Entries for 'Andrew Walden'

Will Hawaii’s soft-on-crime Judiciary allow an insanity plea to a Muslim claiming a religious justification for acts of violence or terrorism?

The idea is to talk about it, not to pass it....

Honolulu Councilmember and Congressional candidate Stanley Chang has lost his right to practice law in Hawaii....

... a new-media, information age repressive technique aimed at physicians ....

...the $25 million taxpayer gift was specifically allocated for a biofuels demonstration plant to be built on Oahu....

Why would one of the state’s largest developers fund so-called anti-development groups?

The Yen-denominated price of Hawaii vacations jumped 3% today and has increased 23% since September....

... as quickly as demands for repeal of Act 55 were heard, legislators introduced a bill establishing bills to establish a Public Private Partnership Authority ....

...what is the real track record of Seattle’s “four successful homeless camps”?  Hawai’i Free Press found some answers and they aren’t pretty.... 

Some raise, some redistribute. Others give credit where credit may not be due....

The Ryan budget achieves an important improvement over last year by balancing the budget within 10 years....

We have presented our technology to and proposed a strategic relationship with various state agencies in the State of Hawaii, which closely aligns itself with Governor Neil Abercrombie’s “New Day in Hawaii” initiative....

What will anti-GMO protesters do when they discover that they have been smoking genetically modified weed for nearly a decade now?

The gay movement claims to be all about ‘diversity’ and inclusiveness.  But after same-sex ‘marriage’ failed to attract support in the current session of the Hawaii Legislature, gay activists on the Daily KOS let loose with what they really think....

Sen. Malama Solomon February 28 introduced two Senate Resolutions (SR20 and SCR42) with identical wording requesting Hawaii be exempted from the Jones Act.  Here is the full text....

Here is a point-by-point comparison of the White House numbers for Hawaii and Sen. Harkin’s numbers for Hawaii. 

Ratepayers could be on the hook for as much as $3.5B of HECO's so-called "stranded costs" if SB120 becomes law....

...teachers at the DoE’s 11 Adult Schools may have been stealing everything: Tuition money, textbook fees, lab fees, and fixed assets.  They were also being paid for hours not worked....

How did your school do? Find out by clicking here....

A number of tax department employees who were investigated in connection with the security breaches have been “arrested and relieved of their duties,” said state Rep. John Mizuno....

 Mugshot: Caldwell's Chief of Staff

Instead of cutting taxes on the poor, Abercrombie proposes to extract more taxes from them by hiking the minimum wage.

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• Queens: 54 patients waiting
• Maui Memorial: 41 patients waiting
• Kuakini Hospital: 20 patients waiting

Hundreds of local hunters and their supporters rallied at the Capitol today as at least one Senator backed away from a gun control measure he had earlier introduced....