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Friday, May 17, 2013
May 17, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:58 PM :: 4322 Views
  1. GOP Lost 50% of Statewide Offices Under Willes Lee
  2. Hawaii Republican State Convention May 17-18
  3. Hawaii County Democratic Convention This Weekend
  4. Full Text: Rail Appeal Challenges Failure to Consider Bus Rapid Transit
  5. Neighborhood Board Voting Deadline is Today
  6. Abercrombie Nominates Salmonson for Environmental Quality Control
  7. Hawaii Scores 'C' on Attack Ad Transparency
  8. Hawaii schools scale back extended learning time
  9. DoTax Invents More Excuses for Shortchanging Rail 
  10. Caldwell Campaign Chair Backs Out Of Zoning Board Appointment
  11. Investigate airport contracts
  12. New US Transportation Dep't Nominee Backs Honolulu Rail, Complete Streets 
  13. UH regents urged to hire new president locally
  14. Regents Vote to Wipe Athletic Department Debts
  15. Occupy: “Mixed Bag Of Self-Absorbed Social Protestors”
  16. Homeless Dude: 'I Hate Hawaii'
  17. Housing Last: Tobacco Smokers to Be Evicted
  18. Hawaii County Pays 130% of Assessed Value for Geothermal Relocations
  19. Suspect in infant death has prior record
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
May 16, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:02 PM :: 4027 Views
  1. Airports Division Audit: Mismanagement, Recurring Violations, Delays, Cost Overruns
  2. Neighborhood Board Voting Deadline is Friday
  3. Aloha Tower Case Tests 'Private Attorney General' Before Supreme Court
  4. Atheists Attack HGEA, UPW Contract: Demand Unions Give Up Paid Holiday
  5. Judicial Watch Sues U.S. Secret Service for Obama’s Hawaiian Vacation Records
  6. Honolulu Tea Party says it was targeted by IRS
  7. Maui Tea Party Group: IRS Intimidated Us
  8. Will A New Federal Shield Law Replace The Soon-To-Be-Dead Hawaii Law?
  9. Wasted money approaches Wonder Blunder status
  10. HMSA: Obamacare to Impose 2% Rate Hike
  11. HMSA, Kaiser Losing Money--More Rate Hikes Coming
  12. What Bills Do You Want The Governor To Veto?
  13. Hawaii County Elections Division faces audit
  14. Bloody UH, Near Death, Littered With Bodies
  15. 2 previous UH presidents remain in academic posts
  16. Ruling due on sidewalk nuisance law
  17. Homeless Destroy Chinatown, Use as Toilet
  18. Mayor Wright Redevelopment Slated
  19. Complete Streets: Kakaako Developers Aim to Recreate Manhattan
  20. Complete Streets Activists Fail to Stop Repaving Work
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
May 15, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:53 PM :: 3710 Views
  1. Report: Hawaii Ranks #2 for Embezzlement
  2. Quarter Pounder Index: Honolulu 10th Most Expensive
  3. U.H. Men’s Athletics Once Again Hamstrung With Swishy Moniker
  4. Anti-Whaling Tactics to be used Against Hawaii Aquarium Collectors?
  5. Flags to Fly at Half-Staff on Peace Officers Memorial Day
  6. State Spends $176K to Save HMSA
  7. Tea Party Maui targeted for IRS scrutiny
  8. Hospitals not to blame for differences in their bills
  9. Police, Fire Contracts to Cost $11.5M
  10. In the Reign of the Gay Magical Elves
  11. With Greenwood Neutralized, Faculty, Apple Squeeze Athletic Department
  12. Public Shut out of BoR President Search?
  13. For Abercrombie, Senate Primary is a Chance to Make His Mark
  14. Kakaako: Ecos, Developers on Same Page
  15. DOE Builds Without Permits, Blames consultant
  16. Registration Fee Hike? Council seeks to Blackmail Gun Owners
  17. Organizations consistently ranking high for lobbying expenditures
  18. Sen Green Gives His Parking Spot to Super Lobbyist
  19. Scientists, Farmers Defends Themselves Against Ignorant Mob
  20. Testimony Unanimous Against Tax Hikes
  21. $40M for Micronesian Medicaid in Immigration Bill
  22. HSTA Tries to Shortchange State on Contract Deal
  23. NYT Runs Feature on Pig Eradication in Hawaii
  24. Are You an Artiste?  $5M for You in Rail Budget
  25. Defense workers' furlough days cut Again
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
May 14, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:48 PM :: 4080 Views
  1. GOP Chair Nominates Leadership Team
  2. Med-Quest Enrollment Cancelled After Multiple Marketing Mix-ups
  3. Council Resolution 13-74: Ease Gun Registration Lines
  4. DoJ Recognizes Hawaii Crime Victim Compensation Director
  5. Politico: Multiple Scandals Envelop Obama Administration
  6. After HMSA Loses Customers, State delays enrollment for low-income health plans
  7. Legislative session: Act 221 Scammers Cry a River
  8. Double-dipping pervasive in Hawaii’s public sector and it Starts at the Top
  9. House Coalition: Middle Class Tax Relief on Agenda for Next Session
  10. Star-Adv: Water Fee is Last Straw
  11. Teacher Questions Common Core
  12. Leilehua teacher accused of Meth Importation placed on house arrest
  13. Complete Streets Honolulu: Completely Free of Cars
  14. High Gasoline Prices Killed Caldwell's Gas Tax
  15. Where's The Pork? Honolulu City Council Dishes Out The Earmarks
  16. Hawaii County Council Awards itself $900K Reelect Me Fund, Considers Tax Hike 
  17. Opponents file last-minute notice against TMT
  18. Department of Retaliation: Hawaii County Contractor Claims Defamation, Flickinger Apologized
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Monday, May 13, 2013
May 13, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:43 PM :: 5433 Views
  1. Database Reveals Hawaii MDs and the Drugs They Prescribe
  2. Hawaii Obamacare Leaders Warn: “We’re not Going to Have Any Health Care”
  3. Video: Hawaii Wounded Warriors Qualify for 2013 Warrior Games
  4. The Sinking Ship of Cabotage
  5. Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted May 13, 2013
  6. Danner Claims Obama in on Conspiracy to Federalize DHHL
  7. Salaries: Greenwood Down, Apple Next 
  8. Hirono Invents Excuses for Illegals to Stay in USA
  9. Star-Adv Backs 'Housing First'
  10. It’s Neil’s Birthday (Again)!
  11. Hawaii Ed Department Could Restore School Bus Cuts
  12. NYT: Disentangling the Politics of a Hawaiian Murder Mystery
  13. Gov. Abercrombie mulling bill to help local pharmacies
  14. Hawaii tax revenue rises 8%
  15. The fall of the yen as seen from Hawaii
  16. Civil Beat: Hawaii is Being 'Left Behind' as Gay Marriage Penetrates More Jurisdictions
  17. Public Housing: 128 Kona Apartments Value Reduced to Zero
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Sunday, May 12, 2013
May 12, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:40 PM :: 3755 Views
  1. Akaka Tribe: Frankenstein Bill to Create a Frankenstein Tribal Roll
  2. Hirono, Schatz Vote Would Impose Hawaii GE Tax on Pension Contributions, Stock Transactions
  3. Moving the Tax Burden to Others
  4. Legislature Graded: 42% F, 31% D 
  5. Oahu Democrats, Abercrombie show frustration with Legislature
  6. Chang, Espero, Takai for CD1?
  7. Gays Describe How they Tortured Hanabusa to Force Marriage
  8. Souki:  Republicans Involved, Coalition Strong, Great Session
  9. Ritte Joins Danner's Attack on DHHL
  10. Cigarette maker Altria tops in lobbying spending since 2006
  11. Touching tribute for fallen Kailua airman
  12. Billing fee gets tempers boiling
  13. Hawaii Co Food Bank Buys New Building, Can't Account for $200K
  14. Hundreds of families on public housing wait list see hope 
  15. Gabbard: Sex Assault in Military a Handy Excuse to Put Military Justice Under Outside Control
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Saturday, May 11, 2013
May 11, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:58 PM :: 3698 Views
  1. Flags to Fly at Half-Staff in Honor of Capt. Reid K. Nishizuka
  2. Geothermal: Hundreds Denounce Mililani Trask
  3. Auto Commuters' Access to Work: Honolulu Among Four Biggest Losers
  4. UHERO: Are lodging costs starting to tame the tourist boom?
  5. DBEDT: Economic Forecast "Slightly Less Optimistic"
  6. DHHL: Senate Hearing Slated After Danner Attacks Masagatani
  7. Legislature, Steelworkers Ask Abercrombie for Union Seat on Tesoro Refinery Task Force
  8. Governor Signs More than Seventy Bills Before End of Session
  9. Senate Democrats Tout Achievements
  10. Oahu Democrats to Elect New Leadership Today
  11. American Legion Honors KITV for St Marianne Cope Documentary
  12. Campaign Spending Commission Launches New Website
  13. Honolulu Auditor Seeks Interns
  14. New effort by state could cause patients more pain
  15. Cost Transparency Leads to Cost controls
  16. Kakaako development will hit new heights under rail-oriented draft rules
  17. Drop in value of Japanese yen Blamed for 2.9% Drop in Japanese Tourism
  18. Decade passed before a Hawaii court found DHHL breached its trust obligations to Native Hawaiians
  19. Opposition to GMO foods has become a Salem-like witch hunt
  20. Profits: Media Will Be Biggest Winner of 2014
  21. UH works to fix millions worth of broken, dilapidated facilities
  22. Public input sought on Kenoi’s Second Tax Hike
  23. $57/month Rental Has Leaky Roof
  24. Occupy Litigation Status Conference
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Friday, May 10, 2013
May 10, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:18 PM :: 3989 Views
  1. IRS Admits Targeting TEA Party Groups—Maui TEA Party Among Victims
  2. Tesoro Bidder: Dismantle Refinery, Ship it to China
  3. NYC Reduces Street Homelessness with ‘Housing First’
  4. Hawaii Gas delays LNG shipping container program
  5. Reason TV: How Protectionism Hurts Hawaii--Why It's Time to Repeal the Jones Act
  6. Kym Pine Backs Four Key West Oahu Transportation Projects
  7. Big Cash Giveaway: Health Connector Announces Marketplace Assister Funding Opportunity
  8. Star-Adv, Danner, Schatz vs Abercrombie: Federalize DHHL
  9. Bishop Silva: Lawsuit Possible over Abortion Pill Mandate
  10. SB623 Solar Credits: 1MW or Larger Projects Would Have Looted Treasury 
  11. UH legal bill for new telescope project nearly $3 million
  12. Honolulu mayor reveals plan to reduce homelessness
  13. DoE SPED Teacher Busted for Meth trafficking
  14. Greenwood Retirement Catches Visiting Accreditation Officials By Surprise
  15. Hawaii County PD:  Sovereignty Scammers Lying About Investigation 
  16. State Destroys $60M to Get $12M in Tax Revenue
  17. Political Chicken: Alternatives to Gas Tax Hike
  18. Lawmakers Balk At Bills Targeting 2012 Hawaii Election Flubs
  19. New laws target sex exploitation of children
  20. Online Voting Leads to Low Participation in Election
  21. HCDA: Secret Plans for Another Kakaako Tower 
  22. 'Complete Streets': Cooke St to Be Closed to Traffic

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Thursday, May 9, 2013
May 9 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:05 PM :: 3821 Views
  1. Dozens of Republicans Enter Neighborhood Board Elections
  2. HCR165: State Child Welfare Services “Unauditable”
  3. Harvard: HOPE Probation Among Top 25 Innovations in Government
  4. 24% of DoE Grads Ready for College Math
  5. Video: Slom, Kato, Morita Discuss Shield Law
  6. Hawaii--How Safe is Your Hospital?
  7. Kim: Airport Division Audit Among Priorities for 2014
  8. Masagatani: Abercrombie is With me Against Schatz, Danner
  9. Appeal Planned After Suit Challenging planned Ho'opili community is dismissed
  10. HMSA Chief Predicts Obamacare 'Rate Shock' for Hawaii
  11. Hospital charges vary widely within Hawaii
  12. Honolulu Homeless Solution to be based on 'Housing First' Plan
  13. Hee Single-Handedly Kills Ethics Reforms
  14. Playing Hooky from the Legislature
  15. Hawaii County Board OKs Sequential Self-Dealing 
  16. LNG and CEO Compensation top issues at HEI's Annual Meeting
  17. Hawaii High Prices Due to Electric Rates
  18. Flights, seats from Honolulu fell over 6 years, study shows
  19. My Dad, Larry Helm, Needs Your Prayers, Good Thoughts and Mana-ful Energy
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
May 8 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:18 PM :: 4421 Views
  1. Sen Sam Slom: List of 27 ‘No’ Votes
  2. Campaign Season: Abercrombie Hands Out Taxpayer Cash to Taxpayers
  3. Foreign-Built Jones Act Ship Launches New Domestic Puerto Rico Service
  4. Pacquiao Takes Fight in Macau, U.S. Federal Income Tax Rate Proves Too High
  5. Akaka Tribe: Schatz, Danner Conspire to Federalize DHHL
  6. Shapiro: Race Card is Hanabusa's Only Hope
  7. Caldwell: Labor Agreements Give Me New Excuse for Gas Tax Hike
  8. Caldwell Claims 'Chief of Staff' Position Vacant
  9. Dang Quietly pays $1,000 to resolve potential conflict of interest charge
  10. Hawaiian Roll Commission Fails Transparency Test
  11. Who Will Replace Greenwood?
  12. Abercrombie, Legislators' Power Play Doomed Greenwood
  13. Will Hawaii Schools Ever Become the Equal of Micronesian Schools?
  14. Education Chairs To Participate In Nat’l Early Ed Fellows Program
  15. Obamacare: Hawaii nursing Glut and Shortage Coexist
  16. Lunatics, Criminals to be Banned as Security Guards:  Half Still Eligible
  17. Elder Abuse Justice Unit doubled in size, working with finance industry
  18. Another inmate dies in Hawaii prisons
  19. Now That Rail is Being built, City, State Act to Relieve Traffic
  20. Hawaiian Electric Pays out $120M/year Dividends
  21. NYT: Who Would Kill a Monk Seal?
  22. Tom Brower Praises Cult Church of Scientology
  23. Luddite Proposes GMO Ban on Big Island

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Tuesday, May 7, 2013
May 7, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:57 PM :: 6009 Views
  1. MRC Greenwood Quits After Abercrombie Shortchanges University $22M
  2. Hawaii Republican State Convention May 17-18
  3. 45 Students Complete State's First 'Transformation Internship Program'
  4. While Thousands Wait, Sen Malama Solomon gets Lease on 106 ac of DHHL Land
  5. Danner Pushes to Eliminate non-Hawaiian DHHL Renters
  6. Blackmail: Greenwood Out, Apple Next?
  7. Republican Bills Pass Legislature
  8. Hanabusa Defended Secret Labor Contract
  9. Public Not Invited to Abercrombie Political Campaign Opener
  10. Welfare Cheats Steal $48M from State
  11. Solar Scammers: Half of Installations Were Fraudulent
  12. Hawaii Historic Preservation Division Still On Federal Thin Ice
  13. DoE: Can Change at the Top Overcome Years of Failure?
  14. Hawaii Schools Chaotic
  15. College students say 'Easy A' courses waste time & money
  16. Money in Politics Report: Top Donors to Hawaii's Legislators Revealed
  17. Hong argues conspiracy in Elections Division suit
  18. War In Waikiki? The Fight Over The Natatorium Is Far From Over
  19. Lost in the Budget, $20M ML&P Pension Fund Bailout Money Found

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Monday, May 6, 2013
May 6, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:24 PM :: 5100 Views
  1. Hawaii Health Connector Funded by Cutting off Coverage for Cancer Patients
  2. Lodestar: Plaintiff Attorneys Awarded Fees in Rail Iwi Case
  3. Laie Hotel Developer Selected
  4. Reason TV: How Protectionism Hurts Hawaii
  5. Danner vs Masa­ga­tani for Control of DHHL
  6. Why Won't Kirk Caldwell Say Who Works For Him?
  7. $100M in Pure Profit: Legislators kill bill to reduce state's take of rail surcharge
  8. Legislators set sights on 2014
  9. Early Education: KSBE, Castle Come up Short, Will Be Back for More
  10. Schatz Touts Rise to 76th in Senate Seniority
  11. How Lobbyist Dollars Helped Save The Pearl Harbor Tower
  12. Bill to buy Lipoa Point not backed by funding
  13. Public Housing Smoking Ban Prevents Patients from Properly Using Prescribed Medicine

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Sunday, May 5, 2013
May 5, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:22 PM :: 5644 Views
  1. Rail Suit to Be Heard August 12, Quick Ruling Expected
  2. Deadline for Public Comment on Rail AIS May 30
  3. Farmer: Anti-GMO Activists Burn Two Tractors on Maui
  4. $2.5M Per Job: Honeywell CEO Defensive About Kapolei Biofuel Refinery
  5. Blocking Banner Keeps Sister-Isle Patients Flowing to Oahu Hospitals
  6. Making Reimbursements Could Incur Tax Liability
  7. PDF: How Major Bills Fared at the capitol
  8. 12 Cents an Acre: DHHL Commissioner, Senator, Other Cronies in Hawaiian Land Grab
  9. Hunt Development Grabs Control of Kalaeloa 
  10. Two Dozen Doctors targeted amid rise in painkiller deaths
  11. Act 221 Scammers Score $6M
  12. 'New day,' new bills mostly promise new headaches
  13. Calvin Say Twists Arms to Win Passage of Abercrombie's Voucher Program
  14. Bill 8 Puts Police at Disadvantage Against 'Meanderers'
  15. SB883: Tourist Drownings Caused by Lack of Lifeguards' Bargaining Unit
  16. SB693: Espero's Traffic Cam Bill Dies in Conference
  17. Strange Bedfellows: Life in the Senate
  18. Did Hanabusa Block Ko'olina Boat Ramp?
  19. Honolulu 2nd Worst Traffic in USA
  20. Accreditation Agencies' Racket

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Saturday, May 4, 2013
May 4, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 12:24 PM :: 7336 Views
  1. Inspector General Slaps Down Effort to Create Indian Tribe Without Congressional Approval
  2. Budget: Kenoi Proposes $21M Property Tax Hike
  3. 'No Hawaii Beverage Tax' Cheers Third Win in a Row
  4. $9.6M: DHHL Wins First legislative Appropriation Since 2010
  5. Obama: From king of the world to dead in the water in six months
  6. Schatz to Inouye Family: "Uh, uh, uh...."
  7. Perreira: HGEA Primary Endorsement Coming
  8. Retaliation: Abercrombie Quietly Shortchanges UH by $22M
  9. Tampering? Lawyers Pack Court to Support DesJardins
  10. Tax Increase, Fee Hikes Still Fall Short of Funding Biggest Budget Ever
  11. Councilmembers mull 10% Property Tax Hike
  12. Fewer funds force drug treatment centers to close
  13. Exemptions to Speed Restoration of Hawaiian Fishponds
  14. Maui Budget: Property Tax Hikes are Hot Button Issue
  15. ML&P’s troubled financials raise concern about future
  16. Six bid for new geothermal plant
  17. DoD Employees Face Furloughs: Pentagon Pays $59/gallon for Biofuel
  18. Former county workers charged with stealing fuel
  19. Nonprofit group spearheads Wahiawa transformation
  20. Felix Gee Wan Tom, supervised 20 bookies, filed a false 2011 tax return and laundered money
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Friday, May 3, 2013
May 3, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 10:03 PM :: 4243 Views
  1. Hanabusa Formally Enters 2014 Senate Primary Race
  2. House GOP: 'Legislature closes fiscally conservative session'
  3. NRA: Contact the Governor and Request his Veto of Senate Bill 69
  4. Rep. Johanson, Minority Leader – Closing Remarks – May 2013
  5. Reuters columnist disparages the Jones Act, but can’t see any way to repeal it
  6. Removal of "Occupy," an Attack on "International Workers Day"
  7. Widow: Inouye Began Grooming Hanabusa After She Teamed up with Mehau, Booted Bronster
  8. Hawaii political establishment is about to find itself in a fight — with itself
  9. Clayton Hee: I am Democracy Itself; Killing Shield Law Like Passing Civil Unions
  10. Legislative Wrapup
  11. Session Done, But Is Hawaii Speaker Consolidating Power?
  12. Star-Adv Eager to Eliminate More Republicans
  13. Precisely as Predicted: DoTax Accelerates HART Payments now that Legislature Adjourned
  14. HART Ices Out Hawaiian-Owned Contractors
  15. City sues owners of two properties lying in rail system’s path
  16. U.S. Court Dismisses Hawaii Jones Act Claims
  17. How Protectionism Hurts Hawaii: Why It's Time to Repeal the Jones Act
  18. Appeals court schedules August hearing on rail injunction
  19. Convicted killer's life sentence changed to 20-year term
  20. Honor, Courage And Commitment

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Thursday, May 2, 2013
May 2, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 10:54 AM :: 4523 Views
  1. Caldwell Signs Bill 8: Protecting Politicians' Midnight Bathroom Escapades
  2. Shield Law: Nine Senators Stand up to Clayton Hee
  3. Senate Votes to Pass 174 Bills
  4. Natatorium Decision Re-Launches EIS Contract
  5. Robotics: Micronesian Schools Plan 'Yapital Robo Day'
  6. Starting in October: 15% Penalty on Overpaid Unemployment Comp
  7. Bills 11 & 12: Pine Appeals for Leeward, Ewa Projects
  8. Meet Hawaii's Millionaire Union Bosses
  9. Rate Hike: $11M for Obamacare, $27M for HMSA
  10. Portnoy: No Shield Law as Long as Hee is Judiciary Chair
  11. Gil Rivere switches parties, Prepares for Rematch with Fale 
  12. Four Say Loyalists to Get Leadership Positions in Souki's House
  13. DoE Boosts Scores by Repeating Test Three Times
  14. Anti-GMO Activists Burn Two Tractors on Maui
  15. Bio Tech Backed by Nature Conservancy
  16. Witness in officer's extortion case cuts deal
  17. SB391 'Safe Places' Dies in Conference
  18. 87% of Domestic Violence Cases Dismissed
  19. Baisa: Tax Increases Needed to Fund Profitable NonProfits
  20. Med School Puts Best Face Forward To Lawmakers
  21. Faculty resolution calls UH study “flawed and premature”
  22. Tesoro refinery closure leaves Hawaii Gas looking for new supplier
  23. First Full Cruise Season Under New EPA Rules Start
  24. $739M Airport project set for takeoff
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013
May 1, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 12:02 PM :: 4374 Views
  1. Sen Thielen: School Land Exemptions Remove Fairness, Transparency of Development Deals
  2. Legislators Unanimously Approve Budget
  3. House Approves More Than 100 Bills
  4. Tsunami a Money Spinner for Profitable Non-Profits
  5. Rep. Cynthia Thielen inspires floor amendment extending existing shield law
  6. SB1196 Small Vendors Targeted by DoTax
  7. Foreclosed Homeowners Sue 32 Hawaii Judges
  8. US News Ranks Hawaii High Schools
  9. Merchant Marine Union Touts Hawaii's Jones Act Exemption as Cruise Line Safety Solution
  10. Records Disclose Details Of HGEA, State Negotiating Positions
  11. HGEA Unit 13 Rejects Contract Settlement
  12. Shapiro: To dislodge the old guard, young Dems must do battle
  13. HTA Cheers TAT Hike
  14. Bill To Allow Phased Review of Archaeological Sites Passes
  15. Solar Scammers Still Crying Over Lost Tax Cheating Opportunity
  16. Hawaii Legislature OKs school readiness program
  17. Hawaii lawmakers approve school land development
  18. Forced psychiatric treatment OK'd
  19. Hawaii Legislature OKs more gun background checks
  20. Hawaii shield law likely dead as chambers differ
  21. Fruitcake Ing Calls Bus Stop Bill 'Orwellian'
  22. Wheel Boot Ban Passes State Legislature
  23. Marshallese Still Not Accepted in Hawaii
  24. White's proposed budget $23 million lower than mayor's
  25. Hawaii County's Planned Economy
  26. Sovereignty Activist Gets Jail For Attacking County Workers
  27. CONSENT DECREE ON DISPUTED PEPE`EKEO POWER PLANT
  28. OSHA cites Halekulani for 17 safety violations
  29. Homosexual Rapist Sentenced to Federal Prison
  30. Bill To Treat Partners With STDs Clears House
  31. Abercrombie Teams With Caldwell To Tear Down Waikiki Natatorium
  32. ‘Native’ vs. ‘non-native’ dogma misguides conservation
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
April 30, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 9:50 AM :: 5117 Views
  1. Abercrombie Launchers Reelection Campaign, Appoints Crony Committee
  2. Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted April 29, 2013
  3. SB69: Mandatory Background Checks to be Voted
  4. 9th Circuit: Tribal Courts Have Civil Jurisdiction Over Non-Indians
  5. Kona Coffee Farmers 'Disappointed' by Safeway Blending Lawsuit Settlement
  6. DLNR Seeking Streamlined Permitting Process to Restore Fishponds
  7. HECO: Renewables Hit 13.9% for 2012
  8. Abercrombie: UPW Contract 'Positive Result of Partnership'
  9. UHERO: Latest Jobs Report Suggests Most Industries Recovering
  10. SB623: Solar Scammers Fall Hard, Lose Big
  11. Hawaii Public Employee Misconduct: Harassment, Theft, Violence
  12. Billion Dollar Estimated Cost of Union Wage, Benefit Hikes
  13. Cost of UPW Contract Still Unknown
  14. As Hawaii legislative session winds down, more initiatives bite the dust
  15. Rally Against SB1171 Today
  16. Wooley, DelaCruz "Bickering Like a Married Couple"
  17. 'Incorrect Vote' Saves Scott Nago from Performance Review
  18. Caldwell's Secret Staff Costs 40% More Than Carlisle's
  19. HB1214: Legislature to Pick Winner of Street Fight Between Competitors
  20. HSTA Operative: Use of Pidgin Means New Teacher Evaluation System Will Damage Education
  21. OHA Geothermal Deal Means Sandwich Profits for Trask
  22. HELCO Biofuel deal would be costly for Oahu electricity ratepayers
  23. Foreclosures: Mediation requirement stalls in the Legislature
  24. Hirono: Immigrants Should Get Welfare
  25. Samoa to Buy Hawaiian Airlines?
  26. Does Hawaii need more hotel rooms?
  27. Is U.S. demand for Hawaii on the decline?
  28. How A Shattered, Disorganized Hawaii Supreme Court Was Manipulated into Gay Marriage
  29. Mainland Gays Aroused by Ability to Recruit at Farrington
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Monday, April 29, 2013
April 29, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 10:49 AM :: 3518 Views
  1. Dozens of Crony Capitalist Donors Switch from Hanabusa to Schatz
  2. SB237 Would Give DOE Unfettered Power to Lease Public School Land
  3. PEW: Lack of Competition Might Hamper Hawaii Health Exchange
  4. PEW: New Health Exchange Unlikely to End Insurance Monopoly in Hawaii
  5. Living in the Fourth-Most Economically Repressive State
  6. House, Senate Approve Resolution Challenging Big Cable, Big Wind
  7. UPW Makes Excuses for Wrecking HHSC Hospital Deal
  8. Obamacare Just a 'Stepping Stone'
  9. Tax Hike: Keep room tax at 9.25 percent
  10. Omidyar Backs Preschool Voucher Program
  11. Legislature Kills Same-Day Voter Registration
  12. PUC 'Black Box', 'Rubber Stamp for HECO'
  13. Kailua airman one of four killed in Afghanistan plane crash
  14. Annual Veterans Parade won’t be held this year
  15. Secret Law Hides Public Records? 
  16. Has Hawaii Given Up On Lobbying Congress?
  17. City Council measure would prohibit smoking at bus stops
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Sunday, April 28, 2013
April 28, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 12:57 PM :: 4125 Views
  1. Shame on HGEA, Politicians for Rejecting Banner Health
  2. HB622: A Sieve Law Not a Shield Law
  3. Lack of Understanding of General Excise Tax Creates Confusion
  4. Hawaii Senate Race Stokes Obama, Clinton Rift
  5. Full Text: Honolulu Council Challenges School Lands Bill
  6. As CEO Pay Hits $5.8M, Hawaiian Electric Flunks Executive Compensation Scorecard
  7. Two Marijuana Bills Pass Conference Committee
  8. Caldwell Announces Town Hall Meeting Schedule
  9. VOG: Hawaii County Air Flunks
  10. Army Completes EIS for Pōhakuloa Battle Course
  11. Locking down Dem primary will Create a Two-Party System
  12. Senate Race: Brief Opportunity for Voters to Determine Outcomes 'Before Cement Hardens Again'
  13. Democrats: CD1 is 'Strange', Elects Republicans, Hippies
  14. Thanks to Obamacare, New Hawaii Nurses wait for jobs
  15. City workers' raises to cost $26M
  16. Hawaii Legislative Preview: Last week of session
  17. It's amazing how quickly an upcoming election can open the state vault
  18. “The monster is dead” but the process raises a question of legislative ethics
  19. Abercrombie Claims Victory After Legislature Guts Preschool Scheme
  20. EHR: Impractical, Costly, Discouraging
  21. High schools on Oahu, Maui are among nation's most challenging
  22. Homeless Guy Arrested after Mass Shooting at Maui Golf Course
  23. Hawaii County Task force would weigh property tax increase
  24. Kauai Politicians Use Busses as Latest Excuse to Propose Tax Increases
  25. HTH Reporters Still Not Paid
  26. Dramatic changes confront the state as people increasingly favor living on the neighbor islands
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Sunday, April 28, 2013
Letters to the Editor April, 2013
By Letters to the Editor @ 4:16 AM :: 11525 Views

  • Shame on HGEA, Politicians for Rejecting Banner Health
  • 'Sensible Slate' for Neighborhood Board
  • Schatz Evades Jones Act Question?
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Saturday, April 27, 2013
April 27, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:27 PM :: 4080 Views
  1. Budget Report & Worksheets from Conference Committee
  2. ALERT – Upcoming Votes on Exemption Bills
  3. Does Hawaii Constitution Prohibit Gut and Replace?
  4. (No) Shield Law Passes Conference – Will Limit Our News Sources
  5. Neighborhood Board Ballot Passcodes Sent to Voters
  6. SB1093 Early Education Passes Conference Committee
  7. Honolulu Neighborhood Voting April 26 - May 17
  8. Six Animal-Related Bills Moving Forward
  9. Progressive Frankenbills
  10. Conferees Advance Captive Insurance Scheme for EUTF
  11. Hee, AG Conspire to Invent Excuse for Not Counting Military
  12. Hanabusa vs Schatz = Burns vs Gill
  13. Minimum Wage: Unions Refuse 'Tip Credit' Get Nothing
  14. Department of Labor to Regulate Your Home
  15. Preschool program gets shelved
  16. 'Reopener Clause' -- HSTA Contract Price to Rise in 2014
  17. Hawaii committee OKs school land development bill
  18. Tax Credits: 5% Boost for Billionaire Movie Moguls
  19. House Kills Geothermal 'FrankenBill' Favored By Hawaii Senate
  20. PPPA Killed in Conference
  21. HB1481 Public Funds for Candidates Killed in Conference
  22. Lawmakers reduce UH budget by $7 million, eliminate 100 positions
  23. HB634 Dies in Conference, Would Have Required New Owner to Keep All Employees
  24. Extended Foster-care bill set for final vote
  25. Bill may ease mail-order prescriptions requirement
  26. Refinery bid delays layoffs at Tesoro
  27. Prisoners Used to Promote Prison Construction
  28. Police arrest man in connection with suspicious backpack in Waikiki
  29. Hawaii Gears Up for First Satellite Launch
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Friday, April 26, 2013
April 26, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:26 PM :: 4014 Views
  1. Study: 'Clean Elections' Often Favor Corrupt Incumbents Against Upstart Challengers
  2. 500 Petition Against School Lands Bills
  3. HB252: Video Mocks Sen Galuteria's Frankenstein Bill
  4. 'Sensible Slate' for Neighborhood Board
  5. Tourism: First Quarter 2013 Sets New Record
  6. HMSA sued over alleged anti-competition pacts
  7. Hanabusa Senate Win Could Circumscribe Abercrombie Power
  8. Council Threatens Lawsuit Over county-owned school land development 
  9. Lawmakers make hotel tax rate permanent
  10. SB573: Lawmakers flunk teachers' tax credit
  11. Alert: Frankenbill HB252 lives on, becomes even more undemocratic
  12. Funding for HGEA, HSTA, UPW Union Contract Agreements Approved
  13. HGEA Recommends Rejection of Unit 13 Contract
  14. $6 to Put 'Entrepreneurs' on Welfare 
  15. Solar Scammers Thrilled by On-Bill Financing
  16. Massive Tax Credit Giveaway to Commercial-Scale solar systems
  17. Lawmakers move weakened news media shield law
  18. Some Good Government Bills Still Alive
  19. 'Federal Carrot' Drives Early Education Debate
  20. Campbell High School: 'It's A Cinderblock Oven'
  21. WHT eliminates editor position; Flickinger out
  22. EarthJustice Operative Joins Bio-Logical Capital
  23. Fake Bomb Threat Shuts Down Courthouse
  24. Another Day, Another Escape
  25. Visitor numbers up but experts forecast coming slowdown
  26. CEO pay soars, HEI receives "F" for executive pay
  27. Potential buyer would keep Tesoro facility a refinery, official says
  28. ML&P  Pension Bailout Tied to Lipoa Point Purchase
  29. Star-Adv: Smoking Ban May Harm Tourism
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Thursday, April 25, 2013
April 25, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:43 PM :: 4813 Views
  1. HGEA Announces Unit 8 Contract Settlement
  2. 25th CAB Reaches out to Fallen Heroes' Families
  3. Auditor: Less Than Half of Audit Recommendations Implemented
  4. OHA awards $1.5 million to charter schools
  5. Caldwell: Feds Reaffirm Commitment to Honolulu Rail
  6. Hawaii Prayer Breakfast – A Civic Space for the Religious and Non-Religious
  7. HIRA: Democrats Want to Tax Your Online Purchases
  8. House Republican Legislative Update
  9. Misconduct conducts bad cops to the door
  10. HGEA Contracts Ratified
  11. Chang Dodges Questions, Security at Press Conference
  12. DesJardins: Accused of Tampering, Judge Resigns, Faces Charges May 2
  13. $2 'Tip Credit' Demanded in Minimum Wage Conference
  14. Council Bill 22: Hike Registration Fees by $75
  15. Traffic congestion in Honolulu ranked second-worst in the nation
  16. Public land debate not settled
  17. SB1171: Phased archaeological survey bill headed for final vote
  18. Waikiki residents reject possible school closures
  19. Sex Assaults Settled?
  20. Principal Suspended after DUI
  21. SB668: Pass Luke's Law, To Help Care For Hawaii's Autistic Children
  22. Help mentally ill help themselves
  23. Medicare eligibility to spike health care cost for resident
  24. Bursting at the Seams: Skyrocketing Enrollment Crowds Campbell High Classrooms
  25. Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative Searchable Format
  26. Rogue agency: The State Procurement Office refuses to meet with State Auditor
  27. Protesters' campsite cleared after complaint from TheBus
  28. Gabbard Wants Labeling Of Genetically Altered Food
  29. Kaneohe woman wants water leak, mold problem fixed in public housing unit
  30. Hawaii Health Insurance Exchange Guide
  31. Hawaii Natural Energy Institute risks losing funding from so-called barrel tax
  32. Maui Mayor Scores 19% Pay Hike, Council 15%
  33. Rep. Ward speaks with Dr. Carbone, MD, of the UH Cancer Center

 

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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
April 24, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:38 PM :: 4423 Views
  1. WaPo: "Another race-tinted showdown in Hawaii"
  2. Stanley Chang Running for CD1?
  3. HSTA Cheers Defeat of 'Instructional Hours', Targets Preschool Vouchers
  4. Hawaii Ranks 41st for Business
  5. Gallup: Hawaii Most Stress-Free State
  6. US Attorney General to Honor Hawaii Victims Rights Advocate
  7. Sabato: 2014 is Hawaii Republicans Best Chance
  8. CD 1: Crowded field of Democrats could compete in the primary
  9. Hanabusa Angry, Schatz Vulnerable
  10. Shapiro: Hawaii Needs Louisiana Jungle Primary
  11. $130M for State IT, $400M for School Maintenance
  12. Preschool, Solar Scammers Let to Squabble Over $30M Pie
  13. 10 'Unused' DoE Parcels Worth $120M
  14. PUC: "Black Box", "Rubberstamp for HECO"
  15. Romy Cachola Endorses Scheme to Move EUTF to Captive Insurance Company
  16. SB1171: Bill's opponents rail against partial archaeological surveys
  17. City leaders go to Washington for rail meetings
  18. Wooley committee shelves bill to study GMO labeling effects
  19. New life could be coming to Tesoro refinery
  20. Oil Company Cashes in on 'Green' Energy 
  21. City Council committee OKs islandwide smoking ban
  22. Airlines trimming flights to isles

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Tuesday, April 23, 2013
April 23, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 12:47 PM :: 3582 Views
  1. Sources: Hanabusa to enter Senate race today, Dems Will Give no Money to Schatz
  2. Honolulu Neighborhood Voting April 26 - May 17
  3. Nicole Velasco to Head Neighborhood Commission
  4. Conference Committee Hearing on Senate Bill 69 Rescheduled
  5. Act 27: Abercrombie Orders Doctors, Hospitals to Provide Abortion Pills
  6. LINK: Bills Singed into Law 2013
  7. Budget: Union Contracts Kill Other Big Ticket Items
  8. HSTA Begins Pushing Back Against Evaluations
  9. Justice: Runaways Get Locked Up, Child Molesters Get Probation
  10. Shamefaced Abercrombie Repeals PLDC
  11. Green, Seitz: Homosexual Rape Gang Still Active at Blind-Deaf School
  12. Hawaii lawmakers negotiate limits to shield law
  13. Japanese Yen losing value, effects felt in Hawaii
  14. Army warns of deeper cuts in troop numbers
  15. Aerial hunts under fire: Restriction on meat recovery unpopular
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Monday, April 22, 2013
April 22, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:09 PM :: 4063 Views
  1. Confident, Rail Opponents Seek Expedited Hearing on Appeal
  2. Contracts: UPW 17% Raise, HSTA 15%, HGEA 8%
  3. Abercrombie Orders ‘Flexible Pay’ Hikes to Match Outside Job Offers
  4. Petition Seeks Defeat of Three PLDC-Clone Bills
  5. Oahu Biofuel Plant: Honeywell CEO to Face Questions
  6. Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted April 22, 2013
  7. Petition Seeks Defeat of Three PLDC-Clone Bills
  8. Juvenile justice: Youth on the brink
  9. Bill would defog requirements for compelling psychiatric help
  10. Judge OKs $5.75M settlement in Homosexual Rape Gang Case at Blind-Deaf School
  11. Sovereignty Activists' Lawyer Disbarred for Stealing from Elderly Clients
  12. AG: Early childhood learning program won’t spur school vouchers
  13. KSBE: Use Barrel Tax to Fund Green Energy Scammers or Hilo Will Run Out of Water
  14. Minimum Wage: Tip Credit Still on the Table
  15. Hee Pounded on Shield Law
  16. American Courage: Lingle at PAC fundraiser in Florida
  17. City officials to meet with feds over rail project
  18. State wise to follow City and sell housing projects
  19. Soft on Crime: 36 Priors, Busted for Burglary of Philippine Consulate
  20. Novelist Mike Bond on “Saving Paradise” and the future of America
  21. Groups Rally to Kill Legislation that Would Weaken Hawaii's Environmental Law
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Sunday, April 21, 2013
April 21, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:14 PM :: 3590 Views
  1. How A&B Wins Big From Environmental Litigation
  2. Contracts: UPW 17% Raise, HSTA 15%, HGEA 8%
  3. Petition Lists 7 Gut and Replace Bills, 11 Frankenstein Bills
  4. Let Them Ask for Their Funding
  5. Ira Einhorn, Earth Day's Dirty Secret
  6. Crichton: Environmentalism is a religion
  7. Which kills more: ideology or religion?
  8. Star-Advertiser: 'Health Reform Driving Doctors to Leave'
  9. Doctor Shortage: Experts blame the affordable care act
  10. MD: State should end Medicaid managed-care model
  11. Legislators revisit school land Development plan
  12. HCDA in Charge, Solar Scammers Eager to Kill Off Akoko Plant
  13. HEI Boss Pulls Down $5.3M
  14. DoTax Blames Slow Processing for Shortchanging Rail Revenues
  15. Now That Rail is Approved, H1 Gets 4th Lane in Kalihi
  16. Mitsunaga War on Kobayashi Squelches UHH Pharmacy School
  17. Evaluation team penalizes pharmacy school for lack of dedicated facility
  18. Ing's Bill banning access to employees' social media fails
  19. Luddites Motivated by Ideology, Profit
  20. Enviros: Celebrate Earth Day by Tithing $11M
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Saturday, April 20, 2013
April 20, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:37 PM :: 3680 Views
  1. Obamacare Paycuts Pushing 900 Hawaii MDs Into Retirement
  2. Hanabusa, DSCC Discuss Challenging Schatz
  3. UHPA Pushes Back Against NEA Raid, Cyberattack
  4. SB535: Illegal to Fire Your Child’s Babysitter
  5. HB634 Obstructs Sale of Businesses With Over 100 Employees
  6. Medical Marijuana Bills Delayed in Conference Committee
  7. Abercrombie Appoints Darrell T Young DHHL Deputy Director
  8. Calling All Cronies: Caldwell Announces $1.6M Cash Giveaway
  9. OHA: Profitable Non-profits Score $8M
  10. President Obama’s Budget Proposes to Make Wind and Solar Subsidies Permanent
  11. US Deploys Its Newest Missile Defense System to Guam
  12. Banner Quits Hawaii, HHSC Exec: “We’re not Going to Have Any Health Care”
  13. Abercrombie, Sign UPW Secret Four Year Contract Deal
  14. Rail opponents Confident of Victory, seek expedited hearing in appeal
  15. Lawmaker touts new draft of shield law as compromise
  16. Star-Adv: DHHL must tighten up its loan policies
  17. Another Constitutional Amendment to Keep Soft on Crime Judges Past Age 70
  18. Sidewalk Nuisance Bill Designed to Fail
  19. Barnacle Bill Leads Naming Contest
  20. Maui Mayor Vetoes Bill Amending ‘Circuit Breaker’ Tax Credit for Elderly Homeowners
  21. Sewer Breaks, City Claims it is not their Problem
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Friday, April 19, 2013
April 19, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:21 PM :: 4552 Views
  1. VIDEO: Boston Police Shootout With Muslim Bombing Suspects
  2. HB1268: Allows 999-Year DHHL Leases, Transfer to Non-Hawaiians
  3. Portnoy vs Hee on Shield Law
  4. Palila, Let’s Keep the Story Straight
  5. SB1084 Relating to Early Childhood Education Moves Forward
  6. Sequester: DoD Civilian Furloughs Still Under Review
  7. Caldwell to Sign Sidewalk Nuisance Bill
  8. Budget Negotiations: Support Puuanahulu Shooting Range
  9. Derrick Kahala Watson: Senate Confirms New Honolulu Federal Judge
  10. Paycuts Pushing 900 Hawaii MDs Into Retirement 
  11. Dollars running short with new HSTA contract; other public worker unions yet to settle
  12. With Contract Money Pocketed, HSTA Shifts Focus to Defeating Teacher Evaluations
  13. Precisely As Predicted: OHA, Trask Team Up for Geothermal Gold 
  14. Borreca: Forget Two Party System and Celebrate Gay Marriage
  15. Battle For Hawaii's Shield Law: House Pushes Back Against Senate
  16. Usual Crooks, Cronies Line Schatz' Pockets
  17. PBS Insights Discusses Homelessness
  18. Homeless preschool program earns national accreditation
  19. Teacher accused of tying up first grader
  20. Rapist and Alleged Child Molester Scores $35K from City
  21. Lawmakers Reach Agreement on Bills to Help Fix School Bus Program
  22. SB17 Energy Office Loses in Grab for Barrel Tax Money
  23. Hawaii lawmakers debate bill to create homeland security office to guard against terrorism
  24. Isle lawmakers laud Kulani decision
  25. Arrested in 2011, still no charges in county diesel fuel theft
  26. Pflueger rejects plea deal, Trial Next
  27. FBI: Hawaii Mortgage Scammers Tied to Domestic Extremist Group
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Thursday, April 18, 2013
April 18, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:03 PM :: 4746 Views
  1. Democratic Party Will File Legal Challenge Over Hawaii's Primary Election Laws
  2. HSTA Membership Ratifies Contract
  3. Audit Slams DHHL 'Lax Loan Management'
  4. Obamacare Tax Credits Target 70,000 Hawaii Households
  5. Property Seized by Mayor: Supreme Court Declines to Hear Guam Case
  6. DoE Announces 2013 Graduation Dates
  7. Democrats Closed Primary: Civil Beat Gets it Wrong
  8. Legislature Bows to HGEA, UPW: Condemns HHSC Hospitals to Bankruptcy
  9. OHA, Trask Team Up to Scam Geothermal Royalties
  10. Hawaii lawmakers debate details of preschool plan
  11. Conference Committee: Fund Big Island prison
  12. Conference Committee Members Named for Shield Law Bill
  13. City Council OKs ban on 'sidewalk nuisances'
  14. Marijuana Bills in Conference Committee Friday
  15. Hawaii forms public LTCI study bill conference committee
  16. New Immigration Proposal Is Mixed Bag For Hawaii Families
  17. Atta to Recuse Himself from New Hope Zoning, Permitting Issues
  18. Lawmakers Ask City Council Members to Stop Development Plans for Hawaii Kai Preservation Land
  19. Finmeccanica Consultants, Subcontractors to be Investigated
  20. New details emerge in Marine Corps helicopter crash near N. Korea
  21. Anti-GMO Activists Question Biofuel Grant
  22. Missile Defense: Hanabusa vs Gabbard 
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013
April 17, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:34 PM :: 4164 Views
  1. Hawaii 2nd-Worst Tax System for Small Business
  2. HSTA Convention Urges Ratification: Contract Vote Today
  3. Campaign 2014: Youthful Hawaii GOP Takes Aim at Legislature, Congress
  4. SB 1171 – Phased Archeological Inventory Surveys
  5. Hawaii Dems to sue over open primary voting system
  6. Stanford Carr Salivates over 'Community based' Plan to Develop School Lands
  7. Strategy to rebuild special education unveiled
  8. Frontrunning Council, Caldwell will reject pay raise till union contracts are inked
  9. Soft on Crime: Killer Gets Sentence Halved from 20 years, Could be out in 2016
  10. Eighteen months, probation for two men in continuous sexual assault of 4 year old girl
  11. OHA Cronies Plan Appeal of Telescope Decision
  12. Accreditation Threat Used to Push UH Hilo Pharmacy Funding
  13. Insurance Agents could Still Score Big Payoff from Health Exchange
  14. Navy Concerned About More Sequestration Cuts
  15. Schatz Draws Large Sums From Hawaii Business Leaders
  16. Will Innovative School Bus Plan Really Bring Down Costs?
  17. Kauai Chief: 'Officers We Know Should Not Be Here Are Coming Back'
  18. HB1481: Public Funding for House Candidates
  19. Ben Jay Slams UH Maintenance Failures
  20. New Hope Leeward church eyeing Kunia farmland
  21. Kaua‘i Eclectic’s ‘Abuse Chronicles’ series prompts council to lash out
  22. 60s Generation Ending a Lifetime of Failure, Desolation
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
April 16, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 10:41 PM :: 5356 Views
  1. Standing with Boston
  2. Flags Fly at Half-Staff in Honor of Boston Victims
  3. Background Checks: Senate Rejects House Amendments; SB 69 Goes to Committee Conference
  4. Judge rules against Christian innkeeper who refused to rent bedroom to lesbian couple
  5. Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted April 16, 2013
  6. Investigating the Potential for Seawater Air Conditioning in Waikiki
  7. Hawaii Suspends TB Test Requirement for Food Handlers
  8. Caldwell: City is Moving Rapidly on Road Repairs
  9. Hawaii Utilities Rank in Top 10 for Solar
  10. Campaign Strategy: Keep Abercrombie's temper and unpredictable explosiveness under control
  11. Abercrombie Refuses Senate President's Request for Water Commission Nominee List
  12. HB632: 'Cornerstone of Transparency?'
  13. Hanabusa brings in $230K as she eyes other offices
  14. Willes Lee Trashes Lingle, GOP
  15. HB642 Would Ban Firing of Workers
  16. Dozens of Hawaii Residents Standing Near Explosions at Boston Marathon are Safe
  17. Judge: Lesbians Can Force Their Way into Your Home if You Rent Out Rooms
  18. PLDC repeal heads to governor for OK
  19. Hawaii lawmakers fund health agency reorganization
  20. HB417/SB665 Subsidize MDs
  21. State to Regulate How Babies Sleep
  22. Hawaii Universities Pile on the Fees, Bumping Up Students' Bills
  23. As state, county mull marijuana laws, Project SAM seeks smart approaches
  24. Chris Deedy Defense Fund Raises $50K
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Monday, April 15, 2013
April 15, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:20 PM :: 4085 Views
  1. Bombs Explode at Boston Marathon: Two Dead, Dozens Injured
  2. Emergency Services Briefing: Lack of Emergency Rooms in West Oahu
  3. Abercrombie Anger Management Tour Hits Kakaako
  4. Slush Fund: Council Aims to De-Fund Vacant Positions
  5. LUC: IAL Tax Credits are only for Landed Aristocracy
  6. Officials: Hawaii Courts Not Clogged With Pot Cases
  7. Star-Adv: Cut Retirement Benefits Next Time
  8. The Future of Good Journalism In Hawaii Is In Peril
  9. Emails Show Abercrombie Admin Coordination of OIP Response
  10. Lege May Help Fledgling paipai industry by Cutting Red Tape
  11. TMT work may start in year
  12. OHA: Archaeological inventory surveys should be done upfront
  13. HB115 tells UH More for Mitsunaga, Less for Kobayashi
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Sunday, April 14, 2013
April 14, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:25 PM :: 3638 Views
  1. DoTax Cooking Books to Influence Legislature? HART Calls for Audit
  2. Kerry: Give Up Missile Defense for more North Korean Promises
  3. MSNBC host: Children belong to ‘whole communities’, not their parents
  4. Let Conformity Simplify Tax Filings
  5. SB858: Gender Equity on Boards and Commissions
  6. On the Menu: Extra Big Servings for HGEA
  7. 81% of New Homeless Arrive Direct from Mainland 
  8. Grabauskas: Supplemental EIS for Honolulu rail project completed
  9. Hawaii Co Councilor: Raise GE Tax to 4.5%
  10. Maui Co Energy Commissioner: "Cut Solar Tax Credits" 
  11. Pols place fear-mongering, fundraising high on agenda
  12. HB1147: Super PACs must list top donors 
  13. Obama's Sister Pushes Pre-K Voucher System
  14. City needs reasonable schedule for road repairs
  15. Hawaii Koreans rally to denounce North Korean threats
  16. The State Of The City Rhetoric
  17. UH Needs Audit, Not PR Campaign
  18. Good Work Of Catholic Charities
  19. Kauai Residents Oppose $50M Artesian Well
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Saturday, April 13, 2013
April 13, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:47 PM :: 5862 Views
  1. After Deadly Train Wreck, DC Metro Dumps Honolulu Rail Contractor Ansaldo
  2. OHA Launches Website to Coordinate Shakedown Operations
  3. House Republican Budget Update
  4. “Let ‘Em Eat Cake” Comes to Hawaii
  5. Fuel Supplier Lobbies Congress Against Jones Act
  6. Lemonade From Cuts to State Prison Spending
  7. Conference Committee to Reconvene April 15 at 9:30AM
  8. Leilehua, Baldwin, Kalani High Schools Finish FIRST in State Robotics Competition
  9. From the Grave: Inouye Money Flows to Hanabusa
  10. 120 DHHL Loans Delinquent over 5 Years --owed $82M
  11. Elimination of ‘Vacant Positions’ Slush Funds Makes Budget More Transparent
  12. Hawaii County Sham Budget Larded With 'Vacant Positions'
  13. Coal Plant Re-Starts, Oahu Electric Rates Drop 7%
  14. Homelessness: No Facilities for Elderly Mentally Ill
  15. State set to offload affordable housing
  16. Land board grants use permit for $1.3B Thirty Meter Telescope
  17. ‘Broken Windows’ Policing Comes to Waianae
  18. Geothermal Energy: Clean, safe, abundant
  19. Former Hawaii Resident Now Runs Young Leaders Program in Washington DC
  20. SB586: State, Counties Oppose Relaxing Building Codes for Farm Sheds
  21. 103 arrests, 53 convictions, 29 felonies
  22. California Suicide Seen as Opportunity to Promote Homosexuality in Hawaii Schools
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Friday, April 12, 2013
April 12, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:07 PM :: 4421 Views
  1. Budget: Conference Committee Agrees on Pension Payments at First Meeting
  2. SB987: $19K ‘Impact Fee’ for Water Meter
  3. Gabbard: Now is not the Time to Cut Missile Defense
  4. Lawmaker drops bombshell: North Korea may have nuclear missiles
  5. An Oral History: The Life of Calvin Say
  6. Abercrombie Big Spending Plans Top Conference Committee Agenda
  7. How Kaiser / HMSA Maintain Duopoly
  8. ACLU Demands Private Prison Death Records, Ignores Halawa, OCCC
  9. Changes to Hawaii’s shield law ‘ignorant of what’s going on in the media world’
  10. Politicians Agree: Don’t Read ‘Broken Trust’
  11. Obamacare: TB Test Shortage Shuts Down DoH Clearance Program
  12. Grabauskas Scores $35K Bonus, Backup power system, rail safety gates likely to cost millions more
  13. Feds Cut Rail by $14M: TheBus and rail transit Consolidation Dropped
  14. Tent City: Homeless Take Over ‘Slippah Island’
  15. Homelessness Industry Now Revolves Around ‘Occupy’
  16. Obama’s DOA Budget $410M Military Construction for Hawaii
  17. Navy rolling out bill program that rewards energy savers, punishes energy users
  18. Highest Rates in the Nation: EDF Calls it ‘Paradise’
  19. Permit fees to hurt heart of the community — opposition
  20. Meth Ring: Another Airline Worker Busted
  21. Health department: Cane burning closely monitored
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Thursday, April 11, 2013
April 11, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:46 PM :: 7969 Views
  1. Hawaiians Give Vote of No Confidence to ‘Sovereign Hawaiian Nation’
  2. Hawaii Tax Freedom Day April 14
  3. Hawaii’s First Satellite to Launch from Barking Sands
  4. Got Ethics? Apply Here to Join the Commission
  5. Hawaii: Last Chance to Stop Bill Requiring Background Checks on Legally Possessed Firearms
  6. Hawaii Ranks 13th in Access to Local Food
  7. Budget: House, Senate Conferees Named
  8. Schatz Across Hanabusa’s Bow: Campaign Reports $1.1M Raised
  9. Abercrombie Anger Management Tour Prepares for Campaign 2014
  10. SB68: More Early Release for Drug Dealers
  11. HCDA: Endangered Native Trees, Hawaiian Trails, Caves Must be Destroyed for Solar Farms
  12. Hunt Cashes in on Abercrombie Contributions, Plans 4000 Homes in Kalaeloa under HCDA Control
  13. HCDA Finally Decides to do Something With Building Vacant Since Statehood
  14. Marvin Dang Bill: Ethics Commission Rejects Mollway Letter
  15. In The Case Of This Fired Honolulu Cop, The Public Is Still In The Dark
  16. New Details in Stevie 'Wonder Blunder' Concert Fiasco Released After University Forced to Make Report Public
  17. Rail Money Could be Cut by Sequestration
  18. Federal Pork for Hawaii in Obama’s DOA Budget
  19. Sagum pleads no contest for theft
  20. Maui County officials will seek bigger TAT share
  21. TAT Cap Blamed for Hawaii County Property Tax, Gas Tax Hikes
  22. Hawaii County Elections Officers Still Trying to Sue ‘Taxedtodeath’
  23. Japan Drops the ‘M’ Bomb on Hawaii
  24. Bill Would Hinder Sale of Tesoro
  25. In just two weeks, Tesoro’s oil refinery will shut down
  26. Tech Mavens Make Final Pitch for IT Funding
  27. Campaign Contributions: A Public Option
  28. Hawaii County Council Votes to Stiff Lawyers
  29. Maui Co: 18,000 Would Have Been Hit by Toilet Tax
  30. Bill aims to expand smoking ban to all Oahu beaches, parks
  31. Clayton Hee Shuts Down Reso Calling for Freedom for Alleged Drug Dealer
  32. HB668 Medicated Marijuana Passes Senate
  33. LOL: Global Wormers Predict 6.5 foot Sea Level Rise, Quadruple Size Waves
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
April 10, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:58 PM :: 5712 Views
  1. Crossover List: House Passes More Than 150 Bills, Senate 136
  2. Testimony: Passage of SB286 Will Lead to State Court Challenge
  3. EPIC: FBI Sued over ‘Orwellian’ Hawaii Snooping Program
  4. Jones Act in the News
  5. Hearing Today: HCR189/HR150 Alternatives to Big Wind, Big Cable
  6. Land Use: Making an Environment for Those With Means
  7. No ‘Constitutional Right’ to Leave Unattended Property on the Street
  8. Gut and Replace: Committee Chairs 2 - Committee Members 0
  9. SB982 Changing the Way Votes Are Counted on Constitutional Amendments
  10. DLNR participating in Statewide Earth Month events
  11. Caldwell Rewards Campaign Chair With Zoning Board Appointment
  12. Homosexual Child Molester Wins Big at Merry Monarch Fest
  13. 2014: HHSC Hospitals Come to Dead End
  14. Hidden Unemployment 12.8% in Hawaii – Rank 17th in USA
  15. FACE Makes Excuses for Not Increasing Tip Credit
  16. If Lawmakers Spend Too Much Now, They May Have to Raise Taxes in Election Year
  17. Crossover at The Legislature
  18. Ban fundraisers during session
  19. 7 Newly Elected Democrats Offer Themselves for Sale to Highest Bidder
  20. Finally ... Rail CEO Faces Off with Opponents Over Rail Project
  21. Frivolous Claim Over Sovereignty Snags Homeowner
  22. Private Schools Fill Gap For Hawaii's Dyslexic Kids — But At High Cost
  23. BoR Claims Problem is a PR Matter
  24. Another Day, Another Escapee
  25. Accused of Attacking Japanese Tourist, Could Have Been Extradited Back to Mainland
  26. Order aerial hunting on Big Island to resume
  27. Sierra Club Used Wrong Population Projections in Support of Honolulu’s Rail
  28. Hawaii 9th Smallest Male-Female Pay Gap
  29. Is Hawaiian geothermal investigation a flight of fancy?
  30. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is a double-edged sword
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013
April 9, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:49 PM :: 4317 Views
  1. Only 9,300 Sign Up for Akaka Tribe
  2. Election Day Registration: Voters Subject to Media Hype
  3. TEA Party ‘Mastermind’ to Speak on Maui
  4. Mayor Caldwell Nominates Budget Director and Deputy Director
  5. HB252: Malama Solomon Slips Geothermal Permits into Unrelated Bill
  6. Fat City? Medicaid Punches $1.8B Hole in Budget
  7. HMSA: Obamacare Forces 9.1% Premium Hike
  8. Hee Has No Clue, Stuck in Past
  9. House, Senate Budget Conferees Named
  10. IBEW 1260 Endorses Schatz
  11. Lawmakers should vote on pay raises
  12. 28 Legislators Raise Funds During Session
  13. Council wrestles away control of vacant positions
  14. Teachers Tax Credit to Cost $3.5M/Year
  15. Cracking the Code: Are Hawaii Schools Doing Enough for Dyslexic Students?
  16. Hawaii Co Council Rejects Call for Legalized Gambling
  17. Why big development is so difficult in Hawaii
  18. OHA Grabs for Piece of Obamacare Pie
  19. Kane: KSBE Trustees Much More Hands-Off
  20. Placing AIDS Patients at Risk, Hawaii Lawmakers Open STD Treatment Option To Gays
  21. Study Claims Hyper-Thyroidism Link to Fukushima
  22. Louisville's Pitino had controversial Hawaii ties
  23. Homeless Dude Announces Next Run for Congress

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Monday, April 8, 2013
April 8, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:40 PM :: 5789 Views
  1. Creative Insolvency: EUTF to Enter ‘Shadow Insurance Industry’?
  2. Feds Give Hawaii Health Connector $128M to Pay for Overhead
  3. Solar Scam Bonds to Fund Bank of Abercrombie
  4. Abercrombie Hi Tech initiative Larded With Fat Salaries
  5. HART Takeover of TheBus?
  6. SB1171: Abercrombie Admin Seeks Phased reviews of sites to find iwi
  7. Waiting for Colleen 
  8. After All the Hype, Sequestration task Force Slow to Start
  9. Early Education: Abercrombie Making it up as He Goes Along
  10. Senate Judiciary Chair, Journalists, Battle Over Future of Journalism Shield Law
  11. Secret Digest Records Measure Pending on Third Reading
  12. Tsutsui Distraught Over Failure of Sugar Tax
  13. Bumpy Roads, Brain Injury And A $1.7 Million Pothole
  14. Weed, Whacked: Why legal pot didn’t happen in Hawaii
  15. Another Prisoner Escapes
  16. Sovereignty Activists Recruit the Next Generation in Prisons
  17. The Scraggly Tents of Resistance
  18. Librarians Urged to Show Solidarity with MRC Greenwood’s Overpaid Pick
  19. Family marks second anniversary of fatal Waikele bunker explosion
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Sunday, April 7, 2013
April 7, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:04 PM :: 4831 Views
  1. North Korea tells Russian Diplomats to get out — sets April 10 deadline
  2. Lessen Dependence on Government: Key to Strong Democracy
  3. SB893, the Marvin Dang Bill: Mollway Demands Kondo’s Head
  4. GAO: Wind Farms Double Dipping on Federal Cash Giveaways
  5. Hirono: Families Central to Immigrants’ Success
  6. Book Review: A Hawaii Middle School Counselor’s Diary of a Working Day
  7. Dr. Dennis Gonsalves Day Honors Developer of Hawaii’s GM Papaya
  8. Oxycontin Overbilling: FBI Investigating Hawaii Drug Repackagers Which Contributed to Clayton Hee, Josh Green, Karl Rhoads  
  9. In Inouye's absence, state loses big federal projects
  10. Star-Adv: The Only People Who Are Against Abercrombie/KSBE Preschool Scheme Are Religious Fundamentalists
  11. Hawaii lawmakers prepare for marathon of voting
  12. House coalition doing good job
  13. SugarDaddie Could Have Bought Legislature
  14. Petition seeks to revive bill to allow recall of Hawaii public officials
  15. GMOs: Schatz Panders to Luddites
  16. Costs put Hawaii food makers at bottom of the barrel
  17. Caldwell Puts FACE in Charge of Homelessness Industry, Star-Adv Pushes Tent Cities
  18. Families struggle to find help for mentally ill loved ones
  19. Hawaii could face criminal action over lighting suspected in seabird deaths
  20. Philanthropist Pays for City Pool Repairs
  21. Caldwell announces budget director and deputy
  22. Condo Developer Lashes out at Medicated Marijuana Users
  23. North Korea May be able to Nuke S Korea, Japan
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Saturday, April 6, 2013
April 6, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:21 PM :: 4434 Views
  1. Tax Myths Debunked
  2. North Korea tells Russian Diplomats to get out — sets April 10 deadline
  3. Investigations, staff conflict Keep Staff on Years-Long Paid Leaves from youth jail
  4. SB310 Relating to Mental Health Treatment—A Real Homeless Solution
  5. 81% of Former Foster Care Males Arrested
  6. UPDATE:  Cesspool tax flushed (for now)
  7. Mitsunaga: A focused approach to campaign contributions
  8. HB643: Sale of Business With Over 100 Employees, New Owner Cannot Fire Any of Them
  9. The GOP’s Local Youth Movement
  10. Racist Anti-GMO Activists -- Pariah
  11. UH Scientist Debunks Anti-GMOs Junk Science
  12. Hawaii PV contractor disputes solar tax credit survey
  13. HB668 Medicated Marijuana to be Regulated by Dep’t of Health
  14. Routine: Voting on Amendments that are not Written
  15. What’s Next For The State, Teachers
  16. UH drops plans for controversial lab, returns federal funding
  17. Benghazi Injured Being Silenced?
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Friday, April 5, 2013
April 5, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:44 PM :: 3497 Views
  1. School Land Pillaged By Legislature – SB 237 and HB 865


  2. Election Day Voter Registration: Invitation to Chaos and Fraud
  3. Community leaders praise new Grassroot Institute head Keli‘i Akina
  4. Stimulus Japan Style: Cost of Hawaii Vacation Jumps 3% Today
  5. To Encourage Hanabusa to Run Against Abercrombie, Trade Unions Endorse Schatz
  6. Draining the General Fund: Solar Permits up 49%
  7. Honolulu: 2nd Worst Traffic in USA
  8. Public safety Dep’t: 85 Escapes in Five Years
  9. $24B Senate budget vote sets up talks between state Senate, House
  10. Schatz: All I Can do is Complete Projects Inouye Started
  11. Don't change journalists' shield law
  12. News Clayton Hee Wishes He Could Use
  13. Hee Retaliates for Financial Disclosures
  14. Sometimes the Legislature has to be saved from itself
  15. Ritte: Shaking Down Whoever is Largest Employer on Molokai
  16. Solar Scammers Release Yet Another Self-Serving Poll
  17. Abercrombie Warns Against Verbal Bombast, Offers to Host Kim Jong Un
  18. Hawaii Medical Care Endless Hold Times
  19. Mental Homeless Person Released After Allegedly Assaulting TSA Officer
  20. Public again left to guess about arbitrators’ decisions
  21. Soda Tax Rhetoric: Sugar More Harmful than Marijuana?

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Thursday, April 4, 2013
April 4, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:04 PM :: 8135 Views
  1. From Hawaii to Virginia, are College Accreditors Overstepping their Authority?
  2. Full Text: Hawaii Senate Republican Budget Proposal
  3. House Judiciary Kills Marijuana Decriminalization Bill
  4. UH: College of Education programs align with national findings
  5. 15th Anniversary Aloha Pregnancy Center
  6. DOE to request waiver for School Improvement Grant funds
  7. Stimulus Japan Style: Cost of Hawaii Vacation Jumps 3% Today
  8. Lingle Joins US Energy Security Council
  9. Bed Making Contest: Clayton Hee vs Jessica Wooley
  10. Feds Investigate Caldwell Admin Official
  11. Schatz: No Comment on Jones Act Resos
  12. Clayton Hee Guts Reporters’ Shield Law
  13. Sen Hee Kills Anti-Gambling resolution
  14. Caldwell Lets Put Homeless in Chinatown, Waikiki and Tent City  
  15. Honolulu 3rd Worst Traffic
  16. State wants to charge homeowners who use cesspools, septic tanks 
  17. Schoolteachers' tax credit OK'd
  18. S Korea: North Korea moved missile to east coast
  19. Waihee-Harris Associate Runs Winning Mayoral Campaign in N Las Vegas 
  20. Who’s Behind Anti-GMO Movement? 
  21. Sun, surf, and spies: Hawaii a spot for clandestine agents 
  22. Cancer clinics are turning away thousands of Medicare patients. Blame the sequester.
  23. Employee raises an unknown in County budget
  24. Kaiser union plans work stoppage  
  25. Hawaii DOT Refusal to Switch Out Lights Means Likely Federal Indictment
  26. Child Molester 21 Counts, 5 years may Avoid Deportation
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
April 3, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:47 PM :: 4464 Views
  1. Full Text: Hawaii Salary Commission Pushes Legislators’ Pay Hike
  2. Want a Fine Electric Car? Not in Hawaii
  3. Charter School Network 2nd Annual Awards Dinner
  4. Full Text: Mayor Caldwell’s State of the City Speech
  5. Abercrombie: I’d Be Happy to Use Preschool to Demand Tax Increases in 2016
  6. List of People Who Gave More than $10,000 in State Races
  7. Hawaii doesn't need Election Day voter registration
  8. Star-Adv: Transfer Future UH Contracting Work from Kobayahsi to Mitsunaga
  9. UH violated open records law in Stevie Wonder investigation, OIP rules
  10. DoE: ‘Professional Development Days’ Behind Teacher Absenteeism Numbers
  11. DoE: We Keep Teachers out of Class 5 Days
  12. Vouchers: Church-Based Day Care Aced out by KSBE Money Grab
  13. Arizona Transgender Intends to Use Suit to ‘Legitimize’ Hawaii Transsexual marriage
  14. State nurses awarded 8% pay raise
  15. Community Anti-Obesity Effort:  Hawaii Hospitals Faking It
  16. Hawaii Advances Public Financing Bill
  17. Hawaii Senate committee to vote on shield law
  18. Hawaii Bankers Assn Backs Gambling Bill
  19. PLDC: Police investigate So-Called ‘threats’ to Solomon, DelaCruz
  20. Officials' proposals at odds but all tackle homelessness
  21. US to move Missile Defense System to Guam after North Korea threats
  22. Grassroot Board Split Over New President
  23. Workforce housing tower proposed in Kakaako
  24. Global Cooling Alert: Hawaii Hits Record Low Temps
  25. Hawaiian Electric can recoup costs of Big Wind studies from customers
  26. Big Rooftop Solar Panels Make Sense in Hawaii - Without Any Subsidies!
  27. Greek Shipowner Moves LNG Tankers to USA
  28. UH Manoa Cracks Down on Bums
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013
April 2, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:11 PM :: 6116 Views
  1. Hawaii Impact? Supreme Court Rejects Texas Reapportionment Case
  2. 15 Years Without Global Warming
  3. Today's top headlines for Lanai: News or April Fools?
  4. Hyeonseo Lee: My escape from North Korea
  5. China mobilizing troops, jets near Korea
  6. HB903: Toilet Tax movement in Legislature
  7. Legislators May Cut Income Tax
  8. Abercrombie not doing well in attempts to raise taxes
  9. UH Contracts: Legislators Move Closer to Snatching Kobayashi’s Sweet Deal
  10. Workboat Magazine: Don’t limit Jones Act reform
  11. KSBE Cites Six ‘Myths’ in Push for Preschool Voucher Program
  12. Clayton Hee Celebrates National Atheists Day
  13. Teacher Subs Lawsuit Could Cost Hawaii Taxpayers $75M
  14. Mayor open to a 4% pay raise
  15. Hawaii House to Vote on Bill to Protect Absentee Ballot Process
  16. Proposed changes to bill aimed at tightening gambling law
  17. Apoloiona: Akana is Sophomoric, Cheap, Irresponsible
  18. Pot Arrests Don't Clog System
  19. Hawaii senators propose judiciary, OHA budgets
  20. Pentagon comptroller says no furloughs past September
  21. Backlog forcing thousands to renew vehicle registrations in-person
  22. Taxes Already Too High on Tobacco Products Sold in Hawaii
  23. Craft Brewers Face Regulatory Challenges
  24. Giant 'golf ball' radar ship to monitor North Korea
  25. Mililani school raises funds for computers
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Monday, April 1, 2013
April 1, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:27 PM :: 3228 Views
  1. Hawaii: Worst State to Make a Living
  2. Anti-GMO Activist: Crazy Hawaiians Make us Look Bad
  3. SJR12: Schatz, Hirono Tinker with Hawaiian Homelands Blood Quantum
  4. Transsexual 'Marriage': Court Challenges Gender Change on Hawaii Birth Certificate
  5. WAM Votes for Semi-Clean repeal of Public Land Development Corp.
  6. Star-Adv: PPPA May be Converted to PLDC in Conference Committee
  7. Commission proposes 4 percent raises for mayor and city officials
  8. State Burns $140K per Acre to turn farmland into farmland
  9. SA: Natural Beauty Allows Hawaii to Enact Bad Laws
  10. Patient responsive months after end-of-life case
  11. HPD Lieutenant charged with drunk driving after Crashing into Parked Car in Waikiki
  12. HFP only 1% Female
  13. Longer Wait For Disability Benefits In VA Secretary's Home State
  14. Heterosexuals Only: Hawaii Bill Limits Chlamydia Treatment
  15. Hitler Invented Term ‘Assault Rifle’
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Sunday, March 31, 2013
March 31, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:52 PM :: 4147 Views
  1. Anti-GMO Activist: Crazy Hawaiians Make us Look Bad
  2. Key to Tax Relief Lies in Repeal of Tax “Loopholes”
  3. DLNR Reopens Kealakekua Bay to Two Kayak Operators
  4. Schatz Campaign Kickoff: Abercrombie Compares Opponents to Dictators, Authoritarians
  5. Abercrombie Must Choose Between ‘New Day’ and Paying Off Unions
  6. Legislators to UH: Shut Down Kobayashi, Give Mitsunaga Some Contracts
  7. GMO Labels Convey false Information
  8. Innovation: State Spends $8M to Spread Ignorance
  9. Hawaii Scores ‘F’ on Medical Consumer Cost Information
  10. Dial back borrowing for road repairs
  11. HPD lieutenant arrested for alleged DUI
  12. Police give dozens of $500 Alcohol Citations to Spring Breakers
  13. 400,000 Emergency Room Admissions for Marijuana

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Saturday, March 30, 2013
March 30, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:26 PM :: 4708 Views
  1. Photos: N Korea Dictator Signs Missile Orders in Front of Map Targeting Hawaii, Guam
  2. VIDEO: Kalaeloa Solar Illegal Heavy Equipment Crushes Hawaiian Caves
  3. Two former POWs visit wounded warriors, share stories of resilience, hope
  4. Star-Advertiser Backs Jones Act Reform
  5. Hawaii Schools Win Big in TV Journalism Competition
  6. Hawaii Medal of Honor: Honoring the Fallen
  7. Report: Hawaii 47th in Freedom
  8. Chaos 2014: Hanabusa vs Abercrombie, Gabbard vs Schatz
  9. Twenty-year hiatus in rising temperatures has climate ‘scientists’ puzzled
  10. Hawaii = Not Much Support For Gay Marriage
  11. Sequestration delivers major blow to health care
  12. Family Health Hawaii Aims for Lower Rates on Health Exchange
  13. Molokai Shooter Had Major Mental Illness, Was Free to Walk Streets in Hawaii
  14. Civil Beat Marks Third Anniversary
  15. Pro-Akaka Bill Congressman apologizes for using racial slur
  16. Kona prison plan resurrected
  17. State elections may get permanent public option
  18. Schatz Launches barely Disguised Campaign Swing thru State
  19. Honolulu has sixth-strongest local economy in the United States
  20. Consent Decree on Disputed Pepe`ekeo Power Plant
  21. Bernie Bicoy Obituary

 

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