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Tuesday, March 11, 2014
March 11, 2014 News Read
Andrew Walden |
- House Speaker Joe Souki Endorses Jones Act Reform
- HI lawmakers want private providers to subsidize Obamacare exchange
- With Asset Test Gone, Thousands Pile into Hawaii Medicaid
- For Sale Cheap: One More Bankrupt Alt-Energy Scheme
- DLIR: Employment will Expand 4% on Construction Boom
- Back from Afghanistan: Soldiers Return to Schofield
- Anti-science dominates Senate climate marathon
- PUC Fight: Abercrombie Admin Suddenly Decides to Nail Hermina Morita on Illegal B&B
- Unemployment: Nearly 7% of Hawaii Workers Quit Looking
- Hawaii's economy simmers; Abercrombie says it sizzles
- Reward Campaign Contributions from Illegal Mainland Developers? Ruderman says "That's what we do"
- Hanohano says she was thrown 'under the bus'
- Lawmakers propose fees for Hawaii health exchange
- Get Medicaid? Lose Kupuna Care
- HHSC Privatization Still Alive
- City considers voucher program for Housing First
- Decimal Dust: Honolulu Ethics Director Takes His Case for More Money to City Council
- Star-Adv: Common Cause Backs Bill Gutting Sunshine Law
- Big Wind Programmatic EIS to be released in April
- HECO starts trial run of smart-grid technology
- While Homeowners Wait, HECO Fast Tracks its own Solar Farm
- Five Year Wait for State to Approve Horseback Riding Permit
| Monday, March 10, 2014
March 10, 2014 News Read
Andrew Walden |
- Solomon Pushes for Approval of Mililani Trask's Overpriced Geothermal Contract
- Brian Schatz Dances all Night to California Billionaire's Tune
- Price Fixing: Horizon, Sea Star to Pay $3.4M Fine
- KIUC Elections: Anti-Smart Meter Paranoiacs Lose Again
- Maui: Hawai'i Free Press Editor to Speak
- $340M: State's loss on 'green' energy tax credits
- Sen. Ige’s campaign
- To Diversify GOP, 'Find Right Messengers'
- Here Come Hawaii's Super PACs!
- Hawaii Next? Feds open investigation of Md. ObamaCare site
- DoD: Hawaii, Guam are Nuclear Targets of North Korea
- City officials will defend Housing First's price tag
- Star-Adv: Legislature Should Reject OHA Kakaako Betrayal
- Hanohano Retells Shark Testimony Story
- Caldwell Working to Jam up King Street
- HART, Water Board Top City Salaries
- DHHL 37 Homes With Substandard Septic Systems
- Return of Friday night lights?
| Sunday, March 09, 2014
March 9, 2014 News Read
Andrew Walden |
- HB1503: Prohibit Landlords from Evicting Marijuana Smokers
- Whither the Independent Appeals Officer?
- Hawaii National Guard builds global partnerships, proven on battlefield
- Precisely as Expected: Abercrombie Uses Failure of Obamacare to Call for Single Payer
- Abercrombie's about-face on HCDA rewards war chest
- Abercrombie woos seniors, but they’re not buying it
- ILWU Preparing to Endorse Ige?
- GMO crops reduce use of pesticides
- UH's poor oversight adds costs to delayed project, audit says
- Housing First: Caldwell vs Martin
- Save Our Kakaako coalition rallies against proposed development
- GMO debate: Earth Island Journal sees Opportunity to Control KSBE Land, Campbell Estate
- Officer says he’s target of HPD retaliation
- Sovereignty Debate Just a Matter of Faith?
| Saturday, March 08, 2014
March 8, 2014 News Read
Andrew Walden |
- UHERO: Is Monopoly a Barrier to Hawai’i’s Ascent?
- Lawmaker says advocacy group pays Hawaii teachers to attend ‘tolerance’ training
- Informational Briefing on Grants-in-Aid
- March 7, 2014: Election Commission Releases Updated Candidate List
- Catch the Wave of HOPE with Nick Vujicic at Aloha Stadium
- Video: Japan and the Free Market
- Justice: Judge Orders County to Stop Registering GMO Farmers
- Budget: Abercrombie Plays Politics as Legislators Grapple With Cutting his Bloated Budget Proposal
- PUC Approves Natural Gas Imports, Could Cut Electric Bills
- Star-Adv: How dare Lawyers Rate Enviro-Activist Judge 'Unqualified'
- Local Pollsters: Merriman Group Should Get Lost so We can go Back to Manipulating Public Perceptions
- UH Admin Blew $28M TV Rights Deal
- DHHL betraying its lessees
- Another Activist Complains about Treatment at Hearings
- Liquid Metal Heading to O`ahu’s North Shore
- Officials: Threat to Oahu's Water Supply More Serious Than Thought
- Only One Meth Importer Convicted, Rest Walk Free
- Airlift concerning to tourism officials
| Friday, March 07, 2014
March 7, 2014 News Read
Andrew Walden |
- OHA Reopens Akaka Tribal Roll, Announces Plan for ‘Governing Documents’
- Hawaii’s schools aren’t the best, so what’s with pay raises, shorter class schedules?
- Ige Slams Abercrombie over Pension Tax Hypocrisy, Morita Appointment
- Full Text: Souki Reprimands Hanohano—conduct “intimidating, disruptive”
- Abercrombie Appoints Rep Wooley Director of Office of Environmental Quality Control
- Pine: 50,000 Solar Panels for Kahe Point?
- Council Candidate Iwasa Speaks out Against Sign-Waving
- UH Manoa to host veterans conference
- Accusers: Wilson A Drunk, Harasses Women—Defended by Crooked Lawyers
- Wilson Co-Owns Illegal TVR With Former Law Partner, Girlfriend
- KITV Full Cover-up Mode: Co-Conspirator ‘Clears Up’ Illegal TVR
- Wooley Looks Over Wreckage of Anti-GMO Idiots’ Dreams
- Election funding bill raises some concerns as measure passes first reading in Hawaii Senate
- Tax payment backlog
- Prison Guards Punch Kids, Costs State $180K
- Hawaiian-Language Education Bills Advance
- VA Bumps Up Home Loan Limits
| Thursday, March 06, 2014
March, 2014 Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor |
- Council Candidate Iwasa Speaks out Against Sign-Waving
- GMO Protests Could Save DoE Money
| Thursday, March 06, 2014
March 6, 2014 News Read
Andrew Walden |
- Zoning Board: Abercrombie's Supreme Court Pick Operating Illegal Enterprise for Over a Decade
- Hawaii Obamacare Medicaid Applications–Even Less Than The Few
- Full Text: Big Island Papaya Farmer Sues to Invalidate anti-GMO Ordinance
- AG Decides to Claim Deficiencies, but no Criminal Activity in UH Project Management
- In Face of Lawsuit, DOE Pushes Ahead with Overpriced Chevron Solar Deal
- Hawaii urges residents to ‘tell a friend’ about Obamacare
- The Real Stories Behind "The Descendants"
- Rep. Beth Fukumoto named to National Future Majority Caucus Advisory Board
- The Jones Act Strikes Oil
- Hawaii Bar Assn: Enviro Activist Wilson 'unqualified' for Supreme Court
- Bread Prices to Soar as State Forces Shutdown of Hawaii's Only Flour Mill
- PUC: Abercrombie, Morita Meet, Discuss Price of Her Retention
- Congress May Investigate failed Hawaii Health Connector
- After 23 Years, State Senate Investigates Mental Hospital
- Civil Disobedience: Heroic Big Island Farmers Refusing to Register GMO Crops
- Pro and Con GMO regulation bills fail in Legislature
- SB622: Environmental Court passes Senate
- Declining Economy May Turn $844M Surplus into Deficit
- Hawaii advances bill requiring Internet sales tax
- Election Year: Neil 'Pension Tax' Abercrombie vows to fight to ease taxes for kupuna (LOL!)
- Competing Hawaii minimum wage cross over to House, Senate
- SB2131: In State Tuition for Veterans Makes Crossover
- Busted by Campaign Spending Comm, Activist Leads Rally for 'Clean Elections' Bill
- Obama Budget Hikes Airline Fee AGAIN
- Another $200K Hawaii disability Fraudster Busted
- Rail: Million dollar fence being taken down 3 years after going up
- Luxury Resort Developer Pierre Omidyar Buys Ritz Carlton on Maui, Rebrands as 'Montage'
- Suspected gambling machines to get a day in court
| Wednesday, March 05, 2014
March 5, 2014 News Read
Andrew Walden |
- Tulsi Gabbard Office Manager tied to Chris Butler Cult
- Survey: Hawaii Ranks 5th for Economic Health
- Solomon Pushes for Approval of Overpriced Geothermal Contracts
- Survey: Honolulu Traffic Gets 18% Worse
- Dead on Arrival: Obama’s FY 2015 Budget includes $250 million for rail
- Hawaii Democrats Statewide Caucuses March 5
- UHERO: Climate Change Behind Push for Water Conservation
- 'Sovereign Council' Scores $675K to Sell Obamacare
- Caldwell Brings in Outside Planners to Redevelop Blaisdell Center
- Mainland Enviros Cheer Hawaii's On-Bill Financing Solar Scheme
- Bronster: Papaya Farmer files lawsuit over GMO Law
- 'Clean' Energy: Hawaiian Dredging accuses Hu Honua of stealing Computers, Information
- Middle class, poor increasingly footing cost of island’s electrical grid
- Ian Lind: Hawaiians Suffered With Rise of Democratic Party
- Military Cuts begin at Wheeler
- Legislators Vote Against Free Speech in Election Campaigns
- Obamacare Funds Kahuku HS Health Clinic Targeting Teens
- Reforming Juvenile Justice
- Revising Public Workers Laws
- Legislators Vote to Cut School Hours
- State Hospital favoritism complaints prompt anti-nepotism bill
- Hawaii Has Fewest Taxing Bodies of Any State
- Solomon: Thielen and Ruderman are 'Like That'
- Minimum Wage Poverty Threshold Requires Too Much Paperwork
- State of the City: Potholes, Sewers And Name-dropping
- Honolulu 7th Worst Airport in USA
- Rep. Hanohano's Use of Hawaiian Leads to Tension on House Floor
- Transgender Student Recants Sexual Assault Report
- Health Department requested leak detection at Red Hill in 2003
| Tuesday, March 04, 2014
March 4, 2014 News Read
Andrew Walden |
- Who Needs Health Connector? Feds Already Had Website offering Hawaii Insurance Policies
- National Park Tourism in Hawaii Creates $314 Million in Economic Benefit
- Abercrombie: Petulant, Paranoid, Vindictive, Clueless
- Honolulu Mayor Responds to Questions About Campaign Contributions from Waikiki Developers
- House Should go after Brower Before Censuring Hanohano
- Star-Adv: Reappoint Morita, PUC policy should favor consumers
- Upcoming Primary election will be start of new era for OHA
- UPW Blocks Contraband screening at Halawa Prison
- Only Four Guards Caught Testing Positive for Drugs
- Ernie Martin Comes out against Housing First
- Lawmakers to vote on child porn bill
- Latest Obamacare Fix Tough to Implement
- Obama-Backed Patent Reform Could Hurt Innovation at UH
- Energy Excelerator Provides Boosts for 'Clean' Energy
- For oil traders, a vexing new risk related to Jones Act
- Honolulu 4th Worst City to Find a Job
- Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command might be restructured or moved to the mainland
| Monday, March 03, 2014
March 3, 2014 News Read
Andrew Walden |
- Complete List of Bills Set for Third Reading in Senate, House March 4
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 3, 2014
- No Public Warfare Yet, in Intraparty Fight for D.C. Insider Mantle
- Abercrombie: I've had some real Donnybrooks
- Civil Beat: Hanohano a Problem to be Solved
- Star-Adv: Limit discretion in judicial secrecy
- Anti-GMO Activists Admit only 41% on Maui Want Permanent GMO Ban
- DHHL beneficiaries struggle in arid conditions
- Cronies Line up for Special Purpose Revenue Bonds
- HB 1594 / HB 2170: Unlimited tax Credits for Hotel Developers
- Developers of 2 Waikiki High-Rises Have Donated Heavily to City Officials
- Handi-van riders fed up with unreliable service
- China Fields New Intermediate-Range Nuclear Missile -- Target Guam
- Drugged driving deaths triple in Hawaii after Medicated Marijuana Legalized
- A crush of bills moving to meet First Crossover deadline this week
- What Did Hawaii Delegates Do With Salaries During Shutdown?
- A Moment of Silence: Tommy Waters Running for Stanley Chang’s City Council Seat
| Sunday, March 02, 2014
March 2, 2014 News Read
Andrew Walden |
- Letter: Waikiki Rep Brower Threatening to Smash More Shopping Carts?
- Supreme Court Rejects Kauai Springs Appeal
- Aloha, Justice Acoba
- Well Then, How Do We Stimulate Business?
- Star-Adv: State Should Dump Obamacare Exchange
- Mufi Gives Abercrombie Winning edge
- Schatz Picks up lots of Support from Mainland, Developers
- Former governors lend support as Ige opens campaign HQ
- School Health Teacher Says no to Gay Sex Ed for 11 year olds:
- HHSC Privatization Proposal Revised
- SB2284: Clayton Hee tries to make Hospitals Responsible for Home Care
- SB2934: Solar Scammers Creating new Opportunities to Fleece Homeowners
- HB1943: PRP Backs Smart Grid
- Inouye to face off against Solomon for state Senate seat -- Again
- Big Island homesteaders still waiting on DHHL
- After Welching on Promise of Free Representation, Anti-GMO Activists Seek to 'Intervene'
- Kauai: Morons, Idiots, & Imbeciles Continue to Whine about Dairy Farm
- As Tax Cut Advances, Beer entrepreneurs seek to reawaken brewing industry
| Saturday, March 01, 2014
March 1, 2014 News Read
Andrew Walden |
- House Passes More than 200 Bills on to Senate
- Heritage Foundation: Hawaii HOPE Probation Potentially Worthwhile
- Video: Grassroot Institute Talks with Tom Yamachika, Tax Foundation of Hawaii
- Obama Reappoints Abercrombie to Council of Governors
- GMO Protests Could Save DoE Money
- February 28, 2014: Election Commission Releases Updated Candidate List
- Hannemann has strong words for Hawaii Democrats
- Abercrombie Signs Bill with Smiley Face, Condemning Hundreds of Hawaii teachers to Layoff
- Eligible families have until April 30 to file applications for Preschool Tuition Vouchers
- Obamacare behind $101M HMSA Operating Loss, Ratehikes Coming
- HGEA Unit 9 nurses Agree to Contract, get 8% raise
- Predictable Caldwell Proposes $34.2M Property Tax Hike
- Tip Credit: Hee Fails to Screw Restaurants, Makes up Bizarre Excuse
- As Homeless Continue to Refuse Shelter, Hawaii advances bill to fine lying at bus stops
- SB 451: Reform the PUC
- HECO revises standards for rooftop PV systems
- Star-Adv Backs Increased fees on developers
- Kenoi’s Proposed $412M Budget Highest in Six Years--Nothing for Pension Debts
- Soft on Crime: Manslaughter conviction set aside in Maili fatal beating case
- PBN Focus on Jones Act for NJ Salt Shortage
| Friday, February 28, 2014
February 28, 2014 News Read
Andrew Walden |
- Slom: Djou to Announce Congressional Campaign?
- Judge Elwin Ahu Announces Campaign for Lt Governor
- Grim scenario for Hawaii's Obamacare plan: The numbers don't add up
- As Health Exchange Implodes, Abercrombie Releases ‘Transformation Plan’
- UHERO: 2013 Hawaii Growth 'Disappointing', 2014 'Marked Down'
- Residents in States With Troubled Exchanges Can Still Get Subsidies
- Maui: Huber's Anti-GMO claims lack evidence
- More questionable social engineering comes to Hawaii’s public schools
- FACE Ad campaign pushes minimum wage hike
- SB2487: Small Business Regulatory Review Board to be Abolished?
- Fallen Marine Rafael Peralta's family accuses reporter of playing 'race card'
- House Bill 14: Mandatory Kindergarten, Lowering Compulsory School Attendance Age to 5
- Honolulu Firm Selected to Represent Kauai County in GMO Suit
- HTA: Tourism Down 5th Month in a Row
- DBEDT App Displays Demographics of Hawaii House, Senate Districts
- Illegal Gambling Operators Give $20K to Clayton Hee Campaign
- Hee vs Fale: Same-sex marriage fight apparently not over yet
- Governor mum on PUC appointment
- Kenoi: Signing GMO bill was to end ‘shouting’
- Kauai Idiots Protest Against Dairy farm
- To Placate Anti-GMO Hallucinations, SB2777 'Narrowed'
- Star-Adv vs Hawaii: Military draw-down long overdue
- Poll — Oahu Voters Don't Like Mufi
- Negotiations Over Hawaii Minimum Wage Go Down to the Wire
- Waipahu First of Many to be Transformed for Rail TOD
- Study Questions Benefits of 'Medical Home' Programs for Chronically Ill
- Senate Budget Committee Advances Four Key Education Bills
- SB894 would allow for a forced sale of Turtle Bay property
- Hawaii Supreme Court Takes Up Lawsuit Challenging Koa Ridge Project
- Next Steps for the Geothermal Request for Proposal
- Prison Guard's Wife Gets Federal Prison Time
- DLNR Plan to Kill Owls, Egrets Blasted
- Three Killed in Lanai Plane Crash
| Thursday, February 27, 2014
February 27, 2014 News Read
Andrew Walden |
- Matsuda: Fate of Prepaid Health Care Act Depends on Hawaii Health Connector
- LA Times: Hawaii Health Connector Refused to Cough up Secret Budget
- HI leaders worry military cuts will compromise Pacific security
- Auditor: 11 Special Funds Do not Meet Criteria
- Health Connector May Convert itself into Telemarketing Business to Make Money
- Health Connector Abandons Enrollment Goals, Seeks new Funding Sources
- How Abercrombie, Schatz Can Win Easily
- Complaint Filed Against Hee for Acting Like Hanohano
- Measures on food labeling appear doomed
- House Defers Minimum Wage over Tip Credit
- Effort to Save Oahu Residents From Rail Failed Despite Valiant Effort
- Can the Legislature save HECO?
- Council committee scraps Caldwell's $20M Garbage Tax
- Caldwell wants Honolulu to spend $25M to encourage transit oriented development along rail line
- Honolulu Mayor wants significant increase in programs for homeless
- Kauai Councilman Scores $250K Settlement from Former Prosecutor
- Poll — Voters Want Higher Minimum Wage, Reject Legal Pot
- Should Hawaii Let Public Schools Raise Money for Private Nonprofits?
- Many Oahu Schools Miss Basic Food Safety Checks
- Tax Foundation of Hawaii opposes proposed electric vehicle tax
- Sovereignty Activist Loses Neighborhood Board Committee Chairmanship
- Liquefied natural gas could play key role in isles' energy transition
- Trask Geothermal Scammers Demand Meeting
- Bill to allow online gun registration makes headway despite police opposition
- Drone bill could affect Maui missing women search
- Judge finds accused rapist mentally unfit for trial
| Wednesday, February 26, 2014
February 26, 2014 News Read
Andrew Walden |
- Duke Aiona: Great News for the Campaign
- Clinton’s chief economist supports Jones Act reform for Puerto Rico and Hawaii
- Looks Like Hawaii Won't Need To Count All Those Soldiers, Sailors, And Marines In The Next Reapportionment Anyway
- BLS: Hawaii Union Membership Rate 22.1%
- VIDEO: Aloha Obamacare Wipeout
- Honolulu tops list of America’s Most Overpriced Cities
- Hawaii's Choice: Let the Fleecing Continue or Bring on the Competition?
- Full Text: State of the City Address
- Rep Fale to Challenge Clayton Hee for Senate
- Tranny Supports 'Racist' Hanohano
- Progressives Mock Sovereignty Activists
- Trench Warfare: Schatz vs Hanabusa
- Poll: Kim, Takai Lead Race for Dem Nomination in CD1
- AARP: Health Connector needs a sustainability plan
- HSTA can learn from students
- Hawaii Lawmakers May Give Counties Millions of Dollars in Extra Hotel Tax Money
- Kauai Gives Anti-GMO Whackos the Test Case they Need to Uphold GMO Bans
- SB2777 May Face Amendments to Satisfy Anti-GMO Activists
- Kauai Idiots: Proposed Dairy Farm is 'Mind-boggling Environmental Disaster'
- Ag Board to End State Milk Price Fixing Scheme?
- Former prosecutor can’t prevent Undisclosed Bynum settlement
- Don't Destroy Police Disciplinary Files Just Yet, Hawaii Lawmakers Say
- Back pay on the way for Hawaii substitute teachers
| Tuesday, February 25, 2014
February 25, 2014 News Read
Andrew Walden |
- Kanoho Helm Debunks 'Developer-Driven' Big Cable Scheme
- Senate Minimum Wage Bill Will Fail Hawaii's Low-Wage Earners
- Hawaii Charter School Law: Measuring up to the Model?
- Union Contractors to get Exclusive Deal on NAVFAC Project at Hawaii Marine Corps Base?
- Can they get up? HI Legislature to fund coordinator to help seniors avoid falls
- DBEDT Reduces Projected Growth Rate
- Abercrombie Releases $62.4M in DoE CIP
- Poll: Schatz - Hanabusa Tied 40% Each
- Disrespectful Schatz Hasn't Earned it
- Hirono: Proposed military cuts are 'Good News'
- Abercrombie Holding $2500/head Fundraiser in DC
- Hanohano, under siege, has talking-to
- Hospitals, Airports, 5th Floor: State Funding Emergency Festers
- Honolulu Electric Bill Jumps to $91.8M
- Failed California Anti-GMO Initiative Backers Conspire to Impose themselves on Maui
- Federally funded sex ed program teaches Hawaii middle schoolers that butts are genitals
- CD1 Candidates Argue over how to Raise Taxes
- Minimum Wage to Boost Hawaii's Already-High Labor Costs
- Legislators Use Lobbing Rules to Harass Pro-Family Activists
- Full Text: Judge releases documents in Deedy murder case
- NFL may move Pro Bowl to Arizona
- More rail transit traffic woes in store for Oahu drivers
- 'Car To Go' Isn't Here Yet, But Legislators Scheme to Tax it
- 13 Security Breaches in 7 years at Unprotected Iolani Palace
- SB72: Even More Excuses to Let Murderers and Rapists out of Prison Early
- Alleged Manoa Harasser Released, Supposed to be in Drug Treatment
- Star-Adv: Troubled youth need treatment, not a prison bed
- Mainland Quacks Seek to Retake Control of Hawaii Medicated Marijuana Business
- SB2270: Sue Your Neighbor for Zoning Violations
| Monday, February 24, 2014
February 24, 2014 News Read
Andrew Walden |
- CD1 Poll: Good News for Charles Djou
- Poll: Ige-Abercrombie Tied at 37% Each
- 1000 Friends: Stop residential development adjacent to Kakaako Waterfront Park
- SB2938: Online Gun Registration to be Heard Feb 25
- Alec Baldwin Flees to Hawaii Seeking Transsexual Dry Cleaning?
- Abercrombie's Big Cable Designed by Dick Cheney's 'Energy Cabal'
- Abercrombie Heckles Governor Jindal at White House
- The Usual Nuts Launch GMO Ban Ballot Initiative in Maui County
- $48M Given to 18,000 in Hawaii Welfare Overpayments
- 4,200 Mentally Ill Children in Hawaii With no Treatment Facility
- Agencies Struggle With Pilot Program for 10 Mentally Ill Children
- Troubled youths may get chance at treatment
- Haunted, Court Psychiatrist Retires After 22 Years
- Hanohano Censure among items on lawmakers’ agenda
- SB2426: Streamline HTA Marketing Plan
- Abercrombie Wants $132K for Travel, Buyouts, Membership Fee
- Hawaii's Pricey Claims Settlements Include Paying Out $30K for Sun's Glare
- Mollway: Raising the state ethics bar?
- Maui Farms Fined for Violating Minimum Wage
- Hagel to propose big cuts in Army in 2015 budget
| Sunday, February 23, 2014
February 23, 2014 News Read
Andrew Walden |
- For Supporting Mufi: Up to 1/3 of Democrats Could be Expelled
- Can We Best Help the Poor by Making Their Lives Complicated?
- Anti-GMO Industry Responsible for Death on Maui
- Big Cable Will Soak Ratepayers for $1.5B
- Creation of the Hawaii Electricity Reliability Administrator
- Lessons of past losses could help Hannemann
- Renewed rivalries and rants are like watch, wince, repeat
- Minimum Wage: Clayton Hee Preparing to Screw it up -- Again
- Health Connector to be funded by $15M Tax on Insurance Policies?
- Briefing will address fixes for Connector
- Kakaako Development Opposed by Global Warmers
- Current UH regent skipped as gov appoints 4 to board
- Give judges and probation officers tools needed to help juvenile offenders
- Teachers protest new program
- Pono Madness & Condom Festivals
- Inspections begin soon for new restaurant ratings
- Star-Adv Flies Reporter to Puna to Chart Course for Defeating Hanohano
- Kenoi: Assessments Will Go Up, But not Tax Rates
- Obama Wasting Troops’ Sacrifice
| Saturday, February 22, 2014
February 22, 2014 News Read
Andrew Walden |
- Full Text: Legislators Challenge Abercrombie over Morita Dismissal
- February 21, 2014: Election Commission Releases Updated Candidate List
- 300 Republicans Celebrate Lincoln Day, Launch New YouTube Ad
- Feds: Hawaii's High Energy Costs Drive Push for 'Clean' Energy
- Does Hawaii Need An "Environmental Court?"
- No Surprise: DoE Includes Tranny on Pono Choices Review Panel
- Hawaii Health Connector Website: 41% of Defects Still not Corrected
- Shutdown of Coal Plant will Boost Electric Rates 3%
- Hawaiian Electric executives 'earned' higher salaries in 2013
- Alleviating Poverty Through Tax Policy Modifications
- Perfect Timing: Anti-GMO Activists 'Honored' as ‘The Daily Show’ films GMO segment in Kona
- SB2375: Anti-GMO Activists Attack Local Produce Bill
- Money grubbing Atheists Try Again for $1M from Hawaii Churches
- 1,900 Kiddie Porn Leads in Hawaii--Will Legislators Approve Funding to Investigate?
- Law Prevents Police from Helping Mentally Ill Person
- Panel to scrutinize cost of government, Propose More Tax Hikes
- Queen’s Medical Center shares patient data with Hawaii HIE
| Friday, February 21, 2014
February 21, 2014 News Read
Andrew Walden |
- Carpenter: Complaint Must be Filed Before Democrats can Expel Mufi
- Supreme Court Nominee Wilson's Written Opinions
- How Hawaii Will Achieve Food Sustainability: Jail a Farmer!
- A Major Hurdle for Student Veterans
- Honolulu Ethics Commission Calls for Audit of Water Board
- Is your baby carrying excess fat? Hawaii wants to know
- Free Speech on Campus? Grassroot Institute Interviews FIRE
- See it Live: Famed Nimitz' WWII 'Diary' to be Unveiled Online Monday
- Abercrombie Names UH Regent Nominees
- Hawaii Supreme Court: How Do You Solve A Problem Like ... Appellate Mootness? More Process!
- Big Cable Plan: Spend $800M to 'Save' $423M
- Not rehiring Morita at PUC dicey move for Abercrombie
- SB2777: Farmers Still Have Chance to Free Themselves from Anti-GMO Oppressors
- Health Connector Blames DHS 'Bottleneck' For Worst-in-the-Nation Performance
- HB2529 Amended: Hawaii Health Connector to Remain Private Nonprofit
- Oahu man waits nearly 2 months for Obamacare insurance
- Rail: City restarts property acquisition process
- VIDEO: Geothermal bills debated in House Committee
- High cost oil fired generation creates potential for shift in Hawaiian electric sources
- HB1796: Clearer Rules for Schools With Uncontrollable Kids
- New policy eliminates hidden fees at UH
- Shakedown: Billion Dollar Telescope in Court Again
- Caldwell Ignores Committees on Women, Disabilities
- Future Caucus debuts to engage young people
- Who Are Hawaii's U.S. Senate Candidates' Biggest Donors?
- Honolulu Inflation only 1.7%
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For Sale Cheap: One More Bankrupt Alt-Energy Scheme
by News Release Tuesday, March 11, 2014 | Located in Kawaihae on the west side of the Big Island of Hawaii, 35 miles north of Kailua-Kona, the assets are being marketed in a sealed bid offering that closes at 5:00 p.m. (PT)on April 4....
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| Anti-science dominates Senate climate marathon
by News Article Tuesday, March 11, 2014 | "Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of truth and knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods."
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| With Asset Test Gone, Thousands Pile into Hawaii Medicaid
by News Release Tuesday, March 11, 2014 | Since October 1, 69,041 people have been found eligible for Medicaid in Hawaii. 3,249 are eligible for CHIP. Another 24,583 were deemed ineligible....
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| HI lawmakers want private providers to subsidize Obamacare exchange
by Malia Zimmerman Tuesday, March 11, 2014 | Lawmakers scrambling to keep the Hawaii Health Connector solvent are proposing a fee for private insurers who decline to take part in the local Obamacare exchange....
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| Tell Us Your Common Core Stories
by Heritage Foundation Tuesday, March 11, 2014 | The Obama Administration has incentivized states to accept national education standards—called Common Core—with billions in federal grants and waivers from the onerous provisions of No Child Left Behind....
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| Back from Afghanistan: Soldiers Return to Schofield
by News Release Tuesday, March 11, 2014 | More than 60 Soldiers from the 524th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 45th Sustainment Brigade, reunited with their families here....
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| House Speaker Joe Souki Endorses Jones Act Reform
by Grassroot Institute Tuesday, March 11, 2014 | Souki (D) was among the group who introduced HR 113 and HCR 153, which note that the Act, "disproportionately imposes an economic burden on and adversely affects Hawaii."....
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| DLIR: Employment will Expand 4% on Construction Boom
by News Release Monday, March 10, 2014 | ...the construction industry will lead the economic recovery with the fastest growth rate (16.7 percent), as well as by creating the most jobs (4,960)....
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| Maui: Hawai'i Free Press Editor to Speak
by News Release Monday, March 10, 2014 | ...Thursday, March 13th, starting 6:30 PM....
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| KIUC Elections: Anti-Smart Meter Paranoiacs Lose Again
by News Release Monday, March 10, 2014 | David Iha, Teofilo "Phil" Tacbian and Peter Yukimura have been reelected to the board of directors of Kaua`i Island Utility Cooperative.....
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| Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 10, 2014
by Congress .org Monday, March 10, 2014 |
- Senate: Adegbile Nomination Cloture
- Senate: Military Prosecutions Cloture
- House: Environmental Reviews Passage
- House: Ukrainian Loan Guarantees Passage
- House: Flood Insurance Premiums Passage
- House: Individual Health Insurance Mandate Passage
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| Price Fixing: Horizon, Sea Star to Pay $3.4M Fine
by News Release Monday, March 10, 2014 | ...Sea Star Line is a subsidiary of TOTE Inc., the ocean shipping group of Saltchuk Resources Inc., which also owns and operates Young Bros....
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| Who's Watching You Online?
by Heritage Foundation Monday, March 10, 2014 | “Exploiting social networks for military and intelligence purposes is a global game”
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| Brian Schatz Dances to California Billionaire's Tune
by News Release Monday, March 10, 2014 | ...leading Democratic senators attended a fundraiser at billionaire Tom Steyer's San Francisco home. The event, for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, also featured former Vice President Al Gore....
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| Solomon Pushes for Approval of Mililani Trask's Overpriced Geothermal Contract
by Andrew Walden Sunday, March 09, 2014 | ...IDG officers and associates gave over $10,000 to Malama Solomon for her tightly contested 2012 primary race against Lorraine Inouye....
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| HB1503: Prohibit Landlords from Evicting Marijuana Smokers
by Andrew Walden Sunday, March 09, 2014 | Topping off the irony, Rep Rhoads also introduced HB2577 which would ban indoor tobacco smoking in public housing....
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| Whither the Independent Appeals Officer?
by Tom Yamachika Sunday, March 09, 2014 | Appeals officers help over 100,000 taxpayers each year resolve their tax disputes with the IRS....
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| Hawaii National Guard builds global partnerships, proven on battlefield
by News Article Sunday, March 09, 2014 | USPACOM's partnerships: Alaska and Mongolia; Guam, Hawaii and the Philippines;Hawaii and Indonesia....
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| Catch the Wave of HOPE with Nick Vujicic at Aloha Stadium
by News Release Saturday, March 08, 2014 | Aloha Stadium on Sunday, March 30 from 5pm-8pm....
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| March 7, 2014: Election Commission Releases Updated Candidate List
by Andrew Walden Saturday, March 08, 2014 | The Hawaii Election Commission has released its candidate report for the week ending March 7, 2014....
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| Video: Japan and the Free Market
by Grassroot Institute Friday, March 07, 2014 | Dr. Akina interviews Professor Ken Schoolland and Sean Matsumoto of Japan’s Happy Science Academy....
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| UHERO: Is Monopoly a Barrier to Hawai’i’s Ascent?
by UH ERO Friday, March 07, 2014 | In 2012 Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel Prize winning economist and Columbia University Business School Professor visited Hawaii....
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| Lawmaker says advocacy group pays Hawaii teachers to attend ‘tolerance’ training
by Malia Zimmerman Friday, March 07, 2014 | ...Southern Poverty Law Center will pay teachers $250 to attend the training....
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| Two Quotes That Show the Absurdity of Obamacare
by Heritage Foundation Friday, March 07, 2014 | You just don’t understand how much better Obamacare is going to make your life; you’re afraid of change. It’s okay, he wants you to know; he understands....
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| Informational Briefing on Grants-in-Aid
by News Release Friday, March 07, 2014 | ...Senate Committee on Ways and Means and the House Committee on Finance will conduct a joint informational briefing on Chapter 42F, HRS grant applications....
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| Hawaii’s schools aren’t the best, so what’s with pay raises, shorter class schedules?
by Malia Zimmerman Friday, March 07, 2014 | Apparently, many state lawmakers aren’t interested in the numbers. They say teachers and students should spend even less time in the classroom, and the superintendent should make more money....
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| OHA Reopens Akaka Tribal Roll, Announces Plan for ‘Governing Documents’
by News Release Friday, March 07, 2014 | ...As Predicted in 2006: A State-Recognized Indian Tribe for Hawaii....
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| UH Manoa to host veterans conference
by News Release Friday, March 07, 2014 | March 19 and 20 in the UH Mānoa Campus Center Ballroom....
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| Full Text: Souki Reprimands Hanohano—conduct “intimidating, disruptive”
by News Release Friday, March 07, 2014 | "If it is confirmed by me that a future incident of this nature has occurred, whether at the Capitol or elsewhere, I will immediately remove you from all committee assignments...."
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| Ige Slams Abercrombie over Pension Tax Hypocrisy, Morita Appointment
by News Release Friday, March 07, 2014 | The governor may not be following the legislative process closely....
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| Pine: 50,000 Solar Panels for Kahe Point?
by Kym Pine Friday, March 07, 2014 | The construction of a 50,000 panel solar farm at the entrance of the Wai‘anae Coast at Kahe Point is being proposed....
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| Abercrombie Appoints Rep Wooley Director of Office of Environmental Quality Control
by News Release Thursday, March 06, 2014 | This is the same worthless job Abercrombie gave to shut Gary Hooser up back in 2011....
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| Zoning Board: Abercrombie's Supreme Court Pick Operating Illegal Enterprise for Over a Decade
by Andrew Walden Thursday, March 06, 2014 | Did Wilson see fit to advise the Judicial Selection Commission or the Abercrombie Administration of his long-running and on-going illegality?
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| Income Share Agreements for Student Loans
by NCPA NCPA Thursday, March 06, 2014 | Income Share Agreements are better tools for student financing than traditional student loans....
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| How Many Jobs Are Threatened by the EPA in YOUR District?
by Heritage Foundation Thursday, March 06, 2014 | Average of more than 770 jobs losses per congressional district....
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| Hawaii Obamacare Medicaid Applications–Even Less Than The Few
by Andrew Walden Thursday, March 06, 2014 | The post-Obamacare increase averages out to an additional 1,174 persons applying for Medicaid each month since October 1....
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| Senate Passes More Than 300 Bills
by News Release Wednesday, March 05, 2014 | In preparation for the first crossover deadline Thursday, the Senate today held a long floor session to move bills out of its chamber so that it may crossover to the House of Representatives....
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| House Votes to Move Another 183 Bills to Senate
by News Release Wednesday, March 05, 2014 | The House now stands in recess and will reconvene to take action on final measures for third reading on Thursday, March 6 at 12 p.m....
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| AG Decides to Claim Deficiencies, but no Criminal Activity in UH Project Management
by News Release Wednesday, March 05, 2014 | "...and we are very pleased to have Brian Minaai return to his full duties...."
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| In Face of Lawsuit, DOE Pushes Ahead with Overpriced Chevron Solar Deal
by News Release Wednesday, March 05, 2014 | This morning, the DOE announced it has selected Chevron Energy Solutions to help lead implementation of the five-year sustainable energy program, to be called Ka Hei....
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| Full Text: Big Island Papaya Farmer Sues to Invalidate anti-GMO Ordinance
by Robert Thomas Wednesday, March 05, 2014 | Science. It's the darndest thing....
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| The Real Stories Behind "The Descendants"
by Robert Thomas Wednesday, March 05, 2014 | "Deconstructing The Descendants: How George Clooney Ennobled Old Hawaiian Trust and Made the Rule Against Perpetuities Sexy"
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| The Jones Act Strikes Oil
by Grassroot Institute Wednesday, March 05, 2014 | When a law has as broad a reach as the Jones Act does, you’re likely to run into it in some unlikely places....
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| Happy 225th Birthday, U.S. Constitution!
by Heritage Foundation Wednesday, March 05, 2014 | It was 225 years ago that the Constitution officially came into effect, when members of Congress were sworn in for the first time in New York City....
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| Rep. Beth Fukumoto named to National Future Majority Caucus Advisory Board
by News Release Wednesday, March 05, 2014 | Fukumoto will join the FMC in its mission to proactively diversify and grow the Republican family....
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| Hawaii urges residents to ‘tell a friend’ about Obamacare
by Malia Zimmerman Wednesday, March 05, 2014 | The Hawaii Health Connector, the local Obamacare exchange, has a new campaign to boost enrollment — “Tell a friend.”....
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| Tulsi Gabbard Office Manager tied to Chris Butler Cult
by Andrew Walden Wednesday, March 05, 2014 | Cults are known for their ability to draw in devotees and make them worship the leader. In a recent poll, Tulsi Gabbard’s popularity was tops among Hawaii politicians at 76%....
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| A Quick Guide to Obama's 2015 Budget
by Heritage Foundation Wednesday, March 05, 2014 | ...Heritage experts dive into President Obama’s new budget proposal....
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| Caldwell Brings in Outside Planners to Redevelop Blaisdell Center
by News Release Wednesday, March 05, 2014 | The week will culminate with a public presentation of the panel’s findings and recommendations on March 7, 2014 from 9:00-11:00 a.m. at Mission Memorial Auditorium....
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| Mainland Enviros Cheer Hawaii's On-Bill Financing Solar Scheme
by News Release Wednesday, March 05, 2014 | EDF has been advocating for states to establish On-Bill Repayment (OBR) programs that allow property owners and tenants to finance clean energy....
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| 'Sovereign Council' Scores $675K to Sell Obamacare
by News Release Wednesday, March 05, 2014 | The Sovereign Councils of the Hawaiian Homelands Assembly (SCHHA) signed a $675,000 agreement today with the Hawaiʻi Health Connector to serve as a marketplace assister organization....
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| Election Year: Abercrombie Forks Out $164.7M in CIP
by News Release Wednesday, March 05, 2014 | News Releases from Office of the Governor ....
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| Dead on Arrival: Obama’s FY 2015 Budget includes $250 million for rail
by News Release Wednesday, March 05, 2014 | POLITICO: "Yes, we all know President Barack Obama’s budget is dead on arrival."
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| Hawaii Democrats Statewide Caucuses March 5
by News Release Wednesday, March 05, 2014 | On March 5th, The Democratic Party of Hawaii's Biennial Precinct Meeting is coming to a district near you ....
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| UHERO: Climate Change Behind Push for Water Conservation
by UH ERO Tuesday, March 04, 2014 | Drawdown of existing groundwater stocks is likely still decades away....
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| Survey: Honolulu Traffic Gets 18% Worse
by News Release Tuesday, March 04, 2014 | As GDP goes up, MPH goes down....
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| Survey: Hawaii Ranks 5th for Economic Health
by News Release Tuesday, March 04, 2014 | ...this data is updated monthly and is calculated from multiple economic and demographic factors related to three primary data categories—employment, income and housing....
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| National Park Tourism in Hawaii Creates $314 Million in Economic Benefit
by News Release Tuesday, March 04, 2014 | A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 5.1 million visitors to national parks in Hawai`i spent more than $314 million and supported 3,723 jobs in the state in 2012....
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| Only One of These Makes the Country Work
by Heritage Foundation Tuesday, March 04, 2014 | “America’s greatness is found in its individuals, not in the collective....”
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| Who Needs Health Connector? Feds Already Had Website offering Hawaii Insurance Policies
by News Release Monday, March 03, 2014 | "In general, consumers had substantially more policies to choose from on private websites such as eHealthinsurance.com and Finder.healthcare.gov than they presently have on the exchanges."
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| New Obamacare Tax Will add $300 to Insurance Premiums
by NCPA NCPA Monday, March 03, 2014 | Starting this year, ObamaCare's "annual fee" tax will be passed on to consumers in the form of higher premiums....
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| Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 3, 2014
by Congress .org Monday, March 03, 2014 |
- Senate: Veterans Benefits -- Cloture
- Senate: Veterans Benefits Motion to Wave
- House: Cellular Phone Unlocking Passage
- House: Eminent Domain Authority Passage
- House: Federal Rule-Making Process Passage
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| Gov. Bobby Jindal: America, We Can Do Better
by Heritage Foundation Monday, March 03, 2014 | In Washington, facts can sometimes be stubborn things. I guess that’s why some media pundits thought my comments at a governors’ association meeting last Monday—which highlighted the slow growth and failed economic policies of our President—impolitic or impolite.....
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| Well Then, How Do We Stimulate Business?
by Tom Yamachika Sunday, March 02, 2014 | A few weeks ago this column spoke out against tax credits....
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| Aloha, Justice Acoba
by Robert Thomas Saturday, March 01, 2014 | Yesterday, according to the coconut wireless, was the official last day on the Hawaii Supreme Court for Associate Justice Simeon Acoba....
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| Supreme Court Rejects Kauai Springs Appeal
by Robert Thomas Saturday, March 01, 2014 | The Hawaii Supreme Court has issued an opinion in Kauai Springs, Inc. v. Kauai Planning Comm'n....
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| Letter: Waikiki Rep Brower Threatening to Smash More Shopping Carts?
by Andrew Walden Saturday, March 01, 2014 | Brower mentions “carts” ten times, and suggests his attacks were part of an effort to "create a better society."
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| Complete List of Bills Set for Third Reading in Senate, House March 4
by Andrew Walden Saturday, March 01, 2014 | Click on the bill number for Text and Status....
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| February 28, 2014: Election Commission Releases Updated Candidate List
by Andrew Walden Saturday, March 01, 2014 | The Hawaii Election Commission has released its candidate report for the week ending February 28, 2014....
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| Video: Grassroot Institute Talks with Tom Yamachika, Tax Foundation of Hawaii
by Grassroot Institute Saturday, March 01, 2014 | Mr. Yamachika discusses the state’s current tax policies and the work of Tax Foundation....
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