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Tuesday, September 16, 2014 September 16, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:08 PM :: 4360 Views VIDEO: Paradise Lost Thanks to Ige and Abercrombie No Option: All Hawaii Obamacare Plans Cover Abortion Obama Admin: ACA Bans Use of Federal Funds for Abortion Veterans in Politics Announces Campaign Endorsements Hawaii Prison Population Drops 5% 100% renewable energy goal Will Drive Your Electric Bill Higher Hawaii economist says Honolulu rail agency 'shuffling the deck chairs' to pay for rail stations "Who has the more reliable and engaged voters?" Ige Seeks Campaign Cash in Washington, D.C. Pre-K Amendment on the Agenda at Community Meetings  Whole Foods' Anti-GMO Swindle Court ruling allows county to print ballots Another Anti-GMO Lie Bites the Dust Flawed Anti-GMO Ordinance Costs Kauai County $222,750 Will Housing First pay for Itself? Counties to Lobby State for Massive GE Tax Hike Former welfare supervisor accused of stealing benefits UHWO Pushed Rail Off Campus Hot weather fuels battle for cool classrooms Benefits of oil and gas to Hawaii Read More..

Monday, September 15, 2014 September 15, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:43 PM :: 4802 Views Hawaii 2nd Most Unfair Tax System in USA Federal Court Upholds the Free Market on Kauai Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted September 15, 2014 Senate Candidate Lethem Slams Kaka’ako Parking Scam Hawaii Among Final Four in Obama Library Competition Aiona is Only Candidate Supporting Private Preschool RTTT Pt 2? -- Hawaii  Grabs for Federal Preschool Development Grant Activists Demand Homeless be Kept on Display The left’s homeless pingpong Obama's Inequality Society Hurts GE Tax Revenues Hawaii TANF Enrollment Up 85% During Recession Obamacare’s Abortion Shell Game Housing $900M Less Affordable--Cost of Proposed DoH Cesspool Regs Three Candidates, Three Views on Future of Fast-Growing Kakaako Maui News: Leave Ludicrous Anti-GMO Initiative on Ballot Junk: Netherlands Returns Trains to Ansaldo Puna lava flow now within tenth of a mile of Kaohe Homesteads subdivision Read More..

Sunday, September 14, 2014 September 14, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:02 PM :: 4557 Views Rasmussen Poll: Ige 40, Aiona 39, Mufi 14 Meet the California Oilman Behind Brian Schatz USA Today: Make Less Than $122K? You're Uncomfortable in Hawaii Timing Isn't Everything, It's the Only Thing Djou vs Takai on Akaka Tribe Bills would benefit the city, but also help the homeless Doctors Flee Hawaii As Pay is Cut Common Core, RTTT: Foundation for Better Schools? MECO: $700M Undersea Cable Worth Only $60-175M Police shootings prompt questions Star-Adv: Council should back mayor's affordable housing plan Kauai: Luxury Resort Owner Continues to Harass Dairy Farm As Lava Approaches, Puna Insurance is Cancelled Read More..

Saturday, September 13, 2014 September 13, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:42 PM :: 3410 Views Hawaii lawmakers may ease access to marijuana Obama Finally Gets Around to Declaring Iselle Disaster JSC Lists Nominees for First, Third Circuit Courts Tuna Monument: Faleomavaega out in the Cold Again The New Post-Inouye/Abercrombie Era in Hawaii Politics UH president faces First-Ever censure over controversial firing of Manoa leader HMSA Plans Medicare Advantage Rate Hikes Sand Island Homeless Center to be in Fabric Building? HPD chief meets with lawmakers over assault video Hawaii Ranks #1 in Senior Pedestrian Fatalities Read More..

Friday, September 12, 2014 September 12, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:33 PM :: 4480 Views POLL: Ige 36% - Aiona 35% Aiona Commits to Eleven Gubernatorial Forums, Debates Sabato: Party Label is Ige's Most Important Attribute Hawaii Families Work Harder To Cope With Rising Costs DLIR Retakes Occupational Safety Job from OSHA Legislative Report Debunks Homeless Tent City Jobs?  Kakaako? Early Education? Ige Campaign Has Nothing for Abercrombie Supporters AARP Survey: Seniors Rate Housing, Healthcare Top Issues Confidence of rail finishing on time drops, Federal risk report shows HART: Will Ansaldo Go Away? Framing the problem: Honolulu government does not understand Housing First Caldwell's affordable-housing plan seen as a good first step by Council members Par Petroleum not closing Hawaii refinery--CEO Honolulu Council Pushes BioDiesel for The Bus Judge Orders New Title for Anti-GMO Maui Voter Initiative GMO: Where's the Middle Ground on Kauai? New video of fight between HPD Officer & girlfriend before violent attack Union: Hawaii cop should not be charged for accidental discharge Puna Will Finally Get Two New Access Roads Islamist Terror: Gabbard seeks suspension of visa-free travel for Europeans Read More..

Thursday, September 11, 2014 September 11, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:15 PM :: 3797 Views Full Text: Obama Declares War on Islamic State Djou: Combat Isis, Support the President Brickwood Galuteria: Tool of Special Interests Hawaii Schools Make Big Progress Says US Chamber of Commerce Remembering Hawaii’s 9/11 victims Takai Too Busy on Mainland Fundraising to Comment on Obama ISIS Speech Schatz, Hirono Vote to Gut First Amendment Hidden Super PAC Money Comes to Light in Campaign Spending Reports Sand Island Oceanfront Tent City a Rehash of Failed idea from 1980s Honolulu City Council Votes to Ban Sitting, Lying on Waikiki Sidewalks Council Votes to Ban Biodegradable Bags Caldwell advocates for a change in the calculation of who could buy the homes After Jacking up Property Taxes, Kauai Council offers Minimal 'Relief' WaPo: Hawaii's Glitchy Health Exchange Makes for Unhealthy Insurance Pool GQ Magazine: Homosexuals Rape 38 Servicemen Every Day Lawsuit filed to block anti-GMO initiative on Nov. 4 ballot Anti-Geothermal Activists Cheer Lava Flow Martinez Fined $1,505 for Campaign Spending Violations Drug Dealer Demands Marijuana Dispensaries Woman's assault by HPD officer costs him badge, gun Substitute teachers frustrated by new call system Hawaii schools report false billing of text books sales Read More..

Wednesday, September 10, 2014 September 10, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:07 PM :: 4242 Views Rail Opening Delayed One Year as Budget Busting Bids Tossed Out Auditor: Water Board Cannot Justify Monthly Billing Charge Keep the Poor Doped Up: Feds OK EBT Cards at Marijuana Dispensaries The Abercrombie-Ige Agenda Isn't Working: The Cost Of Living In Hawaii The Abercrombie-Ige Agenda Isn't Working: Housing Prices Soar, Burdening Family Budgets It's Official: Faleomavaega in the Race County of Hawai‘i Faces First Amendment Lawsuit Challenging Panhandling Laws Rep. Tulsi Gabbard: Unlawful Release of Muslim Terrorist Leaders Could Endanger U.S. National Security Djou Talks Balanced Budget -- Takai Skips Candidate Forums $357M Vanishes from HART Contingency Fund? Feds: ‘Aggressive Cost Containment’ Needed for Rail Project OHA Hawaiian Registry = Kanaiolowalu Governing: Hawaii Governor's Race a Tossup Return of the Blue State Republican Governor? Politico: Hanabusa, Abercrombie Biggest Losers in USA Will Kauai Property Taxes be Cut Back? A year after molasses spill, damage estimates are still secret Accusations of abuse, negligence, poor conditions against state animal quarantine Debate starts over ballot initiative supporting funds for private preschools DoE's Billion Dollar Solar Scheme Begins Construction Pesticide Facts and Fears UH Students Reject Administration Advice: Sustainability Does Not Equal 300% Tax Increase  Marijuana facilities would be magnets for crime HPD Debunks Medical Marijuana Claims Read More..

Tuesday, September 9, 2014 September 9, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:14 PM :: 3973 Views The Abercrombie-Ige Agenda Isn't Working: High Cost Of Living Leads To Doctor Shortage, Wait Times Caldwell Blocks off Two Lanes of King Street, Installs Bicycle 'Conflict Zone' Nine Years of Inverse Condemnation Djou: Exempt Hawaii from Obamacare, Jones Act French Frigate Shoals Superfund Site? Anti-Plastic Hysteria Reaches New High HART loses Another $75.4 million in construction delays Abercrombie Gave the Unions Everything, and Rail Just isn't Boosting the Economy Big Wind: How Could So Many be So Wrong for So Long? Farmers Fight Back Against Anti-GMO Activists Anti-GMO Activist: We Want Massive Tax Hike on Working Ag Lands Hawaii County Organic Farmers Fall Short in Bid for Tax Cut Honolulu Property Tax Hike Averaged $4157.43 per House City to hold public meeting on proposed Sand Island Housing First Center Legislative Report Criticizes Homeless Tent City Scheme $500M Contract to Demolish, Rebuild at Mayor Wright UH Manoa Ranks 168th in US Cancer Center Leaders Defend Michele Carbone Star-Adv: Obamacare Worsens physician shortage Cooking Books? Head of Hawaii VA Claims Wait Times Improved, Veterans Disagree Hawaii Big on Male Teachers Gabbard Votes to Condemn Obama Bergdahl Deal Read More..

Monday, September 8, 2014 September 8, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:53 PM :: 4701 Views Islamic Gulen Cult Pours Money into Takai Campaign Marijuana Task Force Releases Report Aimed at 2015 Legislative Session DePledge: Aiona vows to win trust of electorate, renew respect ILind: Time to Say a few Nice Words About Duke Djou: The Courage to Fight for our Future McDermott's Challenger to be Hit for Campaign Spending Violations Star-Adv 'Sheltered Life' Special Project on Homelessness Maui County Measure a ‘Farming Ban’ Star-Adv: Parents Should Opt in to Gay Sex Education Waimanalo Killing: Another Failure of Mental Health Care System? Proposed Sand Island homeless camp was an ash and municipal solid waste dump for 65 years Lava Emergency May Finally Get Puna Access Roads Built Read More..

Sunday, September 7, 2014 September 7, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:09 PM :: 3891 Views Hawaii LNG Shipping Options Is HOPE Probation Creating a False Sense of Hope? Reports of Hawaii's Climate Death are Greatly Exaggerated State-Provided Targeted Benefits: Help or Harm? Mayor’s Remembrance Walk to be held on Sept. 7 Borreca: Duke Aiona Leads on Energy Self-Sufficiency while HECO Fumbles Hanabusa Preparing for 2016 Rematch RNC invests in Hawaii Republicans 9th Circuit gets Gayest possible panel to Undermine marriage Star-Adv: Sand Island Tent City Needs Dedicated Police Patrol New transit companies pose risk to consumer protection and safety Hagel orders agency conducting MIA searches to be reorganized Read More..

Saturday, September 6, 2014 September 6, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:49 PM :: 4553 Views LA, TN, NV, HI Decisions: States May Uphold Traditional Marriage OHA Finally Gets Around to Announcing Roll Reopening--Takes Aim at Hawaiian Registry Program CNHA-OHA Backroom Deal to Control ‘Nation Building’? HECO Prepares to Disconnect Unapproved Solar Systems Governor candidates claim they can be independent from union supporters After Joining Queens, Kamuela Hospital in the Black, Recruiting MDs Doctor Shortage: Coverage Does not Equal Care Class-action suit accuses state of denying treatments for autism Homeless 88-year-old veteran a Housing First success story State Leases City Land for Sand Island Homeless Tent City Low funds idle Hawaii Army National Guard units GEMS: State to Fund $150M in Subprime Mortgages Manoa Rapist Sues State for Parole Read More..

Friday, September 5, 2014 September 5, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:39 PM :: 4854 Views The Ige-Abercrombie Agenda Isn't Working: Economy Again Falls Short Of Expectations Controversial sex education program reinstated in Hawaii public schools DoE: Pono Choices is Back for 2014-15 School Year Hawaii County Proclaims State Of Emergency Related To Lava Flow Refinery Switch: HECO Dumps Par Petroleum for Chevron VIDEO: 'Biblical' Spawning Event on Hawaii Reefs Hawaii Scores B+ in Government Technology Dreamhammer: Keeping Hawaii’s Drones Under Control Honolulu Grants-in-Aid Workshops Set Aiona proposes early college education initiative for Hawaii students Aiona: ‘People want hope, they want change’ Abercrombie casts around for somebody else to blame 2015 Senate Power Preview HMSA Chief: If Congressional Delegation Steps Up, Hawaii Can Get Obamacare Waiver Right Now Development Scheme Behind Kauai GMO Tax? GMOs: Farmers vs Organic Profiteers Hawaii is too small to be an energy innovator, expert says US oil refiners and marketers want Jones Act changes…but Capitol Hill doesn’t Hawaii Is a State. Can It Be a Country, Too? 32 states ask Supreme Court to settle gay marriage Accused Homosexual Child Molester Denies Charges Local Restaurant Loses out to Prostitution, Gambling Lazy Mazie Enjoys First Class Taxpayer-Funded Junket to Africa Kona: Federal Strategy to 'Affect Land Use' Behind Water Grab Hawaii County to Seek US CDC Help with Punatic Anxiety Symptoms One Homeless Dude Racks Up Numerous Arrests, Court dates Read More..

Thursday, September 4, 2014 September 4, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:17 PM :: 4188 Views Hughes Corp. Fails to Wheedle Out of Affordable Housing Requirement Wong, Dwyer, Namuo: Betray for Pay In Hawaii, Your Housing Dollar Worth Less Than 63 Cents Research Institute for Hawaii USA Hit With $843K Fine The State of Obesity in Hawaii Mufi Pulls Union Support Away from Ige State DoH Should Support Housing First Unfair property tax hike another case of poor city planning Hawaii Just Did What No Other State Would for GMOs Much of the current debate about food and agriculture in this country is elitist Settlement reached in dental tragedy case regarding 3 year old girl Alleged Homosexual Child Molester Attacks Boy at Kanoelani Elem School Break the cycle of absenteeism Big Island lava within one mile of closest subdivision Solar, Wind Contractors Line up to Protest HECO Plan Acting UH Manoa chancellor to relax hiring freeze Hughes Claims Innocence 54.6% of Voters Voted in 1998 Republican Primary Read More..

Wednesday, September 3, 2014 September 3, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:40 PM :: 4545 Views GE Tax: Will Cost Overruns Lead to New Rail Showdown? Teachers in Honolulu Lowest Adjusted Salary in USA HIRA 2014 Legislative Scorecard State Releases Premium Comparison for ACA Small Group Plans Aiona says he'd perform same-sex marriage if asked Akina Stands Out OHA: Waihee, Trask Bought n Paid for by Geothermal Money Road to reform begins for DHHL Wahiawa would be hurt by Army's proposed cutbacks 20 HHSC Employees Laid off on Kauai (Sort of) (Again) Maui hospitals exec hopes public-private partnership can avert future layoffs Pauahi Hale to be Housing First Location Nixing Kauai’s Anti-GMO Ordinance Was Good for Hawaii Wisdom Spreads: Hawaii Anti-GMO Ruling Becomes Precedent in Vermont Court Diver Defending Himself Against Anti-Aquarium Activists Howard Hughes Withdraws Petition to Provide Fewer Affordable Units in Kakaako Transit authority spends $223,000 on time-lapse cameras DPP Waives 85% of Fines As Lava Approaches, Punatics Fight over Bogus Geothermal Health Hype Public can comment on medical marijuana dispensaries next week Matson molasses spill: One year later No Lawsuit, No Fine School Custodian Arrested for Alleged Child Molestation Read More..

Tuesday, September 2, 2014 September 2, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:15 PM :: 4735 Views Ige Pushed $791M GE Tax Hike in Face of Protests HGEA, Legislature Force More State Employees into Union UHPA Approves Abercrombie $32M Gift Contract with 99% 'Yes' Vote Hawaii deemed ‘sinkhole’ state by fiscal watchdog for pension debt HGEA Endorses Mr Anonymous Pushover for Gov National Democrats are worrying about Losing in Hawaii Abercrombie the Martyr--Like Bonhoeffer (LOL!) Interisland cable also lost in latest primary election Should Kakaako development be handled by the city? Gubernatorial candidates disagree Star-Adv: HCDA should revisit 'affordable' policy TOD: Caldwell Plans Big Developer Giveaway in Kalihi MECO signs agreement to buy liquefied natural gas Hawaii Counties Prepare for Another Battle over Hotel Tax Revenue Working 174 hours a week? Chronic absences lower test scores Common Core in Hawaii Three Gay Activist Judges Appointed to Review Hawaii Gay Marriage Case Read More..

Monday, September 1, 2014 September 1, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:31 PM :: 3529 Views At First, Takai Voted FOR the Pension Tax 'Every Time' 1,500 Farmers, Ranchers Organize to Save Maui from Farming Ban Kauai Tries to Pick up the Pieces after Anti-GMO Hurricane Blows itself out Refiners seek Jones Act workarounds as crude export debate heats up Honolulu Ranks #10 in List of Hardest-working Cities Emancipated farmworkers till Kunia land Don't change new abuse law Read More..

Sunday, August 31, 2014 August 31, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:14 PM :: 4028 Views Pension Tax: How Did Your Legislator Vote? More than 5,000 Testify on Federal Recognition Report: These Five States Have Highest Liability Per Taxpayer Tuna Monument: Faleomavaega Slow on the Draw Mauna Kea Audit: UH Lacks Critical Rules REIT – A New Kind of Tax Shelter? Democrats’ disarray opens wide opportunity for GOP Ward: Ige Not the Frontrunner Temperamental Candidates Lose Big Housing First Readies to Take 110 Off Streets Task force proposes reforms to DHHL program Why Homes Cost So Much in Hawaii Star-Adv: HECO Should Give More Money to Solar, Wind Contractors Geothermal plant weathered storm just fine Hawaii Gets Less for Tourism Promotion Buck than ... Indiana Recycling Sends Junk on Long Voyages Read More..

Saturday, August 30, 2014 August 30, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:05 PM :: 4321 Views Kanaiolowalu Roll Quietly Reopened Last Week Audit: Honolulu Motor Vehicle Division Does Not Care About Long Lines Video: Steering Hawaii Through Rough Waters OCCC Escape: Possible Staff Misconduct, Hole in Ceiling To Undermine Ige, Abercrombie Now Blames Gay Marriage, Republicans for Primary Loss Takai Prefers 'Non-Military' Option for Headchopping Islamic State Ige Has Least Money of all Candidates State House can intervene in Calvin Say residency challenge The impact of ultra-luxury but empty condominiums Another property Tax Hike for Kauai Kulani Just Reopened--Already Closing Due to Staff Shortages Community reacts to Sand Island homeless shelter proposal Deedy to face third trial in September 2015 Read More..

Friday, August 29, 2014 August 29, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:36 PM :: 6051 Views DCCA: Ige Business 'Not in Good Standing' Sai: Wong, Dwyer, Namuo Rake in Millions from Kanaiolowalu Supreme Court Dismisses All Three Puna Election Challenges FEMA: Iselle Not Severe Enough for Disaster Declaration--State to Appeal FEMA Rejection Shows Lack of Leadership by Schatz Djou: America Must Build Coherent Strategy to Deal With Islamic State Aloha Chancellor Apple Rally Today Remind me again: Who wants GMO labeling? RAILROADED: Rail construction Could put Small businesses out of business Waihee: Without Abercrombie, Takai, Ige Will Lose Hawaii Farmers Push Back Against Utopian Extremists Star-Adv: Anti-GMO Measures Fail Common Sense Test Abercrombie Didn't Claim Enough Damage to Get Federal Disaster Declaration Native Hawaiian Roll Reopens? Bills relating to getting homeless off the street advance to full council Ember Shinn: "Sand Island Will not be a Tent City" Hospital Layoffs Shutter Mental Health Unit Souki Calls for Special Session on Hospital Layoffs HCDA Considers Request to Reduce Number of Affordable Units in Kakaako Hawaii deemed ‘sinkhole’ state by fiscal watchdog for pension debt 116% Kauai Tax Hikes 'Killing the Local People' Small business owners in jeopardy of being shut down by Honolulu rail project HECO Rate Hike Will Pay for Biomass at AES End of Hawaiian Electric Co.'s solar net energy metering inevitable, sources say 3 years after construction begins, Waialua school library still not open County says no conflict in hiring Wheelabrator rep TMT sublease appealed District challenge to former Hawaii House speaker heats up Taxi companies blast 'ride-sharing' outfits Read More..

Thursday, August 28, 2014 August 28, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:53 PM :: 4480 Views Voting Issues Scrutinized at Election Commission Meeting Eminent Domain: City Seizure of Protest Signs Illegal? Report: Hawaii Ranks in Top 6 States for Open Data Should OHA representatives be appointed? A Canoe Paddled by One Can’t Get Very Far The Problem with Ideology in Politics Abercrombie Appoints Three to LUC DLIR Snapshot of State's 662,150 Workers HTA: Arrivals, Spending Up Caldwell: TOD Bigger than Japanese Bubble HART: Next Contract $750M Plus Cost Overruns Hart considering smaller contracts in hopes of creating competition Here’s how we can move forward together on the GMO issue DoE Doesn't Notice 1/3 of Students Missing for a Year Judge quashes Souki subpoena in Say residency challenge Voter fraud alleged: Police to look into complaint against Puna council candidate Undersea power cable project not part of Hawaiian Electric's new plan Solar Scammers Angered by Plan to Lower Rates HECO $55 monthly fee offset by Lower Rates? Council Drops Move to ban Biobags, Styrofoam H Power $20M Worth of Garbage? Kauai Imposes $3.5M Garbage Tax City Unveils Plan to Make Traffic Worse by Closing Off Lanes Federal Judge Orders EEOC to Hold News Conference, Stop Lying Council panel advances bill to raise smoking age to 21 Hawaii ERS gains 17.4% for fiscal year Read More..

Wednesday, August 27, 2014 August 27, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:15 PM :: 4205 Views Hawaii Gubernatorial Candidates on the Jones Act HECO Submits Power Supply Improvement Plan Survey: 79% of UHM Faculty Disturbed by Apple Firing According To State, ACLU Complaint About Postponed Puna Primary Not An "Election Contest" Honolulu City Lights non-profit display application deadline is August 29 Gubernatorial Forum: Is Gay Marriage Behind Us? Aiona-Ahu Rally at Aloha Stadium Ige: I Was Behind the Billion Dollar Act 221 Debacle Hannemann Bids for Kakaako Developers' Support Gubernatorial Forum: Eliminating Government Waste Be a part of history—attend the Calvin Say residence hearings at Circuit Court Puna Voters Had Practical Problems, Not Legal Defects Kauai: Anti-GMO 'Fools' Set Environmental Policy Back 20 years Dairy Farmer Demands State Allow Him to Sell Milk for Less Kauai Property Taxes Jump 34% DPS: estimated one in three at OCCC is homeless Meth Hoarding: Homeless leave large amounts of trash behind at UH Manoa site EPlans Double Wait Time for Permits Bureaucracy Metastases: Hanauma Bay may be getting an oversight agency HD41 A Race to Watch Credit Union Was a 'Den of Thieves': Honolulu FBI Prison Guard loses legs in work-related incident, fights 5 Years for benefits Read More..

Tuesday, August 26, 2014 August 26, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:47 PM :: 3779 Views HRA: Hawaii Primary Results Positive for 2nd Amendment This Obama Administration Proposal Would Effectively Authorize Some Americans Seceding A Cautionary Saga: Judge Kurren Invalidates the Anti-GMO Ordinance 960 Chronic Absenteeism in Hawaii's public schools plummets 39 percent Hawaii commission opens investigation into election day debacles $48M Shortfall: HHSC Layoffs Begin September 2 Full Text: Nago's Report to Elections Commission Study: Hawaii 'Ban the Box' Law Reduces Crime Gubernatorial Race Anybody's Ballgame as Voters Demand Change Some Hawaii health plans may be subject to 'Cadillac tax' in 2018 Judge Kurren Liberates Kauai from Anti-GMO Nonsense, Hawaii Co Next Gary Hooser convinced them to put their faith in him, and his big gamble Math, Reading Scores Drop as Test Become Tougher Borreca Uses Nago's Poor Performance to Push Vote by Mail (again) Scammed by Solar Contractor, Man Blames HECO State defendants ask for dismissal of lawsuit over primary election HPOWER trash shortage Costs City $Millions 7 Month Wait reported for new building permits, costs balloon as projects sit idle Stricter abuse law criticized as excessive Read More..

Monday, August 25, 2014 August 25, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:04 PM :: 3286 Views Hawaii’s Papaya Growers Struggle in Hurricane Aftermath Hawaii Ranks #1 in Gender Equality Judge: Kauai genetically modified crop law invalid New Yorker Runs Complete Debunk of Anti-GMO Hypester Shiva Republican Lokahi Rally Brings Candidates to Kapiolani Park Storm drains state’s disaster fund UH Manoa Cash Balances Decline Precipitously HTA Cuts 2014 Tourism Projections Hawaii Has Fewest Concealed Carry Permits--Only 183 FEMA's Flood Zone reclassification affects 1,000 properties on Oahu Pflueger's sentencing in Ka loko dam breach case delayed a third time Tobacco Age Limit Would Also Affect Marijuana Read More..

Sunday, August 24, 2014 August 24, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:23 PM :: 4849 Views Grassroot Institute Posts Debate Video HOPE Probation: Judge Steven Alm Speaks at Heritage Foundation Event HART: Only 743 Local Jobs Created by Rail Work Redskins 1, American Samoa 0 Faleomavaega Coming Back to American Samoa for Election Season? Cutting Energy Costs: Methanol Beats LNG for Hawaii? ACLU sues for Hawaii Island residents to get second chance to vote "Not A Typical Election Contest" Filed Over Postponed Puna Primary Filing Close to Deadline? Get a Receipt! OHA Pays Mortgage Scammer Keanu Sai $95K Rush by city, not lawsuits, to blame for rail's expense Blue Planet Green Energy Scammers Demand More Ratepayer Money Fight to curb out-of-control living costs Farmers Throw Anti-GMO Activists Out of Iselle Recovery Meeting It’s a zoo for Lassner at UH, full of ducks and weasels Homeless: “They're drug addicts, alcohol bottles, trash everywhere. Pretty disgusting." No risk from steam release, DOH says Expanding marine national monument would harm U.S. and Hawaii fisheries Read More..

Saturday, August 23, 2014 August 23, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:14 PM :: 4576 Views Standing Room Only at Grassroot Gubernatorial Forum - Ige a No-Show Mufi, Duke: No Consensus Behind Kanaiolowalu Roll Sources: OHA to Fire Crabbe--Search Underway for New CEO Sutton Endorses Aiona-Ahu Ticket Media Hammers Ige for Skipping First Gubernatorial Forum Chief election officer grilled by commission, many call for his ousting Gabbard Too Busy for VA Hearing, Puna Relief? Lingle Joins Isle group rallying support for Israel Hawaii Driving Out Anti-Science "Haole Activists" In The Democratic Party Decoupling Drives Oahu electric bills up again Trask's Geothermal Hypocrisy: Activist turns entrepreneur and smells the $$$$ Biofuel isn't Green and City Wastes $2.3M on it The lawsuits pile on against makers of Natural Supplements Cop Cams for KPD? Sovereignty Mortgage Scammer Can't Even Keep his own Home Read More..

Friday, August 22, 2014 August 22, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:07 PM :: 4805 Views Ige Cancels: Will be only Candidate Missing from First Gubernatorial Forum Overlooking Wreckage, UH Regents Claim to Take Responsibilities Seriously Duncan Announces One Year Delay in Teacher Evaluations ACLU Lawsuit Challenges Puna Voting Hawaii Marine instills ‘Ohana spirit during Afghanistan deployment OHA Cronies Claim 2000 Statements of Support for Tribal Recognition Federal Recognition: What Happens Next? Hawaii Requests Presidential disaster declaration for Iselle Did Health Connector Sign Multi-Mullion Dollar Contract to Fix Website--or Not? Star-Adv: Time for Gubernatorial Candidates to get Specific on Health Connector Borreca: Kinder, gentler Mufi moves forward Race to the Top? Former DOE Chief Procurement Officer sues department Anti-GMO Activists Commit Massive Campaign Spending Violations Kauai Shivanized 'UH is broken' after Apple's firing Commission to discuss Hawaii primary election held day after tropical storm damaged Puna area Family Court judge wants to treat juvenile offenders before it's too late Child Molesters to Go Free?  Electronic enticement law challenged as unconstitutional, vague PUC Uses Hurricane Shutdown to Hide Secret Docket HART Considers Renewal of Grabauskas' Contract Hunger in Hawaii a growing problem Combat Gear Blurs Lines Between Cops and Military, in Ferguson and Hawaii Read More..

Thursday, August 21, 2014 August 21, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:43 PM :: 4535 Views It was 55 years ago today we added the 50th state Hawaii’s largest insurance provider pulls small business plans from health exchange Hawaii Gets Mixed Reviews on Policies to Prevent and Fight Cancer Saipan Gets better Representation than American Samoa Poll: 41% Aiona - 34% Ige - 15% Hannemann  Djou Has 3-1 Fundraising Lead State admits 2,079 tax bills bogus Prosecutor investigates police shootings independently Anti-Aquarium Obsessives Pleased by Abercrombie Defeat Election Review this Friday HMSA is first health plan to join Hawaii Health Information Exchange Rates Coming Down? HECO Inks LNG Deal in British Colombia Expectations high for HECO energy plan Unions to Host Superferry Conference Ex-Homeless Spills Beans: We Just Drank and Smoked Weed State revises upward its growth forecast Students, faculty call on regents to Fire Lassner, Reinstate Apple UH athletic director still expects a $1.48 million loss despite Lawsuit: Tranny Demands $300K After State Keeps Him out of Ladies Room Former Maui mayoral candidate Waikiki to be freed Affordable Housing: 50,000 units needed HEMA report shows 260 Big Island homes damaged in Iselle storm Organic Store 'Accidentally' Raised Prices as Iselle Approached New law toughens penalties for domestic violence — but is it right? Read More..

Wednesday, August 20, 2014 August 20, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:46 PM :: 6270 Views The Incompetence of HART: Cheapest Bid for 9 Stations Comes 75% Over Budget Yakuza? Triads? Technicalities Shred $50M Racketeering Suit Against Pro-Rail Hawaiian Stabilization Fund No Lawsuit: Hanabusa Calls for Legislative Investigation of Election, Does not Endorse Schatz ACT Score Report: Hawaii Students Least Ready for College Hawaii’s path to a constitutional republic Consuming Chemicals is a What We Do on a Daily Basis Death Threats from Anti-GMO Nuts Still Blogging A Year Later! Schatz wins U.S. Senate primary in political battle that divided Hawaii’s Democratic party Accountability: DoE Identifies Almost All Teachers as Effective City to Discuss Ala Moana TOD Plan DHS Fraud Investigator Allegedly Worked for TSA on State Time Abercrombie Cutout Marks Ige for Defeat by Aiona After Abercrombie Defeat, Feds Suddenly Allow Health Exchange Funding Extension Rail overbids force reappraisal Mililani Trask Falsifies Financial Disclosure Reports Trask: Energy costs rise, solar industry crashes, in Hawaii under Rep. Chris Lee's dismal legislative leadership Boylan: How The Real Abercrombie Was Hidden for 20 Years Spinning Out of Control: Some UH faculty call for no confidence vote after Apple's firing Hawaii School Board Members Unhappy as HSTA Continues to Chisel Away at Teacher Evaluations Hawaii DOE Proposes Saving Central Office Staff by Cutting $9.2M from Special Education Schmidt: Loosen Prepaid Health Care Requirements to Allow Bronze, Silver Plans Papayas Hard Hit: 60% of Hawaii Co Farm Production Wiped out by Iselle Big rise in Hawaii’s average wage is deceptive Hawaii Has Fewest Completed Foreclosures, Largest backlog DHS Fraud Investigator Allegedly Defrauds DHS Five Years Running  New HPD policy sounds like a quota Norks Promise to Nuke Hawaii, Guam Read More..

Tuesday, August 19, 2014 August 19, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:27 PM :: 5004 Views LAST DAY: How to Submit Your Comments on the Proposed Rule to Recognize a Native Hawaiian Government The Obama Administration’s Attempt to Balkanize Hawaii Hawaii Still a Debt "Sinkhole State" Not Red Hot: Hawaii Construction Employment Drops 1.4% Hawaii and U.S. Territories aim to increase fuel diversity with LNG imports In Hawaii $100.00 is Only Worth $85.32 Honolulu 214th Ranked City for First Time Home Buyers OHA Awards $1.5M to Charter Schools Gabbard: If Our Mission Isn’t to Take Out ISIS, ‘We’ve Got a Real Problem Here’ Nago Hid 800 Maui Ballots From Public for Two Days "Fire Nago" -- 2014 Edition Hee, Hanabusa, Abercrombie: Hawaii's 84-Year Nightmare Coming to an End Will Hanabusa Challenge Election Result? Many Anti-GMO Candidates Defeated in the Primary Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Forces Gay Marriage on HD50 Republicans Honolulu second-costliest city to raise kids 97.7% of public school teachers with "highly effective," "effective" ratings Kauai to Hike Timeshare Taxes? Ben Jay: UH football could be 'going away' Accidental self-inflicted gunshot kills HPD officer Lawyer Working Hard to Get Manoa Rapist Back out on the Streets D.R. Horton submits rezoning plans to Honolulu for 11,750-home Hoopili project Hawaii Co Employee Indicted on Embezzlement Rap Saving Cancer Research in Hawaii Means New Leadership Hawaii VA Short on Doctors Read More..

Monday, August 18, 2014 August 18, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:56 PM :: 3167 Views Hawaii Senate Primary Election Update: There's A Dem Nominee ... For Now? Cavasso: Hawaii Does Not Have Unlimited Funds to Prop Up Health Connector Maui County Report Shows Zero Glyphosate Djou, Takai gear up for Congressional showdown Tourism Industry Trades $500K for Homeless Vote Hawaii Legislature could be a considerably quieter place come January Hanabusa Preparing for Rematch in 2016 Caldwell Stocking Up For A Showdown Read More..

Sunday, August 17, 2014 August 17, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:25 PM :: 4165 Views Am Samoa Leaders Work Around Missing Delegate to Resist Obama's Tuna Monument Far-Left Ige Will Take Hawaii Further in Wrong Direction Iselle Emergency Proclamation Updated Flying High Duke Aiona talks strategy for the General Election Cayetano: Elections Run Incompetently Candidates could challenge primary election results Hanabusa Supporters Furious Puna: We've Already Been Forgotten Without Abercrombie, 'Huge changes' likely for troubled Obamacare exchange Kakaako, OHA, TOD: Gubernatorial Candidates need a plan for housing Pro-GMO a Winning Position for Legislative Candidates, Incumbents Lawsuit Against Kauai Dairy Threatens Prime Ag Land Statewide Resort's Attack on Dairy Farm Precautionary Principle Run Amok Accountability must accompany police power City: Only 10 Homeowners benefit from Council's Tax Relief DoTax Targets Small Businesses, Homeowners for Petty Harassment Ice Maker Shuts Doors to Force Arrest of Criminal Hurricane Relief Fund's purpose is for insurance and not actual relief aid John Carroll Continues Flacking for Mililani Trask Geothermal Scheme Read More..

Saturday, August 16, 2014 August 16, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:36 PM :: 5939 Views Nago Fiasco: 'Thousands Disenfranchised' Hanabusa May Challenge Results, Oshiro Talks Special Session Primary Results-- Full Printout -- Schatz Wins -- Ilagan Wins with 52% Papaya Crop Ruined: Anti-GMO Activists Cheer Hurricane Iselle Cavasso to Schatz: Mainland PACs Spent a Lot of Money Getting You Nominated, Lets Debate Hawaii and the USA: A Union Worth Celebrating Iselle: How to help HMSA Pulls Plans from Hawaii Obamacare Exchange Preposterous Grabauskas Claims Rail Cost Overruns Not His Fault, LOL! Hawaii undersea cable unlikely to get support if Ige or Hannemann elected governor Next governor must deal with Aloha Stadium issues Suit accuses UH Foundation exec of conflict of interest Not A Great Start For Lassner Asbestos Lawyers Buy Schatz Dirty Ernie Martin Sign Waving for Mayor Already Electricity: Hawaii Only State Left Where Oil is #1 Eviction letter expected by family of suspected robber Maoists, Rep Ing, Osorio Demand Deedy be Lynched Read More..

Friday, August 15, 2014 August 15, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:23 PM :: 4455 Views All Four Gubernatorial Candidates to Appear at Grassroot Institute Forum Aiona, Ahu, Djou, Cavasso -- Lokai Rally August 23 Hawaii Statehood: Tiny 1959 opposition was anti-Japanese, not anti-American Judge Rejects Lawsuit To Delay Puna Voting--Polls Open Fri 7AM Abercrombie Has Vested Interest in Quick Puna Vote Judge Nakamura: Puna Votes "Even if it is Unconstitutional" HI House leader ousted in election primary amid controversy Faleomavaega Skips Visit of Key House Committee to American Samoa Applicants Sought for the Hawaii Elections Commission DBEDT Releases New Edition of Hawaii Data Book Report: 14% of Hawaii HS Grads Leave State Within 12 Months "The Giver" -- Opens Today Oahu, Maui, Kona, Hilo Election Day in Puna: Area’s Voter Profile Bodes Well For Schatz Ige Could be Defeated by AWOL Democrat Voters Cook: Hawaii Governor's Race a Toss Up Incompetence Behind Latest Rail Cost Overruns Lassner to recommend languages dean as UH-Manoa interim chancellor Jury Finds Deedy Not Guilty of Murder Send feds opinions on sovereignty DOE Outsources Teacher Mentoring for $3.5 Million In Midst of Hurricane, Activists Whine About Geothermal 'Pollution' Public Utilities Commission seeks input on Demand Response Age 18-20? Honolulu Council Says Marijuana Yes, Tobacco No Read More..

Thursday, August 14, 2014 August 14, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:16 PM :: 4611 Views Pono Choices May Violate State, Federal Laws Too Soon? Lawsuit To Delay The Delayed Puna Precincts Primary Filed Cam Cavasso in Puna: There is no Difference Between Schatz, Hanabusa OHA focuses new attention on developing master plan for 30 acres in Kaka'ako Makai UPW Scores Massive Pay Hikes After Disrupting Honolulu Ambulance Service Hawaiians Punish Abercrombie for Federal Recognition Push GMOs: No Evidence or Logic Will Ever Be Considered by Those Who Don’t Value It Changing Hawaii – Fred Hemmings $144.5M Surprise: Honolulu rail stations' bid 75% higher than budgeted Ige had Primary won even before the campaign began Governor's Race? Hawaii 9th Most Likely to Change Parties Final Revenge: Abercrombie Claims he has Nothing to do With Friday Election No Paper Ballots for Puna Friday Vote Homeowners Have Until Sept 30 to Claim $33M Tax Rollback Verdict-less jury in Deedy retrial heads back to court $325M Damage: Papaya Farmers Hard Hit Golf Courses: The Dirty Secret of the Food Movement Big Green Losers on the Big Island Kauai County Wastes $175K on Anti-GMO Law Kauai County Considers 500% Garbage Tax Hike Rosegg Tried to Force Way into Life of the Land Feds to Investigate Hawaii Geothermal Potential Hawaii Lowest Sugary Soda Consumption in USA Arizona Appeals Court: 'Pregnant Man' (sic) can get a divorce Read More..

Wednesday, August 13, 2014 August 13, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:53 PM :: 3852 Views Sabato: Abercrombie Biggest Loser in History of 50 States Full Text: Hanabusa Letter Calls for Election Delay, Demands Louie Step Aside Issues To Watch In The Promised Lawsuit Challenging Hurricane Primary Activists, Hurricane Deal One-Two Punch to Hawaii Farmers Video: Hawaii National Guard Reaches Cut-off Puna Homes Puna to Pick Senator Obama Executive Order to Screen Unions, Federal Contractors for Labor Law Violations Support Aloha for Puna Fund A Republican Governor In Paradise? Charles Djou chats with Howard Dicus about his 2014 race for Congress Takai Support Comes from East Oahu, Kim West Oahu Hannemann Scores MegaBucks from Sweatshop Operator Republican Saiki calls on state to delay Friday's walk-in voting Schatz Thrilled by Decision to Vote Friday Hanabusa to File Suit Today House, Council Winners Pleased with Friday Election, Losers Displeased Nago Can't be Bothered With Ruderman Star-Adv: HPD transparency, oversight lacking Anti-GMO arguments based on fear, not facts Sovereignty Activists to Squeeze Kerry for Answer Tomorrow Non-Statehood Day Friday Big Isle papaya farmers' loss estimated at $53 million Military families vent as reports of botched vehicle shipments pile up No state pays smaller share of workers' health insurance Soft on Crime: Suspected Murderer Gets Off Easy on Theft Read More..

Tuesday, August 12, 2014 August 12, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:00 PM :: 3616 Views Anger Boils in Puna as Nago Changes Election Three Times in Three Days Kauai: Hundreds Demand Explanation for Massive Property Tax Hikes 2 PRP Candidates Win, 3 More Head to General Incumbent Hawaii governor out in historic upset It was 116 years ago today: The U.S. becomes a global power Hanabusa threatens to sue to block Friday's election Cam Cavasso: Schatz, Hanabusa So Similar Abercrombie Humiliated Is Kauai Pro-GMO? Primary Election Results Suggest So Real Estate Interests Behind Anti-GMO Activism Hawaii Highest Homelessness of Any State Iselle’s toll: An estimated 148 homes damaged State to hold meeting on new Oahu FEMA flood maps City to announce new contract for EMS workers Soft on Crime Policy Causes Death of Criminal Westfield State trustees at fault in Dobelle debacle Read More..

Monday, August 11, 2014 August 11, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:42 PM :: 3843 Views Djou: 86 Days to Create a Better Future Video: Free Press for a Free Society Is There Any Benefit to Plastic Bag Bans? VIDEO: Helicopter Overflight Shows 100s of Downed Trees in Puna Abercrombie Loses 48 of 51 Districts in Primary Sweep Gov’s ouster ups ante for new day Aiona: Primary Results Show Desire for Change Djou Accepts KITV Debate Invitation Abercrombie Talks About Himself Some More Hawaii Dems Move to the Suburbs Puna's Power: District’s voters to decide US Senate race Increase in Absentee Voting Parallels Decrease in Turnout Read More..

Sunday, August 10, 2014 August 10, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:08 PM :: 5180 Views Primary Results--Fifth Read The Law Behind Hawaii's Hurricane Senate Primary Election: Let The Games Begin! Akina in OHA Runoff Anti-GMO Candidates Lose Big Statewide Major storms hit Hawaii after lawmakers raid hurricane fund Video: Iselle Hits Mountains, Disintegrates Do We Really Want to Starve the Golden Goose? Iwase: Republicans are Smelling Blood Djou to Face Takai in CD1 Punatics in Two Closed Precincts Favor Schatz Clayton Hee goes 'Splat' Two or Three Legislative Incumbents Bite the Dust Anti-GMO Activists Baffled Beyond the Echo Chamber Trask's Geothermal Scheme Loses Biggest Senate Supporter Honolulu Council: Sam Aiona Advances--Three Districts Have Run-offs in November Absentee Voting Hits Record--Up 12% Turnout Nears Record Low Irate Voters from Storm-Hit precincts Show Up at Polling Place UH leaders should assess need for Manoa chancellor Punatics Harass HELCO Crews Read More..

Saturday, August 9, 2014 August 9, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:30 PM :: 3261 Views Two Big Island Precincts Voting Postponed UHERO: Stall in Tourism Slows Hawaii Economy Breaking HECO's Monopoly with Community Choice Aggregation? Mandatory Labeling of GMOs--A big-government solution to a problem that doesn’t exist Dobelle Sued for Personal Use of School Funds Former Officer Calls for Inquiry into HPD Killings Polling Places Open Without Absentee Voter Lists The Rundown (final primary) Will Storms Save Abercrombie? Republican Charles Djou has plan to tackle jobs, economy HMSA and the Hawaii Health Connector Homelessness: We Need to Take Better Care of our Number 1 Industry PGV Geothermal Venting Amounts to Nothing New indictment targets defendants in fatal blast Read More..

Friday, August 8, 2014 August 8, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:37 PM :: 3729 Views UPDATE: Iselle Hits -- Julio Coming Sunday Iniki: Years later Kauai Population, Workforce Still Suffered When A Hurricane Hits Do We Realize Our Priorities Primary Election to Continue as Planned Saturday Iselle Shredded by Impact With Mountains, Oahu Spared Worst Democrats Brawl in Hawaii Primary Anti-GMO Councilmember Pounded by Accurate Information Hurricanes Latest Excuse to Push Vote by Mail Fraud Lassner's Plan: UH Will Start Next Google, Balance Budget With IPO Schools buy $26M in Common Core texts Hawaii DOE Facilities Executive to Resign Hawaii County Early Walk-In Sites Closed Early Mental Illness Overlooked in Health Debate Congress Isn’t Alone in Struggling to Obtain Obamacare Records Hurricane Julio Emits Gamma Burst, Flings Anti-Matter into Space Read More..

Thursday, August 7, 2014 August 7, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:19 PM :: 5408 Views Satellite Loop: Two Hurricanes Approaching Oahu, Maui, Hawaii County Shelter Locations UPDATE: Iselle to Hit Hilo Thursday -- Julio Sunday US Senators: DOI Effort to Create Fake Hawaiian Tribe is “Unlawful” Squeezed by High Prices, Hawaii Consumers Spend the Least on Nonessentials Candidate Forced by UH to Take Leave Without Pay Am Samoa: Democrat Nod Goes to Faleomavaega in a Slick Maneuver Has Hawaii’s governor lost his mojo? GMO tobacco ‘mystery serum’ rescues Ebola virus victims UH: GMO Crops Conserve Topsoil, Reduce Herbicide Use GOP Seeking Primary Day Volunteers Hawaii Lacks Hurricane Emergency Plan for Waikiki, Neighbor Islands Hawaii may elect a Republican governor in the fall Will Anti-GMO Candidates Lose Big in Primaries? With Hurricane Coming, 90% of Homeless Would Rather Keep Doing Meth Hawaii Wind Farm Employees to Stay Away--Fear Disaster Trask: Racist Rep. Chris Lee for Haole Geothermal Only Using buzzwords to sell clean energy policies BoR Chair: "I think I understand" Apple Firing Allow homeowners to claim exemption Hawaii Co Council Supports Milk Price Controls High-speed rail inches along as Obama seeks new spending Read More..

Wednesday, August 6, 2014 August 6, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:03 PM :: 3880 Views Hawaii's Party Chairs Issue Joint Call For Early Voting To Be Safe Statewide Locations: In Person Early Walk-In Voting Open Thru Thursday Will $150M Obamacare Tax Lead to ILWU Strike? Kalaeloa Raceway Park Closes--Blames Abercrombie OHA Tribe? Secrets Spilled in Minnesota Tribe? Feds to Meet With Hawaiians in N&S California Navy Paying 69% More With $334M Solar Project 2014 April GET Collections Still Down Compared to 2013 DoE Announces School Closures on Hawaii Island, Maui County Wikileaks: Japan refused Obama Hiroshima Apology This Day in History: Truman Announces Hiroshima Bombing Will Ige Backstab HSTA? Tourism Industry Hurt by 20% Kauai Property Tax Hikes Keeping Prices High: HECO gets OK to bypass competitive bidding on 6 major solar projects Hawaii Co Schemes to Grab More TAT in Legislative Power Shuffle Facilitate more rental housing Father of Cyrus Belt's Killer Dies in Fight Amongst Homeless Read More..

Tuesday, August 5, 2014 August 5, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:55 PM :: 4995 Views Statewide Locations: In Person Early Walk-In Voting Thru Thursday Iselle to Hit Hawaii Thursday & Friday -- Julio Right Behind Nago: “I think we’ve got bigger issues to worry about than voting” The missing absentee ballots—is a vendor responsible? Early departure of CIO clouds state's tech effort Pre-K School Choice: Amending state Constitution is OK with 54% of isle voters Hawaii County Aims 400% Tax Hike at Farmers After Massive tax Hike, Council Bill May Let a Few Off the Hook Disgusting: Hee, Tsutsui in Dead Heat Kim, Takai Tied at 28% Each Borreca: Hanabusa Local, Schatz Outsider Anti-GMO Candidates Prepare to Lose Big on Every Island Is rooftop solar at risk from storms? Mainland Groups Team up With Professional Activists to Attack Big Island Farmers No Cure but Somehow State vows to stop Alzheimer's disease during next 11 years Read More..

Monday, August 4, 2014 August 4, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:33 PM :: 2883 Views Without Abercrombie, Education Reform a Political Orphan WaPo: Union freakouts are hurting the hunt for good teachers 2014: States with the Best & Worst School Systems Hawaii Charter Schools Produce 7% More Student Achievement Per Dollar Spent Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted August 4, 2014 Your Tax Dollars at Work: FlikMedia, Inc. Acquires Flikdate Hawaii's Partnership Against Fraud Star-Adv Poll adds AJAs, Hanabusa Suddenly Leads Aiona Leads In ‘Toss-Up’ Hawaii Governor Race Hawaii: Where good polling goes to die Disappeared absentee ballots? Did anyone else not get their Hawaii absentee ballots yet? Erroneous bills add to tax agency's problems Abercrombie Camp Pushes Back Against Poll Results Kauai: Small Farmers Will be Pushed off Land by Ordinance 960 New academies, administration, rules for Halau Lokahi Burglar Latest to Escape from Work Furlough Greenwald: Omidyar Teaches Me to Trust Billionaire Oligarchs Read More..

Sunday, August 3, 2014 August 3, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:57 PM :: 3769 Views Election Day Precinct Workers Needed Tribe? Feds to Meet With Hawaiians in Southern California Today NPS: Draft Ewa Plains Battlefield Nomination And Photo Archive Available Everywhere...and Perversely Fair Mainland Anti-GMO Group Pours Money into Kaneohe HD48 Race Poll: Aiona Beats Ige 41-34 -- Aiona Beats Abercrombie 45-30 Education Reform in Trouble Under Ige Apples gone but what of his plans? Abercrombie Bi-Polar, Forgetful Abercrombie Fundraising at $5M, Ige Passes $500K Mark Campaign Spending Commission launches a new Super PAC data visualization app Native Hawaiians Are Not A Tribe Honored HPD officer arrested on suspicion of sex assault Anderson: Keep the Homeless, Homeless Read More..

Saturday, August 2, 2014 August 2, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:15 PM :: 5998 Views Apple Unredacted: Did Attack on Carbone's $300K 'Assistant' Precipitate Removal of UHM Chancellor? Akina for OHA Launches TV, Radio Ads School Choice Event Shows New Way Forward for Hawaii Education Reform State Administrator Admits Federal Highway Dollars in Jeopardy VA reform bill gives veterans private health care options Honolulu Army reservist accused of fraud, theft and child molestation Hundreds of Mail-in Ballots Invalidated Honolulu rail agency concerned construction bids for rail stations may be higher than expected Cronies Given $200M for Seawater AC Scheme Chasm widens between rent, median wages Caldwell's Latest Fee Hike: Make the Disabled Pay  Lassner wants interim chancellor for Manoa by Sept. 1 Ige envisions a more streamlined Mānoa WaPo: Hawaii Makes 2 of top 10 primary races still to come in 2014 Mainland Anti-GMO Group Seeks to Join Attack on Big Island Papaya Growers Feds make Excuses for W Hawaii Water Grab WSJ: Hawaii Handcuffs Employers to Give Ex-Cons Jobs Rents at Dillingham Airfield double Review training for HPD arrests Read More..

Friday, August 1, 2014 August 1, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:14 PM :: 3587 Views Dr Keli’i Akina: Hawaii Should Fulfill Dream of Martin Luther King Report: Dobelle Could Face Criminal Charges for Theft from Mass. College Supreme Court Orders Abercrombie to Pay Up $72M Vanishes: New Council on Revenues Forecast Minus 1.8% Poll: Ige 51 - 41 over Abercrombie Poll: Schatz 49-41 over Hanabusa Schatz, Tsutsui Scrape the Abercrombie off of themselves Hanabusa: I am What Makes Hawaii Unique GOP Fundrace: Ahu vs Sutton Super PACS Push Council Candidates 'Drama and Trauma' at UH Manoa--Lassner Prepares to Name New Chancellor Rep. Cabanilla: ‘I Need to Eat Too’ MBloom: Self-Dealing Hi-Tech Schemers Sued for Stealing Code Matayoshi: DOE focuses its spending at school and student levels Escaped Prisoners Risk 5 year Sentence Read More..

Thursday, July 31, 2014 July 31, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:10 PM :: 4110 Views Apple Given One Hour Deadline, Accepts Termination Package Ige Unveils Action Plan for Hawaii Abercrombie: We can’t go back Tribe? How They did it in Alaska FBI Investigates Death Threats Made by Anti-GMO Leader Feds fly immigrant minors to Hawaii on taxpayer dime Abercrombie is in "serious trouble." Apple cored: Business as usual at UH With Renewables, Electric Bills Have to Rise by One Billion Dollars Polluted Golf Courses Behind Attack on Seed Farmers Diver Faces Misdemeanor Charge for Defending Himself Against Anti-Aquarium Obsessives Reform Candidates Not Impressed with Martin-Caldwell Conflict Cachola to pay fine for campaign spending violation Costs for lieutenant governor's Maui office soar Oahu Homeowners Hit with $100K Annual Property tax Bill Anti-GMO Kauai Councilmembers Used Controversy to Slip in Massive tax Hike Students to see longer school days starting this year  DoD Intervenes Against HECO Rate Hike Proposal Struggling charter school will remain open After Nepotists Ousted IDG Geothermal Partner Publishes Annual Report Former Halawa inmate pleads guilty to racketeering Pearl City 6th Grade Victim: Accused Homosexual Child Molester in Court State seeks foreclosure on Pflueger property Deadly Dentist May face Criminal Charges Read More..

Wednesday, July 30, 2014 July 30, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:07 PM :: 3703 Views Hanabusa Attacks Schatz for Accepting Contributions from Akaka Bill Opponents Ige Renews Oath of Fealty to HSTA Lassner: We Must Polish the Jewel, not the Apple HECO Proposes 'Demand Response' Billing, Remote Shutoff Absentee ballot fraud incident has Kauai police, elections officials on alert Roofers: Obamacare Threatens Union Health Plan Medicaid Should Be Included in Paul Ryan’s Anti-Poverty Proposal Ige Pushed GE Tax Hike 7,100 Oahu Homeowners Whacked by 71% Tax Hike Doctors 'Pay for Performance'? Shake-up renews debate about need for Manoa chancellor Chaos: BLNR Resignations Stall Development Approvals Another Rate Hike: HECO Proposes Higher Peak Rates Rent Seekers Promise to Charge a lot for Geothermal Electricity Gabbard votes to condemn Obama for Guantánamo Bergdahl swap Poetic Justice: Sovereignty Mortgage Scammer Loses House in his own Scheme Suit: Foster Parents Payments Woefully Inadequate Read More..

Tuesday, July 29, 2014 July 29, 2014 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:53 PM :: 4739 Views Shocker: Hawaii only 8th Most Socialist State Honolulu: Good Recession, Bad Recovery Fundrace: Djou Ahead by 40% Russ Grunch Council 8 Campaign Gains Momentum with Key Star-Advertiser Endorsement Commission on Water Resources Seeks Nominees In Spite of Medicaid Expansion, Hawaii Hospital Performance up 10.7% Homelessness: Council Ignores Waikiki Residents' Plea for Help Oahu: 32% of Absentee Votes Returned So Far Takai Fined by Campaign Spending Commission Aiona Could be Next Governor Manoa Chancellor: I want to stay Hawaii Health Connector Still Attempting to Take Prepaid Health Care Act Hostage Why are Hawaii electricity rates still so high even after integration of renewables? VA hands out millions in malpractice cases Luxury Resort Not Satisfied with Dairy Compromise Do Anti-GMO Voters Matter at Ballot Box? Anti-GMO Rockefellers Kill Children in 3rd World Rail Set to Destroy 115 Year old Business Unescaped inmates to wear electronic bracelets to Ease Recapture Kauai County hurts residents with tax hikes, refusal to reduce spending Troops Bemoan Missing Cars after Shipping Change Hawaii Highway Bond Deal to Benefit from Timing HHSC Squeezes Medical Coding for Revenue Nepotists Demand Funding Read More..

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