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Saturday, April 2, 2011
April 2, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 11:17 AM :: 13954 Views
  1. GOP Files Ethics complaint over Nestor Garcia’s $60K side job
  2. Abercrombie names DBEDT Deputy Director
  3. HB1049: Raid on Hurricane Fund to Trigger 7.5% Tax on Premiums?
  4. Panos: Wind Study doesn't answer questions about Cost
  5. Abercrombie names new UH Regents, E-W Center Board members
  6. Friday Night Surprise: GET Hike Back on Table
  7. Maui News: Abercrombie is “pathetic excuse for leadership” we need Linda Lingle
  8. Legislators prepare to gut 180 day law
  9. Rail Funds: Oahu Taxpayers $623M, Congress $34M
  10. Bombardier wants the city to disclose more information about Ansaldo’s Winning Rail proposal
  11. Molokai expels Wind Farm, Maui could be next Victim
  12. Carlisle says labor savings may have to go beyond 5 percent
  13. Secret labor Agreement: Hawaii commerce department to end furlough days
  14. Tax Sweeps of Vendors Begin Again
  15. Obamacare Preview: Penalties for those with health risks considered in 2009 by Hawaii’s public employee health plan
  16. One week after Dengue Fever, Mosquito Control becomes excuse for Tax Hikes
  17. VIDEO: Prison or Youth ChalleNGe? The future fate of Kulani
  18. Brewbaker resists jumping to conclusions about Japan Tsunami
  19. Airport parking rates to increase statewide
  20. Office of Information Practices Director Selected
  21. Bankruptcies average 297 per month, down from 330
  22. Canadian Hawaii Real Estate Fraud to face trial
  23. US task force arrests 61 fugitives on Maui
  24. Ariz. law bans abortions based on race or gender
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Friday, April 1, 2011
April 1, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:02 PM :: 14787 Views
  1. House GOP releases Balanced State Budget without Tax Hikes
  2. Wildman’s Firm didn’t pay Payroll Taxes 
  3. Mufi on Senate race: Washington DC has always been an interest of ours
  4. Hawaii House GOP Proposes Budget Fixes without Tax Hikes
  5. Abercrombie Head Fake: Senate to decide between Two types of GE Tax Hike
  6. More Federal Funds? Schatz returns from DC Empty Handed
  7. Asselbaye: “We cannot continue cutting government”
  8. Tax on sugary drinks would be discriminatory and seriously harm our economy
  9. Hawaii Tax Revenues rise with Gas Prices
  10. Hawaiian Airlines to DOUBLE flights to Japan (Meanwhile Abercrombie prophesizes doom)
  11. Tsutsui Names Ex-Rep Amaral to judge selection panel (Crony of Danner sisters, tied to new version of Akaka Bill)
  12. Lambda, ACLU drop suit, plan for next suit: “We’ll be watching closely for any signs of problems” with Civil Unions
  13. Abercrombie: My relationships with Legislators are excellent, we’re not pals
  14. New BOE era off to good start
  15. Senate to vote on Closing School, converting to Prison
  16. Former Casino Boss; Don’t Do it!
  17. Legalized Bribery Bill Tabled
  18. Hawaii State Bank resolution still alive 
  19. The Bus: Doesn’t have the financial mobility to add routes—as Rail expenses mount
  20. Stock buy foments talk of A&B breakup
  21. State receives 12 more suspected cases of dengue
  22. States Propose Measures to Alter, Remove CON Processes
  23. Program may bring displaced citizens of Japan to stay on Maui
  24. Turtle Bay project pared down
  25. $45M fine tilts Horizon to bankruptcy
  26. Birthers have nothing on rabid anti-Bushers
  27. Found Photos: The Story of Chicago's "Little Hawaii" Neighborhood
  28. With mom in hospital, “Psychic” Sylivia Brown’s son struggles to keep up
  29. Sale of $100M home has Hawaii connections
  30. Omidyar Accidentally Buys Hawaii
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Thursday, March 31, 2011
March 31, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:22 PM :: 11965 Views
  1. No New Taxes! Rally April 15--Kona, Hilo, Kahului, Lihue
  2. 2011 Akaka Bill grants Tribal officials broad immunity from Hawaii Criminal and Civil Laws
  3. 2011 Akaka Bill: More than 73% of Hawaiians not "Qualified" for membership in Akaka Tribe
  4. Tax Freedom Day in Hawaii: April 6
  5. Governor renews push for beverage taxes
  6. Palafox Redux? Wildman withdraws over “unresolved situation”
  7. Hawaii Right to Life: Oppose HCR 71 on HPV vaccination
  8. Supreme Courts seeks Six Volunteers to Discipline Lawyers
  9. OBAMA POLL HITS NEW LOW...
  10. ...Hillary Nears All Time High
  11. One Dead In Marine Helicopter Crash Off Kaneohe
  12. Abercrombie backs GE Tax hike on Shipping, Airlines, Cellphone bills
  13. New Akaka Bill Ignores Lingle Concerns
  14. City's deceptive bidding process for rail contract hid $900M in costs
  15. Legislators want to accept $200 bribes from unions, business, pension funds
  16. Abercrombie’s New BoE to do Policy Audit, NOT Financial Audit
  17. SB1284 Designed to force Disabled children back into DoE Schools
  18. Shapiro: Dope Bills all about Money, not ‘Compassion’
  19. Painters’ Union leader arrested at rally
  20. APEC planners: Hawaii will be ready
  21. Hawaii could be fallback site for firms in Japan
  22. Hurricane Fund, Rainy Day Fund wiped out  Just to get thru June
  23. While Abercrombie preaches Doom and Gloom, Stalled condo projects on Oahu move forward
  24. Effort to Amend Kauai Plastic Bag Ban becomes entangled in procedure
  25. Study: Big Isle least healthy in State
  26. FERC approves Wailua hydro
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
March 30, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:37 PM :: 10292 Views
  1. No New Taxes! Rally April 15--Kona, Hilo, Kahului, Lihue
  2. Daily KOS Polls Hawaii Senate Race: Mufi 47–Lingle 40
  3. CoR: Tsunami effect smallish, Weak February tax receipts major factor
  4. COFA Migrations: Field work complete, GAO Audit report due in September
  5. VIDEO: House debates Retirement, Gambling, Insurance—and frozen Bread
  6. HTA addressing “short-term consolidation of flights” by JAL
  7. State honors sacrifice of 17 with medal
  8. Hawaii Visitors Up 11.8% in Feb—so how are tax receipts down?
  9. Pot, Kettle, Black: Abercrombie calls Trump Bankrupt
  10. Forbes: Honolulu most expensive tourist destination, prices up 20% on strong demand
  11. Media Portrays Public as supporting Tax Hikes, Lottery
  12. Cayetano, Slom and Slater plan to sue over rail project
  13. Akaka Bill Reintroduced to Congress
  14. Precisely as Predicted: Hawaii's Race To The Top Delayed
  15. ABERCROMBIE TO ANNOUNCE HIS PICKS FOR BOARD OF EDUCATION
  16. Kauai Dems Name three to Replace Rep Morita
  17. AARP Rallies against Pension Tax, for more spending
  18. Last Appointment: Hee v. Louie
  19. Two Hawaii Labor Trafficking Bills Still Alive
  20. Gay Marriage: Invented in Hawaii for first time in history of human race
  21. Medicaid for non-American non-immigrants?
  22. Japan's tsunami debris headed for West Coast, then Hawaii
  23. Abercrombie Fundraiser to be sentenced on Dope Charges
  24. Punatic Dopers Sue County, demand $5M
  25. Kakaako homeless: where are they now?
  26. Hi Co Furloughs: Council Pressures Kenoi on bargaining position
  27. Zoo accreditation in jeopardy
  28. Tsutsui on Akaka: New definition of Obsequious
  29. Pawlenty Calls Out Trump’s Birtherism
  30. Why Liberals Love the Birthers
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
March 29, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 11:23 AM :: 9854 Views
  1. No New Taxes! Rally April 15--Kona, Hilo, Kahului
  2. Hawaii Legislature to Honor 16 fallen Heroes
  3. Djou: No plans to seek seat in Senate
  4. Durbin's Flawed Islamophobia Hearing
  5. Rep Brower: “Info Brief Your Ego”
  6. Was Abercrombie Bragging about Secret Labor Settlement?
  7. Delayed Refunds: Abercrombie could use Budget trick he derided as Phony
  8. Senate Ways and Means Committee considers 5% GE Tax
  9. Making The Tax Increase Hidden
  10. State’s Finances Grim, State Agencies Asked to Cut Spending by 10 Percent, Legislators debate excuses needed for GE Tax hike
  11. Soda tax getting another look in Hawaii
  12. Senators seek specifics on Abercrombie's vow to remake government
  13. But Administration Testifies in favor on more spending
  14. Kouchi: What state services do you want to keep? (Peddling Tax Hikes)
  15. DoE Advertiser claims cuts will end Education reform
  16. JAL drops one Honolulu Flight for three weeks in April
  17. Gaming advocates are seizing on the Tsunami panic
  18. Hawaii’s public financing pilot project likely to fall along with Arizona’s campaign law
  19. Alexander to preach Abercrombie to Catholics
  20. “More Federal Funds” Ecos now claim “$10s of Millions in Tsunami damage” to NW Hawaiian Isles
  21. Honolulu City Council Chairman: 'Don't Tell Me I'm a Whore'
  22. Carlisle’s Roads Nominee is stockholder, employee of Contractor CH2M Hill—But Councilmembers approve anyway
  23. Berg, Anderson: Counties being ‘robbed’, State ‘skimming’ TAT
  24. Committee OKs bill to end discount on recycling fees
  25. Maui residents oppose wind farm access road plans
  26. Hawaii WWII Vets Mark Anniversary: Group Plans Celebration For Congressional Gold Medal
  27. Japan nuclear isotope that reached Hawaii identified as iodine-131
  28. Pearl City river considered a breeding ground for mosquitoes
  29. SA: Stop shark tour boat violence
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Monday, March 28, 2011
March 28, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:45 PM :: 10148 Views
  1. SB605: Legislators to raise Salary Caps for DoE Bureaucrats?
  2. Redistricting for A Republican Hawaii
  3. Abercrombie to Petty, Bogged Down Legislature: Stop bickering and pointing fingers
  4. Hawaii Wind Developer tied to Largest-ever asset seizure by anti-Mafia police
  5. SB1363 Bag Tax: Greens, Big Business, Big Government team up to Rip Off Consumers
  6. CB: Raising GE Tax “looks increasingly plausible”
  7. ACT 221 Scammers Push for Hawaii Stock Exchange Formation
  8. OHA Homeless Tent City , Akaka Tribe Bills nearing final approval
  9. SA: Poker Bill violates Federal Law
  10. Poker Alliance “dubious” about State regulation of Internet Poker
  11. Alaska looks at Tourism: “Hawaii’s success story”
  12. Japan Airlines cuts flights to Hawaii and other destinations
  13. SA: Palolo Elementary a model for improvement
  14. Isle food stamp use rises As state gives them to families making over $48K/year
  15. Keeping Hawaii Inmates' IDs Out of The Trash
  16. Haleiwa businesses rally around shark tour owner
  17. Senate Judiciary Committee Sitting on Human Trafficking Bill
  18. 9th Circuit Panel Upholds decision in suit against Hawaii's State Historic Preservation Division
  19. 2 Big Island resorts still closed because of tsunami damage
  20. Bill seeks end to city subsidy for recycling
  21. Revisionist History: Godless Senators now consider abolishing Columbus Day
  22. Prominent Chinese blogger charged as crackdown deepens
  23. Birther Trump: I want Hawaii governor 'investigated'
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Sunday, March 27, 2011
March 27, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:57 PM :: 15167 Views
  1. Djou: Presidential Leadership is Missing in Libya
  2. No New Taxes! Rally April 15--Kona, Hilo, Kahului
  3. Case: Poll shows I whip any Democrat in 2012 Senate Primary
  4. VIDEO: FBI investigating Gulen Charter Schools, parents pulling kids out
  5. Hawaii to keep prisoners on Mainland: Lack of space forces state to continue to bid out for incarceration
  6. Robotics: Six Hawaii Teams headed for St Louis Championships
  7. Still No response from Obama as Hirono, Abercrombie beg for Disaster Declaration
  8. $2900/month from Ewa developer:  Nestor Garcia has ANOTHER side job
  9. HECO to select Cable Contractor, Hand Ratepayers the Bill
  10. Abercrombie uses Kahuku Wind Scam to pressure Lanai, Molokai
  11. Louie’s Record as Chair of Aloha Tower Development Corp should bar confirmation by Senate
  12. Chang: Poker Casinos don’t go far enough
  13. Tsunami justifies push for State Pension Reforms
  14. Hawaii may drain hurricane funds to pay for Abercrombie give aways
  15. Cayetano, Dan Case back Abercrombie’s Judicial secrecy
  16. Ed Case to Decide About Hawaii Senate Bid Soon
  17. Only Four Legislators think Abercrombie’s pet Think Tank is worth $200
  18. SA: Tsunami justifies push to diversify Tourism Market
  19. Democrat Operative pushes to revive Single Casino proposal
  20. Crime in Waikiki: Tourism Industry pushes back against Homelessness Industry
  21. Hawaii medical (sic) marijuana dispensary bill amended—could open up in Waikiki
  22. Alaska Airlines Begins Service to Lihue from Oakland and San Jose 1,000 new visitors every week
  23. Diabetes Program Begins in Vulnerable Marshall Islands
  24. Gay opposition rises against Israel Apartheid Week
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Saturday, March 26, 2011
March 26, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:20 PM :: 11848 Views
  1. Prince Kuhio: The bridge from Kingdom to State
  2. Hawaii Internet Poker Bill part of nationwide effort by illegal Gambling Sites
  3. Hotwire: Hawaii hotel rates jump 25%, growth tops nation
  4. Side Effects: Children Face Reduced Access to Coverage Under Obamacare
  5. Waialua HS takes lead in Robotics Regionals
  6. Another Secret Labor Agreement Exposed: Paid Time Off given 4,900 UPW, HGEA members by Abercrombie Admin
  7. Inouye Backs Obama’s Libya War 
  8. Progressives want to silence debate over Senatorial race
  9. Japan Tsunami now becomes excuse to drain Hurricane Fund to pay for Abercrombie Giveaways
  10. Hawaii seeks to protect its unique health law?
  11. Stanford Carr: “Maui Real Estate is booming”
  12. Naval shipyard: “We’re Hiring”
  13. Hawaii House committee chair doesn't want to hear from Ethics Commission
  14. Inouye pushes Kalaupapa flight subsidy for Contributor
  15. Cronies squabble over how to profit from School Closures
  16. OHA’s End-run Bad For All Hawaii
  17. Tobacco tops list as Ethics Commission Releases Lobbying Expense Disclosures
  18. Pearl City residents asked to clean up dengue breeding grounds
  19. Rep Rivere to speak out against North Shore Arsons
  20. The Best and Brightest: Rep Jerry Chang Trapped in London, needs $2800
  21. Maui Internment Camp: “He was treated good”
  22. Plastic ‘disappears’ from garbage patch
  23. Laysan Island completely covered by Tsunami, Seven workers survive
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Friday, March 25, 2011
March 25, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:24 PM :: 9359 Views
  1. Conservatives lead Hawaii GOP--but will they pay for it?
  2. VIDEO: “All Costs for Wind Cable are on the Ratepayer”
  3. Berg, Tamayo to host Community Meeting on Emergency Preparedness, Waimanalo Gulch
  4. “More Federal Funds”: Abercrombie pumps Tsunami claims up to $30.6M
  5. Abercrombie reopens nominations for Commission on Water Resource Management
  6. Borreca: Democrats wrong if they think U.S. Senate race is a slam dunk
  7. Council Chair collects $60,000/year “salary” from Pro-Rail Developers’ group
  8. TRUTH: Hawaii hotels three-fourths full, room rates mostly up
  9. LIES: Hawaii's New Budget Deficit: $1.3 Billion
  10. Hawaii Taxation Report outlines plan to pick your pocket
  11. SB755 Gaming Bill passes Second Read
  12. Online Gambling:  “A Grey, Murky, Quasi-legal Area”
  13. True catastrophe is failure of state leaders
  14. Ethics: Legislators Retaliation threats against Kondo alarming
  15. State Jobs for Life: Hawaii Departments Fired 67 out of 14,000 in 2010
  16. Myron B Thompson Nepotism: Vice principal's bonus and a $175K gift to a support group
  17. Hawaii now an option for military dependents evacuating Japan
  18. St. Francis to resume control of Hawaii Medical
  19. Pastor of Kawaiahao Church reminds critics that the history of his congregation is that it is native Hawaiian but also Christian
  20. Man raped in Lahaina Homeless Tent City
  21. Kahuku Community spilt on Wind Farm as Ribbon Cut
  22. SA: Sink state-run superferry idea
  23. Arson suspected as another shark tour boat burns
  24. Anti-plastic Luddites target food industry
  25. Shinseki still forced to deny rumors spread by 9-11 trooothers
  26. Dengue fever hits Pearl City
  27. Parole Denied in 40-Year-Old Murder Case
  28. Kalaupapa residents lobby for lower airfares after monopoly hikes price to $500
  29. Honolulu TV stations claim wins and growth
  30. Hawaii Parental Rights Amendment to be heard
  31. Human remains found in Sand Island freezer—no foul play suspected?
  32. Birthers Hound Kapiolani Hospital
  33. Hawaii Reporter: World Famous Psychic, Author Sylvia Browne Hospitalized in Hawaii
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Thursday, March 24, 2011
March 24, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:33 PM :: 11943 Views
  1. SB218: House Health Committee may save St Francis Hospitals from Closure
  2. Surprise: Gaming bill passes House Committees
  3. House GOP: Democrats Support Gambling Instead of School Supplies for Children
  4. Attorney General demands $170M from Online Travel Companies
  5. Kapolei Shopping Center lease to generate $140M for DHHL
  6. Hawaii Rifle Association annual meeting Sunday
  7. Hilo, Kapaa top list of Drunkest Cities in America
  8. Hawaii: The Worst State to Shop Online
  9. Rep Fontaine supports SB 52 Registration of Sex Offenders
  10. Slom: Gambling & Tax bills bargaining chips for GE Tax hike
  11. Bad Bills Still Alive as Legislation Cross Houses
  12. DoE killing 180 day law with help of Senate Education Committee
  13. Star-Advertiser: Instant Runoff Needed to Prevent Republicans from Winning Elections
  14. House Republicans score 5x the CIP of Dissident Democrats
  15. House Committees Approve Poker Proposal --Surprise Amendment Would Allow Poker Tournaments, On-Line Hosting
  16. Rep Brower gets Schooled on Gambling Law
  17. Things that make you go hmmmm.....THE GAMBLING BAIT AND SWITCH
  18. Council on Revenues will meet Tues to give Abercrombie the numbers he needs to justify Tax hikes
  19. GE Tax Exemption bill Held, more Prep for overall GE Tax Hike
  20. Prep-Work for GE Tax Hike: “Disaster's tourism impact isn't just Japan”
  21. Census: Hawaii 1 of top 5 states in tax growth
  22. HTA to spend $3 million to stampeded Legislature into Hiking GE Tax after Japanese arrivals drop
  23. Judge rejects suit challenging rail survey (nice show for LaHood)
  24. New rail lawsuit takes shape
  25. Feds tout Honolulu rail project
  26. SB367: HECO wants to socialize cable cost, privatize any profit
  27. Electricity utility and state officials will dedicate Oahu’s first large-scale wind farm today
  28. HB680: Bill would abolish Kakaako makai community panel
  29. Kauai Council to Hike Property Taxes $144/year
  30. Election 2012: Kenoi buying Kona Votes with CIP
  31. Cabanilla Resolution: Eliminating NIMBY
  32. Looser ethics bill for legislators will make influence-peddling easier
  33. State Senate Honors Ronald Reagan
  34. Matsumoto in smack down of Berish on ERS
  35. Online Travel Companies Owe Hawaii $170 Million In Unpaid Taxes
  36. MORE BAD LEGISLATION PENDING
  37. Hawaii: 35% of teen Pregnancies end in Abortion
  38. SA: ‘Obamacare’ not so abominable for Hawaii’s Medicare beneficiaries
  39. ILWU Pushing Frozen Bread Bill to boost Love’s
  40. Former GM: Scrap Yard Doesn't Need Subsidy
  41. Murderer may walk streets thanks to Judge Michael Town
  42. Ex-officer admits vandalizing SUV
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
March 23, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:53 PM :: 13649 Views
  1. Legislators, DBEDT support two casinos and Internet Gaming—Amendment violates Federal Law
  2. Hawaii Congressional Delegation AWOL on Libya
  3. 9-11 truthers claim Shinseki running for Hawaii Senate seat, Inouye’s office forced to deny
  4. US Approaching Insolvency, Fix To Be 'Painful': Dallas Federal Reserve Chair Fisher
  5. Only “modest decline” in Japan travel
  6. Shapiro: Governor needs to deliver on vow to do more with less
  7. Abercrombie on Rail:  “It’s all photos and photo-ops right now. I’ve seen those before.”
  8. Honolulu Council plays hardball over Transit Authority
  9. State Still Wants to Cap Counties' Share of TAT
  10. Public Workers “comfortable with furloughs” -- May Be Offered 'Mini Furlough'
  11. Legislators, Big Business push Bag Tax on Hawaii shoppers
  12. First Hawaiian: $1.8M raised for Japan relief
  13. Bill legalizing $200 bribes still alive
  14. HCR107 to investigate secession from United States
  15. SA: DoE Doesn’t need to test students (SB1282)
  16. Panel tables bill over electing attorney general
  17. Mysterious Abercrombie OIP pick Rejects Offer, vanishes
  18. Hawaii Legislature Backs Off Punishing Tourism Publications
  19. Developer: Maui Windfarm to be dead in 25 years
  20. Akaka teams up with 47 Senate Dems to protect Green Energy Scammers
  21. Resurrected: Gambling Inserted into Shell Bill
  22. County mum on felon fire captain
  23. Former Maui officer charged with sex assault, kidnapping
  24. Despite Furloughs, Overtime Down in Most City Departments (Oops!)
  25. Other Cities Report Problems with Honolulu Rail Contractor
  26. County hearing officer recommends Hu Honua permit approval
  27. Hawaiian Elec. in Solar Power Pact
  28. Developer gets approval for new mall on DHHL land in Kapolei
  29. Tsunami, Power Outages Still On Minds Of Many Ewa Residents
  30. Hawaii’s #6 Tax Delinquent ensnared in Calif. building dispute
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
March 22, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:11 PM :: 8570 Views
  1. Kucinich, Nader: Obama could be Impeached for Libya War
  2. Tsunami Roulette: Are Kahului fuel tanks and sewage plant at risk?
  3. Regime Change is goal of Obama’s Libya War
  4. Hanabusa still lives at Ko Olina
  5. Subcontractors, airlines, others would pay the GET
  6. UHERO: We still think the economy is going to recover
  7. Borreca Joins Abercrombie’s Doom and Gloom Brigade
  8. Delta: Japan travel decline a 6 to 9 month one time event
  9. Hawaii’s February unemployment holds steady at 6.3%
  10. SA: Reject Abercrombie’s assault on travel media
  11. Is Wildman a Pay-to-Play Judicial Appointment?
  12. Hawaii reapportionment commission forms
  13. SB367: Oahu electric customers would pay for undersea power cable under pending legislation
  14. Green Energy Scammers Panic over 2016 Sunset (HB1270/HB566)
  15. Honolulu Contracts for 80 rail cars at $574M
  16. City Says Rail Contracts Coming in Under Budget; Critics Not Convinced
  17. House Has Approved Government Purchase Of State-Run Superferry
  18. Luddites Frantic as First Application For Factory Fish Farm in U.S. Waters Poised for Approval
  19. BoE Chair Toguchi calls for suspension of 180-day law
  20. “Worse than Furloughs” DoE, BoE promise chaos if Legislature Cuts Budget $110M
  21. Legislature pushes plan to close school, convert to prison
  22. Still Celebrating Islam Day on September 11, Muslims give away shoes in Kalihi, SA helps them raise money
  23. Hawaii County Cuts Spending, Holds line on taxes
  24. OHA $329K buys favor from Hawaiian Orgs
  25. GRASSROOT INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES 2011 PORK REPORT COVER DESIGN CONTEST
  26. Hokulia Plaintiff: “My Mom, an Eighty Eight Year Old Bar Fly in Kailua-Kona”
  27. Officer probed for crash Sunday after license was revoked
  28. Hawaii Doper Church defeated: Idaho Supreme Court rules against claim that marijuana is a religious sacrament
  29. HMSA applies to raise plan premiums by 4.2%
  30. NLRB: OK To Spy on Your Boss
  31. Threat to internet links? “We need to go out and find out what the hell is happening in Hawaii”
  32. 125th Anniversary of ILWU
  33. Mufi: 'CNMI could learn from Hawaii strategy'
  34. Pacific troops get new leader: The crisis in Japan is a top priority as Francis Wiercinski takes charge
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Monday, March 21, 2011
March 21, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:09 PM :: 10923 Views
  1. The plan to Overhaul Straight Hawaii
  2. Hawaii 2011 Reapportionment Commission includes Jeff Stone's Wife, Hannemann Staffer married to Rail Contractor
  3. Hanabusa, Hirono vote for Government Shutdown—Oppose Afghan Withdrawal
  4. HECO: IBEW got raises, we got two-tier Pension Plan
  5. Rep Fontaine interviews Bishop Silva, Darryl Vincent on Homelessness
  6. Excuse: Senate Money Chairman: Hawaii House Budget 'No Longer Valid'
  7. Visitors still arriving from Japan
  8. Intent: Anything that is rented or shipped will pay GE Tax under House Scheme to extract $729M from Hawaii residents ($521 per person)
  9. Tax The Peasants: GE Tax to hit Shipping, Phone bill, Airline travel
  10. SA: Approve city gas tax increase
  11. SB367: Committees to discuss $1B undersea Cable Scam Today (Give our money to billionaire wind-scammers)
  12. Number of bills alive in Legislature shrinks
  13. HPD Officer Salaries: A Tale of Confusion and Contradiction
  14. Chairman of ERS Board Responds to George Berish Series on Public Pensions
  15. Businessman offers plastic bag alternative
  16. Tipping Fees: Should Private Scrap Yard Get $1.9 Million Subsidy from Honolulu?
  17. Hawaii burns $2.35M on “Open Space”
  18. AT&T to buy T-Mobile USA for $39 billion
  19. Four Hawaii Borders bookstores will close
  20. Hawaii Small Businesses Absorbing Soaring Gas Costs
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Monday, March 21, 2011
March, 2011 Letters to the Editor
By Letters to the Editor @ 10:34 AM :: 9399 Views
  • What Did Rep Brower say about “intolerant” Hawaii?
  • Ministry Group Buying out Porn Shops in Wahiawa
  • HB548: Trespassing Liability Taskforce to Exclude Publishers
  • Tom Berg saves Barbers Point Ewa Stables
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Sunday, March 20, 2011
March 20, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:27 PM :: 13653 Views
  1. SB1282/HB1055: Bills would “repeal norm-referenced testing” in the DoE
  2. Hawaii’s Bernard von NotHaus Convicted of Minting His Own Currency—could get 15 years
  3. Borreca: Hirono vs Hanabusa for Senate?
  4. Schatz in DC to Cash in on Tsunami
  5. Japanese tourists still coming to isles –strong Yen is factor
  6. Ratepayers to be stuck with bill for $1B cable project to bring wind electricity to Oahu
  7. Clayton Hee: Sustainability=State Ownership  (PUBLIC)
  8. Clients burn over kitchen's closing by State (PRIVATE)
  9. Captain Admits Young Bros causes extensive unreported Coral Reef Damage
  10. District Cooling in Hawaii—Importing a ready-made Profitable, Politically Connected, Non-Profit
  11. Enviro scammers: Bag taxes are Fun! (SB1363)
  12. Union Bosses continue to Loot Unity House Assets
  13. BOE chief pitches ads on campus--Toguchi proposes selling advertising space at public schools as a way to raise cash
  14. Kauai Budget climbs as tax assessments fall
  15. Hawaii Dope Doctors giving Medical Marijuana to Minors
  16. MELE minds music's business
  17. Legislature, Landed Aristocracy seek to silence discussion of PASH rights
  18. Kawaiahao burials dispute a defining moment for Hawaiians
  19. Protecting the Kona name
  20. KIUC Voters reelect incumbents
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Saturday, March 19, 2011
March 19, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:46 PM :: 8392 Views
  1. Case: Inouye not in control, won’t be able to designate next Senator
  2. Abercrombie picks Wildman for Circuit Court, refuses to name nominees
  3. HB638--New Voting System for Hawaii: Round up as many candidates as possible, gang up on the front runners
  4. Enviros win 90% in Hawaii Supreme Court
  5. Defeating Assisted Suicide: Four Victories - One to go
  6. Full Text: Pacific Commander Admiral Willard Q&A on Search and Rescue in Japan
  7. Ghouls: Do Japan's woes make hiking GET more palatable?
  8. Abercrombie thrilled about new Spending
  9. Abercrombie has to be living in Cave
  10. Another Step Taken To State-Owned Slaughterhouse
  11. Ethics: Is Rail worth $36.75 to Legislators?
  12. CONFIRMED: DoE Bullying Policy Serves Transsexual Agenda for Hawaii Schools
  13. Scientists Predict Japan's Tsunami Trash To Hit Hawaii Shores in 18 mos
  14. Abercrombie to join wind energy scammers at Grand Opening
  15. VIDEO: Hawaii Council chair “deeply concerned” with Kenoi budget
  16. More Revisionist History hits bookstores Next Week
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Friday, March 18, 2011
March 18, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 12:30 PM :: 20156 Views
  1. UN authorizes Military action against Gaddafi, airstrikes could begin within hours
  2. Day One of Obama’s War, Airstrikes Don’t Begin: Gaddafi forces shell west Libya's Misrata, 25 dead
  3. Hillary dumps Obama over refusal to act in Libya: “Not happy with dealing with a president who can’t decide if today is Tuesday or Wednesday”
  4. The Future of the Grassroot Institute
  5. HB1300: Legislature takes its time abolishing a law that it says is ‘devastating’ to business
  6. House Republicans Introduce Welfare Reform Act of 2011
  7. Hurricane Shelters: Hawaii Still Counting on a Lucky Miss
  8. Abercrombie’s dismissal of nuclear fears tied to Mainland Tourism
  9. Japanese Arrivals drop 86%
  10. Hawaii Council on Revenues Can't Regroup for Another Month
  11. Town hall meeting by Hawaii House Republicans to discuss proposal for state's 1st pension tax
  12. Oshiro Punts budget: “Now it's up to governor and unions”, hints at lower Pension Tax Threshold
  13. Senate rushes $18M to pay for Abercrombie’s Government Union Giveaway
  14. Abercrombie thinks Unions are going to give back $88M/year
  15. HSTA, UPW Collective Bargaining Bills Hit Glitch
  16. Green Energy Scammers Claim they can provide 25% of Hawaii Electricity (Ratepayer Beware)
  17. Richard Lim confirmed as DBEDT Boss
  18. Honolulu City Council Battles Administration for Control of Rail Agency Budget
  19. Transparent? Mayor Makes $44M Disappear
  20. Anderson, Berg Speak Out Against Fuel Tax
  21. Hanabusa appeals to Congress in Hunt for “Sand Lady”
  22. SA: Close nepotism bill loophole
  23. CENSORSHIP: Aila threatens SA, KITV over photos of Pearl City graves
  24. CENSORSHIP HB548: Civil Beat finally figures out that Hawaii is like Cuba
  25. CENSORSHIP: Stalinist Media Council continues to harass HNN
  26. Dissidents’ Bills shut out of Legislative Committees, but not as badly as Republicans’
  27. Foodstamps: 78% of eligible persons use them in Hawaii
  28. Kauai Mayor delivers 3rd State of the County address, burns up Reserve Fund
  29. HHSC has new CEO
  30. Owners of tsunami-damaged property should call 2-1-1
  31. Newly released tsunami video shows waves sweeping through Kailua-Kona store
  32. Hawaii County's 32 hurricane shelters can withstand no more than Category 1 hurricane
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Thursday, March 17, 2011
March 17, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 12:59 PM :: 13220 Views

SB218: Will Legislature force St Francis Hospitals to close over forced abortion?

Abercrombie to open new State Information Technology Department with donation from dot.com Billionaire (No conflict of interest there, eh?)

Blabercrombie: “The war of each against all, which has an iron grip on our country, is coming to an end in Hawaii”

Mercado Kim says Hannemann is Godfather as ‘divisive’ Democrat Primary goes from crowded to jam-packed

Is Linda Lingle Competitive? Cast your vote as PPP considers poll on Hawaii Senate Race

Hawaii presents the most decisive defeat for assisted suicide and euthanasia to date

Dismissed in Federal Court, Convicted Felon Keanu Sai fails in effort to seize control of Hawaii

House OKs $21 billion draft budget—GE Tax hike on Horizon

Abercrombie Now 'Flexible' On Raising GET

Abercrombie During the campaign vs. post swear-in

Abercrombie launches Office of Information Management and Technology with Donation from dot.com Billionaire (No conflict of interest to see here, just move along.)

Ethics Commission Opposes Bill; More Free Invites for Lawmakers

Kauai Budget hikes spending 12%—property tax hike still on table

No Budget Approval Needed for Rail at this Time, City Council Told

Abercrombie’s Sales Pitch for Hawaii Tourism: “A drug cartel is not going to murder you here."

Tsunami cripples 2 Big Isle hotels, one may never reopen

Tsunami claims 8 homes on East End Molokai

Hawaii Lawmaker: Nuclear Energy Still 'Viable Option'

Slom gives rundown on Morita

Dopers not pleased with Single Dispensary on Maui

Homeless removed from Kakaako lot—25 finally choose to go into shelters

Taxpayers, Ratepayers forced to subsidize Unwanted Solar Water Heaters

Mandatory Spending Now Exceeds all Federal Revenues

Desperate Luddites: GMOs make you fat

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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
March 16, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:24 PM :: 12360 Views

Abercrombie: 100 Days, 10 Broken Promises

Ward: Budget does not account for COFA, CoR Revision, Japan tourism dropoff

Ewa Community to discuss Emergency Preparedness after blackout, Tsunami

Abercrombie Administration advises Public to Avoid Ingesting Potassium Iodide

Shapiro: Schatz, Hirono, Hanabusa may push Case, Hannemann out of Senate race  

Abercrombie’s Mitsunaga: We occasionally got contracts honestly  

Abercrombie’s first 100 days reveal worrisome inconsistencies  

SA: Release judicial nominee names  

Furlough Fridays Forgotten by Abercrombie?  

Abercrombie finds “More Federal Funds” in Tsunami  

Budget Outburst: Calvin Say scared, full of fear, Storms out of hearing  

Pension Tax: “A lower threshold is the ultimate goal”  

Carlisle proposes 36% Gas Tax Hike  

Furfaro not seeking vacant HD 14 Seat  

Two-Thirds vote needed for Bond Issue: Turn one vote and Kill Rail  

Rail hearing to be continued  

Maui: Committee holds off on putting end to furloughs

WSJ looks at Japanese travel after Kobe, SARS outbreak  

Obama: Japan Radiation Won't Reach Hawaii (VIDEO)  

Fukushima: Mark 1 Nuclear Reactor Design Caused GE Scientist To Quit In Protest  

Kauai Dam Breach Killed 7 Five Years Ago, But Criminal Charges Against Dam Owner are Still Pending  

UH Richardson School of Law drops 23 spots  

House Committee: Potheads to get marijuana ‘dispensary’ on Maui  

Hawaii’s Physician Discipline is Poor  

Hawaiian Schools Threaten To Boycott State Test  

Hawaii Legislature Should Honor Ronald Reagan  

After being rousted from Kakaako Park, homeless man threatens to leave Hawaii  

HECO sends thousands of outage customers apology, $50  

Free Two-Part Program for Non-Lawyers on “Online Legal Resources”  

Puppy mill bill advancing  

Former SDS Leader Todd Gitlin to speak at UH Manoa  

Don Ho's children evicted by Trustees

 

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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
March 15, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:42 PM :: 10037 Views

Did Sen Mike Gabbard get hoaxed by fake Turkic President?

Supreme Court extends Big Isle Foreclosure Mediation Project

Hawaii Gov. Abercrombie marks 100 days in office Tuesday as state recovers

Hawaii Lawmakers Expected to Raid Special Funds to Close Gap

Seven Tax Hike Bills in Legislature

Stakes going up in legal fight over O’ahu rail

ILind: Abercrombie’s Pay-to-Play Contract Coordinator?  So What?

Daniel Akaka Explains Why He Won't Step Down Early--Retiring Mid-Term Would Allow Governor To Appoint Democrat

Hawaii Public Compensation: $40,000 = $64,000

The Paychecks of Hawaii Public Union Leaders

Abercrombie seeks eight more BoE appointees who will not Audit The DoE

NYT: For Honolulu’s Homeless, an Eviction Notice

REALITY: No Elevated Radiation Detected in Islands

Japanese groups cancelling travel plans to Hawaii

Economic damage from isle tsunami spreads, becomes Abercrombie’s latest argument for Tax Hikes

Djou Staying in the Game

Donna Mercado-Kim considers Senate Run

Hawaii becomes first state with $4 gas average

Star-Advertiser: General Public is just as dangerous as Criminal Lunatics

Anti-Superferry Protester Morita confirmed as PUC chief

Hawaii Human Trafficking Bill Revived

Omidyar gives more Megabucks to Kanu, Nature conservancy

Starwood and union agree on new contract

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Monday, March 14, 2011
March 14, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:28 PM :: 15760 Views

Will Abercrombie kill Rail to establish Pay-to-Play monopoly?

Cabanilla staffer, on the job at Capitol, “also works for an attorney”

Waialua HS, Sacred Hearts win East Coast Robotics Competitions, head for Championship

The Japanese won’t be back for carefree vacations any time soon

Governor’s Office is in considerable disarray

Star-Advertiser wants blank to count as “no” on Constitutional Amendments

Anti-Superferry Protesters to face Confirmation today

Bill Watch: Hawaii Human Trafficking Bills Appear Dead

Big Wind, Banks again sabotage financing for residential solar installers

44 people killed by Wind Energy projects

Nuclear panic

Nuclear Reality: Hawaii Legislators are already Radioactive

Hawaii, Guam raise profiles in Pacific as China expands Navy

HB1070: Senate to unleash lunatics to balance budget?

Abercrombie to sign bill to appoint Board of Education members

Hanabusa named to House panel on fisheries

Tsunami destroyed two or three houses in Milolii

State’s ‘horrendous’ hurdles block retired officers who want to carry firearms

Socialists succeed in blocking land sale, look towards County-owned farm

Symphony group sees 'endless opportunities'

On the trail to Hawaii Islam Day: Libyan assassins

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Sunday, March 13, 2011
March 13, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 11:48 AM :: 11793 Views

Death toll likely to top 10,000, as 170,000 flee nuclear crisis

Hawaii Family Forum wins vs Suicide, Gambling—Healthcare Right of Conscience still pending

Hawaii Red Cross Helping Local Victims, Taking Donations For Japan

Pay to Play figure “Will be key in initiating Abercrombie’s Contracts"

Star-Advertiser backs Abercrombie against Inouye

$21M budgeted for rail authority, Council will not Oversee

OHA, Counties, DoE at war over profits from School Closures

Save our Jobs Hawaii: Higher alcohol tax will destroy restaurant and hospitality jobs

Solid Waste overtime raises red flags

Nonprofits squeezed by Spending Cuts, Obama Attack

Meth Project captures attention of Teens

Reimbursements control mental health services

Hawaii Medical Marijuana License Bill Faces Tuesday Hearing

Coast Guard: Kailua Pier condemned

Sopogy thrives by thinking biga (With our ACT 221 Dollars)

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Saturday, March 12, 2011
March 12, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 10:37 AM :: 15500 Views

Japan-Hawaii Relief Fund set up at First Hawaiian Bank

Photos, Video: Explosion at Fukushima Nuclear plant

Japanese officials say the container housing the reactor was not damaged and that radiation levels have now fallen

9,500 unaccounted for in Miyagi's Minamisanriku: local gov't

Tsunami Statements from Governor’s Office

VIDEOS: Hotels, Businesses in Kona, Kohala, Wailuku, Kauai flooded

State Senate cancels committee hearings, House does not

Legislature's backwash flush with antics on ethics and pay

Hawaii House Passes Instant Runoff Voting Bill

Hawaii’s Marijuana Bills May Die in Committees

HECO union workers approve new contract

Maui Land is back in the black after killing off pensions

Lunalilo Freeway is 26th-most congested in nation

It's mediation for Barr, her Honokaa neighbors

Third U.S. Tsunami Center May Be Headed to Puerto Rico

Holes in Hawaii's Tsunami Evacuation Zone

European Union Official blames Quake, Tsunami on Global Warming

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Friday, March 11, 2011
March 11, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:09 PM :: 6044 Views

Kyodo: Honshu Quake ruptures 150 miles of crust, over 1,000 feared dead

Photos: Chunks of asphalt litter Alii Drive

Tsunami: Kahului 6ft, Hilo 4.3ft at 4AM, minor flooding reported

Foreclosures: Rep Fontaine opens up Direct Line to Bank Assistance

Hawaii Judiciary seeks non-attorney to oversee Dishonest Lawyers

VIDEO: House debates Taxes, Ground Leases, Transmission Cable, DUI Interlock, Boat Tours

Hawaii Responds to U.S. Supreme Court in Nader Ballot Access Case

Hawaii Robotics Teams Compete across Country

Democrats, Union threaten to cut Tsunami Center funding if GOP Budget passes

CoR Punches new $266M hole in Budget—Abercrombie plan missing nearly $1B

Hawaii government spending jumps in new budget

Brewbaker plays political games with Council on Revenues Numbers

Tax n Spend: Gov. Neil Abercrombie is looking into establishing a state highway patrol, defends soda tax

SA: Base state pensions on base pay

Bill Watch: Half Way Point

The state says it does not have the facilities to bring prisoners back to the islands

Hawaii Public Broadcasters Prepare For Loss Of Federal Money

Bill to ban nepotism in hiring for state jobs clears key hurdle

OIP Director: "I Was Terminated."

Hooser busted taking free meal from Industry Lobbyists

Child care provider awaits electric service

Soon-to-be-ousted Hawaii BOE Chair on 2010 Metlife Survey Results

Well-intended law requiring ethanol for isle cars backfired

Panos: Hawaii Clean Energy Goals and Reality

Maui WWII internment camps part of research

DOH finds high arsenic levels in Kilauea neighborhood, risk “nil”

Lawmaker Wants Welfare Benefits Spent in Missouri – Not Hawaii

FACE Maui leading the fight on foreclosure reform

Hawaii absent from world’s largest travel exhibition

Wisconsin Governor Rescinds Layoff Notices as Republicans save jobs from Union Bosses’ Attack

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Thursday, March 10, 2011
March 10, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:22 PM :: 15143 Views

Marumoto: Pension Tax threshold could be dropped to $75K at end of session

$550M tax increases among 710 Crossover Bills

Recktenwald seeking comment on Judicial Nominees for First, Fifth Circuit

Hope Probation Launched in Hilo

Obamacare Subsidizes Health Benefits for State and Local Government Retirees

Anti-Superferry Protester to head PUC: Nomination approved 6-1, heads for full Senate

House Budget “only” boosts spending by $740M

Oshiro Echoes Abercrombie’s attack on Council on Revenues

Carlisle guts CIP $300M to pay debt, pension, healthcare

Hawaii Co Council members say plan doesn't save money, just delays costs

 

DoE Demands $359M gift to contractors

SB 715: Senate votes to repeal Ethanol Requirement

HB546: Men can get hired if they put on dress, threaten to sue

Much of Abercrombie’s non-fiscal Legislative package still on the move

Witchhunt: Sen Kim calls for prosecution of Lingle Admin Officials

Substitute teachers' suit in court to determine back pay

Hawaii Files Brief in Virginia Supporting Obamacare

PUC refuses to stick it to the peasants: Biofuels ruling could hurt Aina Koa Pono (so sad)

Secret Nominees? Recktenwald shows Abercrombie the sunshine

Rep. Colleen Hanabusa tours Guantanamo Bay, seeks “balanced process”

Workers not electrified by tentative deal

Chemophobia Alert: Arsenic found in Kilauea

HOPE probation provides freedom on a short leash

Sovereignty scammers target Grand Wailea, Bloomberg News falls for it

Kamehameha III ordered Iwi be moved to build Church

After groveling before Hu, Honolulu Council insults Sun Yat-sen by “honoring” him

Crews Clean Up Keaau Beach Park: Homeless Forced To Leave During Project

Democrats need their dope: Pass 5 Marijuana Bills

Hawaii to spend $2M upgrading international arrival area at Honolulu's airport

Flush: Hawaii County to fully fund 2% “Open Spaces Fund”

Memminger: States should lure others’ welfare tourists to revive economies

North Korea Nears Completion of Electromagnetic Pulse Bomb

Turkey and the Restoration of the Caliphate

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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
March 9, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:14 PM :: 10391 Views

Taxes, Spending, and Bans: Kona Meeting to focus on Legislature

House Raids Highway Fund, Raises Vehicle Taxes

VIDEO: House Republicans defend Prepaid Healthcare Act against Obamacare

Hope Probation Launched in Hilo

Recktenwald seeking comment on Judicial Nominees for First, Fifth Circuit

State Akaka Tribe, Instant Runoff Voting, Elected Attorney General, Healthy Dope all Crossover

Pension Tax Passes: “One day, with inflation, all pensions will be taxed”

Shapiro: Abercrombie can't get away from pledge to not raise GET

Oshiro Looking at up to $300 Million in Budget Cuts as House Passes Tax Hikes

Statewide Plastic bag ban Passes Crossover

Bill allows lawmakers, state employees to be bribed with free tickets to non-profit events

Senator Brickwood “Buzzy G” Galuteria says critics of $200 bribe bill lack knowledge

State-run Bank replaced with a Task Force

Budget for New Transit Authority: $21 Million

CDC Survey: Teens in Hawaii Have Less Sex, More Babies Than Peers

McKenna to participate in Transgender Meeting

Honolulu Ranked Safest Spring Break Destination

Homeless at Keeau Beach Park moving out

Hawai'i Long Term Care Commission invites public testimony at hearing

Senate Approves Marijuana Decriminalization, votes to convert school to prison

Inouye trying to save $22B in loan guarantees for green energy scammers

A Gift to the Peasants: State denies HECO biofuel surcharge

99% Approve new Hotel Workers Contract

UH Manoa: Seven Story Classroom building without elevators, chunks of concrete rain on pedestrians

VIDEO: Abercrombie Visits Mayor Wright Homes

Fire captain's fate to be decided soon

Hawaii County back tracks building code changes: Dramatic revisions being sent to council

Kauai Council questions impact of furloughs on overtime

Hawaii Artist, Historian Herb Kane Dies

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Tuesday, March 8, 2011
March 8, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:51 PM :: 9434 Views

Contract Settlement: HECO and IBEW put the people first

Senate Finance Ctte: Obamacare will cost Hawaii $30M

Yoshioka Confirmation: The Missing $700M, screaming, lying, and slander

Gallup: Hawaii No. 1 in U.S. for Wellbeing

Congress to Investigate Islamic Radicalization in the US

Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How they voted March 7

Star-Advertiser: Kym Pine was right

Nine Tax Measures to be voted by House Today

Move Afoot To Raise Taxes

Its Baaack: Legislators amend bill to allow $200 “gifts” from unions, business orgs, HIPA

Clayton Hee stalling as Five Abercrombie Cabinet appointments await hearings

More money for them: Green Energy Scammers fight against counting residential installations toward goal

Nothing escapes the unwavering gaze of our legislators

UH Perfesser complains not enough dopers among student body, Demands Legislative action

Abercrombie looks in Mirror: “We have become all too used to a style of dealing with our problems that does not reflect Hawai‘i”

HECO: Tentative labor deal reached--A vote on the contract could come by week's end

United, Continental scrap expansion plans because of oil

Hilton Worldwide reaches tentative deal with Unite Here locals

Homelessness Industry: Meth Addicts being used to grab land in Kakaako, Cooke Street

Judge: Officer ‘coerced’ accused child predator into statement

Bishop Street Trial lawyer found in Contempt, pays $300K Bail

On Trial: Kona woman accused of theft from Hospital Foundation

Animal Liberation Activist Sued for Fraud

Happiest Man in America: "Religion is very important. It grounds you. It makes you humble."

Tautofi Escapes Hawaii: “If I stay here, I can never get out of this dump”

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Monday, March 7, 2011
March 7, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 10:56 AM :: 13361 Views

Star-Advertiser: Give Sand Island to Homelessness Industry—and lots of money too

Officials balk at renewing 3-strikes law

Honolulu Residents To Pay Hawaii's Highest Gas Tax under Carlisle proposal

Ewa Blackout Causes medical emergencies: One person in Serious condition

Abercrombie “No Comment” On Palafox firing

Shapiro: Don’t cross Abercrombie with independent thought

AtomicMonkey: Transparency in Government means making people Disappear

Admin seeks Eight BoE Nominees

SB1195: LWV Claims blank votes are not really counted as “No” votes

POLITICO: Will Senate ever vote on Liu to Rule over Hawaii from 9th Circuit? 

Obama Admin pushes for Human Trafficking law in Hawaii

Socialist Superferry system shelved

Fishing cut off before quota reached: Scientists have no idea about actual fish stocks

Consumers cry foul over overdraft fees

UH Manoa Richardson Law School Dean claims Obamacare is Legal

L.A. community colleges' green energy plan proves wildly impractical. The blunders cost taxpayers $10 million

 

The £25,000 eco-classroom that can't be used because solar panels don't provide enough heat

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Sunday, March 6, 2011
March 6, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:35 PM :: 8378 Views

Gulen Cult: Legislators to welcome “Ugly Unionbusting” to Hawaii schools?

VIDEO: New Volcanic Fissure erupts in Hawaii

Panos on Geothermal: Can Hawaii catch up with Philippines and Iceland?

Report: 92% of Nursing Homes Employ Convicts, Hawaii has not implemented background checks

Pine: HECO replacement workers put in 17-hour days

With Power Restored, Rep Pine drops State of Emergency request

Gay marriage activists plan strategy to put Civil Unions in Court

RETALIATION:  Did Gov. Abercrombie exceed his legal authority in making OIP staff appointment, blocking Takase from returning to Civil Service?

Carlisle budget boosts Taxes, Fees 

Boylan: "What if the hope and change isn't realized?"

Senate race: Mufi is “Gleefully Opportunistic”, Case “Impudent”

How Akaka built up the Old Boy System

AARP: Retroactive pension tax would be unfair and legally flawed

Hawaii may raid savings for budget

Hawaiian Electric & IBEW Union Leaders Meeting With Federal Mediator

Pot, Kettle, Black: Abercrombie speaks out against Grandstanding

GOP: IBEW WALK OUT ILLUSTRATES NEED FOR POLITICAL REFORM

Hawaii Homeless Caucus Held to push Tent City, develop revenue stream for Homelessness Industry

Earmarks ban won't halt Saddle roadwork

Commentary: Free trade pacts will benefit Hawaii

21 airlines fined for fixing passenger, cargo fees

Feds restrict total Bottomfish take to about 5,000 fish per year statewide

Anti-Plastic Brainwashing film to be shown at UH Manoa

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Saturday, March 5, 2011
March 5, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 12:07 PM :: 10669 Views

Rep Pine calls for State of Emergency after Strike, Storm leave Ewa, Leeward in dark

Republicans field over 60 Neighborhood Board Candidates

RCP: Akaka's Seat a Longshot for GOP

Abercrombie Admin caught in lie as OIP director is fired

Perry & Price: Abercrombie digging a hole, just keeps digging

Highest in Nation: Hawaii Underemployment hovers between 21-25%

SB8: Abercrombie Will Sign Legislation to Appoint Board of Education Members

Human Error? “Somebody threw a wrong switch”

Abercrombie: “My thought….”

IBEW Business Manager Accuses HECO Of Stalling

KHON: Big money expected for Akaka’s seat

WaPo: The GOP's tough path in Hawaii

Hawaii ponders moratorium on home foreclosures

Groups' anti-gambling efforts pay off

Hawaii excise tax revenue climbs, but general fund is down compared to last year

Things that make you go hmmmm.....TIMING, REALLY?

House Bill 853: Most Dangerous at the Hawaii Legislature copied from Most Corrupt State in the Union

Public safety, defense and accounting heads unanimously confirmed by Hawaii Senate

Kauai NIMBYS follow in OHA’s Footsteps, block drug treatment

Police, Fire Chief Want Pay Raises; Mayor Opposed

Park Concessions could help offset cost of repairs — Arakawa

Star-Advertiser Sunday circulation off projections by 10%

Fire chiefs want sprinklers in all new single-family homes

Oahu Landfill Set To Reopen

Hawaii state farm fair will not take place this year 

Bill to recognize bat stalls

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Friday, March 4, 2011
March 4, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:51 PM :: 9276 Views

Kona TEA Party Rally: No New Taxes, Audit the DoE

Abercrombie, Inouye fought over Akaka Retirement—Palafox connection?

Djou: Lingle would make an outstanding US Senator

Hanabusa, Hirono, Akaka: Make way for Captain Kirk

D.C., Hawaii Top the Rest of the Union in Economic Confidence

Pine: Hawaii hands out the most welfare dollars, food, and benefits in Nation

VIDEO: Reps Fontaine, McKelvey against HB141 weakening Repeat Offender sentencing

HB1529 Government Planning? Leg considers bill asking Governor to convene task force to write report 

Oppressed by Taxes, Utility Bills, Land Monopolies, Hawaii works 24/7, never sleeps

Perriera troubled by Abercrombie’s plan to grow Government

Lawmakers Scramble to Meet First Decking

Leg advances $116M Tax hikes, Abercrombie wanted $540M

Measures to start various forms of gambling in Hawaii fail to advance

Race Hustler Clayton Hee calls William Aila Dickless

Dickless men in dresses to become new protected class

Transsexual Prostitutes Prey On Downtown Middle School Students

Abercrombie: New BoE to be seated by April Fools Day

Clayton Hee: Bipolar, egotistical, quick to anger, boorish, dysfunctional, brutal, racist

Sen Brickwood “Buzzy G” Galuteria earns place in hall of shame

Honolulu Budget to be available online

DoE Maintenance Solution? Close schools and sell land

Landed Aristocracy, Labor unions advance bills

Hawaii Legislature Weighs Controversial Adoption Bill

HB638: Instant Runoff Voting

CNN: TSA Polygraph Tests for Honolulu Baggage handlers

Legislature spends all day on Homelessness Industry

Recycling War: PVT, Waimanalo Gulch vs Schitzer Steel 

Students in Free Enterprise help Tuvaluans Build Businesses

Attorney general sues animal rights activist

SA: Open-ocean aquaculture needs more scrutiny

GM sells just 281 Chevy Volts in February, Nissan only moves 67 Leafs 

American Samoa tells more than 100 businesses to stop distributing plastic bags

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Thursday, March 3, 2011
March 3, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:37 PM :: 13751 Views

Akaka not running in 2012, will not let Abercrombie choose successor

NPR: Senate Exit By Hawaii's Akaka May Open Door For Lingle

Akaka never cast one vote in favor of legal protection for unborn children in 22 years

How Inouye sabotaged Akaka Bill

Ed Case: “I remain interested in U. S. Senate”

Mufi: “Plenty of time to discuss my plans”

Lingle, Djou comment on Akaka retirement

Extortion, Criminal Conspiracy: FBI investigating Gulen Religious Cult behind Mokapu STEM School, Pacifica Institute

Hirono, Hanabusa reject Obama, vote for Government Shut Down

Jamie Story leaving Grassroot Institute

Honolulu 40 Days for Life Rally at Capitol

Souki: “They're probably all jumping for joy right now . . . The field's wide open”

Solomon: Clayton Hee for US Senate

First Open Senate Race since 1976

“A moment of silence for Tort Reform” Tommy Waters, Portnoy named to Judicial Selection Commission

No pain for HGEA, No savings for State: Medicare Part B cut only for hires after July 1

Bill takes step toward elected attorney general

No Shortfall, But Carlisle Still Wants Higher Taxes

Honolulu has already “encumbered” $338M on rail Project

Paauilo DoE Principal headed for jail, rehab after DUI conviction

No plea yet from DoE Teacher accused of tying child to toilet

Big Isle  Bag ban bogs down -- More public hearings slated

Kauai Residents torn over bag ban

Airline maps out China-Hawaii runs

Eco-Frauds claim Rate Hike Isn’t

Oi: Wind energy shows lack of prudence

Democrats Talk, Give Aila Nomination Green Light

‘Recused’?  In Decades no Senator has been found to have a conflict

Keith-Agaran turns away anti human trafficking supporters

Maui Charter Panelists will pretend to be Objective

Kauai Charter amendment sets higher limit on Charter Amendment petitions

VIDEO: Payroll Lag Gimmick to balance Hawaii County budget

Mesa Air emerges from bankruptcy

Waikiki getting pre-APEC facelift

Waikiki hotel workers authorize strike

After Legislators attack, Hawaii Car Audio Dealers Organize

Hawaii's Homeless: Transitioning out

Kaiwahine Village moves forward

Enlightened, Conscious, and Progressive Commune-dweller pleads guilty in killing

Missouri welfare benefits being spent in Hawaii

9-11 trooother Rosanne Barr attacks neighbors in Hamakua

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Wednesday, March 2, 2011
March 2, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:41 PM :: 9810 Views

Kona TEA Party Rally: No New Taxes, Audit the DoE

HB853: State-Owned Bank to be run by Takamine, Abercrombie

Legislature seeks to tax music, book, movie writers working in Hawaii

Slom on Taxes and Pensions: “I don’t think this Governor is going to wink-flinch”

VIDEO: Abercrombie blames elderly living longer for increasing debt, spending

Local Leaders Donate $732,278 to Stop Meth Use

HB1407: Abolishes Adoption privacy, requires names of birth parents be public record

Shapiro: Abercrombie’s Opponents were right

SA: Approve bill on appointed BOE

Hanabusa, Hirono vote for Government Shutdown in fight for pork

Things that make you go hmmmm.....MAKING A BAD IDEA WORSE

AP: Plan for tax on pensions would affect ‘wealthy’ only

Senate WAM Approves Tax-Raising Bills

Senators pass bill raiding fewer funds, UH Athletics to become Special Fund subject to future raids 

Bill to enhance film tax incentives in Hawaii advances

‘Meticulous organizing’ won Gay Civil Unions

Greene Energy Scammers to make Ratepayers foot bill for Undersea Cable?

Enviros force yet another Electric Rate Hike

Clayton Hee continues to wage war on Aila

Senators dismiss idea allowing $200 gifts

Bill Limiting Disclosure of Public Employees Information Dies

SB205 Amends Hawaii Write-In voting laws

At Least 27 Honolulu TSA Officers Under Probe: Some Checked Luggage Went Un-Screened For Months, Sources Say

DoE Estimates 3000 homeless Children

Hawaii Co Fire Department reopens investigation into Fire Captain’s Fatal Hit-Run

UH top three factory: 113 of 114 applicants get Promotion, 114th sues

Groups seek to protect fish from aquarium trade

Housing in Hawaii: What's holding it up?

PPP Considers a Hawaii Poll

1980s Flashback: Judicial Corruption corrupts Sherriff, Legislature

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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
March 1, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:17 PM :: 12109 Views

Kona TEA Party Rally: No New Taxes, Audit the DoE

HB1465 to be heard Thursday: Protect Elders against “Power-of-attorney” abuse

SB120—Special Funds Repeal--amended after 800 pages of testimony

Haloanakalaukapalili: The Story of the Kalo Plant at Iolani Palace

Governor Appoints Deputy Directors for Corrections and Behavioral Health

Finalists for new Dean of College of Natural Sciences will visit UH Mānoa

Pension Tax Passes Key Committee Votes, Republicans unanimous in opposition

Democrats wonder who will succeed Akaka, if not Lingle

Lingle advisor Klompus to work in “consulting”, write Lingle book

Don’t be a Dick: Clayton Hee demands look at Aila’s “Pubic Record”

Star-Advertiser: Accepting Abercrombie’s cuts is HGEA’s last best chance to avoid Wisconsin-style measures

Legislature seeks to steal Honolulu City property under closed Schools

After chasing Superferry out, Socialist Legislature considers State-Run Ferry

Kaneko, Tsutsui gut transparency bill and conspire to allow unlimited bribes in increments of $200

New government may be started by state in order to hand out money, land to OHA Trustees

State-Level Akaka Bill Stirs Controversy: Effort To Recognize Native Hawaiian Entity Is Opposed By Some Groups

Recycling War: Registered Lobbyist Says He Isn't A Lobbyist

Lawmakers Told Oil Price Spike Could Cut into Hawaii Tourism

Labyrinthine land-use laws suffocating isle economy

VIDEO: Bioenergy plant opponents block road in Pepeekeo

Kakaako homeless given extension to pack up and leave

Eugene Sanders, Former Cleveland Schools' Head, lecturing on “School reform” in Maui

More than 150 dogs seized from puppy farm

New trial set for HPD officer accused of sex assault

Maui Doper Claims she isn’t getting high, just medicated

Rosanne Barr nailed for Illegal Grading, Grubbing on Hamakua Nut farm

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Monday, February 28, 2011
February 28, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:39 PM :: 11735 Views

Charles Djou, second most moderate Republican in 111th Congress

Fraud, Threats, and bathrooms: Hanabusa’s Jeff Stone dukes it out with KoOlina condo owners

More on Hanabusa’s Chief of Staff: Wu says he was hospitalized in 2008 for reaction to mental-health drug

State skim = rail scam

Kona Residents “up in arms” over governor's budget

National Journal picks up Akaka Story 

CB: $510M in New Taxes

APEC Committee vs FT: “APEC Ready”

SA: State needs CIO

More kids eligible for low-cost lunch

9-11 Patriot Flag raised in Honolulu

Panos promotes Geo energy before Conservative Forum

A day of remembrance, preservation at internment camp site

Honolulu Limbaugh Resolution futile, unoriginal

Kawaiahao Pastor defends disturbing burials

Homeless man starts up car wash business to get off the streets

New Designer Drug being sold on Oahu

Two Medical Marijuana Bills Pending Tuesday Hearing

Calif. pot dispensaries run afoul of taxman

Isle workplaces safer, data show

Japan's credit rating sinks under weight of massive national debt

Fuel miscalculations send Russian satellites crashing into Hawaiian waters

Unitarians Dump Pacific Region Director 

Small Nuclear War Could Reverse Global Warming

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Sunday, February 27, 2011
February 27, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:25 PM :: 15699 Views

KHON: With his term up next year, what do you think Sen. Dan Akaka should do?

Star-Advertiser begins to panic as Abercrombie “lecturing, harangues”

HGEA: Abercrombie is like Scott Walker

Dopers, anti-Superferry activists duke it out for control of Maui Democratic Party

Wind power is stirring up the neighbor isles, where the resource would be captured

Contested Case granted in TMT Shakedown—two year countdown to defeating the Telescope

A peek at a few of the legislative “packages”

Usual gaggle of Honolulu progressives rally demanding you pay for Abortion, Gov’t Unions

Kenoi administration ends up recruiting nominees for redistricting board

OHA awards $329K in community grants

Hawaii County to consider requests from nonprofits

Medicated: Hawaii alleged doper allegedly found with 84lbs of marijuana in Arkansas

SB 175 Would Move Medical Marijuana Program from Narcotics Enforcement to the Department of Health

Horizon Lines agrees to $45M fine for Monopolizing US – Puerto Rico Jones Act Trade (hint, hint)

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Saturday, February 26, 2011
February 26, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 10:42 AM :: 11356 Views

Inouye dumps Akaka: Says Hanabusa, Hirono, Hannemann worthy contenders for 2012 Senate race

Gallup: Hawaii is tops in moderates, has fewest conservatives in nation

SB218 passes Senate Judiciary: Would force all Hospitals to provide Abortion Pill

$3.48M sat for 9 years after photo enforcement law repealed

Limbaugh: Did Honolulu Council ever pass resolution condemning Mao’s genocide?

Hawaii Legislature honored Mao Zedong collaborator

Full Text: Maui 2011 State of the County Speech

Some Democrats question Akaka’s ‘Viability’

Nonaka: GOP has strong bench for 2012 Senate challenge

Finance Committee considers 3 pension tax plans

HB 1092: Abercrombie administration still pushing for Pension tax at $37,500, Dems likely to boil frog slower

HB799 Imposes GE Tax on non-profits, hospitals, churches

HB 815: Hawaii Could Cut Public Workers' Bargaining Rights

Arakawa: Tough decisions to be made in tough times

Mauna Kea telescope OK'd: Opponents will get one last chance to appeal for the site's cultural significance

Hawaii jobless rate averaged 6.6% in 2010, nation's 7th lowest

MoveOn.org, Hiding behind new name, demands tax increases in Honolulu

Hawaii Activists protest at Kawaiahao Construction site

Gays looking forward to hundreds “getting married” in Hawaii

State has Thousands of Dollars Owed to Itself in Unclaimed Property Program

Day 2: Birthers focus in on Palafox termination

Hot water in works for Mayor Wright

Arun Gandhi: Hawaii Progressives play host to yet another anti-Semite

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Friday, February 25, 2011
February 25, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 12:42 PM :: 10757 Views

Full Text: Carlisle’s State of the City Speech

Census Bureau releases Hawaii 2010 Redistricting, Census Data, custom maps

FT: Complacent Honolulu out of its league, not ready for APEC

Hawaii’s future: LA Marijuana dispensaries outnumber Starbucks, McDonalds

Dans cling to power as upheaval convulses Senate

Senate Leaders Support 'Borrowing' From Transit Fund

How Can DoH create grounds for Civil Unions Litigation?

Civil Beat Claims Gov Not Taxing Pensions of Retirees With $37,500 Income

Birthers finally figure out how to fit Palafox dismissal into Conspiracy Theory

State Legislature on five-day recess from floor sessions

WHERE’S THE TRANSPARENCY?

Clayton Hee’s wife given $141K job at UH

BOE Recommends Liliuokalani Elementary Closure to save $575K

Carlisle Uses State of City Address to Outline Financial Woes, Hopes

Lights! Camera! Tax Credits! (Why Hawaii Needs To Give Rich People Money In A Bad Economy)

Is Abercrombie a closet fan of Scott Walker?

Former state building is entryway into black hole

Hawaii island fire official to serve 90-day term in pedestrian's death

Trial underway for HPD officer accused of sexually assaulting prostitute

Galen Fox Part 2

National Park Service to hold Hawaii meetings on preserving internment camps

Marijuana Dispensaries Headed For Senate Approval: Bill Would Tax Marijuana Sales, Stores

HECO Workers Deliver Strike Notice: Employees Could Walk Off Job Saturday

Hawaii gas prices top nation

New Soros investment fund, profiting off Obama's 'green energy' push, hires top Obama energy aide

Abercrombie Pay for Play donor happy: Planned expansion will boost Pacific Biodiesel’s capacity to 5M gallons

Common Cause: Legislature Moving Bill to Hide Consumer Complaints from Public

Monopoly? Bills to allow out-of-state CPAs easier HI access being debated

Honolulu monopolizes State’s Economy

State asked to undo substandard roads in old-boy scam subdivisions

East Hawaii adds 18,258, West Hawaii Today spins

Neighbor Island growth outpaces Oahu

More Hawaii residents identify as mixed race

Designer Drugs Masked as Bath Salts found in Kona

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Thursday, February 24, 2011
February 24, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:54 PM :: 11694 Views

Abercrombie signs Civil Unions: Invites Sex tourists, illegal aliens to Hawaii

Pension Tax will soak 43,520 pensioners an average of $2580 each

$37,500? Abercrombie makes fool of himself during Pension Tax debate

Act 100: How Hanabusa and Cayetano launched Hawaii Pension crisis

Released: 2010 Census Data for Hawaii

Neil vs. Dan: Overheard in the Governor’s Office

Both sides see same-sex marriage in future

Slom Slams Abercrombie Budget; Says Lawmakers May Hike General Excise Tax

 

Oi: Accept Abercrombie’s tax hikes or end up like Wisconsin

Abercrombie ears sick, cancels trip

Visitor arrivals up 12% in January, spending up 20%

Carlisle paints bleak financial picture in State of City speech

Tom Berg casts lone “no” vote as rest of Honolulu Council grovels before murdering Chinese dictator

Wife of detained Chinese Nobel Prize winner Liu Xiaobo says she, family are 'hostages'

Palafox: UH Medical School unaware of any investigation

 

Turning UH Research Into Local Industries

FALSE: Radcliffe: Most Government Buildings 'Full of Mold and Virus'

Hawaii Co. Fire Captain gets 90 days in fatal hit-and-run: Driver can serve sentence on weekends, conviction will be erased from record

Honolulu report details sex charge against priest

Journalism Shield Law Important for Hawaii, First Amendment

Abercrombie sends 96 prisoners to mainland Prisons

Defendant in Thai forced labor case pleads guilty

After burning Trust Fund, Kahoolawe group seeks permanent fund stream

Stender, Cayetano seek control of Honolulu Symphony

Tweekers worried about SB40

Dopers: Marijuana Decriminalization Bill SB 1460 at the Crossroads

Hawaii attorneys targeted in scam

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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
February 23, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:05 PM :: 11111 Views

Lingle closed $3B budget gap without raising taxes

Djou: Hawaii Politicians Detached From Reality

Gallup: At 65.9%, Hawaii Still Most Approving of Obama; among slowest to decline

Hawaii Congressional Delegation How they voted Feb 22

HB1545 to be heard today: Hawaii Legislators’ frozen bread bill

SA: What happened to Austerity?

MISSING THE REALITY?

Abercrombie's new budget and taxes questioned

Bill on civil unions to be signed today, Oshiro too busy to get hitched to boyfriend

Oahu Democrat leader pushing for $840M in sex tourism for Hawaii

Construction months away despite groundbreaking

Hanabusa, Akaka: “There will be overruns”

Clayton Hee playing games with Abercrombie appointees

Gov's refusal to release list risks Judiciary's transparency, revert to Broken Trust days

2012? New Mufi web site looks a lot like a campaign

Telescope coming down to a vote

Final vote pending on appointed school board

HSTA still sabotaging RTTT

44 Sports programs receive support from SOS

HGEA suddenly “finds” coqui as Legislature debates tax hike to fund inspectors

Legislature approves $1M for governor's office

Even with Free Land, 'Affordable Housing' Fails due to lack of creditworthy applicants

Not BioFools: 'Our people don't want to be slapped in the face again and left with the opala'

Duh: Kenoi’s Redistricting picks didn't live in the right districts

ACLU’s Top Doper: It’s Time to Fix Hawaii’s Medical Marijuana Law

Lawmakers take extra time crafting animal cruelty bills

Tops in Torts: New Hawaii Based Online Mesothelioma Knowledge Center Launches

PBS Hawaii Presents ‘A Conversation with America’s Misanthropic Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin’

Sailors slain by Somali pirates had ties to Maui

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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
February 22, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:52 PM :: 13877 Views

Budget: Facing massive deficit, Abercrombie hikes spending $728.6M

Gallup: Over 10% of Hawaii voters abandon Democratic Party, exodus among greatest in US

Freedom? SB218 would force all Hospitals to provide Abortion Pill

Hawaii Lost Fewer Manufacturing Jobs Over Past Year

 

Abercrombie Budget rejects UHERO, uses $844M deficit figure, not $700M

Governor's budget proposal calls for increased spending

Pet Projects will soak up $98.3M in new spending

Wasteful Flip-Flop: Abercrombie wants to close newly opened school convert into Prison

Democrat Advertiser fearful of Lingle’s call for inclusiveness

Incompetent Democrat Angus McKelvey losing hose to Foreclosure

North-South traffic lanes closed for rail groundbreaking event

IMG Chairman Cautions Clients on Federal Funding Availability for Rail

State Still Trying to Raid City's Rail Coffers

More Federal Funds?  That’s Schatz’ job now, says Abercrombie

Kalapa: Tax credits, stimulus magnify boom-bust cycle

Honolulu Mayor Lacks Key Overtime Info For Budget

Republicans honor former senator, author for service

Student news network debuts this week

SA: Make DoE into giant Fat Farm

NLRB upholds decision against Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Obamacare Preview: HHCP employees’ paychecks bouncing

Expert: $5 gas in Hawaii not unreasonable to expect

Sustainability vs. Environmentalism: Why It’s, Sadly, Not The Same Thing

'Questionable' Maui charity heads for Nashville

Disney Aulani to open August 29

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Monday, February 21, 2011
February 21, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 11:31 AM :: 10097 Views

Abercrombie: GE Tax hike will be People's Will

People’s Pulse: 68% oppose GE Tax hike

Abercrombie doesn’t want to hear from you about Civil Unions—but he will have to anyway

Hanabusa’s new Chief of Staff helped hide “kooky” Congressman’s mental illness

City does not have clearance to build rail line 

CB: Road Paved for Raising the GET?

Legislators get mixed messages about spending cuts and raising taxes

Bob Jones: Dan Akaka should resign, let Abercrombie name replacement

Alcohol, Tobacco and now sugar?  State becomes business partner to merchants of death

DANGER: Barrel Tax Bills still alive

Surge in elder abuse prompts more investigation, awareness

Louie’s malpractice and personal injury firm salutes appointment at Attorney General

'Trafficking' bill needs clarity

City to close last homeless Tent City on Beach

Green energy scammers, monopolists come together as anti-Superferry Protester takes control of PUC

Enviro $hake down artists laugh at their ability to get away with almost anything in Hawaii courts

Kitchen's closing steams tiny firms (bureaucrats run wild crushing small businesses)

HECO Palm Oil Steam Boiler is first (and prolly last) on Earth

Hawaii County Redistricting: 3 of Kenoi's picks gave to campaign

About Face! program works, so it is being cut

DoE fails again: Only two schools comply with nutritional guidelines 

4000 endangered Hawaiian Petrels found on Lanai 

Al-Jazeera thrilled by last year’s idea of State-owned Bank for Hawaii

Legislators passion for politics began at young age

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Sunday, February 20, 2011
February 20, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:11 PM :: 14949 Views

Find it Here: Census Bureau set to Release Local 2010 Census Data for Hawaii

Leading Birther admits conspiracy theory promoted by Obama supporters

Wisconsin Stands With Walker as Democrats flee

SA: Special Session Coming?  GE Tax hike on menu?

Rail Fail: Minimal interest in “Transit Oriented Development”

Gambling is not the quick fix Hawaii legislators are looking for

Superferry Redux: Young Brothers Senator Roz Baker takes aim a Pasha 

Mauna Kea telescope vote slated for Friday

Good News: Oshiro copies GOP Journalist Shield Bill, reintroduces it as his own

9th Circuit: Obama’s Judicial nominee Ed Chen did not violate Judicial Code of Conduct with anti-American remarks 

Union: Without spending $100B of borrowed Chinese money, you will die

China tries to stamp out 'Jasmine Revolution'

Civil Unions projected to produce only 569 couples in 4 years

Same-sex marriage bills have mixed results

Priorities: Hawaii Legislature to define Dancing?

Veteran police officer pleads no contest to DUI charges, still at work on payroll

Lingle and staff owed $345K in unused vacation, Democrats to organize circus

Never-hired employees save isle tax dollars

Union workers reject Hawaiian Electric pact

Canadian smuggles plastic bags into Maui

Sea level rises 6 inches—and Global Warming is not blamed!

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Saturday, February 19, 2011
February 19, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:45 PM :: 11072 Views

Slom: Feds not investigating Palafox

Hawaii Bond Ratings: Fitch joins Moody’s in threating downgrade

Investor discussing Nonstop Flights From China To Hawaii

DBEDT Forecasts Stronger Economic Growth

Recktenwald names Browning to replace McKenna

Gingrich: If Georgia can do it, so can Hawaii (VIDEO)

Rohlfing: Republicans in Hawaii in better shape than victories of last election suggested

Gays take aim at Children, Demand control of sex education

Gay Leader admits Gay Marriage is a new invention, not a civil right

Tax The Rich! AARP hedges bet on Pension Tax

SA: Benefits reform critical

Bill on Waikiki casino is voted down

HB155: Legislature to exempt Rail, other public works from Burial Laws

Panos: Picket Fake Rail Groundbreaking

House Appropriations Budget Looks to Cut Rail Outlay

Lawmakers eye liquor tax increase

HPD Major Indicted by Federal Grand Jury, still on duty as Legislative Liaison

Censorship: ACLU threats force cancellation of anti-drug rally

 

Paper Chase: Another Setback For Mayor Wright Repairs

Raped girl for six years, Perfesser gets probation, will keep pension

Galen Fox tries to re-write history

Interim administrator named for Honolulu Liquor Commission

Dopers: Clouds of smoke from California will envelop Hawaii, its inevitable

Revolving Door: 46 priors, now charged with credit card offenses

Prisoner Reentry

KIUC board candidates share views at forum

HECO workers vote against tentative contract

Republicans come out in favor of 'birther' control

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Friday, February 18, 2011
February 18, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:27 PM :: 13460 Views

Seven House Races decided Civil Unions

UPDATE: Commissioners reject Carlisle's call to cancel Neighborhood Board Elections

Hanabusa, Hirono silent as E-W Center Funding Cut by Congress

YOU WERE WARNED: UH Manoa Anti-Americans place E-W Center funding at risk

Flashback: East-West Center hammered for “sustained, biased and politically-motivated attack on World War II veterans”

Ban-Happy Legislators’ toy bills take aim at novelty lighters, sky lanterns, foie gras, and ‘light pollution’

NRA: Hawaii Anti-Gun Bills Await House Committee Action

GE Tax Hike Coming: Kaneko knew that Medicare Pt B was futile

Pay to Play Contractor helped Organize Abercrombie’s Inaugural Ball

Priest Marc Alexander gave $500 to Abercrombie’s Inaugural Ball

Abercrombie: I don’t want to hear from you about Civil Unions

SA: Greenwood’s Backdoor pay raise a mistake

Free Speech?  ACLU demands anti-dope rally be shut down by County

Legislators propose DoE levy ‘Impact Fees’ Statewide

Council to mayor: End gas giveaway to police

Hanabusa, Hirono silent as U.S. House OKs $10.7 million cut to East-West Center

Senate changes bill that would make writers, publishers liable for trespassing accidents

Obama Day: Dear Leader to be Honored?

Abercrombie’s BoE appointee salivates over $4B worth of DoE Real Estate

Appointed BOE bill heads to full House vote

Financial Disclosure reports suddenly appear

Honolulu mayor names three more cabinet members

Liquor Commission employee busted in bribery sting

Sex trafficking victims push for law

HI lawmaker: Obama birth certificate bill tabled

Protesters rally to stop Kawaiaha'o Church construction

Pasha could make more waves with new ship

No Money for Censorship: House Passes Amendment to Block Funds for Net Neutrality Order

Milwaukee Teachers Fight for Viagra Coverage

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Thursday, February 17, 2011
February 17, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:17 PM :: 10530 Views

How they voted: Civil Unions passes Senate 18-5

Lambda Legal to drop lawsuit filed after defeat of HB444

Pay-for-Play Contractor top donor to Abercrombie Inaugural

VIDEO: Instant Runoff? “I thought every vote counts”

YAF: Ron Paul “Blames America for 9-11”

VIDEO: House GOP Floor speeches Feb 15-16

Abercrombie uses Civil Unions to screen release of Inaugural Donors

Abercrombie Cabinet Members: No Financial Disclosures

Did Abercrombie open the door for a GET increase?

Lawmakers Back Off Abercrombie's Call for Pension Reform

Pension Tax to be slipped into Shell Bill Friday

Instant Runoff Voting in Hawaii Gains Traction

Larcenous Lesbian: UH President’s Package of Perks Includes $150,000 Expense Account

Openly gay judge confirmed to Hawaii Supreme Court

Diversity? Civil Unions discriminate against Incest

Bag Ban Passes first reading -- enforcement, penalties torn out

Native Hawaiians Say Construction at Kawaiaha'o Church Is Disturbing Remains

Direct Shanghai-Honolulu Flights coming?

Bio Fuel jacks up electric bills

Manufactured Crisis: Did permitting delays prevent construction of Waimanalo Gulch Diversion Channel

Rosanne eating plastic, claims Government is poisoning her

E-W Center Perfesser “moved by bounty of North Korean Socialist system”

Dopers very pleased with Hawaii Legislature

Lawyers rejoice as Hawaii Legislature considers amendments to data breach notification law

ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL?

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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
February 16, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:43 PM :: 12338 Views

Radcliffe: The game is up, I told you and you are not ready

Not Dead Yet: Different version of Soda Tax to be heard Wednesday

Health Dir. Fired 2 Before He Resigned, hints at defamation suit

Final Hawaii vote on civil unions delayed

Lesbian Judge and Civil Unions to be voted in atheist Senate today

Rail Financial Plan: “Very little capacity to absorb cost increases or funding shortfalls”

Carlisle $8000/plate fundraiser, Splits with Cayetano

Businesses leery of alcohol tax hike

ILind: Radcliffe’s UHPA Pitch designed to push Gambling

SA vs ACT 221 Scammers: Movie employment drops after States enact Tax Credits

Act 221 Scammers oppose Gambling

HMSA and state hospitals reach agreement on rates

Bills to Abolish Aloha Tower Development Corp. Advancing in Legislature

ABERCROMBIE’S SINKING SHIP

Lawyer Alston blames Lingle for Abercrombie’s mess

Global Cooling drives spike in Hawaii Tourism

Kalihi kids deserve good public schools, too

SA publishes more nonsense about plastic bags

Kauai to hold anti-doper rally

Hilo: Ten applicants for each job opening at Safeway

Honolulu City Council to Take Up B&B Law Again

Power-purchase contract OK'd for First Wind expansion

Rep Marilyn Lee blocked attempt to include law making Human Trafficking a Crime in Hawaii

Lender Files Foreclosure Suit Against Unity House over Waikiki Hotel

Pasha Hawaii to Build Second Vessel

Senators kill bill banning toy gun sales to kids

DJ Progresso In The House

Chinese strategists think of Hawaii as an appendage of Asia

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
February, 2011 Letters to the Editor
By Letters to the Editor @ 2:18 PM :: 26066 Views

Not ready for plastic bag ban

Prayer: Tsutsui shows lack of respect, humility

Republicans, TEA Party must speak up against Pension Tax

Ewa Neighborhood Board Members upset over Bryan Mick Appointment

Assisted Suicide? “I was afraid to leave my husband alone again with doctors and nurses”

Opponents of training flights are a disgrace

HB331, SB246 extends leases for Kanoelehua Industrial Area

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
February 15, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:09 PM :: 10223 Views

Assisted suicide: Death as a Salesman

Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How they voted Feb 7-14

VIDEO: House GOP Floor Speeches Feb 11-14

Obama’s 2012 Budget: Taxes, taxes, and more taxes—and more spending too

Abercrombie: Raising GE Tax may not be enough – Everybody’s taxes will go sky high

Billionaires seek handout: Studio Construction Pitch Shows Star Power

Labor’s Fears Confirmed: Abercrombie is Cayetano

Washington Examiner: In Hawaii, a dispiriting glimpse of one-party rule

Gov.'s 60-40 Healthcare Split Moves Forward

First Grader outsmarts BoE on School Closures: “What is more important to you -- the children or Hawaii, education, or making an office for the Democrats?"

Closing schools to create office space for DoE bureaucrats

Civil unions on the brink of approval

SA: All couples deserve equality

Hawaii Lesbians demanding children, marriage

Soda Tax Dies; Alcohol Tax Hike Still Alive

Humane? Alexander, Brower push for Tent City as tweekers, crack-heads arrive from Mainland

Clayton Hee’s wife joins Greenwood Mafia at UH

Arizona private prison oversight bills die

Obama’s SBA pushes back against Inouye’s OHA Profiteers

Senator asks for hearings on Hawaii, Alaska Native American Contracting preferences

Inouye proposes more Pork as Obesity solution

Am Samoa Cancer Patients no longer referred off-island

Obama’s D.O.A. Budget includes $250M for Honolulu Rail

Hawaii State ERS Underfunded by $7 Billion

Second Worst of last 7 years: Hawaii hotel room revenue grows 8.7 percent

Religious Leftists organize Foreclosure Agit-Prop show at Bank of America office

Import-Export UHM style

Lifetime goes nuts with Roseanne Barr: Half-hour reality show to follow comedian on her farm

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Monday, February 14, 2011
February 14, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 12:36 PM :: 20418 Views

Pensions, Rail, Earmarks: Abercrombie and Obama wage war on Inouye

Gaming Lobbyist describes much deeper involvement in selecting Abercrombie Cabinet

A State-Recognized Indian Tribe for Hawaii?

Wolfson: Push past civil union to gay marriage

Report: Lottery remains a poor bet for education funding

Human Trafficking Bills to be Heard Tuesday

Farmers send two tons of Kona Coffee to troops in Afghanistan, Iraq

Petition drive to stop Mauna Kea Sheep Slaughter

West Maui Taxpayers Association to hold Annual Meeting

Supreme Court to hear Case: Do elected officials with Conflict of Interest have a right to vote?

Radcliffe: Raising GE Tax Will Happen

Kalapa: Leave The Excuses On The Table And Just Call It A Money Grab

Can Hawaii Pensioners help out Bill Clinton’s Billionaire Movie Moguls?

A good deal: A U.S.-Korea free trade pact would promote prosperity and regional stability

SA Raiding Party: Special funds, justify yourselves

Raid on Highway Funds becomes excuse for Weight Tax Hike

Meet the lawyer who will cash in on State-mandated Foreclosure Mediation

Today 3PM: BoE to hold hearing on Lilioukalani, Puuhale and Kalihi closures

Cronies to cash in as DoE becomes Land Developer 

Phony Rail Groundbreaking: “All you need are a few politicians and a shovel"

PBN: Lawmakers should keep gaming out of Hawaii

Perry and Price talk Gambling

Hawaii lawmakers consider back-to-school tax holiday

Maui Considers Waste-to-Energy

KIUC Election: KCC to host Candidate Forum

UH Ignores requirement to buy Local Ag Produce

Luddites Crushed as Anti-GMO bills go down in flames

Hawaii ranks #2 in Homelessness

Former Prison Inmate Wins $83,000 Settlement

Isle prisons become key source of labor

Brown U, Kohala Ctr team up to provide Advanced Brainwashing

Why Are Islanders The Fattest People?

Losers: Clinton, Obama point fingers at each other over Failure in Egypt

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Lingle Years

Managed Care Matters -- Hawaii

MentalIllnessPolicy.org

Military Home Educators' Network Oahu

Missile Defense Advocacy

MIS Veterans Hawaii

NAMI Hawaii

Natatorium.org

National Christian Foundation Hawaii

National Parents Org Hawaii

NFIB Hawaii News

Not Dead Yet, Hawaii

NRA-ILA Hawaii

Oahu Alternative Transport

Obookiah

OHA Lies

Opt Out Today

OurFutureHawaii.com

Patients Rights Council Hawaii

PEACE Hawaii

People vs Machine

Practical Policy Institute of Hawaii

Pritchett Cartoons

Pro-GMO Hawaii

P.U.E.O.

RailRipoff.com

Rental by Owner Awareness Assn

ReRoute the Rail

Research Institute for Hawaii USA

Rick Hamada Show

RJ Rummel

Robotics Organizing Committee

School Choice in Hawaii

SenatorFong.com

Sink the Jones Act

Statehood for Guam

Talking Tax

Tax Foundation of Hawaii

The Real Hanabusa

Time Out Honolulu

Trustee Akina KWO Columns

UCC Truths

US Tax Foundation Hawaii Info

VAREP Honolulu

Waagey.org

West Maui Taxpayers Association

What Natalie Thinks

Whole Life Hawaii

Yes2TMT