, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:42 PM :: 4793 Views
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- July, 2013: Neil Abercrombie Conspiracy Theory Claims Inouye Letter Conspiracy
- Health Connector Extends Enrollment Grace period to April 30
- GMO Paranoia: Knowledge is the Key to Fighting Fear
- Obamacare Punches $150M Hole in ILWU Contract
- All Eyes Should be on the First Wind – PUC Affair
- Pine: Habitual Dumpers Could Go to Jail and Face $10,000 a Day Fine
- "Modern" Light Rail: Worth the Investment?
- Over 60 Staff Positions Vacant at Hawaii State Hospital
- Star-Adv Lies About its own poll to Avoid Acknowledging Djou is #1
- Campaigning for Schatz, Abercrombie: Gore Prances Around Stage before Slipping out for a Massage
- Schatz keeps fundraising edge on Hanabusa as Donor Support Dwindles for Both
- Aiona-Abercrombie-Hannemann Race Should Motivate Voter Turnout
- Matsuda Health Connector Expects 9,000 Enrollments
- HB 1700 -- Day 1
- Pacific Resource Partnership, Schatz, Biggest Ad Buyers
- Duncan, Abercrombie Tour Hawaii DoE as 'Rising Star'
- Fewer Hawaii workers testing positive for marijuana, amphetamine use
- Hilo Family Court Returned Boys to Bisexual Child Molester
- Where’s The ‘Community’ In HCDA?
- SCR38: No Student Fee Hikes
- Reconstructed Car Owners Wait Months for Safety Inspection
- Rail Buys, Wrecks Dillingham Shopping Plaza
- Hawaii County Council Bows to Homelessness Industry
- Depositions Detail Retaliation Attack Against Kauai Councilmember
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Tuesday, April 15, 2014 |
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April 15, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 9:20 PM :: 4711 Views
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- WaPo: Brian Schatz’s biggest 2014 headache? The governor who appointed him
- HCDA Restructuring Among Bills Landing on Abercrombie's Desk
- Grassroot Institute 'Celebrates' Hawaii's Tax Freedom Day
- Rich States-Poor States: Hawaii Improves its Economic Competitiveness Ranking
- Kiplinger: Hawaii 5th-Least Tax-Friendly State
- Genworth 2014 Annual Cost of Care Survey: At Home Care Costs Increase in Hawaii
- Full Text: Hawaii Ranks 8th in Wellbeing
- Now Hiring: Honolulu City Auditor
- Apology? Abercrombie Blames Inouye Family for Controversy over Letter
- Truth of Inouye's last wish becoming campaign issue
- Former state Rep. Cavasso files for U.S. Senate seat
- Tax Freedom Day Celebrated in Hawaii
- Hawaii Lawmakers Use 'Transparency' to Attack Free Speech
- Judge Lets Mainland Groups Attack Kauai Farmers in Court
- Earthjustce Exploits Kauai for Fundraising, Publicity
- Star-Adv on Dairy farm: Time for Enviros to Walk the Walk
- County government should oversee land management, not DC bureaucrats
- Hawaii County Park Workers Skip Out Early, Rip Off Taxpayers
- First Wind Pushes Giant Solar Farm for Mililani
- Job Security: After Letting them Get Established, State to eradicate Waimanalo little fire ants
- How to Break the Catch and Release Cycle for Property Criminals
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Monday, April 14, 2014 |
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April 14, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:12 PM :: 4627 Views
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- Notorious Hilo Dentist Licensed Thanks to Schatz, Baker, Oakland
- Freedom in the 50 States? Hawaii Ranks 47th
- Law would give Hawaii gov’t unprecedented emergency powers
- NFIB Recruiting Hawaii Small Business Leaders
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 14, 2014
- Abercrombie on TAT: Be Careful What You Wish For
- Environmental groups and tourism interests align against a cow farm
- Mainland Bisexual Cult Leader Moves to Hawaii, Molests Boys
- Maui Electric Asks for $8.9M Rate Hike Thanks to Solar
- Honolulu sees continued solar energy permit decline
- Audit: ML&P May go Bankrupt Soon
- Rep. Fale To Announce Bid for Sen. Hee’s Seat
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Sunday, April 13, 2014 |
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April 13, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:23 PM :: 4316 Views
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- Broken Trust Gang Busted: OHA Admits to Secret Meeting With US Department of Interior
- Conference Committee: Let the Games Begin!
- What’s The Streamlined Sales Tax Project – And Should We Jump In?
- Attacks on BOE chairman amount to religious bigotry
- Kamuela: Hawaiians Don't Trust OHA's "Nation Building"
- Gore Greeted by Laughter, Derision before UH Manoa Speech
- Star-Adv: Petty politics mustn't derail key measures
- State Senate leadership caught in power struggle
- Abercrombie Names Another Old Boy to BLNR
- Council signs off on $290k Bynum settlement
- Surfrider Self-Destruction: Anti-Dairy Farm Lies Wipe Out
- How Maui Wind Farms Produce CO2
- After Welching on Promise to Defend Anti-GMO Law, Mainland Luddites Seek Status as 'Intervenors'
- Progressive Activist: Low Voter Turnout? So what?
- Meth Dealer Thinks He's Just Like Mandela
- Maui County: 4th Lowest Residential Property Taxes as a Percent of Home Value
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Saturday, April 12, 2014 |
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April 12, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:59 PM :: 6402 Views
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- Did State cheat OHA out of $150M on Kakaako land transfer?
- April 11, 2014: Election Commission Releases Updated Candidate List
- Hawaii Independent Party Unveils Logo, Seeks Candidates
- Farmers' Dust Fine Violates Hawaii Right to Farm Act
- Abercrombie: Inouye Wanted Hanabusa but ... but ... but
- HB1866 shifts HCDA's power Away from Governor
- Experts: One-stop shopping of Mental health services could save lives
- Hawaii Health Connector seeks approval to outsource individual enrollment to state Department of Human Services
- Notorious Hilo Dentist Licensed Thanks to Brian Schatz
- Murder on the Waterfront: Twenty Years HPD Coverup
- State Auditor applauds Public Charter School Commission
- Hawaii County to Enact Honolulu Sidewalk Ordinance
- Thanks to Effete Snobs, Molokai Farmer Fined for 'Fugitive Dust'
- Feds Release Draft EIS for Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative
- HECO Uses 'Consumer Advocate' to Keep Real Consumers Out
- Sylvia Luke's Make-Work Program for Lawyers
- Star-Adv: Chang, Manahan make wrong call on TV ads
- Hilo community college collected $245K in fees for non-existent facilities and services, Ousts Complainers
- Hickam phone project called $5M waste
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Saturday, April 12, 2014 |
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Letters to the Editor April, 2014
By Letters to the Editor @ 3:32 PM :: 5124 Views
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Farmers' Dust Fine Violates Hawaii Right to Farm Act
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Friday, April 11, 2014 |
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April 11, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:20 PM :: 5104 Views
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- Hawaii: More Mentally Ill in Jails than in State Hospital
- Caldwell Unveils Scheme to make Traffic Even Worse
- Pine Introduces Legislation to Combat Illegally Dumped Sludge
- UHERO: The Costs and Benefits of installing PV solar
- Sky's the Limit? Honolulu #1 City for Buying into Solar Hype
- Private Schools with Public Purpose
- VIDEO: OHA 'Nation Building' Meets Resistance on the Ground
- Sen. Galuteria 'Incensed' at His Own District Over Kakaako Development Bill
- Voter Participation: The People Who Show up Will Rule
- GE Tax Revenues Drop 2.2%
- At Behest of Hotels, Leading Enviro-Activists Continue to Protest Against Kauai Dairy Farm
- HB849: Governor Emergency Powers to 'Prevent Hoarding'
- Ethics Complaint: Rep Luke Amends Bill to Help Fellow Ambulance Chasers
- Hawaii Gov Nominates Carpenters Union Rep to Land Use Commission
- Parker Ranch Aims to Become HELCO Alternative for 75% of W Hawaii
- PUC at Another Secret Mainland Conference
- DoE Cries over Lost Laptop Funding
- Group pitches tiny homes inside homes
- OCCC: Inmates Getting Bedbugs from Work Furlough Jobs
- The Path to Sainthood: Brother Joseph Dutton
- Complaints against Big Island dentist grows to 12
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Thursday, April 10, 2014 |
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April 10, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:41 PM :: 8639 Views
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- VIDEO: Looking Back at Neil Abercrombie 'Highlights' as Governor
- Friends of Kewalos Rallies as OHA Development Bill Heads to Conference Committee
- Hawaii gets better marks for new online transparency system
- Auditor Updates Progress on Public Housing, Charter Schools
- Auditor's Annual Report
- Horner Accused of Christianity, but Homosexuals, Atheists Fail to Oust BoE Chair
- Hawaii Health Connector needs $4.7M next year
- Department of Human Services might handle part of Health Connector sign-up work
- Dems continue Closed primary fight
- Gut n Replace Bills Listed
- Acting state hospital chief lacks basic job requirements; responds to nepotism claims
- Secret Meeting at Devil’s Thumb to shape Hawai’i Energy Policy
- Hawaii in forefront of public-private education partnerships
- Neal Milner: Getting Better Political Coverage
- Star-Adv Uses Hawaii's Poor Voter Turnout to Promote Same-Day Registration Fraud
- Ethics Board: Council Candidate can keep job Overseeing Elections
- Maui PD: ‘I was a vice cop… and a meth addict’
- City Claims Two way protected bike lane Won't Jam up South King Street
- Hawaii LNG From Boron, CA
- Group to discuss methods of making city Age 'friendly'
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Wednesday, April 9, 2014 |
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April 9, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:50 PM :: 4080 Views
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- House passes over 150 measures on second crossover
- Why Is ObamaCare a Rube Goldberg Contraption?
- AG: Hawaii Will Continue to Provide COFA Benefits
- JSC Seeks Nominations for Two Judicial Vacancies
- Will IRS Targeting Send Someone to Jail?
- Pro Bowl to Arizona in 2015, slated to make Hawaii return in '16
- Report: Hawaii Government Transparency Improves
- Obamacare Reimbursement Cuts Cost HHSC $4.6M
- House Rejects McDermott Amendment to Dump Pono Choices
- Star-Adv: Rail funding details needed before Massive GE Tax Hike Approved
- House approves OHA's high-rises
- 10 Gut n Replace Bills This Session
- Crossover: Slom Votes 'No' 33 Times out of 176
- Question: How Many Anti-GMO Signatures are Bogus?
- Candidates in Ethical Grey Area in Unite Here Local 5 Ads
- Hawaii Senators grill state hospital administrator
- State House passes minimum wage bill
- Cops fired in overtime abuse scandal getting jobs back
- Prime state ag lot sits vacant for 6 years; could be home to little fire ants
- Hawaii Kids Dental Health Scores Poorly
- Hawaii State Salaries 2013: University Spends More on Fewer Employees
- Water Fees to Jump?
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Tuesday, April 8, 2014 |
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April 8, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:08 PM :: 4663 Views
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- Djou: $100,000 in 100 Hours
- Djou Running and Winning in Hawaii
- Second Crossover: Complete List of House and Senate Bills
- Alliance Defending Freedom asks court to dismiss renewed attack on Hawaii churches
- Survey: 4,280 Hawaii Teachers Reveal Attitude towards Evaluation System
- Maui Doctors Speak up on Obamacare
- Honolulu 15th Most Expensive Long Term Care
- Why Infrastructure Projects Cost Way More Than They Should
- Video: Grassroot Institute Think Tank Talk
- PEW: Hawaii Voter Participation Drops Below 45%--Worst in USA
- Census: Hawaii Tax Revenue Jump 3rd Highest in Nation
- Obamacare Responsible for HMSA 12.8% rate hike application
- Don't play games with Housing First
- HB1866: Only Surviving HCDA Reform Bill
- Tax burden heavy on low income earners
- Counties poised for boost in hotel room tax revenue
- HSTA Gets Legislators to cut Teach for America Hawaii funding
- Gallup: 57% Trust Hawaii State Government
- Kim Releases Internal Poll Showing Lead
- New and familiar faces in mix as candidates line up for election
- Kauai Council Boosts Omidyar's Shoreline Development Scheme
- Not Certified Yet: 11,000 Signatures for Referendum to Shut Down Farms on Maui?
- Kauai anti-GMO Nuts Push Ballot Initiative
- One man inspires thousands
- Gay-Atheists Protest Senate Reappointment of Horner to BoE
- 'Actual Maggots' -- USO Members on Hunger Strike
- Ousted judge sits in his office during final three weeks as sub judge handles cases
- Local homeless programs receive $10.7M in federal funds
- University of Hawaii chancellor considers year-round school
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Monday, April 7, 2014 |
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April 7, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:30 PM :: 3994 Views
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- Hawaii to be First State to Dump Obamacare Health Exchange?
- HSTA Candidate Questionnaire Challenges Teacher Evaluations
- All Those Obamacare Stories You Told Us Were Untrue
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 7, 2014
- Teachers Paid $410 to Learn How to Make Teens Gay-Friendly
- WAM Committee supports measure that would up county’s TAT take
- HB1934: Homeless Omnibus Bill Hits Conference Tomorrow
- Should Hawaii Pay Turtle Bay Resort to Not Develop Some North Shore Land?
- AG Seeks Funding for DNA Swabbing
- Waipahu Business Saves 20% on Insurance
- Star-Adv: Put COFA Migrants on Medicaid
- Kauai Cross Angers Secularists, Gets Blown Up
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Sunday, April 6, 2014 |
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April 6, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:04 PM :: 4855 Views
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- Occupy, Union Activists Organizing Homeless Tent Cities in Honolulu?
- Tax Return Extensions – Not an Occasion to Punt on Working the Numbers
- Djou's Biggest Obstacle Gone
- Abercrombie: "We don't break the laws, we make the laws."
- Commercial Solar Tax Credits Export Money to Mainland--Will Take Another $150M out of Budget
- Rail Finances Fuzzy, Caldwell Pushes Massive GE Tax Hike
- Law Student Gets Copy of Pono Choices, Disturbed by Multiple Partners
- Medicaid red tape crippling good health care
- Prison changes a hard sell with guards playing hooky
- City food truck law spurs protests
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Saturday, April 5, 2014 |
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April 5, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:29 PM :: 4840 Views
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- Plaintiff Speaks out After Big Win in Hawaii Concealed Carry Case
- April 4, 2014: Election Commission Releases Updated Candidate List
- Abercrombie Rants, Raves About Investigation of Hawaii Health Connector
- LA Times Looks at Prepaid, "A Health Care System Apart"
- Mainland Millionaire Behind 'Clean Elections' Calls Hawaii Legislators 'Corrupt'
- OHA, Legislators Join Global Cooling Believers
- Larry Sabato on Djou Candidacy
- Hawaii DHS Returned Child to Abusive Mother Before Death
- SB651 May Make Tobacco Smokers Homeless
- Caldwell Heads to DC to Discuss Rail, Homelessness
- Kauai councilman settles lawsuit over political retribution
- Maui Council: TagumaWatch Case is About Cyber Harassment
- Neighbors Used to Seeing Escapees All the Time
- Due to Homelessness, Honolulu Ambulances infested with bed bugs
- DLNR vs Waikiki Beachboys
- Obama's Weakness on Crimea Causes Japan to Doubt American Commitments
- Waste Oil Recycling to Close on Maui--Due to Enviro Regs
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Friday, April 4, 2014 |
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April 4, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:55 PM :: 5191 Views
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- Djou: I’m In!
- Slom Slims Budget: "If we don't change our course, we are headed for fiscal disaster"
- ‘Diverse’ population cited as factor in Hawaii’s failing health exchange
- Hawaii State-Local Tax Burden Drops to 20th
- HGEA to Do UPW’s Job While UPW Watches
- This CEO Made a Political Donation, Then Lost His Job Because Liberals Didn't Like It
- CB: 8 Reasons Why Djou Might Win
- Hanabusa: Hawaii Should Get Obamacare Exemption
- University Wins Funding for UHPA Contract After Settling With Mitsunaga
- City Council Unveils Budget Priorities, Ernie Martin Moves to Kill 'Housing First'
- HHSC partnership bill headed to committee
- Job Security: Dept of Ag Hid Fire Ants for 3 Years
- Romy Cachola Headed to Jail for Abuse of Council Expense Account?
- Kakaako Buyers are Foreign or Mainland Investors
- 173 Parcels: Buying the rail line is high priority for HART
- Big Cable Electricity Costs 50% More
- Hee, English Toy with Portnoy as Regent Nominations Considered
- Term Limits Keep Honolulu Councilmembers on the Move
- Star-Adv: Use ACLU Suit to Keep Religion out of Preschools
- Inmates' religious rights suit is valid, judge rules
- Life Without Limbs Founder Nick Vujicic Tells Kids to 'Stand Strong,' Find Their Purpose
- Kauai New Age 'Energy Healer' Convicted of Rape
- Juvenile Escapees Lead to Windward School Lockdowns
- Timeline: Deliberate Fear-Mongering Behind Kauai Anti-GMO Bill
- Mass Hysteria: 6 DoE Schools Evacuated This Year After 'Noxious Odors'
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Thursday, April 3, 2014 |
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April 3, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:25 PM :: 4361 Views
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- Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint in Honolulu May 8
- UHERO: Why are Hawai’i’s Electricity Prices So High?
- Hawai’i Health Connector Signs Up Only 7,861 People in 6 Months
- Obama takes sides in Hawaii’s contentious Senate Democratic primary
- Back from Afghanistan: 100 Soldiers from 536th Support Maintenance Co
- Q&A on Supreme Court's New Campaign Finance Decision
- Rally Against OHA Kakaako Development Scheme
- Monsanto Employees Rally on Maui, Molokai, Deliver Report to Mayor
- Hawaii Firearms Permits up 20% -- Hit New Record
- Djou will seek Congressional seat
- Kakaako: Keep eye on money and politics
- HCDA's ties to condo developers highlighted
- Abercrombie: Nonprofit Health Connector 'Fundamentally Flawed', Should Become Part of DHS Medicaid Service
- House Passes Minimum Wage Hike With Simplified Tip Credit
- Kauai Teachers stand against state evaluation system
- Funding early autism treatment will save money in the future, bill's advocates say
- REITS Evade Property, Income Taxes
- How Much Money Do Honolulu Agencies Really Want? Officials Won't Say
- Snow Job: Ansaldo Claims Belgian Rail Settlement is "Entirely Different" from Honolulu Because it Doesn't Snow Here
- Judge rules in favor of Thirty Meter Telescope project
- Selective Audit Targets Kauai Mayor
- Salaries, benefits eat up county budget hike
- Public safety department investigates sick leave abuse
- Vending in Park or Religious Freedom?
- Guam trying to go ‘shall issue’ a month after adopting Castle Doctrine
- Diet Supplement Causes Nearly 100 Hepatitis Cases
- Hollywood Hippie in Vermont Raising Money for Air-Powered Car to be Built in Hawaii
- HEI Selling Caused by Inaccurate Analyst's Report
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014 |
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April 2, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:45 PM :: 4560 Views
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- US House Examining ObamaCare’s Problem-Filled Hawaii Exchange at Hearing Thursday
- ACLU Sues, Claims Pre-K Program Not Secular Enough
- Full Text: Court Rules Hawaii not responsible for COFA Shortfalls
- Stung by High Electric Rates, Parker Ranch launches Paniolo Power Company
- UHERO Looks at Lanai, Molokai Windfarm Proposals
- Pentagon Overhauls Effort to Identify its Missing
- Major Tsunami not expected after Chilean Quake
- Kids Doing Time for What's Not a Crime: The Over-Incarceration of Status Offenders
- Maui: 8500 Signatures for Ballot Initiative ordering Shut Down of Farms
- Grand Hyatt, Bionic Dread Team up to Protest Dairy Farm
- HB1675: Hawaii Lawmakers Mull Reversal of Act 167 School Hours
- Kauai HHSC Hospital funding runs dry
- Solomon Gut n Replace Geothermal Resolution Pops Up
- 'Life without limbs' minister enjoys a Hawaii beach vacation before the release of his inspirational book about defeating bullies
- Tsunami Monitoring Technology Hits the Mark in Chile
- Hawaii State Center for Nursing finds promising results from long-term care nursing project
- Kenoi aides to get More raises
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014 |
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April 1, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 9:18 PM :: 8644 Views
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- HCDA ‘Small Business’ Reps: Kobayashi & Mitsunaga
- Hawaii’s troubled health-care exchange draws congressional attention
- Legislative Playbook: Whack-a-Mole With Bad Bills
- Pentagon Overhauls Effort to Identify its Missing
- Auditor Releases National Citizen Survey of Honolulu residents
- Full Text: Honolulu Service Efforts and Accomplishments Report
- Hawaii Educational Results Broken Down by Ethnic Background
- Arne Duncan: Hawaii DoE Can be Model for Nation
- OHA Touts Pacific Business News Support for Kakaako Development Scheme
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 31, 2014
- UH first state department to adopt electronic payroll statements
- The Crazy Intense Hawaii Senate Primary Race
- Senate Cuts $214M from Abercrombie's Bloated Budget
- Miserable Failure: Obamacare Signs Up only 7% of Goal in Hawaii
- Connector is an Embarrassment
- Desperate Hawaii Health Connector Now Blames Dep't of Human Services for Failure
- Hawaii Foster Child Returned to Abusive Parent, Dead at Age 4
- Tax collector compiling vacation rental list
- Voyager School Foundation files for Ch. 11 bankruptcy
- Potheads Pleased with Amendments to SB2574
- Don't Worry HPD You Can Still Rent Hoes from Us
- Atheist Advertiser: Keep Charities out of Schools
- Atheist Reporter Seeks Angle to Expel Christians from Capitol
- Atheists: Hirono is Perfect Senator
- Changes to sex assault bill set new limits on victims' recourse
- Horizon Lines shows the creakiness in That Jones Act
- Prepare for West Coast port disruption
- Cheaper elections not always better, council says
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Monday, March 31, 2014 |
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March 31, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:19 PM :: 8858 Views
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- High-End Realtors Behind Anti-GMO Push
- Developers Watch SB3122: Can OHA Deliver for Us? Will Race-Baiting Pay?
- Unite Here Local 5 Teams Up with Homeless Industry: Targets Korean Community with Urine Attack
- Lawmakers say hospitals should cut costs, staff expenses
- Rooftop Solar Not 'Low Cost'
- Oahu's retail stores are feeling the pinch early this year
- U.S Secretary of Education answers questions about children’s schooling
- Obama To Endorse Brian Schatz In Hawaii's Heated Senate Democratic Primary
- Will Our U.S. Senate Candidates Make it Had to Find Info About Contributors?
- James Lovelock: environmentalism has become a religion
- "There were many [gays] who didn’t care about marriage at all"
- Leading Bikeshare Company Already bankrupt
- Courts could be short-changing victim's fund
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Sunday, March 30, 2014 |
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March 30, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:18 PM :: 5293 Views
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- OHA’s “New Body Politic” Will Exclude 77% of Native Hawaiians
- But Shouldn’t We Do Something About the Two Gorillas in the Bar?
- Kakaako Developers give $850K to Abercrombie, Buy HCDA Board
- Mitsunaga's Make-Work Project Unstable, Unsafe
- Borreca: Obamacare Problem Bad News for Abercrombie This Week
- Geistling: Universal Coverage Does not Equal Single Payer
- Supporters march to extend health coverage to children with autism
- 11.3% Spending Hike: Maui County Budget Out of Control
- Prius driving eco-lesbians take over Kona Chamber of Commerce
- Hawaii Population Up 3.2% in 3 years
- Illegal TVRs Increase as NUCs are Lost
- Maryland to replace $157M online health exchange with technology from Connecticut marketplace
- Stanley Chang Will Join House Progressive Caucus
- Hanohano: Nobody Offended if I use word 'Jap'
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Saturday, March 29, 2014 |
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March 29, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:19 PM :: 4690 Views
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- March 28, 2014: Election Commission Releases Updated Candidate List
- Hawaii Legislative Watch: People vs. government
- Hawaii Legislative Watch: Education
- Caldwell Refuses to Veto Food Truck Bill, Signs Bill Hiking Special Use Permit Fees
- $58.4M CIP for UH
- Hotels and Condos Drive Construction Upturn
- Billionaire: Ratepayers Must Suffer So Green Energy Cronies Can Enrich Themselves
- Ige: Hawaii senators need time on health exchange
- Candidates' name order could change on 2014 ballot
- State agency wrongly approved Kakaako tower, lawsuit alleges
- Kakaako Developers Try New Trick to Skirt Affordability Requirements
- OHA Crony: Anyone Who Opposes Development of Kakaako Makai is a Racist
- Will Sierra Club Abandon Wooley's Anti-GMO Nuts to Secure Harris the HD48 Appointment?
- State addressing wellness, under-staffing of corrections officers
- HPD: Undercover officers neverevernever have sex with prostitutes
- Hawaii Dept of Transportation Sabotaging OMPO
- Protest held outside office of accused Hilo dentist
- Is MoveOn Breaking Faith with the Progressive Community?
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Friday, March 28, 2014 |
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March 28, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:20 PM :: 5618 Views
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- Feds: Hawaii Health Connector Clients at 'High Risk' for Identity Theft
- Slom to GAO: Audit the Hawaii Health Connector
- Citizens from all Islands Meet to Establish Hawaii Independent Party
- Abercrombie: I'll Keep Morita at PUC -- For Now
- Hawaii Senate Committee Waters Down Pro-Hunting Legislation with Amendment
- Rules for Protests at Hawaii State Capitol Challenged as Unconstitutional in Federal Court
- Senators Snip Millions More Off State Budget, Deficit Spending Looms
- Caldwell: Budget Growth based on Hotels, Condos
- Kiewit: Nobody has Ever Tried to Force This Much Rail Thru Urban Area This Fast
- Eyeing The Sovereignty Struggle
- Tip Credit: Do The Math, If You Can
- Employees Scoop Up 1000+ hours overtime at mental hospital in one year
- State responds to slow Dental investigation criticism
- U.S. Secretary of Education to visit Hawaii
- Plan to Force Homosexuality into Catholic Schools
- Jones Act hits Guam despite exemption
- Land Board to Assess Fines Against Hawaii's Public Utilities Commission Chair
- Kauai: Anti-GMO Pro Tourism Crowd
- Hotels, Builders and Surfrider Foundation Team Up Against Dairy Farm
- Attacked by Raging Idiots, Kauai Well project’s delay could mean its death
- Ruderman still buying Tomatoes from Ha
- Green Energy Arrogance: “I am the leader of the future”
- Pot legalization called potentially devastating to islands
- 6 Months later Am Samoa Congressman Still MIA
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Thursday, March 27, 2014 |
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March 27, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:00 PM :: 7469 Views
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- Sunetric Sells Out to Mainland Company for $16M
- Disabled Veteran Dies Under Anesthesia at Notorious Dentist Office
- Senators Jockey for Position as Kim, Ige Head for Higher Office
- Neal Milner: Fixing the Sad State of Campaign Coverage in Hawaii
- Will Senate Investigators Be Able to Fix the Hawaii State Hospital This Time?
- SB3064: Don’t let Oahu interests dictate MMMC’s future
- Hawaii mulls $15M tax hike to pay for useless Obamacare exchange
- Head of Hawaii Health Connector called to testify on Capitol Hill
- Hawaii Health Connector joins federal exchange in softening March 31 enrollment deadline
- Honolulu City Council Leaders Cutting Into Mayor Caldwell's Budget
- Sustainability = Barrel Tax Extension
- Kauai utility getting lots of interest in liquefied natural gas effort
- More People Are Underemployed in Hawaii Than Are Jobless
- The search for a home for Mr Obama’s library and museum has begun
- New HCDA rules allow for 'Intervenors'
- Some election workers won't endure 14-hour shifts this year
- Ha Appointment to be considered after Ruderman Makes Fool of Self
- Anti-GMO Hypesters Take Travelling Roadshow to Maui
- Gabbard Joins Push for New Ban on Online Gambling
- ‘Break through your fears’
- Legislation would increase allowance for foster families
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014 |
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March 26, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:58 PM :: 9358 Views
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- Prince Kuhio: The bridge from Kingdom to State
- Hawaii to run out of cash reserves in 2016
- Judge rules Thai workers were exploited, physically abused on Hawaii farms
- Hawaii Disconnector? Only 350 Sign Up for Obamacare With One Week to Go
- Study: Over 145,000 'Underinsured' in Hawaii
- Forced to Burn All its Federal Money, Health Connector Puts out RFP
- The Cost of Regulating Biotechnology and Genetically-Engineered Food
- VIDEO: Sen Sam Slom and Mike Hansen on Jones Act
- The 2014 Hawaii Medal of Honor Ceremony
- 'Land Power in the Pacific' Comes to Sheraton Waikiki
- Veterans Association of Real Estate Professionals Launches Honolulu Chapter
- Obama Hawaii Vacation Cost $7.8M--Just for the Flights
- Clayton Hee, HPD Agree: Police CAN Have 'Sexual Contact' With Prostitutes
- Prosecutor: "A couple of HPD officers were notorious"
- Schatz Rides Wave of Wealthy White Retirees from Mainland
- After Two Years Ignoring, State Reopens Complaint Against Coma Dentist
- Government-owned Farmland: A Failure Since 1971
- SB2423: Schools Will be Allowed Charity Fundraisers (Again)
- New Assessment: Smarter Balanced Nonsense?
- Arne Duncan heads to Hawaii with gaggle of staffers
- SB2054: Insurers to Be Required to Cover Autism
- Obamacare reorders life for insurance commissioners
- State Admits CATO Welfare Study is Correct
- Hawaii 29th Most Dependent on Federal Spending
- State Board Members Resist Releasing Financial Disclosure Forms to Public
- OCCC employee's widow fights for benefits after death ruled 'homicide'
- Meth Head to Score $35K after Being Shot in Struggle With Sheriff Deputy
- Hawaii lawmakers hear about marijuana dangers
- Anti-GMO Activists to Pay $5627 for Kauai Rally
- Hawaii County Opposes Federal Grab for Control of Kona Water
- Detailed Gallup-Healthways Well-Being report hints to why Hawaii lost No. 1 slot
- Honolulu 6th Worst Parking in USA
- Sovereignty Activists Make their Case to 'World Muslim Council'
- Drug Addicts Take Over Restrooms at Hilton Waikiki
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Tuesday, March 25, 2014 |
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March 25, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:13 PM :: 7152 Views
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- Beyond Obamacare: Solving Hawaii's Healthcare Cost Problem
- Guilty: Physical abuse, exploitation, and barbaric security measures at Maui Pineapple
- Heritage Foundation: Program offers HOPE for repeat drug offenders
- Senate Informer: Life of a Bill
- Video: Are You Being Told The Truth About Plastic Bags?
- Connector Celebrates 4th Anniversary of Health Care Law, Urges Consumers to Apply
- Report: Hawaii Tops List of Unaffordable Rentals
- Closed Primary Lawyer Tony Gill to Be Next Democrat Chair?
- Honolulu Mayor May Seek Joint Obama Library Bid
- Judge Considers Whether Eco-Terrorists Should be Given Targeting Information
- HR71: Audit the HCDA
- City seeks member on HCDA board
- Kauai Council Districting denied
- Maui: TAT Will Fund 11% Hike in Spending
- U.S. Approves LNG Exports from Oregon Plant
- Consumer Advocate Barred from Challenging Windfarms
- Locklear: US Attack Submarine Needs Going Unmet in Pacific
- Flood Insurance Hikes Will Drive Down Property Values
- Moanalua High field replacement project delayed by Red Tape 2 years
- Easy for Visitors to Give Drugs to Inmates at Hawaii Prisons
- Homosexual Pleads not guilty to Murdering his Lover, Chopping Up Body
- Vegan Religious Dogma Behind Rise in Obesity
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Tuesday, March 25, 2014 |
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March, 2014 Letters to the Editor
By Letters to the Editor @ 12:01 AM :: 3918 Views
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- Wind-Word Side: Pono Choices
- Political Corruption, an Open Letter to Hawaii State Representative Creagan
- Airline Employees Hit With Layoffs
- Council Candidate Iwasa Speaks out Against Sign-Waving
- GMO Protests Could Save DoE Money
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Monday, March 24, 2014 |
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March 24, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:20 PM :: 5002 Views
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- Legislators Consider Permanent Hunt for Old Child Molesters--Except those Employed by Government
- Hawaii Supreme Court: Must Counties Maintain Accurate Public Records?
- Two Weeks after Price Fixing Settlement, Saltchuk Named 'World's Most Ethical' Company
- Djou will run for old Hawaii seat
- Abercrombie Travels First Class to meet With Crony Capitalists, Commie
- Will Obamacare make a big enough wave to wash out Abercrombie?
- Obamacare plans bring hefty fees for certain drugs
- RTTT Success tied to Teacher Evaluations
- Judge: Department of Human Services negligent in the case of a young boy who died
- Will Legislature Act to Push Homeless into Shelters?
- At Shelters Homeless Kids, Parents Learn Together in Preschool Programs
- Kauai: Public meetings have been dominated by fringe members of the public who stage public tantrums and rely on intimidation and disruption to achieve their goals
- State looking to Nickel and Dime Tourists Some More
- Project SAM Schools Hawaii Legislators on Marijuana
- Working group formed to deal with narcotics problem in Hawaii
- Marijuana Dispensaries needed to Help Small Children Get Marijuana
- Hawaii homeowners face rising flood insurance rates
- Run Amok: Ernie Martin Seeks Change to Shoreline Permitting
- Hawaii ASEAN Defense Summit Proves Pentagon Serious about Asia Pivot?
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Sunday, March 23, 2014 |
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March 23, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:41 PM :: 4042 Views
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- If You Want a Tax Appeal, Beware the Weekend
- Ansaldo Breda Forced to Buy Back Defective Trainsets
- Kakaako: Sneaky Legislative Tactic of the Day
- Five Months Hassle With the Hawaii Health Connector--And Still No Insurance
- HMSA Thanks ACA for Adding 18,000 new HMSA Quest Medicaid Customers
- Lawyers Seek Permanent Hunt for Homosexual Child Molesters--Except those Employed by Government
- Legislators Eager to Give Marijuana to Children
- Hilo Dentist accused of putting woman in coma also accused of threatening employees
- Jail visitations cancelled due to staff shortage
- Obama Visits Leave 'Trail of Broken Budgets'
- Electronics recycling rules preposterous
- New state office building could revitalize Chinatown
- Red Tape Makes $350K Homes Unaffordable
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Saturday, March 22, 2014 |
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March 22, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:05 PM :: 5457 Views
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- Mainland Homosexuals Laugh at Hawaii Single-Issue Candidates
- March 21, 2014: Election Commission Releases Updated Candidate List
- Hawaii Health Connector: Only 23 Employers Applied March 1-15
- VIDEO: Rand Paul Gets Rousing Welcome at UC Berkeley
- Video: Freedom and Film
- Catch the Wave of HOPE with Nick Vujicic at Aloha Stadium
- Feds Deny Hawaii health exchange money request
- Council Considers Tax Hike on Non-Profits
- HCR102 Pushes DBEDT Energy Agenda: Big Cable, AKP, Crony Capitalism
- Challenge to U.S. Shipping Law: Still Hoping in Hawaii
- Cachola Angered by Expose of Corruption Allegations
- Puna Residents Angered by Ruderman's Help to Illegal Land Developer
- Ruderman Secretly Lobbies Against Appointment of Pro-GMO Farmer to Ag Board
- Hawaii lawmakers to end to prostitution exemption
- Abercrombie pledges corrections system overhaul
- Reforms Put More Students on Busses at Less Cost
- Kahoolawe funding bill advances in Senate
- Obama's team to visit Hawaii next month to talk about presidential library
- Complete Streets to be Completely Jammed: Caldwell Begins Eliminating Lanes
- HCDA Condo Approval Headed for Court
- Homosexual Child Molestation Leads to Another Lawsuit
- Bill allows more 'medical' pot
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Friday, March 21, 2014 |
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March 21, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:08 PM :: 6033 Views
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- Full Text: Hawaii restrictions on gun carrying held unconstitutional
- Sen Slom asks GAO to Investigate Hawaii Health Connector
- Hawaii lawmaker calls for federal investigation into Obamacare spending
- Hawaii lawmaker challenges Alabama group’s ‘Teaching Tolerance’
- Senator Russell Ruderman Defends the Haters of Technology
- HART Lawyer Gives Last Word on Rail Case
- HECO 'Renewable Watch' Shows Erratic 'Clean' Energy Flow in Real Time
- Own Ivory? 89% Chance You Won't Be Able to Sell it Legally if Clayton Hee Gets His Way
- New Reading and Math Tests to Get 'Test Run'
- Brookings: Great Recession Pushes Hawaii Long Term Unemployed to Margin of Labor Market
- Auditor: Eight Transportation Special Funds Do Not Meet Criteria
- Abercrombie has a temper: Once he’s mad at you he won’t easily forget
- State GOP chair confirms Djou congressional run
- Hawaiian Electric expects cost savings of up to $500M a year using LNG
- Legislature's Move to Shorten School Year Puts Exclamation Point on Deceptive Partisanship
- Hawaii House revives, kills GMO food label bill
- 4 complaints follow doctor involved in dental tragedy on Hilo
- Cachola Expenses Under Fire--Bought SUV With Campaign Funds
- Hawaii Law Lets Police Have Sex With Prostitutes
- Daily KOS Readers Support Second Amendment
- 9th Circuit Calls for Briefings in Hawaii Gay Marriage case
- Hirono, Schatz, Hanabusa Demand Executive Order Mandating More Trannies on Base
- Hanabusa: Bought and paid for by Turkish Government?
- Judge denied second term for 'erratic' and 'bizarre' behavior
- Firefighter arrested for trying to run down cyclists, impersonating cop
- Dangerous trend with children and e-juice grows in Hawaii
- Borreca: Kakaako will be Worse than the Bronx
- Kalaeloa: Home to Solar Farms 'Plagued with Blackouts'
- Council panel OKs shoreline-wall bill
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Thursday, March 20, 2014 |
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March 20, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:52 PM :: 5562 Views
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- Rep Pat Saiki Elected GOP Chair
- NPR: Me and Mr. Jones
- Reps. Johanson and Fukumoto Mid-Session Report
- Hawaii laments defense cuts in Asia-Pacific theater
- Feds: 34,000 Hawaii APIs Eligible for Health Care Savings
- Grassroot: Minimum Wage Hike Will Not Lift Working Families out of Poverty
- Lobbying? Average citizen should not have to consult lawyer to testify before Legislature
- Army on budget, on schedule with hypersonic missile program
- Abercrombie Administration Appoints Wrong "William Richardson" to HHC
- State investigates: 1000 Homeowners Victimized by Solar Fraudsters Turn on illegal photovoltaic systems
- Hawaii's moral challenges prompt Baptist Ministry
- Mortgage Scammers Team up to Push Hawaiian Roll
- Hanabusa campaign goes ballistic about progressive group’s endorsement
- Gabbard among Elle's D.C. 10 most powerful women
- HPD Joins SHOPO in Opposing Public Records of Police Discipline
- Public schools challenged to build on success
- DoE Upgrades Food Service in Response to Audit
- Is Hanauma Bay Preserve Undermined by Disrepair and an Opaque Budget?
- Maui Police OT a record after first lady’s visit
- Obama Library Proposal Includes Possible Hawaii Carve Out
- Ernie Martin Bill would ease path to approval to build shoreline retaining walls
- Hilo woman in coma following wisdom teeth extraction
- Newcomers With no Sense of History Protest Kauai Dairy Farm
- Tough on Crime Bills Move In Legislature
- Trannies in the Ladies Room? No Problem Says Hawaii 'Civil Rights' Commission
- Anti-Marijuana Message from Puna
- United Considers 100s of Sister-Island Layoffs
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Wednesday, March 19, 2014 |
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March 19, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:33 PM :: 7277 Views
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- Duke Aiona: Our Road to Success
- Race to the Top: Feds say Hawaii has Made Huge Progress
- Potheads May Have Harder Time Getting Medicated
- House Alters Hawaii Senate's Minimum Wage Bill
- DHHL Takes OHA, County Fingers out of Geothermal Pie
- Star-Adv: Get tougher on habitual thieves
- Three bills to Push Homeless into Shelters scheduled for hearing Wednesday
- Debunking Some Recent Anti-GMO Arguments
- Hawaii Tax Credit Craziness
- Hawaii Man Moves to Vegas, Signs up for Obamacare, Gets Stuck with $407K Hospital Bill
- Slower State Revenue Growth Threatens Efforts to Boost UPW-Controlled Hawaii Prisons at Expense of Cheaper, Cleaner Arizona Prison
- DOE: New School Bus Plan Could Save $.5M By End of Year
- Former prison guard pleads guilty in drug smuggling case
- Homosexual Child Molester Was Leader of Hawaii ACLU
- Victims of Homosexual Child Molester Speak Out, At Least one Suicide Tied to Case
- Caldwell Expands Office Budget in Tight Times
- Surprise: New zoo director second in a row with no previous zoo experience
- City requests $500K for bus-rail integration study
- The Education of Energy Advocates
- Republicans Running Only Two Candidates on Maui
- Brian Evans for US Senate?
- DNC Spends in Hawaii, RNC Does not
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Tuesday, March 18, 2014 |
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March 18, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:14 PM :: 4472 Views
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- SB2435HD1: Will GMO Labeling come back to Life in Frankenbill?
- Cornell Prof dismantles claims that GMO crops are “pesticide centered technology”
- Challenge Highlights Flaws in Hawaii's Anti-GMO Law
- Last Year’s $844 Million Surplus is Borrowed from the Future
- Hawaii Legislative Watch: Taxes
- Portnoy Lashes out at Zell, Claims Parr Petroleum Hawaii Refinery is at Risk
- Hawaii Health Connector Partners with Planned Parenthood
- March 25: Small Business Day at the Capitol
- Abercrombie Administration Orchestrates Pre-K Rally
- Wonderland: OK for Unremarkable, Lazy Liberal to be Unqualified
- Huge Tax Hike Coming: Law mandates unfunded liabilities be paid
- If Abercrombie Were Nicer to His Staff They Wouldn't Quit
- State health exchange must reduce costs, director says
- Hawaii Minimum Wage is Really $10.67
- 150 Doctors Back HHSC Privatization
- Louie: DHHL Controls Geothermal Development, royalties
- Na Wai Eha hearings postponed — indefinitely
- Maui News: Military Cuts Inviting Disaster
- Legislators are considering bills to require more details of misconduct
- Neighbor island companies fear loss of tourism and higher fares
- Kauai Mayor Proposes Tax Hikes
- Food rules need not cut off needy
- Hawaii labor force hits a record high
- Clear Legal Sanctions Can Get Users Off Drugs
- Hawaii mayors on pros and cons of GM crops on their islands
- Group developing school standards exams delays ‘field test’
- Fire Department: Solar Panels Cause Shock Hazard
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Monday, March 17, 2014 |
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March 17, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:03 PM :: 3932 Views
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- March 17, 1959: Eisenhower Signs Hawaii Statehood Bill
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 17, 2014
- Hawaii Unions Resist Reforming Benefits for Public Retirees
- Health Connector Fixes 79% of Glitches, But Nobody Wants Obamacare
- Waitlist problem needs action now
- City sidewalk squad to Push Homeless to Accept Shelter
- State to lose more than $200 million for military construction
- Former Rep. Meyer Pulls Papers to Run for Sen. Hee’s Seat
- Mililani Trask Files to Run for OHA Seat
- How Deep Is Your Wallet?
- BLNR makes Dairy farmer Wait 5 Years for Lease Approval
- Homeless Shelters Must Spring for Commercial Kitchens
- DHHL construction leaves neighbors rattled
- Guard Charged with Jail Rape
- Hawaii Ranks 2nd to Wyoming in Electing Women to US House
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Sunday, March 16, 2014 |
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March 16, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:26 PM :: 4403 Views
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- Mayors Are Still After GE Tax Surcharge Authority
- HD5 Democrats’ Insidious Secrecy, Rigged Election Earns Lava Tube Award
- Wilson Shows Up Late, Makes Clerks Run Personal Errands, Doesn't Read Pre-Sentence Reports, Refuses to Release Performance Reviews
- Obamacare Takes Focus Away from 'Transformation'
- Obamacare Penalty Much More than $95
- Kona Hospital supportive of public-private partnership bill
- Housing First is a key start to tackling homelessness
- Check Your Name: Hawaiian Roll to be Published
- 'Smart grid' payoff should be lower rates
- More liens filed against Failing 'Green' Energy Scheme, Hu Honua
- Tax Credits are Only Reason for Tech Companies to be in Hawaii
- HSTA Contract, Funding Squeeze Schools Scheduling longer days
- Facilities expenses eat up charter schools' budgets
- Raising the minimum wage will simply increase costs for employer and employee
- Kauai Tax Hikes Proposed to Pay for $4M in Raises
- Anti-GMO Activists Grab for Gay and Robinson
- Punatic Testifies as Expert at Green and Ruderman's Roundup Hearing
- Matson to Undercut Young Brothers Barge
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Saturday, March 15, 2014 |
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March 15, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:43 PM :: 4193 Views
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- March 14, 2014: Election Commission Releases Updated Candidate List
- ACLU Sues Maui County over Employee’s Website
- UHERO: Impact of Federal PURPA Subsidies on Hawaii Alternative Energy market
- Election Year CIP: Abercrombie Spoons out Another $36.6M
- Hawaii lawmakers question Need for health exchange
- Failed Obamacare Exchange becomes Issue in Oregon Gubernatorial Race
- Bills to raise general excise tax stalling
- Wilson weighs whether to release personnel records
- Disgusting Toxic Mold Growing in Moiliili ‘Health’ Food Store Run by Anti-GMO Activists tied to Tulsi Gabbard
- Challenge Highlights Flaws in Hawaii's Anti-GMO Law
- Matson Could be Fined $80M to $400M for Molasses Spill
- $1.56B budget estimated for rail: HART Has no Idea How Much to Borrow
- HB2205: Property crime bill toughens penalties for repeat offenders
- Kaneshiro: Murderers, Rapists Among 200 Hardened Criminals Given Phony Work Release to Ease Overcrowding, Balance Budget
- UH Puts out Surprise Request for New Stadium
- How has dam safety changed since Kaloko’s deadly breach?
- Charges still pending for Iolani Palace vandal suspects
- Council toughens rules on food trucks
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Friday, March 14, 2014 |
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March 14, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:59 PM :: 4527 Views
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- Apo: Trustees Begin Process of Dissolving OHA
- McDermott sends 'cease and desist' letter to DOE Superintendent Matayoshi
- After Mysterious Disappearance, Patricia McManaman Returns as director of the Department of Human Services
- Obamacare in Hawaii: Fixing What Wasn’t Broken
- PUC chair, green activist under investigation, accused of violating HI conservation law
- U.S. District Court's Honolulu Rail Compliance Order – A Slam Dunk
- UH College of Education Ranks 74th in Nation
- UH law student named state’s Mother of the Year
- Djou might take another shot at U.S. House seat
- Female Senators Demand New Hearing: Wilson fails to properly prepare for court, mistreats staff
- HB2281: Gov’s office asks “emergency” funds to Cover Bhagowalia Resignation
- Abercrombie's budget gets annual cut by Legislature
- 2012 Election Sabotage: Audit Vindicates Hawaii County Clerk
- Tom Yamachika
- Major health care bills moving through Hawaii Legislature
- HART seeks builders for first nine rail stations
- Questions still about American Samoa Governor's health
- Anti-GMO Activists Still Trying to Get Rid of Kauai Mayor
- Pivot to Asia Docs Leaked in Spy Case
- Jet Fuel Leaks Near Honolulu Water Supply Source
- Soda Taxes Do Nothing to Address Obesity
- Boyd Gaming in Hawaii Captive Insurance market
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