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Sunday, February 26, 2012 |
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February 26, 2012 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:00 PM :: 14457 Views :: Hawaii County News, Agriculture, Kauai County News, DHHL, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- Secret Tax Breaks Fund Hawaii Film Production
- Windfall of Tax Revenue to be Had Without Tax Increase
- DBEDT Energy Update Projects 537MW of Industrial Wind
- HB2874: DoE Laptop Bill Will Freeze Public Access TV Funding
- Case, Hirono toe line: Lingle is the Anti-Rail Senate Choice
- Pensions: 14 Legislators Double Dipping—Abercrombie is Triple Dipping
- Exclusion of Military May Not Withstand Federal Constitutional Scrutiny
- David Chang: Key to material progress is making sure we have equality of opportunity
- Star-Adv: Abercrombie Lacked ‘Courage’ on Gay Marriage in 2010 Campaign
- Gay Agenda: Bill Could Classify Workplace Bullying As Safety Violation
- Ex-T boss poised to land Hawaii gig
- Honolulu Rail CEO Pick Comes With Track Record That Raises Concerns
- Aila: Bag Tax Needed to ‘Save our Water’
- Former Insurance Exec Continues to Claim Assisted Suicide Legal in Hawaii
- Carlisle's speech was another day in the same old brown shoes
- KIUC forums address community
- Volunteers Do the Work UPW Will Not, 150 Public Housing Units made Ready for Occupancy
- Abercrombie approves EIS for new Kona courthouse
- E-W Center: US territories suffering due to debt crisis
- Three Years of Hawaii Monitor Now Online
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Saturday, February 18, 2012 |
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February 18, 2012 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 10:47 AM :: 12091 Views :: Hawaii County News, Agriculture, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- HSTA Agrees to Longer Days, 20% Raise
- Alternatives to Rail: Cato Institute, Local Leaders Speak Out
- Abercrombie Appoints Transsexual Activist to Civil Rights Commission
- JSC Names 11 Candidates for Honolulu District Court
- Reapportionment Public Comment Meeting Wednesday
- Marumoto Cheers Passage of ATV Safety Bill
- Hawaii: NRA Instructor Liability Bill Advances
- ‘Green’ Energy Scammers Push Hawaii Inflation rate to 4%
- Bag Tax 'accidentally' Killed by House — Senate Bill Still Alive
- Mother Marianne's Sainthood Date Set Oct 21
- Past controversies hound 2 charter school panel picks
- "Barack Obama requests $250M for Honolulu's rail project"?
- Air Australia's grounding a blow to tourism
- Officer hits pedestrian in road, cited for DUI and negligent injury
- Progressive Blogger Cheered by GOP Dispute
- Rep. Pine's Town Hall Meeting - Hawaii Medical Center Closure
- Rep Bob Herkes to Run for Senate
- Campaign signs irk some over early start, but law is on candidates' side
- City Steps Closer To Finding Buyer For 12 Affordable Housing Projects
- Hoku reaches agreement with Idaho Power Co.
- U.S. focus on the Pacific could avert military cuts in Hawaii
- Hawaii welcomes sailors returning from tough deployment
- Dalai Lama to visit Oahu in April
- Law would protect driver's license data
- CN: 9th Circuit Seems to See Thru Title IX Claims
- Nevada Approves Regulations For Self-Driving Cars
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Thursday, February 16, 2012 |
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February 16, 2012 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 9:06 PM :: 11453 Views :: Hawaii County News, Agriculture, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- Rep Pine: Reapportionment Lawsuit Says Military Personnel Don't Matter
- IBHS Applauds Defeat of Hawaii Legislation to Abolish State Building Code Council
- Voters Angry over Reapportionment Plan
- 106,000 Residents Disenfranchised to Satisfy Malama Solomon
- House and Senate close to Legalizing Bribery of members of advisory boards and task forces
- Star-Adv: We Don’t Know Where Big Cable is Going, But get Started With It Anyway
- Democrats Fail to Find Supporters of Soda Tax
- Hirono is a Creature of the Hated House of Reps
- Kulani Prison to Be Transformed into Resort for ‘Healing’ Prisoners
- HCDA Gives Secret Raise to Exec Director
- Coffman, McKelvey Support Bill to Gut Environmental Protections
- City needs to give more substance, not PR, to rail
- Feds Approve More Delays in Hawaii RTTT
- Will DoE Begin Earlier Brainwashing Efforts?
- Dope Doctor Appeals to Abercrombie’s ‘Integrity as a Politician’
- $487B in Defense cuts would take 2 cruisers from Pearl Harbor
- City resumes tagging property in public areas
- Sugar is Josh Green’s Latest Excuse to Raise Taxes
- Burial removals draw protesters to church
- Multi-Billion Dollar Estate Lays off 13 After Inouye Fails to Come Thru with Earmark
- Hawaii GOP Still Wrangling over National Committeeman
- January foreclosures reach 6-month high
- Cannibal Monk Seal Murders Two, Wounds 11
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012 |
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February 14, 2012 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:34 PM :: 8347 Views :: Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted February 13
- UH: Most Financial Records Recoverable After Fire
- Hawaiian Airlines First to Receive Carbon Credits
- Hawaiian is Nation's #1 On-Time Airline for 8th Straight Year
- GE Tax: 'Low' rate belied by Broad Base
- Senate Committee Drops Plan to Impose Tobacco Tax on Tobacco Substitute
- Even With 69% Obama support, Star-Adv Can only find 39% Approval of Abercrombie
- Cayetano Promises Focus on Oahu's Budget, Infrastructure Needs
- Cayetano Run could Boost Case’s Chances in Primary
- Obama’s D.O.A. Budget has $250M for Rail
- One in 12 Oahu commuters take the bus to work, study says
- Lingle Speaks up for Legal Reform, Against SLAPP Suits
- Lingle on Furlough Fridays: Shouldn’t Have Trusted BOE
- ‘Most favored nation’ HGEA Grabs for 60-40 on Health Insurance
- Star-Adv, Abercrombie Ignore ‘Tutu and Me’
- Sex Assault Case Raises Questions About DOE's Protection of Students
- Progressives Frantic over UHPA Endorsement of Ed Case
- HB2788 Waikiki Casino Tabled
- Radcliffe, Brower: Gambling Opponents are ‘Theocrats’ Trying to Impose Religious Law
- Council will take up measure requiring retailers to use only biodegradable bags
- Attack on Free Speech: Cyberbullying Bill to Regulate Internet Comments?
- HB2396: Legislators to Outlaw Shell Collecting?
- Hawaii Agency Wants $123,000 To Review Records
- Representative Gene Ward Addresses H.B. No. 1699, - Meals
- Representative George Fontaine supports Move Over Bill H.B. No. 2030 - Traffic Safety;
- Maui Council to Get 4-year Terms
- Ex-State Harbors Official Charged With Theft, Forgery
- Rapist Could've Got 40 Years, Gets Probation
- Hawaii and East Carolina: Together at Last
- Navy Wave-Powered Buoy Produces 400 Watts
- Obama eyes more gay rights in Military
- Pentagon May Oust Troops Involuntarily to Meet Reductions in Budget Plan
- Hawaii Reporter Celebrates 10th Anniversary
- Interview with Jamie Story
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Monday, February 13, 2012 |
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February 13, 2012 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:19 PM :: 9470 Views :: Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- SB3019: Soda Tax to be Heard Today
- Gallup: Hawaii #1 State for Gov't Jobs
- Childless Women Make Hawaii Democratic?
- HSTA to Return To Bargaining Table
- Am Samoa: Faleomavaega Tries to Create New Citizens to Win Election
- Supreme Court Decision Clarifies Line Between Discipline and Abuse
- Star-Adv Lards Poll With 69% Obamabots and Finds Hirono Ahead
- VIDEO HNN Interview With Linda Lingle
- Poll: Cayetano 44%, Carlisle 35%, Caldwell 16%
- Just How Deep Will Honolulu Rail's Debt Be?
- Calvin Say Speakership Cost $53K
- CN: Mysterious Abercrombie Executive Orders Tied to OHA Kakaako Settlement
- Senate Committee expected to OK OHA settlement today
- SA: Time to spike spiking practice
- Woman Hospitalized After Assault, Kidnapping At Kuhio Park Terrace
- 17,000 Students Could Be Without School Buses Next Year
- $63M for free Laptops
- UH Loses Financial, Payroll records in Fire
- Marines under fire—Congressional pressure led to an unnecessary court martial
- Maui Profitable Nonprofit Soaks Up Grants, Can’t Account for Money
- Some teachers and students at Big Island charter school plan a boycott
- Ruling on Kawaiaha'o iwi appealed
- Kahikolu Congregational Church celebrates its 190th Anniversary
- If Mr. Ah Fook and the Maui Revolutionaries Did Not Exist, There Would Be No Modern China
- UH Porn Site for Sale
- Whitney Houston's Kona Marijuana Bust
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Saturday, February 11, 2012 |
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February 11, 2012 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:09 PM :: 14271 Views :: Hawaii County News, Agriculture, Kauai County News, DHHL, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- HB2788 Waikiki Casino to be Heard Monday
- Hirono Attacks the US Chamber of Commerce
- Guam should join Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico for Jones Act reform
- Thielen, Rivere: The Real Green Legislators
- Rep Marumoto's ATV Safety Proposals to be Heard Monday
- Diabetes Bill Moves Forward Through Health Committee
- ‘Unrepentant Liberal’ Abercrombie Promises to Raise Taxes, Give Money to other Liberals
- Key Abercrombie Insider Behind Effort to Legalize Bribery
- UH economists paint bleak picture of Hawaii’s recovery
- Saint Francis Healthcare System asking lawmakers for $80 million in special purpose revenue bonds
- State to Take Over HMC East?
- Price Controls Create Shortage of drug Which threatens isle cancer patients
- Sovereignty Activists Claim Big Score in $90M Estate Settlement
- Backpedaling! Hawaiian Electric says no rate increase for solar lost revenue
- Abercrombie pushes for bill establishing undersea cable framework
- Hoku loses $10.6 million as it seeks more loans for plant
- Problems cast shadows of doubt on solar project
- Isle child abuse report rate twice statewide rate
- DoE Did Not Report Statutory Rape to Police, Keeps the Accused Supervising Alleged Victim
- Former Private School Principal Increases Charter School Performance, then Suddenly Vanishes Without Explanation
- UH Can’t Stand Competition from Porn Site
- Council Chair Floats Plastic Bag Ban for Honolulu
- Lack of Riots Means City, state came in under budget on APEC spending
- Hawaii's Pro and Anti Legalized Gambling Forces Step Up Lobbying Efforts
- Lawmakers to probe salary overpayments revealed by Hawaii News Now
- Alexander hired at IHS
- Development around rail stations gets stuck in park
- Jerry Chang Pushes to Weaken Hurricane Shelter
- Larry Mehau Associate Draws Council District then Announces Campaign
- 4,700 Marines to Guam confirmed
- Maui Marine ‘happy to be home’
- Hawaii Has Lowest Home Ownership Rate in Nation
- DHHL to develop Mauna Kea
- Prisoner Gets Pig to Bite, Scores $25K from State
- Fate of many tip lawsuits still in limbo
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Friday, February 10, 2012 |
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February 10, 2012 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:17 PM :: 10423 Views :: Hawaii County News, Agriculture, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- DoE Contractor Touts 'Remarkable Growth' at Nanakuli Elementary School
- Abercrombie Makes Third Error on Hurricane Fund
- Hawaii to Receive $71M from Mortgage Settlement
- Hawaii: Anti-Gun Bill Deferred by Senate Committee
- Legislators think Act 221 Scammers are Mentally Ill
- Abercrombie Bows to pressure, Abandons Plan to retaliate against Champley
- Big Cable Shifts Focus to Geothermal, Big Island
- HELCO Gains Decoupling Approval
- Lee: Mazie’s Lack of Substance Speaks for Itself
- Melanie Bailey: Does a School Field Trip Count as Instructional Time in Hawaii?
- Union Members Push $500M in CIP
- HGEA: Nine Mandated Sick Days Would Apply to Us As Well
- Off-Duty Narcotics Officer Robbed of Gun, Badge, Handcuffs at Hostess Bar
- Mayor told to repay wife's trip costs
- Bag Tax to Fund DLNR Make Work Program
- Future of sandalwood trees gets attention at Legislature
- Accountability? DoE to Demand Waiver from NCLB
- Leaders Split on Lawmaker Disclosure Deadline
- Hawaii Tax Review Commission Seeks Extension
- Representative Barbara Marumoto Discusses Quarantine of the Brown Tree Snake
- The 89-Day Plan: How Retirees Collect Full Pensions Plus New State Salaries
- Gay-Atheist Activists in Abercrombie Administration Targeted Alexander
- UH student paper prints "how to" guide to sexual positions
- Marine sergeant not guilty in hazing case
- Representative Barbara Marumoto Support Adult and Community Education Funding
- Supreme Court Denies Challenge to Honolulu Council Redistricting Plan
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Monday, February 6, 2012 |
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February 6, 2012 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:52 PM :: 13779 Views :: Hawaii County News, Agriculture, Kauai County News, DHHL, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- Case vs Hirono: Both Voted for Higher Taxes and War in Iraq
- Heritage Foundation holds First-Ever Event in Hawaii
- Kauai Chief Perry Victim of Retaliation by Corrupt Mayor?
- Hanabusa, Djou Each Start 2012 With $300K In Bank
- Hawaii in Afghanistan
- Legislators Still trying to Legalize Small Bribes
- Profs Like Cayetano On Rail, But Not Ready To 'Forgive and Forget'?
- Sewer Capacity Concerns Lead City to Oppose Bill promoting development near rail
- Solar Installations Lead to First of Many HECO Rate Hike Proposals
- Hanabusa Backs Navy Plan to Move Pearl Harbor Shipyard Work to San Diego
- Legislators Seek to Set Limits on Parental Discipline
- Cataluna: Disrespect Bill is very Un-Hip Hop
- Feb. 6 — At The Ledge
- Star-Adv Gives Progressives Space to Promote Old Worn Out Ideas
- Cancer: Federal Injunction Blocks Queen’s Grab for Oncology Monopoly
- Kauai Mayor appears to have overstepped legal authority in suspending police chief
- On Molokai, uneasy truce over yacht’s visits holding
- Identity Theft: Ticket Nightmare Exposes Gap in System
- Scrapped plan for marina draws criticism
- Star-Adv: Don't raise cost of recreation
- Waikiki Casino Advocates: An Unlikely Coincidence or In Cahoots?
- EBT Cards get 2 for 1 deal at Kauai Farmers markets
- Photos from Hilo March for Life
- Tax increase: Kona Coffee Association Wants State to Take over Borer Eradication
- Waikiki: Maoist Trash Defend Iranian Nukes
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Friday, January 27, 2012 |
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January 27, 2012 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:35 PM :: 12209 Views :: Hawaii County News, Agriculture, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- Bias: NOAA Admits Overestimating Fish Catch, Adopts New System
- Hawaii's 2012 Business Tax Climate Ranks 35th
- Hawaii Oily Bilge Water: Horizon Lines forks over $1.5M to Enviros
- Progressive Dems Petition Emily's List to Dump Gabbard
- Hawaii Safe Routes to School Challenge
- US-Build requirement for ships: Dilemma for Hawaii, Guam, Alaska, and Puerto Rico
- Rosanne Barr to Run for President
- Rush for Federal Funds and Publicity Causes $19M Rail Change Order
- Emergency Rail Plan: Taxpayers Have Our Back
- HB2260: Bag Tax to Steal $24M from Consumers
- Abercrombie continues push for single-payer health care
- Mufi $294K, Tulsi $203K
- Lawmakers defer action on Internet monitoring bill
- 3 charter school panel members resign in protest after BoE Rejects HSTA Scheme to Kill Laupahoehoe School
- HB1668 Abolishes Teacher tenure
- HB1667: A $500 raise for Teachers
- Hawaii House will not hear any bills requiring drug testing for welfare recipients this year
- HART awards design contract for Airport Section of Honolulu Rail Transit Route, grand total of 15 Jobs created
- SA Hands out Instructions to Pro-Bowl Negotiators
- Office Of Hawaiian Affairs Cuts Lobbying Expenses as Hope for Akaka Bill Fades
- Dods – Horner – Harrison: Meet Your Next Ruler
- Superferries parked in Norfolk now belong to Navy, One Headed back to Pacific
- Molokai Resident Speaks out Against Activists
- Sovereignty Activist Pleads 5th in Theft of Old Man’s Estate, Mortgage Scam
- Rapist, Murderer Was Multiple Repeat Offender
- Sotomayor Schedule in Hawaii
- Human Trafficking: Same Prosecutor, Same Error, Same Result
- Russian tourism organization joins efforts of HiTA
- Kyo-Ya Zoning Appeal Recessed for Two Weeks
- $10B Captive: Hawaii licenses 10 new captive insurers in 2011
- Feds Claim to Save Monk Seals from Sharks
- EPA: Palm Oil not Acceptable Source of Bio-Diesel
- 147 Photos of Hawaii's Vietnam War Heroes Still Needed
- Univ. of Hawaii settles data breach class action
- UH Hilo College of Pharmacy seeks $38M
- Court Interpreter Applicants Wanted for Orientation Workshop
- Electric-Car Firm That Received Biden Visit and $118M in Stimulus Funds Files for Bankruptcy
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 |
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January 26, 2012 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:26 PM :: 17040 Views :: Hawaii County News, Agriculture, Kauai County News, DHHL, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- Report: Hawaii Scores D- on Teacher Quality
- HOPE for the Criminal Justice System
- HB2288: State to Track the Websites You Visit?
- HB2288: Cybercrime Bill to be Heard Jan 26
- New Name: Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives
- Investigators Claim Leftist UH Professor Runs Volcano Girls Escort Service
- Lingle, Flush With Cash And On Message
- Matayoshi: We feel there is a very small window, and it’s closing…
- Taken For A Ride: Roberts Hawaii's Very Own Race to the Top of School Bus Biz
- Your Magnificent DoE: Another Principal Put on Leave over Financial Impropriety
- HGEA may file complaint against state over contract talks
- Hawaii gaming supporter wants to place slot machines at Honolulu convention center
- Hawaii to Reconsider Internet Poker
- Rep Mele Carroll Pushes Bill would allow gambling on homestead land—DHHL Appreciates Support
- Inouye is Draw at Washington Lobbyist’s Dinner
- Truth in Accounting Explains Hawaii's Nightmarish Finances
- Slater: City is Intentionally Dragging Out Rail Case
- House Judiciary Committee Passes Bill to Force HMC to Stay Closed
- Bill before Hawaii Legislature would require drug testing for public housing tenants
- Rep Coffman Proposes Russian-Style privatization of Electric Power Plants
- HECO Still Trying to Soak Ratepayers for Big Wind Studies
- Honolulu Seawater A/C adds high-rise customer
- Hawaii Ranks Low in ID Theft
- New Hawaii homeless count underway
- A Fan Wonders If Hawaii’s Governor Lost Future Pro Bowls?
- Food Trucks Hungry For More Time
- Forbes: Honolulu 3rd Safest City in US
- Foreclosure-related home sales rise 23%
- Property taxes: Who should pay?
- Planeload of Chinese Visitors Arrives on Kauai
- After 18 years, Hawaii County Finally Gets Around to Leasing Ag Lands
- Sen. Baker to Coffee Growers: Focus on Borer Beetle Not Your Brand
- Papua New Guinea Rebels Order PM to Step Aside
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012 |
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January 25, 2012 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:37 PM :: 11071 Views :: Hawaii County News, Agriculture, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- Lingle Raises $1.7M for Senate Run
- Abercrombie to Tesoro: Drop Dead
- DoE: Legislature Could Impose Teacher Evaluation Rejected by HSTA
- Hawaii College Debt Lowest in Nation
- Ted Liu Elected to Republican National Committee
- Sea Level Projections to Determine Oceanfront Setbacks?
- Okabe Apologizes after Teachers Reject Contract by 2-1 Margin
- New Name: Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives
- Heritage Foundation to Tour Honolulu, Laie, Kona, Hilo Jan 31-Feb 2
- Hawaii March 13 Republican Presidential Caucus Locations
- Legislature Must Act: Teachers Bad Faith Must Have Consequences
- Carlisle: $740M Tax Hike Needed to Secure Federal Funds for rail
- Carlisle: Even if Rail is not Built, You’re Not Getting that Money Back
- Jobless rate up to highest in 15 months
- Isle bone marrow transplant program also deserves rescue
- ERS: 674 Employees Spike Pensions Costing $39M
- Over Past 10 Years, Hawaii Pension Investments At Bottom of Pack
- Hawaii GOP Still Looking For CD2 Candidate
- Cachola, Mizuno, Manahan Play Musical Chairs
- BoE Rejects HSTA Sabotage, Laupahoehoe Allowed Charter Conversion
- State DOD investigates toxic work environment
- Fontaine Factor Sex Trafficking in Hawaii
- Non-Profits Push Back Against Property Tax Hike
- NFL flags Hawaii governor’s Pro Bowl comments
- Obama, Hanabusa, Inouye: Navy to Shovel Money to Green Energy Scammers
- Spinning Reserve: Big Cable Would Increase Pollution from Oil Burning Plants
- State Pushes Back Against Federal Monk Seal Protections
- Abercrombie Bond Sale Handled by Same Crew Which Stuck Hawaii With Deadbeat Student Loans
- Hawaii Minimum Wage to be Tied to Federal Poverty Level
- Medical Dope Pushers Take Aim at Returning Iraq/Afghanistan Veterans
- Invasive Species: Snowy Owl Exterminated in Hawaii
- FWS Seeks Comments on Petition to List`I`iwi as Threatened or Endangered
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Monday, January 23, 2012 |
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January 23, 2012 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:58 PM :: 10709 Views :: Kauai County News, DHHL, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- HB127: Will Legislature Vote to Keep HMC Hospitals Closed?
- Heritage Foundation to Tour Honolulu, Laie, Kona, Hilo Jan 31-Feb 2
- Lingle: Officer Davis Put his Life in Jeopardy to Save Others
- FULL TEXT: State of the State Speech
- Star-Adv: Second-Time Felony Dope Pushers Should Get Probation, Not Prison
- Was Rejected Contract's Performance Pay Really Performance Pay?
- Victory could derail $5.27 billion project
- Hawaii lawmakers to decide on appropriations for organ transplants
- Ed Case Launches First TV Ad
- Barrel Tax: Billionaire’s Flunkey Complains about Money, Power and Politics Shaping Public Policy
- Green Energy Scammers: Triple Barrel tax to Pay us to Cook Up More Scams
- House Labor Committee Tightens Secrecy on Public Employees
- Lack of financing stalls high school in South Maui
- Human Trafficking Legislation Faces Triple Hearings
- Five Ag Bills Before Legislature
- As Foreclosure Bills Propose Amendment, Lawyers Suddenly Say They’re Ready to Mediate
- U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet changes command
- Monsanto Responds as Maui Occupy Group Launches Demonstration
- Eco Religion Still Claiming Ocean is Becoming Acidic
- Geothermal test will pour water into volcano to make power
- Anahola DHHL Land is Home of Hawaii’s Largest Industrial Solar development
- JetBlue, Hawaiian Airlines sign partnership; lets passengers fly on both carriers on 1 ticket
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Sunday, January 22, 2012 |
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January 22, 2012 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:11 PM :: 8375 Views :: Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- Hawaii March for Life TODAY -- Jan 22
- Molokai Video: 160 Officers Outnumber 80 Protesters, Cruise Ship Enters Harbor
- Using the Tax System to Hide Spending and Shift Burden
- Gingrich Sweeps South Carolina
- 21 Gambling Bills Before Legislature
- NRA Targets Pro and Anti Gun Bills before Hawaii Legislature
- Video: Sen Sam Slom First News Conference of Session
- IAM Video: Molokai Proposes Alternatives to Big Wind
- Star-Adv: It is all but impossible to Unify Behind Educational Reform
- Abercrombie Budget: Fake it to Look Good This Year, Then Deficits Loom
- Pro-Gay Unions Divorce Lawyer: Institution of Marriage is Coming to Abrupt End
- EUTF Forks out $10M to Keep State Retirees on More Expensive Pharmacy System, Legislators Consider Raiding EUTF Fund
- Namuo Again Moots Proposal to Have Obama Recognize Akaka Tribe Without Congressional Approval
- Painters Union Pushing to Legalize Gambling
- WaPo: Hawaii teachers reject contract in ‘blow’ to Race to the Top
- Film, TV Production Spending Drops 54% After Election of Abercrombie
- President of Aloha Life Advocates adopted baby to stop an abortion
- How Medicare/Medicaid Reimbursement System Retards Improvements in Medical Technology
- Retirees Moving to Hawaii are a Leading Source of Patents
- Understanding legislative process useful for businesses
- Small Kine Bribery: Ethics Commission Demands Further Discussions Be Held in Public
- Tax Cheat Hooser: Red Tape is a Red Herring
- Bill 52 & 53: Undoing 36 years of Waikiki Blight Caused by Urban Planning
- DHHL: New Puunene prison would benefit Native Hawaiians
- Maui County aims to overhaul grant supervision
- Food Innovation Center Will Support Local Farmers and Ranchers
- HPD officer killed in Aiea auto accident
- Military IDs Marines killed in helicopter crash
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012 |
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January 17, 2012 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:28 PM :: 13868 Views :: Hawaii County News, Agriculture, Kauai County News, DHHL, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- Billion Dollar Cost Overrun Shows US Shipyards Failing Navy and Commerce
- HSTA Contract Does not Comply With 180 Day Law
- Assisted suicide not lawful, state says
- Reapportionment Commission Hires Real Lawyers Moves for Reconsideration
- After HMC Closes, Legislators Prepare to Move Quickly on Organ Transplant Support left unfinished last session
- Donated organs sent to mainland instead of staying in Hawaii
- ACT221 Scammers: Amending Solar Credits Just Like Ending ACT221
- SA: Get rid of ‘spiking’ to boost pensions
- Abercrombie Makes Himself Issue in Senate Race
- Abercrombie’s Jan 23 State of the State Could be Gift to Republicans
- Abercrombie Flip-Flops on Hoopili
- Danger: OIP Shell Bill Introduced
- Cayetano to announce mayoral bid Thursday
- The tide may be rising on rail
- Tulsi Gabbard Says Christians are Just Like Islamists, but the Progressives Aren’t Buying it
- Bullying Laws Now to Apply to Adults?
- Abercrombie to appoint "Hulu" Lindsey to OHA seat
- Democrat Presidential Caucuses March 7
- Today is Last Day for Kenoi to Veto Bag Ban
- Hoku Has Until Thursday to Pay Electric Bill, January 26 is Cut Off
- Housing Agency Seeks Volunteers
- Isle couple sue lender, cite unfair, deceptive practices
- MLK Parade Bursting With Civil Unity Messages
- Oahu Residents Hold Roadside Rally Against Puppy Mills
- Tenants of a former Kauai sugar camp face eviction for a new development
- Navy Hiring 60 civilian security guards
- ‘The Descendants’ Globes win expected to boost tourism
- Woman Says Author Swiped Work on Obama
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Monday, January 16, 2012 |
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January 16, 2012 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:33 PM :: 12280 Views :: Hawaii County News, Agriculture, Kauai County News, DHHL, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- Huntsman Drops Out of GOP Presidential Race, Endorses Romney
- Life-Changing Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Netra Halperin: Molester’s Former Underling Running for House, Demands Censorship
- The Atheist Declaration of War on Hawaii Churches
- Lingle looking for balance in Congressional delegation
- Abercrombie’s $334M Power Grab
- Calvin Say: “No New Taxes”
- Jobs, Economy at Top of Fontaine’s Agenda
- Boylan: Ethnicity Would Finally Work to Cayetano’s Advantage
- Star-Adv Suggests Way to Attack Sidewalk Storage Law
- Coffee: Decentralize DoE
- Maui News: Who to Blame for RTTT Failure DoE/BoE/HSTA?
- Hawaii Island Regional Science Olympiad
- Police: Hawaii is Magnet for Sex Offenders
- Instead of Waiting for Government, Volunteers Clear Kailua Canal
- Star-Adv Uses Waianae Church Volunteers to Boost Abercrombie’s Appointed State Rep
- ILind Highlights Margaret Willie Campaign for Hawaii Co Council
- Thieving Doper Ordered to Pay Restitution to Medical Dope Dealer
- American Samoa governor on Hawaii visit
- Can We Bring Back 'Hog Cheese'?
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Sunday, January 15, 2012 |
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January 15, 2012 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:38 PM :: 14616 Views :: Hawaii County News, Agriculture, Kauai County News, DHHL, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- Gingrich Registers for March 13 Hawaii GOP Caucuses
- Colette Machado: Assisted Suicide Activists ‘Hoodwinking Our Culture’
- Full Text AG Louie: Assisted Suicide Not Legal in Hawaii
- Honolulu March for Life Jan 22
- Hilo March for Life January 23
- Supreme Court Finds Excuse to Keep East Maui Water Case Alive
- Using Exemptions to Shift the Burden of Taxes
- Killing Rail may be Solution for HGEA, UPW Budget Woes
- After Failing to Save HMC, Legislature Finally Getting Around to Tapping Federal Funds to Raise Medicare/Medicaid Reimbursement
- ERS seeks to stem pension spiking by public workers
- Legislators Plan to Raid Rental Car Fund, Block Refill of Hurricane Fund, Rainy Day Fund
- Tsutsui, Say: Gambling Not Likely to Pass Senate, House
- Tsutsui: $500M in CIP and $200M OHA Settlement are Top Priorities
- Kakaako Rail Line Burials: 300 Cultural Descendants and Counting
- HART: 50% of Rail Contracts Signed, Construction is Well Under Way
- Star-Adv: Sell Tesoro Refinery to BioFool Scammers
- Lingle: If you want to be a good tourist destination, take care of your residents
- Feds Say Senior Center Still Violating Grant Rules, Deadline in June
- Hawaii Dead Last in School Maintenance Spending
- Jonestown Followers ‘human beings with dreams’
- Hearing set on lawsuit challenging corporate campaign disclosure requirements
- Reapportionment: Discrimination against Military is Tough Task
- Hiring Our Heroes Job Fair Jan 18
- VIDEO: Dominic Yagong enters Hawaii County mayoral race
- Hawaii County: Millions spent on garbage
- At least 9 to run for KIUC board
- Suit alleging MPD executed search warrant at wrong home
- Monk Seal Remains from 1400s –1700s found on Maui
- Residents Give Officials An Earful Over Conditions At Oneula Beach Park
- Obama’s New Defense Plan: Is it right for a war weary America?
- Luncheon to Raise Funds for Pregnancy Problem Center in Aiea
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Saturday, January 14, 2012 |
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January 14, 2012 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:57 PM :: 9350 Views :: Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- Coast Guard, Maui PD to Protect Molokai Cruise Ship
- Hoku Still Battling over Unpaid Electric Bills as NASDAQ Prepares to Delist
- Design and Management: $2.45M in CIP at Honolulu Airport
- Governor Releases $14.2M in CIP Funds
- Robbie Alm Decoupled: “Hawaii should convert to renewables no matter what” (price ratepayers must pay)
- Star-Adv: Fake Test Scores Plus Fake Teacher Observations will Produce Real Pay Raises for HSTA
- A few words from the wise offered to isle politicians
- $140M in Loan Guarantees, and all Dante Carpenter can come up with is “Lingle equals Palin”
- Counties Legislative Agenda: More Taxes, More Fees, Less Sunshine
- Maui Chamber of Commerce: Calling for an environment where businesses can grow
- Distraction Technique: Lawmakers propose delay to Unemployment Fund increase
- Rail costs low-balled, consultant says
- Mizuno Introduces Two Bills Requiring Drug Tests for Welfare – ACLU fights to keep Poor Doped Up
- WSJ: More States Decide to ‘Buy Veteran’
- NY Court Decision to become Tool for Hawaii Atheist
- Prison Alternatives Team Up: Drug Court & HOPE
- After Officers Killed in Farrington Hwy Accident, Push for Law Requiring Drivers to Give more Space
- After Ousting Progressives, Charter School makes “Miraculous” Recovery
- Viewpoint: Plastic bag ban should be revisited
- Judge Rejects Complaint Against Kawaiahao Church
- Usual Suspects Hijack ML King Day to Promote Socialism, Occupy
- Under Pressure from Fanatics: Proposal Advances To Limit Fish Taken For Aquariums
- Panetta's announcement renews military optimism in Hawaii
- Fracking Offers New Geothermal Technology backed by Google
- The Rise of the Charitable For-Profit Entity
- Schofield Army troops head to Afghanistan
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Friday, January 13, 2012 |
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January 13, 2012 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:14 PM :: 11579 Views :: Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- From Business Suits to Combat Boots
- Caldwell: Rail is about "redesigning city around transit stations"
- Political activities: What every Marine and DOD civilian should know
- Rainbow papaya approved for Japan export
- US Drops to 10th on Index of Economic Freedom
- Teachers: Agreement is a Bum Deal, Lets Strike
- Borreca: Tax Hikes Again at top of Legislative Agenda
- Top Priority: Businesses faced with Another Massive Unemployment Tax Hike
- Reapportionment Commission to Consider How Much to Discriminate Against Military Personnel, African-Americans
- Hirono Rejects Hawaii Agriculture—Backs Luddites’ Call for GMO Labeling
- Mandatory Coverage, Limited Benefits: Legislature May Consider Commanding All Workers to Buy Long Term Care Insurance
- ACLU files amicus brief on right of Atheists to videotape police
- Invasive Species: Plastic Bag Tax to Create DLNR Make-Work Jobs
- Always Eager to Raise Electricity Prices, Omidyar’s Civil Beat Endorses HECO Propaganda Campaign
- Stand all the Way Downtown: Rail Jacks Up Capacity by Cutting Out Seats
- Caldwell Looks for Same Supporters he Received in 2010
- Iolani Palace Protesters Get Their Day In Court
- 'Wildlife overload' on Midway shows the results of restoration
- Legislation to fight ID theft could cost businesses millions
- Journalists group seeks applicants for internships
- LPGA scouts Oahu for second tour stop
- State Has $1 Million Plan For Overdue Elevator Safety Inspections
- Debris piles up in Hawaii Kai
- Water Board appoints new manager
- Ed Case Unveils Economic Program
- Hawaii conference will focus on impact investing
- Obama Whines About Shaking Hands with Troops in Iraq
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012 |
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January 11, 2012 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:37 PM :: 11024 Views :: Hawaii County News, Agriculture, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- Romney, Paul, Huntsman: Complete New Hampshire Primary Results
- Tesoro to Sell Hawaii Refinery, Gas Stations
- House Republican Caucus Proposes Veterans Preference in State Contracting

- City Brings Backhoe, Removes Homeless’ Trash, Sex Toys, Drug Paraphernalia from Sidewalks
- Lingle says, if elected, state will be heard in Washington
- Adopt Census’ ‘permanent resident’ term for districting
- Deputy Superintendent: Large District Slows Race to the Top Progress
- Slom: Republicans Excited about Cayetano Run
- School Impact Fees Could Hurt Rail Project
- Renewable Energy Push Could Hurt Refineries
- Hawaii Lawmakers To Introduce Seven New Human Trafficking Bills
- Steve Forbes to Headline Lingle Fundraiser
- Ethics Boss Nixes Lobbyist Invites to Lawmakers
- Shapiro: Chow Salary Secrecy Part of Larger Scheme to Boost Greenwood’s Pay
- Stung by a critical review, Charter School education innovators hear a message of hope during their annual conference
- Judiciary: Make Reporters' Shield Law Permanent
- Inouye: An attack on Israel is an attack on US
- Navy readies for Chinese power grab on shipping: U.S. boosts forces in Western Pacific
- Arms Disposal Cos. End Secrets Row Over Hawaii Army Contract
- Marines on Hawaii looking to turn mountains of trash into handful of ash
- SA: Fireworks ban did bang-up job
- Divorce Law in Hawaii
- Safe Routes To School — Alternatives to School Busing?
- Meth Pipe possession ‘cost’ officer his career — lawyer
- Big Island puppy farm owners connected to Waimanalo animal cruelty case
- Democrat Housel announces possible run for State House Dist 6 seat
- Average Weekly Wage in Honolulu: $830
- British Citizen Admits Making Child Pornography Videos
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012 |
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January 10, 2012 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:04 PM :: 15752 Views :: Hawaii County News, Agriculture, Kauai County News, DHHL, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party, National News, Development
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- Abercrombie: HSTA Contract will help Save Race to The Top Grant
- House Republican Caucus Proposes Veterans Preference in State Contracting
- Tax hikes remain on table to offset the budget shortfalls invented by Abercrombie, CoR Tag Team
- Abercrombie’s Budget Runs $927M Deficit over 6 years
- $312M Shortfall in 2017--Abercrombie’s Bloated Budget
- Tripler Trauma Center to Transfer Uninsured Trauma patients
- $38.8M Rail Design Contract Goes to AECOM
- Lingle: With Social Media, I can Bypass People Like Richard Borreca
- Honolulu Begins Enforcing New Sidewalk Ban Against Homeless
- Progressive Democrat Bart Dame Publishes Long-Winded Excuse for Disenfranchising Blacks, Military personnel
- 10 Big Island couples apply for civil unions
- Hanabusa to Hold Secret meeting With Military-Industrial Complex
- Waihee Crony Heads Hawaii Democrat Communications
- Mufi: I Identify with UPW, Look forward to taking their Desires to Washington
- LWV Seeking Anti-Rail Candidates
- Pilago Crony: I shake Down Developers too, so Vote for Me
- SA: Re-pin Hawaii on golf world's map
- Hoku Stalls Idaho Electric Shutoff Proceedings
- Kauai Co Has 75 Unfilled Positions
- Honolulu Airport Shuttle Prices Rile State Senator
- Hilo, Micronesia USDA offices will be closed as part of an effort to cut costs
- More Than $40,000 in Mo. Food Stamps Spent in Hawaii, Data Show
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Sunday, January 8, 2012 |
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January 8, 2012 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:17 PM :: 11102 Views :: Kauai County News, DHHL, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- Monk Seals Dying in NW Hawaiian Isles Because of Fishing Ban
- Unintended Consequences of Tapping the “Rich”
- Lingle Campaign Launches Mobile App
- FTA letter shows Rail financial plan remains Unacceptable to Feds
- After Casting Sole Hawaii Vote Against South Korea Free Trade, Hirono Now pretends to Champion Tourism
- State Needs Teacher Evaluations to Keep RTTT Funds
- Military Families Demand DoD Set Up Schools in Hawaii
- Study: Teacher Observations Most Effective Way To Evaluate
- Emergency backup: The closing of 2 hospitals has Oahu ERs accepting more ambulances and urgent cases
- SA: Homeless need a czar, not just a committee
- SA Prints more Anti-Plastic Propaganda
- Hawaiian Monk Seals Bludgeoned To Death
- Solar Contractors Again Look to On Bill Financing
- Luddites Gather at Legislature, scheme to Dispossess the People
- OIP report Targets Kauai County information practices
- Church of Crossroads Gives Award to Funder of Anti-Semites, 9-11 Conspiracy Movement
- Hawaii Robotics teams kick off the 2012 season
- Hawaiian Airlines inks deal with Orbitz
- Isles rank No. 5 on list of top cruise destinations
- Seminary grads led Hawaiian missions
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Saturday, January 7, 2012 |
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January 7, 2012 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:14 PM :: 14267 Views :: Hawaii County News, Agriculture, Kauai County News, DHHL, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- HSTA Contract Too Little Too Late to Save RTTT?
- Hawaii Supreme Court: Disenfranchise 121,494 Military, Dependents, Students
- HELCO announces plans to expand geothermal energy on Hawaii Island
- AFSCME Comes Out Against Pension Spiking
- Hawaii Caucus Power: Gasoline from Pineapples?
- Hawaii Legislative Races Cost Less than 1990s
- HNN: Emergency rooms bursting at seams
- Hawaii Ranks Last in Long Term Care Beds
- Outdoor Circle makes bid to join lawsuit against rail
- Council On Revenues Revises Hawaii's Economic Outlook Downward; New Forecast Will Impact State Budget
- Strategy: City Begins Enforcement Of New Sidewalk Law
- Heirakuji: Transition will not slow work on homelessness
- SA: Keep close eye on geothermal funds
- Hawaii Top Ten Polluters
- Hawaii hotels 86% full; rates average $309 per room
- Hawaii Wind-farms: Banks Laugh All the way to the Bank
- Blackwater Fallujah lawsuit settled
- Trial Date Set for Pflueger Kaloko Manslaughter Case
- KEO provides 44 with permanent housing during 90-Day Plan
- GGP Seeks to Refinance $1.3 Billion Loan on Ala Moana Mall
- Land and Power: Case Family’s Nature Conservancy Grabs for Wet Forests, Reefs
- Price of Pelosi: $61K
- $34M for Kapolei National Guard Maintenance Shop
- Strange Doings in East Oahu Cemetery
- University of Hawaii Head Football Coach's Contract Secrecy Called "Orwellian"
- Hawaii saw record-high gasoline prices in 2011
- Kihei Woman selected for IRS Taxpayer Advisory Council
- Police cameras going up on Big isle
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Friday, January 6, 2012 |
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January 6, 2012 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:29 PM :: 14710 Views :: Hawaii County News, Agriculture, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party, National News, Development
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- Associated Builders and Contractors Endorses Linda Lingle for U.S. Senate
- Atheist Extortion, Blackmail forced Marc Alexander to Resign
- Abercrombie's Homeless Coordinator Suddenly Quits
- HAWSCT: "Best Efforts" Are Not Good Enough In Reapportionment. But...
- AARP Calls for Reform of Hawaii Long Term Care
- Berg Proposes Measures to Remove Uninsured Motorists
- ALEC Economist to Address Highlights and Lowlights of Hawaii Policies
- Inouye’s Pirate Fishing Bill Cited as Example of Over-Criminalization
- Presidents Bush, Clinton to Address Opening of 2012 Hawaii Robotics Season
- Rail: Feds Demand More Local Taxes Before Committing Federal Funds
- Honolulu to Feds: OK Rail Work Or Costs Rise $100M
- After Abercrombie Presents Budget, CoR Suddenly Chops 3% off Projected growth Rate
- Obama’s Military Cuts Already Being Felt in Hawaii
- Abercrombie: Race to the Top Has Nothing to do with HSTA Contract
- Liver Patients In Fear After Closure Of Hawaii Liver Center
- 'Vog,' Volcanic Smog, Adds To Oahu Emergency Room Crowding
- Honolulu Council May Try To Take Over Water Board
- Civil Beat Influence Poll — Questionnaire, Toplines and Crosstab
- Rolling the Hawaiians: OHA’s Namuo Will Work for Crook Waihee
- Geothermal: Politicians Squabble over How to Divide Spoils
- Hanabusa: Jeff Stone’s Pet Congresswoman Hopes to Stop Kneeling Before Wealthy
- Case Holding $500/plate Fundraiser at Pacific Club
- State Ag Department Supports Hoopili
- DLIR Creating Positions
- Savio rejects Hunt’s Iroquois Point Counteroffer
- Company Positions itself to Profit from Anti-Plastic Hype
- Wisconsin Homosexuals Allegedly Loot Veterans Fund to pay for Hawaii Vacation, One Accused of Child Enticement
- Hawaii Lawyer Convicted as Homosexual Child Molester Denied Readmission to the DC Bar
- 15% cap starting to slow PV growth in some areas
- Maui Police Department computer analyst charged with impersonating officer, other crimes
- Kona coffee farmers push for law requiring package labels to show origin of beans in blends
- Hawaii Farmers Union recognized by national union
- Court Interpreter Applicants Wanted for Orientation Workshop
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012 |
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January 4, 2012 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:41 PM :: 10490 Views :: Hawaii County News, Agriculture, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- Iowa: Romney Beats Santorum by Eight Votes
- Carpenter, Case: Democrats Should Host Senate Forums Excluding Lingle
- Tom Berg Announces Campaign for Reelection
- OHA Ceded lands Settlement Designed to Give Trustees a Better View
- Shapiro: Public confidence in rail suffers yet another blow
- Poll: Only 35% of Hawaii Voters Think Delegation Represents Constituents
- Berg Hires Patty Teruya
- Could Hawaii's 2nd District Go From Most Liberal to Most Conservative?
- Hawaii: 13 Gay Civil Unions, 69 more Authorized
- SA: After HMC Debacle, Tripler Pulls Our Fat From Fire
- Expansion of Geothermal plant to shave power cost on Big Isle
- Opponents of wind projects opt to voice concerns through radio spots
- Hoku Gets Another Week of Free Electricity, Idaho Power Steamed
- Legislature to Bring Back Non-Judicial Foreclosures
- GMOs: Honolulu Council is Last Bulwark Against Luddites
- Police: Fireworks Citations Drop 87%
- Charter Schools Push Back Against Legislative Critics
- Developers Fail in Push to Loosen Maui’s ‘Show-Me-The-Water’ Rules
- Yagong pushes for Hawaii County solid waste privatization
- No federal funding for TMT, official says
- DoE Owes Legislature Dozens of Reports Mandated in 2011
- Stopping Oahu School Bus Service Would Save Millions
- HECO Proposes On Bill Financing for Solar Water Heaters
- Attorney Files $10B Harassment Suit against Tripler over “Reverse Oreo”
- University of Hawaii Releases Norm Chow's Head Football Coaching Contract; Won't Disclose His Salary
- Proposal for 25% of UH Faculty to be Native Hawaiian
- Pacific Resource Partnership seeks to intervene in Honolulu rail lawsuit
- “A Night of Hope” Friday, February 3 at Blaisdell Arena
- Hunt Development Joins Missouri Memorial Assn
- Enviros Seize Control of Corporations from Stockholders, Plan to Run them into Ground
- Obama Admin Retaliates Against Immigration Agents Who Deny Visas
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Tuesday, January 3, 2012 |
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January 3, 2012 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:29 PM :: 9639 Views :: Hawaii County News, Agriculture, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- After Secret Selection Process, Abercrombie Names 1980s Old Boy Tom Okamura to Aiea House Seat
- VIDEO: Lingle Campaign Focuses on Tourism Job Growth
- Hawaii County Releasing Geothermal Working Group Report
- Update: Hawaii's Civil Union Lawsuit Dismissed Due to No Cause of Action
- National Media Already Looking at Hawaii GOP Caucus
- Hawaii Republican Party changes caucuses in hopes of gaining more members
- Star-Adv to DoE: Fudge the 180 Day Law instead of Using Failure to Demand Another $50M
- Slater: Star-Adv Headline Just Plain Wrong
- 2012: First Open Senate Race Since 1976
- Plastic bag laws well-intended but cause more harm than good
- Computer glitch delays getting civil unions applications
- DoE Bus Contracting System Obscures Basis of Competition
- Mainland –Style Group Seeks to Organize Hispanics
- Grand Wailea: Free iPads for First 10 Gay Civil Unions
- City Councilman Tom Berg to announce re-election plans
- Redistricting Hawaii Co Council: Brittany Smart Not Seeking Another Council Term
- State has created an online list that lets Homeowners compare rates from 14 Insurers
- Office vacancies continue climb
- Hybrid Owner Sues Honda For Low Gas Mileage
- Florida Murder Suspect Changes Name, Gets Hawaii Drivers License
- Ex-prisoner, held beyond jail term, asks for review of claims
- Driverless trains reflect not just new technology but also rigid labour laws
- DLIR Releases Hawaii Directory of "Green" Employers
- Barack Obama and the Enemies Within
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Monday, January 2, 2012 |
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January 2, 2012 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:29 PM :: 13605 Views :: Hawaii County News, Agriculture, Kauai County News, DHHL, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- Panos Drops Out of 2012 Mayoral Campaign
- Dinesh D’Souza to Address Heritage Foundation Honolulu Dinner
- Meet the Profiteer Behind Hawaii Medical Marijuana Cards
- PREL: Hawaiian Students Failing, So Give Us More Money
- Post-HMC Desperation: Tripler to bolster state's trauma network
- Legislative Commissioner: Stimulus Money Helped DoE Keep Bloated Bureaucracy
- Civil Unions Give Couples 71 benefits and 290 rights under Hawaii Law
- Boon for Tourism: Taiwan May Get Visa Waivers
- DOE held on to $34.2M from 2010
- Occupy Honolulu: KHON Should be Forced off the Air
- Occupy Wall Street Protests Outside Pelosi’s Kona Resort
- HFD: "No Significant Decline In Fireworks Related Calls"
- Harassed over Dead Fish, PETCO Agrees to Stop Selling Hawaii Species in Local Stores
- Surfing moves to wipe out drug cheats after death of the sport's triple world champion
- Obama Leaving
- Deedy Leaves Hawaii
- Aurora Foundation Hosts New Years Eve Fundraiser on Kauai
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Saturday, December 31, 2011 |
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December 31, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:24 PM :: 12204 Views :: Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party, National News, Development
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- Mufi Hannemann and Ernie Martin Operative: Patty Teruya Forced out by Ethics Investigation
- Hoku Can’t Pay Its Electric bill in Idaho, Freezing Temps May Destroy $390M plant
- Update: Hawaii's Civil Union Law Greeted With Lawsuit, But No Injunction
- DLNR Seeks Nominees for Forestry Committees
- Abercrombie Releases $63.7M in CIP Funds
- Full Text: PUC Annual Report
- Abercrombie Running on Lingle’s Record
- 2011: Dope, Taxes, and a Senate Without a Prayer
- Visitor Spending Up 15 Percent This Year Through November
- Gabbard Calls for Repeal of DOMA after being Targeted by Gays
- Rod Tam begins jail sentence
- Agent accused in fatal shooting can travel
- 3rd Monk Seal Death not ‘suspicious’
- Food truck crackdown spurs move to alter law
- Protesters now occupy city sidewalk
- Navy Captain Called Workers ‘Slackers” so Tripler faces $20 million racial discrimination lawsuit
- Federal judge throws out Guam firing range lawsuit
- Bringing Mainland Tribal Troubles to Hawaii
- In first year, ignition interlock law called a success
- 50,000 year old Moss found Growing In Hawaii
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Friday, December 30, 2011 |
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December 30, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:40 PM :: 8707 Views :: Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- Obama Admin, Heritage Foundation Look Toward Consumer Incentives in Medicaid Reform
- Hawaii has Nation's Highest Mortgage Balances, Payments
- FTA: No Commitment on Federal Funds, Rail Demolition May Begin
- State Senate to Censor Senators’ Online Comments
- EPIC FAIL: None of DoE High Schools, only One Middle School Meets Requirements of 180-day law
- Oral Arguments in Hawaii State Reapportionment Challenge Set for January 4
- More Financial Troubles: Wahiawa General Had Been Prepared To Cut Jobs, Hours To Stay Afloat
- HART Chair Carrie Okinaga's New Gig: First Hawaiian Lawyer
- Hawaiian Electric blending news and advertising
- Energy Efficiency? Hawaii Spends $117 per Capita and Reduces Electricity Usage only 1%
- State-Run Superferry Bill Coming Back
- A five-course meal at Honolulu's priciest restaurant after golf with his hooker-loving buddy
- Hawaii churches fight civil unions law
- Occupy protesters pushed out of Thomas Square
- Occupy Hawaii Island Movement Plans Protest Near Pelosi's Posh Hawaiian Hotel
- City Completes Survey of Thomas Park, Occupy is Camping in Park Illegally
- Should property tax exemptions for Hawaiian Homes lessees be ended?
- PBN Looks Towards 2012:
- Will Obama Pay if Iraq Spirals?
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Thursday, December 29, 2011 |
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December 29, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:33 PM :: 11677 Views :: Hawaii County News, Agriculture, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- Assisted suicide still a no-go in Aloha State
- Berg Wins Backing for New Waianae Access Road Study
- Full Text: US DoJ Memo Suddenly Legalizes In-State Online Gaming
- Hawaii's Civil Union Law Greeted With Lawsuit
- Lingle Ranked #2 in Construction Job Growth, Abercrombie Ranks #38
- Under Lingle State Saved $20M in Electricity Costs, Abercrombie Claims Credit
- Pali Momi, Wahiawa General: ‘Standing Room Only’
- Republican National Committee Ted Liu vs Willes Lee
- Organic Cultists Shocked: Aloun Farms Growing GMO Corn
- Wanna-Be Hawaii Electric Vehicle Manufacturer Goes Bankrupt In Korea
- Wasted In Hawaii Site Satires Obama Vacation
- Hawaii Kai Realtor Fired for Challenging Gay Lords
- Gays Demand Catholics Hand over Children
- Put state on spending diet rather than impose soda tax
- Rep Fontaine Leading Charge for Kihei High School Project
- Hawaii loses 3,200 retail jobs in five years
- Hawaii sheds 1,000 government jobs since 2006
- DOE Substitutes Must Have College Degrees In 2012
- SA: Plague of Frogs unless Fees hikes, positions created
- Maui: 30 Eco-Faddists Protest Because Aquarium Fish Dies
- Another Monk Seal Found Dead on Molokai
- Hawaii teamsters endorse Mufi Hannemann for congress
- Hawaii ranked tops for energy investment savings
- Island seniors encouraged to weigh in on long-term care report
- Obama nominates new chief of US Pacific Command
- Amid Arlington Grave Issues, VA Says Punchbowl Review 'Not Necessary'
- Hawaii Supreme Court to Convene in Kapolei to Hear Arguments Involving Marital Property Dispute
- Stephens Media owner in deal to buy 16 papers from NY Times
- MF Global chief missing $1.2B is financial adviser to EPA
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011 |
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December 28, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:14 PM :: 12289 Views :: Kauai County News, DHHL, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- Jihadi Wanna-be Names Names in New York and Hawaii
- Organ Transplant, Bio-Fuel Tax Credits, Fee Increases may be Fast-Tracked by Legislature
- Public Hearing on Leeward Oahu School Impact Fees
- Island Democrats prepare to challenge “open primary” election law
- Bankrupt Hospitals Now Say 500 Workers Laid Off
- Excessive OT for Ambulance Workers Highlights Strain on Pension System
- Hanabusa One Year Serving Campaign Donors
- Website slams Obama's Hawaiian vacation
- WSJ: HSTA Contract is Major Stumbling Block
- Omidyar Site: If Bridge Aina Lea is Appealed, Higher Court Could Create New Precedent
- Star-Adv Says Let the Criminals Run Free
- Tax Credit Scammers: Solar is Married to tax Credits, Wind is Object of Derision
- Fireworks: Snobs Take Fun out of New Years
- Large part of Waikiki will be razed for Queen’s development
- Hawaii Supreme Court Rules ‘Known or Obvious Danger’ Defense Not Viable
- Hawaii Primary Late But Not Latest
- Iannucci reflects on era of change at KPD
- Another Homeless Camp Murder
- Civil Unions Rev “Anticipating Kinks”
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011 |
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December 27, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:52 PM :: 11711 Views :: Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party, National News, Development
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- VIDEO: Charles Djou Christmas in Afghanistan
- Every Honolulu Emergency Room Closed to Ambulances Thanks to HMC Debacle
- State Releases 128 High Risk Repeat Offenders without Supervision
- SA: Why is Abercrombie Rewarding School Bus Contractors with $25M While FBI Investigates Bid Rigging?
- HGEA DoTAX Workers Cost HGEA $56.7M
- Kailua MD: 'Medical industry' ran afoul when it adopted manufacturing ideas
- Act 221 Scammers: When Big Wind Dies, all will be lost
- UH Scrambles to Block Evaluation of UH Education School
- Is Athletic Program under UH Control or UH-Manoa Control?
- Federal agency gives $10.7M to isle homelessness efforts
- 28 Families Awarded Homestead Leases on Maui
- Energy Efficient Lighting Causes Cancer, Kills Birds, Turtles
- Can Pro-Business Charity Pay For Rail Lawsuit?
- Hawaii couples planning first civil unions for New Year’s Day 2012
- Hawaii New Year's fireworks ban plays a different tune
- Solyndra: Politics infused Obama energy programs
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Monday, December 26, 2011 |
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December 26, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:58 PM :: 11470 Views :: Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party, National News, Development
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- Big Wind, Big Cable: To Stampede Legislature, HECO Trumpets High Rates
- Land Swap: City Hedges its Rail Bet
- DoE, HSTA Begin Finger Pointing over Loss of Race to the Top Funds
- Obama Admin: Hawaii DoE in Danger of Losing Funding
- Advertiser suddenly Likes School Sports
- Inouye Orders Obama to Come up With Micronesia Action Plan
- Coast Guard enforcing Oahu security zone
- Nuns describe what life was like for Mother Marianne Cope
- CATO Institute: Ron Paul is Abhorrent
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Thursday, December 22, 2011 |
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December 22, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:13 PM :: 11957 Views :: Hawaii County News, Agriculture, Kauai County News, DHHL, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- Big Victory for HSTA: Obama Admin Seizes Control of Hawaii RTTT Funds
- Hawaiian Telcom to Impose Contract on IBEW; Legal Challenge Anticipated
- End of Year Tax Reminders
- NYT: Lingle is Change Candidate
- Leukemia: Bone Marrow Patients Must Go To Mainland Now
- 14 State Tax Employees Under Investigation
- Star-Adv: $75M grant at risk
- Timber! Hawaii County Bag Ban Will Lead to Increased Paper bag Use
- Multi-Kilo Dope Minister to be Charged With Money Laundering
- PUC Allows Green Energy Scammers to Save $40K By Making their Electricity Even Less Reliable
- Solar Contractor Tries to get Legislators Drunk
- Hawaii Veterans Have Lower Unemployment
- Sovereignty Scammer Lighter Convicted in Tax Evasion Case
- Hawaiian Increasing Seoul-Honolulu Service to Daily
- Inouye Slips CoFA Fix into Appropriations Bill
- Kauai County Sits on $57M
- Kauai Councilman Could Face Jail over Home Improvements
- Pacific Wings contests Kalaupapa subsidies award
- Honolulu's Response to Too-Popular Service: Stop Offering It
- Al-Qaeda Bombs Shia to Stoke Sectarian Tensions in Iraq
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011 |
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December 21, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:44 PM :: 10234 Views :: Hawaii County News, Agriculture, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- How Christmas Came to Hawaii
- KOS: Ed Case is Vile Mockery
- Hirono, Hanabusa: Goebbels is not Proud of Us
- Hawaii One of Only Seven States Where Unemployment is not Dropping
- Wall Street Journal John Fund Heading to Hawaii for Smart Business Hawaii Conference
- HMC Closure Challenges Abercrombie Administration, Congressional Delegation
- EMS Makes Heroic Effort, Kuakini Admissions up 150%
- St. Francis Healthcare CEO will retire
- Shan Tsutsui Tries to Explain Bond Sale
- Auditor Reviews Public Libraries, DOE, OHA Funds
- HSTA Fails Teachers so badly they must seek second jobs
- Inouye Slips Full E-W Center Funding into Appropriations Bill
- Legislators Plan Whole New Charter School System
- Shakedown: Ritte Demands “Profit Sharing” With Molokai Cruise Yacht Operator
- Big Island County Council to Vote on Plastic Bag Ban
- SA: Keep domestic violence victims in our hearts
- Schizophrenic Stabs Board and Care Home Operator After Fridge is Padlocked
- Global Horizons Trafficking Trial Set for February 2012 Delayed Seven Months
- Civil Beat Still Crying About Extra Police Patrols in Waikiki
- Civil Beat Still Crying about Imprisoned Multi-Kilo Dope Dealer
- North Korea, budget cuts among topics at military conference
- Chow says nothing is official on Hawaii
- Kailua Neighbors Give Obama Thumbs Down on Job Performance
- Kiwis, Omidyar team up to Launch Dairy
- Need A Job? AP Wants You in the Legislature
- Rolling waves not joints
- Another surfer admits they are all on drugs
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011 |
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December 20, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:38 PM :: 12471 Views :: Hawaii County News, Agriculture, Kauai County News, DHHL, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- Medicare Fraud: FBI Investigating Failed HMC Buyer
- Abercrombie Schemes to make Legislators do Heavy Lifting, Introduces Budget with More Spending, No Tax Hike
- Secret Furloughs? Two More Executive Orders Appear on Abercrombie Website
- Pilago Seen as Swing Vote on Hawaii County Bag Ban
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted December 19, 2011
- How Christmas Came to Hawaii
- Mixed emotions as Schofield troops leave Iraq
- Army Cancels Plans To Deploy Entire 29th Infantry
- Governor sees surplus even if nobody else can
- Radcliffe: Legalize Hawaii’s $1B Illegal Gambling Business
- Queen's Applies For Organ Transplant Program
- Filling the organ transplant void may take one year
- Hochberg, ADF to Defend Against Lesbian Suit
- Gays aren’t Spending Much on Union Ceremonies
- Fluke: State Judge Rules in Favor of Billion Dollar Developer
- Hawaii personal income growth lags nation
- Charter Schools' 'Glaring Concerns' Raised at Briefing
- Legislators to Take Hurricane off Hurricane Fund
- $490M in Hawaii Pork in Senate Spending Bill
- Pope approves miracles of Blesseds Marianne Cope and Kateri Tekakwitha
- Anxiety, hope fill island Koreans
- Honolulu Property Tax Overhaul Dead On Arrival?
- Kamehameha Schools wins $1.4M settlement in alleged breach case
- Typo Makes Gabbard Frontrunner
- Forbes: Bank of Hawaii 2nd Most Profitable in Nation
- KIUC getting set up for solar—Installs 1st of 3 Giant Battery Systems
- Cruise Allowed To Return To Molokai Next Month
- Failure is a key component of learning
- UH OKs contract negotiation with Norm Chow to lead Warrior Football team
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Friday, December 16, 2011 |
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December 16, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:49 PM :: 12963 Views :: Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party, National News, Development
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- Inouye: I Dumped Akaka Bill in Last Minute Horse-Trading
- Mysterious DoTax Internal Security Breach Referred for Investigation
- How Christmas Came to Hawaii
- Reliance on government jobs weakens Honolulu's recovery
- Hirono: Taxpayers Must Buy Dope For the Jobless
- Abercrombie: Lanai, Molokai Must Accept Big Wind
- Cronyism, Horse-Trading in Abercrombie’s Coup at Ag Corp
- Audit Rips Hawaii Charter Schools
- After Expose, Competition Returns For Hawaii School Bus Contracts
- HPD major accused of extortion released on bond again
- City anticipates revenue increase
- Archeologist for Haseko Challenges Claims About Native Hawaiian Cultural Sites
- Study: Honolulu 15th ‘most secure’ large U.S. city
- HMC, former St. Francis hospitals, shutting down
- Youth Correctional Facility Cleans Up Its Act
- HSTA’s 2012 Legislative Priorities
- Your Tax Dollars At Work: Hoku faces possible delisting by Nasdaq
- Ewa Developer's Switch from Marina to Lagoon Raises Legal Issues
- Ohio, Va., ready to fight military cuts—Lazy Hawaii says, Let Inouye Handle It
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 |
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December 13, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:45 PM :: 14121 Views :: Hawaii County News, Agriculture, Kauai County News, DHHL, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- What to Do about Drug Shortages
- $149M: Inouye Makes Hirono #1 Sponsor of Earmarks in US House for 2010
- Curtis: HECO has Failed to Look at Alternatives to Big Wind, Should be Denied Rate Hikes to Cover Costs
- As rooftop solar surges, states hit brakes
- VIDEO: Jones Act Impact on Hawaii Business
- Drunken Abercrombie assistant fined for refusing to leave Waikiki bar
- Hawaii 5-0 Crew Insults Pearl Harbor Survivors at Punchbowl
- OHA: Hilo Meeting on Settlement is “Contentious”
- OHA Fails to Elect Replacement for Mossman, Kicks Decision to Abercrombie
- Survey: 41% say “Arrest Ritte”
- Judge refuses to Boot Cayetano, Others from Rail Case
- Bert Kobayashi is Author of Secret Study Approving Ansaldo Bond
- Tokuda: Education Reform Depends on Legislature Voting to Restrict its own Powers
- Scathing Audit: Honolulu Ambulance Service Lacking
- The Supernova Syndrome
- Real Life Version of "The Descendants" Now Playing In Court
- DHHL Pretends to try to tackle waiting list
- Property Tax Changes on deck for Kauai
- Video: Representative Cynthia Thielen and Jay Fidell discuss Wave Energy 2011
- Full Text: Sidewalk Property Ordinance
- Hawaii Pimp Gets 10 Years For Child Sex-Trafficking
- How Ranked-Choice Voting Silenced 31,500 Voters
- NEW ATTACKS ON THE JONES ACT
- WaPo: Dan Akaka Demands to Know Why Teenagers Can’t Buy Abortion Pills without Prescription
- Hirono Still Trying to use Micronesians to Score more Bucks
- Hawaii-based soldiers to return from Iraq
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Monday, December 12, 2011 |
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December 12, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:49 PM :: 9578 Views :: Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- Poll of Hard-Core Hawaii Democrats gives Hirono 18-pt Lead over Case
- Flood of Money Pours into Lingle Campaign
- Duke Aiona Undecided About 2014
- Need $15,000? OHA Giving Away More Cash
- Supreme Court asks for Federal Input on Challenge to Hawaii Admission Act, Hawaiian Homes Commission Act
- Lingle: Grow the Economy to Raise Revenue
- Ed Case: Raise Taxes and Cut Defense Spending
- Sam Aiona, Dylan Nonaka Join Forces in Hawaii Super-PAC
- Planned Parenthood behind New Hawaii Super-PAC
- Hawaii Voter Turnout Correlates to Strong Republican Challenges
- SA: Ritte Should be Arrested Next Time, Maybe
- Big Wind Brinksmanship: The Fate Of Lanai Hinges On A Los Angeles Real Estate Tycoon
- Ending Homelessness: Interview with Marc Alexander
- Star-Advertiser does another Fluff Piece on Occupy Honolulu
- Unitarians, Crossroads Quivering With Excitement over Gay Civil Unions
- HOPE Probation Comes to Seattle
- Outgoing FCC Commissioner Calls for Change in Rules to Outlaw HNN
- HPD Issues First Smoking Law Citations In Years
- Hawaii does not have to be a pedestrian deathtrap
- Foreign visitors perk up recovering hotel industry
- State Still Trying to Shake Money Out of Catamaran Operators
- Whole Foods Touts Strategy in 'Buying Local'
- Students want say in selection of new football coach
- Occupy protesters seek to shut West Coast ports
- The Descendants Wins Best Picture, 2nd Best Screenplay
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Saturday, December 10, 2011 |
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December 10, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:59 PM :: 12014 Views :: Hawaii County News, Agriculture, Kauai County News, DHHL, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- China’s Startling Strategic Play in Micronesia
- DeMello Joins Abercrombie Communications Team
- Florida Marlins Holding Baseball Clinic at Schofield
- Gone with the Wind Subsidies
- VIDEO: 5 Questions with NEWS maker David Chang, Chair Hawaii Republican Party
- Fortunately for Abercrombie, Republicans Don’t Have a Strong Candidate for Governor in 2014
- Shapiro: Abercrombie’s Entire Career Built on Being Wrong
- We'll believe it when we see it, maybe
- Former Congressman Ed Case: If Hirono Wins U.S. Senate Democratic Primary, Former GOP Gov. Lingle Will Beat Her
- Bound for Hawaii on the wings of a soaring Australian Dollar
- Mayor signs abandoned property bill into law
- SA Cheers as Obama, Steve Case team up to Boost Business Cronies
- Abercrombie Sends $3M to Big Isle for no Particular Reason
- Laupahoehoe charter again seeks BOE relief after CSRP decision
- Waialua robotics teacher wins Milken award
- SA: Football Coach Salary Too High
- Onishi Lobbies Hawaii County Reapportionment, Gets Own District
- Bodhi Day Celebrated in Honolulu
- Ban likely to stifle New Year's fireworks
- Environmental Impact Statements for Sale?
- Plan seeks to replicate New Zealand's success by creating a sustainable dairy industry in the isles
- Traffic Fatalities Down on Big Isle
- State approves process to ban alcohol, drugs at Kaneohe sandbar
- Sold! DLNR sells all 16 Koke‘e cabins in auction’s first tier
- Hawaii Has Unclaimed Property
- 2012=1968?
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Friday, December 9, 2011 |
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December 9, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:43 PM :: 10098 Views :: Hawaii County News, Agriculture, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- Hirono Camp: Case Unworthy of the People of Hawaii
- Pay to Play Fines Unpaid: Hirono for Governor Campaign Closes Owing State Elections Fund Over $98,000
- It Begins: Army to Cut 8,700 Civilian Jobs in 37 States
- Nonaka Launches 'Hawaii Solutions'
- Gloves Come Off As Hawaii Senate Race Gets Going
- Abercrombie’s Health Czar Takes Aim at “High-Tech Services”
- City Audit: Only 3 of 21 Ambulances Meet Emergency Response Time Guidelines
- Molokai business leader fears 'erosion of rule of law'
- Cruise line cancels a third Molokai call after protests
- HSTA Blocks Laupahoehoe Charter for at Least One Year
- $100M: Council faces tough choices on property tax exemptions
- State prosecutors Continue to Harass DEA Agent over Arrest of Alleged Tweeker
- $25 million offered for 2 St Francis hospitals
- Atheists Make Honolulu Manger a Non-Profit Responsibility
- Obamas Not Staying at Illegal Vacation Rental This Year
- Marcus Oshiro to Travel to Israel
- Pro-Rail Activist Files IRS Complaint Against Small Business Hawaii
- Hawaii About to Crack Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Roadblocks?
- PUC to Keep Using Outside Consultants to Drive Clean Energy Approvals
- New energy sources fuel interest from Secretary of the Navy
- Firm markets waste-to-ash technology to Hawaii hotels
- State to auction off forfeited property
- Land costs for Kona Judiciary complex range from $4.5M to $10.8M
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Monday, December 5, 2011 |
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December 5, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:31 PM :: 9768 Views :: Hawaii County News, Agriculture, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- Lawsuit targets "Illegal" $117M Federal Loan Guarantee for Kahuku Windfarm
- Kalapa vs Property Tax Exemptions: Vitality of County Depends on Everyone Paying Their Share
- Hawaii Republican Presidential Vote to be Held in Every House District
- McIntosh to run for Hawaii County Council in 2012
- As WWII vet numbers dwindle, preservation of their legacy shifts to newer generations
- The More Abercrombie Rages, the More He is Ignored
- Secrecy Shrouds Abercrombie’s Year-Long search for Water Board Nominee
- 99% tell Occupy Honolulu: “Get a job. Go back to the Mainland.”
- Rail Planners Admit Most of their Plan is Flawed
- Honolulu Not Alone in Trying to Move Homeless from Sidewalks
- State Releases RFP for 650 foot Kakaako Tower
- Marina proposal at Sand Island is meeting some opposition
- 43% of Makawao Residents Pay 50% of Income in Rent
- Performance Contracts for Hawaii Charter Schools
- SA: More Money for Preschool
- More students receiving free & low-cost lunch
- SA Editors Waste More Ink of Cult of Gore
- CB Gives Doper Space for Long, Rambling Diatribe on Dope
- CB Gives Peak Oil Cultists Space for Long Rambling Diatribe on Peak Oil
- UH System to Give More to Green Energy Scammers
- Green Bubble About to Pop: Battery Makers don’t have Customers
- IRS Has $716K for Hawaii Taxpayers
- West Hawaii Bar Association civil unions seminar (Dec. 12)
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Sunday, December 4, 2011 |
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December 4, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:03 PM :: 12878 Views :: Hawaii County News, Agriculture, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party, National News, Development
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- Hawaiians’ Anger and Distrust towards OHA Settlement: “Theft, Perversion”
- SA: Bond Sale Will Lead to Legislative Spending Frenzy
- Cost of electricity is silent factor in Hawaii energy policy
- Abercrombie Stumbles in First Year, Plans More of the Same for Next Three
- Bad New Day: Abercrombie Already Planning for 2014 Election
- Matayoshi Subverts State Law to Reorganize DoE Upper Echelons
- How The DoE Promotes Hawaii’s Income Gap
- PHOCUSED Boss of Profitable Nonprofits to Seek Tom Berg’s Council Seat
- Socialist Morons Can’t Figure out Why there is a Shortage of Cancer Drugs in Hawaii
- Occupy group, city officials put actions on hold for now
- Honolulu Drowning In Water Main Breaks
- Hawaii County: $7.5M in fuel taxes goes unspent (some money sitting since 1998)
- Domestic Migration 2008-2009: More People Leaving Maui than Arriving
- Honolulu joins the "city camp" initiative
- Hawaiian Hiring Flight Attendants
- Homeless Advocate: Newt is wrong, Food stamps are For Buying Drugs, Not Going to Hawaii
- UH Prof Publishes Eminent Domain Book
- Hawaii perfectly placed to watch the December 10th total lunar eclipse
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Saturday, December 3, 2011 |
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December 3, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:29 PM :: 12897 Views :: Hawaii County News, Agriculture, Kauai County News, DHHL, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- Thielen: Federal Takeover of Hawaii Shorelines Would Endanger Clean Energy Projects
- Obama to Vacation in Hawaii Dec 17-Jan 2
- Fontaine Factor: Volunteering and Giving During the Holiday Season
- DoE Data: Not Linked, Not Supported, Not Accessible
- Hawaii Physicians Rally Against Assisted Suicide
- UHERO: Slowing Asian Growth, Drop in Mainland Arrivals Squeeze Hawaii
- Obamacare Push: Insurance Executive Tim Johns to head Hirono's Senate campaign
- BoE: Maybe We Should Stop Interfering with Our Own Audit Department
- Lingle backs Visa Reforms to boost Tourism
- State Energy Office: Anti-Superferry Protester knows how to Profit from “Clean” Energy
- BOSS Poll of 400 local business leaders goes inside the local economy and forecasts what’s ahead
- Hawaii County Council to have Five Open Seats in 2012
- SA Editors Use Berg to Push for IRV Voting Again
- Ballot News Looks at Hawaii Reapportionment
- VIDEO: HSTA Continues to Attempt to Derail Laupahoehoe Charter School
- Beachgoers Complain About Homeless Defecating In Waikiki
- Honolulu Offers Homeless Maid Service
- Sovereignty Activist Rejects OHA Land Deal
- Feds ask again for more time to sort through 101 million documents in Global Horizons human trafficking case
- Omidyar Discovers that Local Farmers can charge more
- Hilo TSA Hammered for Catching Alleged Pedophile
- Yagong wants to privatize Hilo sort station
- Proposal would increase UH-Manoa parking rates
- Electric car rental firm expands to Oahu
- Church's Construction Halted For Removal Of Buried Human Remains
- Asbestos Leads to $9000 Fine
- WWII records available free online up to Dec. 7
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Friday, December 2, 2011 |
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December 2, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:29 PM :: 12409 Views :: Hawaii County News, Agriculture, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- Abercrombie Refusing to Accept Responsibility for his own Wreckage, Fiscal and Otherwise
- Ewa Field Event to Mark 70th Anniversary of Attack
- Mission Memorial Auditorium Site of Rail Showdown December 6
- Sabato: Ed who? Democratic Establishment coalescing around Mazie Hirono
- $800M Borrowed to Sit Money in Hurricane, Rainy Day Accounts
- Bankers, Wall Street Pleased by Abercrombie's Willingness to Raise Taxes
- Full Text: Hawaii Scores 'F' in Sex Trafficking Prevention
- Lihue TSA Worker Sues, Claims Sex Assault
- Men’s Health Mag ranks Honolulu Happiest Town in USA
- Borreca to Media: Lingle will now fade from Our Screens
- Inouye: Federal Rail Funding not certain, Honolulu one of nine competing for $510M
- Rail Judge: Feds Must Produce Full Record before Groundbreaking
- Citizens Challenging Rail Project May Have to Wait a Year for Case Resolution Because of City's Delays
- Maui Now: Loathsome, Dangerous, Abercrombie
- Abercrombie Gloats over “Gift to Business Community”
- Abercrombie claims his Charisma Swayed Investors to Buy Hawaii Bonds
- Bullying: ‘It’s OK to be different’
- Property Tax Recommendations to be Presented to Honolulu Council
- Ritte Demands “Participation and Control” over Cruise Yacht, Molokai Again Compromises With Shake-Down Thugs
- State files suit against woman accused of preying upon distressed homeowner
- Harimoto: Strip Berg's Voting Rights Until He Calms Down
- ACLU, NAACP Join Effort to Target TSA Workers Who Catch too Many Illegals, Find too Many Drug Smugglers
- Captain Kirk Ramps Up 2012 Campaign for Mayor
- Hawaii bankruptcies fall in November for eighth straight month
- Hawaii Federal Judge: U.S. Won't Pick Up Tab for Aloun Farms Defense
- SA Spies Way to Increase Power of Burials in Development Disputes
- PHOTOS: Iao Stream Shanty Town Residents Face Eviction
- State Audit: "Atmosphere Of Intimidation and Fear" at Maui Housing Project
- MoveOn Drops Use of Occupy, Goes under its own name for latest protest
- Alexander & Baldwin to subdivide into two companies
- Company directors fought similar move back in 1988
- Retreat will address future, structure of state education
- State Rep. Chris Lee recovers from stroke, warns others of danger
- Puna to gain council seat
- Bigeye tuna fishing ban canceled
- Criminal Who Led Police on Cross-Island Chase had been Arrested by SWAT Team Jan 26, then Released
- Inouye Votes for Indefinite Detention of US Citizens Captured on US Soil
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011 |
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November 30, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:06 PM :: 8020 Views :: Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- Finmeccanica Trumpets Honolulu Rail Deal
- Lingle Best Positioned for Victory Next Year
- Lingle calls for Delay in Federal Grab for Control of Hawaii Shorelines
- IBEW to Vote on New Offer from Hawaiian Tel
- Nominations Sought for State Water Commission
- Inouye Claims Honolulu Rail Will Get Federal Transit Funding Next Year
- Kobayashi: Hold on to Your Wallet
- Slom: Rail Roaded
- State to Teachers: Drop Your Complaint and Strike
- Utility bills may sink Hawaii’s economy
- Good News! Time Running Out For Hawaii Mafia Wind Farm Grant
- 15,000 Military Go Unrepresented in Any State Elections Because of Redistricting Controversy
- Supporters are urged to wear black for National Meth Awareness Day
- Honolulu Clears Homeless from Stadium Park, Three More Accept Shelter
- Patients counting on Hawaii’s Only transplant clinic to stay open
- Queens Nurses Approve Three-Year Raise
- Real and Affordable Green or Misguided Dream?
- State taxpayers may have to foot cost of returning 350 new guns
- HPD Major's Drug-Dealing Girlfriend To Testify
- Maui Police Officer Arrested For Spousal Abuse
- Cancel the Second Digester?
- Maui Charter Commission tables district voting
- Maui: Couch seeks cap on vacation rentals
- Kauai Island Utility Cooperative gets green light for smart meters
- Hawaii Co 'Bag ban' vote expected Dec 21
- TRO halts construction at Kawaiahao Church
- Jon Van Dyke Dies in Australia
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011 |
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November 29, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:12 PM :: 10498 Views :: Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- Abercrombie's Medicaid Cuts based on Obamacare Requirements
- Lucky Hawaii: Bond Sale Benefits as Investors Flee Europe
- Booted from Big Island, DoE Now Seeks to Force Carlisle to Collect its Impact Fees
- US Supreme Court to Decide Whether to Hear Lawsuit Challenging DHHL, Admission Act
- Postal Service Announces Hawaii Christmas Mailing Deadlines
- US Civil Rights Commissioner to speak on End of Victimology
- Abercrombie “Damn Serious” about Oath, Judges aren’t Like Dogs or Ponies
- Abercrombie Considered Shutting State Down for Two Weeks in June, Blames Lingle
- Abercrombie Wants to Build 'Third City'
- Favored Nation: Did HGEA get better deal?
- HART Signs $1.4 Billion Contract With Ansaldo
- Is Honolulu rail contract a legal defense tactic?
- Abercrombie Still Pushing to Disenfranchise Military personnel
- Judicial nominees put up earlier
- Feds Give Abercrombie $14m to Organize Obamacare Insurance Exchange
- Honolulu water rates to soar 70%
- Recession costs Hawaii hundreds of businesses
- Hawaii unemployment claims rise 18%
- TRUE: 'There is Space' in Shelters for Stadium Park Homeless
- Molokai Thugs Chop Down Trees, Obstruct Two Public Highways—Still No Arrests
- Multi-Millionaire 9-11 Truther Roseanne Barr Occupies Waimea, Guillotine a No-Show
- Hoku considers outside help to complete polysilicon deals
- Hawaiian Holdings Ranks the Highest in Terms of Operating Margin in the Airlines Industry
- ORI Cabins Not in Good Standing With the State
- Legislators look at Clean and Sober Living
- Hawaii State Courts Improve Access to Electronic Records
- Karate instructor accused of molesting teen re-indicted on sex assault charges
- Honolulu Traffic Violations Bureau to Close on Wednesday Nights
- After a Decade, ‘Process’ continues to push back Maui isle plan
- A&B Master Planned Waiale Project Calls for 2,550 Residential Units (no protests here, of course)
- Hawaii dodges major storms as hurricane season ends
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Monday, November 28, 2011 |
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November 28, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:33 PM :: 12098 Views :: Hawaii County News, Agriculture, Kauai County News, DHHL, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- Kalaeloa Solar: Hawaii Ratepayers to Bankroll 'Green Fiesta'
- Failing, Central Pacific Got $337M in Secret Federal Reserve Loans
- Lowell Kalapa to Address Kona TEA Party
- Duke Aiona to Address Pro-Life Group
- UPW Contract, HGEA Reopen menace Legislature
- DoE to Pay Contractors to Churn SpEd Programs
- School Bus Contacts Rise 192% after Collusion Begins
- Challenge to Honolulu Rail Project Goes to Federal Court Wednesday
- SA: Outspoken Berg driven by passion, desire for change
- SA: OHA infighting may Derail Kakaako deal
- Gov. Abercrombie vs. the 99%… why?
- Homeless Avoid Shelter, Stay Drunk
- Cruise Yacht Outfoxes Ritte, Docks at Molokai
- Volunteers Clean Kahuku Beach, Find No Plastic Bags
- Two Mauna Kea telescopes face funding cuts
- Final hearing backlog turns injured workers into hostages in paradise
- County quiets nonprofit's rock-crushing operation
- DoE Group seeks to undermine Private Schools
- KPD set to start accreditation process
- SBA lends record amount in isles
- CB: How Hawaii Reps Would Save $1.2 Trillion
- Desperate to Save Obama, Americans Elect Petitions for Hawaii Ballot
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Sunday, November 27, 2011 |
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November 27, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:32 PM :: 10100 Views :: Kauai County News, DHHL, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- Forced by JSC, Abercrombie Grudgingly Releases Names of Judicial Nominees
- Hawaii Supreme Court to Consider Limit of Parental Discipline
- Kalapa: Ubiquitous General Excise Insures Accountability
- UPW Contract Triggers ‘Favored Nation’ HGEA to Reopen Negotiations, fight for Furloughs
- Governor Abercrombie pissy to the end in judicial disclosure case
- Atheists Planned Disruption of Windward City Lights Celebration Thwarted
- Illiterate Occupy Honolulu Protesters Instruct 99% to “Think”
- Ritte Didn’t get Paid: Lawless Thugs Block Cruise Ship from Molokai
- SA Editors: Better to Cut People off Medicaid After 30 Days than to Limit Eligibility
- Automated Trash Trucks increase UPW Productivity 5-fold
- Freshwater Pool for Natatorium?
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Saturday, November 26, 2011 |
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November 26, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:36 PM :: 11446 Views :: Hawaii County News, Agriculture, Kauai County News, DHHL, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- Hint to Hawaii: Google Abandons Concentrating Solar Power Project
- Oahu Democrats Fail in Effort to Break up Hawaii News Now
- Abercrombie Wins Approval to Take $1.06M from Pre-School, Sister Isles, spend it on Central Office Bureaucrats
- Suspended Attorney Says 'Vindictive' Navy Purposely Sows Intimidation & Fear in Civilian Counsel
- Horner: Ansaldo OK to Build Rail after Financial Analysis Shows Libya Revolt is Root of Company’s Problems
- WSJ July 28: New Finmeccanica Boss Pledges To Clean Up Group's Act, Considers Sale of Ansaldo
- OHA goes back to drawing board after failure to elect new trustee
- DoE wins RTTT Approval to Tinker With Assessments Again
- Star-Adv Comes out against Laupahoehoe Charter School
- Choosing legislative theme can be a gamble for Dems
- Price of car insurance rises a smidgen
- City replaces scorned towing firm
- Kauai’s economy has ‘settled back to 2003 levels’
- Telescope funding under fire
- Convicted Killer Lui—now a sovereignty activist-- gets his day in court Tuesday
- USS Lassen Sailors Contribute to Flood Cleanup in Thailand
- 25th ID Gets New Commanding General
- Hawaii History: Selective Editing Project Begins
- Descendants: Roth, Daws, Hemmings Guided Producer
- Descendants: First Popular Film to See Us Through an Insider’s Eyes
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November 24, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:02 PM :: 10668 Views :: Kauai County News, DHHL, Maui County News, Congressional Delegation, Honolulu County News, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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- Outdoor Circle Comes Out Against Rail
- New Batch of Global Warmers’ Emails: “We're choosing the periods to show warming”
- Judicial Selection Commission Releases List of Nominees for Second Circuit Court
- NCAA “Extremely Concerned” about UH Point-Shaving Allegations
- The hidden story of the third Thanksgiving: 1623--giving thanks for freedom
- Assimilation, American style
- Shapiro: Abercrombie has no Principle Left to Stand On
- Hawaii Defense Cuts Loom After Super Committee Implodes
- Sempra's Giant Solar Farm Unlikely Replacement for Molokai Big Wind
- Rooftop Solar Contractor Upset as PUC opens up HECO to Big Renewables
- The Politics of Digitizing Hawaiian Language newspapers
- Waikiki Business May Sue over Lousy APEC Sales
- 89% Vote for Furloughs: UPW ratifies two-year contract
- After Price-Fixing Exposed, Major Mainland School Bus Company Considers Hawaii
- HPH Touts Voluntary Medical Home Plan
- Hawaii Non-Profits suffer Loss of “Unlimited Government Funding”
- Molokai: Taxpayer funded Enemy of Jobs
- GMO Labeling, TAT Considered for Maui Legislative Package
- Judge tries to Hold off Lawyers Circling Dorcy Estate
- Pedestrian critically injured in accident involving police officer
- Special report: law enforcement faces backlog of 87,942 state warrants
- Nofoa Beats Rap In Ex-Girlfriend's Murder, still Faces Original Kidnapping Charges but She won't be Around to testify
- HPA only cuts Four Years off Rapist’s Prison Sentence
- Police Release 911 Tapes Of Fatal Waikiki Shooting
- HGEA, UPW members Fail in Effort to grab State, County Surplus Payments to Health Fund
- Kahuku Hospital Bankruptcy “Good for Creditors”
- Security cameras installed on buses
- Two PhDs Debunk Lies of Anti-Aquarium Campaigners
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