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Tuesday, April 15, 2014 |
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April 15, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 9:20 PM :: 4855 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 :: 5210 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 :: 4490 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 :: 6570 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 :: 5325 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 :: 5522 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 :: 8885 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 :: 4199 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 :: 4784 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 :: 4139 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 :: 4971 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 :: 4984 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 :: 5333 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 :: 4489 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 :: 4902 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 :: 8783 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 :: 9032 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 :: 5443 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 :: 4815 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 :: 5805 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 :: 7584 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 :: 9508 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 :: 7291 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 :: 4100 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 :: 5122 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 :: 4215 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 :: 5627 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 :: 6171 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 :: 5688 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 :: 7463 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 :: 4572 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 :: 4050 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 :: 4504 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 :: 6316 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 :: 4658 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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Thursday, March 13, 2014 |
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March 13, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:02 PM :: 5944 Views
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- Pat Saiki to be Hawaii GOP Chair
- Full Text: Hawaii Bar Association New Testimony on Wilson Nomination
- Principal: “Pono Choices will not return to Molokai Middle School”
- Waitlist Patients Burden Hawaii Hospitals
- Hawaii Ranks #2 for Dividend Taxes
- $500M Swept Away by Council on Revenues
- House Finance Committee Cuts $180M from Abercrombie Budget
- House Approves $211M Judiciary Budget
- Election Year: Abercrombie Writes Check to Kupuna Care as Medicaid Applicants Get Cut Off
- Election Year: Abercrombie Tosses Out Another $64.7M CIP
- UH Law School Drops Sharply in National Rankings
- UH medical school moves up in Best U.S. Medical Schools rankings
- Feds Give Hawaii DoE $1.7M for 'Persistently Low Achieving Schools'
- Bill Proposes Sunshine Law Exemptions for City Council Members
- Carl Icahn, Sam Zell vs Portnoy Family in 'Vicious' fight over Hawaii Lawyers' Land Management Fees
- Maui News, Star-Adv Agree: Obamacare Exchange Unnecessary Here
- Bob Jones: Mike Wilson Should Withdraw
- HECO To Begin Importing LNG in Move to Cut Fuel Costs
- Lawmakers again push for shipping law reform
- Billion Dollars Disappears: Abercrombie Not Worried
- Deaf vs Dumb at Legislature
- $29.13/hr: Is Hawaii’s welfare as high as study claims?
- Hawaii Lawmakers Juggle Multiple Tax Credit Proposals
- HART reveals rail station images; asks for a new loan
- Chinese Railroad May Buy Ansaldo
- Abercrombie: "I’m tired of fighting you"
- Health Connector Updates thru March 8, 2014
- Could Sharks be taking a bite out of Hawaii's Tourism?
- Senator wants probe into whether UH sports TV contractor got 'preferential treatment'
- Electricity: Parker Ranch Pays $680K, Waimea Hospital $1.2M
- Bill would put property crime criminals behind bars, not probation
- Global Horizons Settlement: Farm worker rights groups to share $800,000
- Zimmerman vs. Roseanne Barr
- AG Louie Warns Other States about Anti-GMO Activists
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014 |
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March 12, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:10 PM :: 5999 Views
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- Council on Revenues Knocks $478M Hole in Abercrombie Budget
- Most Wanted: FBI Searching Big Island for Anti-Biotech Terror Bomber
- Hawaii: Update on Second Amendment Legislation
- Concrete Brutality: HART Rail Stations Revealed
- HECO Begins Installing Smart Meters on Oahu
- Interconnection Intersection - Marco Mangelsdorf
- Lawsuit: Liberal Activist was Homosexual Child Molester preying on Native Hawaiian Boys --100s of Victims
- Timeline: Illegal B&B Charges Part of Abercrombie's Calculated Plan to get Rid of Morita
- Abercrombie: When the day comes when people don't want your picture, then you know you’re in trouble
- Schatz to Skip First Two Senate Debates
- Eco Terrorists are Exhibit 'A' in Case Against GMO Registry
- Council bill would raise taxes on residential vacation homes
- Lawyers, Clients Should Fear Retaliation by Judges
- Waitlisted patients cost isle hospitals $62M a year
- Hawaii's High Prices Scare Away Some Mainland Visitors
- Abercrombie Admin Forcing Honolulu to Spend Billions More on Sewage System
- Tighten control of UH construction
- Muslims Team up With Sovereignty Activist Leon Siu
- Hawaii Republican lawmakers have little to show
- HELCO pauses geothermal expansion
- Smart Meters are on Open Docket, Limiting Public Disclosure
- SB2857 Could Chase Electronics Out of Hawaii
- Long-sought check in substitute teacher’s hands
- Hawaii Superferries Transport Marines in Japan
- NIMBY's Continue to Whine About Dairy Planned for Kauai
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Tuesday, March 11, 2014 |
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March 11, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:43 PM :: 7444 Views
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- House Speaker Joe Souki Endorses Jones Act Reform
- HI lawmakers want private providers to subsidize Obamacare exchange
- With Asset Test Gone, Thousands Pile into Hawaii Medicaid
- For Sale Cheap: One More Bankrupt Alt-Energy Scheme
- DLIR: Employment will Expand 4% on Construction Boom
- Back from Afghanistan: Soldiers Return to Schofield
- Anti-science dominates Senate climate marathon
- PUC Fight: Abercrombie Admin Suddenly Decides to Nail Hermina Morita on Illegal B&B
- Unemployment: Nearly 7% of Hawaii Workers Quit Looking
- Hawaii's economy simmers; Abercrombie says it sizzles
- Reward Campaign Contributions from Illegal Mainland Developers? Ruderman says "That's what we do"
- Hanohano says she was thrown 'under the bus'
- Lawmakers propose fees for Hawaii health exchange
- Get Medicaid? Lose Kupuna Care
- HHSC Privatization Still Alive
- City considers voucher program for Housing First
- Decimal Dust: Honolulu Ethics Director Takes His Case for More Money to City Council
- Star-Adv: Common Cause Backs Bill Gutting Sunshine Law
- Big Wind Programmatic EIS to be released in April
- HECO starts trial run of smart-grid technology
- While Homeowners Wait, HECO Fast Tracks its own Solar Farm
- Five Year Wait for State to Approve Horseback Riding Permit
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Monday, March 10, 2014 |
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March 10, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:12 PM :: 6073 Views
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- Solomon Pushes for Approval of Mililani Trask's Overpriced Geothermal Contract
- Brian Schatz Dances all Night to California Billionaire's Tune
- Price Fixing: Horizon, Sea Star to Pay $3.4M Fine
- KIUC Elections: Anti-Smart Meter Paranoiacs Lose Again
- Maui: Hawai'i Free Press Editor to Speak
- $340M: State's loss on 'green' energy tax credits
- Sen. Ige’s campaign
- To Diversify GOP, 'Find Right Messengers'
- Here Come Hawaii's Super PACs!
- Hawaii Next? Feds open investigation of Md. ObamaCare site
- DoD: Hawaii, Guam are Nuclear Targets of North Korea
- City officials will defend Housing First's price tag
- Star-Adv: Legislature Should Reject OHA Kakaako Betrayal
- Hanohano Retells Shark Testimony Story
- Caldwell Working to Jam up King Street
- HART, Water Board Top City Salaries
- DHHL 37 Homes With Substandard Septic Systems
- Return of Friday night lights?
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Sunday, March 9, 2014 |
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March 9, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:53 PM :: 5029 Views
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- HB1503: Prohibit Landlords from Evicting Marijuana Smokers
- Whither the Independent Appeals Officer?
- Hawaii National Guard builds global partnerships, proven on battlefield
- Precisely as Expected: Abercrombie Uses Failure of Obamacare to Call for Single Payer
- Abercrombie's about-face on HCDA rewards war chest
- Abercrombie woos seniors, but they’re not buying it
- ILWU Preparing to Endorse Ige?
- GMO crops reduce use of pesticides
- UH's poor oversight adds costs to delayed project, audit says
- Housing First: Caldwell vs Martin
- Save Our Kakaako coalition rallies against proposed development
- GMO debate: Earth Island Journal sees Opportunity to Control KSBE Land, Campbell Estate
- Officer says he’s target of HPD retaliation
- Sovereignty Debate Just a Matter of Faith?
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Saturday, March 8, 2014 |
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March 8, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:47 PM :: 3968 Views
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- UHERO: Is Monopoly a Barrier to Hawai’i’s Ascent?
- Lawmaker says advocacy group pays Hawaii teachers to attend ‘tolerance’ training
- Informational Briefing on Grants-in-Aid
- March 7, 2014: Election Commission Releases Updated Candidate List
- Catch the Wave of HOPE with Nick Vujicic at Aloha Stadium
- Video: Japan and the Free Market
- Justice: Judge Orders County to Stop Registering GMO Farmers
- Budget: Abercrombie Plays Politics as Legislators Grapple With Cutting his Bloated Budget Proposal
- PUC Approves Natural Gas Imports, Could Cut Electric Bills
- Star-Adv: How dare Lawyers Rate Enviro-Activist Judge 'Unqualified'
- Local Pollsters: Merriman Group Should Get Lost so We can go Back to Manipulating Public Perceptions
- UH Admin Blew $28M TV Rights Deal
- DHHL betraying its lessees
- Another Activist Complains about Treatment at Hearings
- Liquid Metal Heading to O`ahu’s North Shore
- Officials: Threat to Oahu's Water Supply More Serious Than Thought
- Only One Meth Importer Convicted, Rest Walk Free
- Airlift concerning to tourism officials
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Friday, March 7, 2014 |
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March 7, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:36 PM :: 5850 Views
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Thursday, March 6, 2014 |
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March 6, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:22 PM :: 4545 Views
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- Zoning Board: Abercrombie's Supreme Court Pick Operating Illegal Enterprise for Over a Decade
- Hawaii Obamacare Medicaid Applications–Even Less Than The Few
- Full Text: Big Island Papaya Farmer Sues to Invalidate anti-GMO Ordinance
- AG Decides to Claim Deficiencies, but no Criminal Activity in UH Project Management
- In Face of Lawsuit, DOE Pushes Ahead with Overpriced Chevron Solar Deal
- Hawaii urges residents to ‘tell a friend’ about Obamacare
- The Real Stories Behind "The Descendants"
- Rep. Beth Fukumoto named to National Future Majority Caucus Advisory Board
- The Jones Act Strikes Oil
- Hawaii Bar Assn: Enviro Activist Wilson 'unqualified' for Supreme Court
- Bread Prices to Soar as State Forces Shutdown of Hawaii's Only Flour Mill
- PUC: Abercrombie, Morita Meet, Discuss Price of Her Retention
- Congress May Investigate failed Hawaii Health Connector
- After 23 Years, State Senate Investigates Mental Hospital
- Civil Disobedience: Heroic Big Island Farmers Refusing to Register GMO Crops
- Pro and Con GMO regulation bills fail in Legislature
- SB622: Environmental Court passes Senate
- Declining Economy May Turn $844M Surplus into Deficit
- Hawaii advances bill requiring Internet sales tax
- Election Year: Neil 'Pension Tax' Abercrombie vows to fight to ease taxes for kupuna (LOL!)
- Competing Hawaii minimum wage cross over to House, Senate
- SB2131: In State Tuition for Veterans Makes Crossover
- Busted by Campaign Spending Comm, Activist Leads Rally for 'Clean Elections' Bill
- Obama Budget Hikes Airline Fee AGAIN
- Another $200K Hawaii disability Fraudster Busted
- Rail: Million dollar fence being taken down 3 years after going up
- Luxury Resort Developer Pierre Omidyar Buys Ritz Carlton on Maui, Rebrands as 'Montage'
- Suspected gambling machines to get a day in court
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Wednesday, March 5, 2014 |
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March 5, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:32 PM :: 5727 Views
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- Tulsi Gabbard Office Manager tied to Chris Butler Cult
- Survey: Hawaii Ranks 5th for Economic Health
- Solomon Pushes for Approval of Overpriced Geothermal Contracts
- Survey: Honolulu Traffic Gets 18% Worse
- Dead on Arrival: Obama’s FY 2015 Budget includes $250 million for rail
- Hawaii Democrats Statewide Caucuses March 5
- UHERO: Climate Change Behind Push for Water Conservation
- 'Sovereign Council' Scores $675K to Sell Obamacare
- Caldwell Brings in Outside Planners to Redevelop Blaisdell Center
- Mainland Enviros Cheer Hawaii's On-Bill Financing Solar Scheme
- Bronster: Papaya Farmer files lawsuit over GMO Law
- 'Clean' Energy: Hawaiian Dredging accuses Hu Honua of stealing Computers, Information
- Middle class, poor increasingly footing cost of island’s electrical grid
- Ian Lind: Hawaiians Suffered With Rise of Democratic Party
- Military Cuts begin at Wheeler
- Legislators Vote Against Free Speech in Election Campaigns
- Obamacare Funds Kahuku HS Health Clinic Targeting Teens
- Reforming Juvenile Justice
- Revising Public Workers Laws
- Legislators Vote to Cut School Hours
- State Hospital favoritism complaints prompt anti-nepotism bill
- Hawaii Has Fewest Taxing Bodies of Any State
- Solomon: Thielen and Ruderman are 'Like That'
- Minimum Wage Poverty Threshold Requires Too Much Paperwork
- State of the City: Potholes, Sewers And Name-dropping
- Honolulu 7th Worst Airport in USA
- Rep. Hanohano's Use of Hawaiian Leads to Tension on House Floor
- Transgender Student Recants Sexual Assault Report
- Health Department requested leak detection at Red Hill in 2003
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Tuesday, March 4, 2014 |
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March 4, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:40 PM :: 5558 Views
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- Who Needs Health Connector? Feds Already Had Website offering Hawaii Insurance Policies
- National Park Tourism in Hawaii Creates $314 Million in Economic Benefit
- Abercrombie: Petulant, Paranoid, Vindictive, Clueless
- Honolulu Mayor Responds to Questions About Campaign Contributions from Waikiki Developers
- House Should go after Brower Before Censuring Hanohano
- Star-Adv: Reappoint Morita, PUC policy should favor consumers
- Upcoming Primary election will be start of new era for OHA
- UPW Blocks Contraband screening at Halawa Prison
- Only Four Guards Caught Testing Positive for Drugs
- Ernie Martin Comes out against Housing First
- Lawmakers to vote on child porn bill
- Latest Obamacare Fix Tough to Implement
- Obama-Backed Patent Reform Could Hurt Innovation at UH
- Energy Excelerator Provides Boosts for 'Clean' Energy
- For oil traders, a vexing new risk related to Jones Act
- Honolulu 4th Worst City to Find a Job
- Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command might be restructured or moved to the mainland
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Monday, March 3, 2014 |
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March 3, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:55 PM :: 4878 Views
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- Complete List of Bills Set for Third Reading in Senate, House March 4
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 3, 2014
- No Public Warfare Yet, in Intraparty Fight for D.C. Insider Mantle
- Abercrombie: I've had some real Donnybrooks
- Civil Beat: Hanohano a Problem to be Solved
- Star-Adv: Limit discretion in judicial secrecy
- Anti-GMO Activists Admit only 41% on Maui Want Permanent GMO Ban
- DHHL beneficiaries struggle in arid conditions
- Cronies Line up for Special Purpose Revenue Bonds
- HB 1594 / HB 2170: Unlimited tax Credits for Hotel Developers
- Developers of 2 Waikiki High-Rises Have Donated Heavily to City Officials
- Handi-van riders fed up with unreliable service
- China Fields New Intermediate-Range Nuclear Missile -- Target Guam
- Drugged driving deaths triple in Hawaii after Medicated Marijuana Legalized
- A crush of bills moving to meet First Crossover deadline this week
- What Did Hawaii Delegates Do With Salaries During Shutdown?
- A Moment of Silence: Tommy Waters Running for Stanley Chang’s City Council Seat
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Sunday, March 2, 2014 |
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March 2, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:38 PM :: 4947 Views
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- Letter: Waikiki Rep Brower Threatening to Smash More Shopping Carts?
- Supreme Court Rejects Kauai Springs Appeal
- Aloha, Justice Acoba
- Well Then, How Do We Stimulate Business?
- Star-Adv: State Should Dump Obamacare Exchange
- Mufi Gives Abercrombie Winning edge
- Schatz Picks up lots of Support from Mainland, Developers
- Former governors lend support as Ige opens campaign HQ
- School Health Teacher Says no to Gay Sex Ed for 11 year olds:
- HHSC Privatization Proposal Revised
- SB2284: Clayton Hee tries to make Hospitals Responsible for Home Care
- SB2934: Solar Scammers Creating new Opportunities to Fleece Homeowners
- HB1943: PRP Backs Smart Grid
- Inouye to face off against Solomon for state Senate seat -- Again
- Big Island homesteaders still waiting on DHHL
- After Welching on Promise of Free Representation, Anti-GMO Activists Seek to 'Intervene'
- Kauai: Morons, Idiots, & Imbeciles Continue to Whine about Dairy Farm
- As Tax Cut Advances, Beer entrepreneurs seek to reawaken brewing industry
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Saturday, March 1, 2014 |
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March 1, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:26 PM :: 5371 Views
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- House Passes More than 200 Bills on to Senate
- Heritage Foundation: Hawaii HOPE Probation Potentially Worthwhile
- Video: Grassroot Institute Talks with Tom Yamachika, Tax Foundation of Hawaii
- Obama Reappoints Abercrombie to Council of Governors
- GMO Protests Could Save DoE Money
- February 28, 2014: Election Commission Releases Updated Candidate List
- Hannemann has strong words for Hawaii Democrats
- Abercrombie Signs Bill with Smiley Face, Condemning Hundreds of Hawaii teachers to Layoff
- Eligible families have until April 30 to file applications for Preschool Tuition Vouchers
- Obamacare behind $101M HMSA Operating Loss, Ratehikes Coming
- HGEA Unit 9 nurses Agree to Contract, get 8% raise
- Predictable Caldwell Proposes $34.2M Property Tax Hike
- Tip Credit: Hee Fails to Screw Restaurants, Makes up Bizarre Excuse
- As Homeless Continue to Refuse Shelter, Hawaii advances bill to fine lying at bus stops
- SB 451: Reform the PUC
- HECO revises standards for rooftop PV systems
- Star-Adv Backs Increased fees on developers
- Kenoi’s Proposed $412M Budget Highest in Six Years--Nothing for Pension Debts
- Soft on Crime: Manslaughter conviction set aside in Maili fatal beating case
- PBN Focus on Jones Act for NJ Salt Shortage
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Friday, February 28, 2014 |
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February 28, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:03 PM :: 4315 Views
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- Slom: Djou to Announce Congressional Campaign?
- Judge Elwin Ahu Announces Campaign for Lt Governor
- Grim scenario for Hawaii's Obamacare plan: The numbers don't add up
- As Health Exchange Implodes, Abercrombie Releases ‘Transformation Plan’
- UHERO: 2013 Hawaii Growth 'Disappointing', 2014 'Marked Down'
- Residents in States With Troubled Exchanges Can Still Get Subsidies
- Maui: Huber's Anti-GMO claims lack evidence
- More questionable social engineering comes to Hawaii’s public schools
- FACE Ad campaign pushes minimum wage hike
- SB2487: Small Business Regulatory Review Board to be Abolished?
- Fallen Marine Rafael Peralta's family accuses reporter of playing 'race card'
- House Bill 14: Mandatory Kindergarten, Lowering Compulsory School Attendance Age to 5
- Honolulu Firm Selected to Represent Kauai County in GMO Suit
- HTA: Tourism Down 5th Month in a Row
- DBEDT App Displays Demographics of Hawaii House, Senate Districts
- Illegal Gambling Operators Give $20K to Clayton Hee Campaign
- Hee vs Fale: Same-sex marriage fight apparently not over yet
- Governor mum on PUC appointment
- Kenoi: Signing GMO bill was to end ‘shouting’
- Kauai Idiots Protest Against Dairy farm
- To Placate Anti-GMO Hallucinations, SB2777 'Narrowed'
- Star-Adv vs Hawaii: Military draw-down long overdue
- Poll — Oahu Voters Don't Like Mufi
- Negotiations Over Hawaii Minimum Wage Go Down to the Wire
- Waipahu First of Many to be Transformed for Rail TOD
- Study Questions Benefits of 'Medical Home' Programs for Chronically Ill
- Senate Budget Committee Advances Four Key Education Bills
- SB894 would allow for a forced sale of Turtle Bay property
- Hawaii Supreme Court Takes Up Lawsuit Challenging Koa Ridge Project
- Next Steps for the Geothermal Request for Proposal
- Prison Guard's Wife Gets Federal Prison Time
- DLNR Plan to Kill Owls, Egrets Blasted
- Three Killed in Lanai Plane Crash
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Thursday, February 27, 2014 |
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February 27, 2014 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:19 PM :: 4298 Views
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- Matsuda: Fate of Prepaid Health Care Act Depends on Hawaii Health Connector
- LA Times: Hawaii Health Connector Refused to Cough up Secret Budget
- HI leaders worry military cuts will compromise Pacific security
- Auditor: 11 Special Funds Do not Meet Criteria
- Health Connector May Convert itself into Telemarketing Business to Make Money
- Health Connector Abandons Enrollment Goals, Seeks new Funding Sources
- How Abercrombie, Schatz Can Win Easily
- Complaint Filed Against Hee for Acting Like Hanohano
- Measures on food labeling appear doomed
- House Defers Minimum Wage over Tip Credit
- Effort to Save Oahu Residents From Rail Failed Despite Valiant Effort
- Can the Legislature save HECO?
- Council committee scraps Caldwell's $20M Garbage Tax
- Caldwell wants Honolulu to spend $25M to encourage transit oriented development along rail line
- Honolulu Mayor wants significant increase in programs for homeless
- Kauai Councilman Scores $250K Settlement from Former Prosecutor
- Poll — Voters Want Higher Minimum Wage, Reject Legal Pot
- Should Hawaii Let Public Schools Raise Money for Private Nonprofits?
- Many Oahu Schools Miss Basic Food Safety Checks
- Tax Foundation of Hawaii opposes proposed electric vehicle tax
- Sovereignty Activist Loses Neighborhood Board Committee Chairmanship
- Liquefied natural gas could play key role in isles' energy transition
- Trask Geothermal Scammers Demand Meeting
- Bill to allow online gun registration makes headway despite police opposition
- Drone bill could affect Maui missing women search
- Judge finds accused rapist mentally unfit for trial
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