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Friday, March 29, 2013
March 29, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:59 PM :: 5771 Views
  1. State Inspects 90% Fewer Scales, 78% Fewer Gas Pumps Since 2010
  2. House GOP: "Senate bills would increase taxes and fees"
  3. Hawaii Republican Assembly: "You Can Stop Bad Ideas"
  4. SHPD Pilot Project to Monitor Big Island Archaeological Sites
  5. Honolulu Rail and the Uniform Relocation Act
  6. Governor Announces Nominations to Land Board, Water Commission
  7. After Waiving $18M, City Again Begins Collecting Solar Inspection Fees
  8. Hawaii Construction Forecast: Construction Upswing Picks Up Speed
  9. Hawaii's Good Friday Holiday - What's Up With That?
  10. Hirono Announces State Office Staff Appointments
  11. Abercrombie Turns 5 Percent of Prisoners Loose—First Kidnapping Reported
  12. Doubling Number of inmates on furlough – Plan is Expected to bring more escapes
  13. Absentee Voting Fraud Remains Legal as Clayton Hee Kills ‘Romy Cachola Bill’
  14. PBN: Teacher Evaluations are Fake if no Firings
  15. Cut blogs from press law, state urges
  16. Star-Adv: Don't raise film industry tax credit
  17. School Lands Development Scheme Heads for Secret Conference Committee
  18. Lawmakers endorse extended foster care
  19. Borreca Deeply Disappointed that GOP Will Not Embrace Gay Marriage
  20. Arizona Judge Not Fooled by Hawaii Transsexual Marriage
  21. Running Scared: Schatz To Kick Off Re-Election Campaign
  22. 200 Airmen and B-52s Deploying From N. Dakota to Guam
  23. Severe Turbulence Rocks Solar Industry
  24. Little Interest In GMO Labeling Study Resolution
  25. Racist Anti-GMO Activist Attacks Farmer
  26. Anti-GMO Protesters Terrorize Farmers, Destroy ‘Aina
  27. HB31: Senate President Could Still Save Bus Riders from Homelessness Industry harassment
  28. TheBus Privatized to Save Teamsters from HGEA, UPW
  29. Honolulu Council Moves Kawamoto Bill, Limited-Service Hotels
  30. Could Maui form a municipal utility?
  31. Price rises for Honolulu Seawater A/C project
  32. Publicly Funded Elections Bill Clears Senate Money Committee
  33. Hawaii Senate committee approves open data bill
  34. Solar Panels: Electrocution Hazard for Firefighters
  35. Koko Head Shooting Range Hours Extended
  36. Former Filipino Chamber President Charged in Ponzi Scheme
  37. Possible Downtown WalMart Plan Praised
  38. Hawaii County Council Drops Marijuana Decriminalization Reso
  39. Marijuana, Meth: Drug Dealers Charged in Hilo Have 50 Priors
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Thursday, March 28, 2013
March 28, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:15 PM :: 5644 Views
  1. Hawaii Senate Committee on Ways and Means Passes State Budget Bill
  2. ICA Hears Case Challenging State Ownership of Mineral, Geothermal Rights
  3. Application Deadline to Serve on State Ethics and Campaign Spending Commissions is March 31
  4. Teens wanted for Hawaii Meth Project advisory council
  5. Star-Adv Backs Jones Act Reform
  6. ‘Bare Bones’ Senate Budget Funds 1000 Vacant Positions, Phony ‘Hi-Tech’ Tax Credits
  7. $22K raise proposed for Kenoi: 19.8% for Hawaii Co Execs
  8. Pentagon cuts number of furlough days
  9. Calvin Say Hires Scott Saiki's GOP Opponent
  10. Senate WAM to Consider PLDC Repeal Today
  11. Statewide, Only Seven People Spent Time in Jail for Marijuana Last Year
  12. UH abandons controversial plan to build expensive bio lab
  13. Lawmakers push forward school land bills
  14. State Senate: Audit The University of Hawaii
  15. Teacher on contract: Devil is in the details
  16. Hawaii Case Waits on Supreme Court
  17. Open Lewdness: Naked Homosexuals Steal Mokuleia Beach from North Shore Locals
  18. Suicide Squad Targets Waimanalo in Push to Eliminate Excess Hawaiians
  19. Top cops join anti-pot rally
  20. Hearings Thursday On GMO, Atrazine Resolutions
  21. Eradication: Big Island Senators Ignore Hunters
  22. State to develop Kunia Ag Park as live-work units
  23. LOL! Kuokoa backs away from Hawaiian Electric takeover for ‘restructuring’
  24. Community, individual acts can best government's work
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
March 27, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 9:15 PM :: 4762 Views
  1. Hawaii Health Insurance Rates to Rise 12% to 21% Next Year
  2. USPIRG Flunks Hawaii on Tax Credit Secrecy
  3. Scientology: Hawaii House Resolution Honors Group Tied to 'Torture', 'Concentration Camps'
  4. 19 families to receive Hawaii Medal of Honor Today
  5. Budget: Is Neil Abercrombie Four Times the Man Jack Burns Was?
  6. Big Media Splash for Launch of Hawaii House Jones Act Resolutions
  7. NRA: Background Check Bill Makes Final Committee Stop
  8. Honolulu Tops Nation for 'Emotional Health'
  9. Organic Spinach Recall Precedes Hawaii E-Coli Outbreak
  10. NFIB to Lobby Against Minimum Wage Hike Today
  11. Reason: America's Loneliest Senator: Hawaii's Lone Ranger Sam Slom
  12. Hanabusa More Interested in Taking on Abercrombie
  13. League of Conservation Voters Endorses Schatz
  14. “What Happens in Caucus Stays in Caucus” – Mazie Hirono Joins ‘Silent Senators’
  15. HR169: Cabanilla, Souki Retaliate on Arts Commission for Ratting Out Hanohano
  16. Defending Molester Lobby, Clayton Hee Screams ‘Racism’
  17. HRC, Lambda Were Legal Against Gay Marriage in 1990s Hawaii
  18. Slom: HSTA Wins, Taxpayers Lose
  19. Disney, Abercrombie, Caldwell Team up with media for Film Tax Credit Agit-Prop Show
  20. Star-Adv: UH efficiency study a good sign
  21. Lawmakers Say School Bus Fiasco Finally Shaping Up
  22. SB1340: Extend care for foster children up to age 21
  23. Hawaii Co Councilman Cancels Shady $1000/plate Fundraiser
  24. Time To Ban Campaign Donations During Session?
  25. Twice-fired TSA manager gets his job back AGAIN after judge rules he was unfairly sacked in Hawaii baggage-checking scandal
  26. ‘Naturopathic’ Midwife Sued for Malpractice
  27. Claim: Pot Hole Does $2000 Damage to Car
  28. Kuhio Day: How The Royal Hawaiian Band Ended Up in the County of Honolulu
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013
March 26, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:09 PM :: 4656 Views
  1. NKorea Threatens Attacks on Guam, Hawaii, US Mainland
  2. Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted March 25, 2013
  3. Hawaii Jihadi Convicted, Could Get 21 Years
  4. Request Hearings for Jones Act Reform Resolutions
  5. Rally Against Marijuana Decriminalization
  6. Wednesday is Tax and Budget Day at Ways and Means
  7. Is HSTA Contract Enough for Abercrombie to Buy Reelection?
  8. HSTA Contract Proposal Sets off Budget Avalanche
  9. $333M: How the state will pay for the teachers’ contract
  10. 60-40 Healthcare Deal May be Biggest Ticket Item 
  11. Task Force Teacher Praises Educator Effectiveness System
  12. Doubling Number of inmates on furlough – Plan is Expected to bring more escapes
  13. Soft on Crime: Alleged Molokai Shooter Had Multiple Convictions
  14. State Senators Want Gay Marriage Impact Study
  15. Caldwell Admin to draft plan for homelessness by May Day
  16. Ethics: Should UH Administrators, Regents Get Free UH Athletic Tickets?
  17. Money speaks loudly for Lobbyist Duo
  18. AG: Enviros Rule Over Hawaii County Voters
  19. New Maui Budget Proposal Full of Tax Hikes, Rate Increases
  20. Potholes: Caldwell Administration Debates WAPNFFS
  21. Bus riders welcome route's comeback
  22. Former parks deputy to pay $2K in ethics case
  23. Resolution calls for ocean-safety videos on flights
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Monday, March 25, 2013
March 25, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:33 PM :: 5459 Views
  1. Company With Ties to Abercrombie, DelaCruz Seeks $200M from Legislature
  2. HSTA, DoE Announce Tentative Contract Agreement
  3. Taxes, Marriage, PLDC Top Agenda for Hawaii Republican Assembly
  4. Tax Cut or More Giveaways to Tax Credit Scammers?
  5. Leading Progressive Columnist Makes Complete Fool of Herself
  6. For the First Time, Welfare to Work is Being Enforced in Hawaii
  7. Concerns arise over $150M Road Repair Plan
  8. UH Spending Millions On PR Efforts
  9. Pflueger Honda Changes Name after Bad Publicity
  10. Star-Adv Cheers as Legislature Risks Closure of HMC West
  11. Failed education bills demoted to resolutions
  12. Wooley Pens Anti-GMO Screed
  13. 800 Protest Postal Cuts
  14. Grove Farm IAL Designation Tied to Biofuel Scheme
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Sunday, March 24, 2013
March 24, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:29 PM :: 5111 Views
  1. Knee-Jerk Reaction Leads to Just More Money
  2. The Brighter Side: Honoring Human Achievement
  3. Sequestration: Pacific Fleet Cancels Deployments
  4. VIDEO Panos 2050: Earthquakes, Energy Supply, Tsunamis, Taxes and ... Politicians Local and International Threats to Hawaii's Sustainability
  5. Running for Congress: Chang, Kenoi, Espero, Tsutsui, Kim?
  6. Tsutsui to Open Offices in all Four Counties?
  7. Anti-GMO Activists Should Go Back to Home Planet
  8. Senate to debate Tax Credit Giveaways, School Land Development Schemes
  9. Millions for Affordable Housing
  10. Star-Adv Tries to Salvage Early Education Giveaway to KSBE
  11. Kam Schools Continues Push for Preschool Program Which Will Line its Pockets
  12. Quality of health care is not on unions’ agenda
  13. Hawaii Resolutions Call for Same Jones Act Exemption that Guam Now Has
  14. WHT Keeping Up With the Jones Act
  15. Hawaii Suit on Hold Awaiting Supreme Court Gay ‘Marriage’ Case
  16. Sen Ruderman Admits he is Unable to Understand Geothermal Bill
  17. Kenoi: Drunk Election Workers OK by Me
  18. Hemp Bill Passes Second Reading in Hawaii Senate
  19. Hawaii County to Change all Streetlights to LED
  20. Street analysis uncovers worst of the worst
  21. Tesoro Closure Will not Squeeze Asphalt Supply
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Saturday, March 23, 2013
March 23, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:05 PM :: 5273 Views
  1. 471 Register as Honolulu Neighborhood Board Candidates
  2. Hirono, Schatz Cast Decisive Votes as Senate Passes Trillion Dollar Tax Hike
  3. Governor Releases $26.2 Million for Education Facilities Statewide
  4. Senate Budget Bill to Fund 900 Vacant Positions, Abercrombie Preschool Scheme
  5. University of Hawaii President 348 Days of Travel and Vacation in Four Years
  6. Report: UH Professors Have 33% Fewer Students, Work 39% Fewer Hours Than Average
  7. Star-Adv Covers Bipartisan House Jones Act Resolution
  8. DelaCruz Proposes State Run Collectivized Agriculture
  9. Star-Adv: Lets Sponsor a State-Wide Pot Party
  10. Clayton Hee: City May Not Roust Sleeping Bums from Bus Stops 
  11. Punatics Hyperventilate over Geothermal Steam Release
  12. Steven Tyler Act stalls in Hawaii
  13. Tracking bills on your smartphone with a free RSS reader
  14. Revamped state websites lack access to minutes
  15. Hawaii House committee defers gambling resolution
  16. Hawaii Shippers Council: GAO’s Jones Act Report Is Inconclusive
  17. Judge calls federal espionage accusation into doubt
  18. At Legislative Town Hall, East Oahu Residents Express Outrage Over Proposed KSBE Development on Preservation Land
  19. Sierra Club Leader Lost on Mauna Kea
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Friday, March 22, 2013
March 22, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:12 PM :: 6523 Views
  1. Preemptive Strike: UHPA Endorses Schatz
  2. VIDEO: Homosexual Child Molester Describes 40 Years of Abuse
  3. SR123/SCR166: Activists Push Gay Marriage Task Force
  4. Biofuel: Hawaiian Electric Agrees to Drop Rate Hike
  5. Grabbing for OHA Cronies’ Support: Schatz, Hirono Tag Team vs Hanabusa
  6. Schatz Kisses up to OHA Cronies Some More
  7. Racist Anti-GMO Activist forced to Apologize for “Go back to Japan”
  8. Bill for GMO labels fails; study sought 
  9. HSTA Money Grab: Complains About Ed Reform Consultants
  10. Greenwood defends UH to academic watchdog
  11. Middle schoolers need attention, too
  12. Substitute teachers due pay can expect it later this year
  13. Abercrombie is Point Man in UH Futile Push for Obama Library
  14. Homeless Tent City back after city cleans up Ala Wai site
  15. Gil Riviere Announces Primary Challenge to Richard Fale
  16. Police Misconduct Bill Teeters In Hawaii House Under Union Criticism
  17. Profiling members of the Honolulu Planning Commission
  18. Honolulu City Auditor Investigates Rail
  19. Rail cars will have 20 more seats; critic predicts low ridership
  20. Women's prison guard indicted on sex assault, more victims alleged
  21. Kalaeloa Air Traffic Control to be Spared Sequestration Cuts
  22. Gun Violence Drops as Gun Sales Soar
  23. Hundreds of Honolulu property owners notified of rockfall hazards 
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Thursday, March 21, 2013
March 21, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:06 PM :: 7032 Views
  1. House Oversight Hearing on Recognition of New Tribes -- Akaka Tribe Brushback
  2. House Ethics Investigating Alaska Rep Don Young
  3. Atheists Push to Exclude Church Preschools from Early Learning
  4. AARP: Health Connector Transparency Legislation Did Not Pass
  5. Compassionate Care Versus Religious Freedom
  6. NFL: Pro Bowl in Hawaii One More Year
  7. Out of Reach: Hawaii Most Expensive Housing in Nation
  8. 5,000 Petition Abercrombie to Keep Tesoro Open
  9. Rep. Ward urges Jones Act reform
  10. GAO Releases Jones Act Puerto Rico report
  11. Honolulu City Auditor Survey: Environment Great, Living Tough
  12. Schatz Bill Would Expand National Parks in Hawaii, Pacific
  13. Online Travel Companies Ordered to Pay $70M, Appeal Planned
  14. Hawaii Firearm Permits Set New Record in 2012
  15. UH Contracting: Minaai Career Begins With 1982 Election Fraud
  16. Distraction and Diversion: Legislators Set to Score 25% Pay Hike While Rejecting Additional 2% Hike
  17. Hanabusa to Announce Plans in Next Several Weeks
  18. Suicide Squad Helps Insurance Company by Preparing to Kill Off Expensive HIV Patient
  19. Greenwood Admits Overstepping Authority
  20. Proposed Oahu fuel tax fails to pass first reading
  21. Hawaii lawmakers advance new development agency
  22. Hawaii federal employees protest furloughs
  23. OHA Trustee Says $21M Property Deal Was Shady
  24. Solar Scammers Rally to Continue Looting General Fund
  25. SB1196: Tax Collectors Step up Harassment of Farmers Market Vendors
  26. Supreme Court to hear arguments in Hapa Trail case
  27. Hawaii senators advance social-media privacy bill
  28. Funding approved for more seats on Oahu rail transit system
  29. Hilo $1.9M Water Tank Sits Empty 10 Years, Water Dept Seeks Rate Hike
  30. Honolulu International Airport to get $750M makeover
  31. Why Is Hawaii The Only State Without A Statewide Police Standards Board?
  32. Hawaii Elections May Soon Get Public Funding, More Transparency
  33. OHA Primary Election Bill Needed To Stop Recycling Trustees

 

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Wednesday, March 20, 2013
March 20, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:28 PM :: 5753 Views
  1. Legislative Maneuver Means PLDC Goes to Secret Conference Committee
  2. Stanley Chang Running for CD1?
  3. VIDEO: HCDA Bulldozes Ancient Hawaiian Trails for Solar Farm
  4. Rush Limbaugh on Akaka Bill: These are the people that asked to join this country and now they're trying to distance themselves
  5. Wind Power Down, Natural Gas Way Up
  6. Tsutsui to Meet Arne Duncan in DC
  7. DoE Launches Leadership Institute for Principals
  8. Abercrombie Names Three to UH Board of Regents
  9. Rhoads Bill: Marijuana Legal for Juveniles, Illegal for Adults 
  10. Schatz: Rail Money Could be Delayed due to Budget Impasse
  11. Anti-GMO Mob Attacking Kauai Farm Workers
  12. Pflueger Beats Tax Rap, Manslaughter Next
  13. CoR Inspires DoE Money Grab
  14. UH Manoa Faculty Jealous of New Librarian Pay
  15. State Departments urge Senate to Fund Vacant Positions
  16. Shapiro: Hanohano Endangers Support for Hawaiian Sovereignty
  17. Honolulu Ethics: Three Investigators Oversee Massive Criminal Organization
  18. Occupy Honolulu protesters plan City Hall sleepover
  19. Hawaii's Rising Truancy Problem Leaves Lawmakers Scrambling
  20. Online travel companies ordered to pay state $70M in penalties due to unpaid General Excise Tax
  21. Payment Protection: Credit card companies call Hawaii AG’s petition for appeal weak
  22. Anti-Geothermal bill evolves
  23. Film tax credit advances
  24. UH System to Load Athletic Debt on UH Manoa
  25. Legislators Ignore SB692 to Restrain Pickup Bed Passengers
  26. SB642: Cigars Can Be Displayed, Cigarettes Cannot
  27. Sequester Puts 200 People on the Road
  28. Woman at center of spy allegations not Arrested
  29. Tulsi Gabbard Appears in Reality TV Show
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
March 19, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:17 PM :: 5325 Views
  1. Hawaii Scores ‘F’ on Health Care Price Transparency Laws
  2. Sunburned by Corporate Welfare
  3. Notable bills to be heard this week
  4. New Governor Seeks Jones Act exemption to grow Puerto Rican Economy
  5. Abercrombie: Hotel Industry TAT Concerns are "Propaganda"
  6. SB69: Gun Registration Bill to be Heard Today
  7. Hawaii Republican Party Growth and Opportunity Project
  8. Hawaii GOP Chair Tours S. Korea With President Bush
  9. Defense Contractor Charged in Hawaii with Communicating Classified Information
  10. Hero Clarence Nishihara Defends Science Against Religious Fanatics
  11. Coal Plant Shutdown raises HECO rates 9%
  12. Proposal aims to increase hotel room tax by 2%
  13. School land bill moves forward in Hawaii Senate
  14. Hawaii Preschool Plan in Crunch as Advocates Vow to Restore Funding
  15. Legislators to Get $10K Pay Hike
  16. Bill: Let City Have Greater Share Of Rail Surcharge
  17. House committee wants to increase tax on luxury home sales
  18. Borreca Defends Molester Lobby
  19. So-Called Consumer Advocate: Oahu Residents Should Pick Up Tab For Aina Koa Pono Project
  20. Legislators Yank Funding for UHH School of Pharmacy Building
  21. Sand Island Business Association–Money & Politics
  22. Budget Actions in D.C. This Week Will Mean Tough Choices For Hawaii
  23. Malulani Activist Endorses Banner Takeover of MMMC
  24. Smart Grids Need to Be Evaluated With Cost Benefit Analysis
  25. Solid waste contract would cloud Hawaii County waste-to-energy
  26. Honeytrap: Honolulu Defense Worker Charged with Nuclear Espionage

 

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Monday, March 18, 2013
March 18, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:15 PM :: 5269 Views
  1. Monday, March 18: Hawaii Statehood
  2. PPPA: PLDC Bait and Switch? Next Hearing March 19
  3. Homeless tent cities: Seattle’s decade-long nightmare coming to Honolulu?
  4. Jones Act: Five House Reps Introduce Resolution Urging Reform
  5. Doomed: Schatz “Not Looking Beyond 2014”
  6. Schatz too Weak to Unify Delegation on Akaka Bill, Working on End-Run Around Congress 
  7. Hanabusa Interviewed by Indian Country Today
  8. Who Runs the University?  Star-Adv Pushes Back against WAC
  9. Tax Cut More Effective than Minimum Wage Hike
  10. Legislature might exempt meat processors and sales of isle produce from the state's GE Tax
  11. Bills cleared to stem private money in elections
  12. Hawaii Police Union Bargains In Secret, Leaves Public Wondering
  13. Escapee Misses Two More Court Dates
  14. SB170: HTA to Support ‘Cultural Practitioners’
  15. HSTA Member Fails to Get Workers Comp for ‘VOG’
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Sunday, March 17, 2013
March 17, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:18 PM :: 6302 Views
  1. Key to Hawaii’s Future is Business Climate
  2. Political Future? Djou Speaks, Lingle on Tap
  3. Saddam Hussein's Honolulu Airplane Bomber to be Released Early
  4. Video: Hawaii Advisory Team Postures Afghan Police for Counter-IED Success
  5. HB411/SB1109: Will Legislators Force HMC Hospitals to Close -- Again?
  6. Homelessness Industry: Stanley Chang’s $77M Push for Tent City
  7. SB946: $520M/year to Pay for Retirees Health Care
  8. Team Oxycontin Reunites for Ethics Bill Kabuki
  9. Clayton Hee Helps Campaign Contributor Evade Ethics Problem
  10. Shapiro: Clayton Hee is a Chihuahua
  11. Crooks, Cronies Meet at Abercrombie Fundraiser
  12. Bigger tip credit would ease wage increase
  13. Approve bills to fix schools bus system
  14. High cost of recycling glass bottles shatters eco-efforts
  15. Kauai Budget Proposes Millions in New Taxes
  16. PCBs found in Kauai water tank
  17. Outrigger raises a few eyebrows with appeal of Waikiki retail project
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Saturday, March 16, 2013
March 16, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:41 PM :: 4985 Views
  1. UH Federalist Society: "Litigating for Liberty: Non-traditional Public Interest Law"
  2. Commission Approves Charter School Accountability Contract
  3. HCR 189: "No Big Wind, No Big Cable"
  4. List of Tax Measures Moving in Legislature Totals Seven Pages
  5. Honolulu County Republican Party Convention
  6. Alleged Homosexual Child Predator at Kamehameha “could have been going on for years”
  7. Legislator, Perfesser Claim Molesters Have no Friends Here
  8. Hawaii ERS to Become Captive Insurance Company?
  9. Hawaii House committee advances gun control bill
  10. Josh Green Committee Rejects hospital privatization, Approves Worthless Task Force Instead
  11. Will Clayton Hee Kill ‘Shield’ Law
  12. New UH Librarian's $195K salary brings criticism
  13. Obama Library Push Creates Excuses for 13 UH Junkets
  14. Homelessness Industry to ‘Occupy’ Honolulu Hale
  15. US to beef up missile defense as Norks Fire Missiles into Sea of Japan
  16. Land acquisition for rail could face legal action down the track
  17. Counties risk losing revenue from public utility franchise tax
  18. Board of Water Supply looking for developers to take over its location
  19. Rand Paul mocks federally funded study on menus for astronauts
  20. DOA: Hanabusa Proposes Two no-hope COFA Funding Measures
  21. PGV operations back to normal
  22. KIUC Candidates Reject Rate Cuts, Waste to Energy
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Friday, March 15, 2013
March 15, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:29 PM :: 5014 Views
  1. SB286: Solomon Decision Allows Legislature to Define 'Permanent Resident'
  2. Could Repeal of the Jones Act Actually Happen?
  3. VIDEO: Why does Hawaii oppose Jessica's Law?
  4. Another Homosexual Child Predator busted? This Time at Kamehameha
  5. Solomon: Hawaii 'On The Verge Of Bankruptcy'
  6. PPPC: Counties Will be Able to Exempt Projects?
  7. Mayor pushes gas tax hike, pegs average cost at $21.45 a year
  8. GMO crops could trigger another Green Revolution
  9. Only 28% Would Vote for Abercrombie for Governor
  10. CB: At The Legislature Today
  11. Counties Skeptical About Election Day Voter Registration
  12. House Judiciary Approves Marijuana Decriminalization Bill
  13. Corruption Studies: Potential Growth Industry for Hawaii
  14. More than 2,000 teachers protest lack of contract at Capitol
  15. Community key to creating programs in middle schools
  16. Broken Trustee Joins Ritte in Atrazine Hype
  17. Advocates urge lawmakers to adopt preschool bills
  18. Prisons chief wants new tests to gauge guards
  19. Honolulu Rail: A Textbook Case Of Poor Planning, Denial And Diversion
  20. Kauai Dam Breach Tragedy Still Not Resolved 7 Years After 7 People Were Killed
  21. Hawaii’s Favorite Gun - Who Owns It and Why
  22. New health insurer to set up shop
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Thursday, March 14, 2013
March 14, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:04 PM :: 4789 Views
  1. Dick Rowland: 83 Years Young and Still Fighting for Liberty
  2. House GOP: "Many Bad Bills Did Not Pass"
  3. House approves $23.25B budget
  4. McCain: OHA Cronies Milk Defense Budget for Millions
  5. Republican Caucus Commends Fiscally Conservative Hawaii House Budget
  6. Chevron Drives Kitimat LNG Export Project Forward
  7. WAC: Legislature Endangers UH Accreditation
  8. Report: Hawaii Beer Distributors Generate 850 Direct Jobs, $200 Million
  9. Horizon Lines Loses $94.7M for 2012
  10. Hawaii ranked seventh in U.S. for solar energy
  11. Feds Investigating Hawaii Blind-Deaf School Homosexual Rape Gang
  12. Council on Revenues Upgrades Hawaii Fiscal Forecast as House Passes Budget
  13. $66M -- Legislators permit raise in jobless tax
  14. Ending state-worker over payments proving tough and costly
  15. Hawaii DoE to Participate in Maine Laptop Contract?
  16. Solar: Nine Months and Still No Inspection
  17. Josh Green Calls Other Doctors Corrupt
  18. Non-Apology, Apology: Is Rep. Hanohano Really Sorry for Her Racist Rant?
  19. State prisons suspend correction officer recruitment, delay training class
  20. Bills would help rein in school bus costs
  21. House committee advances solar tax credit bill
  22. Hawaii Shield Law: Journalists Struggle To Hold On To Legal Rights
  23. Hawaii Senate Stiffens Adult Care Home Online Inspections Bill
  24. Hawaii House committee advances foster care bill
  25. Hawaii House committee OKs e-cigarette youth ban
  26. PGV outage triggers alarm
  27. Spaceport skepticism
  28. Hawaii population up 1 percent, to 1,392,313 residents
  29. Former Hawaii State Planned Parenthood Director: 30 days in jail
  30. Hui wants developer's permits to be revoked by city for good
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
March 13, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:08 PM :: 5103 Views
  1. Argentine Jorge Bergoglio Elected Pope—Will be Pope Francis
  2. WAC: Legislature Endangers UH Accreditation
  3. UH Mānoa Law School leaps 26 points in rankings
  4. Kauai County Smacks Down Hype: "No Atrazine in Water Supply"
  5. SB286: Solomon Decision Allows Legislature to Define 'Permanent Resident'
  6. Schatz Proposes $180 Billion Carbon Tax
  7. Hawaii Gun Registration Bill to be Heard this Thursday
  8. Hawaii Meth Project Foundation Joins The Partnership at Drugfree.org
  9. Hawaii Had Lowest Election Turnout in Nation – 44.1%
  10. HR29: Gambling tries to Slip in Via Resolution
  11. Hawaii's state revenues 12% higher than last year
  12. Thousands of Hawaii Teachers Expected to Rally at Capitol Tomorrow
  13. University of Hawaii Procurement Under Fire for Wasting Millions of Dollars on Fraud and Corruption
  14. Shapiro: Souki-led House majority has delivered solid agenda
  15. Cash Call: Tsutsui, Kidani 
  16. SB51: Sand Island Land Swap
  17. CBAs an Alternative to PLDC?
  18. Question study on gay tourism
  19. Star-Adv: Leave GMOs to the Feds
  20. Native Hawaiian Filmmaker Asks Lawmakers to Extend Journalism Shield Bill
  21. $26.6 Million to Settle Lawsuits Against the State
  22. Rock Climbers vs Trial Lawyers
  23. Bill: Prohibit ‘Biased-Based’ Policing
  24. HB1481: Bigger Welfare Payments for Wanna-Be Politicians
  25. SB573: Back-Door Pay Hike for HSTA
  26. Lax military in Hawaii led to California cops' deaths
  27. Sen Sam Slom on The O'Reilly Factor 
  28. Steven Tyler on Hawaii's 'Steven Tyler Act': 'Now I Can Walk Around Naked'
  29. Caldwell: Keep Waimanalo Gulch Open
  30. City suspends Jeff Stone’s Aina Haina permit
  31. Electric Car Chargers Have only 700 Customers
  32. Hawaii Supreme Court to decide whether a ‘medical’ marijuana user can be stopped at the airport for carrying his ‘medicine’
  33. I Aloha Molokai -- Celebrate Our Way of Life
  34. Small Business Day at the State Capitol is March 27
  35. Commander Of U.S. Pacific Forces Says Global Warming Is Our Top Threat
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
March 12, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:19 PM :: 8042 Views
  1. SB286: Solomon Decision Allows Legislature to Define 'Permanent Resident'
  2. Sunlight: Hawaii Scores 'C' for Transparency
  3. Organic Profiteers: 15% Sales Boost from Anti-GMO Hype
  4. Hawaii: Gun Registration Bill Passes the Senate
  5. RFP: Hawaii Health Connector Seeks Seamless Customer Experience
  6. Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted March 11, 2013
  7. Naming Names: Big Pharma Pays $3.2M to Hawaii MDs
  8. Honolulu Pavement Condition: Is Your Street Serious?
  9. How Hawaii Minimum Wage Workers Earn $24.24 per hour
  10. Poll: Hanabusa Beats Abercrombie by 27%, Beats Schatz by 22%
  11. Still No Prayer in the Hawaii Senate
  12. OCC: Cells Empty While Prison Overcrowded
  13. State Pays Thousands to Prisoners Kept Beyond Sentence
  14. Should Suspended Cops Be Identified? Hawaii Records Office Says Yes
  15. Its Legal: Legislators Can Sell Influence and Access With Impunity!
  16. Souki, Kouchi, Tokioka Hold Fundraisers During Session
  17. The bills that made the cut
  18. Give labor board resources it needs so it Will Deliver HSTA Decision
  19. Restaurants and food businesses weigh in on the minimum wage increase
  20. SB472HD1: Reduces Marijuana Ticket to Piddling $100
  21. Hawaii Online Poker Bills Fold
  22. Hawaii Senators: Strengthen Early Childhood Education
  23. HB321: ACLU Pushes Same-day registration
  24. Free Clinics Push for More Medicaid Spending—200% of Poverty Line
  25. Obama Kills Tsunami Detection Funds, 1/3 of Buoys Dead
  26. Hawaii Jihadi Heads to Trial, Lawyer Asks Judge to Ban Jews from Jury
  27. Conklin: “Racial Entitlement Bills in the 2013 Hawaii Legislature”
  28. Hirono Apology for Not Being Gay Goes Viral
  29. History shows N. Korean pattern: Wait, then attack
  30. Japan’s New PM May Reduce Hawaii Gas Prices
  31. Contractor Wastes 18 Mos, $600 cost overruns fined $26K
  32. Bereavement Pay For Inouye’s Widow In New Senate Budget
  33. Allegiant Cancels Multiple Hawaii Flights over Mechanical Issues
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Monday, March 11, 2013
March 11, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:21 PM :: 7648 Views
  1. China Debates Whether to ‘Keep or Dump’ North Korea
  2. Abercrombie for Monopolies?
  3. SEC Charges Illinois for Misleading Pension Disclosures
  4. Anahola Rejects Danner Sisters’ Biomass Plant
  5. Hawaii Commercial-Scale Solar Installations Lose Key Part Source
  6. Kahuku wind farm safety called into question
  7. No cause, no answers 7 months after Kahuku wind farm fire
  8. Agency bumps up rebate for solar water heaters
  9. Shine a light on political finances
  10. Great News: Hawaii Gun Control Measures Dead for Season
  11. Labor Board Blames Lack of Staff for Slow HSTA Decision
  12. Mainland Homosexuals Target Hawaii for 2013-14
  13. Gabbard Joins Rand Paul Drone Protest
  14. Civil Beat Joins Atrazine Hype Squad
  15. Hawaii Would Lose Influence if Electoral College, Senate Reformed
  16. Investigation on disposal of county records produces no results
  17. Deedy Drops Dismissal Motion, Clears Way for State Murder Trial
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Monday, March 11, 2013
Letters to the Editor March, 2013
By Letters to the Editor @ 6:54 AM :: 10349 Views
  • Abercrombie for Monopolies?
  • ERS: USS Titanic Hawaii Headed for $8.4B Iceberg
  • Hanohano Should Resign
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Sunday, March 10, 2013
March 10, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:56 PM :: 5349 Views
  1. SB286 Ends Reapportionment Discrimination, to be Heard Tuesday
  2. Knock Off the Theatrics and Get Down To Business
  3. Hawaii Legislative Watch: People vs. Government
  4. LINK: How major bills fared at the Capitol
  5. Legislators Fail to Act--Can Still Legally Profit from their Actions
  6. SB66 Would Require Disclosure from State Commission Members
  7. 25% Tax Credits for Hollywood Movie Moguls?
  8. Hawaii Scores Five on Fed-Up Index
  9. Star-Adv: $1000 Marijuana Ticket Could Boost General Fund
  10. Brewbaker: Tourism Maxed Out, Need More Hotels
  11. Affordable housing remains a dire need across state
  12. Ing Fails, Panel includes Only half of request for high school in Kihei
  13. Under Attack by Luddites, Seed Industry Growth Stalls
  14. Following Crook Ritte, Kauai Idiots March against GMOs
  15. HB1388 Gives $1.3M to Shrimp Farm Operator
  16. Gabbard Joins Republicans in Criticism of White House
  17. Caldwell Claims “Fuel tax hike is investment in the future”
  18. Hawaii Co. Police officer reprimanded following misconduct complaint
  19. Inmate dies after fight at OCCC
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Saturday, March 9, 2013
March 9, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:30 PM :: 7529 Views
  1. The Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative: Watt, Me Worry?
  2. Airlines Bet Big On Hawaii With 275,000 Additional Seats
  3. Governor Releases $46.39 Million for Capital Improvement Projects Statewide
  4. “Harassment and intimidation” Clayton Hee Challenges Wil Espero to a Duel on Senate Floor 
  5. HGEA/AFSCME Fundraiser for Schatz
  6. House finance committee approves $23 billion budget--$590 million shy of governor's request
  7. DoE abuse of Disabled Children prompts calls for federal intervention
  8. Star-Adv: Only Now is it time to Get Serious About HSTA Negotiations
  9. DHHL, Solar Scammers Split Profits, Ratepayers Stuck with $108/barrel for 20 years
  10. House passes bill to create night parking lots for homeless Tent Cities
  11. State: It'll Take 4 More Years To Clear Elevator Inspection Backlog
  12. Soft-on-Crime Policy Gets Burglary Suspect Shot
  13. Union employees at The Modern vote to authorize strike
  14. Star-Advertiser owner a very busy man these days
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Friday, March 8, 2013
March 8, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:37 PM :: 5377 Views
  1. GAO Jones Act Report to be Released Next Week
  2. Sequestration: Army Tuition Assistance Ends Today
  3. Honolulu Ranked 8th-Worst City for Drivers
  4. Rail Fail: Ansaldo Breda, Finmeccanica Financial Report Shows Negative Net Worth, Massive Losses
  5. Crossover at the Capitol
  6. HPD makes a push for, and against, new laws
  7. Crossover News:
  8. PPPA: Hot Exchange Before Senate Passes Development Bill
  9. Senate bill seeks more fairness in election financing
  10. Military to lawmakers: Cuts will hurt state
  11. Tomorrow's pensions put pressure on today's needs
  12. Alleged Killer Cop Gets off Easy
  13. Answers due for cost overruns in county contracts Some as high as eight-fold
  14. State Denies Teachers Claims, Pays Prisoners
  15. State hires private firm to defend against expected Federal indictment over seabirds
  16. City brings back permit fees for solar installations
  17. Fontaine is elected to lead Maui County GOP
  18. Hokulia developer files bankruptcy with debt over $500 million
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Thursday, March 7, 2013
March 7, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:06 PM :: 4781 Views
  1. Akaka Tribe Could Receive Legal Jurisdiction Over Non-Tribal Members
  2. Kalaeloa: Hawaiian Burial Caves to Be Bulldozed for Solar Farms?
  3. Occupy Honolulu Points Finger at City over Deaths, Threatens ‘300 Instant Criminals’
  4. Enviro Lawyers Off Target With Criticism Of Callies, Says Callies
  5. Hawaii State Senate Passes 348 Bills Over to the House
  6. Honolulu’s Poor Economic Growth and What to Do about It
  7. HSTA, DoE, HLRB Agree to Mediation
  8. Tuition Increases: UH #2 in Nation
  9. Chicken Manure Penny Stock Looks to Abercrombie for ‘Strategic Relationship’
  10. ERS: USS Titanic Hawaii Headed for $8.4B Iceberg
  11. Senate Ways and Means Rejects Beverage Tax
  12. Forced Participation in Abortion: Nine Legislators Take a Stand for Religious Freedom
  13. Federal Reserve to Hold Public Meeting on Samoa
  14. Spy Network? Former Hawaii Planned Parenthood Director Installed 500 Security Cameras on Maryland County Offices, Buildings
  15. Hospital privatization advances
  16. House Will Vote Friday on Budget
  17. Legislative Crossover News
  18. Star-Adv: 5-cent gas tax hike adds to heavy burden
  19. Washington Monument Gambit: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park cut tours, programs under sequestration
  20. Gabbard Breaks With Democrats On Republican Budget Bill
  21. Union protests plan by Kaiser to eliminate jobs
  22. Released 911 tapes capture frantic moments after Munet escape
  23. Leeward Coast Has Longest Commute Times
  24. HSTA To Bus In Members for March 14 Rally
  25. Former lawmaker headed to court over felony charge
  26. Prosecutors: Kawamoto Spearheaded Plot to Evade taxes
  27. Filipino cardinal stirs papal talk with rapid rise
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013
March 6, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:56 PM :: 4640 Views
  1. SB894 Held as Turtle Bay Opens New Negotiations with State
  2. As Solar Backout Spreads HECO Unveils More Detailed Grid Map
  3. Former Rep Roland Sagum Charged With Stealing Stones from Heiau Site
  4. House Moves Hundreds of Bills Over to Senate
  5. A Good Day For Good Government, Mostly
  6. CB: Senate Approves Series of Bills Cracking Down on UH
  7. Bills On The Move
  8. Revenue: HTA raises 2013 projections for visitor arrivals, spending
  9. PACOM: Military furloughs will be worse in Hawaii
  10. Oh, he'll fix the roads … but it's going to cost you
  11. Bag Tax Killed for Session
  12. Money Spinner: Senate Votes to ‘Decriminalize’ Small Marijuana Possession, Increase Fine
  13. HB535 Homeless Tent City Passes House
  14. City tags items on sidewalk placed by (de)Occupy hui
  15. Farmers Harassed by Copper Thieves
  16. DoE Hustles to Burn RTTT Money Before HSTA Blows Rest of Deal
  17. Trade Windfarm for Cookies?
  18. Kawamoto Denied Bail, 4 Weeks in Jail
  19. Lawsuit: Alleged Homosexual Priest Allegedly Molested Boys 45 Years Ago
  20. Green Police: Collective Punishment for Fishermen after False Killer Hooked
  21. Walter Ritte Brings Anti-GMO Dog n Pony Show to Kauai, 300 Idiots Show up
  22. Anti-GMO Hypesters to Use Atrazine as Weapon
  23. Local digital media group wants to keep creatives in Honolulu, Put them on Welfare
  24. State Harasses Small Businesses at Dillingham Airfield
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Tuesday, March 5, 2013
March 5, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:42 PM :: 4895 Views
  1. Lawsuit: Mainland Homosexual Adopts Boys, Molests Them in Hawaii
  2. Senate Crossover: 200 Bills on the Agenda
  3. House moves 69 bills over to Senate
  4. State Sells Holdings in Student Loan Auction Rate Securities
  5. NRA: Burdensome Anti-Gun Bill Must be Stopped
  6. HB411 Forces Hospitals, Doctors to Hand Out Abortion Pill
  7. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 4, 2013
  8. VIDEO: Sen Sam Slom and Donovan DelaCruz ‘A Better Day’
  9. Crossover Thursday: House order of the day, Senate order of the day 
  10. Riot Police Stand by as Hawaii’s Congressional Delegation Finally Meets
  11. Bills to Develop School Lands Approved by Senate
  12. Senate Kills Religious Exemption Amendment in Emergency Contraception Bill
  13. Legislators can get a raise if they simply do nothing
  14. Budget holds no raises for teachers, union says
  15. Pahoa HSTA Member: Teachers days are Numbered, Common Core Easily Manipulated
  16. House Approves Early Lawmaker Financial Disclosure, Senate Votes to Exempt Task Force Members from Ethics
  17. HB713: Police Recruiters Should Not be Able to Look at Job Applicants Online Presence
  18. Billionaire Kawamoto arrested in Japan for alleged tax fraud
  19. Notices for federal furloughs begin
  20. Liquor inspectors Secretly stopped from making arrests, using handcuffs
  21. 88% Reject Gas Tax Hike
  22. Occupiers Block New Sidewalk
  23. Who will play for little pay? UH's new concert rules
  24. Senate Passes Steven Tyler Act
  25. Machines ruled gambling devices
  26. Solomon, Dela Cruz Holds Fundraisers During Session
  27. Caldwell makes park repair a priority in proposed budget
  28. New Bill Aims to Attract Outer Space to Big Island
  29. Hawaii DOE to request waiver for FY 2012 SIG Grant
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Monday, March 4, 2013
March 4, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:52 PM :: 6107 Views
  1. US Patent Pending for Genetically Modified Marijuana
  2. Senators too Intelligent to be Fooled by Anti-GMO Nonsense
  3. Water Board to Waste $9.5M on Global Warming, Will Use Eco-Babble to Justify Further Rate Hikes
  4. Stand Up To SHOPO And Open Police Misconduct Records
  5. Lucky Sequestration Delays Major Review of Hawaii Historic Preservation Division
  6. Star-Adv: Soda Bottlers Must Pony Up or Soda Tax Will be Back
  7. Civil Beat Decides Hanohano May Have Had a Point 
  8. Hawaii State Hospital Population Up as Mental Health Services Cut
  9. Inmate Gets Wet, Scores $38K from State
  10. Tesoro ups layoff estimate to 210 workers at Kapolei refinery
  11. Puna Geothermal -- Six Cents per KWH
  12. SB1045/HB815 Exempt Electric Coop from HRS 269
  13. OHA, Aina Haina group ask city to halt site work
  14. Senate Ctte amends Banyan Drive legislation
  15. Public vying for chance to shoot at public gun range
  16. Lawmakers may limit e-cigarette sales
  17. Supreme Court to Hear Gay Marriage Arguments March 26
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Sunday, March 3, 2013
March 3, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:12 PM :: 4915 Views
  1. Hawaii Precedent? 'Sidewalk Property' Decision Appealed to Supreme Court
  2. Keep The Promise for Better Wages as Goal
  3. HNL Planning Director: "Public, Along With Private Property Rights, Are Our Top Priority"
  4. Video: The PLDC And Property Rights In Hawaii - A Panel Discussion
  5. Sewer Gas Powers Cars
  6. Where is Hawaii Transportation Headed?
  7. Abercrombie Laughs at Teachers: “Be careful what you wish for”  
  8. Only Two Schools Meet Instructional Hours Law, So SB238 Will Re-define “instructional”
  9. Trade Minimum Wage Hike for Unemployment Tax Freeze?
  10. Greenwood Needs to Speak Up, Name Names in Response to Mitsunaga Allegations
  11. Crossover: Hawaii lawmakers to vote on hundreds of bills
  12. Followers of Eco Religion March in Haleiwa, Call for Total Ban on GMOs, Destruction of 2000 Agriculture Jobs
  13. SB937: 10% More Local Food = 2300 Jobs
  14. 91% ‘No’ -- Do you think Rep. Faye Hanohano's apology for racial slurs was enough?
  15. ML&P Bailout: A measure aims to conserve coastal property and provide a financial boost to Maui Land
  16. Veterans Court Launched
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Saturday, March 2, 2013
March 2, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:33 PM :: 5332 Views
  1. Gays Attack Hawaiians (Again)
  2. Sen Solomon Resolutions Urge Hawaii Jones Act Exemption
  3. NRO: Sink the Jones Act
  4. Hanohano Should Resign
  5. DoE Extends Deadline for School Quality Survey
  6. DoE Million Dollar Cash Giveaway to 32 Schools
  7. Governor to Establish Hawaii ‘Sequestration Impact Response Team’
  8. After all the Hype, Sequestration Brings ‘Business as Usual’ to Hawaii
  9. “Dead on Arrival”: Caldwell wants to raise the city's fuel tax by 5 cents a gallon
  10. SB215 would create a Public-Private Partnership Authority, Give Counties Power to Waive Land Use Requirements  
  11. Bumbling DoTax Shorts City $33M GET funds for transit project?
  12. Mitsunaga v Kobayashi: UH System Has No Comment as AG Investigates
  13. Hawaii Teachers Stage ‘Teach-In’ at Gov’s Residence
  14. Clean Elections: $34K for House, $68K for Senate
  15. Office of Hawaii Affairs Bill Needed to Stop Recycling Trustees?
  16. Lunatic Released by Judge Before Killing Rampage
  17. UH Manoa Fights Act 221 Scammers for Control of So-Called ‘Innovation Center’
  18. Judge Halts Work at Villages of `Aina Le`a and Orders Supplemental EIS
  19. HB1424 to Buy Lipoa Point, Save from ML&P from Bankruptcy
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Friday, March 1, 2013
March 1, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 12:31 PM :: 5458 Views
  1. Full Text: Rep Hanohano Accused of Workplace Violence after Racist Tirade Aimed at State Workers
  2. HTA: Visitor Arrivals Rise 5.9% from January 2012
  3. HELCO RFP Seeks More Geothermal Power
  4. Environmental Concerns "At Record Lows": Global Poll
  5. Store owners say plastic bag ban causes more shoplifting
  6. EPA Cites 188F Garbage: $1.1M Waimanalo Gulch Settlement Day After Lawsuit Filed
  7. Sakai: Misconduct Investigation Underway After Latest Prisoner Escape
  8. DoE Extends Deadline for School Quality Survey
  9. Soda Tax Bill Fizzes Out
  10. House Committee Moves Two Tax Cuts, ‘For Vehicle Purposes Only’ 
  11. Hanabusa Proposes Special Funds Raid to Stop DoD Furloughs
  12. SB286: Malama Solomon Endorses Call to Count Every Person for Reapportionment
  13. Mitsunaga Levels More Accusations House Committee Votes to Strip UH Procurement Power
  14. Honolulu Liquor administrator won't resign after admitting 47 ethical violations
  15. PPPA/PLDC Hearing Friday
  16. Full House to consider measure on prompt Labor Board rulings
  17. Bill on public financing of campaigns advances in Hawaii Senate
  18. House Finance Committee Hearing Violates 24-Hr Notice Rule
  19. Common Cause Focuses on Three Bills
  20. No Prison Time: Pflueger, State Attorney, Nearing Ka Loko Manslaughter Plea-Bargain?
  21. Should Police Misconduct Be Public?
  22. Witnesses recount school abuse of Disabled Children
  23. State plan aims to turn Wahiawa into agricultural hub
  24. Schatz Joins Lawmakers at Inouye memorial pledging support for Israel
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
February 28, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:22 PM :: 5200 Views
  1. Sequestration Scare Tactics: Caldwell Administration Threatens Sec 8 Housing Evictions
  2. Solar Scammers Pleased by SB623: Extends Solar Tax Credit Giveaway
  3. Pine Announces Improved Leeward Bus Routes
  4. Mad Money Video: Jim Cramer Rips Jones Act
  5. Peg Legs and Eye Patches - Ninth Circuit Wades Into Piracy
  6. Status Of Appeal Of Land Use Commission’s Koa Ridge Approval
  7. Gallup: Hawaii Again Tops Nation in Well-Being
  8. Woodward at War
  9. Rep Hanohano Launches Racist Tirade
  10. Senate Ctte Advances Minimum Wage, HHSC Privatization, Gun Control, Abercrombie Preschool, Film Tax Credits
  11. HB1149 Would Require Windfarm Decommissioning Plan
  12. Star-Adv: We’ll Take Same-Day Registration
  13. SB286 Count Every Person for Apportionment, Moves to Full Senate
  14. Hawaii government technology stuck in time warp
  15. DoE: The Numbers Don’t Lie (But HSTA Member Does) 
  16. UHPA Dumps NEA in Slap at HSTA
  17. Pension Debt May Damage Hawaii Bond Ratings
  18. What The Police Commission Isn't Doing About Misconduct
  19. Proposal could extend benefits to Age 21 for foster children
  20. EPA Sues Over Waimanlo Gulch, City ‘Will Not Pay’
  21. Tow company still overcharging motorists
  22. Senate Committee Moves Turtle Bay Purchase Bill
  23. Star-Adv Parent Removes Last Printing Press From Kauai
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
February 27, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:26 PM :: 10110 Views
  1. Hawaii Welfare Recipients 2nd Healthiest in US: 75% Not Disabled
  2. Hawaii Nursing Homes Ranked by US News
  3. AECOM Scores $43.9M Rail Contract
  4. Politico: Is President Obama Telling the Truth about Sequestration?
  5. Omidyar Plan to Develop Hanalei Advances on Kauai
  6. Legislative Crossover Next Week
  7. PLDC Redux: DelaCruz, Solomon Playing Same Legislative Games
  8. Abercrombie: “Will Continue to Impose Contract”, Claims Teachers Agreed to Last Best Final Offer
  9. Kipapa Elementary faces more abuse claims
  10. UHPA Quits NEA
  11. Price: Awarding Contracts to Friends is No Big Deal
  12. City DPP Claims No Favoritism for Jeff Stone Hao Street Project
  13. HREA: No Solar Scammers Interested in HECO Offer
  14. Now That Rail is Approved, Repairing Roads is Suddenly Worth the Cost
  15. $1000 Marijuana Fine to be Money-Spinner
  16. 1994: Hawaii Police Union 'Outguns' Students
  17. HB321: Same Day Voter Registration
  18. HB1481 Public Funding for Political Campaigns
  19. House to Consider “Romy Cachola Bill’
  20. Bill to Alter Hawaii's School Bus Contracting Process Advances
  21. New House Leadership Knocks Calvin Say Appointee off Water Commission
  22. HI jail officers shift duties during escape probe
  23. Backlash for Red-Light Cameras Hasn’t Slowed Spread
  24. University of Hawaii criticized for spending money to study itself
  25. Tougher sidewalk bill clears first hurdle
  26. Church will employ homeless on a farm, in Kim Chee factory
  27. Ian Lind: Hawaii Media Doesn’t Attack Military Enough
  28. New York investors want to acquire Hawaii landowner CommonWealth REIT
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
February 26, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:20 PM :: 4953 Views
  1. The Numbers Don’t Match: Obama vs Harkin on Hawaii Sequester Impact
  2. OHA Offers Cash Prizes for Weight Loss
  3. DoE Cash Rewards for Academic Progress
  4. Designed to Fail? HECO Seeks Green Energy Projects on Oahu
  5. 23 Hawaii Robotics Teams Qualify for VEX World Championships
  6. UHERO: Minimum Wage Hike Unlikely to Help Working Poor
  7. DoE: ‘No Impact’ from Sequester
  8. Non-Profits Have No Idea of Sequestration Effect
  9. Abercrombie Soda Tax Simplistic and Simple-Minded
  10. Solar Scammers Seek Free Reign Over General Fund
  11. Good News: Vote By Mail Bills Nearly Dead
  12. Same-Day Voter Registration on House Judiciary Agenda
  13. Abercrombie Holds $1000/plate DC Fundraiser
  14. DATABASE: A Compilation Of Honolulu Police Misconduct
  15. 1994: UH Student vs. The Police
  16. Settlement over Homosexual Rape Gang at school calls for big changes to campus
  17. Caldwell Left High and Dry as Mattson’s Pick for Corp Counsel Withdraws
  18. DoE: Only Two Schools Meet Requirements for Instructional Time
  19. $260,000 study tackles UH accountability
  20. Pro-American Speakers Will no longer be Censored at Hilo HS, Albertini May not Force his way into Teacher’s Classroom
  21. Farmers, Ranchers Question Federal Takeover of 271,062 Hawaii Acres
  22. HB252 Amends Definition of ‘Qualified Native Hawaiian Constituent’
  23. HB1374: Amend Procurement Code to Hold Contractors Responsible for Past Performance
  24. Bill Would Give Banyan Drive Properties to Hawaii County
  25. Caldwell hopes to smooth Oahu's ragged streets with $150 million for repair work
  26. After Ten Years Obstructing Traffic Lights, Punatics Finally Get their Traffic Circle
  27. Lepeuli, Kauai: Trails and Tribulations
  28. HNN Suckered by Bogus “Road Pollution Filter”
  29. Chevron to Waste Money on Least Cost-Effective Form of Solar
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Monday, February 25, 2013
February 25, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:12 PM :: 4534 Views
  1. Reapportionment: Plaintiffs Attorneys Back SB286
  2. Bill 4 to Create New Honolulu Council Slush Fund?
  3. CIP: $113M New Spending at Airports, Harbors
  4. What the Public Isn’t Being Told About Police Misconduct
  5. Reapportionment: Trade Canoe for Census Base?
  6. HB603: Calvin Say ‘Castle Doctrine’ Bill
  7. A soda tax would hurt business revenues and cause worker layoffs
  8. $5.75 Million Settlement Awarded to Deaf and Blind Students Sexually Assaulted by Gang at Hawaii Public School
  9. Taxpayers Owe $550K After Kids Are Put in ‘House of Horror’ with Sovereignty Activist
  10. Pathways needed to help homeless
  11. Hawaii lawmakers debate geothermal energy proposal
  12. Abercrombie: I Want $20M to Turn the Bourgeoisie into Welfare Queens
  13. Whale Worshippers Hit Whales, Then Demand Ferry Slow Down
  14. Caldwell: Five-year plan for Potholes
  15. Foreclosure law has Hawaii homeowners associations covering maintenance costs
  16. Transportation and Economy
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Sunday, February 24, 2013
February 24, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 10:02 AM :: 4695 Views
  1. Just a Vicious Circle, Higher Minimum Wage, Higher Prices
  2. Bob Woodward: Sequester Was Obama's Idea
  3. Even lipstick can’t disguise PLDC look-alike proposals
  4. PLDC Staff Kept on Payroll Awaiting New Role
  5. Fear Monger Abercrombie: 19,000 jobs affected if budget deal isn't reached
  6. Danger: Legislature back from Recess, Begins Voting Again
  7. Poverty: Tax Cut or Minimum Wage Hike?
  8. KSBE Says ‘Investing in keiki is for all our futures’
  9. Kabuki: ACLU, Seitz Preen, 911 Truther Albertini Pretends to Score Victory
  10. Hilo HS Flashback -- Fri Feb 22
  11. After Death of Lifelong Criminal, Family Sues Police
  12. Electric Car Charger Co Claims to Have Two Buyers, Refuses to Name Them
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Saturday, February 23, 2013
February 23, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:56 PM :: 9994 Views
  1. UHERO: Weakening Yen May Cut Tourism
  2. NFIB Small Business Day at the Capitol
  3. Obama Gives Abercrombie $937K to Devise System to Force Doctors into 'Medical Homes'
  4. DBEDT Releases Economic Projections
  5. DoE Changes Student Assessment Tests Again
  6. Grassroot Perspective Podcast: Liberty and Movies
  7. Reason: Former Gov. Ben Cayetano on Hawaii's Fiscal Mess and Stupid Rail Plan
  8. BoE: Releases Fiscal Reports from 2012
  9. State Auditor: Releases Annual Report for 2012
  10. WCCC Prison Guard Allegedly Part of 400lb California-Hawaii Meth Ring
  11. Prison guards might face physical fitness tests
  12. Federal cuts forecast to slow isle economy
  13. Federal officials warn of likely flight delays if spending cuts of $1.2 trillion kick in
  14. Hawaii Naval forces could lose billions to sequester
  15. Bill to ban imposed worker contracts deferred
  16. Window is closing on Luddites’ ability to require labeling of GMOs
  17. DoH Seeks Profits from Medicated Pot
  18. HB619/HB15: Criminalize Bird Feeding
  19. Towing firm admits struggles
  20. VAWA: National Democrats Use Violence Against Women to Give Tribal Authorities Jurisdiction over Non-Tribal Members
  21. Obama to Have Two Libraries?
  22. Flags to Fly at Half-Staff in Honor of Helene Eleanor Hale
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Friday, February 22, 2013
February 22, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:41 PM :: 5050 Views
  1. SB120: $3.5B Rate Hike and No Natural Gas for Hawaii
  2. Could Soda Tax Shutter Hawaii's Only Can Maker?
  3. Hawaii Foreclosure Relief: 1,468 Homeowners Get $158M Wiped off Books
  4. Did murder suspect have help escaping?
  5. Chevron: We’re Staying, But Prices are Going Up
  6. Danger: Senate Ways and Means Moves 70 Bills
  7. Solar Loans to Help Scammers Make Out Big
  8. Snow, Wind Rail Lash Isles as Global Cooling Intensifies
  9. MRC Greenwood: I’m Gone in 2015
  10. HB713: Will Block Police from Investigating Applicants
  11. After Decades, Hilo Teachers, Parents Tired of Albertini’s BS, Tell Surrender Monkeys to get new Spokesman
  12. With American Military on Decline, Time to Focus on Gay Sex
  13. Regents Flatter Themselves Seven Illegals Get Discount Tuition so BoR can “Do the Right Thing”
  14. Abercrombie Fails on Elevator Inspections
  15. Hawaii Supreme Court hears Sunshine Law case: Kanahele v. Maui County
  16. Union Power Ensures Hawaii Has Hefty Government Labor Force
  17. Star-Adv: Allow limited-service hotels
  18. Defense Witnesses in Jimmy Pflueger's Federal Tax Fraud Trial Include Well Known Politicians
  19. Hawaii Appeals to be UAV Test Site
  20. Intelligence: North Korea set to conduct intermediate-range missile test
  21. Anti-GMO Activists Vandalize Kauai Roads
  22. Kawamoto Houses Used for Crack, Meth

 

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Thursday, February 21, 2013
February 21, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:35 PM :: 4983 Views
  1. Heritage: Protectionist Jones Act Harms Puerto Ricans
  2. Upcoming Event: The PLDC and Property Rights in Hawaii
  3. Washington Legislator to Address Maui TEA Party
  4. Long Lines to Vote? Not for the Vast Majority of Americans
  5. Only 11.4% of DoE Graduates Score on AP Exam
  6. Impeach Hawaii's Governor? State Senate Establishes Causes
  7. 61% Raise on Tap? State leader pay to jump double-digits; next round of raises drafted
  8. NYT: Hawaii Democratic Senate Primary ‘Could be Competitive’
  9. Sheriff: Proper Procedures Not Followed With Escapee
  10. Star-Adv: AG Louie Should Hound Greenwood from Office 
  11. 19,000 Hawaii Defense Workers At Risk Of Being Furloughed
  12. Surfeit of myths complicates teacher contract negotiations
  13. Hawaii DOE Not Spending Race To The Top Money Fast Enough
  14. Legislature votes 23-1 to Protect Child Molesters
  15. Homeless Industry Wins Control of Waikiki
  16. Abercrombie Administration Cuts Deaf Services, then Lies About it
  17. Local 5 Blocks Limited Service Hotel Construction Bill
  18. 7 Caldwell cabinet appointees approved by Council
  19. Court Blocks Greens’ Challenge to Rep. Say’s Residency
  20. Which Ethics Director To Believe?
  21. Are Hawaii Schools Doing Enough to Prevent Youth Sports Concussions?
  22. Honolulu to be Inundated by Global Worming—NOT!
  23. Greenfellas: The Italian Mafia Muscles In On Green Energy Racket
  24. Will Chinese Communists Close Slave Labor Camps?
  25. Ex-Con, Felon, 9-11 Truther Relays Third-Hand Account of ‘Threats’
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
February 20, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:35 PM :: 6715 Views
  1. Holy Paparazzi! Molokai Mocks Steven Tyler Act, Sen English
  2. Governor Excludes Union from Refinery Task Force
  3. Former DPP Head Running Controversial Wailupe Valley Project
  4. Prosperity? Hawaii Congressional Delegation Scores Zero
  5. Can Vote-By-Mail Fix Those Long Lines At The Polls?
  6. Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted February 19, 2013
  7. AARP Opposes Chained CPI as Threat to Veterans Benefits
  8. SB69: Hearing Feb 20 for Extremist Anti-Gun Measure
  9. Repeal the Jones Act, Reduce the Price of Gasoline
  10. Hospitals Chase Medicare Performance-Based Bonuses
  11. Secret U.S. military flights carried officials, equipment to N. Korea
  12. Schatz: Obama Administration May Recognize Akaka Tribe Without Congress
  13. Double-Digit Pay hikes weighed for politicians, appointees
  14. Shapiro: All-mail voting needs fraud insurance
  15. SB 707: Senate Unanimously Repeals PLDC
  16. Settlement Prelim OK in Homosexual Rape Gang Case at Blind-Deaf School
  17. Kim to Gays: “This is a Democracy, Everyone Has the Right to Propose Legislation”
  18. Perreira: Tesoro refinery closure will Mean Higher Prices, Energy Crunch
  19. Furloughs hit more than 100 at Schofield
  20. 3 hour airport security waits under sequester
  21. Star-Adv: Tents and sidewalks don't mix
  22. HPD officer investigated for 'pepper pellets' incident caught on camera
  23. Property Forfeiture bill advances
  24. State might OK red-light cameras
  25. New take on city park law OKs vendors at festivals
  26. Board of Education Spurs DOE Officials To Fix School Bus Program Faster
  27. Charter School Employee Challenges Status as State Employee, Ethics Fine
  28. UH might tighten reins on its execs’ sabbaticals
  29. Advocates Suddenly Find 293 More Illegal immigrants Who might qualify for in-state tuition
  30. Show Us The Money: Bill Calls For Early Financial Disclosure
  31. Will Local Taxation Drive Gasoline Above $5.00 Per Gallon As A Norm?
  32. Workboat Magazine LTE: Jones Act Reform
  33. Lawsuit: Was SSgt Killed by Defective Mortar Round?
  34. Hawaii Happiest State in USA
  35. Army seeks community input for marine study
  36. 2013 VEX PAN PACIFIC Information
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Letters to the Editor, February, 2013
By Letters to the Editor @ 7:16 PM :: 11217 Views

Former DPP Head Running Controversial Wailupe Valley Project

HB1357 / SB1343 Limit Development to Freeway Capacity

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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
February 19, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:04 PM :: 4935 Views
  1. Gays Threaten Expulsion of 11 Democrat Legislators
  2. Mitsunaga Names Names, Slams UH for Favoritism Towards Kobayashi
  3. Lingle: Hawaii Republican Party is Thriving
  4. Wells Fargo: Hawaii to be Hardest Hit by Defense Cuts
  5. Bipartisan Bills present opportunity for Hawaii Jones Act LNG Ship Exemption
  6. $45B Project: Alaska Plans 800 Mile LNG Pipeline
  7. Residences at Aina Haina: Jeff Stone's Plans in Wailupe Valley Opposed
  8. Six States Consider Assisted Suicide
  9. HawaiiFreePress: 20,001 Tweets -- 5,001 Followers
  10. Navy Saves $35M By Cancelling Pearl Harbor Work
  11. Looking for Campaign Cash, Schatz names executives as ‘community liaisons’ for Senate office
  12. Heenan: Akaka Should Have Left in 2006
  13. UH researchers and solar industry lobbyists duke it out over tax credits
  14. HB856/SB1087 State Loan Giveaways for Solar, Wind Scammers
  15. CB: Bills at the Legislature Feb 19
  16. In Swipe at HSTA, UHPA to Vote on Leaving NEA
  17. With more retirees, EUTF becomes a ticking time bomb
  18. USA Today: Hawaii should walk away from Steven Tyler Act
  19. State Shuts Down Dozens of Small Businesses
  20. Star-Adv: Don’t Give Granma a Free Ride, We Need the Money for Rail
  21. Should Hawaii Residents Filing Their Taxes Online Pay an Extra Fee?
  22. $200,000 County Gun Buy Back Program is Bad Deal for Taxpayers
  23. More Funds Needed for Long term Care for Mentally Ill Homeless
  24. Kaiser workers: “A Strike is very Likely”
  25. James Pflueger, One of Hawaii's Wealthiest Residents, is on Trial for Tax Fraud After Hiding Assets in Switzerland
  26. North Korea Plans More Nuclear Tests
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Monday, February 18, 2013
February 18, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:58 PM :: 4635 Views
  1. Do Property Rights Matter When the Environment is Going to Hell in a Handbasket?
  2. Dallas police-fire pension fund has $Multi-Million bet on Hawaii real estate
  3. Health Insurance Exchanges Create State Problems
  4. Micronesia: Waa'gey Planning & Partnership Tour a Success
  5. HCDA Lets Building Sit Empty 14 years over Botched Flooring Job
  6. Star-Adv: Stop Putting so Many Drug Dealers in Prison
  7. Defense lobbyists say cliff now unavoidable
  8. Enviros: Bag Tax? Conveyance Tax? We’ll Take Both
  9. $8.4B Short? ERS' new leader confident fund will meet obligations
  10. Care Home Industry Pressures Lawmakers to Weaken Inspections Bill
  11. After 10 years, Home-school bill on hold again
  12. Kona: UH seeks to save cash by trimming some work at West Hawaii campus
  13. Public land sought for artists’ lofts
  14. Italy makes 'Mafia' arrests over Sicily wind farms
  15. 9-11 Trooother Claims Academic Freedom to Take Over Military Mom’s Library
  16. Scoop the nuts: Mentally ill roundup plan after train pushes
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Sunday, February 17, 2013
February 17, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 10:22 AM :: 5714 Views
  1. Jerking the Hotel Industry Around, You Can’t Trust Lawmakers
  2. Methadone, Soma: City, State, Josh Green to Split the Profits with Pill Mills under SB876
  3. PLDC Under New Name: Hawaii lawmakers push school land development
  4. HSTA Members Push for 25% Increase in GE Tax
  5. While Legal Immigrants Wait, Activists Move Illegals to Front of Line
  6. UH Finds only SEVEN Illegals Among Student Body
  7. Shapiro: Politicos try to go green but keep losing track of it
  8. ACLU Working to Ensure Honolulu Homeless Stay Homeless
  9. Clarify rules on activities at Oahu's beach parks
  10. Poll: 20% of Oahu Residents are Feeding Strange Cats
  11. A List of Places to Name After Inouye
  12. Mainland Gays, Star-Adv  Use Jim Nabors to Legitimatize Gay ‘Marriage’
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Saturday, February 16, 2013
February 16, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:56 PM :: 4937 Views
  1. Russian Nuclear Bombers Circle Guam
  2. 421 Candidates Register for Honolulu Neighborhood Board Elections
  3. NRA: Hawaii Anti-Gun Bills on the Move
  4. Consumer Freedom: Taxes Shouldn't be a Tool for Social Engineering
  5. Transparency: Hawaii State, County Websites Score Mixed Reviews
  6. Grassroot Perspective Podcast: Celebrity, Steven Tyler, & the 1st Amendment
  7. Bills Introduced to Cut Sugar Subsidies
  8. Trafficked Thai Workers' Dreams Become Nightmares
  9. New PLDC: Bill To Develop School Lands Clears Hawaii House Committees
  10. Star-Adv: Hospitals deal promising but tread carefully
  11. HB721 Mandates Insurance Coverage for Autism
  12. Abuse of Disabled Girl: Mililani DoE school faces new allegation
  13. SB932 May Cause Mentally Ill to Refuse Treatment
  14. SB223 calls on candidates to prove political affiliation
  15. Sequester will impact DOD's civilian workforce
  16. Gabbard Thinks Women Should Be Part Of Military Draft
  17. Raising the Minimum Wage – Truth and Consequences
  18. Al-Jazeera Cheers Kauai Anti-GMO Protesters
  19. BWS new billing system brings added cost
  20. Judge: Internet commenter can stay anonymous
  21. ‘Selfish’ Attorney Robert Kim Reprimanded for ‘False Statements’, ‘Deception’
  22. Young Brothers asks Hawaii regulators to OK rate Hike plan
  23. Hawaii Supreme Court to decide if state bodies can avoid public notice by repeated recesses
  24. Sunshine Law is brighter on Kaua‘i
  25. Soft on Crime: 65 arrests, 22 convictions Caught Selling Drugs at Age 77
  26. Senate committee OKs Watson as U.S. district judge for Hawaii
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Friday, February 15, 2013
February 15, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:47 PM :: 9144 Views
  1. KOS: Hanabusa Underperformed Obama the Most for any Incumbent in USA
  2. Gallup: 5% of Hawaii Residents Gay
  3. UHERO: Weakening Japanese Yen Will Cap Tourism Growth
  4. State Launches New Teen-Focused Obesity Prevention Campaign
  5. OIP: "Obvious Problems" with UIPA Records
  6. Recall: Organic Spinach Sold in Hawaii Tainted with Hemorrhagic E Coli
  7. “Damned Sellout” Mililani Trask Defends PLDC
  8. SB215 Creates “Public-Private Partnership Authority” to Replace PLDC
  9. Hawaii House votes to repeal public land agency
  10. Banner Health getting closer to a deal with state hospitals
  11. HB1027: Bill Aims To Prevent Candidates From 'Helping' Voters Fill Out Ballots
  12. Abercrombie Uses $275K in State Money to Push Soda Tax Hike
  13. SB120: “Could Lead to Rate Hikes”
  14. HB506: Reneges on Every Building Contract in the State
  15. Mainland Gays: It’s Not Over in the Aloha State
  16. SA: Reject HB399,  Leave sex ed to DOE control
  17. Broken Trust Figure Rockne Freitas nominated to be UH West Oahu chancellor
  18. Hawaii House passes watered-down shield law
  19. Legislators Suck Up to Celebs
  20. Hawaii lawmakers explore more tax breaks for films
  21. Obama Early Education Scheme Echoes Abercrombie
  22. KHON: Security breaches by public agencies
  23. Feds Bust Alleged Online Bookie, Lawyer Hints at Release of Client List
  24. Eco-Faddist Caught in Lie -- Claims She Isn’t Trying to Destroy Fishing Industry
  25. 2 bills would rid sidewalks of tents
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Thursday, February 14, 2013
February 14, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:36 PM :: 5013 Views
  1. HART Becomes Nervous After Arrest of Rail Contractor CEO
  2. Audit: DoE Burns $150M/year on Construction and Maintenance, Tosses Records in Trash
  3. Audit: Teachers Stealing Cash Fees Collected at Adult Schools
  4. Historic Preservation Division Offers Feds a Laundry List of Excuses
  5. Antolini vs Callies: Moon Court Favored Public Participation, not Environmentalists
  6. Beverage Tax Heads to Senate Ways and Means Committee
  7. For the First Time Satellite Tracking Used to Knock Down Missile
  8. Jones Act shackles Puerto Rico; No Jones Act frees Jamaica to grow its economy
  9. What’s Wrong with Pay for Performance?
  10. Crooks, Cronies among donors to Caldwell's transition committee
  11. Ethics agenda: Mayor Caldwell's donor fund
  12. Senate Panel Mandates HGEA, UPW Control, Advances bill that would allow hospital takeover
  13. State's pension fund falls short $8.4 billion
  14. Anti-rail group will appeal federal court decision
  15. Soda Tax: Government is not a substitute for responsible parenting
  16. HB399: Mandate New Gay Sex Education Curriculum in DoE
  17. BoE Agenda Tuesday, February 19, 2013
  18. Hawaii Senate committee pushes forward wage hike
  19. Higher Ed Committees Come Down Hard on UH
  20. PLDC Stain Spreads to Other Abercrombie Initiatives
  21. Lanai wind farm opponents take their case to lawmakers
  22. GM Labeling Bill Facilitates Fear Mongers
  23. Star Adv: Lack of Gay Marriage Will Destroy Tourism Industry LOL!
  24. Pupus and Politics: It's That Time of Year at the Hawaii Capitol
  25. Crackdown on local vendors
  26. Pflueger Cheated on Taxes to Pay for Kaloko Manslaughter Defense, Los Angeles CPA testifies
  27. SB358: Post Adult Care Home Inspection Reports Online
  28. Ethics controversy a standoff between current and former ethics directors
  29. Jeff Stone Development Scheme Causes Anger in Aina Haina
  30. Worst roads: State embarks on projects to resurface highways and freeways
  31. HB66: Don’t Release DUI Suspects Until Sober
  32. Star-Adv: Obama's goals match Hawaii's
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
February 13, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:21 PM :: 4441 Views
  1. UHERO: Solar Tax Credits Could Cost $1.4B
  2. Grassroots Training for Hawaii Conservatives--Sign Up Here
  3. Full Text: State of the Union Address
  4. Full Text: Sen. Marco Rubio Response to State of the Union
  5. Electric Rates Punish EVs
  6. Green: Soda tax is ‘the right thing to do’
  7. Star-Adv: $92M -- Cafeteria improvements long overdue
  8. Commercial Beach Ban Kills Non-Profit Events
  9. Are Hawaii Lawmakers Protecting A Lobbyist From the Ethics Code?
  10. University Officials Find It Hard to Break Habit of Secrecy
  11. Telescope: Sovereignty Activists Organize Circus, Demand Rent Money
  12. Abandon Democracy to Fill Potholes?
  13. Landlord may levy excise tax if bill is a business expense
  14. Pflueger’s financial problems cited in his tax evasion trial
  15. Student surveys can help evaluate teacher effectiveness
  16. Don't let at-risk youth slip between the cracks
  17. 9-Year-Old Jessica Lunsford - Murdered By a Repeat Sex Offender - Inspires Lawmakers in Hawaii to Introduce Tougher Legislation
  18. Bill Legalizing Marijuana in Hawaii Dead For Session
  19. Hawaii Lawmakers Consider Tougher Penalties for Soliciting Child Prostitutes
  20. HB343: Bill clarifies gambling laws to cover 'sweepstakes' machines
  21. HB533: Fly Homeless Back to Mainland
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013
February 12, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:51 PM :: 5037 Views
  1. HFF: What's Happening at the Legislature
  2. Hawaii Teacher Absenteeism 2nd-Worst in USA
  3. Hawaii Teacher Absenteeism: How Did Your School Do?
  4. RTTT: Hawaii DoE Wins Partial Removal of 'High Risk' Status
  5. Ethics: Charter School Employee Fined $10K
  6. Gallup: Alaska, Hawaii Follow D.C. in Highest Gov't Employment
  7. Selection Committee Releases Names of UH Regent Nominees
  8. Bishop Silva Reacts to Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI
  9. NYT Editorial: Steven Tyler Act 'Boneheaded'
  10. Seismic Activity May Indicate North Korean Nuclear Test
  11. Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted February 11, 2013
  12. Legalization of gay marriage appears stalled for session
  13. Limp: Mainland Gays Miffed at Failure to Penetrate Legislature
  14. Senators Question Use of Taxes as Behavior Modification
  15. Senate committee approves soda fee
  16. House, Senate Committees Vote for Repeal of PLDC
  17. House Takes Lead On Gov’s Bill To Develop School Lands
  18. OHA Pitch to US Congress: Not One Word About the Akaka Bill
  19. Abercrombie administration relying on threats rather than persuasion?
  20. HSTA Teacher; All Hawaii’s Education Problems Created by Evaluations
  21. Hirono: Military cuts could affect Hawaii tourism
  22. Department of Defense Announces Nomination of 4 Star General to Head Pacific Command
  23. Hearing Scheduled For Casino, Shipboard Gaming Bills
  24. State pension fund rises to $11.9 billion
  25. Luddites Target Seed Industry Water Supplies
  26. Goodfellow Bros. cutting 100 jobs after Hawaii agency shoots down Maui mega-mall
  27. Genshiro Kawamoto’s derelict properties trigger new legislation
  28. State lets tow firm off the hook in fraud claims
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Monday, February 11, 2013
February 11, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:12 PM :: 5485 Views
  1. 292 Candidates Register for Honolulu Neighborhood Board Elections—Deadline Friday
  2. The First Amendment Is a Sweet Emotion
  3. Chief Justice Delivers State of Judiciary through Social Media and Releases Strategic Plan
  4. Gun Control? Hawaii Does Not Comply With Existing Background Checks
  5. Mainland Gays Lobby Legislature to Change Family Structure
  6. Soda Tax to Steal $37M from Local Consumers
  7. Audit: School Cafeteria Staffing Based on 48-year old Formula
  8. Hawaii Fishermen in Uproar About Cascade of Environmental Protections
  9. TMT hearing set for Tuesday
  10. LUC converts one third of Grove Farm lands into IAL
  11. SB693: Install Red Light Traffic Cameras
  12. HB980: Ban Use Of Electronic Mobile Devices In Cars
  13. SA: Use audit to find DMV's problems
  14. Neighborhood Commissioner Fined $57K for Hoarding, Illegal Dumping
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Sunday, February 10, 2013
February 10, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:24 PM :: 6128 Views
  1. Bribery, Blackmail: Louie, Coppa Secretly Recorded Offering to Trade Away Investigation, Buy Silence from DHHL Exec
  2. Caldwell Announces Mattson's Cabinet Picks
  3. Sen Thielen’s PLDC Repeal Bill Gutted and Replaced With ‘Recreational Renaissance’
  4. Just Which Programs To Cut?
  5. Legislature Blowing Chance to Save HHSC from Complete Collapse
  6. How HMC Collapse Claimed One Life—And How Health Exchange Will Claim More
  7. HSTA: Preschool Voucher bill a threat to public schools
  8. Abercrombie at PLDC Hearing: There’s Gold in Them Thar Schools!
  9. ‘PBF Fees’ on Your Electric Bill to be Tapped to Pay for ‘On Bill Financing’
  10. Hawaii legislative preview: Marijuana, human trafficking, sugary drinks, PLDC all agenda
  11. Lawmakers dig into privacy, money matters and poop
  12. HB673: Walter Ritte Wants Some Money, So House Votes to Squeeze Agriculture, Tourism
  13. Steve Case: Hawaii's tech land baron
  14. Killer Gets Five Years after ‘Slipping’
  15. DLNR May Lift Ban on Kealakekua Kayak Rentals Soon
  16. Zoo Must Continue Working to Keep Accreditation
  17. Israeli surfers rescue 8 drowning children in Hawaii
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