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Saturday, March 4, 2023
March 4, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:44 PM :: 3094 Views
  1. Hawaii Cult Leader behind Mainland Child Kidnappings?
  2. Bribe: Oahu homeowners to possibly receive one-time property tax relief
  3. Council Bill 4 -- 14% Tax on Taxing transient vacation units
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Friday, March 3, 2023
March 3, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:50 PM :: 3821 Views
  1. Kakaako Kickback in Plain Sight: DelaCruz Slips OHA $84M--He will get it back via DTL
  2. Maui PD Can’t Protect Hate Criminals from Feds--Get 6 1/2 Years in FEDERAL Penitentiary
  3. HECO Plan will Triple Electric Bill
  4. New Aloha Stadium May Be Smaller As Green Rejects Original Development Plan
  5. New Mauna Kea Authority Tussles With DLNR Over Conservation Lands
  6. Why is $16M Waianae police station partially empty?
  7. Charter school students rally for their campus as BOE examines oversight concerns
  8. Military Stonewalling On Controversial Diversity Official Leading K-12 Schools
  9. Public housing agency struggling with $800 million repair backlog as hundreds of units remain vacant
  10. After volunteer-driven repairs, air rescues at Koko Crater Trail cut in half
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Thursday, March 2, 2023
March 2, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:23 PM :: 3621 Views
  1. Cayetano Dumped Kali Watson After DHHL Secret Land Deals
  2. Lawsuit: Kali Watson Boat Runs Over Surfer off Waikiki
  3. Maui: Shovel-Wielding Hate Crime Attackers Protected by Maui PD to be Sentenced by FEDERAL Judge Today
  4. UH Board of Regents to hold special session on president amid leadership criticism
  5. Campaign Spending Violations: Kaniela Ing to be Arraigned March 14
  6. Help Hawaii’s Governor Keep His Promise To Stop Taxing Food
  7. Hawaii’s legislative leaders assess big issues at session midpoint
  8. To expedite building permit process on Oahu, Tupola proposes updates to exemption list
  9. Another Step Towards Windfarms Off Waikiki
  10. Extra pandemic EBT benefits ending this month for 156,000 Hawaii residents
  11. Maui County Sat On $8 Million That Could Have Helped Struggling Homeowners
  12. Soft on Crime: 2009 Burglary-Rape Whittled Down to ‘Time Served’ because Defendant Felt Anxiety
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Wednesday, March 1, 2023
March 1, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:55 PM :: 2682 Views
  1. One Guy’s Honolulu Fireworks Cases Always Get Dismissed
  2. Soft on Crime: Meth-head Rapes Mother, Gets Time Served
  3. Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Steve Alm seeks pay raises
  4. No Property Taxes for Movie Studio?
  5. With property taxes set to rise, Honolulu seeks to Copy Maui County
  6. No Surprise: Maui County’s 5,000-home goal could take much longer
  7. Lawmakers debate funding demands for ‘safety net hospitals’ as one facility issues stark warning
  8. Lawmakers ask for DOE performance audit following Kihei High School delays
  9. Hide the Failure: DoE, Kapela Working to Eliminate Standardized Testing
  10. State-run retirement program off to slow start
  11. Hu Honua News: Legislature Proposes Micromanaging the Public Utilities Commission
  12. Election Day May Soon Be Out As A State Holiday--Will be Replaced by NotColumbus Day
  13. HB1294: Require Candidates to Use Real Name
  14. Accused Russian ‘Spy’ Says he Just Wants to Pay His Bills

 

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023
February 28, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:47 PM :: 1571 Views
  1. ‘Audacious’ tax relief plan advances at Hawaii Legislature
  2. Gov. Green puts cost of new Aloha Stadium at ‘under $500M’, LOL!
  3. Senate Committee Passes Honolulu Rail Tax Extension--Dela Cruz Claims it is a ‘Mistake’
  4. Hawaii's state population is expected to continue its steady decline
  5. Who Pockets Hawaii Visitors’ Money May Surprise You
  6. Early Release Story: Lunatic Kills Vagrant Outside Police Station, City Gets Sued
  7. HB1366: Another Trick to Keep Lots and Lots of Criminals on our Streets
  8. Hawaiian Airlines’ COVID vaccine mandate challenge set for trial
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Monday, February 27, 2023
February 27, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:50 PM :: 1613 Views
  1. Filipino Americans Making it out of Hawaii
  2. Another Miske Co-Defendant tries for Release Again
  3. Can raised crosswalks really cost so much?
  4. Contract for Red Hill facility alternatives is an enigma
  5. SB72 Hu Honua Bill on the Move
  6. Bills aim to add ‘tiny home’ sites for homeless
  7. Mayor Rick Blangiardi offers 5-point homeless plan for Oahu 
  8. Honokowai condo evades shoreline access requirement for 45 years
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Sunday, February 26, 2023
February 26, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:19 PM :: 2057 Views
  1. What’s not to like about a $72,348 part-time job with the right to take lucrative outside gigs from special interests?
  2. Unsteady, Unfocused, Thoughtless: Green’s Amateurish Agenda Finished for Session
  3. DHHL, Aloha Stadium spending could trigger COVID aid payback
  4. Hawaii County response to affordable housing credits audit
  5. Business owners voice concerns over proposed district
  6. $50M Subsidy for Waiahole Valley?
  7. Starting at Age 10: Hawaii Media Outlets help Raise $150K for Honolulu Juvenile Sex-Change Clinic
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Saturday, February 25, 2023
February 25, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:10 PM :: 2062 Views
  1. Tale of Two Systems: State Wouldn’t Charge Alleged Child Molester, Feds Won’t Give Him Bail
  2. HB84: Allows Counties to Reverse TVR permits from 1980s
  3. De-Covidization: Cheating on Medicaid to be Illegal Again Starting April 1
  4. Hawaii Tourism Authority turnover continues as another top exec resigns
  5. Schizophrenics Kill Three in Hawaii
  6. Maoists Rally for Abortion Attacker
  7. Hawaiian homesteaders on Molokai say spill of hundreds of gallons of fuel made them ill
  8. 'It's a health hazard' -- Dilapidated restrooms, sinking piers plague Maui harbor
  9. Following state’s costly missteps, parents push for solution to safely open new Kihei high school
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Friday, February 24, 2023
February 24, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:20 PM :: 1992 Views
  1. After Years of Campaign Spending Violations, Kaniela Ing Finally gets some Criminal Charges
  2. Rep. Gene Ward: ‘Reform Proposals Will Be Very Disappointing This Session’
  3. Oahu public charter faces closure following questions about online learning, enrollment
  4. Former Punahou Coach pleads 'not guilty' for child sex crimes allegations
  5. Hawaii hospitals at full capacity even with drop in COVID patients
  6. Failing infrastructure threatens future of only hospital that serves West Hawaii
  7. Lanai residents invited to virtual meeting on proposed 357% water rate hike
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Thursday, February 23, 2023
February 23, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:43 PM :: 2928 Views
  1. After Indictments, Al Hee Took $9M More
  2. After Bribery Arrests: House Adopts New Rules
  3. DHHL Redux: This time Green nominates Kali Watson
  4. Hawaii Household Bills Among Highest in USA
  5. New report urges licensure reform to boost ranks of medical workers
  6. GET exemption bills move forward
  7. Big Island Prison Guard In Federal Prison--Got Fired, But HLRB Orders him Reinstated with Back Pay
  8. After Driving Anderson Out, DeLaCruz Pushes Geothermal Scam for Hawaiian Homelands
  9. Better Background Checks Proposed For Certain State Employees
  10. Conveyance Tax Hike: SB362 Vehicle to Steal Your Money
  11. HB820: Hawaii Vacation Rental Tax Total Of 33% On the Move
  12. Last Round Of Honolulu Covid Relief Money Released--CNHA Gets Another $25M Slush Fund
  13. Judge: Miske Can Keep A Key Defense Attorney
  14. Media Blackout?  Attorney for Miske co-defendant wrongly predicted a “flurry of publicity”
  15. 20% of fatal crashes involve unlicensed drivers
  16. Lobbyist Pleads Not Guilty To Animal Clinic Drug Charges
  17. $4.5M -- Council OKs first settlement in police chase that prompted felony probe
  18. City Measure To Restrict Concealed Guns In Some Areas Moves Ahead After Council Vote
  19. Gun-Free Zones May Work. Just Don't Ask For Proof
  20. Group: Cost to convert cesspools on Big Island would be exorbitant
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Wednesday, February 22, 2023
February 22, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:10 PM :: 2771 Views
  1. Green’s AG says Senators Have no Authority Over Nominees
  2. Anderson Remains Interim DHHL Chair, AG’s Office Says
  3. Hawaii Car Insurance Would Cost More Under Legislation Pushed By Trial Lawyers
  4. OIP Delays Are Worse Than Ever
  5. Honolulu police chief pleads with drivers to slow down after ‘rough week’ on Oahu’s roads
  6. OHA: Hawaiians are Leaving Hawaii so Lets Jack up their Electric Bills Some More
  7. Rhoads: Give Millions More to Released Convicts
  8. Lawmakers find talking about legalizing recreational weed and doing it are very different things
  9. Military Families In Hawaii Could Soon Have An Easier Time Finding Schools
  10. The Decades-Old Debate Over Breaking Up Hawaii’s Statewide School System
  11. Vacation Rentals Are In The Hawaii Legislature’s Crosshairs
  12. DOH Computer Crashes During ‘Upgrade’, COVID Numbers Not Available
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Tuesday, February 21, 2023
February 21, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:22 PM :: 1647 Views
  1. Legislature: Devils, Idiots, and Snarky Kims
  2. Should Hawaii’s Legislature Meet Year-Round?
  3. Hirono Plans Another Run For US Senate
  4. The Military's Public Information Black Hole
  5. Recent string of injuries involving HPD officers on duty are ‘troubling,’ authorities say
  6. Soft on Crime: Traffic Scofflaws Kill Three
  7. Several restaurants announce closures amid staffing issues
  8. City fined after investigation revealed it didn’t provide gun range staff with proper PPE
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Monday, February 20, 2023
February 20, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:12 PM :: 1464 Views
  1. Probe ongoing in 10 likely felony charges against officers
  2. Gov. Josh Green requests additional $2.5B for state budget
  3. Green requests $45M to reimburse physicians who treat Medicaid patients
  4. Council passes bill for organic standards, regulations at Kula Agricultural Park
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Sunday, February 19, 2023
February 19, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:36 PM :: 2342 Views
  1. Judiciary Chair Tarnas ‘a key ingredient in the formula for corruption’
  2. Logan: I just found out I can’t fire dirty cops
  3. UH Power Game: Mercado Kim’s Next Move?
  4. Star-Adv: HTA Problem is DeFries Bumbling of CNHA Bid Rigging
  5. HB1049 Tax Relief: Invest in families to help them stay here
  6. Kauai Council to Select Replacement for Evslin
  7. Big Island gun case tests high court ruling
  8. Bills propose lowering drunken driving threshold to 0.05%
  9. Bum Removal: Waikiki Beach to be Closed 2AM-5AM to reduce feces and needles
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Saturday, February 18, 2023
February 18, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:57 PM :: 2711 Views
  1. Abercrombie: “You’re an idiot!”
  2. Hawaii Dodges Bullet by Rejecting Anderson
  3. Suspect in fatal hit-and-run has no driver’s license, 164 citations--‘Released Pending Investigation’--AGAIN
  4. Hawaii Lobbyist Charged With Vet Clinic Drug Violations
  5. HB745: Equal Pay for Transsexuals
  6. $50M to Subsidize 93 Waiahole Valley Renters
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Friday, February 17, 2023
February 17, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:02 PM :: 1685 Views
  1. Hanabusa: Feds Have Still Not Agreed to Cut Rail Short
  2. Honolulu’s Rail Line Readies To Open 1st Section In ‘June-ish’ — Or Maybe July
  3. Religious observances by Hawaii’s school employees are OK’d
  4. Doomed in House, Office of Hawaiian Affairs Kakaako Makai bill advances in Senate
  5. Medicated Marijuana Dispensaries Behind Opposition to Legalization of Recreational Dope?
  6. Phoney Baloney: Hawaii Senator Votes ‘No’ Then ‘Yes’ To Legalize Marijuana
  7. DLNR clears Makua Beach encampment of Sovereignty Thug
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Thursday, February 16, 2023
February 16, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:40 PM :: 2531 Views
  1. Ethics: Clerk at AGs Office Fed Info to Lawyer Suing Crooked Sheriff for Sex Assault
  2. Shining a Light on the Legislature--Do Anti-Corruption Bills Have a Chance?
  3. Green Appoints Evslin, LaChica to House
  4. DHHL Nomination Withdrawn: 'Evasive' Anderson 'Misrepresents Commission'
  5. DoH: Hawaii among highest hepatitis B death rates nationwide
  6. Hawaii Families Spend 62.3% of Income on Mortgage--Highest in USA
  7. DLNR--Build Parking Garage at Ala Wai
  8. Hawaii Ranks 39th for Innovation
  9. Hawaii ACT Scores 10th-Worst in USA
  10. Abercrombie: OHA Should Stop Lying About Kakaako Makai Deal
  11. One Down 19 to Go: Which Green Nominee will Senators Kill Next?
  12. Legislators Latest ‘Affordable Housing Bill’--a Tax Hike on Houses
  13. Red Hill families forced to stay in hotels amid tainted water crisis hit with huge tax bills
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Wednesday, February 15, 2023
February 15, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:25 PM :: 2987 Views
  1. New Aloha Stadium will be built of Steel Recycled from Old Aloha Stadium, LOL!
  2. Otake to be Disqualified in Another Corruption Case?
  3. HB106: Crooked DPP will Seize Your Property
  4. SB911: Sen Karl Rhoads and Megan Kau want Convicted Felons to Serve on Juries
  5. Exposed:  City program to ban repeat offenders from Waikiki is Fake
  6. Manini News: Legislature Looks To Tweak Internal Rules To Accommodate Ethics Reform
  7. Alleged cocaine dealer received COVID relief loan
  8. Tracking Hawai‘i Homeowners Who are Equity Rich or Seriously Underwater
  9. Soaring fuel surcharges boost HEI’s revenue over $1B
  10. Downed Chinese balloon aimed for Hawaii but was blown off course -U.S. official
  11. Commission on Native Children’s Hawaii Regional Hearing begins today
  12. American Samoa youth allowed to remain in Hawaii Youth Challenge program after outcry
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Tuesday, February 14, 2023
February 14, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:54 PM :: 1687 Views
  1. Will Senate Committee Reject Union Owned DHHL Nominee Ikaika Anderson today?
  2. City hopes to reopen Oahu’s only public shooting range by next month
  3. About the Occupied Forces Hawaii Army “warship”
  4. Court rejects appeal of Miske co-defendant’s 2018 conviction
  5. Soft on Crime: Killer Gets Two years--Shockingly, he is Wanted Again
  6. Hawaii’s Innovative Plan To Manage Marine Resources Is Being Quietly Rolled Back
  7. Homelessness Industry Looks to City for Cash Flow
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Monday, February 13, 2023
February 13, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:45 PM :: 1246 Views
  1. 2,000 appeals received disputing current Honolulu property tax assessments
  2. How Just One Person Gets To Decide Important Issues Like Term Limits
  3. SB678: Homelessness Industry Wants to Tax Your House to Line Their Pockets
  4. Hawaii lawmakers weigh bills creating gun-free zones
  5. Hawaii Senators Approve Bill To Promote Research Into Legalizing Shrooms and Ecstasy
  6. HB1165: Carbon Offsets Have Created A new Industry -- Suing Carbon Offset Scams
  7. Many Hawaii schoolkids going without routine vaccinations as Antivaxxer Conspiracy Theories Spread
  8. Hawaii’s lodging industry workers missing out, expert says
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Sunday, February 12, 2023
February 12, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:10 PM :: 2048 Views
  1. Silvert: State Laws Don’t Prohibit Corruption
  2. Court documents disclose Miske’s alleged “purchase” of stevedore jobs, and ties to a prison guard at OCCC
  3. Over the last 45 years, there have been more than 80 unsolved missing persons cases on Kaua‘i
  4. Lawmakers Announce Plan to Kill Green tax Cuts, Green Agrees
  5. Self-interested state legislators duck term limits once again
  6. HB89: Ban all elected officials from soliciting and accepting any campaign donations while the Legislature is in session
  7. Saiki, Morikawa:  Give More Money to Stop OHA Whining About Kakaako Makai settlement
  8. Not on Board with Aloha Stadium Boondoggle: Key state senators call for University of Hawaii President Lassner to resign
  9. Births decline: Several factors contribute to drop in Hawaii-born babies
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Saturday, February 11, 2023
February 11, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:03 PM :: 2190 Views
  1. Bribery News: Ex-Mayor Arakawa Asks Judge to go easy on Stant
  2. Alleged Crime Boss Mike Miske Just Lost One Of His Longtime Defense Attorneys
  3. DHHL News: Will Senate reject Union-Owned Ikaika Anderson?
  4. SB1602: Hawaii Bill to Intimidate Activists is Killed
  5. Liquor Commission Implodes After Gay Bar Complains
  6. State to pay out $450K to man who alleged DOE officer sexually assaulted him in 1970s
  7. Illegal gun range in Waianae highlights lack of shooting ranges on Oahu
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Friday, February 10, 2023
February 10, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:56 PM :: 1451 Views
  1. After Bribery Arrests, A few Ethics Bills Advance--But Most Don’t
  2. Hawaii Is Short Medical Workers. Interstate Compacts are part of the Solution
  3. Catch-n-Release: Various criminal acts would be subject to fines instead of arrests
  4. HB111: Give counties authority to raise their minimum wage
  5. Bill to tax gambling travel from Hawaii passes committee
  6. New Maui High School May Sit for Years After DOE Finally Agrees To Build Overpass 10 Years Late
  7. Textbooks for the Blind: Another DoE Fail
  8. Hawaii preschool at center of contentious dispute with state closes its doors
  9. 50 Years Later, Waiahole Residents May be forced to pay rent
  10. S. Africa rugby player killed by Hawaii police had acute CTE
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Thursday, February 9, 2023
February 9, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:59 PM :: 2258 Views
  1. Governor Green called to testify in beheading case -- media silent
  2. SB736: Unity House Felon Leads OHA Push to Upzone Kakaako Makai
  3. Hawaii has ‘biggest loophole in any pay-to-play law around the country’
  4. Hawaii is the Only State where Parole Authority sets Minimum Sentences
  5. Feds: State did nothing for 20 Years about ‘prolific, aggressive child predator’ ex-Punahou basketball coach
  6. DOH investigator describes video of toxic fire suppressant spill
  7. HB537: 70% Tax Hike for E-Cigs
  8. HB828: Free school bus legislation rolls on
  9. Business district pushback: Property owners, tenants voice concerns about proposal for downtown Hilo
  10. The skyrocketing price of eggs has shoppers choosing local
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Wednesday, February 8, 2023
February 8, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:01 PM :: 3827 Views
  1. HB1146: Statewide Carbon Tax Designed to Support Big Island Hu Honua Scam?
  2. Senators find DCCA Office Empty, Lights Out--Afraid to Make HGEA  Members Show Up for Work
  3. SB720: Hawaii Senators Move To Keep Public Records Secret
  4. Kaneshiro Lawyers -- Our Client Should Get Away with Frame-up Due to Statute of Limitations
  5. Settlement reached for 4 injured in high-speed police chase-- Police ‘Thinking like criminals’
  6. SB350 Crime Wave Coming: Will Green Sign Cash Bail Bill Vetoes by Ige?
  7. Her child care business was a labor of love ― until she couldn’t make a living with it
  8. Pandering to Ignorance Deemed Unconstitutional: Bills Blaming ‘Outsiders’ for High Cost of Housing -- Dead
  9. UH to Bulldoze Charter School, Build Condos
  10. HB1366: Should State take over HTLA program to fly bums back to Mainland?
  11. Red Light Cams Issue 763 Tickets
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Tuesday, February 7, 2023
February 7, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 12:13 PM :: 1037 Views
  1. Bills Would Establish Process to Incarcerate Mentally Ill in Asylums
  2. This homeless shelter for families has the money to reopen and the need. So why hasn’t it yet?
  3. Bills Would Force Hawaii To Seek Court Orders In Many Child Welfare Cases
  4. For the first time in 19 months, the median price for an Oahu home is under $1M
  5. Haleakala Fuel Spill Caused by Lightning Strike
  6. Oahu Women’s Prison May Have To Install Cameras In Control Booths
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Monday, February 6, 2023
February 6, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:32 PM :: 1174 Views
  1. Many Tax Hikes on Legislative Agenda
  2. Legislators Figuring out how to Kill Affordable Housing without leaving Fingerprints
  3. Tackling teacher shortages: Bill aims to ease licensing process for out-of-state educators
  4. OHA’s Totally Futile Effort to Up Zone Kakaako Makai
  5. Rep. Natalia Hussey-Burdick: How To Reform Government Without Even Passing New Laws
  6. Affordable Housing; Who needs another useless plan?
  7. Mentally Ill Person Dies Homeless Due to Lack of Mental Health care on Big Island
  8. State Employees Close Octopus center in Kona so they will stop being annoyed by Animal Liberation Nuts
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Sunday, February 5, 2023
February 5, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:00 PM :: 2133 Views
  1. Tourism Management?  Hawaii Hotel Construction Boom Biggest Since 1970s
  2. HB1375: Convert Hawaii Tourism Authority to a CNHA Slush Fund
  3. New Hawaii DBEDT director ‘fighting fires’ or fanning flames?
  4. Spent $60K at Hostess Bars: Decade In Prison For ‘Brazen’ Maui Official Who Took Bribes?
  5. DINO News: The Democratic Party Platform Calls For Serious Government Reform. So Why Are Democrats Reluctant To Do It?
  6. An important week in the case against Mike Miske and his co-defendants
  7. Suspect Shot by Police has 13-Year Criminal Transcript, got Probation
  8. Prohibition Again: A generational ban on tobacco?
  9. Not Taking Seriously: Few schools have undergone vulnerability assessments meant to ID campus weaknesses
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Saturday, February 4, 2023
February 4, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:32 PM :: 1721 Views
  1. Lawmakers eye tax relief proposals as residents grapple with rising costs for medical care, groceries
  2. Agenda 2023: Hawaii Legislature Transgender Bills
  3. Money News: Fuel spill reignites activist histrionics over military’s land lease
  4. DNA testing leaves Dana Ireland murder unsolved
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Friday, February 3, 2023
February 3, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:15 PM :: 2202 Views
  1. ‘Asset Tax’ Advances--Legislature will Steal 1% of Everything you Own Every Year 
  2. Native Hawaiian Home Loan Program Won’t Fund Mortgages on Sites Littered with Unexploded Bombs -- Star Adv Calls this Racial Discrimination, LOL!
  3. Hawaii Tourism Harpooned As Residents Abandon Ship
  4. Occupancy for Hawaii vacation rentals in 2022 remained below pre-Covid levels
  5. Man who ran over woman with stroller was not locked up for previous attacks
  6. Gaming the System: Hit-and-run defendant Jared Denault tries to withdraw plea
  7. Deputy Prosecutor With History Of Neighbor Problems No Longer Employed By Hawaii County
  8. Council to Pick Next Maui County Clerk
  9. Another setback for Ka‘u satellite dish project
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Thursday, February 2, 2023
February 2, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:20 PM :: 1410 Views
  1. VIDEO: FBI Raids Home of former Punahou Basketball Coach
  2. Alleged Chinatown Pimp Indicted
  3. Who is having abortions in Hawaii?
  4. Marine Debris Found in Stomach of Stranded Kauai Sperm Whale
  5. Proposed Short Term Rental Regs Could Harm Big Island Farmers, Economy.
  6. Hawaii GOP Chair, Vice-Chair Suddenly Resign
  7. City reaches $2.85M settlement with central victim in Kealoha corruption scandal
  8. In wake of Memphis case, commission grills HPD chief about slow discipline for officers accused of wrongdoing
  9. Criminals Usually Allowed to Return to Waikiki and Chinatown
  10. Hawaii Lawmakers Pretend to Show Interest in Limiting Their Own Political Fundraising
  11. Is Hawaii Government Effective? It’s Hard To Tell
  12. Hawai’i Senate’s Hu Honua Bill Faces Opposition
  13. Room for Shrooms? Psychedelics Bills Filed Hawaii Legislature 
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Wednesday, February 1, 2023
February 1, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:44 PM :: 1585 Views
  1. After state senator compares housing chief to the devil, Gov. Green files harassment complaint
  2. After years on the beach, these Native Hawaiians occupied a housing complex. Some got to stay
  3. Legislators: Turn Hawaii Tourism Authority into CNHA Slush Fund
  4. HB87: Recycling was a Lie so lets Ban Plastic Water Bottles
  5. Miske Lawyers Think they can get the jury they want in Las Vegas
  6. 13 Years Later Hilario Murder Case Begins with Court-Mandated Juror Intimidation
  7. Discipline report reveals cellblock beating in which officers were fired for excessive force, falsifying reports
  8. SHOPO Continues Effort to Oust Maui’s Outsider Chief--Latest tactic sex harassment suits
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Tuesday, January 31, 2023
January 31, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:47 PM :: 1372 Views
  1. Green Abandons GET reform effort--Still Lying About how Much Tourists Pay
  2. Governor’s ‘green fee’ plan scaled back to target park, trail and beach users
  3. The local news media landscape
  4. Former police chief Ballard prevails in defamation suit brought by ex-SHOPO president
  5. Lawmakers Want More Information Made Public On Inmate Deaths In State Prisons And Jails
  6. Under pilot, Homeless Drug Addicted Criminals in Chinatown are being given a choice: Jail or treatment
  7. To Reduce Rent, Many Oahu restaurants eliminate their dining areas
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Monday, January 30, 2023
Letters to the Editor January, 2023
By Letters to the Editor @ 5:30 PM :: 2732 Views
  • Bill 62 Higher Taxes Mean Higher Rent on Oahu
  • HB132 Would Eliminate Election Auditing
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Monday, January 30, 2023
January 30, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:06 PM :: 2332 Views
  1. “What we have had here is quite a bit of corruption”
  2. Bills seek GET exemptions: Some focus on medical services in an effort to ease physician shortage
  3. Bills would expand fees to access Hawaii state parks, trails
  4. DLNR Nominee Dawn Chang Faces Tough Questions About Her Past Work
  5. Raising Taxi Rates Helps, But Rate Deregulation Is What’s Needed
  6. A State Abortion Coordinator? Mrs Kaniela Ing wants to Model Reproductive Rights on State’s Wildly Successful Homelessness Initiative
  7. Lawmakers considering $250,000 settlement in case stemming from sexual assaults at Kona school
  8. Hu Honua case heads to high court again
  9. Peculiar: Tulsi Gabbard on Shortlist for Trump VP
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Sunday, January 29, 2023
January 29, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:20 PM :: 3166 Views
  1. Corruption?  The conference room at the Capitol erupts in laughter
  2. Truth in Taxation: Honolulu Homeowners Are Shocked At New Property Tax Bills. Here’s Something That Could Help
  3. The implication that batteries are going to be the source of backup for lack of sunlight on Oahu is simply wrong
  4. Suspending laws is a recurring tactic in Hawaii to shelter homeless
  5. Kakaako Makai: OHA Still Looking for a Re-Do
  6. Buying erosion sites: Enviros Reward their Rich Friends
  7. The legal odds appear stacked against any request to move the Miske trial
  8. Our lawmakers look for respect in all the wrong places
  9. Prince Kuhio Made Pearl Harbor ‘The Nation’s Chief Pacific Outpost’
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Saturday, January 28, 2023
January 28, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:01 PM :: 1239 Views
  1. HPD: We don’t need more Police Ethics Training
  2. Hawaii Lawmakers Seek To Ease Process For Bringing Felony Charges
  3. Green Tax Cut may become reality--But Only for Some Public Employees 
  4. 2nd Amendment advocates balk at Green proposal to create gun-free ‘sensitive places’
  5. Waiahole families facing huge rent hikes as farmers fight to keep local agriculture alive
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Friday, January 27, 2023
January 27, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:07 PM :: 2002 Views
  1. To Stop Reformers, Legislators propose Changing OHA Elections
  2. Aloha Stadium: Green Plan to Benefit Carpenters Union Delays RFP
  3. Lawsuit: Former Kaua‘i prosecutor fired for opposing judicial nominee
  4. Hawaii County PD releases annual disciplinary report
  5. UH graduate assistants’ fight to unionize reaches high court
  6. Hawaii Ordered An Acupuncturist To Stop Practicing. Three Years Later, He Still Was
  7. Hawaii tourist or resident misbehavior what's worse?
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Thursday, January 26, 2023
January 26, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:43 PM :: 1959 Views
  1. Feds May Seek Change of Venue: After Drug Bust, Lawyer Otake Met Miske, Malone in Parking Lot
  2. Renters suffer when Hawaii property assessments increase
  3. 1,300 Jobs Culled At Largest Hawaii Vacation Rental: Shocks Industry
  4. Revising ‘outdated’ law to curb Hawaii emergency powers       
  5. Ex-HPD chief Ballard takes stand in defamation trial, blames misquoted online news article
  6. Authorities arrest former prison guard accused of sexually abusing inmates
  7. Cost Comparison of Hawaii Solar Projects
  8. MEO clears disputed site of future housing project in Waiehu
  9. Oahu aims to clear blocked sidewalks near schools
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Wednesday, January 25, 2023
January 25, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 11:22 AM :: 2534 Views
  1. Feds: Female Guard Gave Miske associate access to cell phone, drugs while detained at OCCC
  2. DoE Enrollment will Soon be at 65-Year Low
  3. Hawaii legislators want to expand program to keep drug dealers out of jail if they act crazy 
  4. New Park Rangers to Hunt down small businesses
  5. Former Kamehameha Schools CEO appointed as new interim leadership for Bishop Museum
  6. Hawaii had a total of 1,440 millionaires in 2020
  7. Eco-Religion Children's’ Crusade to be tossed out of Court?
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Tuesday, January 24, 2023
January 24, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:06 PM :: 1568 Views
  1. Kouchi: Tax Cuts are Dead on Arrival, but we’ll make it look good
  2. Attorney General launches cover-up of illegal fireworks delivery to Guards at Oahu jail
  3. Decision forthcoming to fill 2 state House vacancies
  4. Don’t be a Fool: Hydrogen is Just Oil Company Greenwashing
  5. Hawaii Lawmakers Seek Shields Against Supreme Court Rulings On Abortion, Guns
  6. HSTA-Owned Legislators Plan to Kill Preschool Plan by Requiring Fully Credentialed Teachers
  7. 3 decades after Dana Ireland’s murder, innocence project attorneys ask judge to vacate conviction
  8. Statewide four year delay to receive birth and death certificates
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Monday, January 23, 2023
January 23, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:09 PM :: 1884 Views
  1. Perruso: Republicans Will Take Wahiawa if Dems Don’t Pretend to Clean up Corruption
  2. Experts: Hawaii’s economy poised to slow down ‘significantly’
  3. School Choice Week: Our keiki deserve an education fitting their unique needs
  4. State Regulators Gratuitously Orders Shut Down of Octopus Farm
  5. Hawaii Highways Closed For Accidents, Infuriating Residents and Visitors
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Sunday, January 22, 2023
January 22, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:52 PM :: 3611 Views
  1. Census: For First Time, Majority of Native Hawaiians live outside of Hawaii 
  2. Calvin Say: What I said before about HGEA Fraudulently Boosting Assessments to Line their own pockets is …uh… ‘Ridiculous’
  3. Will Legislators Finally Abolish HTA This Session?
  4. Will HSTA Kill Pre-K Again?
  5. Local Government Was No Sure Thing In Hawaii — Until Prince Kuhio Got Involved
  6. Miske trial could take as long as five months
  7. Tiny Coolant Leak on Mauna Kea Should Spark Another Wave of Activist Histrionics
  8. Hawai‘i kupuna watchdog head says program in need of expansion
  9. Sales of Delta-8 THC go on in Hawaii amid murky legal status
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Saturday, January 21, 2023
January 21, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:55 PM :: 1361 Views
  1. Bribery and Fraud: ‘The Public is Angry’
  2. Perfectly Good Telescope to be Removed from Maunakea--Will be Installed at Chilean University where Science is Valued
  3. HART to Open ‘Mid-2023’?
  4. DHHL Spending delayed by State’s Grab for $412M COVID Money?
  5. State’s highest court rules incumbent Maui councilmember won seat in key race
  6. Federal Judge Grants Broad Order Protecting A Honolulu Reporter
  7. ‘Just like Marco Polo’: 77-year-old man killed in large blaze at Aiea highrise
  8. Medical clinic for homeless at Punawai opens for patients
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Friday, January 20, 2023
January 20, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:24 PM :: 1602 Views
  1. Gov. Josh Green Blocks New Jail: Says We Need to Let Lots and Lots of Criminals Back out onto the Streets
  2. Alm: Prosecutors will Stop Asking HPA to Deny Parole to ‘Heinous’ Criminals
  3. Hawaii Paroling Authority Releasing Lots of Criminals Early--Especially the Crazy Ones
  4. Hawaii’s homeless criminals take a toll on local restaurants
  5. Homeless Village Planned Next to Existing Meth Camp Across from Middle Street Bus Terminal
  6. Hawaii Visitor $50 “Green” Fees ‘Dead on Arrival’
  7. ‘It’s Horrendous’: The Deaths Of 2 Doctors Deepen The Void In Rural Health Care Access
  8. State’s highest court considers call for new election in key Maui Council race
  9. DPP Claims Wait Time reduced to Four Weeks
  10. Traffic violators owe Hawaii taxpayers tens of millions in unpaid fines, records show
  11. Officials warn of more traffic during Honolulu rail work
  12. Hawaii House GOP: Government Reform Is A Priority
  13. Senate GOP: Brenton Awa Admits he is an Idiot
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Thursday, January 19, 2023
January 19, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:04 PM :: 2674 Views
  1. Opening Day: Former Chief Investigator Sues Hawaii Attorney General’s Office for Refusing to Prosecute Corruption
  2. Opening Day: John Waihee’s Favorite Trump-era influence peddler sentenced to prison
  3. Opening Day: Ex-Navatek CEO Pleads Not Guilty To Mortgage Fraud In Hawaii
  4. Opening Day: Miske Lawyer Still on the Case--For Now
  5. Hawaii Gov Signals He'll Sign Ethics Reform Bills--But Only if They Land On His Desk
  6. Bill: 100% Tax on Home Price Increase
  7. Bill: 25% TAT on Short Term Rentals
  8. Senate Bill 125 would increase the “tip credit” amount to match 20% of the Hawaii minimum wage
  9. Opening Day: Makaha Beach Thug Interrupts Speaker’s Remarks--“You guys talking about money--We First”
  10. Water Board Says EPA is Slowing Red Hill Shutdown
  11. Over 400 citations issued from Oahu red light cameras
  12. Suit against Boy Scouts: ‘Pattern of failures’ led to fatal shooting of 11-year-old at Hawaii campsite
  13. HB64: Confiscating Guns
  14. Rich Liberal Democrats support affordable housing in principle but go all NIMBY when it comes to their own neighborhoods
  15. HSTA News: Former Waimea Teacher Victor Aguilar sentenced for sexual assault
  16. Ex-airline worker indicted in COVID fraud
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Wednesday, January 18, 2023
January 18, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:32 PM :: 1736 Views
  1. Lawmakers Rushing To Hold Last-Minute Fundraisers Before Session Begins
  2. Honolulu Permitting Inspector OK’d His Own Company’s Projects
  3. A new witness for the prosecution appears to have created conflict of interest for Miske’s lead attorney
  4. Will Anderson ‘Blowup’ $600 Million DHHL Spending Plan?
  5. A year after construction wrapped up, red tape keeps city’s $17M housing project for the homeless empty
  6. Maui Medical center’s patient census seasonally high
  7. Ron Menor, longtime Hawaii politician, dies at 67
  8. Hawaii gas price average finally below $5, but still higher than national trend
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Tuesday, January 17, 2023
January 17, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:05 PM :: 1723 Views
  1. News media turn a blind eye to attorney misdeeds
  2. Hawaii's Zoning Laws Are A Self-Inflicted Wound. It's Hurting Our Housing
  3. Green’s $100M Climate Fund based on Unconstitutional State Visitor Impact Fee
  4. State to unveil ambitious preschool plan for Hawaii (again)
  5. After 5 years in court, North Shore killing brings call for tougher murder law
  6. Hawaii bill proposed to offer backpay to those terminated over vaccine mandates
  7. Hawaii Renewable Energy Projects Are Back On Track After Chinese Companies Reroute Solar Panels Thru SE Asia to Evade Biden Administration Slavery Sanctions
  8. Hawaii needle exchanges at record high--1.23M
  9. Eternal Flame for Hawaii’s veterans burns again
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Monday, January 16, 2023
January 16, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:31 PM :: 1724 Views
  1. Legislators ‘Rough Up’ Ikaika Anderson, Prepare to reject Appointment
  2. When the Legislature passed the Sunshine Law it exempted itself
  3. Sen. Gabbard to push for Green Amendment
  4. Red Hill task force takes full control of ‘all activities’ at Site
  5. Will Council Vote to Clear Knife-Wielding Homeless Drug Addicts from School Grounds?
  6. Captain Cook fire station illegally renamed without public input
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Sunday, January 15, 2023
January 15, 2023 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:04 PM :: 2392 Views
  1. Criminal Conspiracy behind Property Assessment Hikes
  2. Only Republicans Support Tax Cuts
  3. Hawaii Is Where People Spend The Most On Rent --42% of Income
  4. Lawmakers not enthused about changing the way business is done at the Legislature
  5. Saiki: Green’s $100M Climate Initiative DOA
  6. DHHL Will Soon Have Three Plans to Spend $600M--Therefore the money will elapse unspent
  7. More upgrades needed at State Hospital to handle demand for mental health services
  8. Department of Health no longer wants 2 Oahu hospitals
  9. Molokai health center closing, leaving a big hole in medical care on the 'friendly isle'
  10. 456 Catch-n-Release Arrests in Waikiki, 575 Arrests in Chinatown do nothing to reduce Crime--Time to Call in National Guard?
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