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Monday, November 30, 2015
November 30, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:15 PM :: 3335 Views
  1. Vote-by-Mail: Old-Boy Trick to Disenfranchise Independent Voters?
  2. Star-Adv: Supreme Court ‘Surely will delay the 'aha, if it is to be held at all’
  3. Civil Beat—Supreme Court Stay on Nai Aupuni ‘Just a Routine Matter’ 
  4. U.S. Supreme Court rejects challenge to Hawaii campaign finance law
  5. Hawaii Politicos baffled by Opposition to Syrian Muslim Refugees
  6. Fare Hikes Coming as Legislators Consider GE Tax Hike on Airlines
  7. Outreach workers try to help Blaisdell Park homeless drug addicts
  8. $15.2M to Fix Legislature Reflecting Pools?
  9. Are Honolulu Planning Officials Too Cozy With Developer Haseko?
  10. Charter Schools Push Back Against Oversight
  11. UH Football Coach Contract Not Executed Yet
  12. Star-Adv: Find Some Compromise on Beach Commercial Activity
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Sunday, November 29, 2015
November 29, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:34 PM :: 3030 Views
  1. Clinton Democrats to Boot Gabbard from Vice Chairmanship?
  2. Rail: Thumbing Our Nose at the Feds
  3. $28 million awarded to Department of Hawaiian Homelands after state illegally denies funding
  4. Officials heap their plates with buffet of messy ideas
  5. UH: We Should Maintain Control of Mauna Kea 
  6. NextEra Hearings to be Live-Streamed
  7. PUC Quietly Limits New Solar Systems—Star Adv Editors Jump on Battery bandwagon 
  8. Solar Schemers to Push for Battery Tax Credits next Session
  9. Counties (Again) to Push for More TAT Next Session
  10. Convention Center Loses ‘Only’ $1.5M This Year
  11. Part of old Ewa Field nears historic list
  12. Walter Dods Writes Book: ‘How to Succeed in Cronyism Without Really Trying’
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Saturday, November 28, 2015
November 28, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:17 PM :: 4604 Views
  1. Justice Kennedy Temporarily Halts "Hawaiians Only" Election
  2. Hawaii 7th Worst Drivers in USA
  3. Malia Zimmerman Drops Lawsuit
  4. Could Genetically Modified mosquitoes be key to fighting Dengue?
  5. Homeless Sweeps Begin Again Dec 9?
  6. End Of Medicare Bonuses Will Cut Pay To Primary Care Doctors
  7. Top VA Exec Wayne Pfeffer made $90,323 in Bonuses although Hawaii had the longest Wait-list times for Veterans
  8. “Dear UH Athletics, stay away from our wallets”
  9. UH Manoa names new head football coach
  10. Hawaii-Based Longline Fishermen Allowed to Keep Catching Ahi
  11. Guamians Not Interested in Sovereignty Movement
  12. Tranny Accused in Wailuku Murder Demands Media Stop Calling Him ‘Woman’
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Friday, November 27, 2015
November 27, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:08 PM :: 3943 Views
  1. Supreme Court Justice Hands Down Injunction Against Nai Aupuni
  2. An Open Secret—Homosexual Child Molesters in Hollywood
  3. Criminal Al Hee to be Sentenced Monday—Prosecutors Ask for 41 months
  4. NextEra: PUC Hearings Begin Monday
  5. Star-Adv: Homeless effort makes headway
  6. Gabbard not shy about taking on Obama over Syria
  7. Travel and tourism officials disagree with Gabbard on visa program
  8. Hypocrisy: Anti-Pesticide Activists Complain State Not Doing Enough About Dengue
  9. Make decisions based on facts, not fear
  10. HART Employs 108 People
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Thursday, November 26, 2015
November 26, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:02 PM :: 3362 Views
  1. The hidden story of the third Thanksgiving: 1623--giving thanks for freedom
  2. Council presents finalists for appointments to Board of Regents
  3. 3,000 DUI cases in jeopardy following state Supreme Court ruling
  4. Nai Aupuni: If Your Address Changed in Last 10 years, You Didn’t Get a Ballot
  5. PUC: Time to Kill Rooftop Solar
  6. Homeless enforcement delays continue at 2 Kakaako parks
  7. DHHL: DNA tests won't be required to prove ethnicity
  8. Dengue Growth Slows
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Wednesday, November 25, 2015
November 25, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:25 PM :: 4918 Views
  1. Stop Na’i Aupuni Plaintiffs File Appeal with Supreme Court
  2. Nai Aupuni: Eleven Candidates Listed Twice on Ballot
  3. Telescope: OHA Playing Both Sides
  4. Matson Admits Rate Hikes Caused by Expensive Jones Act Ships
  5. Consumer Complaints: Hawaii Among Most Open States
  6. Hawaii Health Connector Sold only 8,802 Individual Obamacare Policies—Total
  7. Pesticides, GMOs may be acceptable to fight dengue
  8. 600 Opt out of Nai Aupuni Election
  9. It’s time to get serious about shortening the rail
  10. How Crappy Sewers Make It Hard To Build Housing In Honolulu
  11. Maui Mayor Rejects Tent Cities in Favor of Mini Prefab Units
  12. Consumer Advocate: Four Year Rate Moratorium Allows NextEra Rake Hikes
  13. Solar Groups: HECO Plan Makes it Hard to Sell Batteries
  14. HART: We’ll Deal With Electric Bill by Putting Solar on Station Roofs
  15. Kauai Police release body cam video that exonerates officer, as battle with union continues
  16. Parents face long waiting lists at licensed preschools
  17. Hawaii rehab centers see influx of older meth addicts
  18. Debacle: Failed Program Means Years of Waiting for Ala Wai Boat Harbor Upgrades
  19. Gun Control Nuts Cite Hawaii as Example for America
  20. Thanksgiving Celebrated in Hawaiian Kingdom Before it Became Official US Holiday
  21. As Muslims Kill More People, Progressives Respond by Stepping up their already-frequent Reminders of How Superior They Think They Are
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Tuesday, November 24, 2015
November 24, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:30 PM :: 3149 Views
  1. Poll: Only 52% Approve of Ige
  2. Gabbard: Obama Arming Radical Islamists, Risks WW3
  3. Full Text: UH confirms TMT project is the last telescope site on Maunakea
  4. Why Saying ‘GMOs Are Safe’ isn’t Helping
  5. Honolulu Economic Development Grants Available Now
  6. DHHL Approves NextEra Windfarm on Maui
  7. HART Claims Rail System ‘only’ 1 Year Behind Schedule 
  8. Report identifies worst traffic bottlenecks in Hawaii
  9. Old Boys Line Up More Support for NextEra
  10. First Hope, Then Despair For State’s Largest Homeless Tent City
  11. Tranny Charged with Murder at Maui Mental health facility
  12. Dengue Tourism Cancellations
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Monday, November 23, 2015
November 23, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:39 PM :: 3519 Views
  1. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted November 23, 2015
  2. Nai Aupuni Headed for Political Train Wreck
  3. Organic Food Fraud Causing Losses at State Pension Fund
  4. Audit: Feds Demand HART Listen to Project Management Oversight Contractor
  5. Adventist digs deeper into possible HHSC partnership
  6. Rain pushes more homeless to seek shelter
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Sunday, November 22, 2015
November 22, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:43 PM :: 5005 Views
  1. Honolulu 2nd Safest City in USA
  2. Year-End Tax Planning Tips
  3. Clueless Ige: Questionable Priorities, Incapable Leadership 
  4. Souki: Council is Just Pretending to Oppose Rail Tax Hike
  5. Control: Caldwell to Appoint New Charter Commission Chair
  6. Homeless Become a Vector for Dengue Fever
  7. Sand Island homeless facility Mostly Empty Because its only Open to Homeless who are Serious About Getting off the Street
  8. After 10 years Homeless Meth Addict Decides to Accept Shelter
  9. Hawaiians Organize Against Nai Aupuni
  10. Hawaii County 41,000 Homeowners Exemptions at Risk
  11. Hawaii One of Only Two State Legislatures Without ‘Sportsmens Caucus’
  12. Property Scammer, Drug Dealer Score Beach Concession
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Saturday, November 21, 2015
November 21, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:40 PM :: 3690 Views
  1. College and Career Readiness—How Did Your School Do?
  2. Please Get Me Job in Sanitation Department
  3. 604 Dead people Found on Kanaiolowalu Voter Roll
  4. NextEra Prevents Rate Cuts Until 2020s
  5. Drug Court Forces Homeless Addict to Clean up, Get Job
  6. Will Vets Keep Access to VA Choice Program?
  7. Tire Recycling Fee Boosts Dengue Spread
  8. State Supreme Court will decide if police misconduct records should be released
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Saturday, November 21, 2015
Letters to the Editor, November, 2015
By Letters to the Editor @ 4:33 AM :: 4667 Views
  • Please Get Me Job in Sanitation Department
  • Hawaii Needs to Take Care of Homeless, not Syrian Muslims
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Friday, November 20, 2015
November 20, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:51 PM :: 3847 Views
  1. 9th Circuit Refuses Injunction to Block Na’i Aupuni
  2. Ige Shutting Down Health Connector in Midst of Reenrollment Drive
  3. Gabbard Introduces Bill Designed to Stop Obama’s Assistance to ISIS
  4. No Syrian Muslim ‘Refugees’ in Hawaii: Hundreds Sign ‘Impeach Ige’ Petition
  5. Victory for Free Speech: Pastor, Maui County Settle 1st Amendment Lawsuit
  6. HPU Report: Lack of US Flag Merchant Ships puts US at Risk of ‘Sea Strangulation’
  7. Kauai County Now Hiring Dopers—Maui is ACLU’s Next Target
  8. Full Text: ACLU Wins Order Defending Homeless’ Trash
  9. Alleged Witness Tampering by Chief Kealoha Fails in Court – Ethics Comm Hearing Canceled 
  10. Gabbard Votes to Choke off Flow—Hirono Wants More Muslim ‘Refugees’ to Come to Hawaii
  11. HART Begins Deploying Next Set of Cost Overruns
  12. UH Athletics Department deficit soars
  13. Anti-GMO Lawyers Rake in Megabucks
  14. Honolulu #1 in Homelessness Again
  15. Court orders city to stop destroying property in homeless sweeps
  16. Dengue 79 Cases and Counting—Marathon Battle Ahead
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Thursday, November 19, 2015
November 19, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:03 PM :: 4286 Views
  1. Hawaii Small Businesses Slowest to be Paid in USA
  2. Tourism: US Arrivals Make up for Japanese Decline
  3. There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Student Loan
  4. Solar Schemers Deploy Poll Results
  5. Caldwell’s Crooked ‘Ethics’ Commission Targets Police Whistleblowers
  6. Hauula: Protest Nai Aupuni—Tonight
  7. Telescope: Does Stay Mean Supreme Court Will Rule in Protesters Favor Soon?
  8. Jones Act Leaves US Vulnerable to Sea Strangulation
  9. Sand Island Homeless Facility Opens
  10. Private Sector Willing To Foot The Bill To Help Hawaii’s Homeless Families
  11. After 10 Years Lawmaker wants Waianae Harbor homeless Meth-addict encampment cleared
  12. 12 Per Day—Hawaii drug overdose epidemic
  13. Hawaii's 'housing ladder' under strain, driving up prices for middle class
  14. Housing: ‘Locals’ Outbuy Californians 10-1 – Or Not?
  15. Costly Maui baseyard kitchen revealed, investigation turned over to prosecutors
  16. PUC demands that HECO report all incidents after questions go unanswered
  17. HPD officer, former UH football star charged with abuse
  18. Dengue Cases 72 and Counting
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015
November 18, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:39 PM :: 4028 Views
  1. Why does the Mafia Love Na’i Aupuni?
  2. Thousands Sign Petition: No Syrian Muslim ‘Refugees’ in Hawaii
  3. Hawaii Republicans Oppose Resettlement of Syrian Refugees in Hawaii
  4. I am a Jihadist and I am tired of not being given credit
  5. Full Text: Supreme Court Grants Temporary Injunction Blocking Telescope Construction
  6. Will the Jones Act cause Hawaii’s last sugar plantation to close?
  7. Hawaii Loses Ground in Business Tax Climate 
  8. After Months of Posturing, Council Committee Easily Approves Massive Rail Tax Hike
  9. HART Finds Savings With Latest Honolulu Rail Bids
  10. Ige says refugees welcome, state track record disagrees
  11. Star-Adv: Refugee Terrorism Concerns ‘Rational’
  12. Native Hawaiian election results expected in less than 2 weeks
  13. Nai Aupuni Critics Forum Set for Friday
  14. Na’i Aupuni: Few Clues on Land
  15. Hawaii small business' health insurance tax credits stuck in limbo by agency squabble
  16. Burdened With Rail, City Cannot Afford to Consider Buying HECO
  17. Another Parent of Handicapped Child Forced to Sue DoE
  18. State’s Largest Homeless Camp full of Meth Addicts
  19. Hawaii County Wants to Tax Marijuana
  20. 9 new cases of dengue fever bring outbreak total to 65
  21. DHHL Approves Maui Windfarm
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015
November 17, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:33 PM :: 4137 Views
  1. Ige: Hawaii Will Welcome ‘Screened’ Syrian Refugees
  2. Hawaii Needs to Take Care of Homeless, not Syrian Muslims
  3. So Far: Syrian Refugees in U.S. Include 2,098 Muslims, 53 Christians
  4. A-1 A-Lectrician Case: Secret Email Group Connects Hawaii AG to Soros-Funded Lawyers
  5. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted November 16, 2015
  6. Federal Intervention in Schools Looks to Remain in Force Through Possible No Child Left Behind Deal
  7. How High are Cell Phone Taxes in Your State?
  8. Engineers: DAGS Hands Off CIP
  9. DLNR Slaps Down Anti-Aquarium Nuts (again)
  10. DoT Inspector General Investigating HART
  11. Caldwell: Ernie Martin is ‘Lolo’—Demands Blank Check for Rail
  12. Now That Rail is Being Built, Honolulu Finally Getting Around to Installing Adaptive Traffic Signals
  13. Telescope Protesters to gather on Mountain Tonight
  14. HMSA We Can’t Afford to Continue Pace Set by Obamacare
  15. Private insurers win big from Hawaii Medicaid expansion
  16. Waianae Homeless Camp: Children Beg for Money after Parents Spend Every Penny on Meth 
  17. Meet the Lawyers and Social Workers Trying to Force Transgender Locker rooms on DoE Schools 
  18. Dengue Hypocrisy: Anti-Pesticide Activists Suddenly Want to be Sprayed
  19. Fantasy sports gambling on state Legislature radar as Illegal Gambling Dens Lose Business
  20. Electrical bills set to shrink as price of oil keeps falling—‘Clean’ Energy Crowd Terrified
  21. Hawaiian Electric to finalize LNG contract by early 2016
  22. Preparing for next Firing and Payout: UH names advisory panel to assist in search for football coach
  23. As Legislature Prepares for Next Session, DOE Stages Annual ‘We’re Broke” Show
  24. Health Department says 56 confirmed cases of dengue fever on Hawaii Island
  25. In 'smelly' problem, city says personnel shortage slowing trash pick-up
  26. Atheists Use Threat of Muslims to Remove ‘Crusader’ from Ft Shafter
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Monday, November 16, 2015
November 16, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:13 PM :: 3977 Views
  1. Rail Funds Frozen? Feds Explain ‘Officially’ and ‘Unofficially’ What they Told Caldwell
  2. Why the Paris Massacre Will Have Limited Impact
  3. Offshore? Let Wind and Solar Energy Subsides Expire
  4. ‘Most Significant Risk’ to Rail Project--HART Did not Budget for Putting HECO Lines Underground
  5. TMT construction crews to return to Mauna Kea on Wednesday
  6. Future of Maui Sugar Plantation Unclear
  7. Political Bosses Still Negotiating with NextEra
  8. Audit of Hawaii Civil Forfeiture Demanded
  9. Lawmakers prepare for legislative outlook
  10. Kauai—50 Hawaiians Denounce Nai Aupuni
  11. 49 confirmed cases of locally-acquired dengue on Hawaii Island
  12. Billionaire Dispatches Reporter to Help Keep the Homeless on the Streets 
  13. Forced Mental Health Care Allows Tweeker to Turn Life Around
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Sunday, November 15, 2015
November 15, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:15 PM :: 3394 Views
  1. Hawaii Is Holding an Election That Only Allows People of Certain Racial Background to Vote
  2. Full Text: State, Feds Defend Nai Aupuni Election Before 9th Circuit Court
  3. How energy prices are elevated by the Jones Act
  4. Working on the Fringe
  5. Hawaii Reacts to Latest Muslim Atrocity
  6. Ige: ‘Clean’ Energy Requires More Air Pollution
  7. Rail Cost Overruns: Just the Beginning
  8. RailBux: Caldwell Holds $4000/plate Campaign Fundraiser in DC 
  9. Hawaii Voters Reject Scandal-Tainted Candidates
  10. To End Homelessness: Close Mass Shelters, Build Individual Rooms
  11. Protesters Burn Na’i Aupuni Ballots
  12. Claims of war crimes on Kauai
  13. Competing Interests Debate Education
  14. Legislation to increase State Licensing oversight on the way
  15. New Queens hospital eyed for Kona
  16. Hunters: State violating aerial shooting ban
  17. Dengue: DoH Spraying in Anti-Pesticide Activism Areas
  18. Some Pacific Democrat superdelegates see Rubio as strongest opponent
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Saturday, November 14, 2015
November 14, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:25 PM :: 3734 Views
  1. Feds Freeze Rail Funds? HART Knows Nothing About Caldwell’s Latest Pressure Tactic
  2. Feds Cut off DHHL Funding Because Money Not Being Spent
  3. Caldwell Doubles Down on Claims FTA Director is Cutting off Rail Funds—HART Says ‘Show us the Letter’ 
  4. UnDemocratic: Over Half of Hawaii Democrat Super Delegates Back Clinton before a Single Vote is Cast
  5. Sacrifice Affordable Housing to Pay for Rail?
  6. Housing First proving it’s worth its cost
  7. State: Mauna Kea Media May be Restricted to ‘Photography Area’
  8. State Investigates 28 Ala Moana Contractors
  9. WaPo: Hawaii is the Dumbest State
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Friday, November 13, 2015
November 13, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:04 PM :: 6450 Views
  1. Protest Na’i Aupuni at State Capitol
  2. UK citizen with green card sues Honolulu police over denial of firearm permit
  3. Feds: Race to the Top Empowers Hawaii to Transform Education
  4. How Do You Design an Electric Train without Considering the Electricity?
  5. Organics: Another Fine Government Mess
  6. First Hawaii Women Veterans Conference Set for Saturday
  7. ‘Time of Use’ Rates to top out at $0.479 per kwh
  8. Na’i Aupuni "You're all f---ing liars"
  9. Na’i Aupuni?  This has all happened Before
  10. Investigating Chief, Federal subpoenas issued to HPD's top brass
  11. HART Puts Jesse Souki on Payroll
  12. Caldwell Claims Feds Withholding $250M until Council Raises Taxes
  13. HART Demands Council Approve $350M Loan
  14. Seven Months Later Ige Admin Develops Coherent Position on Mauna Kea telescope
  15. No Contractor Will Clean Up Homeless Mess
  16. Priced out of Paradise: When the cost of living gets too high, some Hawaii families call it quits
  17. It’s The ‘Entitled’ Land That Really Drives Up Honolulu’s Home Prices
  18. Minimum Wage Hike Forces 41% Price Hike in A+ after-school program
  19. GMOs: From Anti to Advocate
  20. Legislation to Toughen Hawaii Medical Review Board
  21. State Senator Vows To Reform Hawaii Asset Forfeiture Laws
  22. State Overlooked Labor Violations Until New Ala Moana Wing Opened
  23. Two months of prep left for Hawaii medical marijuana dispensary licensee hopefuls
  24. County sales tax surcharge on marijuana?
  25. Hawaii sees growth in drug addicts using 'vape pens' to get high
  26. Students rally for ‘free’ education; Dozens at UH-Hilo
  27. UH hires Carleton Ching to lead its land development
  28. Questions surround city’s cost estimate to fix Kailua fountain
  29. Peter Boy’s Mom Pleads Not Guilty, Trial Set
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Thursday, November 12, 2015
November 12, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:04 PM :: 4305 Views
  1. Mauna Kea: DLNR Schedules Aerial Eradication ‘Simultaneous’ to Telescope Work
  2. Hawaii Now Only State in Nation Without Sex Trafficking Law
  3. HECO: 'Time of Use' Rate Hike Coming
  4. Hawaii earns a D- for Civil Forfeiture Laws
  5. Full Text: Veterans Sue for Voting Rights in US Territories
  6. Let's Create a Higher Standard for Ethical Government
  7. Voting Begins for Maunalua Bay Advisory Committee
  8. Video: Fixing What's Wrong with Welfare
  9. Rail: $450M Cost of Electric Lines not Factored into Budget
  10. Martin: Rail Better Without Federal Money, Federal Rules
  11. Bid by Criminal Hee to dismiss tax fraud convictions is rejected
  12. Maui: Massive Electric Rate Hike Proposed—But Thanks to Decoupling, Only a Small Portion is Subject to Review
  13. Second round of Kakaako homeless enforcement to begin Thursday
  14. Aiea Homeless Camp Burns
  15. Obamacare website crashes (again), delays enrollment
  16. Protesters will be told when work resumes
  17. Mauna Kea’s Southern Twin to be Finished in 2022
  18. Coercive Nature Of Na’i Aupuni Process Ultimately Dooms It To Failure
  19. Fees Eliminated Make Housing Affordable
  20. The city might not track trash, but voters sure do
  21. State RICO Office restrains medical board from doing better
  22. Hitachi's control of Ansaldo's Honolulu rail transit contract questioned
  23. Hawaii airports energy upgrade project to save $500M over 20 years
  24. PUC Fills Empty Positions
  25. War Crimes on Kauai?
  26. Homosexual Child Molester Busted 3x—May Finally Do Serious Time
  27. Soft on Crime: Year Log Crime Spree Nets 11 Months Jail
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015
November 11, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:24 PM :: 3125 Views
  1. Lying, Cheating, Stealing, Bribery—Na’i Aupuni Makes it all Legal
  2. Full Text: State, Feds Defend Nai Aupuni Election Before 9th Circuit Court
  3. Political Correctness Jumps Shark? -- “Hey Hey Ho Ho Reporters Have Got to Go!”
  4. Congress asks Hawaii Health Exchange where the money went
  5. NextEra ‘Clean’ Energy:  $30 Billion in Rate Hikes Coming
  6. Hawaii businessman Duane Kurisu plans homeless village in Honolulu
  7. “We want to end homelessness for our veterans by Dec. 31”
  8. Hawaii’s Veterans Are Among Top Earners
  9. Sierra Club: We Will Destroy Lanes, Create More Traffic Jams
  10. Astronomer is Top Honolulu STEM Job
  11. Hawaii's dairy farms on life support
  12. Kauai Complains About High Airfares—Miss the Superferry Yet?
  13. Anti-Pesticide Activist Dr. Lorrin Pang Dengue Fever Interview
  14. Bill would allow sponsorship of city facilities
  15. Honolulu Parking Spaces for $100K?
  16. Can the Hawaii Republican Party win new seats in 2016?
  17. Takai resting after cancer surgery
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Tuesday, November 10, 2015
November 10, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:50 PM :: 3323 Views
  1. HART Math – When 1 + 1 Doesn’t Equal 2
  2. Poll: 62% Support Telescope Construction--TMT to Re-Start Site Work
  3. Nai Aupuni: Two Candidates Misplaced, and Another Quits the Race
  4. Obamacare Covers 2.6% of Hawaii Insured
  5. Hawaii Most Expensive State to Raise a Family
  6. Rail in ethical limbo--The Fix is In
  7. Caldwell: Don't Cap HART Expenses
  8. Questions go unanswered as wider impact of Caldwell's August sewage spill revealed
  9. Hawaii GOP seeking election turnaround
  10. Priced out of Paradise: As housing inventory drops, rental rates go up
  11. State pension fund down 6%
  12. HECO 'Time of Use' Rates offer 9% Discount to Schools
  13. No Tenant's Union in Hawaii
  14. Will Hawaii Dump Failed Medical Licensing System and Join Interstate Compact?
  15. Woman: Peter Boy's Father Molested Me When I was 11
  16. Homosexual Gets Life Sentence for Murdering, Dismembering Sex Partner
  17. Dirty Cop Among 55 federal prisoners Released Early in Hawaii
  18. Understaffing causing more city problems
  19. 27 Cases of Dengue on Big Island
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Monday, November 9, 2015
November 9, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:50 PM :: 3424 Views
  1. Hawaii Receives D+ Grade on Corruption
  2. Two Down, Six to Go: Candidates Still Refuse to Donate Hee's Stolen Contributions to Charity
  3. Residency: Senator Galuteria Tangled in Lies?
  4. Biofuel Shell Game: How Giant Diesel Plant Became part of Hawaii's 'Clean' Energy Future
  5. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted November 9, 2015
  6. Hawaii Ends Expensive Net Metering Scheme
  7. New Data Shows Veterans Treatment Court Surge
  8. Best Cities for Veterans—Honolulu Ranks 44th
  9. Self-Dealing: HART Board Selects Law Firm Directed by HART Board Member
  10. Housing First Gets 173 Homeless into Apartments--Only One Returns to Street
  11. So You Say You Want To End The Housing Crisis?
  12. LNG is Hawaii's best bet to hedge rising fuel costs, former regulator says
  13. OHA a 'Sad Soap Opera'
  14. Fake Indian Tribe Can Take Over DHHL
  15. Oxycontin: How Pill-Pushing Doctor Thrived in Hawaii
  16. Police Sex Misconduct, Minus Hawaii
  17. New H-1 roadwork already falling apart
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Sunday, November 8, 2015
November 8, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:30 PM :: 4871 Views
  1. UHERO: Research Driven Energy Policy
  2. What Does "Waikiki" Mean? - Variances, Safety Valves, And A "Hawaiian Sense Of Place"
  3. WaPo: How transportation became the latest victim of America’s culture wars
  4. Asia, Europe look at Jones Act
  5. The Shaky Future of Bonus Depreciation
  6. Hawaii Welcomes Doctors Who Lost their Medical Licenses Elsewhere
  7. State's Unspent federal grants Exceed $700M
  8. Nago: With Vote by Mail Counting Can be Done Ahead of Time
  9. Video Exposes Caldwell Hypocrisy on Homeless Emergency
  10. Kakaako Sweep Forces Homeless Family to Accept Shelter
  11. $422 to Hilo: Inter Island Rates Soar under Monopoly
  12. In spite of Hype, UH Unable to Find More Rapes
  13. Stock Market Doubts NextEra Merger Will Go Thru
  14. Bill to restrict commercial activities now a flash point for wedding photographers
  15. Veterans Day Parades
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Saturday, November 7, 2015
November 7, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:43 PM :: 3945 Views
  1. McKelvey Pleads Guilty to Campaign Spending Violations
  2. Reporters threatened by campus security at public meeting at UH Hilo
  3. On Keystone: The President Has Thrown Working People Under the Bus of His Legacy
  4. Which Counties Benefit Most From Earned Income Tax Credit?
  5. Hilo Veterans Parade Saturday
  6. Obamacare: Re-enrollment of 30,000+ individuals by February unrealistic, Hawaii Health Connector Director Flees State
  7. Obama Admin Orders Schools to Let Trannies into Girls' Locker Rooms
  8. Churches extend helping hand to Hawaii's homeless
  9. 66,000 Oahu Hosing Units Needed to Satisfy Demand
  10. Jaylin Kema appears in court, Peter Kema Sr. released pending investigation
  11. HPD officer indicted for conspiracy, trafficking of motor vehicles
  12. Dengue Hits 23 on Big Island, Mass Pesticide Spraying in Honaunau, Hookena
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Friday, November 6, 2015
November 6, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:44 PM :: 4390 Views
  1. McDermott: Get the Politicians out of School Construction
  2. Ige Seeking Applicants for 185 Boards and Commissions
  3. Video: Russia Greets 'Hawaii Comrade Lanny Sinkin'
  4. Ward, Oshiro: 10 things you need to know about Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
  5. Hawaii Gets 'C' on March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card
  6. With Horizon Gone, Matson Profits Soar
  7. Auditor: Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund not used for established purpose
  8. Franklin Graham Prayer Rally Coming to Honolulu
  9. Council: Grabauskas Must Go for HART to get Rail Tax Money
  10. Authorities ‘very close’ to indictment in ‘Peter Boy’ Kema case
  11. Hawaii Sen. Brickwood Galuteria Still Not Off The Hook On Residency Question
  12. Former PUC chair Morita--Latest to Come out in favor of NextEra Energy-Hawaiian Electric sale
  13. At the Legislature, HECO loses some of its influence
  14. Hawaiian Electric Understated Cash Flow by $110M
  15. Evaluation of their teachers gives isle students their say
  16. Homeless Need Psychiatric Help
  17. Anti-GMO Activist on County Manager Committee After Declaring Candidacy for Mayor a Joke
  18. DLNR chief passes buck on protection of TMT contractors
  19. Kauai GMO 'Joint Fact-Finding Group' Enters Final Phase
  20. First two Mauna Kea protesters convicted, sentenced
  21. At the state's largest public school, overcrowding and no relief in sight
  22. Police investigate illicit Maui kitchen charged to taxpayers
  23. City Having a hard time Filling UPW Positions
  24. Senate panel votes approval of a trio of judicial nominees
  25. Soft on Crime: 70 Priors Out on Street Doing it Again
  26. Sen. Breene Harimoto back on job after battling pancreatic cancer
  27. Dengue: 19 on Big Island, One on Oahu
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Thursday, November 5, 2015
November 5, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:11 PM :: 3096 Views
  1. Stop Nai Aupuni: Urgent Motion for Injunction with Ninth Circuit
  2. 32 Candidates on Payroll: Na'i Aupuni's Privileged Class
  3. ACLU Back in Court Trying to Keep the Homeless out of Shelters
  4. Affordable Housing Fund Skimmed by State 
  5. Star-Adv Thrilled by Wahiawa's Willingness to Build Massive Homeless Tent City
  6. Hawaii County seeks alternatives to jailing mentally ill
  7. Drug Treatment Diversion Program Still not Implemented
  8. Since Maui County Keeps Electing Republican Mayors, anti-GMO Democrats Push for County Manager
  9. Kauai Parents Picket School Because Principal Won't Make Excuses for Failure
  10. Anti-Pesticide Group Engaged in Illegal Lobbying
  11. Dengue Fever Concerns Close Hookena Beach Park, Case Count Now 15
  12. Caldwell's Bungled RFP Sidelines LED Streetlights
  13. Ala Moana Contractors Given Advance Warning of DLIR Inspection
  14. Waianae: 27% of Students 'Chronic Absentees'
  15. 'Peter Boy' Kema's parents arrested on weapons, drug charges
  16. Peter Apo: Our Trauma
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Wednesday, November 4, 2015
November 4, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:03 PM :: 4728 Views
  1. Nai Aupuni: Please Vote Only Once
  2. Nai Aupuni: Walter Ritte, Scott Parker Still on Ballot After Quitting Race
  3. Best Small Cities? Hawaii Towns Near Bottom of Long List
  4. Video: Why Privatize State Hospitals?
  5. UH Manoa graduation rates up
  6. Hawaii Is the State with the Smallest Weight Problems
  7. The Unaffordable Care Act
  8. Cancelled: OIP Shuts Down Un-Ethical 'Fire Totto' Meeting
  9. Could the Hawaii State Senate go 100% blue in 2016?
  10. Election Officials Use Their Own Incompetence to Push Vote-by Mail
  11. Attorney--Taxes Cause Poor to Become Homeless under Public Housing Formula
  12. Fake Hawaiian Indian Tribe Will be Site of Next Homeless Tent City
  13. Will 'Aha Collapse for Lack of Support?
  14. Dengue Fever 'Could be Here to Stay' Thanks to Anti-Pesticide Activists
  15. Teachers Walk out Because Principal Refuses to make Excuses for Failure
  16. DOE: Student absenteeism rose in first quarter of school year
  17. Transparency Amendments Proposed for Honolulu City Charter
  18. City water utility latest to fall in line behind NextEra’s HEI deal
  19. Rooftop Solar on Trial
  20. Hawaii's clean energy financing program doles out 150 applications
  21. Maui Liquor Commission Secretly Hires Director Twice
  22. Rep. Takai has Cancer, will undergo surgery 
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Tuesday, November 3, 2015
November 3, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:51 PM :: 4948 Views
  1. Political Correctness Has Peaked
  2. Another Candidate Withdraws from Nai Aupuni Election
  3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted November 2, 2015
  4. APA: Homosexual Rape of Military Personnel 15 Times Higher Than Reported
  5. EUTF: Zombie Pension paid to Dead Man for 20 years, no Prosecution
  6. “It seems to be fixed" -- More Candidates Withdraw from Nai Aupuni
  7. Hawaii Obamacare Reenrollment Falling Apart After Just Two Days
  8. Ethics? Bogus Star-Adv Story Used to Turn Opinion Against Ethics Enforcement
  9. Fake Indian Tribe: 'Mahalo to Radicals, now get out of our way'
  10. $55M for Hawaiian homes still not spent
  11. Care Homes Not Subject to Surprise Inspection
  12. How much does UH lose by firing Norm Chow? -- $325K plus
  13. UH paid $1.4M to design West Oahu building, then $2.5M to re-design it
  14. Homelessness Industry: Follow the Money
  15. Honolulu Takes "Most Overpriced City" Title
  16. Property Tax Cap for Kauai? 
  17. Hawaii Homes Become Affordable when Land Cost factored Out
  18. ‘Ghost 911 Calls’ Are A Growing Problem
  19. Moped rider sues city over bike track berms
  20. Former Kaiser High principal asks for named to be cleared
  21. Obama Ignores Hawaii's Useless Congressional Delegation
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Monday, November 2, 2015
November 2, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:08 PM :: 3359 Views
  1. Final Interior Dep't Rule Allows OHA Hawaiians to Steal Land from DHHL Hawaiians
  2. Study: High Costs Make Hawaii second-worst for entrepreneurs
  3. TTIP: Europe to Negotiate for Jones Act Reform?
  4. BBC: Upcoming election highlights deep disagreement between native Hawaiians
  5. Star-Adv Pushes Massive Tax Hike on Vacation Rentals
  6. Kondo to Spot Check Grifting Legislators
  7. Honolulu Charter Comm. Considers Easing Public Records Access
  8. Strive HI System for Driving up Test Scores
  9. 700 Kids to Be Booted from Preschool Because Hawaii Congressional Delegation is a Joke
  10. Chasing Vaporware: Ige Still Sure Battery Technology Breakthrough is 'Right Around the Corner' 
  11. Charities Help People Teetering on Edge of Homelessness
  12. Hawaii Co Councilmembers are Dead Weight, Should be Reduced 50%
  13. 1,400 ‘Gang’ cesspools still in use despite longtime EPA ban

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Sunday, November 1, 2015
November 1, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:22 PM :: 3217 Views
  1. Nai Aupuni Lets Candidates on Ballot With Fraudulent Registration
  2. 40,000 Hawaii Obamacare Enrollees Have to Start All Over with Feds
  3. Taxing & Regulating Small Business to Death: Hawaii's Business Climate
  4. 63% of Americans Blame Mental Health—Not Guns—for Mass Shootings
  5. Cost of Rail: $16K for Family of Four, Highest in USA
  6. Ige Admin: OHA Should Have Mauna Kea Rent Money by Year's End
  7. Ballots go out for Tribal election
  8. Norm Chow Next in Line for Giant UH Payout 
  9. Robbie Alm Running Ige Admin Policy on NextEra, Mauna Kea, Maui Memorial
  10. A festering pig carcass, false promises and coach buyouts
  11. Schatz is mobilizing in support of Clinton
  12. Hawaii State Hospital Filled by Criminals Faking Mental Illness
  13. Learn more from teacher evaluations
  14. Hawaii One of Only Six States Which do not Decertify Police Officers for Wrongdoing
  15. With homeless gone, visitors return to Kakaako children’s center
  16. Burning safe, more environmentally sound than 'green harvesting' cane
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