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Thursday, March 13, 2014
March 13, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:02 PM :: 5340 Views
  1. Pat Saiki to be Hawaii GOP Chair
  2. Full Text: Hawaii Bar Association New Testimony on Wilson Nomination
  3. Principal: “Pono Choices will not return to Molokai Middle School”
  4. Waitlist Patients Burden Hawaii Hospitals
  5. Hawaii Ranks #2 for Dividend Taxes
  6. $500M Swept Away by Council on Revenues
  7. House Finance Committee Cuts $180M from Abercrombie Budget
  8. House Approves $211M Judiciary Budget
  9. Election Year: Abercrombie Writes Check to Kupuna Care as Medicaid Applicants Get Cut Off
  10. Election Year: Abercrombie Tosses Out Another $64.7M CIP
  11. UH Law School Drops Sharply in National Rankings
  12. UH medical school moves up in Best U.S. Medical Schools rankings
  13. Feds Give Hawaii DoE $1.7M for 'Persistently Low Achieving Schools'
  14. Bill Proposes Sunshine Law Exemptions for City Council Members
  15. Carl Icahn, Sam Zell vs Portnoy Family in 'Vicious' fight over Hawaii Lawyers' Land Management Fees
  16. Maui News, Star-Adv Agree: Obamacare Exchange Unnecessary Here
  17. Bob Jones: Mike Wilson Should Withdraw
  18. HECO To Begin Importing LNG in Move to Cut Fuel Costs
  19. Lawmakers again push for shipping law reform
  20. Billion Dollars Disappears: Abercrombie Not Worried
  21. Deaf vs Dumb at Legislature
  22. $29.13/hr: Is Hawaii’s welfare as high as study claims?
  23. Hawaii Lawmakers Juggle Multiple Tax Credit Proposals
  24. HART reveals rail station images; asks for a new loan
  25. Chinese Railroad May Buy Ansaldo
  26. Abercrombie: "I’m tired of fighting you"
  27. Health  Connector Updates thru March 8, 2014
  28. Could Sharks be taking a bite out of Hawaii's Tourism?
  29. Senator wants probe into whether UH sports TV contractor got 'preferential treatment'
  30. Electricity: Parker Ranch Pays $680K, Waimea Hospital $1.2M
  31. Bill would put property crime criminals behind bars, not probation
  32. Global Horizons Settlement: Farm worker rights groups to share $800,000
  33. Zimmerman vs. Roseanne Barr
  34. AG Louie Warns Other States about Anti-GMO Activists
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014
March 12, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:10 PM :: 5806 Views
  1. Council on Revenues Knocks $478M Hole in Abercrombie Budget
  2. Most Wanted: FBI Searching Big Island for Anti-Biotech Terror Bomber
  3. Hawaii: Update on Second Amendment Legislation
  4. Concrete Brutality: HART Rail Stations Revealed
  5. HECO Begins Installing Smart Meters on Oahu
  6. Interconnection Intersection - Marco Mangelsdorf
  7. Lawsuit: Liberal Activist was Homosexual Child Molester preying on Native Hawaiian Boys --100s of Victims
  8. Timeline: Illegal B&B Charges Part of Abercrombie's Calculated Plan to get Rid of Morita
  9. Abercrombie: When the day comes when people don't want your picture, then you know you’re in trouble
  10. Schatz to Skip First Two Senate Debates
  11. Eco Terrorists are Exhibit 'A' in Case Against GMO Registry
  12. Council bill would raise taxes on residential vacation homes
  13. Lawyers, Clients Should Fear Retaliation by Judges
  14. Waitlisted patients cost isle hospitals $62M a year
  15. Hawaii's High Prices Scare Away Some Mainland Visitors
  16. Abercrombie Admin Forcing Honolulu to Spend Billions More on Sewage System
  17. Tighten control of UH construction
  18. Muslims Team up With Sovereignty Activist Leon Siu 
  19. Hawaii Republican lawmakers have little to show
  20. HELCO pauses geothermal expansion
  21. Smart Meters are on Open Docket, Limiting Public Disclosure
  22. SB2857 Could Chase Electronics Out of Hawaii
  23. Long-sought check in substitute teacher’s hands
  24. Hawaii Superferries Transport Marines in Japan
  25. NIMBY's Continue to Whine About Dairy Planned for Kauai
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Tuesday, March 11, 2014
March 11, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:43 PM :: 7269 Views
  1. House Speaker Joe Souki Endorses Jones Act Reform
  2. HI lawmakers want private providers to subsidize Obamacare exchange
  3. With Asset Test Gone, Thousands Pile into Hawaii Medicaid
  4. For Sale Cheap: One More Bankrupt Alt-Energy Scheme
  5. DLIR: Employment will Expand 4% on Construction Boom
  6. Back from Afghanistan: Soldiers Return to Schofield
  7. Anti-science dominates Senate climate marathon
  8. PUC Fight: Abercrombie Admin Suddenly Decides to Nail Hermina Morita on Illegal B&B
  9. Unemployment: Nearly 7% of Hawaii Workers Quit Looking
  10. Hawaii's economy simmers; Abercrombie says it sizzles
  11. Reward Campaign Contributions from Illegal Mainland Developers?  Ruderman says "That's what we do"
  12. Hanohano says she was thrown 'under the bus'
  13. Lawmakers propose fees for Hawaii health exchange
  14. Get Medicaid? Lose Kupuna Care
  15. HHSC Privatization Still Alive
  16. City considers voucher program for Housing First
  17. Decimal Dust: Honolulu Ethics Director Takes His Case for More Money to City Council
  18. Star-Adv: Common Cause Backs Bill Gutting Sunshine Law
  19. Big Wind Programmatic EIS to be released in April
  20. HECO starts trial run of smart-grid technology
  21. While Homeowners Wait, HECO Fast Tracks its own Solar Farm
  22. Five Year Wait for State to Approve Horseback Riding Permit
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Monday, March 10, 2014
March 10, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:12 PM :: 5834 Views
  1. Solomon Pushes for Approval of Mililani Trask's Overpriced Geothermal Contract
  2. Brian Schatz Dances all Night to California Billionaire's Tune
  3. Price Fixing: Horizon, Sea Star to Pay $3.4M Fine
  4. KIUC Elections: Anti-Smart Meter Paranoiacs Lose Again
  5. Maui: Hawai'i Free Press Editor to Speak
  6. $340M: State's loss on 'green' energy tax credits
  7. Sen. Ige’s campaign
  8. To Diversify GOP, 'Find Right Messengers'
  9. Here Come Hawaii's Super PACs!
  10. Hawaii Next? Feds open investigation of Md. ObamaCare site
  11. DoD: Hawaii, Guam are Nuclear Targets of North Korea
  12. City officials will defend Housing First's price tag
  13. Star-Adv: Legislature Should Reject OHA Kakaako Betrayal
  14. Hanohano Retells Shark Testimony Story
  15. Caldwell Working to Jam up King Street
  16. HART, Water Board Top City Salaries
  17. DHHL 37 Homes With Substandard Septic Systems
  18. Return of Friday night lights?
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Sunday, March 9, 2014
March 9, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:53 PM :: 4850 Views
  1. HB1503: Prohibit Landlords from Evicting Marijuana Smokers
  2. Whither the Independent Appeals Officer?
  3. Hawaii National Guard builds global partnerships, proven on battlefield
  4. Precisely as Expected: Abercrombie Uses Failure of Obamacare to Call for Single Payer
  5. Abercrombie's about-face on HCDA rewards war chest
  6. Abercrombie woos seniors, but they’re not buying it
  7. ILWU Preparing to Endorse Ige?
  8. GMO crops reduce use of pesticides
  9. UH's poor oversight adds costs to delayed project, audit says
  10. Housing First: Caldwell vs Martin
  11. Save Our Kakaako coalition rallies against proposed development
  12. GMO debate: Earth Island Journal sees Opportunity to Control KSBE Land, Campbell Estate
  13. Officer says he’s target of HPD retaliation
  14. Sovereignty Debate Just a Matter of Faith?
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Saturday, March 8, 2014
March 8, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:47 PM :: 3857 Views
  1. UHERO: Is Monopoly a Barrier to Hawai’i’s Ascent?
  2. Lawmaker says advocacy group pays Hawaii teachers to attend ‘tolerance’ training
  3. Informational Briefing on Grants-in-Aid
  4. March 7, 2014: Election Commission Releases Updated Candidate List
  5. Catch the Wave of HOPE with Nick Vujicic at Aloha Stadium
  6. Video: Japan and the Free Market
  7. Justice: Judge Orders County to Stop Registering GMO Farmers
  8. Budget: Abercrombie Plays Politics as Legislators Grapple With Cutting his Bloated Budget Proposal
  9. PUC Approves Natural Gas Imports, Could Cut Electric Bills
  10. Star-Adv: How dare Lawyers Rate Enviro-Activist Judge 'Unqualified'
  11. Local Pollsters: Merriman Group Should Get Lost so We can go Back to Manipulating Public Perceptions
  12. UH Admin Blew $28M TV Rights Deal
  13. DHHL betraying its lessees
  14. Another Activist Complains about Treatment at Hearings
  15. Liquid Metal Heading to O`ahu’s North Shore
  16. Officials: Threat to Oahu's Water Supply More Serious Than Thought
  17. Only One Meth Importer Convicted, Rest Walk Free
  18. Airlift concerning to tourism officials
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Friday, March 7, 2014
March 7, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:36 PM :: 5663 Views
  1. OHA Reopens Akaka Tribal Roll, Announces Plan for ‘Governing Documents’
  2. Hawaii’s schools aren’t the best, so what’s with pay raises, shorter class schedules?
  3. Ige Slams Abercrombie over Pension Tax Hypocrisy, Morita Appointment
  4. Full Text: Souki Reprimands Hanohano—conduct “intimidating, disruptive”
  5. Abercrombie Appoints Rep Wooley Director of Office of Environmental Quality Control
  6. Pine: 50,000 Solar Panels for Kahe Point?
  7. Council Candidate Iwasa Speaks out Against Sign-Waving
  8. UH Manoa to host veterans conference
  9. Accusers: Wilson A Drunk, Harasses Women—Defended by Crooked Lawyers
  10. Wilson Co-Owns Illegal TVR With Former Law Partner, Girlfriend
  11. KITV Full Cover-up Mode:  Co-Conspirator ‘Clears Up’ Illegal TVR
  12. Wooley Looks Over Wreckage of Anti-GMO Idiots’ Dreams
  13. Election funding bill raises some concerns as measure passes first reading in Hawaii Senate
  14. Tax payment backlog
  15. Prison Guards Punch Kids, Costs State $180K
  16. Hawaiian-Language Education Bills Advance
  17. VA Bumps Up Home Loan Limits

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Thursday, March 6, 2014
March 6, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:22 PM :: 4410 Views
  1. Zoning Board: Abercrombie's Supreme Court Pick Operating Illegal Enterprise for Over a Decade
  2. Hawaii Obamacare Medicaid Applications–Even Less Than The Few
  3. Full Text: Big Island Papaya Farmer Sues to Invalidate anti-GMO Ordinance
  4. AG Decides to Claim Deficiencies, but no Criminal Activity in UH Project Management
  5. In Face of Lawsuit, DOE Pushes Ahead with Overpriced Chevron Solar Deal
  6. Hawaii urges residents to ‘tell a friend’ about Obamacare
  7. The Real Stories Behind "The Descendants"
  8. Rep. Beth Fukumoto named to National Future Majority Caucus Advisory Board
  9. The Jones Act Strikes Oil
  10. Hawaii Bar Assn:  Enviro Activist Wilson 'unqualified' for Supreme Court
  11. Bread Prices to Soar as State Forces Shutdown of Hawaii's Only Flour Mill
  12. PUC: Abercrombie, Morita Meet, Discuss Price of Her Retention
  13. Congress May Investigate failed Hawaii Health Connector
  14. After 23 Years, State Senate Investigates Mental Hospital
  15. Civil Disobedience: Heroic Big Island Farmers Refusing to Register GMO Crops
  16. Pro and Con GMO regulation bills fail in Legislature
  17. SB622: Environmental Court passes Senate
  18. Declining Economy May Turn $844M Surplus into Deficit
  19. Hawaii advances bill requiring Internet sales tax
  20. Election Year: Neil 'Pension Tax' Abercrombie vows to fight to ease taxes for kupuna (LOL!)
  21. Competing Hawaii minimum wage cross over to House, Senate
  22. SB2131: In State Tuition for Veterans Makes Crossover
  23. Busted by Campaign Spending Comm, Activist Leads Rally for 'Clean Elections' Bill
  24. Obama Budget Hikes Airline Fee AGAIN
  25. Another $200K Hawaii disability Fraudster Busted 
  26. Rail: Million dollar fence being taken down 3 years after going up
  27. Luxury Resort Developer Pierre Omidyar Buys Ritz Carlton on Maui, Rebrands as 'Montage'
  28. Suspected gambling machines to get a day in court
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Wednesday, March 5, 2014
March 5, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:32 PM :: 5003 Views
  1. Tulsi Gabbard Office Manager tied to Chris Butler Cult
  2. Survey: Hawaii Ranks 5th for Economic Health
  3. Solomon Pushes for Approval of Overpriced Geothermal Contracts
  4. Survey: Honolulu Traffic Gets 18% Worse
  5. Dead on Arrival: Obama’s FY 2015 Budget includes $250 million for rail
  6. Hawaii Democrats Statewide Caucuses March 5
  7. UHERO: Climate Change Behind Push for Water Conservation
  8. 'Sovereign Council' Scores $675K to Sell Obamacare
  9. Caldwell Brings in Outside Planners to Redevelop Blaisdell Center
  10. Mainland Enviros Cheer Hawaii's On-Bill Financing Solar Scheme
  11. Bronster: Papaya Farmer files lawsuit over GMO Law
  12. 'Clean' Energy: Hawaiian Dredging accuses Hu Honua of stealing Computers, Information
  13. Middle class, poor increasingly footing cost of island’s electrical grid
  14. Ian Lind: Hawaiians Suffered With Rise of Democratic Party
  15. Military Cuts begin at Wheeler
  16. Legislators Vote Against Free Speech in Election Campaigns
  17. Obamacare Funds Kahuku HS Health Clinic Targeting Teens
  18. Reforming Juvenile Justice
  19. Revising Public Workers Laws
  20. Legislators Vote to Cut School Hours
  21. State Hospital favoritism complaints prompt anti-nepotism bill
  22. Hawaii Has Fewest Taxing Bodies of Any State
  23. Solomon: Thielen and Ruderman are 'Like That'
  24. Minimum Wage Poverty Threshold Requires Too Much Paperwork
  25. State of the City: Potholes, Sewers And Name-dropping
  26. Honolulu 7th Worst Airport in USA
  27. Rep. Hanohano's Use of Hawaiian Leads to Tension on House Floor
  28. Transgender Student Recants Sexual Assault Report
  29. Health Department requested leak detection at Red Hill in 2003
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Tuesday, March 4, 2014
March 4, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:40 PM :: 5373 Views
  1. Who Needs Health Connector? Feds Already Had Website offering Hawaii Insurance Policies
  2. National Park Tourism in Hawaii Creates $314 Million in Economic Benefit
  3. Abercrombie: Petulant, Paranoid, Vindictive, Clueless
  4. Honolulu Mayor Responds to Questions About Campaign Contributions from Waikiki Developers
  5. House Should go after Brower Before Censuring Hanohano
  6. Star-Adv: Reappoint Morita, PUC policy should favor consumers
  7. Upcoming Primary election will be start of new era for OHA
  8. UPW Blocks Contraband screening at Halawa Prison
  9. Only Four Guards Caught Testing Positive for Drugs
  10. Ernie Martin Comes out against Housing First
  11. Lawmakers to vote on child porn bill
  12. Latest Obamacare Fix Tough to Implement
  13. Obama-Backed Patent Reform Could Hurt Innovation at UH
  14. Energy Excelerator Provides Boosts for 'Clean' Energy
  15. For oil traders, a vexing new risk related to Jones Act
  16. Honolulu 4th Worst City to Find a Job
  17. Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command might be restructured or moved to the mainland
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Monday, March 3, 2014
March 3, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:55 PM :: 4763 Views
  1. Complete List of Bills Set for Third Reading in Senate, House March 4
  2. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 3, 2014
  3. No Public Warfare Yet, in Intraparty Fight for D.C. Insider Mantle
  4. Abercrombie: I've had some real Donnybrooks
  5. Civil Beat: Hanohano a Problem to be Solved
  6. Star-Adv: Limit discretion in judicial secrecy
  7. Anti-GMO Activists Admit only 41% on Maui Want Permanent GMO Ban
  8. DHHL beneficiaries struggle in arid conditions
  9. Cronies Line up for Special Purpose Revenue Bonds
  10. HB 1594 / HB 2170: Unlimited tax Credits for Hotel Developers
  11. Developers of 2 Waikiki High-Rises Have Donated Heavily to City Officials
  12. Handi-van riders fed up with unreliable service
  13. China Fields New Intermediate-Range Nuclear Missile -- Target Guam
  14. Drugged driving deaths triple in Hawaii after Medicated Marijuana Legalized
  15. A crush of bills moving to meet First Crossover deadline this week
  16. What Did Hawaii Delegates Do With Salaries During Shutdown?
  17. A Moment of Silence: Tommy Waters Running for Stanley Chang’s City Council Seat
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Sunday, March 2, 2014
March 2, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:38 PM :: 4792 Views
  1. Letter: Waikiki Rep Brower Threatening to Smash More Shopping Carts?
  2. Supreme Court Rejects Kauai Springs Appeal
  3. Aloha, Justice Acoba
  4. Well Then, How Do We Stimulate Business?
  5. Star-Adv: State Should Dump Obamacare Exchange
  6. Mufi Gives Abercrombie Winning edge
  7. Schatz Picks up lots of Support from Mainland, Developers
  8. Former governors lend support as Ige opens campaign HQ
  9. School Health Teacher Says no to Gay Sex Ed for 11 year olds:
  10. HHSC Privatization Proposal Revised
  11. SB2284: Clayton Hee tries to make Hospitals Responsible for Home Care
  12. SB2934: Solar Scammers Creating new Opportunities to Fleece Homeowners
  13. HB1943: PRP Backs Smart Grid
  14. Inouye to face off against Solomon for state Senate seat -- Again
  15. Big Island homesteaders still waiting on DHHL
  16. After Welching on Promise of Free Representation, Anti-GMO Activists Seek to 'Intervene'
  17. Kauai: Morons, Idiots, & Imbeciles Continue to Whine about Dairy Farm
  18. As Tax Cut Advances, Beer entrepreneurs seek to reawaken brewing industry
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Saturday, March 1, 2014
March 1, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:26 PM :: 5249 Views
  1. House Passes More than 200 Bills on to Senate
  2. Heritage Foundation: Hawaii HOPE Probation Potentially Worthwhile
  3. Video: Grassroot Institute Talks with Tom Yamachika, Tax Foundation of Hawaii
  4. Obama Reappoints Abercrombie to Council of Governors
  5. GMO Protests Could Save DoE Money
  6. February 28, 2014: Election Commission Releases Updated Candidate List
  7. Hannemann has strong words for Hawaii Democrats
  8. Abercrombie Signs Bill with Smiley Face, Condemning Hundreds of Hawaii teachers to Layoff
  9. Eligible families have until April 30 to file applications for Preschool Tuition Vouchers
  10. Obamacare behind $101M HMSA Operating Loss, Ratehikes Coming
  11. HGEA Unit 9 nurses Agree to Contract, get 8% raise
  12. Predictable Caldwell Proposes $34.2M Property Tax Hike
  13. Tip Credit: Hee Fails to Screw Restaurants, Makes up Bizarre Excuse
  14. As Homeless Continue to Refuse Shelter, Hawaii advances bill to fine lying at bus stops
  15. SB 451: Reform the PUC
  16. HECO revises standards for rooftop PV systems
  17. Star-Adv Backs Increased fees on developers
  18. Kenoi’s Proposed $412M Budget Highest in Six Years--Nothing for Pension Debts
  19. Soft on Crime: Manslaughter conviction set aside in Maili fatal beating case
  20. PBN Focus on Jones Act for NJ Salt Shortage
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Friday, February 28, 2014
February 28, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:03 PM :: 4192 Views
  1. Slom: Djou to Announce Congressional Campaign?
  2. Judge Elwin Ahu Announces Campaign for Lt Governor
  3. Grim scenario for Hawaii's Obamacare plan: The numbers don't add up
  4. As Health Exchange Implodes, Abercrombie Releases ‘Transformation Plan’
  5. UHERO: 2013 Hawaii Growth 'Disappointing', 2014 'Marked Down'
  6. Residents in States With Troubled Exchanges Can Still Get Subsidies
  7. Maui: Huber's Anti-GMO claims lack evidence
  8. More questionable social engineering comes to Hawaii’s public schools
  9. FACE Ad campaign pushes minimum wage hike
  10. SB2487: Small Business Regulatory Review Board to be Abolished?
  11. Fallen Marine Rafael Peralta's family accuses reporter of playing 'race card'
  12. House Bill 14: Mandatory Kindergarten, Lowering Compulsory School Attendance Age to 5
  13. Honolulu Firm Selected to Represent Kauai County in GMO Suit
  14. HTA: Tourism Down 5th Month in a Row
  15. DBEDT App Displays Demographics of Hawaii House, Senate Districts
  16. Illegal Gambling Operators Give $20K to Clayton Hee Campaign
  17. Hee vs Fale: Same-sex marriage fight apparently not over yet
  18. Governor mum on PUC appointment
  19. Kenoi: Signing GMO bill was to end ‘shouting’
  20. Kauai Idiots Protest Against Dairy farm
  21. To Placate Anti-GMO Hallucinations, SB2777 'Narrowed'
  22. Star-Adv vs Hawaii: Military draw-down long overdue
  23. Poll — Oahu Voters Don't Like Mufi
  24. Negotiations Over Hawaii Minimum Wage Go Down to the Wire
  25. Waipahu First of Many to be Transformed for Rail TOD
  26. Study Questions Benefits of 'Medical Home' Programs for Chronically Ill
  27. Senate Budget Committee Advances Four Key Education Bills
  28. SB894 would allow for a forced sale of Turtle Bay property
  29. Hawaii Supreme Court Takes Up Lawsuit Challenging Koa Ridge Project
  30. Next Steps for the Geothermal Request for Proposal
  31. Prison Guard's Wife Gets Federal Prison Time
  32. DLNR Plan to Kill Owls, Egrets Blasted
  33. Three Killed in Lanai Plane Crash
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Thursday, February 27, 2014
February 27, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:19 PM :: 4145 Views
  1. Matsuda: Fate of Prepaid Health Care Act Depends on Hawaii Health Connector
  2. LA Times: Hawaii Health Connector Refused to Cough up Secret Budget
  3. HI leaders worry military cuts will compromise Pacific security
  4. Auditor: 11 Special Funds Do not Meet Criteria
  5. Health Connector May Convert itself into Telemarketing Business to Make Money
  6. Health Connector Abandons Enrollment Goals, Seeks new Funding Sources
  7. How Abercrombie, Schatz Can Win Easily
  8. Complaint Filed Against Hee for Acting Like Hanohano
  9. Measures on food labeling appear doomed
  10. House Defers Minimum Wage over Tip Credit
  11. Effort to Save Oahu Residents From Rail Failed Despite Valiant Effort
  12. Can the Legislature save HECO?
  13. Council committee scraps Caldwell's $20M Garbage Tax
  14. Caldwell wants Honolulu to spend $25M to encourage transit oriented development along rail line
  15. Honolulu Mayor wants significant increase in programs for homeless
  16. Kauai Councilman Scores $250K Settlement from Former Prosecutor
  17. Poll — Voters Want Higher Minimum Wage, Reject Legal Pot
  18. Should Hawaii Let Public Schools Raise Money for Private Nonprofits?
  19. Many Oahu Schools Miss Basic Food Safety Checks
  20. Tax Foundation of Hawaii opposes proposed electric vehicle tax
  21. Sovereignty Activist Loses Neighborhood Board Committee Chairmanship
  22. Liquefied natural gas could play key role in isles' energy transition
  23. Trask Geothermal Scammers Demand Meeting 
  24. Bill to allow online gun registration makes headway despite police opposition
  25. Drone bill could affect Maui missing women search
  26. Judge finds accused rapist mentally unfit for trial

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Wednesday, February 26, 2014
February 26, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:25 PM :: 6085 Views
  1. Duke Aiona: Great News for the Campaign
  2. Clinton’s chief economist supports Jones Act reform for Puerto Rico and Hawaii
  3. Looks Like Hawaii Won't Need To Count All Those Soldiers, Sailors, And Marines In The Next Reapportionment Anyway
  4. BLS: Hawaii Union Membership Rate 22.1%
  5. VIDEO: Aloha Obamacare Wipeout
  6. Honolulu tops list of America’s Most Overpriced Cities
  7. Hawaii's Choice: Let the Fleecing Continue or Bring on the Competition?
  8. Full Text: State of the City Address
  9. Rep Fale to Challenge Clayton Hee for Senate
  10. Tranny Supports 'Racist' Hanohano
  11. Progressives Mock Sovereignty Activists
  12. Trench Warfare: Schatz vs Hanabusa
  13. Poll: Kim, Takai Lead Race for Dem Nomination in CD1 
  14. AARP: Health Connector needs a sustainability plan
  15. HSTA can learn from students
  16. Hawaii Lawmakers May Give Counties Millions of Dollars in Extra Hotel Tax Money
  17. Kauai Gives Anti-GMO Whackos the Test Case they Need to Uphold GMO Bans
  18. SB2777 May Face Amendments to Satisfy Anti-GMO Activists
  19. Kauai Idiots: Proposed Dairy Farm is 'Mind-boggling Environmental Disaster'
  20. Ag Board to End State Milk Price Fixing Scheme?
  21. Former prosecutor can’t prevent Undisclosed Bynum settlement
  22. Don't Destroy Police Disciplinary Files Just Yet, Hawaii Lawmakers Say
  23. Back pay on the way for Hawaii substitute teachers

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Tuesday, February 25, 2014
February 25, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 10:14 PM :: 6220 Views
  1. Kanoho Helm Debunks 'Developer-Driven' Big Cable Scheme
  2. Senate Minimum Wage Bill Will Fail Hawaii's Low-Wage Earners
  3. Hawaii Charter School Law: Measuring up to the Model?
  4. Union Contractors to get Exclusive Deal on NAVFAC Project at Hawaii Marine Corps Base?
  5. Can they get up? HI Legislature to fund coordinator to help seniors avoid falls
  6. DBEDT Reduces Projected Growth Rate
  7. Abercrombie Releases $62.4M in DoE CIP
  8. Poll: Schatz - Hanabusa Tied 40% Each
  9. Disrespectful Schatz Hasn't Earned it
  10. Hirono: Proposed military cuts are 'Good News'
  11. Abercrombie Holding $2500/head Fundraiser in DC
  12. Hanohano, under siege, has talking-to
  13. Hospitals, Airports, 5th Floor: State Funding Emergency Festers
  14. Honolulu Electric Bill Jumps to $91.8M
  15. Failed California Anti-GMO Initiative Backers Conspire to Impose themselves on Maui
  16. Federally funded sex ed program teaches Hawaii middle schoolers that butts are genitals
  17. CD1 Candidates Argue over how to Raise Taxes
  18. Minimum Wage to Boost Hawaii's Already-High Labor Costs
  19. Legislators Use Lobbing Rules to Harass Pro-Family Activists
  20. Full Text: Judge releases documents in Deedy murder case
  21. NFL may move Pro Bowl to Arizona
  22. More rail transit traffic woes in store for Oahu drivers
  23. 'Car To Go' Isn't Here Yet, But Legislators Scheme to Tax it
  24. 13 Security Breaches in 7 years at Unprotected Iolani Palace
  25. SB72: Even More Excuses to Let Murderers and Rapists out of Prison Early
  26. Alleged Manoa Harasser Released, Supposed to be in Drug Treatment
  27. Star-Adv: Troubled youth need treatment, not a prison bed
  28. Mainland Quacks Seek to Retake Control of Hawaii Medicated Marijuana Business
  29. SB2270: Sue Your Neighbor for Zoning Violations
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Monday, February 24, 2014
February 24, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:36 PM :: 4224 Views
  1. CD1 Poll: Good News for Charles Djou
  2. Poll: Ige-Abercrombie Tied at 37% Each
  3. 1000 Friends: Stop residential development adjacent to Kakaako Waterfront Park
  4. SB2938: Online Gun Registration to be Heard Feb 25
  5. Alec Baldwin Flees to Hawaii Seeking Transsexual Dry Cleaning?
  6. Abercrombie's Big Cable Designed by Dick Cheney's 'Energy Cabal'
  7. Abercrombie Heckles Governor Jindal at White House
  8. The Usual Nuts Launch GMO Ban Ballot Initiative in Maui County
  9. $48M Given to 18,000 in Hawaii Welfare Overpayments
  10. 4,200 Mentally Ill Children in Hawaii With no Treatment Facility
  11. Agencies Struggle With Pilot Program for 10 Mentally Ill Children
  12. Troubled youths may get chance at treatment
  13. Haunted, Court Psychiatrist Retires After 22 Years
  14. Hanohano Censure among items on lawmakers’ agenda
  15. SB2426: Streamline HTA Marketing Plan
  16. Abercrombie Wants $132K for Travel, Buyouts, Membership Fee
  17. Hawaii's Pricey Claims Settlements Include Paying Out $30K for Sun's Glare
  18. Mollway: Raising the state ethics bar?
  19. Maui Farms Fined for Violating Minimum Wage
  20. Hagel to propose big cuts in Army in 2015 budget
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Sunday, February 23, 2014
February 23, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:08 PM :: 5015 Views
  1. For Supporting Mufi: Up to 1/3 of Democrats Could be Expelled
  2. Can We Best Help the Poor by Making Their Lives Complicated?
  3. Anti-GMO Industry Responsible for Death on Maui
  4. Big Cable Will Soak Ratepayers for $1.5B
  5. Creation of the Hawaii Electricity Reliability Administrator
  6. Lessons of past losses could help Hannemann
  7. Renewed rivalries and rants are like watch, wince, repeat
  8. Minimum Wage: Clayton Hee Preparing to Screw it up -- Again
  9. Health Connector to be funded by $15M Tax on Insurance Policies?
  10. Briefing will address fixes for Connector
  11. Kakaako Development Opposed by Global Warmers
  12. Current UH regent skipped as gov appoints 4 to board
  13. Give judges and probation officers tools needed to help juvenile offenders
  14. Teachers protest new program
  15. Pono Madness & Condom Festivals
  16. Inspections begin soon for new restaurant ratings
  17. Star-Adv Flies Reporter to Puna to Chart Course for Defeating Hanohano
  18. Kenoi: Assessments Will Go Up, But not Tax Rates
  19. Obama Wasting Troops’ Sacrifice
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Saturday, February 22, 2014
February 22, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:51 PM :: 5377 Views
  1. Full Text: Legislators Challenge Abercrombie over Morita Dismissal
  2. February 21, 2014: Election Commission Releases Updated Candidate List
  3. 300 Republicans Celebrate Lincoln Day, Launch New YouTube Ad
  4. Feds: Hawaii's High Energy Costs Drive Push for 'Clean' Energy
  5. Does Hawaii Need An "Environmental Court?"
  6. No Surprise: DoE Includes Tranny on Pono Choices Review Panel
  7. Hawaii Health Connector Website: 41% of Defects Still not Corrected
  8. Shutdown of Coal Plant will Boost Electric Rates 3%
  9. Hawaiian Electric executives 'earned' higher salaries in 2013
  10. Alleviating Poverty Through Tax Policy Modifications
  11. Perfect Timing: Anti-GMO Activists 'Honored' as ‘The Daily Show’ films GMO segment in Kona
  12. SB2375: Anti-GMO Activists Attack Local Produce Bill
  13. Money grubbing Atheists Try Again for $1M from Hawaii Churches
  14. 1,900 Kiddie Porn Leads in Hawaii--Will Legislators Approve Funding to Investigate?
  15. Law Prevents Police from Helping Mentally Ill Person
  16. Panel to scrutinize cost of government, Propose More Tax Hikes
  17. Queen’s Medical Center shares patient data with Hawaii HIE
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Friday, February 21, 2014
February 21, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:07 PM :: 4999 Views
  1. Carpenter: Complaint Must be Filed Before Democrats can Expel Mufi
  2. Supreme Court Nominee Wilson's Written Opinions
  3. How Hawaii Will Achieve Food Sustainability: Jail a Farmer!
  4. A Major Hurdle for Student Veterans
  5. Honolulu Ethics Commission Calls for Audit of Water Board
  6. Is your baby carrying excess fat? Hawaii wants to know
  7. Free Speech on Campus? Grassroot Institute Interviews FIRE
  8. See it Live: Famed Nimitz' WWII 'Diary' to be Unveiled Online Monday
  9. Abercrombie Names UH Regent Nominees
  10. Hawaii Supreme Court: How Do You Solve A Problem Like ... Appellate Mootness? More Process!
  11. Big Cable Plan: Spend $800M to 'Save' $423M
  12. Not rehiring Morita at PUC dicey move for Abercrombie
  13. SB2777: Farmers Still Have Chance to Free Themselves from Anti-GMO Oppressors
  14. Health Connector Blames DHS 'Bottleneck' For Worst-in-the-Nation Performance
  15. HB2529 Amended: Hawaii Health Connector to Remain Private Nonprofit
  16. Oahu man waits nearly 2 months for Obamacare insurance
  17. Rail: City restarts property acquisition process
  18. VIDEO: Geothermal bills debated in House Committee
  19. High cost oil fired generation creates potential for shift in Hawaiian electric sources
  20. HB1796: Clearer Rules for Schools With Uncontrollable Kids
  21. New policy eliminates hidden fees at UH
  22. Shakedown: Billion Dollar Telescope in Court Again
  23. Caldwell Ignores Committees on Women, Disabilities
  24. Future Caucus debuts to engage young people
  25. Who Are Hawaii's U.S. Senate Candidates' Biggest Donors?
  26. Honolulu Inflation only 1.7%
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Thursday, February 20, 2014
February 20, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:54 PM :: 3795 Views
  1. Sabato: Hawaii Governor's Race no Longer 'Likely Democratic'
  2. VA Mortgages Again Available as DoH Reverses Catchment Tank Rules
  3. DBEDT: Shortage of Housing Supply Contributes to High Prices
  4. Matson Raising Fuel Surcharge 5%
  5. SB2147: Silver Alert
  6. Gallup: Hawaii Drops to 8th in Well-Being
  7. "Is there a way to allow a person to end his life without making someone else a criminal?"
  8. Spoiler: To run for Governor, Mufi forming "Independent Party" Today
  9. Hanohano Targeted because She Opposes Pre-K Initiative?
  10. Aila: Hanohano Accused DLNR Staffer of 'Genocide'
  11. Tip credit stymies accord on raise
  12. Lobbyists Test Another Path to Influence
  13. Hawaii Ethics Commission Examines How Lawmakers Spend Their Allowances
  14. Will Land Swap Restore Ag in Wahiawa?
  15. Prison pitch includes new facility in West Oahu
  16. EPA seeks tougher safety standards for farmworkers
  17. Anti-GMO 'Home Rule ' Reso Passes Hawaii Co Council
  18. 5.5 percent raise sought for police chief, deputies
  19. Kauai Police commissioner resigns: Is Target of Federal Gambling Investigation
  20. After Killing Them, Pflueger Cuts off Farmers Water
  21. City Council gives initial OK to $10 trash pickup fee
  22. Easing the housing crunch for low-income citizens
  23. Opponents of planned Kakaako condo want permit revoked
  24. A second chance for vets
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Wednesday, February 19, 2014
February 19, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:28 PM :: 4943 Views
  1. Say NO on SB 2521 ~ Do Not increase Food costs for Hawaii
  2. BoE Reaffirms Commitment to Hawaiian Language and Culture
  3. FDA: ‘Natural Supplements’ Industry Victimizes Korean Community with Hidden Chemicals
  4. Hawaiian Electric Reports 2013 Earnings
  5. Growing Inequality? Hawaii Ranks #8 in USA
  6. Today at the Legislature
  7. Abercrombie: Wilson Promises to be Activist Judge
  8. Mile Wide, Inch Deep: Poll Shows that GMO Labeling is Backed by Know-Nothings
  9. Organic Profiteer: Sen Ruderman Rakes in $1M/year Profits from 'Natural Foods' Store 
  10. DLNR: Hanohano Blames Malihini for 'Genocide'
  11. Mainland Homosexuals Spent $509,900 to Marry Hawaii
  12. FBI Investigates Kauai Police Commissioner for Bookmaking
  13. Feds Grab for Control of all West Hawaii Water Resources
  14. Rail opponents give up fight after Two court decisions
  15. Pacific Resource Partnership’s media campaign targets Kakaako
  16. HHSC: $109M for Electronic transition of Health records
  17. Morita: Abercrombie Preparing to Dump me as PUC Chair
  18. Kahuku Wind Project Faces Blowback
  19. The Future Electric Utility Ratepayer
  20. HB2116 Help Young Energetic Criminals Get Back out of Prison Even Quicker
  21. Big Island Rally Remembers Murder Victims
  22. California Mother of 6 Stole Dead Father's Disability Payments for 21 Years from Hawaii Government
  23. Federal Contractors Relieved at Metcalf Ruling

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014
February 18, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:31 PM :: 4760 Views
  1. 9th Circuit Court: Honolulu Rail Project On Track
  2. KOS: Ward Poll Shows Aiona is Winning on His own Popularity
  3. Abercrombie Names former BLNR Chair Wilson to Supreme Court
  4. Survey: UH Manoa Offers 13th Best Return on Investment in US West
  5. Hawaii Among 10 Least Expensive Insurance Markets
  6. Ethics Comm. to Discuss 8 Bills Before Legislature
  7. OHA and Kakaako Makai
  8. UH Med school leads nation in funding
  9. Today at the Legislature
  10. Rail: Effect of Ansaldo Restructuring 'Remains to be seen'
  11. Democrat: Aiona's Popularity Shows Need for Cleansing of Voter File
  12. Cayetano: A lot of Angry Voters out There
  13. Preschool, GMOs, Kakaako, and Homelessness: More Poll Results
  14. Friday Deadline for Kauai County to Respond to Suit against Anti-GMO Law
  15. Anti-GMO Activists Still Talking about Ousting Kauai Mayor
  16. Hawaiian Immersion Schools Flood DOE Lawn to Rally for Policy Changes
  17. Fired Honolulu Police Officer’s File Destroyed Before Discharge Revealed
  18. Political Radar: Arguments for Public Funding not Square with Record
  19. HB2590 Same Day Voter Registration Chaos
  20. Hee: Only Police Should Have Drones
  21. Council revisits ethics proposal
  22. Lockheed Martin Builds $475K Tech System for Governor's Office
  23. Open Data Institute Signs Up Hawaii Affiliate
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Monday, February 17, 2014
February 17, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:52 PM :: 4770 Views
  1. GMO Labeling Could Add $800/yr to Hawaii Grocery Bills
  2. Honolulu: Highest Taxes in USA for Low Income Residents, 9th Lowest for High Income Residents
  3. Quid pro Quo? HSTA Endorses Ige for Governor
  4. Ige: Polls, Endorsements Show Momentum
  5. Stung by Star-Adv Poll, Schatz Releases his Own Numbers
  6. National Republicans Meet With Grassroots Volunteers in Hawaii
  7. Supreme Court: Damage To Unique Property Subject To Unique Rules
  8. Poll: Aiona 48% - Abercrombie 40%
  9. Nobody Wants Obamacare: 60% say Changes Needed, 24% want Repeal
  10. Caldwell Approval 72% to 19%
  11. Star-Advertiser: Caldwell's Garbage tax Goes too Far
  12. Lingle chief of staff returns as consultant to Honolulu City Council Chair
  13. The Perfect Storm: Tsunami of Forces Threatening HECO
  14. Don't let privacy fears ground Hawaii's well-established hobby aircraft community
  15. Getting the Right Balance on Drones
  16. New police cameras note license plates
  17. N Shore Residents Protest Ernie Martin's Bill 47
  18. Marine families in Hawaii worry soil under base housing may be toxic
  19. House bill due for a floor vote would ban tobacco (but not marijuana) at UH
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Sunday, February 16, 2014
February 16, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:35 PM :: 5432 Views
  1. Election 2014: Candidate Filing List Now Totals 14 Pages
  2. Caldwell's Latest Scheme: Garbage Tax
  3. 13 Nominated for UH Board of Regents
  4. Applicants Sought for Ethics Commission
  5. Die on Medicaid? State Could Seize Your House
  6. Poll Shows Deep Ethnic Divide: Hanabusa 48% -- Schatz 40%
  7. Poll: Kim Leads Pack for CD1
  8. Poll reveals Profound Ethnic Split
  9. Once a beacon, UH dulled by the dim bulbs in politics
  10. State budget depends on continued private-sector growth -- which has slowed
  11. Star-Adv: Let Kakaako Get Crowded with Skyscrapers, But Give Lawyers a Chance, too
  12. 5 things ahead in the Hawaii Legislature this week
  13. 600 Homeowners Victimized by Solar Scammers: Paying $305/mo for Nothing
  14. SB3049 Ruderman Panders to a Key Constituency -- Fukushima Radiation Conspiracy Theorists
  15. The Misnamed State Agency: The Consumer Advocate
  16. Governor Lingle Regales Students Over Shabbat Dinner
  17. Medical Marijuana Triples Auto Crash Fatality Rate
  18. The Interconnection Nightmare in Hawaii and Why It Matters to the US Residential PV Industry

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Saturday, February 15, 2014
February 15, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:54 PM :: 3374 Views
  1. Flags to Fly at Half-Staff for Sgt Drew M Scobie
  2. ObamaCare: Taxpayers Spend $56,819 To Sign Up Each Person In Hawaii
  3. How They Voted: House Rejects Religious Freedom Restoration Act
  4. Statewide Meetings: Parents Protecting Their Children from Pono Choices
  5. Budget: Kalbert Young Talks to Grassroot Institute
  6. Abercrombie Appoints Dr. Linda Rosen Director, Department of Health
  7. Supreme Court: Lower Courts too Dismissive of Pro-Se Litigants
  8. Four Things You Should Know About The Minimum Wage Debate In Hawaii
  9. HPU Prof. Distributes Land to the Landless
  10. Internet Tax Freedom Act Celebrates Sweet 16
  11. Ninth Circuit Confirms Right to Carry Arms in Public
  12. Comcast merger sparks calls for government intervention
  13. Housing First Funding Depends on Sale of City-Owned Apartments
  14. 'I don't plan on going back'--A Housing First Story
  15. HB2533: Legislation Would Revive Partial Public Funding Program
  16. Congressional Candidates to Meet With Trannies Today
  17. Kim "Saddened' by Manahan's CD1 Challenge
  18. 2012 Killer Out after a Few Months, Already Violating Parole
  19. Court considers Hu Honua liens
  20. HECO cleared to pursue negotiations to buy what passes as low-cost PV power
  21. What is Renewable Energy?
  22. String of OIP opinions require court settlements involving state or counties to be public
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Friday, February 14, 2014
February 14, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:42 PM :: 3877 Views
  1. Bad Company: Honolulu Rail Car Supplier Ansaldo Breda May be Sold, Liquidated
  2. Atheist Scores $200K from New Hope Lawsuit Settlement
  3. How They Voted: House Rejects Religious Freedom Restoration Act
  4. Video: Legislators Debate Religious Freedom Restoration Act
  5. Slom: SB2160 Should be called Peter Boy Kema Bill
  6. SB2196: Barrel Tax Snatches $80M out of Consumers Pockets
  7. First Wind Dumps Battery System to Restart Kahuku Windfarm after Fire
  8. House Committee May Consider Expulsion of Hanohano after Cannibalism Remarks
  9. HCDA Reform? House is Just Faking it to Look Good for Voters
  10. Underground Pesticide Market Secretly Serves Hawaii Vegetable Farms
  11. Trask: Elected Officials Should be Censured for Spreading anti-Geothermal Hysteria (LOL!)
  12. HHSC Privatization proposal advances
  13. Experts Fret over Abject Failure of Hawaii Obamacare
  14. Caldwell's Garbage Tax Would Hit Nonprofits, Small Business Hard
  15. Rail facility redesign costs $4.25M
  16. Bills may weaken Sunshine Law
  17. Bill to legalize pakalolo dies but bill to decriminalize lives
  18. HB1899 Would Make Homeless into Sacred Cows
  19. HCDA Schedules Hearing for Residents Protesting New Condos on Ala Moana Blvd
  20. Iolani Palace releases surveillance video of vandalism suspects
  21. Hawaii Among 10 Places Where Health Insurance Costs The Least
  22. SB2126 Allows Schatz to Resign so Abercrombie can Appoint Hanabusa after she wins General Election
  23. UH Hilo Pharmacy school in peril
  24. The Conversation: Carl Bonham on Raising the Minimum Wage
  25. KFVE-TV ownership transfer challenged

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Thursday, February 13, 2014
February 13, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:06 PM :: 4067 Views
  1. Bhagowalia Quits Abercrombie Administration, Flees State
  2. Caylee’s Bill Up For Public Hearing Today
  3. VIDEO: Pono Choices Forum at State Capitol
  4. SB2999 SD1: Dissolve Failed Hawaiian Roll Commission
  5. Xtreme Bankruptcy: Burned out Wind Farm Battery Maker to be Auctioned off
  6. Study: Wind Farms Die After 10-15 years
  7. Hawaii legislators reject Azerbaijani Resolutions
  8. Hawaii Boasts Most Expensive U.S. Destination for Presidents' Day Weekend
  9. Hawaii pesticide data: Homes not fields found to be source of most problems
  10. Today's Legislative Agenda
  11. HUD: $4,200 Contribution to Ernie Martin Buys $1.2M Loan Forgiveness?
  12. Star-Adv: Use LNG to ease ratepayer costs
  13. Caldwell's Latest Trick: $120 Garbage Tax
  14. Senate panels OK OHA plan to develop Kakaako parcels
  15. PHOCUSED, Hee Demand Legislators Use Minimum Wage to Screw Restaurant Industry
  16. Thanks to Supreme Court ruling, VOG is now Basis for Lucrative Workers Comp Suits
  17. Fraud: Hawaii Pays $400K Disability to Daughter of Dead Man for 2 Decades
  18. U6: Hawaii's Real Unemployment Rate 11.5%
  19. Pine, Arakawa Top GOP Fundraisers
  20. Atheist Trash Score $200K from New Hope Settlement
  21. $100K Raise for DoE Sup't?
  22. Homeless program coming to Hawaii
  23. Open-government advocates are alarmed at advancing legislation
  24. Ethics: Hawaii County takes a Page from Caldwell's Playbook
  25. Under Senate Proposal, Parents Could be Prosecuted for Unreported Missing Children
  26. Moving in the Legislature:
  27. Did the Legislature Learn anything from 'Islam Day' Fiasco?
  28. Fire: After 18 Months, Kahuku Wind Farm Finally Repaired
  29. Attorney Gen. to investigate palace break-in
  30. Niu Valley SPED Teacher's aide investigated for stabbing student with pencil
  31. Internet Access to Patient Records Now Available
  32. Hawaii Among Most Satisfied with Standard of Living
  33. Gingriches to sign books in Lahaina
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Wednesday, February 12, 2014
February 12, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:21 PM :: 4326 Views
  1. Anti-GMO Activists Welch on Promise to Provide Pro-Bono Defense for Kauai County
  2. Fiscal watchdog disputes Hawaii governor’s surplus claims
  3. Schatz v Hanabusa: Vituperative, Byzantine Contest Hottest in USA
  4. HB2148 Would Allow Military Pistol Training to Satisfy Handgun Training Requirements
  5. Justice Reinvestment: Hawaii Reduces Prison Population by 4%, Increases Costs by $900K
  6. I Aloha Molokai opposes HB1942 & SB2754
  7. Guard soldier adored his family and the ocean
  8. Attorney: Creagan Appointment Rigged
  9. 20,000 Hawaii Medicaid Applicants May Lose Subsidies because of State's Inability to Complete paperwork On Time
  10. House Committee shelves plan to kill HCDA
  11. Hawaii Senate Committees Advance Dole Land Exchange Proposal
  12. Hawaii Legislature Moves Closer to Raising Minimum Wage
  13. Ige: We Have Minimum Wage Bill from Last Years Conference Committee
  14. Hawaii Legislature to Hear Bills Decriminalizing Pot
  15. In Motion in the Legislature
  16. Star-Adv: Pono Choices is Anti-Gay
  17. Kalbert Young: Sustainability = More Spending
  18. Schatz and Hanabusa strut their credentials as liberals
  19. Lawmakers attempt to reopen popular rock climbing site
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014
February 11, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:26 PM :: 4716 Views
  1. Senator Sam Slom Appointed to Special Investigative Committee
  2. Hawaii In The Eminent Domain Spotlight
  3. Abercrombie Creates Lucrative New Positions for Bhagowalia, Lieutenants
  4. PUC Decision and Order in Decoupling Case
  5. City Blames ORI for Failed HUD Negotiations
  6. SB2521: Clayton Hee Sneaks GMO Labeling Bill past angry Farmers
  7. Senate considers new take on partnerships for HHSC
  8. Behind the ballooning medical e-records cost
  9. Abercrombie Chaos: State to be temporarily without health director
  10. Forgetful Abercrombie Was Two Days Late With Supreme Court Nomination
  11. State contract issues lead to foreclosure process for residential care providers
  12. State paying $5 million for airport screening that airlines used to pay for
  13. Killer of Japanese visitor could walk free Thanks to Abercrombie's Soft on Crime Parole Board
  14. Forbes: Woman Criticizes Honolulu's Government, Has Her Protest Signs Bulldozed
  15. Legislators Consider Legalizing Hashish
  16. Lawmakers Consider Whether the Public Should Inhale .... or Not
  17. Proposed legislation would crack down on Hawaii mortgage fraud, fake liens
  18. Bill targets home births
  19. Why Do Takai and Cabanilla Care So Much About Azerbaijan?
  20. The Many Reasons Why a City or County Attorney Should Not Provide Ethics Advice
  21. Judge Orders Release of Police Disciplinary Records
  22. Judge to Decide on Releasing Deedy Trial Transcripts
  23. Iolani Palace vandal suspects appear in court
  24. Grid Modernization is a Multi-Edged Sword
  25. Number of solar photovoltaic permits issued on Oahu drops 25%
  26. Bill could restore funding cuts for high school sports
  27. Patsy Mink's Legacy Guts UH Athletic Finances
  28. Retaliation is #1 as Discrimination complaints up in 2013
  29. These Maps Show The Geography Of Interracial Marriage
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Monday, February 10, 2014
February 10, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:46 PM :: 4831 Views
  1. UPDATE: Did McManaman Quit Abercrombie Administration or Not?
  2. Republicans Build Momentum in Legislative Races
  3. Is inequality actually lower in Honolulu?
  4. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 10, 2014
  5. Blake Oshiro Charges 'Health Spa' expenses to taxpayers
  6. Senate panel OKs 3 housing measures
  7. Style beats Substance: Is Tulsi Gabbard Hawaii's Invincible Rep.?
  8. Hawaii Electric Rates up 56% in Three Years
  9. The Unraveling of Hu Honua Biofuels
  10. Liquefied natural gas site proposed, Sierra Club Opposed
  11. Federal agency wants $8 million returned
  12. Police Release Names of Vandals Who Allegedly Smashed Door at Iolani Palace
  13. More than 100 people express frustration over Niihau proposals
  14. Banning officers from drinking alcohol while carrying a loaded gun
  15. Pothead Losers Head for State Supreme Court
  16. Panel passes bill to Throw Tobacco smokers out of public housing
  17. Senators Worry Marijuana Pipes are being used for Tobacco
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Sunday, February 9, 2014
February 9, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:43 PM :: 3936 Views
  1. Election 2014: Dozens Pull Papers in First Week of Candidate Filing
  2. You Like Tax Credits, Why Don’t We?
  3. Minimum Wage Fraud Revisited–Again and Again
  4. Defending Liberty: Grassroot Institute Interviews Ilya Shapiro
  5. Abercrombie's Soft on Crime Parole Board Cuts Sentences for 14 Murderers, More Coming
  6. HART Begins Deploying Excuses for Rail Cost Overruns
  7. Shapiro: Caldwell Hedges Bets on Rail Cost Overruns
  8. Since we're flush, it's time to refill rainy-day reservoir
  9. Residents demand HCDA change or die
  10. 'Affordable' housing
  11. Statewide system of mobile medical facilities stands to lose a third of its funding
  12. Sovereignty Activists? Police, Media Protect Anonymity of Vandals who Smash Door at Iolani Palace
  13. Caldwell Admin Questions Anti-hoarding proposal
  14. Renewed Push for Tax Hike on Waikiki TVRs?
  15. Power usage dropping on Kauai
  16. Waikiki Bike Share to Cost $7000 per bike plus another $1882 per bike per year
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Saturday, February 8, 2014
February 8, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:07 PM :: 4216 Views
  1. Did McManaman Quit Abercrombie Administration or Not?
  2. Taken: HI convict pleads guilty to stealing $200,000 in gov’t welfare
  3. HB1624: Religious Freedom Not a Priority for House Judiciary Committee
  4. SB2149: Combat Fraudulent Liens and Mortgage Filings
  5. Natalie Iwasa Makes City Council Run Official
  6. Guilty: Mainland Bisexual Moves to Maui, Adopts and Rapes Foster Boys
  7. Report: PV customer credits Driving Up Electric Rates
  8. Maui News: Arakawa Deserves Credit for Business-friendly Atmosphere 
  9. Dozens testify to restrict power of HCDA
  10. State may yank 990 acres from UHWO for TOD
  11. More than $1 billion in rail contracts scheduled to arrive in 2014
  12. Sen. Kim warns UH, student fees not a bailout
  13. Sen. Dela Cruz Advocates for New Agency to Facilitate Public-Private Partnerships
  14. Honolulu Officials Give Up on Central Oahu Nonprofit Embroiled in Scandal
  15. Niihau Fishing Bill Will Redefine Rights of Shoreline Property Owners
  16. Liquor panel too slack, DUI councilman complains
  17. 10,000 Rental Units Needed for Homeless
  18. DoD to Defend Oahu Electrical Grid Against Attacks by Green Energy Scammers and Terrorists
  19. Anti-GMO Lawyers Not Quite Pro-Bono
  20. Compact Impact: Guam Frustrated With Abercrombie's Lack of Leadership
  21. Mass layoff at Kaiser Permanente Hawaii
  22. Kihei Rejects Naming HS After Patsy Pink
  23. Obama, Bethany Hamilton urge nations to allow religious freedom

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Friday, February 7, 2014
February 7, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:28 PM :: 4869 Views
  1. Flags Fly at Half-Staff for Chief Warrant Officer Edward Balli
  2. China Will Deploy Subs that Could Nuke Alaska or Hawaii This Year
  3. Clayton Hee: “We give notice we cut you at the knees”
  4. HI lawmakers: Obamacare exchange failures warrant state takeover
  5. Epic Fail: Where Four State Health Exchanges Went Wrong
  6. Schatz 93% More Liberal Than Average Senator
  7. Taxes, Transparency, Initiative, Referendum, Recall, Children and More Supported by Legislative Minority
  8. SB2153: Follow the Tax Credit Money
  9. SB 2169: GE Tax Cut Would Help Working Families and the Poor
  10. Another $19.1M CIP for HHSC Hospitals
  11. Reagan Dinner Attracts Sellout Crowd
  12. Today's Legislative Agenda
  13. Only 3,614 Sign up for Hawaii Health Exchange
  14. Federal judge to rule in Honolulu rail case ‘as soon as I can’
  15. Pre-K Initiative Requires $50M/year
  16. Star-Adv: Reject DHHL's arrogant, shameful bid for secrecy
  17. Bill Would Exempt OHA Board from Open Meetings Law
  18. OHA renews push to lift ban on residential development
  19. What Should Lawmakers Do With Hawaii's Development Authority?
  20. Three Bills: Will Hawaii Lawmakers Pass the Charter Schools Test?
  21. Hu Honua Bioenergy replaces Hawaiian Dredging as contractor
  22. Keeping pot, gaming illegal is police chief's plan
  23. Blame Game: Sen English points finger at cops for enforcing his cellphone law
  24. HB1804: Lawmakers advance bill that would criminalize lying to police
  25. Health Savings Accounts to be Promoted for Hawaii LTC Savings
  26. Sierra Club Attacks HC&S Biomass Facility
  27. HB2226: West Hawaii Reps Attack Small Business
  28. Guilty plea expected in 200K Hawaii welfare fraud case
  29. Could this be the solution to America's probation problem?
  30. Niihau County?
  31. Pastor sues Maui County over religious pamphlets distribution
  32. Contractor warning came 5 months before brakes failed on ZipperLane
  33. Hawaii in World War II was civil rights black hole
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Thursday, February 6, 2014
February 6, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:41 PM :: 4406 Views
  1. Schofield Engineers Return from Afghanistan
  2. KOS: Abercrombie Terrible, Vulnerable, Deeply Unpopular–And Headed for Landslide Reelection
  3. Lawsuit Alleges Abuse at Kauai Prison
  4. Bills on their way to becoming laws that promote fiscal transparency
  5. Faleomavaega still missing; American Samoa in legislative Danger
  6. Full Text: Maui Mayor Arakawa State of the County Address
  7. Hanohano Committee Votes to Exempt DHHL from Open Records Laws
  8. Honolulu Risks Losing Millions on Affordable Housing Projects
  9. SB2728: Sen English Behind Unconstitutional Grab for title to Hawaii Roads, Trails
  10. Will Hawaii Go To Pot – Or What?
  11. Estimated Water billing Down to 3,000 per Month
  12. Lawmakers to debate bills aimed at Hawaii Community Development Authority
  13. OHA pledges not to build condos on Kewalo Basin waterfront
  14. Tax relief brewing
  15. HB1999: Pretend to Protect ratepayers
  16. Victims of Solar Scammers Blame HECO
  17. Honolulu solar PV industry showing mixed signs so far this year
  18. SB2924: Let Public Utilities Commission Keep More Special Fund Money
  19. Higher Athletic Fees Coming? $2 million shortfall forecast for sports
  20. HB2454: GMO regulation task force bill moving in Senate
  21. SB2433: Anti-GMO Activists Cheer Effort to Harass Farmers Market Vendors
  22. HB2022: Enviros Harass Restaurants over Styrofoam Again
  23. HPD sergeant facing demotion for confrontation with Occupiers caught on video
  24. Automatic jail time proposed for repeat car break-in thieves
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Wednesday, February 5, 2014
February 5, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:03 PM :: 4033 Views
  1. Hawaii Shippers Council testifies to Puerto Rico Senate in support Jones Act reform
  2. UHPA Files 'Prohibited Practice' Charges Against UH Administration
  3. "You Brainwashed Me": Victim Confronts Alleged Homosexual Child Molester
  4. Lloyd Lim: A Theory of Business Regulation
  5. Ten Steps for a Market-Oriented Health Care System
  6. Services scheduled for fallen Kapolei soldier
  7. DoE Announces New Review of Pono Choices Curriculum
  8. Green Energy Scammers Angered by Abercrombie's Refusal to Sign 242 pages of Rules Which Would Force Gasoline and Electricity Prices Even Higher
  9. PV systems eat into HECO sales, but not Profits
  10. Matayoshi Reward for Imposing Gay Agenda: $250K/year
  11. SB2837 Would Expand Secrecy of DHHL Leases
  12. Child protective cases to stay closed
  13. Bid to Override County GMO Restrictions Is Dead — for Now
  14. Biotech-Aided Farming Should Not Be a Crime
  15. Kihei Charter School plans new $21M campus as Maui awaits start on state’s $130M public high school
  16. Oil Export Debate Renews Fight Over Protections for U.S. Shipping
  17. Big Cable: PUC Holds Non-Disclosed Legislative Briefing
  18. Hawaii may nudge its people to save early for care
  19. Hawaii County to Issue New RFP for Waste to Energy
  20. Proposed drone regulations draw fire from Users
  21. Hawaii County police probe death of man in custody
  22. SB2591: Can Misconduct Bill 'Validate' Public Trust in Hawaii Police?
  23. Violations at federal building where employees claim mold is causing serious illness
  24. Hilo Bay: Shark Gobbles Up Delicious Turtle in Front of Startled Tourists
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Tuesday, February 4, 2014
February 4, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 9:16 PM :: 4032 Views
  1. Bitter Abercrombie Bickers With 'Irresponsible' Legislators over CAFR Credit
  2. Gallup: Hawaii Liberals Outnumber Conservatives by Paltry 0.7%
  3. HI lawmaker renews fight to end or revise controversial sex ed program
  4. UHERO: Hawaii's minimum wage, poverty, and job creation
  5. Lagging Health Connector Launches New Ad Buy
  6. In Search of the Glass Ceiling: Deciphering Data on Gender and Wages
  7. DOE reports on school year and instructional time
  8. Hawaiian Electric deactivates Honolulu Power Plant
  9. HB452: Hawaii House Unanimously Passes Election Fraud Bill
  10. Multiple Gun-Related Bills to be Heard in state Senate Committee Today
  11. Rep Thielen Pushes Hemp Legalization
  12. Today's Legislative Agenda
  13. Cronies give Caldwell $449K, 2nd only to The Abercrombie
  14. Caldwell Pushes Massive GE Tax Hike
  15. HB1999 Challenges HECO Monopoly
  16. Good News: House Panel Defers Child Molester Protection Bill
  17. SB110 to Protect Agriculture from Anti-GMO Lunatics?
  18. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Scalia's Surprising Advice for UH Law Students
  19. Atheist Trash to Re-File Lawsuit Against Churches
  20. Sen. Chun Oakland Seeks $220M for Affordable Housing
  21. Honolulu Councilman Wants To End State Control Of Kakaako Development
  22. More coordination with state urged for rail planning
  23. PUC Quietly Moves on Solar Permit Rules
  24. Funding for cooler schools advances
  25. Star-Adv: Lift secrecy veil on child-abuse proceedings
  26. State places Kaneohe preschool on 'probation'
  27. The Jones Act is an ‘expensive luxury’
  28. Hawaii Supreme Court rejects sovereignty defense
  29. Union complaint delays UH smoking ban
  30. Bills aim to help homeless into private homes, Kick Smokers out of Public Housing
  31. Hu Honua faces nearly $37M in liens
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Monday, February 3, 2014
February 3, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:37 PM :: 3345 Views
  1. Candidate Filing Opens Monday Feb. 3
  2. Hawaii Republicans are active and working hard for a better Hawaii
  3. LIUNA, UniteHere 'Bitterly Disappointed' With Obamacare
  4. WaPo: Hanabusa is 4th Biggest Loser in Politics
  5. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 3, 2014
  6. Today's Legislative Agenda
  7. Stop Rail Suit will be heard Thursday
  8. Secret Document:  'Decoupling' Costs Rate Payers $161 per Year
  9. Usual Crooks, Cronies Top List of Abercrombie Max Donors
  10. Big Turnout for GOP Caucuses
  11. Mental health cuts linked to violence
  12. Bill would open child abuse hearings
  13. Bill would allow undocumented residents to acquire driver’s license
  14. Fruitful Lessons From Papayas to Oranges
  15. Predictable: Kauai Activists begin Attacking Dairy Farm Proposal
  16. SB2938 Calls For County Online Registration of Firearms
  17. Star-Adv: Use Solar, Batteries to cool schools
  18. Surfer girls, Philadelphia freedom and newbuilding finance
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Sunday, February 2, 2014
February 2, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:23 PM :: 4396 Views
  1. Anti-GMO Activists Claim Kauai Mayor’s Office has been Legally Vacant since 2010
  2. Regressive Taxes: State Hypocrisy on Minimum Wage
  3. Feb 4-5: Pono Choices or Poor Choices?
  4. Faleomavaega on Hillary’s Hit List?
  5. I Need a Gun, Mommy, but I won't use it (now)
  6. ACU Chair Al Cardenas to Speak at Maui TEA Party Event
  7. Caldwell announces new economic development team
  8. Living History Day: USS Missouri Celebrates Double Anniversary
  9. Kim vs Chang in CD1 Money Race
  10. Only the law blocks OHA from makai development
  11. Star-Adv: Don't throw out HCDA
  12. Bills Would Create State Groups to Advise Honolulu’s Transit-Oriented Development
  13. Ige, Abercrombie Maneuver over GMOs
  14. Farmers are the 1 percent we need
  15. Maui Fund Race, Carroll, Ing, Woodson, Cochran Short on Campaign Funds
  16. This Week's Attractions at the Legislature
  17. SB2344: Trans-Agency Climate Change Council to Rule Your Life
  18. HB1684: Popular manta ray dives may see strict regulations
  19. Housing comes first: A Proven Way to Help the Homeless
  20. A new probation program in Hawaii beats the statistics
  21. Slim, casual memoir offers enriching look at late judge
  22. Solar panel installations push electric utilities to the brink
  23. DoH, Cane not Corn top User of Atrazine
  24. Scammers impersonating deputy sheriffs, state warns
  25. 2nd Tranny Convicted of Manslaughter in buttocks-injection trial
  26. Families Make Up 69 Percent of Hawaii Households
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Saturday, February 1, 2014
February 1, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:24 PM :: 4049 Views
  1. Sen. Sam Slom Introduces Legislative Package
  2. Marijuana Group Poll Shows More Support for Legalization
  3. Bird Group: Survey Shows 90% in Hawaii Want Cat Control
  4. Fundrace: Abercrombie $533K, Ige $56K
  5. SB3088: Big Cable to Service Wasteful Offshore Wind Farms
  6. Grabbing for TAT, Mayors Push GE Tax Hike
  7. HSTA Rejects Bills to lengthen school year, set instructional hours
  8. OHA pursues plan to double revenue from Kakaako land
  9. HB1654: More Administrators to Administrate the Administration
  10. Lobbying filings offer look at cost of gay-marriage fight as Legislators Continue to Seek Retaliation
  11. Sierra Club Joins Anti-GMO Whackos on Maui
  12. Health Dep't: Supermarkets Responsible for Cleanliness of Customers Dirty Reusable Bags
  13. IAC: Judge Hara Should Have Recused Himself
  14. Couple faces $15K fine for turning mill into residence
  15. SB234 Iwi reburial bill riles Native Hawaiians
  16. Foundation Headed by Chicagoans taking bids for Obama library
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Friday, January 31, 2014
January 31, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:23 PM :: 5210 Views
  1. Judge Tosses Gay Marriage Suit
  2. 204K in Hawaii on Average Day: Visitors Set Record in 2013
  3. Monsanto Hawaii Pesticide Use
  4. Sabato: Hawaii Senate Race 'Leans Schatz'
  5. DLNR Invites Comment on Statewide Outdoor Recreation Plan
  6. Hawaii Auto Insurance Quotes Vary 48% -- Depending on Month
  7. Video: Policy Roundtable with Grassroot Institute
  8. Veterans Treatment Court Celebrates its One-Year Anniversary
  9. Jan 31: Today's Legislative Agenda
  10. Monday official launch of ’14 election season
  11. Seitz: No Mental Health Facility in Hawaii able to Treat Roosevelt HS Suspect
  12. Sweet Heart Deal:  City Contractor Pleads Guilty in Real Estate Scam
  13. Rhoads Fat Chance to Ban Free Speech
  14. Minimum wage bill passes through committee, Tip Credit Eliminated
  15. Hawaii Senate Ag Panel OKs Task Force on Genetically Modified Food
  16. Republican lawmakers lay out legislative agenda
  17. Gay-Atheists Still Trying to Redefine Free Speech as Lobbying
  18. Big Downtown Churches Debate How Deeply to Bow Before Gay Gods
  19. UH presidential search will go national
  20. Hawaii Lawmaker Wants New Statewide Agency To Monitor Police
  21. Two Gambling Bills in Motion
  22. SB1007: No State Liability for Hikers' Accidents
  23. State, energy firms bet on importing liquefied natural gas to Hawaii
  24. Hawaii Senators Want to Restore Funding for Public School Athletics
  25. Lawmakers propose solar connection rules
  26. HECO to Ease Solar Connection Requirements 
  27. Veterans dying because of health care delays
  28. Representatives Ward and Fale address HB 525 – Veterans
  29. Representative Gene Ward addresses HB 1498 - Public Order; Urination
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Thursday, January 30, 2014
January 30, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:16 PM :: 5802 Views
  1. Hawaii’s minority leaders push for more power for the people
  2. When Government Keeps Teens from Seeing the Therapist
  3. Roosevelt incident puts Mental Illness in spotlight
  4. SA: Change how we handle runaways
  5. McDermott Lawsuit Against Gay Marriage Thrown Out of Court
  6. More Premium Hikes Coming: 2% Insurance Fee Extended to Sustain Failed Hawaii Health Exchange
  7. The End Approaches: DoE Vainly Pitches $14M Appropriation for Teacher Evaluations
  8. Admission: Jr. Kindergarten Repealed "To Give Momentum to Preschool Efforts"
  9. Fired Honolulu Cop's File Illustrates Lack of Public Insight into Misconduct
  10. Hirono, Hanabusa Among 58 Endorsing Clinton for President 
  11. The Diplomat Runs Lengthy Hanabusa Interview
  12. HIRA Doesn't Hurt GOP Fundraising Much
  13. Hawaii Beverage Tax: Here They Go Again
  14. Anti-GMO Morons Counting on Wooley to Save Them
  15. Protestors, lawmakers demand more oversight of Kakaako development
  16. SB3122: Clayton Hee Pushes Condo Development on OHA Kakaako land
  17. HB2141 Will Allow Local Investors to be Scammed by Mainland Solar Schemers
  18. Five Years Later Hawaii Hydrogen Hype Exposed as Hot Air
  19. Nightmare: 21 Giant Windfarms Proposed for Hawaii
  20. Jones Act Keeps Saudi Oil Competitive
  21. AP: Global Cooling Protects Hawaii from Chinese Air Pollution
  22. Hawaii AG May Spend $3 Million to Investigate Matson, Defend State
  23. Court Records: Obama's Puck's Alley drug dealer beaten to death with ball peen hammer by gay lover
  24. Hawaii’s home ‘flip’ rate among lowest in U.S.
  25. Streamlined Permitting could ease path to restoring Hawaiian ponds
  26. Many state agency websites still earn failing grades
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014
January 29, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:01 PM :: 3727 Views
  1. Roosevelt HS Shooting: Failure of Mental Health Care System
  2. VIDEO: Hawaii House, Senate Republicans Join Forces
  3. Reason TV: Is Hawaii's Anti-GMO Movement Really Just Anti-Science?
  4. The Problematic National Security Rationale for the Jones Act
  5. Six House Bills Address Failed Health Connector
  6. Drop in Median Income Affects Affordable Housing Limits
  7. P-20 Partnership Pushes 55 in ‘25
  8. Panos: Household Electricity and Solar Panels
  9. KIDS COUNT report reveals growing gap in reading proficiency of students
  10. Full Text: State of the Union Speech 2014
  11. Republican Response to State of the Union
  12. Grassroot Institute: Obama Needs to Respect Constitution
  13. Abercrombie: Obama Falls in Line and Echoes Me
  14. Ige: Trumpets Have Sounded!
  15. Legislature: Today's Agenda
  16. Hawaii, Kauai County nearly 3% of population on Medicated Marijuana, Maui Co lags at 2%
  17. Farmers Denounce Maui GMO Bill
  18. Leading Democrats Make Fools of Themselves at GMO Hearing
  19. Kauai: Screaming Activists Disrupt Water Well Meeting
  20. Hawaii’s low-income students struggle in reading
  21. HB1943 Big Fat Rate Hike
  22. HB1499 Seeks End to Free Speech
  23. Hawaii Tops nation for Arrest of Runaways
  24. A Court’s All-Hands Approach Aids Girls Most at Risk
  25. Dozens 'Inherit' Section 8 Vouchers
  26. Legislators to Pour $487M down UH Black Hole
  27. Apple Tried to Fire Carbone, Faculty Backs Apple
  28. HCDA represents developers, not community
  29. HB1582: Fast-Track Development Applications
  30. C&C Still Pushing Lanai Wind Farm at PUC
  31. First Wind plans to build three large solar farms in Central Oahu
  32. Hawaii Co 26% of Water Bills Past Due
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014
January 28, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:05 PM :: 3920 Views
  1. Maui Council: Please Protect Hawaii Farmers and Ranchers from Anti-GMO Hype Campaign
  2. JSC Nominates Six for Hawaii Supreme Court
  3. Committee to Hear Multiple Pro-Hunting Bills This Week
  4. Three Bills Affect Future of Ag Land in Hawaii
  5. Supreme Court Moves Shoreline to "Historical Evidence of Upper Wash"
  6. Nominations Closing for State Water Commission
  7. Community Meetings: Kapolei, Pearl City, Aiea Rail Stations
  8. U.S. Supreme Court approves military exclusion from reapportionment plan
  9. Monsanto Hawaii Announces Enhanced Community Engagement Effort
  10. Kapolei soldier killed in insurgents' attack on Afghan base
  11. Senate Committee Passes GMO Labeling Bill
  12. Halawa: UPW Prevents Drug Detector from Being Used
  13. Espero: Cops Should Not Carry Guns While Stoned, Drunk
  14. Star-Adv: Just Pick Lassner Already
  15. Backlogged repairs at UH could be with us forever
  16. Molasses Spill Excuse for Frenzy of Legislative Activity
  17. Senators pull plug on cooling all schools
  18. Kauai Catholic Schools Celebrate School Choice Week
  19. Gallup: Hawaii Obama Popularity 61%
  20. Temps Decline During Four Decades of "Global Warming" on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii
  21. State officials hope the Pro Bowl stays in Hawaii after Abercrombie Opens Mouth
  22. DOJ: Portland pimps indicted, including suspect in Ivy Harris case
  23. Hawaiian Telcom is blocking half of the world from calling - and won't tell you
  24. Kauaians Angered by Clayton Hee's Niihau Fishing Ban
  25. Bill 8: Homeowners Junk Subject to Seizure
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Monday, January 27, 2014
January 27, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:28 PM :: 3602 Views
  1. Flashback: Schatz, Baker Pushed to Loosen Requirements for Dentists
  2. Hundreds of Youth Rally for Life at Capitol
  3. National Republicans Build 'Campaign Mechanics' for Hawaii
  4. Col Martha McSally to Headline Lincoln Day Dinner
  5. Hawaii's $9,000 million Deficit, not $850 million Surplus
  6. Abercrombie: $28.3M for NELHA, DURF, FTZ, HCDA
  7. Meth Again: Feds Arrest Another Halawa Guard
  8. The marriage of Marx and Freud
  9. HB1789: If a Molester 'Turns' Your Son, You Can't Turn Him Back
  10. Star-Adv: 'Bill of Rights' for homeless a distraction
  11. BoR to Skip Search, stick with Lassner?
  12. Longline fleets to lose millions with lower quota on tuna catch
  13. Puna: Aging Potheads, Sen Ruderman 'Excited' by Talk of Legalization
  14. Peculiar Pakalolo Proposal Pitched
  15. Could Removing State Taxes on Food Make it Cheaper?
  16. Hype over Honolulu Harbor Molasses Spill Sparks Legislation
  17. Kauai Co Uses Recycling as Excuse to Harass Businesses
  18. Problems at College-Prep in Kapolei
  19. Law allowing county lifeguards at state beaches could expire in June

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Sunday, January 26, 2014
January 26, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:23 PM :: 4519 Views
  1. Tax Foundation of Hawaii: We are Still Here, and Life Goes On
  2. Kauai: 74% Vote to Make Anti-Smart Meter Protesters pay for their own Paranoia
  3. Hee, Ihara Introduce Competing Media Shield Bills
  4. Whitewash: State of State Transcript Deletes Reference to Big Cable Deal 
  5. AKP Biofuel Scheme tied to Abercrombie Admin
  6. Have the Senators who are authoring SB2754 spoken with the Molokai Community?
  7. Wooley Refusing to Hear Bills Designed to Save Agriculture from Anti-GMO Mobs
  8. Gubernatorial race focuses on state's financial health
  9. Abercrombie's Political Preoccupations
  10. Dismissal of 750 Domestic Abuse cases likely
  11. Hanabusa: Schatz' Budget Vote Bad for Hawaii
  12. Schatz backs plan to raise federal minimum wage 
  13. Hawaii’s Population Increases 38 People Per Day
  14. New rules address isle dentists' use of oral sedatives, including drugs allegedly given to a 3-year-old Kailua girl
  15. Laniakea Beach Highway Realignment Proposed
  16. ‘Dog’ speaks out: Duane Chapman calls for tougher bounty hunter regs
  17. Lifelong Criminal faces no charges for alleged gunshot at Police
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Saturday, January 25, 2014
January 25, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:54 PM :: 4047 Views
  1. School Choice Week in Hawaii to Feature 30 Events
  2. Company Behind Kahuku Windfarm Fire Files Bankruptcy
  3. Legislators Silencing Professional Counselors Free Speech?
  4. Peoples Pulse: Economic Concerns Ease in Latest Survey
  5. City Auditor: HART, BWS, Non-Profits and More on Tap for 2014
  6. Taxpayers fund at least $350K in security costs for Obama Hawaiian vacations
  7. Ige: SB2982 Amends Constitution to Shield Pension Income from Taxation
  8. SB2922: Lengthen School Year to 190 Days, Eliminate Minimum Hours of Instruction
  9. 2014 Legislative Session Underway, Pro-gun and Anti-gun Legislation Introduced
  10. Report: Hawaii Highway Safety Among Best in Nation
  11. Hawaii Union Membership Ranks 3rd in USA
  12. As Circuits Max Out, HECO Touts New Solar Installation Record
  13. Koko Head Shooting Complex to reopen 8AM Saturday
  14. Honolulu Affordable Housing Preservation Initiative sale terminated
  15. Auditor: State Laws Sufficient to Protect Against Diploma Mills
  16. Legislative Hearings on Tap for Today
  17. Only 307 Employees get Insurance Via Health Connector
  18. Complaints prompt legislative measures to curb the power of the Hawaii Community Development Authority
  19. More questions than input at undersea cable hearing
  20. The Right to Farm Bill and The HATE COMES Out!
  21. Tax Cut Needed to Incentivize car sharing
  22. Scope of city deal cited in its failure
  23. Resolutions on Honolulu Council Agenda
  24. 1,200 Dead People Claim Hawaii County Homeowners Exemption
  25. 22 Priors in 32 years: Criminal Gets Probation, Ends up Shooting at Police in Kahala
  26. Revolving Door: Nestor Garcia to return to KHON
  27. Donna Mercado Kim Raises $330K for Congressional Race
  28. Oahu Hydropower Opportunities
  29. Kamehameha Schools tells hiking bloggers to stop mentioning trails on private land
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Friday, January 24, 2014
January 24, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:14 PM :: 4301 Views
  1. Hawaii's Weak Congressional Delegation Unable to Protect Tsunami Center
  2. Minority leaders dispute governor’s claims that Hawaii is on solid financial ground
  3. Michael Medved to Discuss 3 Point Plan for Conservative Victory at GOP HQ
  4. Hawaii Supreme Court Eases Path to Challenge Subdivision Approvals
  5. Senator Introduces Anti-Child Pornography Bill “Alicia’s Law”
  6. Video: Homosexual Child Molester's Alleged Victims Describe Grooming Process at Maui Pineapple Camp
  7. Tobacco Control? Hawaii Scores 'A' for Taxes and Regulation, 'D' for Prevention
  8. Marijuana export could pay off Hawaii’s debts, lawmaker says
  9. Hawaii Pedestrian Plan Wins National Recognition
  10. Legislators Launch Aerospace Caucus
  11. Legislative Agenda: January 24, 2014
  12. Body of soldier killed in Afghanistan returns to Hawaii
  13. HB2506: Change in Right to Farm Act will reverse Big Island GMO ban
  14. Pension Tax: Abercrombie Still Running from Angry Seniors
  15. Deal to sell city's 12 rental housing complexes terminated
  16. Mizuno's HB1889 Would Make Homeless Sacred Cows
  17. Department of Health Releases Records Detailing Alleged Sex Assaults at the Hawaii State Hospital
  18. HB2529 would make Failed Hawaii Health Connector a state entity
  19. Star-Adv: Thanks to Obamacare, Medicaid Fraud Set to Rise in Hawaii
  20. Bill Introduced to Abolish HCDA
  21. Oahu electrical bills spike in January as Lower-Cost Production Goes Off Line
  22. Lanai Windfarm Back in Big Cable Plan?
  23. Supreme Court: Workers Comp Must Cover VOG Exposure
  24. Feds Refuse to Reimburse City for $1M in Obama Vacation Costs
  25. Thanks to Reagan, Hawaii is Larger than Texas
  26. Hawaii Baptists Reaffirm Support for Traditional Marriage
  27. Hawaii at Bottom for Spending on Safe Routes to School Program
  28. Women’s Caucus Focused on Health, Human Trafficking, Violence
  29. The State of America's Children 2014 Report
  30. Nella Media Group to launch Hawaii magazine for gay tourism market
  31. Council works in Secrecy to fill auditor position
  32. He plans to run for Congress -- in 4 states including Hawaii CD1
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Thursday, January 23, 2014
January 23, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:53 AM :: 4193 Views
  1. Grassroot Institute Talks to Duke Aiona
  2. Kelii Akina: Fiscal Responsibility with Community Focus
  3. Kuakini Hospital Refit to Cut Energy Bill by $1M/year
  4. House Minority Leaders Seek to Broaden Party's Agenda
  5. Rep Takayama Media-Politician Revolving Door 
  6. Kauai Rally for Life
  7. Getting Sensible About GMOs
  8. HHSC to Partner With Local Hospitals, Guarantee Union Pensions?
  9. Hawaii State Hospital Investigation, "Not a witch hunt" -- Josh Green
  10. Lawmakers unveil affordable housing plans to tackle homelessness
  11. Reso 13-290: Council Considers Cutting Lanes in Crowded Neighborhoods
  12. Hawaiian Electric says solar PV installations rose 40% in 2013
  13. 9th Circuit: Bloggers have same 1st Amendment protection as mainstream media
  14. HB325 Ban Smoking at all State Beaches
  15. Rep Nakashima Proposes Water Tax
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