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Monday, March 23, 2015
March 23, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:58 PM :: 5588 Views
  1. Full Text: Hawaiian Roll Commission Releases Financial Records
  2. Feds Will Decide on Hawaii Offshore Wind Projects
  3. Study: Hawaii Is the 2nd Worst State to Be Poor from a Tax Perspective
  4. Before the Common Core Debacle: HSA Test Scores up 11% Math, 5% Reading
  5. Hawaii Insurers' Profit Drive: Propaganda Video Talks Patients into a Cheap Death 'In Every Hospital'
  6. Online Travel Stocks Soar After Big Win Before Hawaii Supreme Court
  7. Raceway Bill: Evicted Deadbeat Racks up $715K in Fines, Debts so Legislators Consider $100M Loan
  8. HB124 Vote by Mail With Romy Cachola
  9. $28M More to be Wasted on Health Connector?
  10. Hawaii solar boom excuse for new type of Rate Hike--'Time of Use Pricing'
  11. Clean Sweep of HCDA Board
  12. Anti-GMO Activists Look for Pesticide Hit List
  13. Turtle Bay Conservation Easement At Risk After Brower Defers Financing Bill
  14. Hiking website bloggers claim free speech to write about illegal trail
  15. Coppa Lobbies for Payday Lenders: Hawaii’s ‘Outrageous’ Rates Prompt Reform Efforts
  16. NFL considers foreign sites for Pro Bowl
  17. Star-Adv: Spend Millions for Smaller Stadium
  18. Mainland Homosexuals Thrilled as Legislature Eases Process to Feminize Hawaii Boys
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Sunday, March 22, 2015
March 22, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:08 PM :: 4628 Views
  1. HB1471: Barreling the Poor
  2. GE Tax: Significant negative effect to state economy
  3. Ethanol Requirement Costs Consumers, Provides no Environmental Benefit
  4. TAT: Tourist Dollars not an Infinite Resource
  5. Makakilo NB Opposes "48 Minute" Bill 1329
  6. Ige's DLNR fiasco echoes dark days of Abercrombie
  7. Ihara: Ige 'Quite Hurt' by My Flip-Flop on Ching
  8. Funding scheme expands UH autonomy, like it or not
  9. Will Senators Waste Another $28M on Health Connector?
  10. State's website lacks information on big subsidy programs
  11. Laws aimed at limiting pesticide use could rebound on responsible farmers
  12. DoT Rejects PM H1 Zipper, Opts for Additional Lane
  13. Housing First Ends Homelessness for 46 People--1,000 others moved to Stable Housing
  14. Thefts Spike as Downtown Hilo Overrun by Homeless
  15. After 14 Years, E. Maui Water Gets Contested Case Hearing
  16. Bikini Islanders to Move En Masse to Big Island?
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Saturday, March 21, 2015
March 21, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:44 PM :: 5247 Views
  1. Honolulu Auditor: Only 26% of Recommendations Satisfactorily Addressed
  2. Auditor Releases National Citizen Survey of Honolulu Residents
  3. Judge: EEOC Human Trafficking Case "Frivolous"
  4. Caldwell Touts Community Participation in Ala Moana Park Planning
  5. HB145 Tobacco Industry Tax Credit Gut and Replace
  6. VIDEO: Update on the Jones Act Reform Efforts
  7. Puerto Rico Seeks Exemptions from Jones Act After Horizon Quits Trade
  8. Senate Faction Membership Lists 
  9. Judicial Selection Commission Removing 50% of Lingle Appointees
  10. Star-Adv: PUC, Legislature Should Slow-Walk NextEra
  11. Josh Green: We are Passing Medical Marijuana So Children Can Get It
  12. UH loses $850K in library vendor bankruptcy
  13. Who Wants a Government Handout? Tons of Hawaii Nonprofits
  14. New DHS Director: Top Priority is IT
  15. Study the Need to Pay Hawaii Teachers More, Resolution States
  16. Insane Plan to Put Windfarm Off Diamond Head
  17. Rail: Robert Thomas on Hawaii's Tough eminent domain laws
  18. Legislators Keep Retailers on Defense
  19. HB1347: Door-to-Door Sign up for Foodstamps
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Friday, March 20, 2015
March 20, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:54 PM :: 3447 Views
  1. Prejudices of rich denying poor benefits of biotechnology
  2. Am Samoa: Amata Blasts Administration’s “Environmental Colonialism”
  3. Top Issues? Budget, Homelessness, Housing, Rail Tax, and Marijuana
  4. Hawaii #2 in USA: 43% of Households Spend at Least 30% on Housing
  5. With Reservations
  6. AG Charges Fired Homeless Shelter Director with Embezzling $500K
  7. Ethics Commission: Mayor can use city resources for 'Keep Hawaii's Heroes'
  8. Senators Gut House GE Tax Bill, Insert Their Own Version
  9. Rail will 'most likely exceed' its budget, monitor says
  10. Ching Debacle: Ige Doesn't Yet go the way of Abercrombie
  11. Price Resistance: Hotel occupancy fell in isles during January
  12. No Prison-for-Pineapples After Land Swap Bill Stalls in House
  13. Federal judge extends injunction blocking Maui County Anti-GMO Ordinance
  14. Small Business Will Lose $1000 on Plastic Bag Ban
  15. Lack of Smoking Killing Cancer Center
  16. Consultant Pushing New Stadium Hypes Aloha Stadium Repair Costs
  17. Caldwell's Selective Love for Parks
  18. Hawaii County fire chief suspends 2 chiefs who called for his removal
  19. Health Department Can't Exterminate Rats Without Capital Improvement
  20. Four Years Later Hawaii County Discovers Million Dollar AV System Never Actually Worked
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Thursday, March 19, 2015
March 19, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:08 PM :: 4734 Views
  1. Kanaiolowalu: Did They Steal Your Name?
  2. Full Text: 2015 Hawaii Public School Principals' Survey
  3. Secretive Subsidies, Tax Credits Make Hawaii 7th-Least Transparent in USA
  4. Former Employees Sue Ormat: Geothermal Firm Lied to Get Stimulus Cash
  5. Hawaii: The Place for "Really Crazy" Energy Ideas
  6. Marijuana: Big Tobacco's Playbook
  7. Coming to a Ladies Room Near You: Transsexual Birth Certificate Passes Senate Health Committee 4-2
  8. Online Travel Companies Win Big Before Hawaii Supreme Court
  9. Bond refinancing saves Honolulu taxpayers nearly $44 million
  10. Auditor Hammers Legislators' Special Funds: 43 of 44 Do Not Meet Criteria
  11. Vote Against Ching Was 13-12
  12. Unanimous House Approves $25.7B Budget
  13. Billionaires, Anti-GMO Activists Re-Shape Kauai
  14. Kolea: Another $144M Spent on Malfunctioning Health Insurance Software, IT System
  15. Board Member Financial Disclosures May Be Released Sooner Than Expected
  16. Hawaii Legislature in Session? Time to Raise Campaign Money!
  17. Bill would restore budget cut to Hawaii preschool subsidies
  18. After Burning Trust Fund, Kahoolawe commercial activity ban finally reconsidered
  19. Honolulu Prosecutor, HPD Fail to Pursue Case Against $700K Embezzler
  20. Outside counsel sought for officer involved in fatal crash
  21. Waste-to-energy idea laudable, but Anaergia’s plan not sustainable
  22. Creagan: Get Pharmacists Off My Island
  23. Bikelane Scary, Tricky, Harder
  24. FTC Requires Antitrust Fixes On $107M Par Petroleum Deal
  25. Sex, Drugs and Inequality
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015
March 18, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:26 PM :: 4296 Views
  1. $1.9 Billion: NextEra is the #2 Recipient of US Corporate Welfare
  2. Do Drugs? Hawaii County is Hiring!
  3. Deferred, not Defeated: Marsy's Law Supporters Organize for Next Session
  4. Lawsuit: OE Local 3 Hawaiian Stabilization - multimillion-dollar slush fund for union bosses
  5. Chief Justice Seeks Public Comment on Oahu Family Court Nominees
  6. Concealed Carry: Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act Hearing Friday
  7. Supreme Court Orders Online Travel Companies to Pay Millions in TAT, GE Tax
  8. Occupy Honolulu Suit -- Losing Still Pays off for Lawyers
  9. DoE Panics: Test Scores Will Go Down 30%, State may Lose Control of Federal Funding
  10. Ching appointment goes to full Senate
  11. Tax Revenue up 7.9% over Last Year
  12. House Resolution Asks PUC to Obstruct NextEra Merger
  13. Ige: "I am committed to 100% Renewable Generation"
  14. Oil Price Drops Cut Electric Bills 4%
  15. Lump Sum Budget Would Give UH Autonomy
  16. Chancellor Favors AD Candidate Search Committee Refused to Interview
  17. Officers omitted game room attacks in reports, FBI says
  18. Police could wear body cameras under state proposal
  19. Breaking the cycle: 50-70% of Children of Prisoners Become Criminals
  20. BOE committee approves school meal price increase
  21. Anti-GMO Activists Oppose Enterprise Zones for Ranchers
  22. Thefts threaten Memorial Day services at West Hawaii Veterans Cemetery
  23. New $2M State Capitol fire alarm system suffers false alarms, like the old one
  24. Sale of ‘Magnum P.I.’ home may be tied to President Obama
  25. Billionaire Dreams that Information Technology is Convincing new Generation of Peasants to Want Less for Themselves
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Tuesday, March 17, 2015
March 17, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:26 PM :: 4668 Views
  1. Elections Officer Scott Nago selected for Lava Tube Dishonor
  2. Legislative Hearings: Sex, Drugs, Tranny Birth Certificates, and a Place to Hide from Mom
  3. Who Needs Tax Hike? DLNR: Waikiki Erosion Caused by Weather Anomaly
  4. Hawaii's Future: How 'Schedule Q' Makes Solar System Owners Pay for Electricity Again
  5. Application Deadline to Serve on State Ethics and Campaign Spending Commissions Extended to March 31
  6. Civil Beat chips away at the Hawaii home I grew up in
  7. Proposed racetrack would obliterate WWII battlefield
  8. Senate Split 12-12-1 on Ching DLNR Nomination
  9. Company Tied to OHA Chair Entertains Kauai Mayor, Councilmember in London England 
  10. 100% renewable energy is not quite all that it's cracked up to be
  11. SB287: Legislators Voting for All-Mail Elections
  12. Schatz, Hirono Control Selection of Hawaii's Next Federal Judge
  13. Hawaii House panel passes bill for more affordable housing
  14. Conflict-of-Interest Bill Faces Uphill Battle in House
  15. Legislators Poised to ban Latex over Objection of Queens Hospital Surgeons, DoH
  16. How Kauai Pays for Union Contracts
  17. Do Drugs?  Hawaii County is Hiring!
  18. HB348: Prohibition of Powdered Alcohol
  19. Unnecessarily Ridding Honolulu Hale of Asbestos Would Waste $50 million
  20. Bombshell Coming? Caldwell Hires $1.2M Ala Moana Park Design Consultant
  21. Honolulu the 14th-most termite-infested city
  22. The states where poor kids are most likely to graduate from high school
  23. Hawaii Boys and Girls Club worker records kids supporting Convicted Killer Jodi Arias
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Monday, March 16, 2015
March 16, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:05 PM :: 4641 Views
  1. Leaked Docs: Wong, Dwyer, and Harry Mattson Got 26% of Kanaiolowalu Contacting Budget
  2. Takai: TRICARE is Gay
  3. Agenda Driven: After Two Years of Silence, Media Suddenly Remembers Gabbard's Hare Krishna Cult
  4. Dealmaking for Ching in the Senate
  5. $25.8B State budget to take stage this week in Legislature
  6. Price Hikes, Tax Hikes Cause Visitor Dissatisfaction
  7. Hawaii Voter Turnout Drops 9%
  8. UH Manoa Sex assault awareness training may become mandatory
  9. Atrazine Hype Not Justified by Science
  10. Surfrider Foundation elects slate of officers
  11. Hawaii Civil Air Patrol Loses Members, Morale
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Sunday, March 15, 2015
March 15, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:16 PM :: 4531 Views
  1. Illegal Debate--Secret Report: OHA Trustees to Cut Funding for Hawaiian Charter Schools?
  2. Video: Kelii Akina Discusses DHHL on Island Insights
  3. American Samoa: Faleomavaega Trying for Comeback?
  4. I Can’t Believe He Said That!
  5. Video: House Republicans Speak Out on HB134 Rail Tax
  6. Video: House Republicans Debate Marijuana Dispensaries
  7. PDF: How Major Bills Fared at the Capitol
  8. Ernie Martin to Legislature: Council Will Not Go on Record Favoring Rail Tax Hike
  9. Sierra Club: Ching Votes Will Haunt Politicians
  10. Political Insiders Score Kewalo Harborfront Lease and $2.3M to Build on it--OHA Stuck with $1/year Income for Next 65 Years
  11. In Legislature, bills for open government prevailing
  12. 100% Renewable Requirement: Insanity or Effort to Scare Away NextEra?
  13. Disagreeing with Gabbard earns branding as a bigot
  14. Racist Liberal Colleges Discriminate Against Asians
  15. Kauai County Reduces Positions, Raises Taxes to Pay for Abercrombie's Union Contracts
  16. Affordable — relatively speaking
  17. Developer Harasses Community Association over Lawsuit
  18. Mainland Homosexuals Eager to Penetrate Guam, Samoa, Marianas
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Saturday, March 14, 2015
March 14, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:01 PM :: 4301 Views
  1. Update: Low Income Legislative Agenda
  2. Making the World Better Doesn’t Come Just By What You Eat
  3. Star-Adv: Waste no time in voting down DLNR nominee
  4. HB1075: House moves partnership bill in right direction
  5. In good economic sign, GET tax receipts up 5.2%
  6. Panel votes not to renew judge that Dismissed Giant Gambling Case
  7. UHPA $32M Contract Kicks in July 1
  8. Honolulu Second Lowest Buying Power of Average Hourly Wage in USA
  9. Christians Help 22 Escape Drugs, Homelessness
  10. Kaniela Ing Pricetag $1000
  11. After Defeat at Polls, Early Learning Crowd Attempts to Regroup
  12. HPD Leery of Police Body Cams
  13. Anti-GMO Litigants Afraid they will Lose Opportunity to Cause 'Irreparable Harm' to Agriculture in Maui County
  14. Monk Seal Obsessives Fight, Argue at Kaena Point
  15. UH Manoa Rape Trial   
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Friday, March 13, 2015
March 13, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:37 PM :: 4381 Views
  1. Council on Revenues Increases Growth Forecast by 1% for Fiscal Year 2015
  2. Undercover Video: Oahu and Maui Planned Parenthood agree to abort girls based on gender
  3. IRS Seeks Hawaii Volunteers for Tax Panel
  4. Fitch: Debt, Retiree Benefits Key to Honolulu Bond Ratings
  5. WAM Chair Sen Tokuda Paid Off by Rail Lobbyist and Inouye Institute
  6. Legislators grumble on rail costs but roll over too easily
  7. Senate committee votes 5-2 against Carleton Ching, Nomination Heads for Full Senate
  8. Senate confirms attorney general, public safety director
  9. Panel trims $72M from UH budget, Tells Administration to Decide How to Use it
  10. SB1219: DLIR Hands off Independent Contractors
  11. Maui News: Legislators Get Shield Law Wrong Again
  12. Lawmakers call for audit of Animal Quarantine Station
  13. Soft on Crime: ICA Grants 'Lethal Time Bomb' Chance at Parole 
  14. Kauai dairy controversy heading to courts
  15. Paradise vs Utopia
  16. Crash in King Street bike lane--and Many Close Calls
  17. Sheriffs to Clear Homeless out of Airport
  18. State Study: Possible Sand Island Homeless Camp Site is Safe
  19. OIP looking into interruption of testifier during Maui prosecutor hearing
  20. Hawaii Restaurant Adds 3% Obamacare Charge to Bills
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Thursday, March 12, 2015
March 12, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:50 PM :: 4965 Views
  1. After Sob Story from Child Molester's Mother, Hawaii House Offers Ex-Cons $50K per Year, Free Obamacare for Life
  2. How They Voted: Sex, Drugs, and Birth Certificates Cross Over
  3. Hawaii New Gun Registrations Drop 20.5%
  4. OpenHawaii.org -- Holding Government Accountable
  5. HART terminates $63 million rail contract, could cost taxpayers
  6. Attorney General Suddenly Finds Cayetano's Criminal Complaint vs PRP
  7. NextEra Killing Hawaii's Cheapest Source of Electricity?
  8. House Committee Snips $226 Million -- Less Than 1% -- Off Ige’s Budget Request
  9. Ching DLNR Appointment--Two Days of Testimony
  10. Peter Apo: We don’t need legislative bodies debating whether or not we are entitled to nation status
  11. Star-Adv: Key bills need a critical look
  12. HB819 Gay Agenda in the Schools
  13. Hinduphobic commentary insults congresswoman's work
  14. Who Are the Latest Lawmakers to Raise Cash During Session?
  15. Hawaii lawmakers may temporarily restore dental coverage to Medicaid
  16. Lawmaker wants to up the penalty for fleeing from police
  17. Fewer people testify against Hoopili prior to the City Council's unanimous vote
  18. Council Moves TVRs, Ohana Units
  19. Maui Property Tax Assessments Jump 13.5%
  20. 38% of Japanese Tourists Dissatisfied with Hawaii Vacation
  21. Powdered Alcohol Coming to Hawaii?
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Wednesday, March 11, 2015
March 11, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:29 PM :: 4460 Views

  1. With 48 Minutes Notice, House Votes $100M to Bulldoze Historic Ewa Battlefield, Build Raceway
  2. List of Open Government Bills Crossing Over
  3. Ige Nominates Three to BLNR
  4. UHERO: Economic Impact of NELHA
  5. Hawaii Disability Roll 12.5% Growth in 5 Years
  6. Rail: Senate Approves massive GE Tax Hike 22-3
  7. Hospital public-private partnership passes House
  8. Hawaii Health Connector Tax on Health Insurance Jumps 75%
  9. Ige: Rooftop Solar Systems Getting too Much Money for their Electricity
  10. State, City Looking to Crack Down on Illegal Vacation Rentals
  11. Unexpected Flood of Info Before the Ching Hearing
  12. Legislators Vote to Keep the People Drugged and Homeless
  13. Federal judge may delay Maui GMO ban hearings
  14. Will Hawaii Finally Become Last State to Ban New Cesspools?
  15. Hawaii County: No Audits Since 2011
  16. Critics challenge Ho'opili traffic analysis
  17. 60 Students Still Showing up for non-recognized classes at Corrupt Charter School
  18. State settles class action lawsuit with public housing residents
  19. Sierra Club settles with Turtle Bay Resort on land protection
  20. Chevron CEO says 'quite a bit of interest' in Hawaii refinery
  21. UH Athletic Director Pendulum Swings Back to 'Local'
  22. Global Cooling Updates

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Tuesday, March 10, 2015
March 10, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:37 PM :: 4883 Views
  1. Will State Borrow $28M to Fund Insolvent Health Connector?
  2. Waikiki: Homelessness Ended for 81 Individuals
  3. $15.5M for Obama Hawaii Vacations
  4. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 9, 2015
  5. Demand: NextEra Eat Cost of HEI's Disused Oil Plants
  6. UH Hilo, UH West Oahu Accreditation Renewed
  7. University Snoops in Rape Victims' Medical Files to Save Money on Litigation--Legally
  8. Tax Foundation Facts and Figures: How Does Hawaii Compare?
  9. Health Exchange Fluffs Numbers--87% of Obamacare Enrollees Either Forced off Medicaid or Haven't Completed Application
  10. Ige: Put Public Employees on Obamacare
  11. Senate passes bill for chief elections officer evaluations
  12. Civil Beat's Gross Ignorance
  13. Why Maui GMO ban may be overturned despite voter approval
  14. Gov. Ige Defends Ching Appointment
  15. Lawmakers consider ditching ethanol mandate for gasoline
  16. HB544: Lawmakers say University of Hawaii Cancer Center campus should be leased or sold
  17. UH Richardson Ranks 82nd -- up from 100th
  18. Solar Installations Down 40% for February
  19. Judge signs off on more than $79,000 in fees and expenses in Occupy Honolulu case
  20. New hire sues Hawaii County over Drug Testing
  21. Sovereignty Activist Says He will get Driver's License
  22. 34 Convictions in 57 Years: Judge Thanks Lifelong Criminal for Helping Keep Lawyers Employed
  23. Could China Arm Hawaiian Nationalists?
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Monday, March 9, 2015
March 9, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:20 PM :: 4483 Views
  1. Shield Law: Karl Rhoads Picks up where Clayton Hee Left Off
  2. Video: Rail Line Property Owners Meet With Attorneys
  3. FEC Complaint: Cayetano Names Schatz, Hirono, Winer, and PRP
  4. Carleton Ching’s written responses to Senate questionnaire
  5. 2015: Education Bills In Legislature
  6. 700 Waikiki Businesses Protest Caldwell's Property Tax Hike
  7. Sit-Lie, Outreach Pushes 81 Waikiki Homeless off the Streets
  8. Caldwell Admin Screws Up Handi-Van, Complains When Union Helps Customers Voice Complaints
  9. UHWO Wins Reaccreditation
  10. Traditional Hunting Rights on Trial Before ICA
  11. Green Ambulance Chaser Attacks Kauai Dairy
  12. Canefire Panic: 'Choking' Patrons at Gay Resort
  13. SB131: GMO Labeling is Dead Due to "zero evidence that eating GE foods has any negative health effects"
  14. Hawaii: Can We Overcome the Problem of Low Salaries?
  15. Report: Rural hospitals get billions in extra Medicare funds by Billing for LTC
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Sunday, March 8, 2015
March 8, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:07 PM :: 5972 Views
  1. Pay Your Money and Take Your Chances!
  2. First Crossover: House Sends 100+ Bills to Senate
  3. WSJ: Jones Act Biggest Danger to US Oil Production
  4. Agony and Ivory
  5. Complete Debunk of Star-Adv Rail Tax Hike Editorial
  6. Maui News: Pass HB1075 Maui Hospital Partnership
  7. How ACA Drives Hawaii Insurance Premiums Up
  8. More Sunshine Violations:  OHA Giving Geothermal Co Another $188K?
  9. 4 cases lie ahead of decision on HEI's sale
  10. Bill on DOE statewide audit set for a vote on Tuesday
  11. Clerk Arrested from Corrupt Charter School
  12. Fixation on IS semantics casts doubt on Gabbard
  13. George Awo Being Promoted as Alternative to Ching for DLNR?
  14. Rep Sam Kong Encourages Prenatal Testing for Down Syndrome
  15. Bumbling State Prosecutors Make Third Run at Deedy
  16. Oregon Governor Signs Bill Dissolving Obamacare Exchange
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Saturday, March 7, 2015
March 7, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:18 PM :: 4689 Views
  1. Sex, Drugs and Birth Certificates: How They Voted
  2. Call to Action: Stop Bad Legislation at First Crossover
  3. Feds: Hawaii DoE a Model for Rest of Country
  4. The Jones Act does not enhance our defense
  5. Lose a Body Part? Hawaii Workers Comp Pays More Than Most
  6. PRP Reports 30% of Carpenters Benched While HART Blames 'Red Hot' Construction Market for Inflated Rail Bids
  7. More Than Half of Obamacare Enrollments Come form Micronesians Force to Transfer from Medicaid
  8. Testimony against Carlton Ching nomination running 9-1 Against
  9. Star-Adv: Kill bills that push secrecy
  10. Legislators Voting to Require 100% renewables by 2040
  11. State House backs Say Unanimously in latest residency challenge
  12. House passes bill raising smoking age to 21-- But Only for Tobacco
  13. Manslaughter Trial Reveals Illegal Gambling Room Located in City-Owned 'Marin Tower' Building
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Friday, March 6, 2015
March 6, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:33 PM :: 3997 Views
  1. Lindsey: CEO Should be Talking to OHA Trustees -- Need to Discuss Leadership Succession
  2. Transparency? Waihee Challenged on Kanaiolowalu Enrollment Claims
  3. Sunshine? Bills Slip Through During 'Total Solar Eclipse'
  4. Raise it Higher? GE Tax one among worst practices in fifty states
  5. Hawaii Ranks 47th in New Firm Formation
  6. Hawaii 8th Best State for Women
  7. Ige Appoints Hidano DAGS Deputy Director
  8. Cowardly Honolulu Council May Finally Consider Possibly Weighing in on GE Tax Hike
  9. Star-Adv: HHSC Hospitals Sicker than their patients, Partnership Desperately Needed 
  10. Partnership: North Hawaii Hospital Shows the Way
  11. Partnership: HPH Considers Saving Wahiawa Hospital
  12. Mindless Bureaucracy: Despite Shortage of Long Term Care Beds, SHPDA Blocks New Nursing Home
  13. Hawaii gets glowing report from feds for No Child Left Behind waiver
  14. Hawaii Senate passes bill calling for performance evaluations of chief elections officer
  15. Its Legal Now: Abercrombie opens Chinatown office for 'consulting work'
  16. Hawaii commercial solar energy market a race to beat the tax credit deadline
  17. With Thousands of Absentee Votes at Stake, Legislators Give Some Get Some from Home Care Industry
  18. Hawaii's Ewa Field clears historic registry hurdle
  19. Lawsuit alleges public housing residents beaten by security guards
  20. Air Safety: Weather cameras work, but Hawaii won’t get them
  21. Million Dollar Retaliation: Kauai County Cases Very Profitable for Honolulu Law Firms
  22. Anti-GMOs Put Gasmask on Tourism Message
  23. Hawaii Environmental Court Opens July 1
  24. Mainland Homosexual Moves to Hawaii, Focuses on Sex Ed in Schools
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Thursday, March 5, 2015
March 5, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:37 PM :: 5023 Views
  1. Rep Sylvia Luke Kills In-Session Fundraising Ban
  2. Hawaii Open Budget: A bold step towards fiscal transparency
  3. Second Amendment Update: Bills & Hearings
  4. DoE 'Anxious': Hawaii Common Core Testing Begins March 10
  5. Lawsuit Could Legalize Prostitution in Hawaii, Western States
  6. Applicants Wanted for Ethics and Campaign Spending Commissions
  7. Hawaii has Fewest 'White Christians' of Any State
  8. Senate Panel Grills HART, OKs 5 Year Extension of Rail Tax
  9. House Cuts Rail Surcharge in Half
  10. Maui Memorial, losing $43M a year, could be privatized
  11. GEMS: Much-Touted Green Energy Program Falls Far Short of the Hype
  12. 87% of Pesticides not Used by Agriculture
  13. HB819 Bullying: Mainland Homosexuals Want to Help Hawaii Youth 'Grow up Gay'
  14. Hawaii Crime Victims’ Bill of Rights Deferred
  15. Coaches, Administrators Screw UH Again and Again Because they are HGEA Members
  16. Apple Back in Classroom Teaching Chemistry for $300K/Year
  17. New UH Violence Policy Could Backfire
  18. Mandatory DNA Testing for Rape Cases
  19. Health Department Scraps Request to Delay Posting Inspection Reports
  20. Hawaii regulators deny energy groups' petition to Delay Sale of HECO to NextEra Energy
  21. Bus Pass Price Hike: City Boosts its Take of UH Tuition 40%
  22. Suspect Arrested in Big Island Church Arson
  23. Pearl Harbor Bike Path 'A Giant Homeless Camp'
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Wednesday, March 4, 2015
March 4, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:51 PM :: 4940 Views
  1. Video: Rep Thielen Questions NextEra on Big Cable
  2. Revolving Door: Former TV Anchors Among Ige's Latest Appointees
  3. Is The Hawaii Reapportionment Commission About To Go The Way Of The 'O'o Bird?
  4. Protect American Shipping? The Jones Act Record of Failure
  5. Hawaii is Not the Hawaii I Knew
  6. Rail Project Forum: Eminent Domain, Just Compensation, and Protecting Property Rights
  7. Fake Indian Tribe Falling Apart: Hawaiian Civic Club Consortium Decision "Null and Void"
  8. Final List of Neighborhood Board Candidates Released
  9. Math Problem: Does Honolulu Rail GET Shortfall Really Add Up?
  10. New bids for Honolulu rail $3.9M above estimates, but below Rejected Bids
  11. Hawaii state hospital private partnership gains approval of House committees
  12. Star-Adv: Honolulu Needs to Avoid Becoming Another Junk Bond Statistic
  13. With Clayton Hee Gone, Campaign Finance Reform Is Moving Forward
  14. PUC Grants access to all entities in NextEra-Hawaiian Electric merger case
  15. When will we find out if NextEra is going to acquire the HECO Companies?
  16. UH Buries Report on The Economics of Athletic Mediocrity
  17. Hawaiian Homelands Rebuts Danner Sisters on $1M Contract
  18. HART Spends $70.2M Buying Up Properties for Rail
  19. Hawaii County Officer Arrested -- But no Hit and Run
  20. 251 Guards Take 'Sick Leave' During Super Bowl
  21. Victims of crime want rights stated in Hawaii constitution
  22. New program helps convicts reintegrate
  23. Medicated: House Finance Committee Passes Marijuana Dispensary Bill
  24. Aquarium bills belly up
  25. Kauai: Mainland Developer Funds Anti-Dairy Farm Litigation
  26. Senate passes bill to require pesticide disclosure
  27. Anti-GMO Mayoral Candidate Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail
  28. Maui Council Retaliates on Prosecutor after he Refuses to Fire Critic of Councilman
  29. Two Escape From HPD Handcuffs in One Week
  30. UH Manoa Fire Extinguishers Not Inspected Since 2012, Admin Tells Funny Story About Saving Pennies
  31. Turtle Bay: Abercrombie's Rush Deal Still not Finalized
  32. HNL airport favored for lax scrutiny, reports find
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Tuesday, March 3, 2015
March 3, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:26 PM :: 4714 Views
  1. Requirement calling for triple pay on state holidays removed from Senate Bill
  2. Full Text: 2015 State of the City Address
  3. Marijuana for the Children
  4. PBN: How would your rate Hawaii Gov. David Ige’s first three months in office? --70% 'Needs Improvement'
  5. City Cuts CIP to Pay for Pensions
  6. NextEra: 'Not Going to Rule Out' Lanai Cable
  7. Investment Advisor Admits UH 'Carbon Divestment' is Part of Money Making Scheme
  8. More Anti-GMO Hypocrisy: Pesticide Disclosure--But only for Farms 
  9. Syngenta lays off 23 workers on Kauai
  10. How Much Farmland is Left on Oahu?
  11. SB1210: Loosens Sunshine Law for Boards, Commissions, County Councils
  12. Star-Adv Backs Mayoral Control over Police Chiefs
  13. Hawaii County PD Weekend: One Dead, One Injured
  14. In Honolulu PD Custody: One Dead, One Injured
  15. Some Hawaii Electric Co. customers wait more than a year to connect rooftop solar to the grid
  16. Electric Vehicle Sale Mirror Solar Installations
  17. 600 Restaurants Fail Inspection So Far
  18. Japan negotiator: TPP trade deal with U.S. possible by spring
  19. Accused Lesbian Child Molester Back in Court
  20. HB52: Register for Selective Service to go to UH
  21. Kauai Event to Discuss Rise of Anti-Semitism
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Monday, March 2, 2015
March 2, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:18 PM :: 3638 Views
  1. Rail Timeout Honolulu!
  2. Hawaii the extortionate state--Vacation Rental Bills Violate NAFTA
  3. Gun-Related Bills Set for Hearing Tuesday
  4. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 2, 2015
  5. Applicants Wanted for Ethics and Campaign Spending Commissions
  6. Oil prices dropped by half, but Hawaii electricity rates decreased just 18 percent (except Kauai)
  7. Soaring Property Assessments Used to Feed HGEA, UPW
  8. Early Education, After-School Bills Clear Senate Committee
  9. Danner Sisters Ask Legislature to Give Them More Control Over DHHL
  10. Civil Beat Finally Dares to Mention Gabbard's 'Religious Affiliation'
  11. Gay Activist Appointed Opinion Editor for Civil Beat
  12. Muslims: Lets Do Everything We Can to Keep the Homeless on the Streets in Hawaii
  13. Envision Laie Hearing Thursday
  14. Panos: Hoopili Doesn’t Fit
  15. Hawaii Co Officer Arrested for Deadly Hit and Run
  16. Hawaii group moves to change shipping regulations governed by Jones Act
  17. UH to Kick Smokers off Campus--But only Tobacco Smokers
  18. Public can view state’s storm water management program plan
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Sunday, March 1, 2015
March 1, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:58 PM :: 5091 Views
  1. Will Legislators Co-Sign $660M Loan for Evicted Racetrack Owner?
  2. GE Tax: Piling On!
  3. SB955 Shooting Range Protection Bill Dying
  4. Legislation Alert: Sex, Drugs and Birth Certificates
  5. Dismissed: Judge Tosses Suit Seeking Removal of Schatz from Office
  6. Dog n Pony Show: Tuesday Rail Re-Bids Opened: Wednesday GE Tax Hike to Pay for More Rail
  7. GE Tax Hike: Price of Campaign Contributors
  8. Lawmakers split on SB19--GE Tax surcharge
  9. Maui Memorial Will not Have Pediatricians After May 1
  10. Coop: Kauai Electric Rates Now Lower than Hawaii Island, Maui
  11. HB825: Legalizing the Illegal Vacation Rental on Your Street
  12. 'Interim' status leaves four UH regents in legal limbo
  13. Buffer Zones for Wind Projects?
  14. Maui Enviros Bring EPA in to Monitor and then Shut Down HC&S Harvest
  15. DoE, HSTA Fail Deaf Students
  16. Interview process begins for UH athletic director
  17. Candidates sought for Honolulu city clerk post
  18. Muslim Proposes Sharia Law for Hawaii--To be American Hub of Islamic 'Sukuk' Finance?
  19. Schatz Joins Group Controlled by J-Street Lobbyists
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Saturday, February 28, 2015
February 28, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:27 PM :: 4416 Views
  1. Jones Act Documentary Film Premier Sets the Stage for a Bigger Conversation
  2. Hawaii Rejects Sugary Beverage Labeling, Tax
  3. A Republican Vision for Hawaii: Kelii Akina Interviews Pat Saiki
  4. Why I voted to affirm Rep. Calvin Say as a qualified member of the House of Representatives
  5. 611 Candidates on Ballot for Neighborhood Board Elections
  6. Rhoads Admits Helping Say's Defense Team, Police Report Filed
  7. PUC Denies HECO's Request for End to Solar Net Metering
  8. CON: Keeping Hawaii Short of Long Term Care Beds
  9. Star-Adv: End Ethanol mandate
  10. What are Hawaii's Exports?
  11. City will build parking lots at just 4 of 20 rail stations
  12. SB1014: Senators Vote to Move Homeless Back in to Waikiki, Chinatown so they can Prey on Tourism, Small Business
  13. Homeless Trash Library, HPD Called
  14. Police Transparency Deferred
  15. Hawaii Co Budget Soars 4.3% Thanks to Unions
  16. Kauai Co Budget: Cut Spending to Pay for Union Contracts
  17. Mayor Wright tenants to share $350K
  18. Kauai County Auditor, county settle for $300K
  19. Maui Council Toys with Prosecutor
  20. Bill could allow Hawaii Health Connector to offer large group health coverage
  21. State deals with elevator inspection backlog, Blames Building Managers
  22. Anti-GMO Nailed: Regressive, Backward Luddites
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Friday, February 27, 2015
February 27, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:54 PM :: 5515 Views
  1. The Garden Island Embraces Jones Act Reform
  2. Police seek man on video at the scene of a suspicious Kona Church Fire
  3. Ige Returns from Washington, Holds News Conference
  4. Tourism: Visitors, Expenditures Drop
  5. UHERO: Economy in 2015 will look a lot like 2014
  6. Ige: Feds Should not Rush Hawaiians on Tribe
  7. Ige Finally Agrees to Release Names of Secret Advisors
  8. 'Knives are out': Gabbard faces backlash for taking on Obama over 'Islamist' extremism
  9. Local Media Still Acts Like Chris Butler Cult Does not Exist  (biding their time?)
  10. Caldwell vs Caldwell on Rail Tax
  11. Hannemann eager to calm the talk about rail's future
  12. Mufi: HART Should Wait on Tax Hike Until First Segment of Rail is Operating
  13. KHON: Waikiki Tax Hike a Trojan Horse to Develop Natatorium Area
  14. Ige Urges Support for Ching
  15. PUC to issue order after solar letter, HECO apologizes for confusion
  16. Pushed out of Waikiki, Chinatown, Predatory Bums Head West
  17. Lawmakers Consider Automatic Voter Registration
  18. Bill Legalizing Marijuana for Children Clears Senate Committee
  19. Mass Hysteria: Aquarium bills set for Judiciary Committee hearing
  20. Kym Pine's Adopt-a-Park Proposal Before Council Committee
  21. Restaurants account for 14 percent of Hawaii's employment
  22. Feds Pressure Hawaii on Cesspools
  23. Inflation 1.4% in 2014
  24. Seawater AC Minimal Savings for Maximal Capital Expenditure
  25. US refiners may seek Jones Act waiver amid strike, Torrance explosion
  26. Marad Claims Loose lips could sink Jones Act ship orders
  27. EPA Releases Hawaii Emission List
  28. Former HPD major arrested in pedestrian death in Mililani
  29. Dobelle drops lawsuit, citing legal fight's cost
  30. 44 Convictions, Lifelong Criminal Latest Alleged Escapade--Burglary While on Work Release
  31. Psychologist: Army Homosexual Rapists are Really ... uh ... Heterosexuals
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Thursday, February 26, 2015
February 26, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:21 PM :: 4583 Views
  1. List Fraud Makes Kanaiolowalu Roll 'Too Hot to Handle'
  2. HECO Denies Solar Contractors' Blockade Claim
  3. HB321 Marijuana Dispensaries: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
  4. HB1482: “Hawaii Invests Local Act” Supports Crowdfunding
  5. Forced on to Obamacare: State Places 7,700 Lives at Risk to Save $20M
  6. Caldwell, Legislators Caught Lying About Portion of GE Tax Paid by Tourists
  7. Calvin Say Residency Decision Friday
  8. Hawaii hospitals face steep losses as reimbursements, state funds erode
  9. Garden Isle: Jones Act is costly for Hawaii
  10. After a Decade, Legislators Finally Getting Around to Repealing Costly Ethanol Mandate
  11. Solar Systems Cost Non-Solar Ratepayers $53M/Year
  12. Obama Pushes Tax Hike on Air Travel
  13. Legislation Would Make Homeless into Sacred Cows
  14. Proposed $500,000 Vanpool Grant the Latest ‘FrankenBill’
  15. Measures to create public isle preschool advance
  16. Minimum wage hike could Drive Up after-school care prices, Cost State $6M
  17. Middle Class Earn less in Hawaii--Even Without Cost of Living Factors
  18. Bill upholding increased public school hours advances, Amended
  19. What happens when UH faculty, staff cross the line?
  20. Bill on UH autonomy shelved by lawmakers
  21. Lab school admissions policy legal challenge
  22. HELCO Decision Marks End for IDG Geothermal Scheme
  23. Biofuels Don't Work, But Feds Keep Paying HC&S to Talk About Them
  24. Hawaii County Boosts Assessments Rather than Hiking Tax Rates
  25. DLNR Lease Renewals Slowly Strangle Hilo Businesses, Prepare Banyan Drive to be Abandoned 
  26. Hawaii bill would make super PACs disclose sources of funding and how money is spent
  27. Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement talks to continue in Hawaii next month
  28. Inmate on work furlough arrested at burglary scene near Honolulu airport
  29. HPD Plate Scanners Got 194 Hits Last Year
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015
February 25, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:34 PM :: 5867 Views
  1. HART Directors' Secret Discussion: State May Grab 25% Cut to Ease Passage of GE Tax Extension
  2. Tulsi Gabbard Hires Cult Associate as Chief of Staff
  3. Rep. McDermott sues UH Over 'Pono Choices' Secrecy
  4. Marijuana: Six Bills on the Move Thursday
  5. HELCO selects Ormat to provide an additional 25MW of geothermal energy
  6. Another Journalist Quits Omidyar: 'Blocked at Every Turn by Incompetence, Bad Faith'
  7. Ige's Secret Advisors--Broken Trust, HECO, KoOlina, HSTA
  8. Caldwell Rejects All Other Options to Spin HART GE Tax Hike
  9. HART Spins Ansaldo Sale to Hitachi as Latest Excuse for Tax Hikes
  10. Helping HART Create False Sense of Crisis, FTA says major changes to rail project would come at great price
  11. No REIT Tax
  12. Factional Considerations in Carleton Ching Nomination
  13. Calvin Say Residency Decision Friday
  14. Police Commission: Kealoha 'Exceeds Expectations'
  15. HECO holds solar hostages Taken by Contractors
  16. HHSC Emergency Funding Speeds Thru Legislature
  17. Hawaii leads nation in nursing home ratings
  18. Dobelle's lawyers drop out, cite failure to pay bills
  19. Abercrombie Rushjob on H1 to Influence Primary Election?
  20. Is a Weak Lobbying Law Getting Weaker?
  21. Commission investigates DLNR ethics complaint
  22. Shield Law Bill Clears House Judiciary Committee
  23. Randy Iwase confirmed as chairman of Hawaii PUC
  24. Hawaii lawmakers consider raising legal smoking age to 21--but only for Tobacco
  25. Hawaii Medicare patients saved an average of $1K each on prescription drugs last year
  26. TPP Coming Mid-March?
  27. China Testing New Subs able to Nuke Hawaii
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015
February 24, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:55 PM :: 4247 Views
  1. Hawaii lawmakers file resolutions seeking Jones Act exemption
  2. HB459 Amended: Parent's consent still needed for sex ed
  3. 608 Candidates Register for Neighborhood Board Elections
  4. Hawaii Republicans Unveil New Logo at Lincoln Day Dinner
  5. 332 Pages of Secret Regs: ‘Net Neutrality’ and Censorship Go Hand in Hand
  6. Surprise: Poorest Obamacare Enrollees Face $530 IRS Tax Bill
  7. California Plastic Bag Ban Suspended as 800,000 Sign Repeal Ballot Petition
  8. Hitachi Buying Honolulu Rail Contractor Ansaldo
  9. Behind Closed Doors: Honolulu Rail Officials Planned Political Strategy in Executive Session
  10. Rail a winner for Caldwell, at least in terms of cash
  11. Watchdog group accuses Roll Commission of ignoring transparency
  12. Pathetic Excuses: Rhoads Tries to Justify Ex-Part Communications With Say's Lawyer
  13. Yanking autonomy won't cure UH ills
  14. Ige: Feds Are ‘Very Helpful’ When It Comes to Hawaii
  15. DHHL Nominees Approved by Committee as Danner Sisters Whine
  16. Kauai Police Chief: "SB677 a Recipe for Cronyism and Corruption"
  17. Bill aims to tighten access at public housing properties
  18. Bill may halt noncompete clauses
  19. Hawaii Green Party Could be Removed from Ballot
  20. Ewa Field's historic area should grow, feds suggest
  21. After 15 Years of Maui County Bureaucracy and Harassment, Molokai Veterans Center Needs One Last Signature
  22. Grove Farm chose Hawaii Dairy Farms over Kauai hotel project, new book says
  23. A new tool to “follow the money” at the legislature
  24. Hawaii Most Expensive Marijuana in USA
  25. Hawaii Lowest Black Incarceration Rate in USA
  26. Bill would permanently allow concealed firearms for retired law enforcement
  27. Hawaii E-Commerce Fraud Rate 1%
  28. Corrupt 'Food Bank' Gets Boost from Kauai Mayor
  29. A New GSA Scandal Says ‘Aloha’?
  30. Hawaii Diploma Mill Offers 'Reasonable Prices'
  31. Scalia: Why Would a Treaty be Needed?
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Monday, February 23, 2015
February 23, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:51 PM :: 3752 Views
  1. State-backed Loans: $89M to Companies Tied to OHA Chair Robert Lindsey
  2. Rep Karl Rhoads Feeding Info to Calvin Say's Attorney while Chairing 'Special Committee'?
  3. SB358: Green Energy Scammers Push Legislators to Tax Natural Gas
  4. Seminar: Your Rights When HART Comes to Take Your Property
  5. Gabbard 'Mind-Boggled' at Obama's Two-Month Advance Notice of Plan of Attack on ISIS
  6. Legislation Plans for Federal Take-Over of Hawaii Health Exchange
  7. Pension Promises Are Getting Harder for Hawaii Lawmakers To Keep
  8. Revolving Door: Former TV anchor to direct communications at Senate
  9. The Future for NextEra and HECO: More Windfarms
  10. Constitutional amendment Would Transfer Control of UH Back to Legislature
  11. Abortion mongers panic over Born Alive Bills, Say Lege Should go Easy on Killers of Pregnant Women
  12. Sheriff Beats DUI Rap after Cops, Prosecutors Fail to Show Up
  13. Some schools struggle to provide adequate food, water
  14. Chinatown: Urine Smell Receding
  15. Honolulu zoning chair comes out against Malaekahana development
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Sunday, February 22, 2015
February 22, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:58 PM :: 3616 Views
  1. GMOs: How the Precautionary Principle Refutes Itself
  2. Legislative Agenda: Pot, Parents and Privacy
  3. SB473: Concealed Carry Gut and Replace
  4. How Housing First Reduced Homelessness 72% in Utah
  5. Our Best Export – Our Taxes!
  6. GE Tax Hike: Will March 3 Rail Bids Stampede House of Representatives?
  7. Gas Tax Hike to Pay for Ige's $70.9M Boost in DoT Spending?
  8. Manoa Buyout Club: Gib Arnold Could be the Most Expensive Yet
  9. Slammed by Auditor, Health Connector Cuts off Payments to 'Contractor of the Year'
  10. Ige land agency nominees: Ill Will and Bling, Just Ask Neil
  11. Star-Adv: Big Island Electric Co-op Must be Heard
  12. HGEA Negotiations Underway, Contract Expires June 30
  13. Pesticide Bill Targets Agriculture, Ignores other Users
  14. Affordable Housing Plan Will Take Decades, At the End the Problem will be Worse Than it is Now
  15. Hawaii vets express skepticism over possible changes to retirement pay
  16. Kauai: Another Wave of Mass Hysteria
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Saturday, February 21, 2015
February 21, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:25 PM :: 5251 Views
  1. 575 Candidates file for Neighborhood Board Elections
  2. HB330: Increase GE Tax by 1%
  3. Caldwell: House Would Reject GE Tax Hike if Voted Today
  4. Massive Fuel Tax Hike on the Move in the House
  5. Omidyar Website Bashes Gabbard for Telling the Truth About Islamic Terrorism
  6. State Saves $27M by Forcing 7,500 Micronesians into Health Connector
  7. Ige = Hee? New Attorney General Opposes Return of Journalists' Shield Law
  8. Bill to prohibit lawmakers' fundraising weakened, but still alive
  9. 2 sides in West Coast ports dispute reach tentative contract
  10. 28 entities apply to join PUC's decision on NextEra-HEI deal
  11. NextEra Energy plans to build Hawaii's largest wind farm on Maui
  12. Protester: Kauai Dairy Farm is "how the fascists took over in Nazi Germany and the world got a Hitler"
  13. Dairy: “If you stop farming, then this resource is going to leave the agricultural designation”
  14. Kunia Ridge: Taxes, Water Bills, Regulations Conspire to Give Real Farmers the Shaft
  15. Hawaii Most Expensive State: 17.2% Above US Average Prices for Goods, Services
  16. Senate panel weighs bill to help local victims of sex trafficking, Police Complain it is too Tough on Pimps
  17. SB677: Police Commission wants to retain firing powers
  18. Developmental Disability: Hawaii Among Best States for Early Intervention
  19. Republicans aim to curb Obama's monument designations
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Friday, February 20, 2015
February 20, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:08 PM :: 4061 Views
  1. Neighborhood Boards: 516 Candidates Enter Race With One Day to Go
  2. Takai vs Takai on Homeland Security Funding
  3. House and Senate Republicans Join Forces on Legislation
  4. Hawaii: Anti-Gun Legislation Deferred, Pro-Gun Bills Progressing
  5. Warning labels and beverage tax fail in Legislature
  6. HECO, Taxes, Pesticides, and Teacher Tenure: House Republicans Speak Out
  7. 500 Expected at GOP Lincoln Dinner
  8. 2015 Legislative Calendar: A Guide to the Deadlines
  9. 25%: Hawaii Ranks 43rd in Weekly Church Attendance
  10. House Bills for 2015: Sex, Drugs and a Place for the Kids to Hide Out
  11. Tears and Gnashing of Teeth as Cosmic Vortex Sweeps Pesticides up Mountain Causing Multiple Illnesses and Dirty Window Blinds
  12. HB 825 Provides Little Incentive for Illegal Vacation Rentals to Register
  13. More waivers convey a “Public be damned” attitude toward legislative hearings
  14. Hawaii #2 in USA: 51.2% Tax on S-Corporation Income
  15. Posturing over DLNR pick should be entertaining
  16. Tax Hikers' Latest Trick: Rail officials pretend to need $350M loan
  17. Council OKs Waikiki tax hike
  18. $800M: Key airport projects delayed, costing more than expected
  19. Feds: Settle West Coast Today or Negotiate in DC
  20. State lawmakers aim to curb HCDA's leasing power and increase public input
  21. 27 Intervenors, Next Era Opposes Them All
  22. Ike Choy's Attack on UH Programs, Ham Handed, Narrow, Destructive
  23. Ethics Comm Bans Free Trips for Teachers, DoE Staff
  24. Instead of Raising Lunch Prices, DoE Should Follow Audit Instructions for Savings
  25. Labels: Senate Panders to Anti-GMO Mob Knowing House Will Protect Hawaii from Them
  26. As Expected, House Saves Farmers from Hypocritical Pesticide Buffer Zone Bill
  27. Infested with progressives, State asks childcare facilities to track unvaccinated children
  28. Even in Face of mass Opposition, Kauai Council Continues Tinkering with anti-Fireplace Law
  29. Are Maui tour operators ignoring federal whale watching rules?
  30. Sierra Club Boss: My Environmentalism Begins When Little People Invade Lands Once Reserved for Elite
  31. Obamaville Tent City at Kakaako Presidential Library Site
  32. Bill to Abolish Hawaii Land Use Commission Is Dead on Arrival
  33. Funding to continue the Preschool Open Doors Program passes
  34. Marsy's Law: basic rights for crime victims
  35. Sylvia Luke Raises Campaign Cash During Session
  36. Menor Proposes New Housing Office
  37. Rhoads Refuses to Hear Bill to create state game management panel
  38. Willie Plays Game with Anti-Aquarium Bills
  39. A Year Later, 40 Guam Soldiers Injured in Afghanistan Remain in Hawaii
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Thursday, February 19, 2015
February 19, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:15 PM :: 4720 Views
  1. Lawsuit Challenges Secrecy of Kanaiolowalu Roll Commission
  2. Big Island Group Proposes Electric Co-Op
  3. AEI: Retire the Jones Act
  4. Ige Rejects Activists, Appoints DeCoite to HD 13 Vacancy
  5. HCR33: Will Legislators Ask OHA to Help State Create Fake Indian Tribe?
  6. Scorecard: House Omnibus Marijuana Package
  7. Senate Schedules Confirmation Hearing for Controversial DLNR Appointee
  8. Gallup: Alaska, Hawaii Lead the United States in Well-Being
  9. The Hawaii Democratic Party Wants Farmers Out of Business
  10. Creating Fake Crisis to Push Tax Hike, Council pretends to remove bus funds from rail money plan
  11. Hawaii Legislature should be fixing our tax system instead of making it worse
  12. Regulators Reject Petitions to Delay NextEra’s Purchase of HECO
  13. Health Connector Padded Rolls By Dumping 7,500 Medicaid Patients into Obamacare 
  14. Bob Jones: Obamacare Unworkable
  15. Taxing TVRs: Five Bills Still Alive
  16. Tobacco Tax: Just Another Fund to be Raided
  17. SB118: Senators Strip REIT Tax Hike Out of Bill
  18. Hawaii County: Little Chance for TAT Cap to be Lifted
  19. Hawaii Teachers Salaries 19th Highest in USA, Dead Last When Cost of Living Factors in
  20. Gabbard: Obama Misidentifies Enemy, Speech is a Diversion
  21. Legislators Tinker With Rules for Making Public Adult Care Home Inspections
  22. Lawmaker pushing to buy body cams for police statewide
  23. Maui Council Refuses to Approve Prosecutor, Then Refuses to Disapprove Him
  24. HB985 General Fund Will Cover 60% of UH Expenses
  25. HB596 Dope Addicts to Get Ticket
  26. Trannies Want Birth Certificate Change so they Can Evade Draft, Force Way into Girls Dorm Rooms
  27. Mainland Group Takes Control of Planned Parenthood Hawaii
  28. Kauai Doesn't Want Dairy?  Give Them Another Hotel Instead
  29. Boaters frustrated with poor conditions at Waianae harbor
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015
February 18, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:46 PM :: 3965 Views
  1. 2015 Hawaii Legislative Watch: Taxes
  2. Another House waiver of public notice—on an important energy bill
  3. Schatz 3rd Most Absentee Senator
  4. Hirono: ObamaCare Needs MORE Snow Days
  5. 449 Candidates File for Neighborhood Board Elections
  6. Galuteria Owes $7,000 Back Taxes After Lying About Residence, Senate to Consider Action
  7. Iwase the Fearless will Lead us to the NextEra
  8. Eight Industrial-Sized Solar Farms in the Works
  9. Land Swap?  State has not always been best land steward
  10. Lawmakers say Ching's DLNR confirmation is not in trouble for now
  11. Neighborhood boards promote civic engagement
  12. Rent High Enough? SB118 Will Tax REIT Landlords
  13. Pinata Party: Usual Suspects Grab for Tobacco Tax Revenues
  14. Cigarette Taxes Triple, Poor Hit Hardest--$500M to General Fund
  15. DoE Wants $1.7M Lunch Price Hike
  16. Senate Committee Approves 11 Nominees to Hawaii’s Development Authority
  17. The New Standard for Transparency: Open Checkbook
  18. Is State Ethics Commission looking to backpedal on “goodwill lobbying”?
  19. Big Island group exploring public energy co-op
  20. Committees Send Marijuana Dispensary Bill on to Full House
  21. GMOs: Rhetorical Excess to Fan the Flames of Divisiveness
  22. Label: Senate Continues Pandering to Anti-GMO Nuts
  23. Legislators Pander to Animal Liberationists, Consider Bill to Ban Zoos, Circuses
  24. Aquarium Collector Gets Suspended Sentence for Defending Himself Against Anti-Aquarium Obsessive 
  25. Obama making WWII internment camp in Hawaii a national monument
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015
February 17, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:33 PM :: 6520 Views
  1. SB992: Creates Tribal Judiciary, Places 12,000 Hawaiian Children at Risk
  2. Full Text: Rail Cost Engineer on 'Billion Dollar Mile'
  3. I Mua Manoa Proposes UH Budget Sustainability Plan
  4. Feb 20: Last Chance to file for Neighborhood Board Elections
  5. In Hawaii, The State of Liabilities, The Cost of Rail is Just the Beginning
  6. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 17, 2015
  7. House Violates Public Notice Rules for Transsexual Birth Certificate Hearing
  8. Health Connector Bungles 3,000 Applications, Those Without Insurance Forced to Pay 2% More Income Tax
  9. Ige's Appointment for DLNR Deputy Resigned to Avoid Financial Disclosure Report
  10. Ige's DPS Deputy Nominee Placed Kulani Warden on Unpaid Leave, Then Quit Job
  11. Espinda Critics "Sissies, Assassins, Cowards"
  12. Regents Spend Hours Discussing Arnold's $1.4 M Golden Parachute
  13. Rail art should recognize those who forged this mess
  14. HB631: Gender is an Opinion, Just Ask for a Change on Birth Certificate
  15. Babes Against Civility: Environmentalism Poisons Itself
  16. Star-Adv: Aquarium Compromise Relies on Science over Emotion
  17. House bill aims to set buffer zone on wind turbine projects
  18. Care Home Industry Uses Love Story (Again) to Loosen Hawaii Laws
  19. SB199 would help fund police cameras
  20. Tulsi Gabbard: ‘Mind-Boggling,’ ‘Troubling’ Obama Won’t Recognize ISIS Islamic Ideology
  21. Hawaii County Overtime Abuse, County Vehicle Abuse Reported (Again)
  22. Students, teachers will need patience during Common Core test transition
  23. When can you record a conversation at work to prove discrimination?
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Monday, February 16, 2015
February 16, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:50 PM :: 3120 Views
  1. Will OHA Trustees Waste Another $5M on Push for Fake Indian Tribe?
  2. HCR33: Will House Pass Resolution Supporting Fake Indian Tribe?
  3. HB459 Forces 'Pono Choices' Gay Sex Program on Schools Statewide
  4. SB1071: Second Amendment Rights for Legal Immigrants
  5. Ige Ignores the Fervor that Got Him Elected: DLNR nomination a Public Disservice, Disappointing
  6. Hawaii Health Connector Website Collapses Again
  7. NextEra seeks smooth sailing in choppy waters
  8. Hawaii: Highest Paid Part-Time Legislature in US
  9. State Accounting System is 46 Years Out of Date
  10. Air service helps deliver fresh produce, medical supplies to Oahu
  11. Legislators Consider Harassing Farmers Market Vendors
  12. 100 Disabled, Elderly Drivers Wait as State Fails to Provide Medical Exams
  13. Will New Obstacles Dim Hawaii’s Solar Power Surge?
  14. Hirono is Only Democrat Supporting Rand Paul's 'Audit the Fed' Bill
  15. Hotels Report 'Unexpected Softness' in Demand
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Sunday, February 15, 2015
February 15, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:25 PM :: 3849 Views
  1. Maui Democrats Nominate Two Protesters and a Farmer for HD13 Vacancy
  2. Hotels as Renters
  3. Invisible Ige Holes up with the Big Cheeses as Cauldron Bubbles
  4. Partnership: All of Nothing for Maui's Only Hospital
  5. Star-Adv: Give OHA your views on Kakaako
  6. HSTA Operative Demands Legislators back off Instructional Hours Law
  7. So-Called 'Consumer Advocate' proposes greater secrecy in NextEra merger
  8. Revolving Door: From Star Adv to Billy Kenoi and Back Again as Capitol Bureau Chief
  9. If We can't Run a Zoo, How can We Run Rail?
  10. Matson: Only One Ship Coming This Week
  11. Dairy is safe for the environment, and we will prove it
  12. Tulsi Gabbard to Marry Another Cult Member
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Saturday, February 14, 2015
February 14, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:13 PM :: 3776 Views
  1. Feb 20: Last Chance to file for Neighborhood Board Elections
  2. Pro-Life? Hawaii One of Only Four States With no Abortion-Free Insurance Policies on Health Exchange
  3. HR235: Eliminate Hawaii Internet Access Taxes
  4. Grassroot Institute: Promoting our Principles in the Legislature
  5. SB727: Hike GE Tax Another 0.5% Statewide
  6. Ige Nominates DoTax, DoH Deputy Directors
  7. Horizon Settles Lawsuit, Clears Way for Sale to Pasha, Matson
  8. Right to Try Bills would Protect Terminally-Ill Patients from FDA Restrictions
  9. Jones Act Case to Be Heard by 9th Circuit at UH Manoa
  10. Rhoads, Chun Oakland Behind Massive Income Tax Hike
  11. Statewide Preschool: SB844 Passes Senate Education Committee
  12. Latest Excuse: Say's Palolo Home 'Being Renovated'
  13. Anti-GMO 'Babes' Admit They are Democrats, Ask Party Not to Nominate Real Molokai Farmer
  14. Ige to Sign over 400 Ac of Hana 'Forest Reserve' to Maui Windfarm Developer
  15. Legislators Continue to Fight to Keep Dole Land from Being Sold to Individual Owners
  16. Exposed: NextEra Schemes to Prevent Rate Cuts for Four Years
  17. Ige's AG Lobbied for Private Prison, Nomination Approved Anyway
  18. Obama Sends Labor Secretary to Talk to ILWU, Management
  19. Big Island Lawmakers Tell their Doper Constituents to be Hopeful About Getting More Weed from the Government
  20. Retailers Money Tied Up by Shipping Delays
  21. Opinions differ on mainland placement for Hawaii's troubled teens
  22. Dozens of mini iPads stolen from West Oahu schools
  23. Star-Adv: Taxi rules the problem, not Uber, Lyft
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Friday, February 13, 2015
February 13, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:37 PM :: 9735 Views
  1. Rail: Engineer Exposes The Hows and Whys of Cost Overruns
  2. 406 Candidates file for Neighborhood Board Elections
  3. DCCA Nails Solar Contractor: Unlicensed Work on DoE Schools
  4. Caldwell signs law prohibiting sitting or lying on pedestrian malls
  5. Cancer Center to Merge With UH Medical School
  6. The Worst Gun Bill of the Decade Died Yesterday
  7. HB558: Curbing Overtime Abuse
  8. Senate Transport Committee Votes for Rail Tax Extension, Admits it's to Build More Rail into Kapolei, Manoa
  9. Ige Opposes Maui Memorial Partnership Deal
  10. HEI's Plan to Gut Existing Solar Contracts
  11. Ige Finally Gets Around to Holding First 'Weekly' News Conference
  12. Castle & Cooke CEO: 'No Conspiracy' in Ching Nomination
  13. Hawaii hotel occupancy falls sharply
  14. Army chief says troop cuts on Oahu could be small
  15. Say Makes Excuses, Says Palolo is as Far Away as Sister Isles
  16. Cancer Center: UH Admin, Regents Still Trying to Figure out What Legislators Want
  17. No Joke: Star-Adv Claims University Administrators are Competent to Investigate Rape
  18. Pressure builds on Obama to intervene in West Coast ports slowdown
  19. Jury awards more than $658K to police chief's wife
  20. Waianae: Industrial Solar to be Approved while Rooftop Solar Waits
  21. Hawaii Senate Panel Panders to anti-GMO Mob, advances pesticide regulation bill
  22. GMO: Demagogue Hooser Refuses to Consider Evidence
  23. HB511: Attacks by Anti-Aquarium Obsessives to be Illegal
  24. Ruling overturns Hilo doctor's Medicaid suspension
  25. UH Manoa Ranks 203rd in USA
  26. HB227: Businesses in Chinatown and Waikiki to face a new threat: the sound police
  27. Legislature Looks at Non-Compete Agreements
  28. On The Move in the Legislature
  29. Airport: DoT Fixes Tiles, Decides to Leave Potholes Intact
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Thursday, February 12, 2015
February 12, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:49 PM :: 6962 Views
  1. 'Hewa Hui' Plan: Create Fake Indian Tribe, Keep 95% of Hawaiians Out
  2. Wind Turbine Buffer Zones: HB1384 Gets a Hearing
  3. Lockout: Management Shuts West Coast Ports Four More Days
  4. Small Business Caucus Backs HB266 Regulatory Review Board
  5. Angling for Money from Legislature, UH Report Tries to Explain Athletic Department Finances
  6. Ige's Secret Transition Committee: Stone, Alm, Hiraoka, Arakaki and others
  7. Ching Nominee Would Be In Position to give Castle & Cooke Lock on TOD Development, Other Developers to be Iced Out
  8. GE Tax Hike: Honolulu Council Plays Chicken With Legislature
  9. Rail Cost: We're Just Guessing, says Amemiya
  10. Rail: Drilling, Hammering into Wee Hours of Morning
  11. Some staff will oppose Ige's state prisons chief nominee
  12. Grandmother Asks for $1M Damages Against Police Chief's Wife
  13. Campaign Spending Commission dismisses complaint against Say
  14. HB1455 Passes 'Health' Committee: Legalizes Marijuana Sales
  15. Regulations: DoH 'Works to Limit Production' of Start-up Food Businesses
  16. Bill would allow media greater access to lava, other disasters
  17. Solar farm may short-circuit school expansion
  18. Maui High principal confirms school's former football coach under DOE investigation
  19. HECO: "Rates will 'stay' Low Til End of Decade"
  20. Mayor Signs Expanded Sit-Lie ban
  21. HPD: Tweeker With 10-year Criminal Record Busted in Allenby Case
  22. Wedding venue, parking structure, farmers market to be sandwiched in controversial corner of Ala Moana
  23. Hooser Burned by Testimony Against Smoke, Dust Ban
  24. Aila Defends Aquarium Collectors Against Hordes of Anti-Aquarium Obsessives
  25. Kauai: Anti-Dairy Obsessives Hire Oregon Lawyer
  26. 3 Muslims Killed by Progressive Atheist
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015
February 11, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:19 PM :: 5217 Views
  1. Geothermal: New Zealand Company Abandons Partnership with OHA
  2. PMA: Unwavering ILWU Demand Threatens to Sink Contract Talks; “Slowdowns as a Way of Life”
  3. HB459 Forces 'Pono Choices' Gay Sex Program on Schools Statewide
  4. Sexual assault and harassment policy updated by UH
  5. At End of Life, State Human Resources Management System moves to 'Private Cloud'
  6. HB1476: Rep Ing Introduces Bill to Hide Identity of all Campaign Donors
  7. Schatz' Boycott of Israeli Leader 'Shortsighted and small minded'
  8. Warning Label Bills Unfairly Single Out One Product
  9. Federal Monitor cites rail for 'Alarming' lack of cost control
  10. Takumi Admits HB1240 'Education' GE Tax Hike is Really About Rail
  11. Living Hawaii: The American Dream Is Broken for the Middle Class
  12. Progressives Spread Measles -- Where are the Anti-Vaxxers?  Kauai, of Course
  13. Will Belatti Hear 'Right to Try'? Bill would give terminally ill access to experimental drugs, treatments
  14. HB451 Reclassifies Sex as Rape--UH Administrators to Supervise 'Ongoing Consent' During Campus Coitus
  15. Money Laundering: Tranny Nowhere in Sight as School's ex-officials arrested
  16. House Committee Approves Bill to Repeal Undersea Cable Law
  17. HELCO Geothermal Decision Due Feb 17
  18. Honolulu City Council will consider rezoning for D.R. Horton's West Oahu Hoopili development
  19. The Case of a Wayward Land Use Lobbyist
  20. Which Lawmakers Are the First to Hold Fundraisers During Session?
  21. More to say about Say-complaint to be heard Wednesday by the Campaign Spending Commission
  22. Ethics complaint: Anti E-Cig Legislation ‘unduly influenced’ by unregistered lobbyists for Big Pharma
  23. Free Clinics Push for State to Pick up Micronesian Co-Pays
  24. 30mph Wind Blows Roof off, School Still to be Used as 'Hurricane Shelter'
  25. 18 more prison guards punished for contraband, other violations
  26. Police Reform Measures Gain Steam in Hawaii Legislature
  27. IHS: Sit-Lie Ban Forces 70 Homeless to Accept Shelter
  28. Loss of accreditation could spell disaster for Honolulu Zoo
  29. HB1076 could waive University of Hawaii tuition for family of some veterans--But UH Admin Says They Can't Afford it
  30. Interim Coach Rejects $185K Offer as UH Begins Yet Another Idiotic "National Search"
  31. Noisy Politicians Find New Way to Harass Businesses
  32. Bill Would Decrease Annual Interest Rate for Payday Loans from 459% to 36%
  33. ILWU Lockout/Slowdown Update
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015
February 10, 2015 Daily News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:07 PM :: 4975 Views
  1. Massive GE Tax Hike to Create New 'Special Fund' -- On the Move in House and Senate
  2. $185M GE Tax Hike: HB1240 on a Fast Track
  3. SB783: 'Worst Gun Bill of the Decade'
  4. Kanaiolowalu: 'Elections This Year'
  5. "Widespread Bribery and Corruption" Hawaii ERS Sues Petrobras
  6. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 9, 2015
  7. Rail to Make a Mess of Bus Service in Pearl City 'Until Further Notice'
  8. Should NextEra be able to use ratepayer funds to NOT produce electricity?
  9. Free Golf Scandal: Will Ige Act to Enforce Law?
  10. Hearing on Hawaii Rep. Calvin Say’s Residency Set for Friday
  11. Governor Ige dodges questions by insisting on written questions
  12. DLNR Nominee Lobbied City for Castle and Cooke, Koa Ridge?
  13. Counties Use TAT Hike Lobbying as Excuse to Raise Property Taxes
  14. State and Local Taxes Penalize the Poor and Benefit the Rich
  15. Hawaii ERS Falling Behind
  16. UHPA: Legislators Seeking Ban on Un-Regulated Sex 'Overstep Bounds' 
  17. Soft on Crime: Serial rapist's sentence cut in half by Hawaii court
  18. HB766: $15M for bare-bones Micro Units
  19. City Refuses to Grant Tax Exemptions for Solar Panels, Has Excuse
  20. House Tackles Proposed Rideshare/Taxi Regs
  21. Pre-Kindergarten: Funding Across States
  22. Slowdown: ILWU Short-Staffing Honolulu Docks
  23. Lloyd's: Jones Act Comes Under Pressure
  24. Ige’s Appointee to Head DCCA Cruises Through Senate Committee
  25. Police Oversight Bills to be Heard Today
  26. Hunters fight for development of 1st Hawaii Game Commission
  27. Ivory Ban Debunked
  28. City Begins Harassing Retailers Over Plastic Bag Ban
  29. City's $250K+++ Car Wash boondoggle
  30. Charter schools left out in the cold after lava threatens
  31. Winds Blow Roof off of Kailua 'Hurricane Shelter'
  32. HB1202 Would Legalize Vacation Rentals on Ag Land
  33. Hawaii Less 'Local' than Most States
  34. Hawaii Business Fluff-Piece Features Anti-GMO Lobbyist on Cover
  35. State of Hawaii Not Snooping in Twitter Accounts
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Monday, February 9, 2015
February 9, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:16 PM :: 4581 Views
  1. SEC Filing: Defective Turbines and Batteries, Secret Golden Parachutes at Hawaii Windfarms
  2. Forbes: Five Ways the US Government Keeps Native Americans in Poverty
  3. Documents Show Comcast Ghostwrote Abercrombie's Pro-TWC Merger Letters
  4. Solar Contractor Admits Defrauding Hawaii Consumers
  5. Crime Pays: Legislators Propose $50K per year Cash to ex-Convicts
  6. Section 8: Rhoads Seeks Grounds for More Lawsuits
  7. HB1501 Blocks HECO from Poaching PUC Staff
  8. ILWU Delays Unloading of Two Matson Ships
  9. Who Tried to Buy 2014 Ballot Measures?
  10. Inspection Reports for Some Hawaii Care Homes to Be Posted Online
  11. School Community Councils Allow a Voice in Hawaii Education
  12. Maintenance Funds for Public Housing Fall Short (again)
  13. HB444 Would Fund Waikiki Beach Replenishment
  14. Animal bills proposed
  15. Kauai: 'Caucasian Cranks' Propose Ban on Imu Smoking
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Sunday, February 8, 2015
February 8, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:33 PM :: 6724 Views
  1. Kauai Panel Seeks to Ground GMO Debate in Facts
  2. Three Hunting-Related Bills to be Heard Monday
  3. Maui Democrats Release Names of 13 Applicants for HD13 Vacancy
  4. Digitized Archive of 19th Century Hawaii Missionaries Goes Online
  5. HB1307: Fair Taxation?
  6. Top ‘Scientists’ Caught Adjusting Temperature Readings
  7. Three of Ige’s nominees to lead state agencies are Lobbyists
  8. Caldwell, HART promised no Tax Hike, No Borrowing
  9. HB14: HSTA Pushing to Gut Instructional Hours Requirement
  10. HB1468: Shut Down Big Cable Project to be Heard Tuesday
  11. HECO vs Reality on NextEra Merger
  12. Marijuana Task Force Member Pushes Drugs to Children
  13. SB791: Autism health coverage gains traction
  14. Calvin Say Case: Finally the Law Will be Enforced?
  15. Kauai: Accused Rapist Gets Off on Technicality
  16. Infamous Hit Man Enjoys Retirement Years With Family and Friends in Hawaii
  17. Silly UH Research Blames Windward Rains on Global Worming
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Saturday, February 7, 2015
February 7, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:48 PM :: 5561 Views
  1. Hawaii Polarized by Steamroller Activism
  2. Management: West Coast Port Lockout Begins Saturday
  3. HB536 Imposes Massive New Payroll Reporting Requirements on Businesses
  4. Mementos Reveal Civil Rights Icon's Exposure to Armed Self-Defense
  5. 369 Candidates file for Neighborhood Board Elections
  6. Creating "Paradise of the Pacific": How Tourism Began in Hawaii
  7. State to Fire Medicaid Director after $144M Tech Disaster
  8. Somebody Begins to Notice that Hawaii Tech 'Startups' are all Taxpayer-Funded Frauds
  9. Ige Fires DLNR Water Deputy William Tam
  10. Lawmakers look at a fine for those who don't vote
  11. Lockout: Hawaii to Run out of Bottles?
  12. Obama Foundation: Hawaii 'To get some piece' of Obama Library
  13. Bill to create low-income mobile home parks advances
  14. HB1213/SB1219: Who Qualifies as Independent Contractor 
  15. Officers disciplined in 110 misconduct incidents
  16. Maui Police Fire More Stun Guns Than Honolulu
  17. SB1345 Would end multi-track schedules in public schools
  18. Maybe Hawaii Hospitals Will One Day Rise to the Level of Thailand
  19. Looted by Profitable non-profit, Honolulu Zoo is a Mess
  20. State-Owned Bank Would Direct SubPrime Lending to Deadbeats
  21. Controversial Hawaii caregiver training bill deferred indefinitely
  22. Task force prescribes cures for University of Hawaii Cancer Center
  23. Hawaii leads in sports tourism
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Friday, February 6, 2015
February 6, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:52 PM :: 4221 Views
  1. Gallup: Hawaii Liberals Outnumber Conservatives by Only 1.9%
  2. Farmer: HB1514 is 'The Last Shovel of Dirt on Our Graves'
  3. Obama Budget would Increase Top Marginal Capital Gains Tax Rate in Hawaii to 35.8%--#2 in USA
  4. Ige Appoints Carpenters Union Political Director to DLIR
  5. Hawaii Family Advocates' Dream Team to Tackle Legislative Priorities
  6. Ige Announces HCDA Nominations
  7. Federal Report Calls Rail Project ‘alarming’
  8. HB1468:  Iwase Opposes Bill to De-Authorize Big Cable
  9. Chief's Wife 'Angry' at Grandmother with Lost Home in 'Mortgage' Deal
  10. Visitors' spending is not keeping up with arrival numbers
  11. House Version of REIT Tax Dies
  12. Ige's DLNR Nominee Oversaw Unregistered Lobbyist
  13. West Coast Port Lockout Drumbeat
  14. The protectionist Jones Act vs. US economic freedom
  15. Right to Farm: Bill Passes to Prevent County Councils from Pandering to Anti-GMO Mobs
  16. HB1514: House Committee Panders to Anti-GMO Know-Nothings
  17. Will Anti-GMO Activists be Busted for Unregistered Lobbying?
  18. Ike Choy's Bill to Cut UH Programs Deferred in Face of Opposition
  19. OCCC to be Replaced by New Prison at Halawa Site?
  20. HB438: Lets Waste Another $6M 'Without a Plan' on Kahoolawe
  21. Roz Baker: Small Businesses Should Follow Me into Bankruptcy
  22. Cop's ex-girlfriend speaks out about alleged abuse
  23. Hawaii's largest oil refinery turning to other markets, including South America
  24. Zoo nonprofit gives just 10 percent of its funds to Honolulu Zoo
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Thursday, February 5, 2015
February 5, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:13 PM :: 4536 Views
  1. HB1252: Repeal Act 195, Abolish Hawaiian Roll Commission 
  2. PMA: We'll Pay ILWU's Obamacare Tax--Take it or be Locked Out
  3. Hawaii Supreme Court Could Sock Expedia for $626M in Hotel Taxes
  4. Tax Rate 50.4% on Small Business Income, Hawaii #2 in USA
  5. Hawaii Personal Income Taxes: "Highest Dollar Amount of Any State"
  6. Hawaii Ranks 3rd in Certificate-of-Need Laws--Which Mean Fewer Services for Patients
  7. On the Move: House Omnibus Marijuana Package
  8. HB1452 Heard Without Notice: Permits Vacation Rentals "In any area of zoning classification"
  9. SB958: Repeal Corporate Income Tax
  10. SB946: Repeal GE Tax on intermediary business transactions
  11. DoE Opens Office of Hawaiian Education, Seeks Director 
  12. SB286: Proposes 'Very Powerful' Inspector General to Investigate Waste, Fraud, Corruption
  13. Hawaii Consumer Advocate Rejects Call to Delay Review of NextEra Deal
  14. SB1268 on the Move: Allows Ige to Stack BoE with HSTA Operatives
  15. UH fires back over fired coach's contract, HGEA Files Grievance for Arnold
  16. UH's mounting legal bills
  17. Ige Backpedals On Posting Care-Home Inspection Reports Online
  18. LURF, Lobbyist Fined $4000
  19. Ige Blocked Renters' Tax Relief
  20. HMSA contests bills forcing Connector participation
  21. Crackpot Anti-GMO Bills on the Move
  22. Hawaii Co Council: Make The Activist Lawyers Defend their Own Anti-GMO Laws
  23. While Legalizing Marijuana, Legislators Plan Powdered Alcohol Prohibition
  24. Sheriff, Prison Guards Not required to disclose misconduct
  25. Another HPD Officer With Domestic Violence TRO
  26. Kauai County: Retaliation Pays
  27. American Samoa Chief Procurement Officer Pleads Guilty to Corruption Charges
  28. Armed guards in Hawaii: No mental health checks, no firearm training
  29. Tulsi Gabbard Co-Sponsors Bill for Republican Mega-Donor
  30. House will decide if Rep. Say should lose his seat
  31. Taxpayers cover costly tab of Washington Place compound
  32. Middle-Class Millionaires
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Wednesday, February 4, 2015
February 4, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:03 PM :: 9756 Views
  1. Free Golf: Ethics Comm Nails Rail Contractors, UH Vice Chancellor, DoT Deputy Director, and Brian Minaai (Again)
  2. Djou: How to Fix the Rail Mess
  3. People's Pulse Contradicts Ward Poll: "Economy, Housing Remain at Forefront"
  4. Latest to Make Fool of UH Administrators, Fired Coach Arnold says "I am Innocent, Gimme $1.4M"
  5. HB287 Embarrassment: Broad and Vague Exemptions Render Transparency Meaningless
  6. DLNR: Pacific Whale Institute 'Will be Held Accountable' for Grounding Catamaran
  7. Will Hawaii County Use Mainland Anti-GMO Activist Lawyers?
  8. SB873 Would Legalize Marijuana, Nullify Federal Prohibition
  9. NY Attorney General: 79% of ‘Natural Supplements’ Totally Fake
  10. Ige’s Honeymoon Ended With Nomination of Ching
  11. Ige so Secretive, Many Believe the Fix is in for NextEra
  12. Galuteria Caught Cheating on Property Taxes--Claims Two Homeowners Exemptions?
  13. Throwing Good Money After Bad: Another $28M for Health Connector?
  14. Bills Place Conditions Before NextEra Merger
  15. Ige Appointee Resigns After Just Days on Job 
  16. Public trust split in HPD misconduct investigations
  17. SB497: Transparency in Police Discipline
  18. HPD Unable to Compile Crime Statistics Since 2010
  19. Hawaii’s Sunshine Law Is Getting Cloudy As Lawmakers Debate
  20. Bill 82 would trigger higher rents for Waikiki businesses
  21. HB496 Make Small Business Provide 3 months Paid Time off for Employees
  22. SB593: Anti-GMO Crackpots Seek Takeover of Agribusiness Development Corp
  23. Omidyar Still Pushing Hanalei Bay Development
  24. Kauai: Gays Eager to Recruit Kids
  25. Potheads Upset: May Need to make Up Better Excuses than 'Pain' to get Weed
  26. California labels e-cigarettes a public health threat (or financial threat?)
  27. Bills Seek funds for Hilo Medical Residency Program
  28. HB128: Make Grandparents pay Child Support
  29. Fuel Spills Lead to Barrel Tax Bill
  30. Chevron Hawaii operation likely to be sold later this year
  31. Kaiser Claims Local 5 Strikers Block Emergency Patient
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Tuesday, February 3, 2015
February 3, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:19 PM :: 4446 Views
  1. HEI 'Solution'--Remotely Shut off Your Solar Panels
  2. HB321: Marijuana on the Move in the Legislature
  3. Hawaii Ranks 11th in World for Captive Insurance Domiciles
  4. Hawaii 5th Lowest Financial Gap by Race
  5. Jones Act: The little-discussed policy that's a major problem for international trade
  6. Only 27% Support GE Tax Hike
  7. HB420 Audit the PUC Bill on the Move
  8. NextEra-HEI Merger Not Popular
  9. HB825 tasks Hawaii state DCCA with licensing vacation rentals so they can be taxed
  10. Shocking cases of HPD officer misconduct highlighted in new report
  11. Prosecutors mum on overlooked sex assault cases
  12. Need $10K? Go See DAGS
  13. HHSC, HPH, Castle, Queens, HMSA to share electronic medical records on state health info exchange
  14. Bill would keep employers out of workers' social media posts
  15. Poll: 73% Support Pushing Homeless into Shelters
  16. SB328: Now that Atheists are Gone, Churches can Rent School Facilities Again
  17. HB555: Rep Ike Choy Proposes Eliminate All Academic Programs with Fewer than 10 Graduates/year
  18. Sources: UH strongly considering self-imposed sanctions in response to NCAA violations
  19. Star-Adv: UH Admin Right to Give Arnold $200K
  20. GasCo Moving Forward with LNG Plan
  21. Dim-Witted Anti-Superferry Activists Run Catamaran Aground
  22. Savio to Launch Rent to Own Project
  23. Anti-Pesticide Hype Produces Latest Crop of Buffer Zone Bills
  24. Bronster: Anti-GMO Activists Have Conflict of Interest
  25. Hawaii Polarized by Steamroller Activism
  26. Lawsuit: Former State Senator Steals Property from Elderly Mother
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Monday, February 2, 2015
February 2, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:01 PM :: 3982 Views
  1. SB27 SB31: Short Form Bills on Transparency -- OHA's Trojan Horse?
  2. Full Text: UH Cancer Center Report
  3. Hunting-Related Bills Begin to Move in Legislature
  4. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 2, 2015
  5. Rail Deficit/Tax Hike Hype: Now $2 Billion?
  6. Large Rail Contractors Dump $1.3 Million into Local Campaign Coffers
  7. NCAA Violations: Arnold Scored $200K Payout Thanks to Bley-Vroman
  8. Some UH Profs Challenge 'Gender Equity Specialist'
  9. HB623/SB715: Bills Ban Diesel Electricity, Attack LNG
  10. Poll 43% sat 'No' to NextEra
  11. Ige’s Appointments Tend to Come Late on Fridays
  12. Micronesians being switched from Medicaid to Obamacare
  13. Housing First Building Opens Today
  14. Bills cover electronic smoking bans (and Betel Nuts too)
  15. HMC, Straub, NHNC Top Safety Ratings for Hawaii Hospitals
  16. Kaiser Permanente union workers begin 6-day strike
  17. Unable to Defeat Longliners, Eco-Hypesters Gin Up Phony Mercury Numbers to Scare Consumers
  18. Johanson Makes More Excuses for Party Switch
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